Pisac
by ingakem | created - 26 Dec 2018 | updated - 04 Aug 2021 | Public
1. Juan Solanas
Cinematographer | L'homme sans tête
Born in Buenos Aires on November 4th 1966, Juan Diego Solanas is the son of one of Argentina's most important directors, Fernando E. Solanas. In 1977, he followed his father to France when the latter fled his country where dictatorship was rife. There, he studied art history and gave free rein to ...
2. 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 ...
3. John Gatins
Writer | Flight
John Gatins is known for Flight (2012), Real Steel (2011) and Norbit (2007).
4. Ben Ripley
Writer | Source Code
Ben Ripley grew up in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. A cum laude graduate of Stanford University and an honors graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television, he sold his first screenplay to Fox in 2002. Since then he has worked steadily in the genres of horror, ...
5. Jason Smilovic
Writer | Condor
Jason Smilovic is known for Condor (2018), My Own Worst Enemy (2008) and Lucky Number Slevin (2006).
6. Scott Moore
Writer | The Hangover
Scott Moore is known for The Hangover (2009), Bad Moms (2016) and 21 & Over (2013).
7. Jon Lucas
Writer | 21 & Over
Jon Lucas is known for 21 & Over (2013), A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) and The Hangover (2009).
8. Veronica Roth
Writer | Divergent
Veronica Roth was born on August 19, 1988 in New York, New York, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Divergent (2014), The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016).
9. Derek Cianfrance
Writer | Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied (1998), won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best...
10. Luc Besson
Writer | Le Cinquième Élément
Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...
11. Ted Elliott
Writer | Shrek
Ted Elliott was born on July 4, 1961 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Shrek (2001), The Lone Ranger (2013) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003).
12. Alan Taylor
Director | Game of Thrones
Alan Taylor is an American film and television director from San Francisco known for directing episodes of HBO shows such as The Sopranos, Deadwood, Game of Thrones, and Sex in the City. He directed the feature films Thor: The Dark World, Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Many Saints of ...
13. Robert Rodat
Writer | Saving Private Ryan
Robert Rodat was born in 1953 in New Hampshire, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Falling Skies (2011) and Fly Away Home (1996). He is married to Mollie Miller. They have three children.
14. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
15. Nicole Perlman
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
Nicole Perlman received her Film and Dramatic Writing degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2003. Since then she has gone on to win the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Grant for Science in Film for her screenplay "Challenger," which also placed on the 2006 Black List. The same year she was ...
16. Alex Garland
Writer | Ex Machina
Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for the films Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).
Garland's others works as a writer includes The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012).
He is ...
17. Jade Raymond
Producer | Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond is known for Assassin's Creed (2007), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) and Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013).
18. Steven Knight
Writer | Locke
Steven Knight is a British screenwriter and film director. He is best known for screenplays he wrote for the films Dirty Pretty Things (2002) and Eastern Promises (2007), and also directed as well as written the film Locke (2013).
Knight is also one of three creators of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire...
19. Michael Kalesniko
Writer | How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog
Michael Kalesniko was born in 1961 in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000), Iron Sky (2012) and Burnt (2015). He was previously married to Nancy M. Ruff.
20. Steven E. de Souza
Writer | Die Hard
Among the handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over $2 billion at the box office, Steven de Souza was introduced to Hollywood on camera--as a contestant on an L.A. game show. There the Philadelphia-based writer for PBS, The New York Times, Premiere and other media outlets won a car and ...
21. James V. Hart
Writer | August Rush
James V. Hart was born on January 22, 1947 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for August Rush (2007), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). He has been married to Judith Nugent-Hart since August 5, 1973. They have two children.
22. Michael Finch
Writer | Predators
Michael Finch is known for Predators (2010), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).
23. Karl Gajdusek
Writer | Oblivion
Karl Gajdusek was born on July 30, 1968 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Oblivion (2013), The November Man (2014) and Trespass (2011). He has been married to Larissa Kokernot since August 10, 2002. They have one child.
24. Lee Child
Writer | Jack Reacher
Lee Child was born in the exact geographic centre of England, in the heart of the industrial badlands. Never saw a tree until he was 12. It was the sort of place where if you fell in the river, you had to go to the hospital for a mandatory stomach pump. The sort of place where minor disputes were ...
25. Kristin Rusk Robinson
Writer | Life as We Know It
Kristin Rusk Robinson is known for Life as We Know It (2010), Carnival Row (2019) and Ordinary Joe (2021).
26. Ian Deitchman
Writer | Parenthood
Ian's writing partner is Kristin Robinson. After graduating from Northwestern University's Radio / TV / Film program, he started his career working for James L. Brooks' Gracie Films. He co-founded the United Hollywood web site during the 2007-08 WGA writers strike and served two terms on the WGAw ...
27. Yann Martel
Writer | Life of Pi
Yann Martel was born on June 25, 1963 in Salamanca, Castilla y León, Spain. He is a writer, known for Life of Pi (2012), National Theatre Live: Life of Pi (2023) and Manners of Dying (2004).
28. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
29. Joe Robert Cole
Writer | Black Panther
Joe Robert Cole is known for Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) and American Crime Story (2016).
30. Bruce Joel Rubin
Writer | Ghost
Bruce Joel Rubin was born on March 10, 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Ghost (1990), Deep Impact (1998) and Stuart Little 2 (2002). He has been married to Blanche Rubin since January 29, 1970. They have two children.
31. Dave Eggers
Writer | Away We Go
When Dave Eggers was 21 and living in Lake Forest, Illinois, both his parents died of cancer five weeks apart, leaving Eggers to raise his 8-year-old brother, Christopher. He moved to California and, though he tried to continue his life as a cool young San Francisco bohemian, he was also leading a ...
32. Tom Tykwer
Writer | Lola rennt
Director, writer, producer and composer Tom Tykwer was born in 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany. He showed an interest in film-making from childhood, making super 8 films from the age of 11. Among his first jobs was working at a local art-house cinema. Tykwer eventually relocated to Berlin, first working...
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