Some actors, filmmakers and crewmembers that I like.

1. 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 ...

Directing, writing and producing:

Day of the Fight (1951 documentary short) [directing and producing only - also for cinematography, editing and sound editing]
Flying Padre (1951 documentary short) [directing and writing only - also for cinematography]
Fear and Desire (1953) [directing and producing only - also for cinematography and editing]
The Seafarers (1953 documentary short) [directing only - also for cinematography and editing]
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) [also for special effects design and direction]
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Shining (1980)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

2. Tom Baker

Actor | Doctor Who

One of Britain's most recognizable (and most larger-than-life) character actors, Tom Baker is best known for his record-setting seven-year stint as the Fourth Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). He was born in 1934 in Liverpool, to Mary Jane (Fleming) and John Stewart Baker. His father was of English and ...

Acting:

Doctor Who (1963-1989 TV series)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Arthur of the Britons: Go Warily (1973 TV episode)
The Passionate Pilgrim (1984 short film)
Blackadder II: Potato (1986 TV episode)
Fort Boyard (1998-2003 TV series)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Little Britain (2003-2006 TV series)
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor (2013 TV episode)
Star Wars: Rebels: Steps Into Shadow / The Holocrons of Fate / Visions and Voices / Zero Hour (2016/2016/2016/2017 TV episodes)

3. George A. Romero

Writer | Land of the Dead

George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...

Directing and writing:

Night of the Living Dead (1968) [also for cinematography and editing]
Season of the Witch (1972) [also for cinematography and editing]
The Crazies (1973) [also for editing]
Martin (1977) [also for acting and editing]
Day of the Dead (1985)
Misfits' "Scream!" (1999 music video)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Diary of the Dead (2007) [NOTE: it kinda sucks, but it's still interesting and watchable]

Other work:

Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010 video game) [acting]
The Crazies (2010) [producing]

4. 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 ...

Directing and score:

Captain Voyeur (1969 short film) [directing and writing only]
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) [also for writing and editing]
Halloween (1978) [also for writing and producing]
The Fog (1980) [also for writing]
Escape From New York (1981) [also for writing]
The Thing (1982) [score - additional only]
Christine (1983)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Prince of Darkness (1987) [also for writing]
They Live (1988) [also for writing]
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) [directing only]
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
The Ward (2010) [directing only]
John Carpenter's "Distant Dream" (2016 music video)
John Carpenter's "Escape From New York" (2016 music video)
John Carpenter's "Christine" (2017 music video)

Other work:

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) [producing and score]
Halloween (2018) [producing and score]

5. William Friedkin

Director | To Live and Die in L.A.

Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...

Directing:

The French Connection (1971)
The Exorcist (1973)
Sorcerer (1977) [also for producing]
Cruising (1980) [also for writing]
Laura Branigan's "Self Control" (1984 music video)
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) [also for writing]
Wang Chung's "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985 music video)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
The Hunted (2003)
Bug (2006)
Killer Joe (2011)

6. Norman Reynolds

Art_director | Star Wars

Oscar-winning British art director and production designer, most famous for being the creative genius behind the look of the original Star Wars trilogy. Reynolds also worked on many other blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Superman (1978), Empire of the Sun (1987) and Bicentennial Man...

Production design:

Phase IV (1974) [assistant art direction only]
Star Wars: Episodes IV-VI (1977[art direction only]/1980/1983)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Return to Oz (1985)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Alien³ (1992)
Mission Impossible (1996)
Bicentennial Man (1999)

Other work:

The Exorcist III (1990) [special effects unit directing]

7. John Smith

Director | Dad's Stick

John Smith was born in 1952 in London, England, UK. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Dad's Stick (2012), Blight (1996) and Regression (1999).

Directing, writing, producing and editing:

Associations (1975 short film)
Leading Light (1975 short film)
The Girl Chewing Gum (1976 short film)
Shepherd's Delight (1984 short film)
Om (1986 short film)
The Black Tower (1987 short film)
Gargantuan (1992 short film)
Blight (1996 short film)
The Man Phoning Mum (2011 short film)
Dad's Stick (2012 short film)
White Hole (2014 short film)
Steve Hates Fish (2015 short film)
Who Are We? (2016 short film)
A State of Grace (2019 short film)
Twice (2020 short film)

8. Tom Savini

Actor | From Dusk Till Dawn

Actor/SFX wizard/stuntman/director Tom Savini was born in Pittsburgh. Inspired by the film Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), a young Savini became fascinated with the magic and illusion of film. He spent his youth in his room creating characters by tirelessly practicing make-up. Later, as a combat ...

Special makeup effects/sequences:

Martin (1977)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Friday the 13th & The Final Chapter (1980/1984)
Maniac (1980)
The Burning (1981)
The Prowler (1981)
Day of the Dead (1985)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Cutting Moments (1997 short film)

NOTE: he's also a sort-of prolific actor, but not a particularly memorable one.

9. Ben Burtt

Sound_department | WALL·E

Ben Burtt was born in New York, USA. Though he is a writer, an editor and a director, he is best known for his work as a sound designer. Ben has worked on many Pixar and Star Trek movies and all of the Star Wars movies. He is credited for creating Chewbacca's voice and sounds as well as the voice ...

Sound/voice design and effects:

Star Wars: Episodes I-VII & IX (1977/1980/1983/1999/2002/2005/2015/2019)
Alien (1979) [additional sound design only]
Indiana Jones 1-3 (1981/1984/1989)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
E.T. (1982)
WALL-E (2008) [also for voicing WALL-E]
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019 video game) [designing and voicing BD-1 only]

Other work:

Star Wars: Episodes I-III (1999/2002/2005) [editing]

NOTE: he also named and popularised the 'Wilhelm scream' sound effect.

10. Phil Tippett

Visual_effects | Jurassic Park

Phil Tippett is the founder and namesake of Tippett Studio. His varied career in visual effects has spanned more than 30 years and includes two Academy Awards; and six nominations, one BAFTA award and four nominations, two Emmys and the advent of modern digital effects in motion pictures.

As a child...

Stop-motion (or go-motion) and visual effects:

Star Wars & The Empire Strikes Back (1977/1980)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
RoboCop 1 & 2 (1987/1990) [also for producing]
Jurassic Park (1993)
Starship Troopers (1997) [also for producing]
Evolution (2001)
Mastodon's "Asleep in the Deep" (2015 music video)
Jurassic World & Fallen Kingdom (2015/2018)

Other work:

Return of the Jedi (1983) [makeup and creature design]
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004) [directing and producing]

11. Dean Cundey

Cinematographer | Jurassic Park

Multiple award-winning cinematographer Dean Cundey, ASC, CSC who was nominated for an Oscar for "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and took home the BAFTA for the same film, has a career spanning decades with awards and nominations including a Primetime Emmy (2023 "The Mandalorian") a Daytime Emmy (2001 "...

Cinematography:

Halloween I-III (1978/1981/1982)
The Fog (1980)
Escape From New York (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Psycho II (1983)
Back to the Future (1985)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Road House (1989)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Killers' "Human" (2008 music video)
The Girl in the Photographs (2015)
The Book of Boba Fett: The Tribes of Tatooine / The Gathering Storm (2022 TV episodes)

12. Mark Irwin

Cinematographer | Old School

Mark Irwin was born on August 7, 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a cinematographer, known for Old School (2003), RoboCop 2 (1990) and There's Something About Mary (1998).

Cinematography:

The Brood (1979)
Night School (1981)
Scanners (1981)
The Dead Zone (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
The Fly (1986)
The Blob (1988)
Class of 1999 (1990)
RoboCop 2 (1990)
The Mask (1994) [additional cinematography only]
New Nightmare (1994)
Scream (1996)
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Scary Movie 3 (2003)

13. David Bradley

Actor | The World's End

David Bradley was born on April 17, 1942 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The World's End (2013), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011). He has been married to Rosanna Bradley since 1978. They have three children.

Acting:

Coronation Street: 24 December 1980 (1980 TV episode)
Harry Potter 1-7 (2001/2002/2004/2005/2007/2009/2011)
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010 TV episodes)
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Game of Thrones (2011-2019 TV series)
Doctor Who: Dinosaurs on a Spaceship / Twice Upon a Time / The Power of the Doctor (2012/2017/2022 TV episodes)
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013 TV film)
Broadchurch (2013-2017 TV series)
The World's End (2013)

14. Lawrence Kasdan

Writer | The Big Chill

Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is ...

Writing:

Star Wars: Episodes V-VII (1980/1983/2015[also for producing])
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dreamcatcher (2003) [also for directing and producing] [NOTE: one of the most baffling films I've ever seen]
Solo (2018) [also for producing]

NOTE: a writer who seems to understand the epic and dramatic potential of "Star Wars" more than most.

15. Rob Bottin

Make_up_department | RoboCop

Rob Bottin was born on April 1, 1959 in El Monte, California, USA. He is known for RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and Se7en (1995).

Special makeup effects:

The Fog (1980)
The Thing (1982) [NOTE: it's worth mentioning that working on this film nearly killed him]
RoboCop (1987) [also for designing the RoboCop costume]
Total Recall (1990) [also for visual effects design]
Se7en (1995)
Mission Impossible (1996)
Mimic (1997) [creature design only]
Deep Rising (1998) [also for creature design]
Fight Club (1999)

16. Stephen King

Writer | Maximum Overdrive

Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...

Writing source materials [NOTE: I haven't read any of his works, but these films make them sound pretty interesting, despite the varying quality of the films themselves]:

The Shining (1980)
The Boogeyman (1982 short film)
Christine (1983)
Children of the Corn (1984)
Pet Sematary (1989) [also for screenwriting and acting]
Misery (1990)
The Green Mile (1999)
Paranoid (2000 short film)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
1408 (2007)
The Mist (2007)
Carrie (2013)
Cell (2016) [also for screenwriting]
1922 (2017)
The Dark Tower (2017)
Gerald's Game (2017)
It (2017/2019) [also for acting]
Doctor Sleep (2019) [also for producing]
In the Tall Grass (2019)
Pet Sematary (2019)

17. Kurt Russell

Actor | Escape from New York

Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, ...

Acting:

Escape From New York (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Tombstone (1993)
Breakdown (1997)
Poseidon (2006)
Death Proof (2007)
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 (2017)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

18. Sam Raimi

Director | Spider-Man

Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...

Directing and writing:

Evil Dead I & II (1981[also for producing and special effects]/1987)
Darkman (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992) [also for editing]
Spider-Man 1-3 (2002[directing only]/2004[directing only]/2007)
Drag Me to Hell (2009) [also for producing]
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) [directing only]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) [directing only]

Producing:

The Grudge (2004)
Boogeyman (2005)
30 Days of Night (2007)
The Possession (2012)
Evil Dead (2013)
Don't Breathe 1 & 2 (2016/2021)
Crawl (2019)
65 (2023)
Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Other work:

Miller's Crossing (1990) [acting]

19. Stan Winston

Make_up_department | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Stan Winston was born on April 7, 1946 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Jurassic Park (1993) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Karen Winston. He died on June 15, 2008 in Malibu, California, USA.

Special makeup and puppet effects:

Friday the 13th: Parts II & III (1981/1982)
The Thing (1982)
Terminator 1-4 (1984[also for second unit directing]/1991/2003/2009)
Aliens (1986) [also for second unit directing]
Invaders From Mars (1986) [also for creature design]
The Vindicator (1986) [also for designing the Vindicator costume]
Predator 1 & 2 (1987/1990)
Batman Returns (1992)
Jurassic Park I-III (1993/1997/2001)
Congo (1995)
The Time Machine (2002)
Darkness Falls (2003) [creature design only]
Wrong Turn (2003) [producing only]
Iron Man (2008)
Avatar (2009)
Shutter Island (2010)

20. Michael Kaplan

Costume_designer | Armageddon

Michael Kaplan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Armageddon (1998), Blade Runner (1982) and Star Trek (2009).

Costume design:

Blade Runner (1982)
Se7en (1995)
Armageddon (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Panic Room (2002)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
I Am Legend (2007)
Star Trek & Into Darkness (2009/2013)
Burlesque (2010)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
Star Wars: Episodes VII-IX (2015/2017/2019)
65 (2023)

21. Bob Keen

Make_up_department | Hellraiser

Bob Keen was born in 1960 in England, UK. He is known for Hellraiser (1987), Candyman (1992) and Nightbreed (1990). He is married to Sheila ?.

Special makeup and creature effects:

The Dark Crystal (1982)
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Lifeforce (1985)
Highlander (1986)
Hellraiser I-III (1987/1988/1992)
Nightbreed (1990)
Candyman (1992)
Event Horizon (1997)
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
Dog Soldiers (2002)

22. Tony Gardner

Make_up_department | Hocus Pocus

Known best for the films "127 Hours," "Zombieland Double Tap," "Hocus Pocus," and"Bad Grandpa," as well as his work with Daft Punk, Tony Gardner began his film career working on "Michael Jackson's Thriller" under the auspices of Rick Baker.

His very first independent FX job was an animatronic ...

Special makeup and creature effects:

Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (1983 music video)
The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Evil Dead II (1987)
The Blob (1988)
Darkman (1990) [also for creature acting]
Nightbreed (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Freaked (1993)
Hocus Pocus (1993)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Tank Girl (1995) [special costume design only]
The Craft (1996)
Batman & Robin (1997) [also for special costume design]
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
Spider-Man (2002) [special costume development only]
Seed of Chucky (2004) [also for additional directing]
Zombieland (2009)
Curse of Chucky (2013) [animatronic effects only]
Clown (2014)
The Bad Batch (2016) [also for producing]
Happy Death Day (2017) [special costume design only]
Hell Fest (2018) [special costume design only]
Wounds (2019)

23. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Actor | Terminator 2: Judgment Day

With an almost unpronounceable surname and a thick Austrian accent, who would have ever believed that a brash, quick talking bodybuilder from a small European village would become one of Hollywood's biggest stars, marry into the prestigious Kennedy family, amass a fortune via shrewd investments and...

Acting:

Terminator 1-3, 5 & 6 (1984/1991/2003/2015/2019)
Commando (1985)
Predator (1987)
Total Recall (1990)
Last Action Hero (1993) [also for producing]
Batman & Robin (1997)
The Rundown (2003)
The Expendables 1 & 2 (2010/2012)

24. Tom Woodruff Jr.

Special_effects | Starship Troopers

Tom Woodruff Jr. was born in 1959 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Starship Troopers (1997), Prey (2022) and Death Becomes Her (1992). He is married to Tami Spitler Woodruff. They have three children.

Makeup and creature design/effects:

The Terminator (1984)
Alien 2-4 (1986/1992/1997)
Invaders From Mars (1986)
The Vindicator (1986)
Predator (1987)
Tremors (1990)
Demolition Man (1993)
Jumanji (1995)
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Hollow Man (2000)
Evolution (2001)
Panic Room (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Alien vs. Predator & Requiem (2004/2007)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Skyline (2010)
The Thing (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Ender's Game (2013)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
It (2017/2019)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
The Nun (2018)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) [creature design only]

25. Greg Nicotero

Make_up_department | The Walking Dead

Gifted SFX and make-up wizard, who learned his trade under the watchful eye of SFX splatter guru Tom Savini. Nicotero and buddies, Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman started KNB Efx Group in 1988 and the group has provided eye-popping & jaw dropping special effects for major Hollywood releases ...

Special makeup and creature effects:

Day of the Dead (1985)
From Beyond (1986)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Predator (1987)
Misery (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
New Nightmare (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Scream 1 & 2 (1996/1997)
Spawn (1997)
Wishmaster (1997) [also for second unit directing]
The Green Mile (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Evolution (2001)
Spy Kids 1-3 (2001/2002/2003)
Cabin Fever (2002)
The Time Machine (2002)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Cursed (2005)
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist (2005)
Hostel (2005)
Land of the Dead (2005) [also for second unit directing]
Sin City (2005)
The Hills Have Eyes I & II (2006/2007)
Poseidon (2006)
Death Proof (2007)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
The Mist (2007) [also for second unit directing]
Planet Terror (2007)
Transformers (2007)
Mirrors (2008)
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
The Final Destination (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Unborn (2009)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
The Last Exorcism (2010)
Predators (2010)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
The Walking Dead (2010- TV series) [also for directing and producing]
The Ward (2010)
The Grey (2011)
Priest (2011)
Torchwood: Miracle Day (2011 TV series)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
Annabelle (2014)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Patriots Day (2016)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

26. Willem Dafoe

Actor | Spider-Man

Having made over one hundred films in his legendary career, Willem Dafoe is internationally respected for bringing versatility, boldness, and daring to some of the most iconic films of our time. His artistic curiosity in exploring the human condition leads him to projects all over the world, large ...

Acting:

To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
The Simpsons: The Secret War of Lisa Simpson (1997 TV episode)
American Psycho (2000)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Spider-Man 1-3 (2002/2004/2007)
Finding Nemo & Finding Dory (2003/2016)
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
John Wick (2014)
The Great Wall (2016)
Death Note (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Aquaman (2018)
The Lighthouse (2019)
Togo (2019)
Justice League (2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
The Northman (2022)

27. Robert Kurtzman

Make_up_department | From Dusk Till Dawn

For more than three decades Robert Kurtzman has been an icon in the world of special make-up, creature effects, and genre filmmaking. His award-winning, photo-realistic effects work can be seen in hundreds of movies including Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, franchises and television series-most ...

Special makeup and creature effects:

From Beyond (1986)
Invaders From Mars (1986)
Evil Dead II (1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Predator (1987)
Misery (1990)
Tremors (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
New Nightmare (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) [also for producing]
Scream (1996)
Spawn (1997)
Wishmaster (1997) [also for directing]
The Green Mile (1999)
House on Haunted Hill (1999)
Evolution (2001)
Spy Kids 1 & 2 (2001/2002)
Cabin Fever (2002)
Hostel (2005) [visual effects only]
Hisss (2010)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Texas Chainsaw (2013)
It Follows (2014)
The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
Gerald's Game (2017)
The Super (2017)
The Haunting of Hill House (2018 TV miniseries)
Doctor Sleep (2019)

28. Dennis Gassner

Production_designer | Blade Runner 2049

Dennis Gassner was born on October 22, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a production designer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019) and Road to Perdition (2002).

Production design:

The Hitcher (1986)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Waterworld (1995)
The Truman Show (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Ladykillers (2004)
James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace / Skyfall / Spectre (2008/2012/2015)
Into the Woods (2014)
Blade Runner: 2049 (2017)
1917 (2019)

29. John Seale

Cinematographer | Mad Max: Fury Road

John Seale was born on October 5, 1942 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), The English Patient (1996) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Louise Seale since September 23, 1967. They have two children.

Cinematography:

The Hitcher (1986)
Rain Man (1988)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Poseidon (2006)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

30. John Malkovich

Actor | Being John Malkovich

John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois, to Joe Anne (Choisser), who owned a local newspaper, and Daniel Leon Malkovich, a state conservation director. His paternal grandparents were Croatian. In 1976, Malkovich joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, newly founded by his friend Gary ...

Acting:

Empire of the Sun (1987)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Con Air (1997)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Johnny English (2003)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Changeling (2008)
Jonah Hex (2010)
RED 1 & 2 (2010/2013)
Bird Box (2018)

31. Michael Keaton

Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Quirky, inventive and handsome American actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door-busting performance as fast-talking ideas man Bill Blazejowski, alongside a nerdish morgue attendant (Henry Winkler), in Night Shift (1982). He played further comedic roles in Mr. Mom (1983), Johnny...

Acting:

Beetlejuice (1988)
Batman & Batman Returns (1989/1992)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Jack Frost (1998)
Out of Sight (1998)
The Simpsons: Pokey Mom (2001 TV episode)
White Noise (2005)
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (2012 video game)
Birdman (2014)
RoboCop (2014)
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Dumbo (2019)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

32. Brad Dourif

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Gaunt character actor Brad Dourif was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March 18, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. He is the son of Joan Mavis Felton (Bradford) and Jean Henri Dourif, a French-born art collector who owned and operated a dye factory. His father died when Dourif was three years old, ...

Acting:

Chucky 1-7 (1988/1990/1991/1998/2004/2013/2017)
The Exorcist III (1990)
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
Urban Legend (1998)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers / The Return of the King (2002/2003)
Priest (2011)
Calvin Harris' "Drinking From the Bottle" (2012 music video)
Wildling (2018)

33. Nicolas Cage

Actor | Face/Off

Nicolas Cage was born Nicolas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California, the son of comparative literature professor August Coppola (whose brother is director Francis Ford Coppola) and dancer/choreographer Joy Vogelsang. He is of Italian (father) and Polish and German (mother) descent. Cage changed his...

Scenery-chomping (and sometimes acting):

Vampire's Kiss (1988)
Con Air (1997)
Face/Off (1997)
The Wicker Man (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Grindhouse: Werewolf Women of the SS (2007 anthology segment)
Next (2007) [also for producing]
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)
Knowing (2009)
Kick-Ass (2010)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010) [also for producing]
Drive Angry (2011)
Season of the Witch (2011)
The Frozen Ground (2013)
Mom and Dad (2017)
Mandy (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Color Out of Space (2019) [NOTE: he's just terrible in it, but always entertaining]

Other work:

Shadow of the Vampire (2000) [producing]

34. Hans Zimmer

Composer | Gladiator

German-born composer Hans Zimmer is recognized as one of Hollywood's most innovative musical talents. He featured in the music video for The Buggles' single "Video Killed the Radio Star", which became a worldwide hit and helped usher in a new era of global entertainment as the first music video to ...

Score:

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
True Romance (1993)
The Lion King (1994)
Gladiator (2000)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
The Ring One & Two (2002/2005[themes only])
Johnny English (2003) [main theme only]
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2005/2008/2012)
Madagascar (2005)
Robert Langdon: The Da Vinci Code / Angels & Demons / Inferno (2006/2009/2016)
Bee Movie (2007) [music producer only]
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Iron Man (2008) [music producer only]
2012 (2009) [music producer only]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009 video game) [main theme and music producer only]
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Inception (2010)
Man of Steel (2013)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Interstellar (2014)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
The Crown (2016- TV series) [main theme and music producer only]
Planet Earth II (2016 TV docu-miniseries)
Blade Runner: 2049 (2017)
Dunkirk (2017)
Dark Phoenix (2019)
The Lion King (2019)
Wonder Woman: 1984 (2020)
Dune (2021/2024)
No Time to Die (2021)
The Unforgivable (2021)
Prehistoric Planet (2022 TV docu-miniseries)
The Creator (2023)

NOTE: he also wrote the composition "Aurora" (2012).

35. Liam Neeson

Actor | Kinsey

Liam Neeson was born on June 7, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, to Katherine (Brown), a cook, and Bernard Neeson, a school caretaker. He was raised in a Catholic household. During his early years, Liam worked as a forklift operator for Guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an ...

Acting:

Darkman (1990)
Revolver (1991 short film)
Schindler's List (1993)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Love Actually (2003)
Batman Begins (2005)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Taken 1-3 (2008/2012/2014)
Clash of the Titans (2010)
The Grey (2011)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Overlords / Ghosts of Mortis / Voices (2011/2011/2014 TV episodes)
Unknown (2011)
Battleship (2012)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Non-Stop (2014)
Ted 2 (2015)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
The Commuter (2018)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
The Ice Road (2021)

36. Bill Pope

Cinematographer | The Matrix

Bill Pope was born on June 19, 1952 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Matrix (1999), The Jungle Book (2016) and Bound (1996). He is married to Sharon Oreck. They have one child.

Cinematography:

Darkman (1990)
Army of Darkness (1992)
Fire in the Sky (1993)
Clueless (1995)
The Matrix (1999)
Bedazzled (2000)
Spider-Man 2 & 3 (2004/2007)
Team America: World Police (2004)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
The World's End (2013)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Baby Driver (2017)
Beck's "Colors" (2018 music video)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Charlie's Angels (2019)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

37. Robert Stromberg

Production_designer | Avatar

Robert Stromberg is known for Avatar (2009), Maleficent (2014) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

Visual effects and digital matte painting:

Empire of the Dark (1990) [also for cinematography]
Tremors (1990)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Evan Almighty (2007)
The Golden Compass (2007)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
2012 (2009)
Shutter Island (2010)
Game of Thrones (2011-2019 TV series)
Life of Pi (2012)

Production design:

Avatar (2009)
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
The BFG (2016)

Other work:

The Hunger Games (2012) [concept art]
Maleficent (2014) [directing]

38. 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 ...

(Instead of listing the same films twice, Joel counts for both himself and Ethan Coen)

Directing, writing, producing and editing:

Miller's Crossing (1990) [directing, writing and producing only]
Fargo (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
The Ladykillers (2004)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Burn After Reading (2008)
True Grit (2010)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Other work:

The Evil Dead (1981) [assistant editing - Joel only]
Darkman (1990) [developing]
Bad Santa (2003) [producing]

39. Lee Smith

Editor | Inception

Lee Smith was born in 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an editor, known for Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and 1917 (2019). He is married to Kimberly.

Editing:

RoboCop 2 (1990)
The Truman Show (1998) [also for sound design]
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2005/2008/2012)
The Prestige (2006)
Inception (2010)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Ender's Game (2013)
Interstellar (2014)
Spectre (2015)
Dunkirk (2017)
1917 (2019)
Dark Phoenix (2019)

40. Darius Khondji

Cinematographer | Amour

Darius Khondji was born on October 21, 1955 in Tehran, Iran. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Amour (2012), Se7en (1995) and Delicatessen (1991). He is married to Marianne Khondji. They have three children.

Cinematography:

Delicatessen (1991)
Se7en (1995)
Alien: Resurrection (1997)
Panic Room (2002)
Funny Games (2007)
Lady Gaga's "Marry the Night" (2011 music video)
Amour (2012)
Magic in the Moonlight (2014)
Uncut Gems (2019)

41. Andrzej Sekula

Cinematographer | Pulp Fiction

Andrzej Sekula was born in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pulp Fiction (1994), American Psycho (2000) and Reservoir Dogs (1992).

Cinematography:

Revolver (1991 short film)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Three of Hearts (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Hackers (1995)
American Psycho (2000)
Cube²: Hypercube (2002) [also for directing]
Vacancy (2007)
Trust (2010)
I Am Wrath (2016)

42. Charles Dance

Actor | Gosford Park

Charles Dance is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011), Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Sardo Numspa in The Golden Child (1986),...

Acting:

Alien³ (1992)
Last Action Hero (1993)
Ali G Indahouse (2002)
Swimming Pool (2003)
Game of Thrones (2011-2019 TV series)
Dracula Untold (2014)
The Crown (2016- TV series)
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

43. 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...

Directing:

Alien³ (1992)
Se7en (1995)
Fight Club (1999)
Panic Room (2002)
Zodiac (2007)
The Social Network (2010)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Justin Timberlake's "Suit & Tie" (2013 music video)
The Killer (2023)

Other work:

The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) [producing]

44. Don Burgess

Cinematographer | Forrest Gump

Don Burgess was born on May 28, 1956 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Forrest Gump (1994), Cast Away (2000) and Contact (1997). He has been married to Bonnie Ann Burgess since December 4, 1982. They have three children.

Cinematography:

Batman Returns (1992) [second unit cinematography only]
Forrest Gump (1994)
Contact (1997)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Spider-Man (2002)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
The Muppets (2011)
Priest (2011)
Source Code (2011)
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Monster Trucks (2016)
Aquaman (2018)
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

45. Gary Oldman

Actor | The Dark Knight

Gary Oldman is a talented English movie star and character actor, renowned for his expressive acting style. One of the most celebrated thespians of his generation, with a diverse career encompassing theatre, film and television, he is known for his roles as Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), ...

Acting:

Dracula (1992)
True Romance (1993)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Hannibal (2001)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2005/2008/2012)
Call of Duty: World at War / Black Ops (2008/2010 video games)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Red Riding Hood (2011)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
RoboCop (2014)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Tau (2018)
The Woman in the Window (2021)
Oppenheimer (2023)

46. Julianne Moore

Actress | Far from Heaven

Julianne Moore was born Julie Anne Smith in Fort Bragg, North Carolina on December 3, 1960, the daughter of Anne (Love), a social worker, and Peter Moore Smith, a paratrooper, colonel, and later military judge. Her mother moved to the U.S. in 1951, from Greenock, Scotland. Her father, from ...

Acting:

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Safe (1995)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Psycho (1998)
Evolution (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
The Forgotten (2004)
Children of Men (2006)
Next (2007)
Carrie (2013)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (2014/2015)
Non-Stop (2014)
Sia's "Free Me" (2017 music video)
The Woman in the Window (2021)

47. Sally Menke

Editor | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Sally Menke was born on December 17, 1953 in Mineola, New York, USA. She was an editor and producer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) and Inglourious Basterds (2009). She was married to Dean Parisot. She died on September 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Editing:

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
Death Proof (2007)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)

48. 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...

Directing and writing:

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
Death Proof (2007) [also for producing and cinematography]
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) [also for producing]

Acting:

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Somebody to Love (1994)
Desperado (1995)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Little Nicky (2000)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005)
Death Proof (2007)
Planet Terror (2007)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Django Unchained (2012)

Other work:

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) [writing and producing]
Hero (2002) [presenting]
Hostel (2005) [presenting]
Planet Terror (2007) [producing]
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) [presenting]

49. Samuel L. Jackson

Actor | Pulp Fiction

Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), ...

Acting:

Jurassic Park (1993)
True Romance (1993)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Out of Sight (1998)
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Star Wars: Episodes I-III & The Clone Wars (1999/2002/2005/2008)
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Incredibles 1 & 2 (2004/2018)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
The Boondocks (2005-2014 TV series)
Snakes on a Plane (2006)
1408 (2007)
Iron Man 1 & 2 (2008/2010)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Avengers & Age of Ultron (2012/2015)
Django Unchained (2012)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
RoboCop (2014)
Barely Lethal (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Cell (2016)
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Glass (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Death to 2020 (2020)
Secret Invasion (2023 TV miniseries)

50. David Koepp

Writer | Jurassic Park

David Koepp is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for writing Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and Panic Room directed by David ...

Writing:

Jurassic Park & The Lost World (1993/1997[also for second unit directing])
Mission Impossible (1996)
Panic Room (2002) [also for producing]
Spider-Man (2002)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Angels & Demons & Inferno (2009/2016)
Jurassic World (2015) [script consultant only]
The Mummy (2017)

51. Brad Pitt

Actor | Fight Club

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma and raised in Springfield, Missouri to Jane Etta Pitt (née Hillhouse), a school counselor & William Alvin "Bill" Pitt, a truck company manager. At Kickapoo High School, Pitt was involved in sports, debating, student ...

Acting:

True Romance (1993)
Se7en (1995)
Fight Club (1999)
Snatch (2000)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Troy (2004)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Tree of Life (2011) [also for producing]
World War Z (2013) [also for producing]
The Jim Jefferies Show (2017- TV series)
Ad Astra (2019) [also for producing]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

52. Tristan Oliver

Cinematographer | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Tristan Oliver BSC is a British cinematographer best known for his work with Wes Anderson and Nick Park in the field of stop frame animated feature films. His work has also covered live action and mixed media commercials, shorts and feature films. His early collaborations with fellow ...

Cinematography:

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers / A Close Shave / The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (1993 short film/1995 TV short/2005)
Chicken Run (2000)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
ParaNorman (2012)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) [stop motion cinematography only]
Loving Vincent (2017)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Missing Link (2019) [consultant only]

53. Robert Richardson

Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...

Cinematography:

Natural Born Killers (1994)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
The Aviator (2004)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Shutter Island (2010)
Hugo (2011)
Django Unchained (2012)
World War Z (2013)
Big Hero 6 (2014) [consultant only]
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Adrift (2018)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

54. Stan Lee

Producer | Spider-Man: Homecoming

Stan Lee was an American comic-book writer, editor, and publisher, who was executive vice president and publisher of Marvel Comics.

Stan was born in New York City, to Celia (Solomon) and Jack Lieber, a dress cutter. His parents were Romanian Jewish immigrants. Lee co-created Spider-Man, the Hulk, ...

(Since production companies can't be listed, Marvel's most famous member will have to do)

Writer and editor of Marvel Comics, who published the source materials for, and usually produced [NOTE: I haven't read any of the comics, but these films make them sound pretty interesting, despite the varying quality of the films themselves - some of these films suck]:

Spider-Man (1994-1998 TV series)
Blade I-III (1998/2002/2004)
X-Men 1-7 (2000/2003/2006/2011/2014/2016/2019)
Spider-Man 1-3 (2002/2004/2007)
Daredevil (2003)
Elektra (2005)
Fantastic Four & Rise of the Silver Surfer (2005/2007)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Iron Man 1-3 (2008/2010/2013)
X-Men Origins, The Wolverine & Logan (2009/2013/2017)
Planet Hulk (2010)
Captain America 1-3 (2011/2014/2016)
Thor 1-4 (2011/2013/2017/2022)
The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2 (2012/2014)
Avengers 1-4 (2012/2015/2018/2019)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy: Vols. 1 & 2 (2014/2017)
Ant-Man (2015)
Daredevil (2015-2018 TV series)
Fantastic Four (2015)
Jessica Jones (2015-2019 TV series)
Deadpool 1 & 2 (2016/2018)
Doctor Strange 1 & 2 (2016/2022)
Luke Cage (2016-2018 TV series)
Spider-Man: Homecoming / Far From Home / No Way Home (2017/2019/2021)
Black Panther (2018)
Spider-Man (2018 video game)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Venom (2018)
Captain Marvel (2019)
Black Widow (2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021 TV miniseries)
Loki (2021- TV series)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
WandaVision (2021 TV miniseries)
Moon Knight (2022 TV miniseries)
Secret Invasion (2023 TV miniseries)

NOTE: also worth mentioning are Stan Lee's glorious cameos in most of these films, which make me smile every time :)

55. Kyle Cooper

Godzilla

Kyle Cooper has produced and directed hundreds of main title and visual effects sequences across a wide spectrum of film and broadcast mediums. Cooper received his MFA from Yale School of Art, where he studied independently with renowned American modernist Paul Rand. In his third year at Yale, ...

Titles design:

Se7en (1995)
Nightwatch (1997)
Spawn (1997)
Jack Frost (1998)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
The Mummy & The Mummy Returns (1999/2001)
Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 (2001/2004 video games)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Spider-Man 1-3 (2002/2004/2007)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Identity (2003)
House of Wax (2005)
Iron Man 1-3 (2008/2010/2013)
Valkyrie (2008)
Orphan (2009)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
American Horror Story (2011- TV series)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Oblivion (2013)
World War Z (2013)
Godzilla & King of the Monsters (2014/2019)
Lost River (2014)
The Monuments Men (2014)
The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
Scream Queens (2015-2016 TV series)
The Great Wall (2016)
Rogue One (2016)
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
mother! (2017)
The Commuter (2018)
6 Underground (2019)
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

Other work:

Noah (2014) [Genesis sequence design]

NOTE: he also created the Marvel Studios 'flipbook' logo that debuted in "Spider-Man" (2002) and has been built upon ever since.

56. Morgan Freeman

Actor | Se7en

With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman...

Acting:

Se7en (1995)
Deep Impact (1998)
Bruce Almighty & Evan Almighty (2003/2007)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2005/2008/2012)
Wanted (2008)
RED (2010)
Now You See Me 1 & 2 (2013/2016)
Oblivion (2013)
Olympus Has Fallen & London Has Fallen (2013/2016)
The Lego Movie (2014)
Lucy (2014)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

57. Roger Deakins

Cinematographer | Blade Runner 2049

Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.

He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.

Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (...

Cinematography:

Fargo (1996)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The Village (2004)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
WALL-E (2008) [consultant only]
True Grit (2010)
In Time (2011)
Skyfall (2012)
Prisoners (2013)
Sicario (2015)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Blade Runner: 2049 (2017)
1917 (2019)
The Goldfinch (2019)

58. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

Acting:

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Out of Sight (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Spy Kids 1 & 3 (2001/2003)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
The Descendants (2011)
Gravity (2013)
The Monuments Men (2014) [also for directing, writing and producing]
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
The Midnight Sky (2020) [also for directing and producing]

59. Steve Joyner

Production_designer | Alita: Battle Angel

Steve Joyner is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Hypnotic (2023) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003).

Property master:

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) [special weaponry design only]
Jackie Brown (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
Spy Kids 1-3 (2001/2002/2003)
Kill Bill (2003/2004)
Sin City (2005)

Production design:

Sin City (2005) [art direction only]
Death Proof (2007)
Planet Terror (2007)
Predators (2010)
Machete Kills (2013)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)

60. Nicolas Winding Refn

Writer | The Neon Demon

Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...

Directing and writing:

Pusher (1996)
Bronson (2008)
Valhalla Rising (2009)
Drive (2011) [directing only]
Only God Forgives (2013)
The Neon Demon (2016)
Hennessy's "Odyssey" (2016 promotional film) [directing only]

Other work:

Pusher (2012) [producing]

61. Kym Barrett

Costume_designer | Cloud Atlas

Award winning costume designer Kym Barrett, grew up in a nomadic environment on Christmas Island off the coast of Australia, before moving to Sydney where she would eventually study design at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art).

Her creations on Romeo & Juliet (1996) garnered great attention. ...

Costume design:

Romeo + Juliet (1996) [also for customised weaponry design]
The Matrix (1999)
Gothika (2003)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
The Nice Guys (2016)
The Shallows (2016)
Aquaman (2018)
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Us (2019)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

62. Leonardo DiCaprio

Actor | Inception

Few actors in the world have had a career quite as diverse as Leonardo DiCaprio's. DiCaprio has gone from relatively humble beginnings, as a supporting cast member of the sitcom Growing Pains (1985) and low budget horror movies, such as Critters 3 (1991), to a major teenage heartthrob in the 1990s,...

Acting:

Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Inception (2010)
Shutter Island (2010)
Django Unchained (2012)
The Revenant (2015)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Other work:

Orphan (2009) [producing]
Red Riding Hood (2011) [producing]

63. Ewan McGregor

Actor | Moulin Rouge!

Ewan Gordon McGregor was born on March 31, 1971 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, to Carol Diane (Lawson) and James Charles McGregor, both teachers. His uncle is actor Denis Lawson. He was raised in Crieff. At age 16, he left Morrison Academy to join the Perth Repertory Theatre. His parents ...

Acting:

Trainspotting (1996)
Nightwatch (1997)
Desserts (1999 short film)
Star Wars: Episodes I-III (1999/2002/2005)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Stormbreaker (2006)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Haywire (2011)
The Impossible (2012)
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Doctor Sleep (2019)
Birds of Prey (2020)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022 TV miniseries) [also for producing]

64. 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 ...

Directing, writing and producing:

Doodlebug (1997 short film) [directing and writing only - also for cinematography, editing and set design]
Memento (2000) [directing and writing only]
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2005[directing and writing only]/2008/2012)
The Prestige (2006)
Inception (2010)
Interstellar (2014)
Dunkirk (2017)
Tenet (2020)
Oppenheimer (2023)

Other work:

Justice League (2021) [producing]

65. Dan Laustsen

Cinematographer | The Shape of Water

Dan Laustsen is a Danish cinematographer. He is best known for Crimson Peak (2015), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) and The Shape of Water (2017) for which he received an Academy Award nomination.

He studied at the National Film School of Denmark from 1976 to 1979, to pursue a career of cinematography. ...

Cinematography:

Nightwatch (1997)
Darkness Falls (2003)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Silent Hill (2006)
The Possession (2012)
Crimson Peak (2015)
John Wick: Chapters 2-4 (2017/2019/2023)
The Shape of Water (2017)

66. Darrin Prescott

Stunts | The Bourne Ultimatum

Well-respected and sought after Action Director Darrin Prescott, known for his stylized and visceral action in films such as Ford v Ferrari, Baby Driver, Black Panther, the John Wick series, Drive, and his Screen Actors Guild award-winning car chase work in The Bourne Ultimatum, got his start in ...

Stunt coordinator/action unit directing:

Blade (1998) [stunt performer only]
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Spider-Man 2 & 3 (2004[assistant stunt coordinator only]/2007[stunt performer only])
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005) [stunt performer only]
Crank (2006)
Drive (2011)
John Wick: Chapters 1-3 (2014/2017/2019)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Baby Driver (2017)
Black Panther (2018)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Black Widow (2021)

67. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

Acting:

The Bone Collector (1999)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider & The Cradle of Life (2001/2003)
Taking Lives (2004)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Changeling (2008)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Wanted (2008)
Salt (2010)
Maleficent & Mistress of Evil (2014/2019) [also for producing]
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

68. Toni Collette

Actress | About a Boy

Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

Collette was born Toni Collett (she later added an "e") on November 1, 1972, in Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is the first of three...

Acting:

The Sixth Sense (1999)
About a Boy (2002)
Krampus (2015)
Miss You Already (2015)
Imperium (2016)
Hereditary (2018) [also for producing]
Knives Out (2019)
Pieces of Her (2022 TV miniseries) [also for producing]

69. Chris Dickens

Editor | Slumdog Millionaire

Chris Dickens is known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Les Misérables (2012) and Rocketman (2019).

Editing:

Spaced (1999-2001 TV series)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Submarine (2010)
Paul (2011)
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
Les Misérables (2012)
Macbeth (2015)

70. Simon Pegg

Actor | Shaun of the Dead

English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was ...

Acting:

Spaced (1999-2001 TV series)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Doctor Who: The Long Game (2005 TV episode)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Paul (2011)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Bounty (2012 TV episode)
The World's End (2013)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

Writing:

Spaced (1999-2001 TV series)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Paul (2011)
The World's End (2013) [also for producing]
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)

71. Edgar Wright

Director | Shaun of the Dead

Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg...

Directing and writing:

Spaced (1999-2001 TV series) [directing and editing only]
The Bluetones' "Keep the Home Fires Burning" (2000 music video)
Mint Royale's "Blue Song" (2002 music video)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Grindhouse: Don't (2007 anthology segment)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) [also for producing]
The World's End (2013) [also for producing]
Pharrell Williams' "Gust of Wind" (2014 music video)
Baby Driver (2017) [also for producing]
Beck's "Colors" (2018 music video)

Other work:

Attack the Block (2011) [producing]
Ant-Man (2015) [writing and producing]

72. Benoît Debie

Cinematographer | Enter the Void

Benoît Debie is known for Enter the Void (2009), Climax (2018) and Spring Breakers (2012).

Cinematography:

A Wonderful Love (1999 short film)
Irreversible (2002)
Placebo's "Protège-Moi" (2003 music video)
Calvaire (2004)
The Card Player (2004)
Innocence (2004)
Enter the Void (2009)
Passage (2009 short film)
The Runaways (2010)
Get the Gringo (2012)
Spring Breakers (2012)
John Legend's "Who Do We Think We Are" (2013 music video)
Lost River (2014)
Rihanna's "Bitch Better Have My Money" (2015 music video)
Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)
Love (2015)
The Carters' "Apeshit" (2018 music video)
Climax (2018)
SebastiAn's "Thirst" (2019 music video)

73. Shia LaBeouf

Actor | Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf's natural talent and raw energy have secured his place as one of Hollywood's leading men.

Most recently, LaBeouf starred alongside Vanessa Kirby and Ellen Burstyn in Kornel Mundruczo's Oscar® nominated Pieces of a Woman. In the critically acclaimed film, a grieving couple (Kirby/LaBeouf...

Acting:

Even Stevens (2000-2003 TV series)
Holes (2003)
Disturbia (2007)
Surf's Up (2007)
Transformers (2007)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Sigur Rós' "Fjögur Píanó" (2012 music video)
Sia's "Elastic Heart" (2015 music video)

Other work:

Born Villain (2011 short film) [directing, writing and producing] [NOTE: it kinda sucks, but still]

74. Clint Mansell

Composer | Black Swan

Clinton Darryl Mansell is an English singer, musician and film composer known for his collaborations with Darren Aronofsky. He composed Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, Black Swan, The Wrestler, Noah, Ghost in the Shell, Peacemaker, Doom Patrol, Loving Vincent, Mass Effect 3, Titans, World ...

Score:

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Hole (2001)
11:14 (2003)
Doom (2005)
The Fountain (2006)
Black Swan (2010)
Noah (2014)
High-Rise (2015)
Loving Vincent (2017)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
In the Earth (2021)

75. Jon Harris

Editor | Pistol

Jon Harris was born on July 11, 1967 in Sheffield, England, UK. He is an editor and producer, known for Pistol (2022), The Dig (2021) and 127 Hours (2010).

Editing:

Snatch (2000)
Occasional, Strong (2002 short film)
Layer Cake (2004)
The Descent: Parts 1 & 2 (2005/2009[also for directing])
Stardust (2007)
Eden Lake (2008)
127 Hours (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010)
The Woman in Black (2012)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

76. Dwayne Johnson

Actor | Black Adam

Dwayne Douglas Johnson, also known as The Rock, was born on May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California. He is the son of Ata Johnson (born Feagaimaleata Fitisemanu) and professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). His father, from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada, is black (of Black Nova ...

Acting:

Star Trek: Voyager: Tsunkatse (2000 TV episode)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The Scorpion King (2002)
The Rundown (2003)
Doom (2005)
San Andreas (2015)
Moana (2016)
The Fate of the Furious (2017)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) [also for producing]
Rampage (2018) [also for producing]
Skyscraper (2018) [also for producing]

77. Tom Hardy

Actor | Inception

With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...

Acting:

Black Hawk Down (2001)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Layer Cake (2004)
Bronson (2008)
Wuthering Heights (2009 TV miniseries)
Inception (2010)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Legend (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
The Revenant (2015)
Dunkirk (2017)
Venom (2018) [also for producing]

78. Daniel Craig

Actor | Casino Royale

One of the British theatre's most famous faces, Daniel Craig, who waited tables as a struggling teenage actor with the National Youth Theatre, has gone on to star as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).

He was born ...

Acting:

Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
Occasional, Strong (2002 short film)
Layer Cake (2004)
James Bond 007: Casino Royale / Quantum of Solace / Skyfall / Spectre / No Time to Die (2006/2008/2012/2015[also for producing]/2021[also for producing])
The Golden Compass (2007)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Happy and Glorious (2012 TV short)
Knives Out (2019)

79. Bradley James Allan

Stunts | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

BRAD ALLAN: Born with an inherent fascination of all things Chinese, Brad Allan started studying martial arts, boxing, gymnastics and Chinese circus arts from the age of 10 years. At age 15 years, Brad met two of China's greatest wushu athletes Liang Chang Xing and Tang Lai Wei of the renowned ...

Stunt coordinator/action designer:

Rush Hour 2 & 3 (2001[stunt performer only]/2007)
Kick-Ass (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) [also for second unit directing]
Pacific Rim (2013)
The World's End (2013) [also for second unit directing]
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) [also for second unit directing]
Wonder Woman (2017) [stunt performer only]
Solo (2018) [also for second unit directing]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

80. Jonathan Sela

Cinematographer | Bullet Train

Jonathan Sela was born on April 29, 1978 in Paris, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Bullet Train (2022), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Max Payne (2008). He is married to Megan Schoenbachler. They have two children.

Cinematography:

Green Day's "Waiting" (2001 music video)
Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" (2006 music video)
The Omen (2006)
Kanye West's "Love Lockdown" (2008 music video)
Green Day's "21 Guns" (2009 music video)
Katy Perry's "E.T." (2011 music video)
Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball" (2013 music video)
John Wick (2014)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Deadpool 2 (2018)
Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

81. Walton Goggins

Actor | Justified

Walton Goggins is an actor of considerable versatility and acclaim who has delivered provocative performances in a multitude of feature films and television series. He won a Critics' Choice Award for his performance in the HBO comedy series "Vice Principals" and landed an Emmy nomination for his ...

Acting:

The Bourne Identity (2002)
Predators (2010)
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
Django Unchained (2012)
Machete Kills (2013)
American Ultra (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Marilyn Manson's "Slave Only Dreams to Be King" (2015 song)
Tomb Raider (2018)

82. Maxime Alexandre

Cinematographer | Shazam!

Maxime Alexandre was born in Renaix, Belgium, 1971. At five years old, he moved to Rome, Italy, with his mother, sisters, and brother. His stepfather, Inigo Lezzi (during that period A.D. for Marco Bellocchio, Gianni Amelio, and Nanni Moretti), let Maxime discover the Italian cinema sets one by one...

Cinematography:

High Tension (2003)
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Mirrors (2008)
The Crazies (2010)
Maniac (2012)
The Other Side of the Door (2016)
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
The Nun (2018)
Countdown (2019)
Crawl (2019)
Shazam! (2019)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020 TV miniseries)
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

83. Ryan Reynolds

Actor | Deadpool 2

Ryan Rodney Reynolds was born on October 23, 1976 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the youngest of four children. His father, James Chester Reynolds, was a food wholesaler, and his mother, Tamara Lee "Tammy" (Stewart), worked as a retail-store saleswoman. He has Irish and Scottish ancestry. ...

Acting:

Scrubs: My Dream Job (2003 TV episode)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Adventureland (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Buried (2010)
Ted (2012)
R.I.P.D. (2013)
Deadpool 1 & 2 (2016[also for producing]/2018[also for writing and producing])
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
6 Underground (2019)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019)

84. David Firth

Director | Salad Fingers

David Firth was born on January 23, 1983 in Doncaster, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Salad Fingers (2004), Burnt Face Man (2004) and Jerry Jackson (2005).

Directing, writing, voice acting and animating:

Burnt Face Man (2004-2010 internet series)
Salad Fingers (2004- internet series)
Spoilsbury Toast Boy (2004-2005 internet series)
Video Dating Tape (2004 internet short)
Black and White Cartoons (2005 internet series)
Jerry Jackson (2005- internet series)
Sock (2005-2012 internet series)
Valentine's Day Special (2005 internet short)
Men From Upstairs (2006 internet short)
Crooked Rot (2008 internet short)
Dog of Man (2008 internet short)
Flying Lotus' "Fire is Coming" (2019 music video) [directing only]

85. James McAvoy

Actor | Filth

McAvoy was born on 21 April 1979 in Glasgow, Scotland, to James, a bus driver, and Elizabeth (née Johnstone), a nurse. He was raised on a housing estate in Drumchapel, Glasgow by his maternal grandparents (James, a butcher, and Mary), after his parents divorced when James was 11. He went to St ...

Acting:

Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Shameless (2004-2013 TV series)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Wanted (2008)
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
X-Men: First Class / Days of Future Past / Apocalypse / Dark Phoenix (2011/2014/2016/2019)
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Split & Glass (2016/2019)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
It: Chapter Two (2019)

86. Burn Gorman

Actor | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Burn Gorman was born on September 1, 1974 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). He has been married to Sarah Beard since July 2004. They have three children.

Acting:

Layer Cake (2004)
Torchwood (2006-2011 TV series)
EastEnders: 9 March 2007 (2007 TV episode)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011 video game)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Game of Thrones: Walk of Punishment / And Now His Watch is Ended / Oathkeeper / First of His Name (2013/2013/2014/2014 TV episodes)
Pacific Rim (2013)
And Then There Were None (2015 TV miniseries)
Imperium (2016)
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
Cheat (2019 TV miniseries)
Watcher (2022)

87. Neil Maskell

Actor | Hijack

Neil Maskell was born in 1976. From the age of eleven he attended the Anna Scher acting school in Islington in his native London and later studied at the Miskin Theatre at the North West Kent College,subsequently returning there as a director. He began acting as a teenager,making his television ...

Acting:

Shameless: Episode 2.0 (2004 TV episode)
Doghouse (2009)
Kill List (2011)
The ABCs of Death: U is for Unearthed (2012 anthology segment)
Pusher (2012)
Devlin's "Watchtower" (2012 music video)
Humans (2015-2018 TV series)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018)
Little Monster (2018 short film)

88. Marcus Rowland

Production_designer | Last Night in Soho

Marcus Rowland is known for Last Night in Soho (2021), Attack the Block (2011) and All the Old Knives (2022).

Production design:

Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Attack the Block (2011)
The World's End (2013)
Ant-Man (2015)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

89. Domhnall Gleeson

Actor | Ex Machina

Domhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor and writer. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise (2010-2011), About Time (2013), Ex Machina (2015) and The Revenant (2015).

He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, alongside whom he has appeared in several films and ...

Acting:

Six Shooter (2004 short film)
True Grit (2010)
Dredd (2012)
Black Mirror: Be Right Back (2013 TV episode)
Ex Machina (2014)
Frank (2014)
The Revenant (2015)
Star Wars: Episodes VII-IX (2015/2017/2019)
mother! (2017)

90. Nelson Lowry

Production_designer | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Nelson Lowry is known for Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) and ParaNorman (2012).

Production design:

Corpse Bride (2005) [art direction only]
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
ParaNorman (2012)
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Missing Link (2019)

Other work:

Sunshine (2007) [digital matte painting]

91. Jesse Eisenberg

Actor | The Social Network

Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or ...

Acting:

Cursed (2005)
Adventureland (2009)
Zombieland (2009)
The Social Network (2010)
Now You See Me 1 & 2 (2013/2016)
American Ultra (2015)

92. Stephan Pehrsson

Cinematographer | Black Mirror

Stephan Pehrsson was born on November 10, 1975 in Hillerød, Denmark. He is a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Black Mirror (2011), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) and Tolkien (2019).

Cinematography:

Doctor Who (2005- TV series)
M.I. High (2007-2014 TV series)
Runaway (2009 TV miniseries)
Hammer of the Gods (2013)
Humans: Episodes 2.5 & 2.6 (2016 TV episodes)
Black Mirror: USS Callister (2017 TV episode)

93. Matt Smith

Actor | Doctor Who

Matt Smith is an English actor who shot to fame in the UK aged 26 when he was cast by producer Steven Moffat as the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC's iconic science-fiction adventure series Doctor Who (2005).

Matthew Robert Smith was born and raised in Northampton, the son of Lynne (Fidler) and David ...

Acting:

Doctor Who (2005- TV series)
The Ruby in the Smoke (2006 TV film)
In Bruges (2008) [deleted scenes only]
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor (2010 TV episodes)
Womb (2010)
Christopher and His Kind (2011 TV film)
Lost River (2014)
Terminator: Genisys (2015)
The Crown (2016- TV series)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Charlie Says (2018)
Official Secrets (2019)
His House (2020)
House of the Dragon (2022- TV series)

94. Rory Taylor

Cinematographer | Eldra

Rory Taylor is known for Eldra (2002), Doctor Who (2005) and Torchwood (2006).

Cinematography:

Doctor Who (2005- TV series)
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007-2011 TV series)
Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009 TV miniseries)

95. Tilda Swinton

Actress | We Need to Talk About Kevin

The iconoclastic gifts of the highly striking and ferociously talented actress Tilda Swinton have been appreciated by art house crowds and international audiences alike. After her stunning Oscar-winning turn as a high-powered corporate attorney in the George Clooney starring and critically-lauded ...

Acting:

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Snowpiercer (2013)
David Bowie's "The Stars" (2013 music video)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Hail, Caesar! (2016)
Suspiria (2018)
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Uncut Gems (2019)
The Killer (2023)

96. Michael Fassbender

Actor | Shame

Michael Fassbender is an Irish actor who was born in Heidelberg, Germany, to a German father, Josef, and an Irish mother, Adele (originally from Larne, County Antrim, in Northern Ireland). Michael was raised in the town of Killarney, Co. Kerry, in south-west Ireland, where his family moved to when ...

Acting:

300 (2006)
Eden Lake (2008)
Fish Tank (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Centurion (2010)
Jonah Hex (2010)
Haywire (2011)
X-Men: First Class / Days of Future Past / Apocalypse / Dark Phoenix (2011/2014/2016/2019)
Prometheus & Alien: Covenant (2012/2017)
Frank (2014)
Macbeth (2015)
Steve Jobs (2015)
Assassin's Creed (2016) [also for producing]
Trespass Against Us (2016)
The Snowman (2017)
The Killer (2023)

97. Naaman Marshall

Production_designer | Mortal Kombat

Naaman Marshall is known for Mortal Kombat (2021), The Dark Knight (2008) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).

Art direction (when noted, production design instead):

Apocalypto (2006)
The Prestige (2006) [assistant art direction only]
The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises (2008/2012)
After Earth (2013)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Nightcrawler (2014)
The Visit (2015) [production design]
Don't Breathe (2016) [production design]
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
Underwater (2020) [production design]
Mortal Kombat (2021) [production design]

98. Emily Blunt

Actress | Edge of Tomorrow

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Young Victoria (2009), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and The Girl on the Train (2016), among many others.

Blunt was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of ...

Acting:

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Looper (2012)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Sicario (2015)
Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
A Quiet Place: Parts I & II (2018/2020)
Oppenheimer (2023)

99. Paul Machliss

Editor | The Flash

Paul Machliss was born on April 2, 1972 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an editor and director, known for The Flash (2023), Last Night in Soho (2021) and Baby Driver (2017).

Editing:

Tell It to the Fishes (2006 short film)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
The World's End (2013)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)

100. Jonathan Amos

Editor | Baby Driver

Jonathan Amos is known for Baby Driver (2017), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Attack the Block (2011).

Editing:

Hot Fuzz (2007) [additional editing only]
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Attack the Block (2011)
In Fear (2013)
Grimsby (2016)
Baby Driver (2017)
The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)