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| x Shane Acker |
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| x Blake Edwards |
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William Blake Crump (born July 26, 1922), better known as Blake Edwards, is an Academy Award–winning American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Edwards was the son of a stage director. He began his career as an...
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| A Fine Mess | |||
| A Shot in the Dark | |||
| Breakfast at Tiffany's | |||
| Bring Your Smile Along | |||
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| x D. A. Pennebaker |
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Donn Alan "D. A." Pennebaker (born July 15, 1925) is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cinéma vérité. Performing arts (especially pop music) and politics are his primary subjects.
Pennebaker was born in...
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| Dont Look Back | |||
| Down from the Mountain | |||
| Sweet Toronto | |||
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| x Chris Hegedus |
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| Al Franken: God Spoke | |||
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| x David Dawkins | 101 | ||
| x Zack Snyder |
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300 |
Zack Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. After making his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, adapted from writer-artist...
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| Watchmen | |||
| Guardians of Ga'Hoole | |||
| Sucker Punch | |||
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| x Bernardo Bertolucci |
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1900 |
Bernardo Bertolucci (born March 16, 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, probably best known for such films as The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers.
Bertolucci was born in the Italian city of Parma,...
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| La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | |||
| Last Tango in Paris | |||
| Stealing Beauty | |||
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| x Steven Spielberg |
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1941 |
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's films have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure...
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| A.I. | |||
| Always | |||
| Amblin | |||
| Amistad | |||
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| x Ernest Thompson |
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1969 |
Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.
Thompson was born in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, moving to Maryland as a...
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| The West Side Waltz | |||
| x Michael Radford |
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1984 |
Michael Radford (born February 24, 1946 in New Delhi, India to a British father and Austrian-Jewish mother) is an English film director and screenwriter.
Radford was educated at Bedford School before attending Worcester College, Oxford. After...
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| Il Postino | |||
| White Mischief | |||
| The Merchant of Venice | |||
| Dancing at the Blue Iguana | |||
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| x Wong Kar-wai |
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2046 |
Wong Kar-wai BBS (traditional Chinese: 王家衛; pinyin: Wáng Jiāwèi; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; born 17 July 1958) is an award-winning Hong Kong filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized films. Wong...
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| As Tears Go By | |||
| Ashes of Time | |||
| Chungking Express | |||
| Days of Being Wild | |||
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| x John Landis |
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¡Three Amigos! |
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson; Landis has also done many horror projects.
Landis was born in...
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| An American Werewolf in London | |||
| Beverly Hills Cop III | |||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | |||
| Coming to America | |||
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| x Luis Mandoki |
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¿Quién es el señor López? |
Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a film director of the Cinema of Mexico and Hollywood.
Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film...
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| Angel Eyes | |||
| Voces inocentes | |||
| When a Man Loves a Woman | |||
| Born Yesterday | |||
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| x Norman Jewison |
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...And Justice for All |
Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (born 21 July 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre.
Jewison was born in Toronto, the son of Dorothy Irene (née Weaver) and Percy Joseph Jewison, who managed a...
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| A Soldier's Story | |||
| F.I.S.T | |||
| In Country | |||
| In the Heat of the Night | |||
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| x Pedro Almodóvar |
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What Have I Done To Deserve This? |
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβar kaβaˈʎeɾo]; born 1949, is an Academy Award winning Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.
Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish...
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| All About My Mother | |||
| Bad Education | |||
| Live Flesh | |||
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| x Matthew Robbins | *batteries not included |
Matthew Robbins may refer to:
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| Bingo | |||
| Corvette Summer | |||
| The Legend of Billie Jean | |||
| Dragonslayer | |||
| x Francis Delia | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| x Jay Levey | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| Alapalooza: The Videos | |||
| Bad Hair Day: The Videos | |||
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| x Scott Norlund | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| Alapalooza: The Videos | |||
| x Mark Osborne | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection |
Mark Anatole Osborne (born August 13, 1961 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player, playing in the NHL as a checking winger between 1982 and 1995. Osborne played in 919 games, tallying 212 goals and 531 points.
Osborne played his...
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| Alapalooza: The Videos | |||
| Kung Fu Panda | |||
| The Sponge Who Could Fly | |||
| x Dror Soref | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| x Robert K. Weiss | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection |
Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels, and the “Z. A. Z.” team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science...
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| The Compleat Al | |||
| Amazon Women on the Moon | |||
| x Hal Warren |
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"Manos": The Hands of Fate |
Harold P. Warren (October 23, 1923 – December 26, 1985), better known as Hal Warren, was an insurance and fertilizer salesman who lived in the El Paso, Texas area. He is best remembered for writing, directing, and producing the 1966 movie Manos: The...
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| x Michael Dimich | "Weird Al" Yankovic Live! | ||
| x Bharathiraja |
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16 Vayathinile |
K. Bharathiraja (born 17 July 1941 in Theni, Tamil Nadu, India), is a critically acclaimed South Indian filmmaker.
He displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. Bharathiraja is known for his realistic and sensitive portrayal of village...
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| Karuththamma | |||
| Muthal Mariyathai | |||
| Kodi Parakuthu | |||
| Bommalattam | |||
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| x Aparna Sen |
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15, Park Avenue |
Aparna Sen (née Dasgupta) (Bengali: অপর্ণা সেন Ôporna Shen) (October 25, 1945 - ) is a critically acclaimed Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival awards....
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| 36 Chowringee Lane | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | |||
| Jewellery Box | |||
| Sati | |||
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| x Nathan Juran |
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20 Million Miles to Earth |
Naftuli "Nathan" Hertz Juran (September 1, 1907 - October 23, 2002) was a Austrian-American film art director and film director who is most noted for winning the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for How Green Was My Valley and for directing...
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| Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | |||
| First Men in the Moon | |||
| The 7th Voyage of Sinbad | |||
| Jack the Giant Killer | |||
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| x George Seaton |
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36 Hours |
George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.
Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as...
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| Airport | |||
| Miracle on 34th Street | |||
| Little Boy Lost | |||
| The Proud and Profane | |||
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| x John Singleton |
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2 Fast 2 Furious |
John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular Boyz N...
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| Baby Boy | |||
| Boyz N the Hood | |||
| Four Brothers | |||
| Higher Learning | |||
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| x Phil Karlson | 99 River Street |
Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908 - December 12, 1985) was a Chicago-born film director known for his no-nonsense film noir. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other...
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| Ben | |||
| Hell's Island | |||
| Kansas City Confidential | |||
| Scandal Sheet | |||
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| x Jean-Jacques Beineix | 37°2 le matin |
Jean-Jacques Beineix (born October 8, 1946) is a French film director.
In 1964, Jean-Jacques Beineix started his career as Jean Becker’s assistant director on the famous French TV series, Les saintes chéries until the end of 1967. Then, in 1970 he...
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| Diva | |||
| Roselyne et les lions | |||
| Moon in the Gutter | |||
| x Joel Schumacher |
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8mm |
Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Schumacher was born in New York City, the son of Marian (née Kantor) and Francis Schumacher. His mother was a Swedish Jew, and his father was a Baptist...
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| A Time to Kill | |||
| Bad Company | |||
| Batman & Robin | |||
| Batman Forever | |||
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| x Henry Hathaway |
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5 Card Stud |
Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring John Wayne.
Born Henri Leonard de Fiennes in Sacramento, California, he was the son of...
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| Call Northside 777 | |||
| How the West Was Won | |||
| Kiss of Death | |||
| Nevada Smith | |||
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| x Richard Fleischer |
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10 Rillington Place |
Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916–March 25, 2006) was an American film director.
Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer. He started in motion pictures as director of animated shorts...
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| 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | |||
| Armored Car Robbery | |||
| Barabbas | |||
| Conan the Destroyer | |||
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| x Selvaraghavan | 7G Rainbow Colony |
Selvaraghavan is a film director from South India.
He is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both doctors. On December 15th, 2006, he married actress Sonia Agarwal, with whom he has...
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| Kadhal Kondein | |||
| Pudhupettai | |||
| Idhu Malai Nerathu Mayakkam | |||
| Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule | |||
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| x Kim Ki-duk |
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3-Iron |
Kim Ki-duk is a Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s.
Kim Ki-duk was born...
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| Address Unknown | |||
| Birdcage Inn | |||
| Coast Guard | |||
| The Bow | |||
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| x Delmer Daves |
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3:10 to Yuma |
Delmer Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Born in San Francisco, Delmer Daves first pursued a career as a lawyer. While attending Stanford University he became interested in the burgeoning...
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| Broken Arrow | |||
| Dark Passage | |||
| Spencer's Mountain | |||
| The Hanging Tree | |||
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| x Peter Hyams |
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2010: The Year We Make Contact |
Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, probably best known for directing the 1984 sci-fi adventure 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), Capricorn One, the comic book...
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| A Sound of Thunder | |||
| Capricorn One | |||
| End of Days | |||
| Outland | |||
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| x John Lafia | 10.5: Apocalypse |
John Lafia (born 1957) is an American film and television writer, director, and producer. He attended UCLA, where he received his Bachelors in Film. Lafia's first film was The Blue Iguana, which he wrote and directed. It was also screened out of...
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| 10.5 | |||
| Child's Play 2 | |||
| The Rats | |||
| Man's Best Friend | |||
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| x Curtis Hanson |
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8 Mile |
Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24, 1945) is an Academy Award-winning American filmmaker.
Hanson was born in Reno, Nevada and grew up in Los Angeles, the son of Beverly June and William Hanson. Hanson dropped out of high school, finding work as a...
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| Bad Influence | |||
| In Her Shoes | |||
| L.A. Confidential | |||
| Lucky You | |||
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| x Lyudmil Staykov | 681 AD: The Glory of Khan | ||
| x Michael Lehmann | 40 Days and 40 Nights |
Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director.
Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American...
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| Airheads | |||
| Heathers | |||
| Hudson Hawk | |||
| The Truth About Cats & Dogs | |||
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| x Don Robinson | 50 Cent: The New Breed | ||
| x Damon Johnson | 50 Cent: The New Breed | ||
| x Russell Mulcahy | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story |
Russell Mulcahy (born June 23, 1953 born in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian film director.
Russell Mulcahy's career began with making early music videos while he was working for the Seven Network in Sydney, Australia. In early 1974, former...
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| Derek and Clive Get the Horn | |||
| Highlander | |||
| Highlander II: The Quickening | |||
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| x Tony Palmer | 200 Motels |
This article is about the American football player. For the film director see Tony Palmer
Tony Palmer (born February 23, 1983 in Midwest City, Oklahoma) is an American football guard in the National Football League who is currently a free agent. The...
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| Testimony | |||
| England, My England | |||
| Death in Venice: Britten | |||
| x Frank Zappa |
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200 Motels |
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète...
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| Baby Snakes | |||
| Uncle Meat | |||
| Video from Hell | |||
| The Dub Room Special | |||
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| x Charles Swenson | 200 Motels | ||
| Dirty Duck | |||
| x Billy Crystal |
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61* |
William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the...
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| Forget Paris | |||
| Mr. Saturday Night | |||
| x Michael Winterbottom | 24 Hour Party People |
Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a prolific British filmmaker who has directed sixteen films in the past thirteen years. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his...
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| 9 Songs | |||
| A Cock and Bull Story | |||
| Code 46 | |||
| Jude | |||
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| x Robert Moresco |
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10th & Wolf |
Robert "Bobby" Moresco is a Hollywood screenwriter. His credits include 10th & Wolf and Crash, the latter of which he won an Academy Award for. He also was a producer of Crash and has acted in three films. He wrote scripts for the television series...
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| The Kings of Appletown | |||
| One Eyed King | |||
| x Spike Lee |
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25th Hour |
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He also teaches film at New York University and Columbia University. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over...
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| Bamboozled | |||
| Clockers | |||
| Crooklyn | |||
| Do the Right Thing | |||
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| x Murali K. Thalluri |
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02:37:00 AM |
Murali Krishna Thalluri (born 4 August 1984) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer. Born in Canberra to Indian-born parents, he moved to Adelaide where he attended Rostrevor College before completing his education at University Senior...
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| x Walter Hill |
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Brewster's Millions |
Walter Wesley Hill (born January 10, 1942 in Long Beach, California) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done...
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| Broken Trail | |||
| Hard Times | |||
| The Driver | |||
| The Warriors | |||
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| x Simon Fellows | 7 Seconds | ||
| Til Death | |||
| Second in Command | |||
| Blessed | |||
| x Danny Boyle |
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28 Days Later |
Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is a British filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Slumdog Millionaire. For the latter Boyle won numerous awards in 2009, including...
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| A Life Less Ordinary | |||
| Millions | |||
| Sunshine | |||
| The Beach | |||
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| x Alejandro González Iñárritu |
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To Each His Own Cinema |
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ɡonˈsales iˈɲaritu]) is an award-winning Mexican film director. He was the first Mexican director to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.
He was born on August 15, 1963,...
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| 21 Grams | |||
| Amores perros | |||
| Babel | |||
| BMW films | |||
| x Robert Altman |
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3 Women |
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his...
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| A Perfect Couple | |||
| A Prairie Home Companion | |||
| A Wedding | |||
| Brewster McCloud | |||
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| x Fyodor Bondarchuk | 9th Company | ||
| x Kevin Lima |
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102 Dalmatians |
Kevin Lima (born c. 1962) is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians, Eloise at the Plaza, Eloise at Christmastime and Enchanted. Before directing, he...
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| A Goofy Movie | |||
| Enchanted | |||
| Tarzan | |||
| Eloise at the Plaza | |||
