Directors I like

1. Woody Allen

Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.

Allen ...

2015 O Homem Irracional 2014 Magic in the Moonlight 2013 Blue Jasmine 2012 To Rome with Love 2011 Midnight in Paris 2010 You will meet a tall dark stranger 2009 Whatever works 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2007 O Sonho de Cassandra 2006 Scoop - O Grande Furo 2005 Ponto Final - Match Point 2004 Melinda e Melinda 2003 Anything Else 2002 Dirigindo no Escuro Sounds from a Town I Love (TV short) 2001 The Concert for New York City (segment "Sounds from the Town I Love") 2001 O Escorpião de Jade 2000 Trapaceiros 1999 Poucas e Boas 1998 Celebrities 1997 Deconstructing Harry 1996 Everybody says I love you 1995 Poderosa Afrodite 1994 Don't Drink the Water (TV movie) 1994 Tiros na Broadway 1993 Um Misterioso Assassinato em Manhattan 1992 Maridos e Esposas 1991 Neblina e Sombras 1990 Simplesmente Alice 1989 Crimes e Pecados 1989 Contos de Nova York (segment "Oedipus Wrecks") 1988 A Outra 1987 Setembro 1987 A Era do Rádio 1986 Hannah e Suas Irmãs 1985 A Rosa Púrpura do Cairo 1984 Broadway Danny Rose 1983 Zelig 1982 Sonhos Eróticos de uma Noite de Verão 1980 Memórias 1979 Manhattan 1978 Interiores 1977 Noivo Neurótico, Noiva Nervosa 1975 A Última Noite de Bóris Grushenko 1973 O Dorminhoco 1972 Tudo o Que Você Sempre Quis Saber Sobre Sexo E Tinha Medo de Perguntar 1971 Bananas 1969 Um Assaltante Bem Trapalhão 1966 O que Há, Tigresa?

2. Pedro Almodóvar

Writer | Hable con ella

The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...

2013 I'm So Excited 2011 A Pele que Habito 2009 Abraços Partidos 2009 La concejala antropófaga (short) 2006 Volver 2004 Má Educação 2002 Fale com Ela 1999 Tudo Sobre Minha Mãe 1997 Carne Trêmula 1995 A Flor do Meu Segredo 1993 Kika 1991 De Salto Alto 1990 Ata-me 1988 Mulheres à Beira de um Ataque de Nervos 1987 A Lei do Desejo (as Pedro Almodovar) 1986 Matador 1984 Que Fiz Eu Para Merecer Isto? 1983 Maus Hábitos 1982 Labirinto de Paixões 1980 Pepi, Luci, Bom e Outras Garotas de Montão 1978 Salomé (short)

3. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

1999 De Olhos Bem Fechados 1987 Nascido Para Matar 1980 O Iluminado 1975 Barry Lyndon 1971 Laranja Mecânica 1968 2001 - Uma Odisséia no Espaço 1964 Dr. Fantástico 1962 Lolita 1960 Spartacus 1957 Glória Feita de Sangue 1956 O Grande Golpe 1955 A Morte Passou Perto 1953 The Seafarers (short) 1953 Medo E Desejo 1951 Day of the Fight (documentary short) 1951 Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner (documentary short)

4. Alexander Payne

Director | Nebraska

Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos. He is the youngest...

2013 Nebraska 2011 The Descendants 2006 Paris, je t'aime (segment "14e arrondissement") 2004 Sideways 2002 About Schmidt 1999 Election

5. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

2012 Flight 2007 Beowulf 2000 Cast Away 2000 What Lies Beneath 1997 Contact 1994 Forrest Gump 1992 Death Becomes Her 1990 Back to the Future - Part III 1989 Back to the Future - Part II 1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 1985 Back to the Future 1984 Tudo Por Uma Esmeralda

6. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...

1964 Marnie 1963 Os Pássaros 1960 Psicose 1959 Intriga Internacional 1958 Um Corpo que Cai 1956 The Man who Knew too much 1955 To Catch a Thief 1954 Janela Indiscreta 1954 Disque 'M' Para Matar 1951 Strangers on a Train 1948 Festim Diabólico 1946 Notorious 1945 Quando fala o coração 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Smith 1940 Rebecca

7. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

2012 Lincoln 2005 Munich 2002 Minority Report - A Nova Lei 2001 A.I. Inteligência Artificial 1998 O Resgate do Soldado Ryan 1997 Amistad 1993 A Lista de Schindler 1987 Empire of the Sun 1985 A Cor Púrpura 1982 E.T. - O Extraterrestre 1981 Os Caçadores da Arca Perdida 1975 Tubarão 1971 Encurralado

8. Krzysztof Kieslowski

Writer | Trois couleurs: Bleu

Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (1974) (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Personnel (...

1994 A Fraternidade É Vermelha 1994 A Igualdade é Branca 1993 A Liberdade É Azul 1991 A Dupla Vida de Véronique 1989-1990 Decálogo (TV mini-series) 1988 Não Amarás 1988 Não Matarás 1979 Amador

9. Alan Parker

Director | Evita

The son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter, Alan Parker was a London advertising copywriter in the 1960s and early 1970s with Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP), an ad agency. He formed a partnership with David Puttnam as his producer (Puttnam had been a ...

2003 A Vida de David Gale 1999 As Cinzas de Angela 1996 Evita 1994 O Fantástico Mundo do Dr. Kellogg 1991 The Commitments 1990 Come See the Paradise 1988 Mississippi Burning 1987 Coração Satânico 1984 Birdy 1982 Shoot the Moon 1982 Pink Floyd: The Wall 1980 Fama 1978 O Expresso da Meia-Noite

10. Akira Kurosawa

Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater...

1985 Ran 1961 Yojimbo 1954 Os Sete Samurais 1952 Ikuru 1950 Rashomon

11. Juan José Campanella

Writer | El secreto de sus ojos

Juan José Campanella was born on July 19, 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and director, known for The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), The Man of Your Dreams (2011) and The Weasel's Tale (2019).

2009 O Segredo dos Seus Olhos 2004 Clube da Lua 2001 O Filho da Noiva 1999 O Mesmo Amor, a Mesma Chuva

12. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Director | Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.

González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...

2015 O Regresso 2014 Birdman 2010 Biutiful 2006 Babel 2003 21 Gramas 2000 Amores Brutos

13. Alejandro Amenábar

Writer | The Others

Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...

2004 Mar Adentro 2001 Os Outros 1997 Abra os Olhos 1996 Tesis

14. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

2011 Deus da Carnificina 2002 The Pianist 1994 Death and the Maiden 1992 Lua de Fel 1979 Tess 1976 The Tenant 1974 Chinatown 1968 Rosemary's Baby 1965 Repulsion 1962 Knife in the Water

15. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

2009 Bastardos Inglórios À Prova de Morte Grindhouse (segment "Death Proof") 2004 Kill Bill - Volume 2 2003 Kill Bill - Volume 1 Jackie Brown 1994 Pulp Fiction - Tempo de Violência 1992 Cães de Aluguel

16. Billy Wilder

Writer | The Apartment

Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many ...

1960 Se Meu Apartamento Falasse 1959 Quanto Mais Quente Melhor 1957 Witness for the Prossecution 1955 The seven year itch 1954 Sabrina 1953 Stalag 17 1950 Crepúsculo dos Deuses 1944 Pacto de Sangue

17. Martin Scorsese

Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

2013 The Wolf of Wall Street 2011 Hugo 2010 Shutter Island 2006 Os Infiltrados 2004 O Aviador 2002 Gangs of New York 1999 Vivendo no Limite 1995 Casino 1993 The age of innocence 1991 Cape fear 1990 Os Bons Companheiros 1988 A Última Tentação de Cristo 1985 Depois de Horas 1982 O Rei da Comédia 1980 Touro Indomável 1977 New York, New York 1974 Alice Não Mora Mais Aqui 1973 Caminhos Perigosos 1967 Quem Bate à Minha Porta?

18. Christopher Nolan

Writer | Tenet

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...

2014 Interestellar 2012 The Dark Knight Rises 2010 A Origem 2008 Batman, o Cavaleiro das Trevas 2006 O Grande Truque 2005 Batman Begins 2000 Amnésia

19. 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 (...

1982 Fany e Alexander 1977 The Serpent's Egg 1972 Cries and Whispers 1968 Shame 1966 Persona 1957 Morangos Silvestres 1957 The Seventh Seal

20. 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...

1987 Planes, Trains & Automobiles 1986 Curtindo a Vida Adoidado 1985 Clube dos Cinco 1984 Sixteen candles

21. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

2008 Quem Quer Ser um Milionário 2002 28 Days Later 2000 The Beach 1997 Por uma Vida Menos Ordinária 1996 Trainspotting - Sem Limites

22. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 1977 Guerra Nas Estrelas

23. Frank Capra

Director | It's a Wonderful Life

One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...

1946 A Felicidade não se Compra 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1934 It Happened one Night

24. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

2006 Children of Men 2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2001 Y tu mamá también 1995 A Little Princess

25. Ang Lee

Director | Wo hu cang long

Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

2012 Life of Pi 2005 Brockeback Mountain 2003 Hulk 2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 1995 Sense and Sensibility 1993 The Wedding Banquet

26. Barry Sonnenfeld

Director | Men in Black

Barry Sonnenfeld was born and raised in New York City. He graduated from New York University Film School in 1978. He started work as director of photography on the Oscar-nominated In Our Water (1982). Then Joel Coen and Ethan Coen hired him for Blood Simple (1984). This film began his collaboration...

2002 MIB - Homens de Preto II 1997 MIB - Homens de Preto 1995 O Nome do Jogo 1993 Addams Family Values 1991 Addams Family

27. Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer | Il conformista

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (...

2003 The Dreamers 1996 Stealing Beauty 1987 The Last Emperor 1972 Last Tango in Paris

28. Bobby Farrelly

Producer | There's Something About Mary

Bobby Farrelly was born on June 17, 1958 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA. He is a producer and director, known for There's Something About Mary (1998), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000). He has been married to Nancy Farrelly since 1990. They have two children.

2014 Debi & Lóide 2 2007 Antes Só do Que Mal Casado 2005 Amor em Jogo 2003 Ligado em Você 2001 O Amor É Cego 2001 Osmose Jones 2000 Eu, Eu Mesmo e Irene 1998 Quem Vai Ficar Com Mary? 1996 Kingpin - Estes Loucos Reis do Boliche 1994 Debi & Lóide: Dois Idiotas em Apuros

29. Peter Farrelly

Producer | Green Book

Peter Farrelly was born on December 17, 1956 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Green Book (2018), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). He has been married to Melinda Farrelly since December 31, 1996. They have two children.

2014 Debi & Lóide 2 2007 Antes Só do Que Mal Casado 2005 Amor em Jogo 2003 Ligado em Você 2001 O Amor É Cego 2001 Osmose Jones 2000 Eu, Eu Mesmo e Irene 1998 Quem Vai Ficar Com Mary? 1996 Kingpin - Estes Loucos Reis do Boliche 1994 Debi & Lóide: Dois Idiotas em Apuros

30. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.

He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...

2016 Split 2015 A Visita 2004 A Vila 2002 Sinais 2000 Corpo Fechado 1999 O Sexto Sentido

31. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

2008 Changeling 2008 Gran Torino 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima 2004 Million Dollar Baby 2003 Mystic River 1995 The Bridges of Madison County 1992 Unforgive

32. Darren Aronofsky

Writer | Pi

Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...

2017 Mother! 2010 Black Swam 2008 The Wrestler 2006 The Fountain 2000 Requiem for a Dream 1998 Pi

33. Charles Chaplin

Writer | The Great Dictator

Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the ...

1940 O Grande Ditador 1936 Os Tempos Modernos 1931 Luzes da Cidade 1925 Em Busca do Ouro 1921 O Garoto 1918 Carlitos nas Trincheiras 1917 O Balneário 1916 A Loja de Penhores

34. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

2014 Gone Girl 2010 The Social Network 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2002 Panic Room 1999 Fight Club 1997 The Game 1995 Se7en 1992 Alien3

35. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

2012 Frankenweenie 2012 Dark Shadows 2010/I Alice in Wonderland 2007 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2005 Corpse Bride 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2003 Big Fish 2001 Planet of the Apes 1999 Sleepy Hollow 1996 Mars Attacks! 1994 Ed Wood 1992 Batman Returns 1990 Edward Scissorhands 1989 Batman 1988 Beetlejuice 1982 Vincent (Short)

36. Karim Aïnouz

Director | A Vida Invisível

Karim Aïnouz is an award-winning film director and screenwriter. He was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father.

Aïnouz debuted as feature director with "Madame Satã" (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2002). Other works include "Nardjes A."(Berlin Panorama 2020), "Central Airport THF" (Berlin ...

2014 Futuro Beach 2009 Viajo porque preciso, volto porque te amo 2006 Love for sale 2002 Madame Satã

37. Stephen Frears

Director | Dangerous Liaisons

Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971....

2013 Philomena 2006 The Queen 2002 Dirty Pretty Things 2000 High Fidelity 1988 Dangerous Liaisons 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette

38. Federico Fellini

Writer | Le notti di Cabiria

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...

1983 And the Ship Sails On 1963 8½ 1960 La Dolce Vita 1957 Nights of Cabiria 1954 La Strada

39. Walter Salles

Director | Central do Brasil

Walter Salles was born on April 12, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Central Station (1998), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Terra Estrangeira (1995). He is married to Maria Klabin. They have one child.

2005 Dark Water 2004 Diários de Motocicleta 2001 Abril Despedaçado 1998 Central do Brasil 1998 Midnight 1996 Terra Estrangeira

40. Marco Berger

Director | Ausente

Marco Berger was born on December 8, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for Absent (2011), The Blonde One (2019) and Taekwondo (2016).

2013 Hawaii 2013 Sexual Tension: Violetas 2012 Sexual Tension: Volatile 2011 Absent 2010 Cinco 2009 Plan B

41. Sidney Lumet

Director | 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...

2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 1976 Network 1975 Dog Day Afternoon 1957 12 Angry Men

42. Ferzan Özpetek

Director | La finestra di fronte

He is a Turkish-Italian director, screenwriter and writer. In 1976, he first went to Perugia Foreigners University in Italy, learned Italian for a year, and then transferred to Rome La Sapienza University to study cinema. After completing his education there, he went to Accademia Navona and ...

2010 Loose Cannons 2008 A Perfect Day 2003 Facing Windows 2001 His Secret Life 1997 Steam: the Turkish bath

43. 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 ...

2010 Aterrorizada 1995 A Cidade dos Amaldiçoados 1994 À Beira da Loucura 1993 Trilogia do terror 1988 Eles Vivem 1987 Príncipe das Sombras 1986 Os Aventureiros do Bairro Proibido 1983 Christine, o Carro Assassino 1982 O Enigma de Outro Mundo 1981 Fuga de Nova York 1980 A Bruma Assassina 1978 Halloween 1976 Assalto à 13a DP

44. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

1996 Jack 1992 Dracula 1990 The Godfather: Part III 1986 Peggy Sue, Seu Passado a Espera 1979 Apocalypse Now 1974 The Godfather: Part II 1972 The Godfather

45. 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 ...

2004 Howl's Moving Castle 2001 Spirited Away 1997 Princess Mononoke 1988 My Neighbor Totoro 1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

46. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

2008 Avatar 1997 Titanic 1994 True Lies 1991 The Terminator II: Judgement Day 1989 The Abyss 1986 Aliens 1984 The Terminator

47. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

1998 Snake Eyes 1996 Mission Impossible 1992 Raising Caim 1987 The Untouchables 1983 Scarface 1980 Dressed to Kill 1976 Carrie

48. Chris Columbus

Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...

2002 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1999 Bicentennial Man 1998 Stepmom 1995 Nine Months 1993 Mrs. Doubtfire 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1990 Home Alone

49. Fernando Meirelles

Director | The Constant Gardener

Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.

He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of ...

2008 The Constant Gardner 2005 Blindness 2002 City of God 2001 Maids

50. Hector Babenco

Director | Carandiru

Hector Babenco was born on February 7, 1946 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Carandiru (2003), Pixote (1980) and Foolish Heart (1998). He was married to Bárbara Paz, Xuxa Lopes and Raquel Arnaud. He died on July 13, 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, ...

2007 El Pasado 2003 Carandiru 1987 Ironweed 1985 Kiss of the Spider Woman 1981 Pixote

51. 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 ...

1983 Confidentially Yours 1980 The Last Metro 1966 Fahrenheit 451 1959 The 400 Blows

52. Lars von Trier

Writer | Dancer in the Dark

Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984). A highly ...

2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 2013 Nymphomaniac: Vol. I 2011 Melancolia 2009 Anticristo 2006 O Grande Chefe 2005 Manderlay 2003 Dogville 2000 Dançando no Escuro 1998 Os Idiotas 1996 Ondas do Destino 1991 Europa

53. Richard Linklater

Director | Waking Life

Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...

2014 Boyhood: da infância à juventude 2013 Before Midnight 2006 Fast Food Nation 2004 Before Sunset 2003 School of Rock 2001 Waking Life 1995 Before Sunrise 1993 Dazed and Confused

54. Adam McKay

Producer | Don't Look Up

Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...

2013 Tudo por um furo 2010 Os outros caras 2008 Quase irmão 2006 Ricky Bobby 2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie 2004 O Âncora: A Lenda de Ron Burgundy

55. Mike Nichols

Director | The Graduate

He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin. He later ...

2007 Charlie Wilson's War 2004 Closer 1996 The Birdcage 1994 Wolf 1990 Postcards from the Edge 1988 Working Girl 1986 Heartburns 1983 Silkwood 1973 The Day of the Dolphin 1967 The Graduate 1966 Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf

56. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

2015 Perdido em Marte 2012 Prometheus 2010 Robin Hood 2001 Hannibal 2000 Gladiator 1997 G.I. Jane 1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise 1991 Thelma and Louise 1982 Blade Runner 1979 Alien

57. James Wan

Writer | Saw

James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...

2013 The Conjuring 2010 Insidious 2007 Dead Silence 2007 Sentença de Morte 2004 Saw

58. Bruno Barreto

Director | Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos

Bruno Barreto was born on March 16, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and producer, known for Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (1976), Reaching for the Moon (2013) and Four Days in September (1997). He was previously married to Amy Irving.

2008 Última Parada 174 2007 Caixa Dois 2003 View from the Top 2000 Bossa Nova 1997 Four Days in September 1976 Dona Flor and her two husbands 1974 A Estrela Sobe

59. Frank Darabont

Writer | The Shawshank Redemption

Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...

2007 The Mist 2001 The Majestic 1999 The Green Mile 1994 The Sawshank Redemption

60. Ethan Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The younger brother of Joel, Ethan Coen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning writer, producer and director coming from small independent films to big profile Hollywood films. He was born on September 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some films of the brothers- Ethan & Joel wrote, Joel...

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis: Balada de um Homem Comum 2010 Bravura Indômita 2008 Queime Depois de Ler 2007 Onde os Fracos não Têm Vez 2006 Paris, Te Amo 2000 E Aí, Meu Irmão, Cadê Você? 1998 O Grande Lebowski 1996 Fargo

61. Joel Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...

2013 Inside Llewyn Davis: Balada de um Homem Comum 2010 Bravura Indômita 2008 Queime Depois de Ler 2007 Onde os Fracos não Têm Vez 2006 Paris, Te Amo 2000 E Aí, Meu Irmão, Cadê Você? 1998 O Grande Lebowski 1996 Fargo

62. Harold Ramis

Writer | Ghostbusters

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...

2000 Endiabrado 1999 Máfia no Divã 1996 Eu, minha mulher e minhas cópias 1993 Feitiço do Tempo 1983 Férias Frustradas

63. Joel Schumacher

Director | The Phantom of the Opera

Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...

2010 The Phantom of the Opera 2007 Número 23 2002 Phone Booth 1997 Batman & Robin 1996 A Time to Kill 1995 Batman Forever 1994 The Client 1993 Falling Down 1987 The Lost Boys

64. Henry Selick

Director | Coraline

Henry Selick is a film director, specializing in films with stop-motion animation. He has formal training as an animator.

Selick was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, son of Charles H. Selick and Melanie Molan. He was mostly raised in Rumson, New Jersey. As a child, Selick took up drawing as a hobby. ...

2009 Coraline 2001 Monkeybone 1996 James and the Giant Peach 1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas

65. Wes Anderson

Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...

2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel 2012 Moonrise Kingdom 2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums 1998 Rushmore

66. Travis Mathews

Director | Interior. Leather Bar.

Travis Mathews is a writer/director/editor. Informed with a Masters in Counseling Psychology and a background in documentary, Mathews is a self-taught filmmaker based in San Francisco.

In 2009 he started an ongoing documentary series called "In Their Room" about gay men and their bedrooms as ...

2013: In their room: London 2012: I want your love 2011: In their room: Berlin 2009: In their room: San Francisco

67. Sofia Coppola

Actress | The Godfather Part III

Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...

2010 Somewhere 2006 Marie Antoinette 2003 Lost in Translation 1999 The Virgin Suicides

68. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

2009 South of the Border 1994 Natural Born Killers 1989 Born on the 4th of July 1986 Platoon

69. Steven Soderbergh

Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...

2013 Terapia de Risco 2011 Contágio 2008 Che 2: A Guerrilha 2008 Che: O Argentino 2001 Onze Homens e um Segredo 2000 Erin Brockovich: Uma Mulher de Talento 1989 Sex, Lies and Videotape

70. Adrian Lyne

Director | Jacob's Ladder

Adrian Lyne (Director/Writer/Producer) is the creative force behind some of the most talked-about movies of our time, among them, Fatal Attraction (1987), 9½ Weeks (1986) and Indecent Proposal (1993).

Born in Peterborough, England and raised in London, Lyne attended the Highgate school, where...

2002 Infidelidade 1993 Indecent Proposal 1990 Alucinações do Passado 1987 Atração Fatal 1983 Flashdance - Em Ritmo de Embalo

71. Ben Stiller

Producer | Tropic Thunder

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).

His parents made no real...

2013 A Vida Secreta de Walter Mitty 2008 Trovão Tropical 2001 Zoolander 1996 O Pentelho 1994 Caindo na Real

72. Denys Arcand

Writer | Les invasions barbares

One of Québec's most politically aware filmmakers, Denys Arcand studied history at Université de Montréal, where he co-directed Seul ou avec d'autres (1962) with Denis Héroux and co-written with Stéphane Venne. He joined the National Film Board (NFB) in 1963, where his feature-length documentary on...

2007 A Era da Inocência 2003 As Invasões Bárbaras 1989 Jesus de Montreal 1986 O Declínio do Império Americano

73. David Zucker

Writer | Airplane!

Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers.

Starting ...

2013 Todo Mundo em Pânico 5 2006 Todo Mundo em Pânico 4 2003 Todo Mundo em Pânico 3 2003 A Filha do Chefe 1991 Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí 2 1/2 1988 Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí 1986 Ruthless People 1980 Apertem os Cintos... O Piloto Sumiu

74. William Wyler

Director | The Best Years of Our Lives

William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the...

1959 Ben-Hur 1953 A Princesa e o Plebeu 1941 Pérfida 1938 Jezebel

75. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer | All About Eve

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...

1963 Cleópatra 1955 Eles e Elas 1950 A Malvada 1947 O Fantasma Apaixonado

76. Peter Segal

Director | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult

Peter Segal was born in 1962. He is a director and producer, known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Get Smart (2008) and Second Act (2018). He is married to Linda Segal. They have three children.

2004 Como se Fosse a Primeira Vez 2003 Tratamento de Choque 2000 O Professor Aloprado 2 - A Familia Klump 1995 Mong e Lóide 1994 Corra que a Polícia Vem Aí 33 1/3 - O Insulto Final

77. Alexandre Aja

Director | Haute tension

Alexandre Aja was born on August 7, 1978 in Paris, France. He is a producer and director, known for High Tension (2003), The Hills Have Eyes (2006) and Piranha 3D (2010). He is married to Laïla Marrakchi.

2013 Amaldiçoado 2008 Espelhos do medo 2006 Viagem Maldita 2003 Alta Tensão

78. Ivan Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...

1984 Os Caça-Fantasmas 1988 Irmãos Gêmeos 1989 Os Caça-Fantasmas 2 1990 Um Tira no Jardim de Infância 1994 Júnior 1998 Seis Dias e Sete Noites 2001 Evolução

79. Agnieszka Holland

Director | Pokot

Having graduated from FAMU in Prague film (1971), Agnieszka Holland returned to Poland and began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. Her first feature film was PROVINCIAL ACTORS (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the "cinema of...

2011 In Darkness 1993 O Jardim Secreto 1992 Olivier, Olivier 1990 Filhos da Guerra

80. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

2006 O Código Da Vinci 2005 A luta pela esperança 2001 Uma mente brilhante 2000 O Grinch 1999 EdTV 1995 Apollo 13 1985 Cocoon 1984 Splash: Uma Sereia em Minha Vida

81. Adolfo Aristarain

Writer | Martín (Hache)

Adolfo Aristarain began working on a regular basis in the film industry in 1965, as second assistant director. Before shooting his first film in 1978, he worked as an assistant director in more than thirty feature films, in different parts of the world, such as Sergio Leone's _Erase un vez en el ...

2004 Roma 2002 Lugares Comunes 1997 Martin (Hache) 1992 Um Lugar no Mundo

82. Michael Haneke

Writer | Caché

A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...

2012 Amour 2009 A Fita Branca 2005 Caché 2001 A Professora de Piano 1997 Funny Games

83. Bruce Beresford

Director | Driving Miss Daisy

Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain. Beresford has also directed several operas including Girl Of The ...

2009 O último dançarino de Mao 1999 Risco duplo 1997 Um canto de esperança 1989 Conduzindo Miss Daisy

84. Alan J. Pakula

Producer | Sophie's Choice

Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).

He also directed Presumed Innocent (...

1993 O Dossiê Pelicano 1990 Acima de Qualquer Suspeita 1982 A Escolha de Sofia 1976 Todos os Homens do Presidente

85. Mark Waters

Producer | (500) Days of Summer

Mark Waters grew up in South Bend, Indiana, USA. His first film, The House of Yes, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. He is a director and producer, known for Mean Girls (2004), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and He's All That (2021). He has been married to Dina Spybey-Waters since November ...

2005 E Se Fosse Verdade... 2004 Meninas Malvadas 2003 Sexta-Feira Muito Louca 2001 Cinco Evas e um Adão 1997 A Casa do Sim

86. Adam Elliot

Director | Mary and Max.

Grew up on a shrimp farm in southern Australia together with two brothers, one sister and two parrots. He discerned his artistic abilities at an early age and spent five years studying photography, painting, pottery etc. In 1996 he began his studies at the Victorian College of the Arts where Uncle ...

2009 Mary e Max 2003 Harvie Krumpet 2000 Brother 1996 Uncle

87. Michael Moore

Director | Bowling for Columbine

Michael Francis Moore was born in Flint, Michigan on April 23, 1954, and was raised in its Davison suburb. He is the son of Helen Veronica (Wall), a secretary, and Francis Richard Moore, who worked on an auto assembly line. He has Irish, as well as English and Scottish, ancestry.

Moore studied ...

2018 Fahrenheit 11/9 2016 Michael Moore in TrumpLand 2015 Where to Invade Next 2009 Capitalismo: Uma História de Amor 2007 Sicko - $O$ Saúde 2004 Fahrenheit 11 de Setembro 2002 Tiros em Columbine 1997 Cortando Custos 1989 Roger e Eu

88. Pete Docter

Writer | Up

Pete Docter is the Oscar®-winning director of "Monsters, Inc.," "Up," and "Inside Out," and Chief Creative Officer at Pixar Animation Studios. He is currently directing Pixar's feature film "Soul" with producer Dana Murray, which is set to release June 19, 2020.

Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the ...

2015 Divertida Mente 2009 Up: Altas Aventuras 2002 O Novo Carro do Mike 2001 Monstros S.A.

89. Gaspar Noé

Director | Enter the Void

Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...

2015 Love 2009 Viagem Alucinante 2002 Irreversível 1998 Sozinho Contra Todos 1991 Carne

90. David Lynch

Writer | Twin Peaks

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...

2014 Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces 2006 Império dos Sonhos 2001 Cidade dos Sonhos 1999 Uma História Real 1986 Veludo Azul 1980 O Homem Elefante