Adorable Taboo & Controversial Creators
by ltewu | created - 18 Feb 2013 | updated - 18 Feb 2013 | Public
1. Takashi Miike
Director | Jûsan-nin no shikaku
Takashi Miike was born in the small town of Yao on the outskirts of Osaka, Japan. His main interest growing up was motorbikes, and for a while he harbored ambitions to race professionally. At the age of 18 he went to study at the film school in Yokohama founded by renowned director Shôhei Imamura, ...
2. Yotta Kasai
Director | The Viscera
Yotta Kasai was born on November 5, 1987 in Japan. He is a Japanese film director, writer, producer and painter, known for The Viscera (2013), Feeding the Flesh (2013), Methadone and Amphetamine (2014) and Crown of the Archons (2017). He has directed various short films, videos and music videos. He...
3. Fred Vogel
Writer | The Final Interview
Fred Vogel was born on April 18, 1976 in Warren Township, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Final Interview (2018), August Underground (2001) and Sella Turcica (2010). He has been married to Shelby Lyn Vogel since October 13, 2006.
4. Tinto Brass
Writer | La vacanza
Giovanni Brass was born on 26 March 1933 into the family of a famous artist, Italico Brass, who was his grandfather. Italico gave his grandson a nickname "Tintoretto," which Giovanni later adapted into his cinematic name, Tinto Brass.
Tinto inherited his grandfather's artistic skills, but he applied...
5. Patrice Chéreau
Director | Intimacy
Patrice Chéreau was born on November 2, 1944 in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, France. He was a director and actor, known for Intimacy (2001), The Last of the Mohicans (1992) and Queen Margot (1994). He died on October 7, 2013 in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
6. Yutaka Ikejima
Director | Seiai fujin: Inmu ni mamirete
Yutaka Ikejima was born on March 30, 1948 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor and director.
8. Bertrand Bonello
Writer | Nocturama
Bertrand Bonello was born on September 11, 1968 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He is a writer and director, known for Nocturama (2016), House of Tolerance (2011) and The Beast (2023).
9. Luigi Batzella
Editor | Nuda per Satana
Luigi Batzella was born on May 27, 1924 in San Sperate, Sardinia, Italy. He was an actor and editor. He died on November 18, 2008 in San Sperate, Sardinia, Italy.
10. Radley Metzger
Director | The Opening of Misty Beethoven
One of the pioneers of American adult cinema, Radley Metzger was born in New York. He first made a name in erotic cinema by importing and distributing European erotic films, including the Danish sex film I, a Woman (1965). At around the same time Metzger decided to direct his own features, which ...
11. Helmut Richter
Writer | Tatort
Helmut Richter was born on November 30, 1933 in Bruntál, Czechoslovakia. He was a writer, known for Tatort (1970), Scheidungsprozeß (1973) and Alfons Köhler (1983). He died on November 3, 2019 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
12. Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Director | Saigo no rabudôru: Watashi, otona no omocha tomemashita.
Naoyuki Tomomatsu was born in 1967 in Osaka, Japan. He is a director and writer.
13. Osamu Saka
Actor | Jûbê ninpûchô
Osamu Saka was born on November 7, 1930 in Osaka, Japan. He is an actor, known for Ninja Scroll (1993), Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) and Patlabor: The New Files (1990). He is married to Yoshiko Ôta.
14. David Mills
Producer | NYPD Blue
David Mills was born on November 20, 1961 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for NYPD Blue (1993), The Wire (2002) and The Corner (2000). He died on March 30, 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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