Short People

1. Buster Keaton

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

One Week (1920) - 9/27/2022 Cops (1922) - 5/1/2018

2. 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 ...

The Pawnshop (1916) - 6/20/2017 Easy Street (1917) - 1/11/2022 The Immigrant (1917) - 3/17/2020 The Adventurer (1917) - 3/5/2024 A Dog's Life (1918) - 7/11/2017

3. 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 ...

Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB (1967) - 10/24/2017

4. 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 ...

The Big Shave (1967) - 9/18/2018

5. 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, ...

Amblin' (1968) - 3/8/2022

6. 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 ...

Frankenweenie (1984) - 6/4/2019

7. Luis Buñuel

Writer | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

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

Un chien andalou (1929) - 6/18/2019 Las Hurdes (1933) - 11/28/2017 Simón del desierto (1965) - 4/25/2017

8. Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessperson. He had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Walt moved with his parents to Kansas City at age seven, where he spent the majority of ...

Steamboat Willie (1928) - 12/10/2019 The Skeleton Dance (1929) - 10/27/2020

9. Terry Gilliam

Writer | Brazil

Terry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In ...

The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983) - 7/20/2021

10. D.W. Griffith

Director | The Birth of a Nation

David Wark Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith, a former Confederate Army colonel and Civil War veteran. Young Griffith grew up with his father's romantic war stories and melodramatic nineteenth-century literature that were to eventually shape his movies. In 1897 ...

The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) - 5/14/2019

11. Jim Jarmusch

Director | Paterson

Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.

Coffee and Cigarettes (1986) - 5/16/2023

12. John Landis

Director | The Blues Brothers

John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...

Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983) - 10/25/2022

13. John Sayles

Writer | Lone Star

A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him ...

Bruce Springsteen: Born in the U.S.A. (1984) - 7/4/2023

14. Tex Avery

Director | I Love to Singa

Tex Avery was a descendant of Judge Roy Bean and Daniel Boone, but all his grandma ever told him about it was "Don't ever mention you are kin to Roy Bean. He's a no good skunk!!" After graduating from North Dallas High School in 1927, Avery moved to Southern California in 1929 and got a job in the ...

I Love to Singa (1936) - 3/21/2017 Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) - 6/25/2019 The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) - 2/23/2021 Northwest Hounded Police (1946) - 8/27/2019

15. Saul Bass

Director | Why Man Creates

Saul Bass was born in New York City in 1920 and is a widely acclaimed graphic designer with a career spanning over 40 years. Among his most famous works are the title sequences for such classic films as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960). Bass used his ...

Why Man Creates (1968) - 4/27/2021

16. Richard Donner

Director | Superman

Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...

Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1963) - 1/3/2023

17. Seth Green

Actor | Robot Chicken

Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...

Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) - 3/13/2018

18. Todd Haynes

Director | Far from Heaven

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

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987) - 4/23/2019 Dottie Gets Spanked (1993) - 11/10/2020

19. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

Bedhead (1991) - 5/23/2017 The Robert Rodriguez Ten Minute Film School (1998) - 2/11/2020

20. Kenneth Anger

Director | Fireworks

Kenneth Anger grew up in Hollywood and started out as a child actor, but his interest in filmmaking was evident at an early age: he made his first film, Who Has Been Rocking My Dreamboat (1941) , at age 14.

Anger developed into one of the pioneers of the American underground film movement. His ...

Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954) - 6/28/2022 Scorpio Rising (1963) - 12/20/2022

21. Chris Marker

Writer | Twelve Monkeys

Chris Marker was born on July 29, 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and director, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), Sans Soleil (1983) and Third Side of the Coin (1960). He died on July 29, 2012 in Paris, France.

Les statues meurent aussi (1953) - 11/30/2021 La jetée (1962) - 3/10/2020

22. Nash Edgerton

Stunts | Mr Inbetween

Nash Edgerton was born on January 19, 1973 in Australia. He is a director and actor, known for Mr Inbetween (2018), Gringo (2018) and The Square (2008). He has been married to Carla Ruffino since April 1, 2014.

Spider (2007) - 8/15/2017 Bear (2011) - 8/22/2017

23. Christina Aguilera

Soundtrack | The Voice

Christina Maria Aguilera was born on December 18, 1980 in Staten Island, New York City, New York to musician Shelly Loraine Fidler Kearns and U.S. Army sergeant Fausto Wagner Xavier Aguilera Monge. Her father is Ecuadorian and her mother, who is American-born, has Welsh, Dutch and German ancestry. ...

Christina Aguilera: Hurt (2006) - 5/9/2023

24. Chuck Jones

Actor | Gremlins

Starting as a cel washer, Chuck Jones worked his way up to animator and then director at the animation division of Warner Bros. He is famous for creating such beloved cartoon characters as Wile E. Coyote, Henery Hawk, Pepé Le Pew, Marvin the Martian, Ralph Wolf, Road Runner, Sam Sheepdog, Sniffles,...

Old Glory (1939) - 1/19/2021 The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942) - 2/6/2018 Hair-Raising Hare (1946) - 10/31/2023 Fast and Furry-ous (1949) - 2/25/2020 Rabbit of Seville (1950) - 3/21/2023 Rabbit Fire (1951) - 7/25/2017 Feed the Kitty (1952) - 12/5/2023 Rabbit Seasoning (1952) - 8/1/2017 Duck Amuck (1953) - 1/24/2017 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) - 1/29/2019 Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953) - 8/8/2017 From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953) - 5/30/2017 One Froggy Evening (1955) - 1/10/2017 Broom-Stick Bunny (1956) - 10/31/2017 Ali Baba Bunny (1957) - 9/24/2019 What's Opera, Doc? (1957) - 2/7/2017 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) - 12/25/2018

25. Spike Jonze

Producer | Her

Spike Jonze made up one-third (along with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman) of the triumvirate of genius minds behind Dirt Magazine, the brother publication of the much lamented ground-breaking Sassy Magazine. These three uncommon characters were all editors for Grand Royal Magazine as well, under the ...

Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice (2001) - 6/6/2023

26. John Lasseter

Writer | Toy Story 2

Although born in Hollywood, John and his twin sister Johanna were raised in Whittier near Los Angeles. His parents were Jewell Mae (Risley), an art teacher, and Paul Eual Lasseter, a parts manager at a Chevrolet dealership. His mother's profession contributed to his interest in animation and ...

Luxo Jr. (1986) - 9/22/2020 Tin Toy (1988) - 9/6/2022

27. Ghislain Cloquet

Cinematographer | Tess

Ghislain Cloquet was born on April 18, 1924 in Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Tess (1979), Love and Death (1975) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967). He was married to Sonia Salvy-Matossian and Sophie Becker. He died on November 2, 1981 in Montainville,...

Les statues meurent aussi (1953) - 11/30/2021

28. William K.L. Dickson

Cinematographer | Sandow

Born in France to British parents, William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson stayed in that country until age 19, when he, his mother and sisters (their father had died sometime before) returned to Great Britain. Once there, Dickson--in an early indication of his lifelong fascination with science and ...

Monkeyshines, No. 1 (1890) - 2/6/2024 Blacksmith Scene (1893) - 8/24/2021 Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) - 4/23/2024

29. Bill Melendez

Producer | A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Bill Melendez was born on November 15, 1916 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and actor, known for A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). He was married to Helen Antionette Huhn. He died on September 2, 2008 in ...

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) - 12/19/2017 A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973) - 11/22/2022

30. James Algar

Director | The African Lion

James Algar studied at Stanford where he developed his skills as a cartoonist by drawing for the university's satirical magazine, The Chaparral. He joined the Disney Organisation in 1934, initially as animator. He directed the classic "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Fantasia (1940), as well as ...

Bear Country (1953) - 1/26/2021

31. Roger Allers

Director | The Lion King

Roger Allers is an American animated film director and writer who is known for co-directing the influential 1994 Disney musical film The Lion King. He also worked on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. He was intended to direct the musical drama Kingdom of the Sun, which got ...

The Little Matchgirl (2006) - 5/16/2017

32. Leonid Amalrik

Director | Kino-tsirk

Leonid Amalrik was born on July 8, 1905. He was a director and writer, known for Movie Circus (1942), Political Satire Magazine #1 (1938) and Peacock's Tail (1946). He was married to Nadezhda Privalova. He died on October 22, 1997 in Moscow, Russia.

Pro begemota, kotoryy boyalsya privivok (1966) - 9/28/2021

33. Roy Andersson

Director | En kärlekshistoria

Roy Arne Lennart Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdist humor and melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned ...

Härlig är jorden (1991) - 2/13/2024

34. Mark Andrews

Director | Brave

Mark Andrews was born on September 12, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Brave (2012), John Carter (2012) and Circle of Stone (2020).

One Man Band (2005) - 9/17/2019

35. Drew Antzis

Director | The Lottery Ticket (bick/antzis)

Drew Antzis is known for The Lottery Ticket (bick/antzis) (2022), Honey and Joy (2011) and Coma (2009). He is married to Tamara Bick.

The Landlord (2007) - 10/8/2019

36. Andrea Arnold

Director | American Honey

Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).

Wasp (2003) - 5/26/2020

37. Frédéric Back

Art_department | L'homme qui plantait des arbres

Frédéric Back was born on April 8, 1924 in Saarbrücken, Germany. He was a director, known for The Man Who Planted Trees (1987), Crac (1980) and The Mighty River (1993). He was married to Ghylaine Paquin. He died on December 24, 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

L'homme qui plantait des arbres (1987) - 1/31/2023

38. Joseph Barbera

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

Joseph Roland Barbera was an American animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner William Hanna.

Barbera was born in an Italian-American family. His parents were barbershop-owner Vincent Barbera (1889-1965) and ...

The Lonesome Mouse (1943) - 7/31/2018 The Cat Concerto (1947) - 1/22/2019 Old Rockin' Chair Tom (1948) - 3/27/2018 The Little Orphan (1948) - 11/21/2017

39. Alan Barillaro

Director | Piper

Alan Barillaro is known for Piper (2016), Lightyear (2022) and WALL·E (2008).

Piper (2016) - 3/7/2017

40. Cordell Barker

Animation_department | Strange Invaders

Cordell Barker was born in 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Strange Invaders (2001), Runaway (2009) and The Cat Came Back (1988).

The Cat Came Back (1988) - 5/2/2017

41. Toni Basil

Actress | Five Easy Pieces

Toni Basil began her career as a dancer and assistant choreographer, working on such shows as Hullabaloo (1965) choreographed by David Winters. Later, she choreographed the hit film American Graffiti (1973) and also began appearing in films, including the now-classic Easy Rider (1969). After several...

Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (1981) - 11/1/2022

42. Jules Bass

Producer | The Hobbit

Producer, author, and composer, educated at NYU. Until 1960, he worked at a New York advertising agency, and then co-founded a film production company in New York. He joined ASCAP in 1963 and collaborated musically with Edward Thomas and James Polack. His popular-song works include "Pinocchio," "...

The Little Drummer Boy (1968) - 12/26/2017 Frosty the Snowman (1969) - 12/24/2019

43. Josef Berne

Director | Mirele Efros

Josef Berne was born on January 19, 1904 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Mirele Efros (1939), Down Missouri Way (1946) and Gypsy Night (1935). He died on December 19, 1964 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

Jam Session (1942) - 2/15/2022

44. J. Stuart Blackton

Director | The Glorious Adventure

In the US from the age of 10, he first worked as a journalist-illustrator for the New York World. Interviewing Thomas A. Edison, he so impressed the inventor with his drawings that Edison suggested he allow some of them to be photographed by the Kinetograph camera. The result was a short film, ...

Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y. Herald and His Moving Comics (1911) - 4/5/2022

45. James Blue

Director | A Few Notes on Our Food Problem

James Blue was born on October 10, 1930. He was a director and writer, known for A Few Notes on Our Food Problem (1968), The Olive Trees of Justice (1962) and Invisible City: The Houston Housing Crisis (1978). He died on June 14, 1980 in Buffalo, New York, USA.

The March (1964) - 7/7/2020

46. Bong Joon Ho

Writer | Snowpiercer

Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his filmography is characterized by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the ...

Ji-ri-myeol-lyeol (1994) - 10/20/2020

47. Willard Bowsky

Animation_department | Gulliver's Travels

Motion picture animator best known for his contributions to the Popeye the Sailor cartoons of the 1930s. Born in New York City, Bowsky joined the Fleischer Studios in the late 1920s and quickly became one of its star artists, winning promotion to animator at age 23. His drawing skills and ...

Minnie the Moocher (1932) - 6/14/2022 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936) - 7/27/2021

48. Jasper Ewing Brady

Writer | The Man She Brought Back

Jasper Ewing Brady was born on September 12, 1866 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Man She Brought Back (1922), The Island of Regeneration (1915) and The Divorce Trap (1919). He was married to Lillian Fowler Miller, Marjorie Estelle Shoals, Virginia ...

The Singing Brakeman (1929) - 10/17/2023

49. Stan Brakhage

Director | The Loom

Stan Brakhage was born on January 14, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Loom (1986), The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him (2000) and Visions in Meditation (1990). He was married to Marilyn Jull and Jane Wodening. He died on March 9, 2003 in ...

Centuries of June (1955) - 6/1/2021 Window Water Baby Moving (1959) - 2/19/2019 The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971) - 2/26/2019

50. Lou Breslow

Writer | Battle of Broadway

Lou Breslow was born on July 18, 1900 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Battle of Broadway (1938), You Never Can Tell (1951) and Damon Runyon Theater (1955). He was married to Marion Byron. He died on November 10, 1987 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California,...

Punch Drunks (1934) - 9/20/2022

51. Jeffrey D. Brown

Director | Sold

Jeffrey D. Brown is known for Sold (2014), Molly's Pilgrim (1985) and CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984).

Molly's Pilgrim (1985) - 11/23/2021

52. Clyde Bruckman

Writer | The General

Had been out of work and was pretty much broke when he killed himself. He borrowed Buster Keaton's gun and after eating a meal that he could not pay for, shot himself. There are two stories; One says it was in the restroom of the cafe on Santa Monica Blvd, and the other story states he did it in ...

The Battle of the Century (1927) - 1/2/2024 The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) - 1/1/2019

53. Rudy Burckhardt

Director | Inside Dope

Rudy Burckhardt was born on April 5, 1914 in Basel, Switzerland. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Inside Dope (1971), Square Times (1967) and Seeing the World: Part One - A Visit to New York, N.Y. (1937). He was married to Yvonne Jacquette and Edith Schloss,. He died on August 1, ...

Nymphlight (1957) - 6/8/2021

54. David Byrne

Soundtrack | True Stories

David Byrne is an Oscar winning composer, songwriter and singer, best known for being frontman of the New Wave/punk band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Born in Scotland but raised in the United States in Maryland, Byrne began performing musically in high school.

Byrne ...

Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (1981) - 11/1/2022

55. Steven Cantor

Director | Dancer

Steven Cantor is best known as the director of such hit documentaries as Dancer (2017) Chasing Tyson (2015), loudQUIETloud: A Film About Pixies (2011) and What Remains (2007). He is also the producer of such films as STEP (2017), Devil's Playground (2002), Reporter (2011) and Unraveled (2012). He ...

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann (1994) - 3/7/2023

56. Peter Capaldi

Actor | Doctor Who

Peter Capaldi was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Nancy (Soutar) and Gerald John Capaldi. His parents owned an ice cream business. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), Scottish, and Irish descent. Capaldi attended drama classes and was accepted into the Glasgow School of Art. After ...

Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life (1993) - 12/22/2020

57. Carlos Carrera

Director | De la infancia

With only three feature films, Carlos Carrera is considered one of the best young directors of the new Mexican cinema. He began as an animator at 12 years old and wrote, produced and directed a number of animated-shorts before filming his first live-action movie, a docummentary short titled ...

El héroe (1994) - 11/17/2020

58. Shawn Christensen

Director | Curfew

Shawn Christensen graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Illustration and Graphic Design. After graduating, he formed indie rock band Stellastarr* and, while on tour, wrote and sold many screenplays, including Sidney Hall (Fox Searchlight) and Karma Coalition (Warner Bros.). Stellastarr* ...

Curfew (2012) - 1/31/2017

59. René Clair

Writer | Le silence est d'or

René Clair was born on November 11, 1898 in Paris, France. He was a writer and director, known for Man About Town (1947), Beauties of the Night (1952) and The Grand Maneuver (1955). He was married to Bronia Clair. He died on March 15, 1981 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

Entr'acte (1924) - 4/6/2021

60. Robert Clampett

Director | Time for Beany

Born in San Diego, California, the young Robert Clampett was monumentally moved as a child by the film The Lost World (1925), inspiring him to create a sea-serpent sock-puppet that he used in puppet shows to entertain the neighborhood kids. This led him to create a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, which ...

Porky in Wackyland (1938) - 1/30/2018 A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) - 8/21/2018 Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) - 5/23/2023 The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) - 1/23/2024

61. Edward F. Cline

Director | The Boat

Edward "Eddie" Cline began his career in the film business as one of the Keystone Kops. The former vaudevillian appeared sporadically in films as an actor until 1922, but became increasingly active behind the camera as a gagman and scenario writer for Mack Sennett. From 1916 he worked on a steady ...

One Week (1920) - 9/27/2022 Cops (1922) - 5/1/2018

62. George Coe

Actor | Transformers: Dark of the Moon

George Coe was born on May 10, 1929 in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and The Stepford Wives (1975). He was married to Karen Foray, Nancy Baker and Susan Allsopp Massaron. He died...

De Düva: The Dove (1968) - 4/28/2020

63. Paul Cohen

Director | Light

Paul Cohen is known for Light (1970), Lokaal 205 (2023) and The Incredible Machine (1968).

The Incredible Machine (1968) - 7/5/2022

64. Émile Cohl

Director | L'agent de poche

Pioneering animator Emile Cohl was born Emile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet in Paris, France, in 1857. He began his career as a caricaturist, cartoonist and writer in his 20s, and in 1908 he was hired by the Gaumont film company as a writer. He soon also became a director, turning out comedies and ...

Fantasmagorie (1908) - 11/16/2021

65. Vince Collins

Director | Unofficial Reality

Vince Collins is known for Unofficial Reality (2005), General Chaos: Uncensored Animation (1998) and Santa Barbara (1984).

Malice in Wonderland (1982) - 9/14/2021

66. Richard Condie

Animation_department | The Big Snit

Richard Condie was born in 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a director and actor, known for The Big Snit (1985), La Salla (1996) and The Cat Came Back (1988).

The Big Snit (1985) - 1/14/2020

67. Bruce Conner

Director | A Class Picture of the CCAC Film Class of '65 Actually Taught by Bruce Conner in the Tradition of Lumière

Bruce Conner was born in McPherson, Kansas, in 1933 and studied art at Wichita University, the University of Nebraska, the Brooklyn Art School, and the University of Colorado. Moving to San Francisco in 1957, Conner became involved with the Beatniks. He continued to live and work in San Francisco, ...

A Movie (1958) - 10/13/2020

68. Joseph Cornell

Director | The Children's Jury

Joseph Cornell was born on December 24, 1903 in Nyack, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Children's Jury (1938), The Midnight Party (1969) and Children's Party (1938). He died on December 29, 1972 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA.

Centuries of June (1955) - 6/1/2021 Nymphlight (1957) - 6/8/2021

69. Sally Cruikshank

Animation_department | Mannequin

Sally Cruikshank was born in Chatham, New Jersey, USA. She is known for Mannequin (1987), Top Secret! (1984) and Ruthless People (1986). She is married to Jon Davison.

Quasi at the Quackadero (1976) - 9/26/2023

70. Adam Davidson

Director | The Lunch Date

Adam Davidson was born on August 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Lunch Date (1989), Community (2009) and You, Me and Dupree (2006). He has been married to Jessica Lynn Pahlow since November 19, 2006.

The Lunch Date (1989) - 1/25/2022

71. Sid Davis

Producer | Name Unknown

Sid Davis was born on April 1, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Name Unknown (1951), On the Run (1956) and Live and Learn (1951). He was married to Norma Rosalind Henkins. He died on October 16, 2006 in Palm Desert, California, USA.

Boys Beware (1962) - 7/26/2022

72. Maya Deren

Director | Meshes of the Afternoon

Maya Deren came to the USA in 1922 as Eleanora Derenkowsky. Together with her father Solomon Derenkowsky, a psychiatrist, and her mother Maria Fidler, an artist, she fled the pogroms organized by the Bolsheviks against the Jews. She studied journalism and political science at the Syracuse ...

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) - 3/23/2021 At Land (1944) - 8/17/2021

73. John Dilworth

Writer | The Dirdy Birdy

John Dilworth was born on February 14, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Dirdy Birdy (1995), The Chicken from Outer Space (1996) and Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999).

The Chicken from Outer Space (1996) - 3/2/2021 The Mask (2002) - 4/16/2024

74. Benjamin Doniger

Director | Modesta

Benjamin Doniger was born on July 14, 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Modesta (1955), Louisiana Story (1948) and Pedacito de tierra (1953). He was married to Margot Ferra. He died on March 6, 1988 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Modesta (1955) - 4/25/2023

75. Michael Dudok de Wit

Writer | La tortue rouge

Michael Dudok de Wit was born on July 15, 1953 in Abcoude, Utrecht, Netherlands. He is a writer and director, known for The Red Turtle (2016), Father and Daughter (2000) and The Monk and the Fish (1994).

Father and Daughter (2000) - 6/13/2017

76. Heinz Dunkhase

Director | Das Programm geht weiter...

Heinz Dunkhase was born on October 12, 1928 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Das Programm geht weiter... (1961), Dinner for One (1963) and Der Schwiegermuttermörder (1963). He died on August 3, 1987 in Hamburg, West Germany.

Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One (1963) - 12/31/2019

77. Charles Eames

Director | 'Where Did You Go?' 'Out.' 'What Did You Do?' 'Nothing.'

Eames spent his childhood and youth in St. Louis, where he also attended high school. After graduating, he studied architecture at Washington University from 1925 to 1928. He then settled in New York. In 1936, Eames received a scholarship to the Cranbrook Academy of Arts in Michigan. He later took ...

Powers of Ten (1977) - 5/8/2018

78. Ray Eames

Director | 'Where Did You Go?' 'Out.' 'What Did You Do?' 'Nothing.'

Ray Eames was born on December 15, 1912 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was a director and producer, known for Where Did You Go?' 'Out.' 'What Did You Do?' 'Nothing. (1960), The Lick Observatory (1968) and Decorator Crab (1969). She was married to Charles Eames. She died on August 21, 1988 in ...

Powers of Ten (1977) - 5/8/2018

79. Ralph Eggleston

Production_designer | Finding Nemo

Ralph Eggleston was born on October 18, 1965 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He was a production designer, known for Finding Nemo (2003), Monsters, Inc. (2001) and WALL·E (2008). He died on August 28, 2022 in California, USA.

For the Birds (2000) - 7/10/2018

80. 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 ...

Harvie Krumpet (2003) - 4/4/2017

81. Barney Elliott

Cinematographer | Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse

Barney Elliott was born on July 24, 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940). He died on July 20, 1997 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940) - 4/9/2024

82. Robert Enrico

Director | Le vieux fusil

Robert Enrico studied in Toulon and then in Paris where he graduated from Lycée Voltaire. He later enrolled in the famous film school IDHEC where he specialized in editing and directing. Until 1956 he was an active member of the Sorbonne's medieval group "Les Théophiliens". From 1956 to 1959 he did...

La rivière du hibou (1961) - 8/29/2017

83. Rob Epstein

Producer | The Celluloid Closet

Rob Epstein was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA as Robert P. Epstein. He is a producer and director, known for The Celluloid Closet (1995), Paragraph 175 (2000) and The Times of Harvey Milk (1984).

Rob has produced films that have screened worldwide, in cinemas, on television, home video and ...

End Game (2018) - 3/31/2020

84. Dave Fleischer

Director | Mr. Bug Goes to Town

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

Swing You Sinners! (1930) - 11/2/2021 Bimbo's Initiation (1931) - 4/30/2019 Minnie the Moocher (1932) - 6/14/2022 Snow-White (1933) - 4/24/2018 The Old Man of the Mountain (1933) - 6/11/2019 Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936) - 7/27/2021

85. Robert Florey

Director | Four Star Playhouse

Robert Florey became infatuated with Hollywood while in his teens. By the time he set off for America in the early 1920s he had written articles on film for Cinemagazine, La Cinematographie Francaise and Le Technicien du Film, acted and directed one-reel shorts in Switzerland and worked as an ...

The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928) - 12/13/2022

86. Ernie Fosselius

Actor | Hardware Wars

Ernie Fosselius was born on October 23, 1945 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Hardware Wars (1978), Porklips Now (1980) and Spaceballs (1987).

Hardware Wars (1978) - 1/2/2018

87. Georges Franju

Director | Les yeux sans visage

Georges Franju is a figure of immense importance in the history of French cinema, not primarily for his films (exceptional though many of these are) but for being the co-founder, with Henri Langlois, of the Cinematheque Française in 1937--France's most famous and important film archive.

He worked ...

Le sang des bêtes (1949) - 5/25/2021

88. Herz Frank

Director | Flashback

Herz Frank was born on January 17, 1926 in Ludza, Latvia. He was a director and writer, known for Flashback (2003), Reiz dzivoja septini Simeoni (1989) and Augstaka tiesa (1987). He died on March 3, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel.

Par desmit minutem vecaks (1978) - 2/18/2020

89. Friz Freleng

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

Friz Freleng was born Isadore Freleng on August 21, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. With no formal training in drawing, his first job as an animator was with United Film Advancement Services in 1924 at the age of 17. The first work Friz is credited with was for Disney Studios where he worked as an ...

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) - 4/3/2018 Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) - 7/4/2017 Ballot Box Bunny (1951) - 11/7/2017 Bugs and Thugs (1954) - 12/26/2023 Speedy Gonzales (1955) - 12/3/2019

90. Jeffrey Friedman

Director | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Jeffrey Friedman is a producer, director, and editor, known for Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), The Celluloid Closet (1995) and Howl (2010).

Jeffrey began his film career in New York City working with some of the most respected filmmakers in the industry. He apprenticed with the ...

End Game (2018) - 3/31/2020

91. Richard Gale

Director | The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon

Richard Gale is known for The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008), Criticized (2006) and Pressure (2002).

The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (2008) - 6/19/2018

92. Clyde Geronimi

Director | Cinderella

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

Peter and the Wolf (1946) - 7/18/2017 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) - 10/18/2022

93. Burt Gillett

Director | A Haunting We Will Go

Burt Gillett was an animator from the state of New York, and a notable director of animated short films. He directed about a 100 short films between 1920 and 1940, but is best remembered for directing "Three Little Pigs" (1933) for the Disney studio.

Gillett started his film career c. 1916, when he ...

Winter (1930) - 2/2/2021 Three Little Pigs (1933) - 3/19/2019

Alan Gorg was born on October 12, 1931. He was a director and writer, known for Hollywood Love (1998), Earth Spirit (2006) and Living the Blues (1986). He was married to Gwyn Gorg. He died on July 31, 2020 in Waimea, Hawaii, USA.

Felicia (1965) - 8/3/2021

97. Les Goldman

Producer | The Hangman

Les Goldman was born on July 2, 1913 in New York, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Hangman (1964), The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) and The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). He died on May 27, 1983 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

The Hangman (1964) - 4/26/2022

98. Milton Gray

Visual_effects | Poltergeist

Milton Gray is known for Poltergeist (1982), The Simpsons (1989) and Heavy Metal (1981).

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) - 6/30/2020

99. Paul Gruwell

Animation_department | Heavy Metal

Paul Gruwell was born on November 28, 1933 in the USA. He was a director, known for Heavy Metal (1981), Dino-Riders (1988) and Batman Beyond (1999). He was married to Sharon Ehler Gruwell and Elizabeth Gruwell. He died on November 4, 2014 in Bellingham, Washington, USA.

Basketball Jones (1973) - 7/12/2022

100. Alice Guy

Director | The Woman of Mystery

The world's first female filmmaker, French-born Alice Guy entered the film business in 1896 as a secretary at Gaumont, a manufacturer of movie cameras and projectors who had purchased a "cinématographer" from its inventors, the Lumiere brothers. The next year Gaumont became the world's first motion...

L'arroseur arrosé (1895) - 8/28/2018