Favorite Directors

1. Mario Bava

Italian director Mario Bava was born on July 31, 1914 in the coastal northern Italian town of Sanremo. His father, Eugenio Bava (1886-1966), was a cinematographer in the early days of the Italian film industry. Bava was trained as a painter, and when he eventually followed his father into film ...

Planet of the Vampires (1965) 10/10 Blood and Black Lace (1964) 10/10 5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) 9/10 Lisa and the Devil (1973) 8/10 The Girl Who Knew Too Much/The Evil Eye (1963) 8/10 Diabolik (1968) 7/10 A Bay of Blood (1971) 9/10 Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) 8/10 - one of the directors Four Times that Night (1971) 8/10 Rapid Dogs/Kidnapped (1974) 7/10 Black Sabbath (1963) 8/10 Kill Baby, Kill (1966) 8/10 The Giant of Marathon (1959) 7/10 - one of the directors Baron Blood (1972) 7/10 I Vampiri (1957) 7/10 - one of the directors Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966) 7/10 The House of Exorcism (1975) 7/10 - edited version of Lisa and the Devil The Road to Fort Alamo (1964) 7/10 Ringo of Nebraska 7/10 - co-director Esther and the King (1960) 6/10 - one of the directors Schock/Beyond the Door II (1977) 6/10 Erik the Conqueror (1961) 6/10 Black Sunday (1960) 5/10 Caltiki: the Immortal Monster (1959) 5/10 - one of the directors Knives of the Avenger (1966) 5/10 Whip and the Body (1963) 6/10 Hatchet For The Honeymoon (1970) 4/10

2. Ingmar Bergman

Writer | Smultronstället

Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...

The Seventh Seal (1957) 10/10 Wild Strawberries (1957) 10/10 Persona (1966) 10/10 Secrets of Women (1952) 8/10 Shame (1968) 8/10 The Magic Flute (1975) 8/10 A Ship to India (1947) 8/10 To Joy (1950) 8/10 Crisis (1946) 8/10 From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) 8/10 After the Rehearsal (1984) 8/10 A Lesson in Love (1954) 8/10 Sawdust and Tinsel (1953) 8/10 Fanny and Alexander (1982) 8/10 - Film Version Fårö Document 1979 (1979) 8/10 Dreams (1955) 8/10 Scenes from a Marriage (1974) 7/10 - Film Version Fanny and Alexander (1983) 7/10 - TV Mini-Series Version The Touch (1971) 7/10 Autumn Sonata (1978) 7/10 The Magician (1958) 7/10 The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984) 7/10 Hour of the Wolf (1968) 7/10 The Virgin Spring (1960) 7/10 The Passion of Anna (1969) 7/10 The Rite (1969) 7/10 The Devil's Eye (1960) 7/10 Brink of Life (1958) 7/10 Thirst (1949) 7/10 Winter Light (1963) 8/10 Cries & Whispers (1972) 7/10 Through a Glass Darkly (1961) 7/10 Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) 7/10 Scenes from a Marriage (1973) 6/10 - TV Mini-Series Version Summer with Monika (1953) 6/10 Port of Call (1948) 6/10 Summer Interlude (1951) 6/10 The Silence (1963) 6/10 All These Women (1964) 5/10

3. Carmelo Bene

Director | Nostra signora dei turchi

Carmelo Bene was born on September 1, 1937 in Campi Salentina, Puglia, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Nostra signora dei turchi (1968), One Hamlet Less (1973) and Salome (1972). He was married to Raffaella Baracchi and Giuliana Rossi. He died on March 16, 2002 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Salomè (1972) 10/10 Un Amleto di meno (1973) 9/10 Capricci (1969) 7/10 Our Lady of the Turks (1968) 8/10 Hermitage (1968) 8/10 Don Giovanni (1970) 7/10

4. Mark Robson

Director | Peyton Place

Mark Robson studied political science and economics at the University of California. He then took a law course at Pacific Coast University, and, at one time, also attended the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Ultimately, his interests led him elsewhere, since he ended up in the movie business as a ...

Peyton Place (1957) 10/10 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) 8/10 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969) 8/10 Phffft (1954) 8/10 Edge of Doom (1950) 8/10 My Foolish Heart (1949) 8/10 I Want You (1951) 8/10 The Ghost Ship (1943) 8/10 Bedlam (1946) 8/10 Home of the Brave (1949) 8/10 The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) 8/10 Champion (1948) 8/10 The Prize (1963) 7/10 Isle of the Dead (1945) 8/10 The Seventh Victim (1943) 8/10 The Harder They Fall (1956) 7/10 Valley of the Dolls (1967) 7/10 From the Terrace (1960) 7/10 Earthquake (1974) 7/10 Von Ryan's Express (1965) 6/10 Return to Paradise (1953) 5/10

5. Leslie Zemeckis

Actress | Welcome to Marwen

Leslie Zemeckis is a best-selling author, actress, and award-winning documentarian. Critically acclaimed films include "Behind the Burly Q," the true story of old-time burlesque in America which ran on Showtime. The award-winning "Bound by Flesh" about conjoined twin Daisy and Violet Hilton, and ...

Bound by Flesh (2012) 8/10 Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer (2018) 9/10 Behind the Burly Q (2010) 8/10

6. Kôji Masunari

Director | Battle Athletes daiundôkai

Kôji Masunari is known for Battle Athletes Victory (1997), Welcome to the Space Show (2010) and Manga Entertainment: The Art of Anime (2005).

R.O.D the TV (2003) 10/10 Photon (1997) 9/10 Read or Die (2001) 9/10 Welcome to the Space Show (2010) 7/10 - one of the directors Key: The Metal Idol Return (1996) 9/10

7. Anatole Litvak

Director | The Snake Pit

The distinguished film director Anatole Litvak was born in the Ukrainian city of Kiev, the son of Jewish parents. His very first job was as a stage hand. In 1915, he became an actor, performing at a little-known experimental theater in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a teenager, he witnessed the 1917 ...

Anastasia (1956) 10/10 All This, and Heaven Too (1940) 9/10 The Snake Pit (1948) 9/10 The Night of the Generals (1967) 8/10 This Above All (1942) 8/10 The Journey (1959) 8/10 City for Conquest (1940) 8/10 Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) 7/10 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) 7/10 Goodbye Again (1961) 7/10 Out of the Fog (1941) 7/10 Decision Before Dawn (1951) 7/10 The Long Night (1947) 6/10 Blues in the Night (1941) 6/10 Mayerling (1936) 6/10 The Battle of Russia (1943) 6/10 - co-director Prelude to War (1942) 6/10 - co-director Divide and Conquer (1943) 6/10 - co-director The Nazis Strike (1943) 6/10 - co-director The Battle of Britain (1943) 5/10 - co-director War Comes to America (1945) 5/10 - co-director The Battle of China (1944) 5/10 - co-director

8. Park Chan-wook

Director | Oldeuboi

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.

Oldeuboi (2003) 10/10 I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) 8/10 The Handmaiden (2016) 9/10 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) 9/10 Never Ending Peace and Love (2003) - part of If You Were Me Cut (2004) - part of Three Extremes Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) 7/10 Thirst (2009) 7/10 Stoker (2013) 7/10 Joint Security Area (2000) 7/10 A Rose Reborn (2014) 6/10 Night Fishing (2011) 6/10 - one of the directors

9. Umberto Lenzi

Writer | La casa 3

Born in Massa Marittima, Italy on August 6, 1931, Umberto Lenzi was a movie enthusiast since his early grade school years. During those years, he founded various film fan clubs while studying law. Lenzi started out as a journalist for various local newspapers and magazines. Lenzi put off his law ...

Orgasmo (1969) 8/10 Spasmo (1974) 8/10 Eyeball (1975) 7/10 Seven Blood-Stained Orchids (1972) 8/10 A Quiet Place to Kill (1970) 7/10 Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971) 7/10 Nightmare City (1980) 8/10 Queen of the High Seas (1961) 8/10 Mangiati vivi!/Eaten Alive! (1980) 7/10 Hitcher in the Dark (1989) 8/10 So Sweet...So Perverse (1969) 8/10 Manhunt in the City (1975) 7/10 Knife of Ice (1972) 7/10 A Gun For One Hundred Graves (1968) 7/10 From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979) 7/10 Black Demons (1991) 7/10 Cannibal Ferox (1981) 6/10 Three Sergeants of Bengal (1964) 6/10 Nightmare Beach (1989) 6/10 Desert Commandos (1967) 6/10 Ghosthouse (1988) 6/10 Invincible Masked Rider (1963) 6/10 The Pirates of Malaysia (1964) 6/10 Bridge to Hell (1986) 5/10 Free Hand For A Tough Cop (1976) 5/10 Thunder Squad (1985) 5/10 The Biggest Battle (1978) 5/10

10. Masaaki Yuasa

Writer | Mind Game

Masaaki Yuasa was born on March 16, 1965 in Fukuoka, Japan. He is a writer and director, known for Mind Game (2004), Lu Over the Wall (2017) and Adventure Time (2010).

Lu Over the Wall (2017) 9/10 Mind Game (2004) 9/10 - one of the directors Welcome to the Space Show (2010) 7/10 - one of the directors Kaiba (2008) 9/10 - main director Happy Machine (2007) - part of Genius Party Kick-Heart (2013) 7/10

11. Christian Petzold

Director | Barbara

Christian Petzold was born in Hilden in 1960. After studying German and Drama at the Freie Universität Berlin, he enrolled in Berlin's German Academy for Film and Television (DFFB). There he studied film direction while at same time working as an assistant director to Harun Farocki and Hartmut ...

Transit (2018) 9/10 Yella (2007) 9/10 Jerichow (2008) 8/10 Phoenix (2014) 8/10 Barbara (2012) 7/10

12. Buster Keaton

Actor | The General

Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine ...

13. Jennifer Devoldère

Director | Et soudain, tout le monde me manque

Jennifer Devoldère is known for The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), Every Jack Has a Jill (2009) and Sage-homme (2023).

The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011) 9/10 Jusqu'à toi (2009) 10/10

14. Walter Lang

Director | The King and I

Walter Lang entered the film industry in New York when he got a job as a clerk in the office of a film production company. He worked his way up to assistant director, and directed his first film in 1926. By the time sound arrived Lang was already a well-regarded director, but he left the business ...

The King and I (1956) 7/10 There's No Business Like Show Business (1954) 8/10 With a Song in My Heart (1952) 8/10 Star Dust (1940) 8/10 The Blue Bird (1940) 8/10 State Fair (1945) 8/10 Desk Set (1957) 8/10 Love Before Breakfast (1936) 7/10 No More Orchids (1932) 7/10 Sitting Pretty (1948) 7/10 The Little Princess (1939) 7/10 Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) 6/10 But Not for Me (1959) 6/10 The Baroness and the Butler (1938) 4/10

15. Jack Hill

Writer | Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told

Jack Hill, sometimes referred to as a legendary cult-film director, grew up around movies--his father was a set designer for Warner Brothers since 1925, and later for Walt Disney Studios, where he eventually designed the Disneyland Castle. Jack went to the University of California to study film, ...

Switchblade Sisters/The Jezebels (1975) 9/10 Coffy (1973) 8/10 Foxy Brown (1974) 8/10 The Big Doll House (1971) 8/10 The Big Bird Cage (1972) 8/10 Spider Baby or, The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968) 8/10 Sorceress (1982) 8/10 The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974) 7/10 The Wasp Woman (1959) 7/10 - one of the directors Blood Bath (1966) 7/10 The Terror (1963) 7/10 - one of the directors Pit Stop (1969) 6/10 Isle of the Snake People (1971) 4/10 - directed US scenes

16. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

Spirited Away (2002) 9/10 Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 8/10 Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) 8/10 Yuki's Sun (1972) 8/10 Princess Mononoke (1997) 7/10 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) 7/10 Castle in the Sky (1986) 7/10 My Neighbor Totoro (1988) 8/10 Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010) 8/10 Mei and the Kitten Bus (2002) 7/10 Nandarou (1992) 7/10 The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) 7/10 Lupin the 3rd (1971-1972) 6/10 - director of multiple episodes On Your Mark (1995) 5/10

17. Hélène Cattet

Director | Amer

Hélène Cattet was born in 1976 in Paris, France. She is a director and writer, known for Amer (2009), The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) and Let the Corpses Tan (2017).

Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani Amer (2009) 9/10 Let the Corpses Tan (2017) 8/10 Chambre Jaune (2002) 8/10 The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) 8/10 O is for Orgasm (2012) - part of The ABCs of Death

18. Marlon Riggs

Director | Tongues Untied

Marlon Riggs was born on February 3, 1957 in Texas, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Tongues Untied (1989), Color Adjustment (1992) and Black Is... Black Ain't (1994). He died on April 5, 1994 in Oakland, California, USA.

Tongues Untied (1989) 9/10 Anthem (1991) 9/10 Color Adjustment (1992) 8/10 Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien / No Regret (1993) 8/10 Ethnic Notions (1986) 8/10 Black Is... Black Ain't (1994) 8/10 Affirmations (1990) 8/10 Long Train Running: A History of the Oakland Blues (1981) 7/10 - one of the directors

19. Mamoru Hosoda

Director | Samâ uôzu

Mamoru Hosoda is a Japanese film director and animator. Formerly employed at Toei Animation, he went to work at Madhouse from 2005 to 2011. Hosoda left Madhouse in 2011 to establish his own animation studio, Studio Chizu. He first came to public attention in the early 2000s with the first two films...

Summer Wars (2009) 9/10 Samurai Champloo (2004-2006) 9/10 Superflat Monogram (2003) 8/10 Digimon: The Movie (2000) 7/10 - original production Mirai (2018) 8/10

20. Cheryl Dunye

Director | The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye was born on May 13, 1966 in Liberia. She is a director and producer, known for The Watermelon Woman (1996), The Owls (2010) and Mommy Is Coming (2012).

The Watermelon Woman (1996) 8/10 Janine (1990) 10/10 The Potluck and the Passion (1993) 8/10 Untitled Portrait (1993) 8/10 She Don't Fade (1991) 8/10 The Owls (2010) 8/10 Greetings from Africa (1996) 8/10 Vanilla Sex (1992) 7/10

21. Yuen Chor

Writer | Xing xing yue liang tai yang: Shang

His father was a famed Cantonese film actor. After studying in the Department of Chemistry in Zhongsha University for 3 years, Chor joined the movie industry as a writer in 1956. His film debut was "The Soul Stealer" directed by Ng Wui. Soon he began working as an assistant director and finally ...

The Magic Blade (1976) 8/10 Pursuit of Vengeance (1977) 8/10 Clan of Amazons (1978) 8/10 The Proud Twins (1979) 8/10 The Sentimental Swordsman (1977) 8/10 Swordsman and Enchantress (1978) 8/10 Bat Without Wings (1980) 7/10 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre (1978) 7/10 Full Moon Scimitar (1979) 7/10 The Web of Death (1976) 7/10 Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2 (1978) 6/10 Black Lizard (1981) 6/10 Heroes Shed No Tears (1980) 6/10 Death Duel (1977) 6/10 Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman (1982) 6/10 Killer Clans (1976) 6/10 The Duel of the Century (1981) 5/10 Return of the Sentimental Swordsman (1981) 5/10 The Emperor and His Brother (1981) 5/10

22. Céline Sciamma

Writer | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Céline Sciamma was born on November 12, 1978 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France. She is a writer and director, known for Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Petite Maman (2021) and Tomboy (2011).

Water Lilies (2007) 9/10 Tomboy (2011) 8/10 Girlhood (2014) 8/10

23. Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Director | The House

Stockholm. Her award winning short films The Burden (2017), Bath House (2014) and Tord and Tord (2010) has been screened at festivals like Cannes, Berlinale, Toronto and Sundance. The Burden has since it's premiere in 2017 won 25 awards, including the Cristal for Best Short Film in Annecy, Best ...

Something to Remember (2019) 9/10 The Burden (2017) 9/10 II: Then Lost Is Truth That Can't Be Won (2022) - part of The House Tord and Tord (2010) 8/10 Bath House (2014) 8/10

24. Dominique Deruddere

Director | Flying Home

One of the great names of Belgian cinema, Oscar nominated director Dominique Deruddere has been passionate about filmmaking since he was a child. Thanks to his older brother, who lent him his movie camera, young Dominique managed to make his own films, starting in super 8 at the age of fourteen ("...

Everybody's Famous (2000) 9/10 Crazy Love (1987) 9/10 Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989) 8/10

25. Shunji Iwai

Writer | Love Letter

Having received his education at Yokohama National University, Shunji Iwai started out in the entertainment industry by directing music videos and television dramas, including the likes of Maria, Lunatic Love and Fireworks, for which he received the award for Best Newcomer from the Japanese ...

Last Letter (2018) 8/10 Hana and Alice (2004) 8/10 All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) 8/10 Segment in New York, I Love You (2008)

26. Scott McGehee

Director | The Deep End

Scott McGehee is known for The Deep End (2001), Suture (1993) and What Maisie Knew (2012).

Scott McGehee & David Siegel What Maisie Knew (2012) 9/10 Suture (1993) 8/10

27. F.W. Murnau

Director | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air ...

City Girl (1930) 9/10 Nosferatu (1922) 10/10 Phantom (1922) 8/10 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) 8/10 Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) 8/10 The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924) 8/10 The Haunted Castle (1921) 7/10 The Last Laugh (1924) 6/10 Faust (1926) 5/10

28. Leung Chun 'Samson' Chiu

Director | Yüeliang de mimi

Leung Chun 'Samson' Chiu is known for When I Fall in Love... with Both (2000), Golden Chicken (2002) and Lo kong ching chuen (2007).

Golden Chicken (2002) 10/10 Golden Chicken 2 (2003) 7/10

29. George Milton

Director | Appetite

George Milton was born in 1969 in Brighton, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Appetite (1998), A Bullet Wasted (2019) and The Truth (2006).

The Truth (2006) 8/10 Appetite (1998) 8/10 Infidel (2009) 8/10

30. Tom Tykwer

Writer | Lola rennt

Director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working...

Run Lola Run (1998) 10/10 3 (2010) 8/10 Heaven (2002) 8/10 Faubourg Saint-Denis (2006) - part of Paris, je t'aime Cloud Atlas (2012) 8/10 - one of the directors Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) 7/10 The International (2009) 7/10 Sense8: What's Going On? (2015) 7/10 Sense8: Just Turn the Wheel and the Future Changes (2015) 6/10 Sense8: If All the World's a Stage, Identity Is Nothing But a Costume (2017) 6/10 A Hologram for the King (2016) 5/10

31. Lucio Fulci

Writer | Lo squartatore di New York

Lucio Fulci, born in Rome in 1927, remains as controversial in death as he was in life. A gifted craftsman with a sharp tongue and a wicked sense of dark humor, Fulci achieved some measure of notoriety for his gore epics of the late 1970s and early 1980s, but respect was long in coming.

Abandoning ...

The Beyond (1981) 8/10 Zombi 2 (1979) 9/10 The New York Ripper (1982) 9/10 Murder Rock (1984) 7/10 Contraband (1980) 8/10 A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) 7/10 Rome 2072 A.D.: The New Gladiators (1984) 7/10 The Psychic (1977) 7/10 Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) 7/10 Conquest (1983) 7/10 Manhattan Baby (1982) 7/10 Aenigma (1987) 7/10 The Brute and the Beast/Massacre Time (1966) 7/10 Voices From Beyond (1991) 7/10 Una sull'altra (1969) 7/10 White Fang (1973) 6/10 Touch of Death (1988) 6/10 Silver Saddle (1978) 6/10 City of the Living Dead (1980) 6/10 Four of the Apocalypse (1975) 6/10 The House By The Cemetery (1981) 6/10 Demonia (1990) 5/10 The Black Cat (1981) 5/10 Zombi 3 (1988) 5/10 The House of Clocks (1989) 5/10 Il fantasma di Sodoma (1988) 4/10 A Cat in the Brain (1990) 3/10

32. Roger Vadim

Writer | Barbarella

Roger Vadim was born on January 26, 1928 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Barbarella (1968), The Game Is Over (1966) and No Sun in Venice (1957). He was married to Marie-Christine Barrault, Catherine Schneider, Jane Fonda, Annette Stroyberg and Brigitte Bardot. He died on ...

Barbarella (1968) 8/10 Don Juan (Or if Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973) 8/10 ...And God Created Woman (1956) 8/10 Vice and Virtue (1963) 8/10 Les liaisons dangereuses (1959) 7/10 The Hot Touch (1981) 8/10 And God Created Woman (1988) 7/10 The Night Heaven Fell (1958) 7/10 Metzengerstein (1968) - part of Spirits of the Dead Blood and Roses (1960) 7/10

33. John Hughes

Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles

John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...

The Breakfast Club (1985) 10/10 She's Having a Baby (1988) 9/10 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 7/10 Weird Science (1985) 8/10 Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 8/10 Sixteen Candles 7/10 Uncle Buck (1989) 6/10

34. Herbert Ross

Director | The Turning Point

Herbert Ross was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Turning Point (1977), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and The Secret of My Success (1987). He was married to Lee Radziwill and Nora Kaye. He died on October 9, 2001 in New York ...

Steel Magnolias (1989) 10/10 Play It Again, Sam (1972) 8/10 Footloose (1984) 8/10 Boys on the Side (1995) 8/10 The Secret of My Success (1987) 8/10 Pennies from Heaven (1981) 8/10 The Sunshine Boys (1975) 8/10 The Goodbye Girl (1977) 8/10 California Suite (1978) 7/10 Funny Lady (1975) 7/10 Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) 7/10 The Last of Sheila (1973) 7/10 Dancers (1987) 6/10 The Owl and the Pussycat (1970) 6/10 True Colors (1991) 5/10

35. Jeff Lieberman

Writer | Satan's Little Helper

Writer-director Jeff Lieberman has crafted a handful of highly quirky, creative, and distinctive horror movies that are much enjoyed and appreciated by fans of offbeat and imaginative fright-film fare. His pictures are distinguished by their novel oddball plots and an amusingly eccentric sense of ...

Blue Sunshine (1976) 9/10 Squirm (1976) 8/10 Satan's Little Helper (2004) 9/10 Just Before Dawn (1981) 7/10

36. Jason Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Jason Reitman is a Canadian filmmaker and producer who notably directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Juno, Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air, Young Adult and Tully. He produced Chloe and Jennifer's Body, two films that advanced Amanda Seyfried's career for adult oriented roles. He is the son of Ivan...

Juno (2007) 10/10 Thank You For Smoking (2005) 10/10 Tully (2018) 9/10 Gulp (2001) 8/10 Labor Day (2013) 8/10 Young Adult (2011) 8/10 Up in the Air (2009) 8/10 The Office: Local Ad (2007) 8/10 The Office: Frame Toby (2008) 8/10 Men, Women & Children (2014) 7/10

37. Alejandro Jodorowsky

Writer | El Topo

Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1953 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La ...

Endless Poetry (2016) 9/10 The Holy Mountain (1973) 8/10 El Topo (1970) 8/10 The Dance of Reality (2013) 8/10 Fando and Lis (1968) 7/10 Santa Sangre (1989) 7/10

38. Leo McCarey

Director | An Affair to Remember

Leo McCarey was born on October 3, 1896 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for An Affair to Remember (1957), Going My Way (1944) and Love Affair (1939). He was married to Virginia Stella Martin. He died on July 5, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

An Affair to Remember (1957) 10/10 Duck Soup (1933) 9/10 Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) 8/10 The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) 8/10 Big Business (1929) 8/10 - Supervising Director The Kid from Spain (1932) 8/10 Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) 8/10 The Finishing Touch (1928) 7/10 - Supervising Director Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) 7/10 Love Affair (1939) 7/10 Accidental Accidents (1924) 7/10 Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) 7/10 - one of the directors Habeas Corpus (1928) 6/10 - Supervising Director Liberty (1929) 6/10 The Milky Way (1936) 5/10 - Main Director Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) 5/10 The Awful Truth (1937) 5/10 Belle of the Nineties (1934) 5/10 Indiscreet (1931) 4/10

39. Wisit Sasanatieng

Writer | Fah talai jone

After training at Silpakorn University, Bangkok's most important art school, Wisit Sasanatieng worked as a commercials' director. He wrote scripts for his friend and colleague Nonzee Nimibutr, including for Nang Nak (1999). _Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)_, his directing début, is the first Thai ...

Citizen Dog (2004) 9/10 The Whole Truth (2021) 8/10 Tears of the Black Tiger (2000) 8/10 The Summoning (2018) 7/10 Senior (2015) 7/10 The Unseeable (2006) 6/10

40. Luciano Ercoli

Producer | Troppo rischio per un uomo solo

Luciano Ercoli was born on October 19, 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and director, known for The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973), The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) and Death Walks at Midnight (1972). He was married to Nieves Navarro. He died on March 15, 2015 in ...

Death Walks at Midnight (1972) 8/10 Death Walks on High Heels (1971) 7/10 La polizia ha le mani legate (1975) 8/10 The Magnificent Dare Devil (1973) 7/10 Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) 7/10

41. Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Director | Komödianten

Georg Wilhelm Pabst is considered by many to be the greatest director of German cinema, in his era. He was especially appreciated by actors and actresses for the humane way in which he treated them. This was in contrast to some of his contemporaries, such as Arnold Fanck, who have been ...

Pandora's Box (1929) 9/10 Diary of a Lost Girl (1929) 8/10 Pasha's Wives (1939) 8/10 - one of the directors The Shanghai Drama (1938) 7/10 The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927) 8/10 The Joyless Street (1925) 8/10 L'Atlantide (1932) 7/10 Secrets of a Soul (1926) 6/10 Westfront 1918 (1930) 6/10 The 3 Penny Opera (1931) 6/10 Comradeship (1931) 5/10

42. Jaco Van Dormael

Director | Mr. Nobody

Jaco Van Dormael was born on February 9, 1957 in Ixelles, Brabant, Belgium. He is a director and writer, known for Mr. Nobody (2009), The Brand New Testament (2015) and Toto the Hero (1991).

Toto the Hero (1991) 9/10 The Brand New Testament (2015) 9/10 Mr. Nobody (2009) 8/10 The Shape (2019) 9/10 The Eighth Day (1996) 8/10

43. Paul Leni

Director | The Man Who Laughs

Paul Leni was born on July 8, 1885 in Stuttgart, Germany. He was an art director and director, known for The Man Who Laughs (1928), Das Rätsel von Bangalor (1918) and The Last Warning (1928). He died on September 2, 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The Cat and the Canary (1927) 9/10 The Last Warning (1929) 8/10 The Man Who Laughs (1928) 7/10 Waxworks (1924) 6/10

44. Agnès Varda

Director | Cléo de 5 à 7

Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.

Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969) 8/10 The Pleasure of Love in Iran (1976) 9/10 The Gleaners & I (2000) 8/10 Mur murs (1981) 8/10 Ydessa, the Bears and etc. (2004) 8/10 Du côté de la côte (1958) 8/10 Women Reply (1975) 9/10 Homage to Zgougou the Cat (2002) 9/10 Faces Places (2017) 8/10 - co-director The Beaches of Agnès (2008) 8/10 The World of Jacques Demy (1995) 8/10 Black Panthers (1968) 8/10 Jane B. for Agnes V. (1988) 8/10 The Story of an Old Lady (1985) 8/10 Les fiancés du pont Mac Donald ou (Méfiez-vous des lunettes noires) (1961) 8/10 Agnes Varda: From Here to There (2011) 8/10 The Vanishing Lion (2003) 8/10 The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later (2002) 8/10 La Pointe Courte (1955) 8/10 Ô saisons, ô châteaux (1958) 8/10 The Young Girls Turn 25 (1993) 7/10 Some Widows of Noirmoutier (2006) 7/10 7p., cuis., s. de b., ... à saisir (1984) 8/10 Varda by Agnès (2019) 8/10 Kung-Fu Master! (1988) 7/10 One Hundred and One Nights (1995) 7/10 You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know (1986) 8/10 The So-called Caryatids (1984) 8/10 Les dites cariatides bis (2005) 7/10 Ulysse (1983) 7/10 Documenteur (1981) 7/10 Les créatures (1966) 7/10 Elsa la rose (1966) 7/10 Viennale Walzer (2004) 8/10 Daguerreotypes (1975) 7/10 Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances (2005) 7/10 Jacquot de Nantes (1991) 7/10 One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977) 6/10 Oncle Yanco (1967) 6/10 Vagabond (1985) 6/10 Diary of a Pregnant Woman (1962) 6/10 Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) 5/10 Les 3 boutons (2015) 5/10 Salut les Cubains (1964) 5/10 Le Bonheur (1965) 5/10

45. Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer | Il Decameron

Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life ...

Arabian Nights (1974) 9/10 Porcile (1969) 9/10 Accattone (1961) 8/10 Mamma Roma (1962) 8/10 The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) 7/10 The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) 7/10 The Decameron (1971) 7/10 The Canterbury Tales (1972) 7/10 Love Meetings (1964) 7/10 The Earth Seen From the Moon (1967) - part of The Streghe Witches Teorema (1968) 6/10 Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975) 6/10 Oedipus Rex (1967) 5/10 La rabbia (1963) 5/10 - co-director

46. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Writer | Faustrecht der Freiheit

Above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was a rebel whose life and art was marked by gross contradiction. Openly homosexual, he married twice; one of his wives acted in his films and the other served as his editor. Accused variously by detractors of being anticommunist, male chauvinist, antiSemitic and...

Chinese Roulette (1976) 8/10 Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972) 9/10 Martha (1974) 8/10 Veronika Voss (1982) 8/10 The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979) 8/10 The Third Generation (1979) 8/10 In a Year with 13 Moons (1978) 8/10 Lola (1981) 8/10 Fox and His Friends (1975) 7/10 Satan's Brew (1976) 8/10 Katzelmacher (1969) 8/10 Love Is Colder Than Death (1969) 7/10 Fear of Fear (1975) 7/10 Gods of the Plague (1970) 7/10 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) 7/10 The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972) 7/10 Querelle (1982) 7/10 Despair (1978) 7/10 The American Soldier (1970) 6/10 Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) 6/10 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975) 6/10 Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) 6/10 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) 5/10 Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970) 5/10 - one of the directors Effi Briest (1974) 4/10

47. Julian Schnabel

Director | Before Night Falls

Julian Schnabel was born on October 26, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Before Night Falls (2000), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and At Eternity's Gate (2018). He was previously married to Olatz López Garmendia and Jacqueline Schnabel.

Miral (2010) 10/10 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 9/10 Before Night Falls (2000) 8/10 At Eternity's Gate (2018) 8/10

48. Dario Argento

Writer | Profondo rosso

Dario Argento was born on September 7, 1940, in Rome, Italy, the first-born son of famed Italian producer Salvatore Argento and Brazilian fashion model Elda Luxardo. Argento recalls getting his ideas for filmmaking from his close-knit family from Italian folk tales told by his parents and other ...

Opera (1987) 10/10 Tenebre (1982) 10/10 The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) 9/10 Suspiria (1977) 7/10 La porta sul buio: Testimone oculare (1973) 7/10 - one of the directors The Nightmares of Dario Argento: The Worm (1987) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: Going to Sleep (1987) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: Sammy (1987) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: The Witch (1987) 7/10 Deep Red (1975) 7/10 La porta sul buio: Il tram (1973) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: The Nightmare of the Boy who Wanted to be in The Nightmares of Dario Argento (1987) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: The Rear Window (1987) 7/10 The Nightmares of Dario Argento: Love and Die (1987) 7/10 The Card Player (2004) 6/10 Sleepless (2001) 6/10 The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) 6/10 Masters of Horror: Pelts (2006) 6/10 Giallo (2009) 6/10 Trauma (1993) 6/10 Mother of Tears (2007) 6/10 Two Evil Eyes (1990) 5/10 - one of the directors Inferno (1980) 5/10 The Cat O' Nine Tails (1971) 5/10 Phenomena (1985) 5/10 Masters of Horror: Jenifer (2005) 5/10 Phantom of the Opera (1998) 4/10 Do You Like Hitchcock? (2005) 4/10 Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) 4/10 Dracula (2012) 3/10

49. Aleksandr Dovzhenko

Writer | Zemlya

Aleksandr Dovzhenko was born on September 10, 1894 in Vyunishche, Sosnitsa Ueyzd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sosnitsa, Sosnitsa Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Earth (1930), Shors (1939) and Life in Bloom (1949). He was married to Yuliya ...

Earth (1930) 10/10 Zvenigora (1928) 8/10 Arsenal (1929) 8/10

50. Toshiaki Toyoda

Director | Aoi haru

Toshiaki Toyoda was born on March 10, 1969 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Blue Spring (2001), 9 Souls (2003) and I'm Flash! (2012).

9 Souls (2003) 10/10 Blue Spring (2001) 8/10 The Day of Destruction (2020) 7/10

51. Eiji Uchida

Director | Middonaito suwan

Eiji Uchida is known for Midnight Swan (2020), Lowlife Love (2015) and Kazoku gokko (2015).

The Last Days of the World (2011) 8/10 Topless (2008) 8/10 Lowlife Love (2015) 8/10 Love and Other Cults (2017) 6/10

52. John Carpenter

Writer | The Fog

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...

Halloween (1978) 9/10 Prince of Darkness (1987) 10/10 The Thing (1982) 9/10 The Fog (1980) 8/10 Ghosts of Mars (2001) 7/10 Starman (1984) 7/10 They Live (1988) 7/10 Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 7/10 Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 7/10 Escape from New York (1981) 7/10 In the Mouth of Madness (1994) 7/10 Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns (2005) 6/10 Christine (1983) 6/10 Escape from L.A. (1996) 6/10 The Ward (2010) 6/10 Dark Star (1974) 6/10 Masters of Horror: Pro-Life (2007) 5/10 The Gas Station (1983); Hair (1983) - two parts of Body Bags Vampires (1998) 4/10

53. Maurice Tourneur

Director | Au nom de la loi

Screenwriter and director Maurice Tourneur was born Maurice Thomas in the Parisian suburb of Belleville on February 2, 1873, the son of a jewelry merchant. He was trained and employed as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator as a young man. After serving in a French artillery unit in ...

The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) 9/10 The Blue Bird (1918) 8/10 The Broken Butterfly (1919) 7/10 La Main du Diable (1943) 7/10 The Last of the Mohicans (1920) 7/10 Le val d'enfer (1943) 6/10 Figures de cire (1914) 6/10 The County Fair (1920) 4/10 - one of the directors

54. Jean Painlevé

Director | L'hippocampe, ou 'Cheval marin'

Jean Painlevé was born on November 20, 1902 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for The Sea Horse (1935), Pasteur (1947) and Crevettes (1930). He died on July 2, 1989 in Paris, France.

Bluebeard (1936) 8/10 Liquid Crystals (1978) 9/10 The Love Life of the Octopus (1967) 8/10 - co-director The Octopus (1928) 8/10 Hyas and Stenorhynchus, marine crustaceans (1929) 8/10 Daphnia (1929) 8/10 The Seahorse (1934) 8/10 Le vampire (1945) 8/10 Voyage to the Sky (1937) 7/10 The Fourth Dimension (1937) 7/10 Diatoms (1968) 7/10 - co-director Acera, or the Witches' Dance (1972) 7/10 - co-director The Struggle for Survival (1937) 7/10 Similarities Between Length and Speed (1937) 7/10 Stickelback Eggs 7/10 Freshwater Assassins (1947) 7/10 Sea Urchins (1929) 7/10 How Some Jellyfish Are Born (1960) 7/10 - co-director Sea Ballerinas (1960) 7/10 - co-director Shrimp Stories (1964) 7/10 - co-director Sea Urchins (1958) 7/10 Experimental Treatment of a Hemorrhage in a Dog (1930) 6/10 Pigeons in the Square (1982) 6/10 Mathusalem (1927) 6/10

55. Don Hertzfeldt

Writer | World of Tomorrow

Don Hertzfeldt was born on August 1, 1976 in Fremont, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for World of Tomorrow (2015), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) and The Simpsons (1989).

World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts (2017) 9/10 It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) 8/10 World of Tomorrow (2015) 8/10 Rejected (2000) 7/10 Lily and Jim (1997) 8/10 Welcome to the Show/Intermission in the Third Dimension/The End of the Show (2003) 9/10 Everything Will Be Ok (2006) 8/10 The Meaning of Life (2005) 8/10 I Am So Proud of You (2008) 8/10 Billy's Balloon (1998) 8/10 Genre (1996) 8/10 Wisdom Teeth (2010) 7/10

56. Wes Craven

Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street

Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.

Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...

Scream 3 (2000) 10/10 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) 8/10 Scream (1996) 8/10 Scream 2 (1997) 7/10 Deadly Blessing (1981) 8/10 Vampire in Brooklyn (1995) 7/10 Swamp Thing (1982) 7/10 The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) 7/10 Pere-Lachaise (2006) - part of Paris, je t'aime Red Eye (2005) 6/10 Cursed (2005) 6/10 The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 6/10 Invitation to Hell (1984) 6/10 New Nightmare (1994) 5/10 Casebusters (1986) 5/10 My Soul To Take (2010) 4/10 Chiller (1985) 4/10 The People Under the Stairs (1991) 4/10 Summer of Fear (1978) 4/10 The Last House on the Left (1972) 4/10 Scream 4 (2011) 3/10 The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984) 3/10

57. Allan Arkush

Producer | Heroes

Allan Arkush was born on April 30, 1948 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Heroes (2006), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) and Crossing Jordan (2001).

Shake, Rattle and Rock! (1994) 7/10 Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) 8/10 Braindead: Wake Up Grassroots: The Nine Virtues of Participatory Democracy, and How We Can Keep America Great by Encouraging an Informed Electorate (2016) 8/10 Brainhead: Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't) (2016) 8/10 No Tomorrow: No Debts Remain Unpaid (2016) 7/10 Deathsport (1978) 7/10 - one of the directors Timecop: A Rip in Time (1997) 7/10 Hollywood Boulevard (1976) 7/10 - one of the directors Elvis Meets Nixon (1997) 7/10

58. Lenny Abrahamson

Director | Room

Lenny Abrahamson was born in Dublin in 1966. He studied physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. While at university he directed short videos with the Trinity Video Society, which he co-founded with Ed Guiney. He graduated in 1991 with first class honours (gold medal). His first short film...

Room (2015) 9/10 Frank (2014) 8/10 What Richard Did (2012) 7/10

59. Hollis Frampton

Director | Not the First Time

Hollis Frampton was born on March 11, 1936 in Wooster, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Not the First Time (1976), The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza XIV (1980) and The Birth of Magellan: Mindfall I (1980). He died on March 30, 1984 in New York, USA.

Lemon (1969) 8/10 Hapax Legomena II: Poetic Justice (1972) 8/10 Gloria! (1979) 8/10 Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia (1971) 8/10 Zorns Lemma (1970) 8/10 Pan 1 (1974) 8/10 Pan 3 (1974) 8/10 Pan 4 (1974) 8/10 Carrots & Peas (1969) 7/10 Surface Tension (1968) 7/10 Information (1966) 8/10 Noctiluca: Magellan's Toys: #1 (1974) 7/10 Hapax Legomena III: Critical Mass (1971) 7/10 Pan 0 (1974) 7/10 Pan 2 (1974) 7/10 Pan 698 (1974) 7/10 Pan 700 (1974) 7/10 Less (1973) 7/10 Maxwell's Demon (1968) 7/10 Winter Solstice (1974) 7/10 Apparatus Sum (1972) 7/10 Process Red (1966) 7/10 Not the First Time (1976) 6/10 Magellan: At the Gates of Death, Part I: The Red Gate I, 0 (1976) 6/10 Pan 697 (1974) 6/10 Pan 699 (1974) 6/10 The Birth of Magellan: Cadenza I (1977) 6/10 Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I (1975) 6/10 Manual of Arms (1966) 5/10

60. Rachid Bouchareb

Director | Indigènes

Rachid Bouchareb was born on September 1, 1959 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Days of Glory (2006), Little Senegal (2000) and Cheb (1991).

London River (2009) 8/10 Dust of Life (1995) 8/10 Little Senegal (2000) 7/10

61. Mike Leigh

Director | Secrets & Lies

Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. He began his career as a theatre ...

Secrets & Lies (1996) 8/10 Vera Drake (2004) 8/10 All or Nothing (2002) 8/10 Play for Today: The Kiss of Death (1977) 8/10 Another Year (2010) 8/10 Peterloo (2018) 8/10 Topsy-Turvy (1999) 7/10 High Hopes (1988) 7/10 Naked (1993) 8/10 Play for Today: Hard Labour (1973) 7/10 Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 7/10 The Short & Curlies (1988) 7/10 Play for Today: Nuts in May (1976) 7/10 Life Is Sweet (1990) 7/10 Meantime (1984) 7/10 Career Girls (1997) 7/10 A Sense of History (1992) 7/10 Four Days in July (1984) 5/10

62. Satyajit Ray

Writer | Pather Panchali

Satyajit Ray was born in Calcutta on May 2, 1921. His father, Late Sukumar Ray was an eminent poet and writer in the history of Bengali literature. In 1940, after receiving his degree in science and economics from Calcutta University, he attended Tagore's Viswa-Bharati University. His first movie ...

The Hero (1966) 8/10 An Enemy of the People (1989) 8/10 Distant Thunder (1973) 8/10 The Stranger (1991) 7/10 The Big City (1963) 7/10 The Elephant God (1979) 8/10 Two (1965) 8/10 The Music Room (1958) 8/10 The Coward (1965) 8/10 Pather Panchali (1955) 8/10 The Home and the World (1984) 7/10 Rabindranath Tagore (1961) 7/10 The Goddess (1960) 7/10 Three Daughters (1961) 6/10 Charulata (1964) 6/10 The World of Apu (1959) 6/10 Aparajito (1956) 6/10 Abhijaan (1962) 6/10 The Zoo (1967) 5/10 The Chess Players (1977) 5/10 The Holy Man (1965) 5/10

63. William Castle

Director | Homicidal

William Castle was born on April 24, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Homicidal (1961), House on Haunted Hill (1959) and The Lady from Shanghai (1947). He was married to Ellen. He died on May 31, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

13 Frightened Girls (1963) 8/10 Strait-Jacket (1964) 8/10 I Saw What You Did (1965) 8/10 House on Haunted Hill (1959) 8/10 Homicidal (1961) 7/10 13 Ghosts (1960) 7/10 Conquest of Cochise (1953) 7/10 Mr. Sardonicus (1961) 7/10 When Strangers Marry (1944) 6/10 Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948) 6/10 The Tingler (1959) 6/10 Macabre (1958) 6/10 Shanks (1974) 6/10

64. Todd Solondz

Director | Welcome to the Dollhouse

Todd Solondz was born in Newark, New Jersey. One of his earliest jobs in the film industry was when, as a young man, he worked as a messenger for the Writers' Guild of America. During this time, he wrote several screenplays.

Solondz's first color film with sync sound was the short "Schatt's Last ...

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) 9/10 Wiener-Dog (2016) 8/10 Happiness (1998) 8/10 Feelings (1984) 7/10 Life During Wartime (2009) 7/10 Dark Horse (2011) 6/10

65. Barbet Schroeder

Director | La Virgen de los Sicarios

Barbet Schroeder was born on August 26, 1941 in Tehran, Iran. He is a director and producer, known for Our Lady of the Assassins (2000), Single White Female (1992) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He has been married to Bulle Ogier since April 1991.

Koko: A Talking Gorilla (1978) 8/10 Reversal of Fortune (1990) 8/10 General Idi Amin Dada (1974) 8/10 Amnesia (2015) 8/10 The Venerable W. (2017) 7/10 Single White Female (1992) 7/10 Terror's Advocate (2007) 7/10 Murder by Numbers (2002) 7/10 More (1969) 6/10 Maîtresse (1976) 6/10 Desperate Measures (1998) 5/10

66. Elliot Diviney

Editor | American Rescue Squad

Elliot Diviney was born on December 7, 1982 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for American Rescue Squad (2015), Gull Lake Vice II: The Delusion Continues (2024) and Sex Magic.

Potpourri (2011) 8/10 American Rescue Squad (2015) 8/10 The Final Breath (2017); Hammer 3 (2017) - part of Grindsploitation 3: Video Nasty. Only director for Hammer 3, one of the directors for The Final Breath

67. Jesús Franco

Writer | Der Teufel kam aus Akasava

He was only six years old when he started composing music under the protection of his brother Enrique. After the Spanish Civil War he was able to continue his studies at the Real Conservatorio de Madrid, where he finished piano and harmony. Being a Bachelor of Law and an easy-read novel writer (...

A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) 8/10 The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966) 8/10 The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) 7/10 Two Undercover Angels/Rote Lippen, Sadisterotica (1969) 7/10 Kiss Me, Monster (1969) 7/10 Bloody Moon (1981) 7/10 The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) 7/10 Esmeralda Bay (1989) 7/10 The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969) 6/10 The Girl from Rio/Die sieben Männer der Sumuru (1969) 7/10 The Mistresses of Dr. Jekyll (1964) 6/10 Fall of the Eagles (1989) 6/10 She Killed in Ecstasy (1971) 6/10 Jack the Ripper (1976) 6/10 Cannibals (1980) 5/10 - main director Golden Temple Amazons (1986) 5/10 - one of the directors Night of the Assassins (1974) 5/10 Venus in Furs (1969) 5/10 Vampyros Lesbos (1971) 5/10 Count Dracula (1970) 5/10 The Bloody Judge (1970) 5/10 Der Todesrächer von Soho (1972) 4/10 Female Vampire (1975) 4/10 La mano de un hombre muerto (1962) 4/10 Les cauchemars naissent la nuit (1972) 4/10 Devil Hunter (1980) 3/10 Oasis of the Zombies (1982) 2/10

68. Jean Rollin

Director | La nuit des traquées

Jean Rollin was born on November 3, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Night of the Hunted (1980). He was married to Simone Rollin. He died on December 15, 2010 in Paris, France.

Zombie Lake (1981) 8/10 Killing Car (1993) 8/10 Fascination (1979) 8/10 The Grapes of Death (1978) 8/10 A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) 8/10 - directed additional scenes Requiem for a Vampire (1971) 7/10 The Iron Rose (1973) 7/10 Lost in New York (1989) 7/10 The Living Dead Girl (1982) 6/10 The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) 5/10 The Demoniacs (1974) 4/10 Sidewalks of Bangkok (1984) 4/10 Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973) 3/10

69. Clyde Geronimi

Director | Cinderella

Clyde Geronimi was born on June 12, 1901 in Chiavenna, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director, known for Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). He died on April 24, 1989 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

70. Suzan Pitt

Director | Crocus

Suzan Pitt was born on July 11, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was a director and writer, known for Crocus (1971), Asparagus (1979) and Visitation (2013). She was married to Alan Kraning. She died on June 16, 2019 in Taos, New Mexico, USA.

Joy Street (1995) 9/10 Visitation (2013) 8/10 Crocus (1971) 8/10 Pinball (2013) 8/10 Asparagus (1979) 8/10 Jefferson Circus Songs (1975) 8/10 El doctor (2006) 8/10

71. Anna Biller

Director | Viva

Anna Biller is a writer and director who creates unique, female-focused, highly visual films. She has a BA from UCLA in art and an MFA from CalArts in art and film. Her first feature Viva played in film festivals all over the world and gained minor cult status, and her second feature The Love Witch...

Three Examples of Myself as Queen (1994) 8/10 The Love Witch (2016) 8/10 The Hypnotist (2001) 8/10 A Visit from the Incubus (2001) 8/10 Viva (2007) 8/10

72. Ana Kokkinos

Director | Head On

Ana Kokkinos graduated from Melbourne's Monash University law school in 1982 and worked for nine years as an industrial lawyer. In 1991 she applied to film school and was accepted in the graduate film and TV programme at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. Her graduation short film, ...

Blessed (2009) 8/10 Head On (1998) 8/10 The Time of Our Lives: The Truth (2013) 8/10 The Time of Our Lives: The Mistake (2013) 8/10 The Time of Our Lives: The Learning Curve (2013) 8/10 The Time of Our Lives: The Windfall (2013) 8/10

73. Tyson Hesse

Art_department | Sonic the Hedgehog

Tyson Hesse is known for Sonic the Hedgehog (2020), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) and Sonic Mania Adventures (2018).

Team Sonic Racing: Overdrive (2019) 9/10 Chao in Space 9/10 Sonic Frontiers Prologue: Divergence 8/10

74. Wendy Toye

Director | The Stranger Left No Card

Wendy Toye was born on May 1, 1917 in London, England, UK. She was a director and actress, known for The Stranger Left No Card (1952), On the Twelfth Day... (1955) and Follow the Star (1979). She was married to Edward Selwyn Sharp. She died on February 27, 2010 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.

In The Picture (1955) - part of Three Cases of Murder Tales of the Unexpected: Stranger in Town (1982) 8/10

75. Asghar Farhadi

Writer | Forooshande

Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...

About Elly (2009) 9/10 A Separation (2011) 9/10 Fireworks Wednesday (2006) 9/10 The Salesman (2016) 8/10 A Hero 8/10 The Past (2013) 7/10 Everybody Knows (2018) 5/10

76. Eddie Romero

Director | Ganito kami noon... Paano kayo ngayon?

Eddie Romero, who initially used the screen name 'Enrique Moreno' early in his directing career, was born July 7 1924 in Dumaguete City. He is the son of Pilar Cinco, a school teacher, and José E. Romero, a former congressman, Secretary of Education, and Philippine Ambassador to London. He was ...

The Twilight People (1972) 8/10 Terror Is a Man (1959) 8/10 - co-director Beast of the Yellow Night (1971) 7/10 Brides of Blood (1968) 7/10 - co-director Beast of Blood (1970) 7/10 Whiteforce (1988) 7/10 Black Mama White Mama (1973) 7/10 Beyond Atlantis (1973) 7/10 Savage Sisters (1974) 7/10 The Day of the Trumpet (1958) 7/10 Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) 6/10 - co-director Lost Battalion (1962) 5/10 A Case of Honor (1989) 5/10

77. Yorgos Lanthimos

Director | The Lobster

Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...

The Lobster (2015) 8/10 The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) 8/10 Alps (2011) 7/10 Dogtooth (2009) 7/10 Kinetta (2005) 7/10

78. William Beaudine

Director | The Ape Man

William Beaudine, the director of nearly 350 known films (nearly one for every day of the year; some listings of his work put his output at 500 movies and hundreds of TV episodes) and scores of television episodes, enjoyed a directing career that stretched across seven decades from the 'Teens to ...

Dummy Husbands (1940) 8/10 One Thrilling Night (1942) 8/10 The Living Ghost (1942) 8/10 Fashion Model (1945) 7/10 The Story of the Animated Drawing (1955) 8/10 - director of live action scenes The Miracle Kid (1941) 7/10 The Panther's Claw (1942) 7/10 Here Comes Kelly (1943) 7/10 Smugglers' Cove (1948) 7/10 Blonde Dynamite (1950) 7/10 Phantom Killer (1942) 7/10 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) 7/10 Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla/The Boys From Brooklyn (1952) 7/10 The Face of Marble (1946) 7/10 Three Wise Girls (1932) 7/10 Clancy Street Boys (1943) 7/10 Shadow of Suspicion (1944) 7/10 Hot Rhythm (1944) 7/10 The Plausible Impossible (1956) 7/10 - director of live action scenes The Shadow Returns (1946) 7/10 - one of the directors Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966) 6/10 Sparrows (1926) 6/10 Robot Pilot (1941) 6/10 Born to the Saddle (1953) 6/10 Spotlight Scandals (1943) 6/10 Lucky Ghost (1942) 6/10 Blonde Comet (1941) 6/10 Kidnapped (1948) 6/10 Ghosts on the Loose (1943) 6/10 Lucky Losers (1950) 6/10 Little Annie Rooney (1925) 6/10 The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943) 6/10 The Chinese Ring (1947) 6/10 The Feathered Serpent (1948) 6/10 News Hounds (1947) 6/10 Angels' Alley (1948) 6/10 Voodoo Man (1944) 6/10 Desperate Cargo (1941) 6/10 The Golden Eye (1948) 5/10 Below the Deadline (1946) 5/10 The Ape Man (1943) 4/10 Leave It to the Irish (1944) 4/10

79. Terry Zwigoff

Director | Ghost World

Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Zwigoff held several jobs before making his breakthrough feature: the documentary Crumb (1994) in 1994. His previous jobs included musician, shipping clerk, printer and welfare office worker. In fact, Zwigoff traces his film career back to discovering a rare blues ...

Ghost World (2001) 8/10 Art School Confidential (2006) 8/10 Bad Santa (2003) 8/10 Crumb (1994) 8/10 Louie Bluie (1985) 8/10

80. Satoshi Kon

Writer | Tôkyô goddofâzâzu

Satoshi Kon was born in 1963. He studied at the Musashino College of the Arts. He began his career as a Manga artist. He then moved to animation and worked as a background artist on many films (including Roujin Z (1991) by 'Katsuhiro Otomo'). Then, in 1995, he wrote an episode of the anthology film ...

Paprika (2006) 8/10 Millennium Actress (2001) 8/10 Perfect Blue (1997) 7/10 Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 7/10

81. Dave Fleischer

Director | Mr. Bug Goes to Town

Dave Fleischer was an American film producer and director of animated films. He co-founded the animation studio Fleischer Studios (1929-1942) with his brother Max Fleischer. Dave is primarily remembered for directing the studio's only two feature films: "Gulliver's Travels" (1939) and "Mr. Bug Goes...

Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936) 8/10 - main director The Mechanical Monsters (1941) 9/10 - one of the directors Invisible Ink (1921) 8/10 Snow-White (1933) 8/10 Bimbo's Initiation (1931) 8/10 The Circus (1920) 8/10 Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) 7/10 Minnie the Moocher (1932) 7/10 Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (1932) 7/10 Billion Dollar Limited (1942) 7/10 - main director Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936) 7/10 Koko Sees Spooks (1925) 7/10 The Clown's Little Brother (1920) 7/10 Volcano (1942) 7/10 - main director Superman (1941) 7/10 The Arctic Giant (1942) 7/10 - main director Terror on the Midway (1942) 6/10 - main director The Clown's Pups (1919) 6/10 Is My Palm Read (1933) 6/10 - main director All's Well (1941) 6/10 Dizzy Dishes (1930) 6/10 Gulliver's Travels (1939) 6/10 The Bulleteers (1942) 6/10 - main director Electric Earthquake (1942) 6/10 - main director The Magnetic Telescope (1942) 6/10 - main director Tramp, Tramp, Tramp the Boys Are Marching (1926) 6/10 Ko-Ko's Earth Control (1928) 6/10 I Yam What I Yam (1933) 5/10 - main director Small Fry (1939) 4/10

82. Stéphane Aubier

Director | Panique au village

Stéphane Aubier was born on October 8, 1964 in Verviers, Belgium. He is a director and writer, known for A Town Called Panic (2009), Ernest & Celestine (2012) and Panique au village (2002).

Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar A Town Called Panic (2009) 9/10 Ernest & Celestine (2012) 8/10

83. Luis Buñuel

Writer | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the ...

Un Chien Andalou (1929) 10/10 Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) 8/10 Una mujer sin amor/A Woman Without Love (1952) 8/10 L'Age d'Or (1930) 8/10 Susana (1951) 8/10 Death in the Garden (1956) 8/10 Belle de Jour (1967) 8/10 The Milky Way (1969) 7/10 Tristana (1970) 7/10 Land Without Bread (1933) 7/10 The Phantom of Liberty (1974) 6/10 That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) 6/10 The Exterminating Angel (1962) 6/10 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) 6/10 The Young and the Damned (1950) 5/10 Robinson Crusoe (1954) 5/10 Simon of the Desert (1965) 4/10 Viridiana (1961) 3/10

84. Corrado Farina

Director | ...hanno cambiato faccia

Corrado Farina's first fiction film was an 8mm short he wrote, directed and starred in when he was 20 years old. He went on to direct around 20 such films, spanning such genres as horror, SF, war, comedy and drama. After graduating in law, he was hired as a copywriter in the advertising agency ...

They Have Changed Their Face (1971) 8/10 Baby Yaga (1973) 8/10

85. Jim Clark

Editor | The Mission

Jim Clark was born on May 24, 1931 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an editor and director, known for The Mission (1986), The Killing Fields (1984) and Marathon Man (1976). He was married to Laurence Méry-Clark and Jessica Andrew. He died on February 25, 2016 in the UK.

Rentadick (1972) 8/10 Madhouse (1974) 8/10

86. Martin McDonagh

Writer | In Bruges

Martin McDonagh was born on March 26, 1970 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).

Seven Psychopaths (2012) 9/10 In Bruges (2008) 8/10

87. Antonio Campos

Producer | The Staircase

Antonio Campos is an American filmmaker

Campos made his feature-length debut on Afterschool, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was later acquired by IFC Films. It was released in a limited release on October 2, 2009. Campos then went on to direct Simon Killer. The ...

Christine (2016) 9/10 Simon Killer (2012) 9/10 The Sinner: Season 1 Part I (2017) 8/10 The Sinner: Season 1 Part II (2017) 8/10 The Sinner: Season 1 Part III (2017) 8/10 The Sinner: Season 2 Part I (2018) 8/10 The Sinner: Season 2 Part II (2018) 7/10

88. Todd Haynes

Director | Far from Heaven

Todd Haynes was always interested in art, and made amateur movies and painted while he was still a child. He attended Brown university and majored in art and semiotics. After he graduated he moved to New York City and made the controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987). ...

Wonderstruck (2017) 8/10 Carol (2015) 8/10 Safe (1995) 8/10 Far from Heaven (2002) 7/10 Mildred Pierce (2011) 7/10 Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1988) 7/10 Dark Waters (2019) 7/10 I'm Not There (2007) 7/10 Poison (1991) 7/10 Velvet Goldmine (1998) 6/10

89. Andreas Marschall

Director | Masks

Andreas Marschall is known for Masks (2011), Tears of Kali (2004) and Deathcember (2019).

Masks (2011) 9/10 From Roma with Love (2016) 8/10 Pig (2019) - part of Deathcember Alraune (2015) - part of German Angst Tears of Kali (2004) 8/10

90. François Truffaut

Writer | La nuit américaine

French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...

Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 8/10 Two English Girls (1971) 8/10 The Bride Wore Black (1968) 8/10 A Story of Water (1961) 8/10 - co-director Mississippi Mermaid (1969) 8/10 The Story of Adele H. (1975) 8/10 Jules and Jim (1962) 8/10 Confidentially Yours (1983) 8/10 Les Mistons (1957) 7/10 Antoine and Colette (1962) 7/10 The 400 Blows (1959) 7/10 Shoot the Piano Player (1960) 6/10 The Woman Next Door (1981) 6/10 The Last Metro (1980) 5/10 Bed & Board (1970) 5/10 Stolen Kisses (1968) 5/10 The Soft Skin (1964) 5/10 Day for Night (1973) 5/10 Love on the Run (1979) 3/10

91. Don Siegel

Director | Escape from Alcatraz

Don Siegel was educated at Cambridge University, England. In Hollywood from the mid-'30s, he began his career as an editor and second unit director. In 1945 he directed two shorts (Hitler Lives (1945) and Star in the Night (1945)) which both won Academy Awards. His first feature as a director was ...

Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) 8/10 Escape from Alcatraz (1979) 8/10 The Twilight Zone: Uncle Simon (1963) 8/10 The Shootist (1976) 8/10 Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) 7/10 Coogan's Bluff (1968) 7/10 The Twilight Zone: The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross (1964) 7/10 Dirty Harry (1971) 7/10 Death of a Gunfighter (1969) 6/10 - one of the directors The Lineup (1958) 6/10 The Big Steal (1949) 6/10 Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) 6/10 The Beguiled (1971) 6/10 Charley Varrick (1973) 5/10 The Killers (1964) 5/10 The Gun Runners (1958) 5/10 Jinxed! (1982) 4/10 Flaming Star (1960) 3/10

92. Éric Rohmer

Director | Ma nuit chez Maud

Admirers have always had difficulty explaining Éric Rohmer's "Je ne sais quoi." Part of the challenge stems from the fact that, despite his place in French Nouvelle Vague (i.e., New Wave), his work is unlike that of his colleagues. While this may be due to the auteur's unwillingness to conform, ...

The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963) 8/10 Chloe in the Afternoon (1972) 8/10 The Green Ray (1986) 7/10 Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak (1960) 8/10 Véronique and Her Dunce (1958) 8/10 Nadja in Paris (1964) 8/10 Full Moon in Paris (1984) 8/10 Une étudiante d'aujourd'hui (1966) 7/10 Rendezvous in Paris (1995) 7/10 A Tale of Winter (1992) 6/10 My Night at Maud's (1969) 6/10 Claire's Knee (1970) 6/10 On Pascal (1965) 6/10 The Collector (1967) 6/10 Bois ton café (1986) 6/10 The Romance of Astrea and Celadon (2007) 5/10 Suzanne's Career (1963) 5/10 The Marquise of O (1976) 4/10 Perceval le Gallois (1978) 4/10

93. Claude Chabrol

Director | Le beau Serge

Claude Chabrol was born on June 24, 1930 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Le Beau Serge (1958), La Cérémonie (1995) and Story of Women (1988). He was married to Aurore Chabrol, Stéphane Audran and Agnès Goute. He died on September 12, 2010 in Paris, France.

Le Beau Serge (1958) 8/10 The Bridesmaid (2004) 8/10 The Color of Lies (1999) 8/10 Story of Women (1988) 8/10 Merci pour le Chocolat (2000) 8/10 Les Bonnes Femmes (1960) 8/10 The Swindle (1997) 7/10 Masques (1987) 7/10 This Man Must Die (1969) 7/10 Les Cousins (1959) 6/10 M. le maudit (1982) 6/10 La Cérémonie (1995) 5/10

94. Stanley Nelson

Producer | American Experience

Stanley Nelson is among the premier documentary filmmakers working today. His feature-length films combine compelling narratives with rich and deeply researched historical detail, shining new light on both familiar and under-explored aspects of the American past.

In addition to honors for his ...

Freedom Summer (2014) 8/10 The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999) 8/10 The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015) 8/10 Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities 8/10 A Place of Our Own (2004) 7/10

95. Vernon P. Becker

Producer | The Funniest Man in the World

Vernon P. Becker was born on September 18, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Funniest Man in the World (1967), Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. (1971) and The Great Stone Face (1968). He died on January 10, 2017 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.

What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975) 8/10 Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. (1971) 7/10

96. Jenni Olson

Producer | The Royal Road

Jenni Olson's 16mm essay films have earned awards and acclaim for their uniquely contemplative storytelling style. Jenni's debut feature, The Joy of Life had its world premiere at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and went on to play a pivotal role in renewing debate about the need for a suicide ...

Blue Diary (1998) 9/10 The Joy of Life (2005) 8/10 575 Castro St. (2009) 8/10 The Royal Road (2015) 8/10 In nomine Patris (2019) 8/10

97. Marshall Neilan

Actor | Daddy-Long-Legs

In the early days of silent pictures, Marshall Neilan was a top director for Goldwyn Pictures. He had also directed a small number of Louis B. Mayer's independently produced melodramas, but there was a mutual dislike between the two men. During the festivities inaugurating the merger of Metro and ...

M'Liss (1918) 8/10 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917) 7/10 Stella Maris (1918) 7/10 Daddy-Long-Legs (1919) 7/10 Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) 6/10 The Little Princess (1917) 6/10 Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918) 5/10

98. Wolfgang Reitherman

Director | The AristoCats

Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.

He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.

Reitherman directed several Disney animated ...

101 Dalmatians (1961) 8/10 - one of the directors The Jungle Book (1967) 8/10 The Aristocats (1970) 7/10 The Sword in the Stone (1963) 7/10 Robin Hood (1973) 6/10 The Rescuers (1977) 6/10 - one of the directors The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) 5/10 - co-director

99. Georges Méliès

Director | À la conquête du pôle

Georges Méliès was a French illusionist and film director famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.

Méliès was an especially prolific innovator in the use of special effects, popularizing such techniques as substitution splices, multiple exposures, ...

The Black Imp (1905) 9/10 The Bewitched Inn (1897) 8/10 The Haunted Castle (1897) 8/10 Summoning the Spirits (1899) 8/10 The Conjuring of a Woman at the House of Robert Houdin (1896) 8/10 The Sign of the Cross (1899) 8/10 The Magician's Cavern (1901) 8/10 The Diabolic Tenant (1909) 8/10 Naval Combat in Greece (1897) 8/10 The Monster (1903) 8/10 La lune à un mètre (1898) 7/10 The Voyage Across the Impossible (1904) 7/10 An Up-To-Date Conjuror (1899) 7/10 A Terrible Night (1896) 7/10 The Colonel's Shower Bath (1902) 7/10 Whimsical Illusions (1910) 7/10 The Witch (1906) 7/10 The Mysterious Portrait (1899) 7/10 Illusions fantasmagoriques (1898) 7/10 After the Ball (1897) 7/10 The Temptation of Saint-Antoine (1898) 7/10 Cinderella (1899) 7/10 A Nightmare (1896) 7/10 Between Calais and Dover (1897) 7/10 Adventures of William Tell (1898) 7/10 The Music Lover (1903) 7/10 The Magician (1898) 7/10 The India Rubber Head (1901) 7/10 The Infernal Caudron (1903) 7/10 Bluebeard (1901) 7/10 Sur les toits (1897) 7/10 Divers at Work on the Wreck of the 'Maine' (1898) 7/10 Le voyage dans la lune (1902) 6/10 La danse du feu (1899) 6/10 The House of the Devil (1896) 6/10 La pyramide de Triboulet (1899) 6/10 Joan of Arc (1900) 6/10 The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903) 6/10 The Inventor Crazybrains and His Wonderful Airship (1906) 6/10 Un homme de têtes (1898) 6/10 La cuisine de l'ogre (1907) 6/10 Le cabinet de Méphistophélès (1897) 6/10 An Extraordinary Wrestling Match (1899) 6/10 Une partie de cartes (1896) 6/10 Le palais des mille et une nuits (1905) 6/10 Robinson Crusoe (1903) 6/10 The Doctor and the Monkey (1900) 5/10 Tunneling the English Channel (1907) 5/10 La légende de Rip Van Winkle / Rip's Dream (1905) 5/10 Tom Whisky ou L'illusioniste toqué / Addition and Subtraction(1900) 5/10 The 400 Tricks of the Devil (1906) 5/10 Une bonne farce avec ma tête (1904) 5/10

100. John Waters

Writer | Pecker

Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore ...

Cecil B. DeMented (2000) 8/10 Pink Flamingos (1972) 8/10 Hairspray (1988) 8/10 Cry-Baby (1990) 7/10 Female Trouble (1974) 7/10 Desperate Living (1977) 7/10 Serial Mom (1994) 7/10 Multiple Maniacs (1970) 6/10