(People) Favorite Directors

1. 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 ...

Memento: 87 Interstellar: 85 The Dark Knight Rises: 85 Inception: 88 The Dark Knight: 91

The Prestige: 86 Batman Begins: 86 Dunkirk: 86 Tarantella: 78 Tenet: 78

Movies: 86% TV: Short Film: 78%

Overall: 85%

Trademark

Frequently uses Cillian Murphy, Christian Bale and Micheal Caine
Complex Narratitive

2. Frank Darabont

Writer | The Shawshank Redemption

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

The Shawshank Redemption: 83 The Green Mile: 86 The Walking Dead: 100 The Woman in the Room: 78

Movies: 85% TV: 100% Short Film: 78%

Overall: 87%

3. Anthony Russo

Producer | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Anthony J. Russo is an American filmmaker and producer who works alongside his brother Joseph Russo. They have directed You, Me and Dupree, Cherry and the Marvel films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame is one of ...

Arrested Development: 90 Community: 84 Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 86 Captain America: Civil War: 83 Avengers: Infinity War: 90

Avengers: Endgame: 90

Movies: 87% TV: 87% Short Film:

Overall: 87%

4. Joe Russo

Director | Avengers: Endgame

Joseph Vincent Russo is an American filmmaker and producer who works alongside his brother Anthony Russo. They have directed You, Me and Dupree, Cherry and the Marvel films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame is one ...

Arrested Development: 90 Community: 84 Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 86 Captain America: Civil War: 83 Agent Carter: 80

Avengers: Infinity War: 90 Avengers: Endgame: 90

Movies: 86% TV: 85% Short Film:

Overall: 86%

5. J.J. Abrams

Producer | Lost

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....

Mission: Impossible III: 83 Star Trek: 80 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: 85 Star Trek Into Darkness: 87 Super 8: 76

Lost: 100 The Office US: 80

Movies: 82% TV: 90% Short Film:

Overall: 84%

Trademark

Frequently uses Simon Pegg
Sci-Fi
Homages
Lens Flares

6. Lee Unkrich

Editor | Coco

Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.

As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an ...

Toy Story 3: 85 Finding Nemo 78 Monsters, Inc. 83 Toy Story 2: 82 Coco: 86

Movies: 84% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 84%

7. 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...

Se7en: 87 Zodiac: 79 Gone Girl: 84 Fight Club: 80 House of Cards: 90

Rick Springfield - Bop 'Til You Drop: 70 Mindhunter: 88 Justin Timberlake Ft. Jay-Z: Suit & Tie: 80 Mank: 75

Movies: 81% TV: 89% Short Film: 75%

Overall: 81%

Murky Atmosphere and Tone

8. Sergio Leone

Writer | Once Upon a Time in America

Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (A.K.A. Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and U.S. directors working in ...

A Fistful of Dollars: 80 For a Few Dollars More: 81 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: 88 Once Upon a Time in America: 80

Movies: 83% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 83%

Western Movies
Extreme Close Up

9. Damien Chazelle

Writer | La La Land

Damien Sayre Chazelle is an American director and screenwriter. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His mother, Celia Sayre (Martin) Chazelle, is an American-Canadian writer and professor of history at The College of New Jersey. His father, Bernard Chazelle, is a French-American Eugene Higgins...

Whiplash: 88 La La Land: 86 First Man: 75

Movies: 83% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 83%

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Theme of Career

10. Pete Docter

Writer | Up

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

Starting at Pixar in 1990 as the ...

Monsters, Inc.: 82 Mike's New Car: 76 Up: 86 Inside Out: 85 Soul 81

Movies: 84% Tv Short Films: 76

Overall: 82%

11. 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...

Reservoir Dogs: 85 Pulp Fiction: 84 Jackie Brown: 75 Kill Bill: Vol. 1: 80 Kill Bill: Vol. 2: 80

Sin City: 81 Death Proof: 71 Inglourious Basterds: 78 Django Unchained: 85 The Hateful Eight: 84

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Trademark

Frequently uses Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman
Blood
Violence
Racism

12. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

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

Aliens: 82 The Terminator: 81 Terminator 2: Judgment Day: 85 True Lies: 72 Avatar: 79

Titanic: 81

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Trademark

Frequently uses Arnold Schwinegger
Strong Leading Women

13. 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 ...

Dr. Strangelove or How to Love the Atomic Bomb: 85 2001: A Space Odyssey: 77 A Clockwork Orange: 85 Full Metal Jacket: 83 The Shining: 85

Barry Lyndon: 72

Movies: 81% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 81%

Parallel Framing
Tracking Shoots
Cold Atmosphere
Well Crafted Set

14. Joss Whedon

Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was ...

The Avengers: 82 Avengers: Age of Ultron: 84 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 70 Firefly: 93 Serenity: 80

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: 87 The Office US: 80

Movies: 82% TV: 83% Short Film:

Overall: 82%

Likes to kill off characters in the end of his movies

15. John McTiernan

Director | Die Hard

John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.

Predator: 81 Die Hard: 82 Die Hard with a Vengeance: 76

Movies: 82% TV Short Film:

Overall: 82%

16. Peter Jackson

Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: 88 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: 88 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: 88 King Kong: 73 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: 75

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 75 The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies: 70

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Trademark

Frequently uses Ian Mckellan

17. Billy Wilder

Writer | The Apartment

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

Double Indemity: 80 Some Like It Hot: 78 The Apartment: 84 Sunset Boulevard: 79 Witness for the Prosecution: 86

Movies: 81% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 81%

18. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

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

American Sniper: 71 Unforgiven: 83 Million Dollar Baby: 81 Gran Torino: 83

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Masculinity
Realism

19. Brad Bird

Writer | The Incredibles

Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...

The Incredibles: 83 Jack-Jack Attack: 78 Ratatouille: 81 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol: 74 Incredibles 2: 82

The Iron Giant: 80

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film: 78%

Overall: 80%

20. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

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

Alien: 78 The Martian: 81 Gladiator: 85 Black Hawk Down: 75 All the Money in the World: 70

Blade Runner: 82

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

21. Akira Kurosawa

Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

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

Rashomon: 79 Seven Samurai: 80 Ran: 81

Movies: 80 TV: Short Films:

Overall: 80%

22. 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 ...

Goodfellas: 85 Gangs of New York: 75 The Departed: 83 Shutter Island: 81 The Wolf of Wall Street: 81

The Aviator: 74 Street of Dreams: 75 Casino: 86 Taxi Driver: 81 Hugo: 75

The Irishman: 75 Raging Bull: 81

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film: 75%

Overall: 79%

Trademark

Frequently uses Leonardo Dicaprio and Robert Di Nero
Unique Cinematography
Insecurity of Masculinity
Gangster Genre

23. Wes Anderson

Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox

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

Fantastic Mr. Fox: 82 The Grand Budapest Hotel: 81 Hotel Chevalier: 72 Isle of Dogs: 84

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film: 72%

Overall: 78%

Symmetrical Framing
Quirky Humour
Bill Murry

24. Buster Keaton

Actor | The General

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 ...

The General: 83 Cops: 78 The Scarecrow: 78 Convict 13: 78 Sherlock Jr.: 80

Movies: 82% TV: Short Film: 78%

Overall: 79%

25. Matthew Vaughn

Producer | Kick-Ass

Matthew Vaughn is an English film producer and director. He is known for producing such films as Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000) and for directing the crime thriller, Layer Cake (2004), the fantasy epic, Stardust (2007), the superhero comedy, Kick-Ass (2010), and the ...

Kick-Ass: 76 X-Men: First Class: 82 Kingsman: The Secret Service: 83 Kingsman: The Golden Circle: 79

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Frequently works with Comic Book Movie

26. Dean DeBlois

Writer | Lilo & Stitch

Dean DeBlois is a Canadian writer, director, and producer known best for having co-written and co-directed Disney's Lilo & Stitch (2002) and Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon (2010), both Oscar nominated. While working as an assistant animator and layout artist for Hinton Animation Studios ...

Lilo & Stitch: 75 How to Train Your Dragon: 83 How to Train Your Dragon 2: 80 How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: 80

Movies: 80% TV: Short Films:

Overall: 80%

27. Fritz Lang

Actor | Le mépris

Fritz Lang was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1890. His father managed a construction company. His mother, Pauline Schlesinger, was Jewish but converted to Catholicism when Lang was ten. After high school, he enrolled briefly at the Technische Hochschule Wien and then started to train as a painter. ...

Metropolis: 82 M: 82 The Woman in the Window: 71

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

28. Bryan Singer

Director | X-Men

Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....

The Usual Suspects: 87 House M.D.: 90 X-Men: 75 X-Men 2: 79 X-Men: Days of Future Past: 80 X-Men: Apocalypse: 75 Bohemian Rhapsody: 81 Superman Return: 67

Movies: 78% TV: 90% Short Film:

Overall: 79%

29. Frank Capra

Director | It's a Wonderful Life

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

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 80 It's a Wonderful Life: 77 It Happen One Night: 79

Movies: 79% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 79%

A Black Crow

30. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

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

The Man That Knew Too Much (1934): 67 Vertigo: 83 The Trouble with Harry: 75 Stage Fright: 71 North by Northwest: 83

Rear Window: 82 Strangers on a Train: 80 Rebecca: 81 The Birds: 77 Dial "M" for Murder: 81

Notorious: 78% Psycho: 83%

Movies: 79% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 79%

Trademark

Frequently uses James Stewart
Master of Supene
Cameo Himself in the beginnings of his films
Leading Blonde Women

31. Andrew Stanton

Writer | WALL·E

Andrew Stanton has been a major creative force at Pixar Animation Studios since 1990, when he became the second animator and ninth employee to join the company's elite group of computer animation pioneers. As Vice President, Creative he currently oversees all shorts and feature projects at the ...

Stranger Things: 95 Finding Dory: 78 John Carter: 63 WALL·E: 88 Finding Nemo: 78

A Bug's Life: 72

Movies: 77% TV: 95% Short Film:

Overall: 79%

32. 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 ...

Fargo: 81 The Big Lebowki: 81 No Country for Old Men: 79 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 75

Movies: 79% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 81%

Turning Serious concepts to Cometic

33. Ethan Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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

Fargo: 81 The Big Lebowki: 81 No Country for Old Men: 79 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 75

Movies: 81% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 79%

Turning Serious concepts to Cometic

34. Denis Villeneuve

Director | Dune

Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer. He was born in 1967, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. He started his career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his feature films Arrival (2016), Sicario (2015), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), ...

Sicario: 75 Prisoner: 80 Arrival: 82

Movies: 79% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 79%

35. Sam Mendes

Producer | 1917

Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-...

American Beauty: 82 Skyfall: 82 Spectre: 69

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

36. Mark Osborne

Director | Kung Fu Panda

Mark Randolph Osborne is an American film director, writer, producer and animator from Trenton, New Jersey who is known for co-directing the Oscar nominated Kung Fu Panda (2008) and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (the live-action sequences), as well as directing The Little Prince (2015) ...

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: 70 Kung Fu Panda: 82 SpongeBob SquarePants: 80

Movie: 79% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 79%

37. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

My Neighbor Totoro: 76 Spirited Away: 86 Ponyo: 77 Yuki no taiyô: 70 Princess Mononoke: 86

Kiki's Delivery Service: 75 The Castle of Cagliostro: 78 Howl's Moving Castle: 77

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film: 70%

Overall: 78%

38. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

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

Back to the Future: 86 Back to the Future Part II: 80 Back to the Future Part III: 76 Forrest Gump: 84 Cast Away: 77

The Polar Express: 67 A Christmas Carol: 68

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

Trademark

Frequently uses Tom Hanks

39. Lana Wachowski

Writer | The Matrix

Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...

The Matrix: 85 The Matrix Reloaded: 72 The Matrix Revolutions: 67 Cloud Atlas: 73 Sense8:90

Movies: 75% TV: 90% Short Film:

Overall: 78%

Christian Symbolism

40. Lilly Wachowski

Writer | The Matrix

Director, writer, and producer Lilly Wachowski was born in 1967 in Chicago, the daughter of Lynne, a nurse and painter, and Ron, a businessman. Lilly was educated at Kellogg Elementary School in Chicago, before moving on to Whitney M. Young High School. After graduating from high school, she ...

The Matrix: 85 The Matrix Reloaded: 72 The Matrix Revolutions: 67 Cloud Atlas: 73 Sense8: 89

Movies: 75% TV: 89% Short Film:

Overall: 78%

Christian Symbolism

41. Ron Clements

Writer | Hercules

Ron Clements is an American animated film director who collaborates with John Musker. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are ...

Aladdin: 82 Hercules: 76 The Princess and the Frog: 76 Moana: 75

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

42. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

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

Apocalyse Now: 83 Braim Stroker's Dracula 72 The Godfather: 80

Movies: 78%

Overall: 78%

43. Tom Hooper

Director | Cats

Tom Hooper was educated at one of England's most prestigious schools, Westminster. His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which ...

John Adams: 83 The King's Speech: 75 Les Misérables: 76

Movies: 76% TV: 83 Short Film:

Overall: 78%

44. John Musker

Writer | Hercules

John Musker is an American animated film director who collaborates with Ron Clements. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are ...

Aladdin: 82 Hercules: 76 The Princess and the Frog: 76 Moana: 75

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

45. Jay Oliva

Art_department | Wonder Woman

Jay Oliva is an American Director, Producer, show-runner and senior illustrator. He resides in Los Angles, California where he began his career in animation working on Fox's animated series "Spider-Man" in 1996.

He became a Director on the CGI series "Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles"in ...

Jackie Chan Adventures: 77 The Invincible Iron Man: 69 Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow: 74 Green Lantern: Emerald Knights: 69 Young Justice: 88

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1: 80 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2: 84 Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox: 83 Justice League: War: 78 Batman: Assault on Arkham: 75

Batman vs. Robin: 75 Batman: Bad Blood: 69 Justice League Dark: 72

Movies: 76% TV: 83% Short Film:

Overall: 77%

46. 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, ...

Raiders of the Lost Ark: 81 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom: 80 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: 83 Hook: 67 Jurassic Park: 82

Schindler's List: 82 The Lost World: Jurassic Park: 70 Saving Private Ryan: 85 War of the Worlds: 65 The Terminal: 71

Catch Me If You Can: 80 Minority Report: 77 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 70 War Horse: 77 The Adventures of Tintin: 78

Lincoln:66 Jaws: 81 Bridge of Spies: 75 Ready Player One: 77

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 77%

Trademark

Frequently uses Tom Hanks

47. Paul Greengrass

Director | United 93

Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.

After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...

The Bourne Supremacy: 78 The Bourne Ultimatum: 81 Green Zone: 69 Captain Phillips: 79

Movies: 77% TV: Short:

Overall: 77%

Trademark

Frequently uses Matt Damon

48. Wolfgang Reitherman

Director | The AristoCats

Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.

He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.

Reitherman directed several Disney animated ...

101 Dalmatians: 76 The Sword in the Stone: 76 The Jungle Book: 76 The Aristocats: 76 Robin Hood: 81

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 77%

49. Guillermo del Toro

Writer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

Hellboy: 70 Hellboy II: The Golden Army: 73 Trollhunters: 85 Crimson Peak: 74 Pacific Rim: 74

Pan's Labyrinth: 81 The Shape of Water: 80 3Below: 75

Movies: 75% TV: 80% Short Film:

Overall: 77%

Trademark

Frequently uses Ron Pearlman
Gothic Style
Frequently uses Monsters

50. Taika Waititi

Producer | What We Do in the Shadows

Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople: 75 Team Thor: 76 Team Thor: Part 2: 70 Thor: Ragnarok: 79 Team Darryl: 64

What We Do in The Shadows: 74 The Mandalorian: 100

Movies: 76% TV: 100% Short Film: 70%

Overall: 77%

Quirky Humour

51. James Mangold

Producer | Logan

James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).

Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...

The Wolverine: 71 Logan: 82 Walk the Line: 79

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 77%

52. 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...

Shaun of the Dead: 81 Hot Fuzz: 80 The World's End: 70 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: 67 Baby Driver: 80

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%

53. Chris Columbus

Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

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

Home Alone: 75 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: 76 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 73 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: 78

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%

54. Orson Welles

Actor | Citizen Kane

His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...

Touch of Evil: 77 A Heart of Age: 72 Citizen Kane: 82 F for Fake: 72

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film: 72%

Overall: 76%

55. 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 ...

Toy Story: 83 Toy Story 2: 82 A Bug's Life: 70 Cars: 72 Cars 2: 70

Ponyo: 77

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%

56. Rob Reiner

Actor | All in the Family

Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.

As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...

The Princess Bride: 82 The Bucket List: 74 When Harry met Sally: 76 The American President: 69

Movies: 75% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 75%

57. Jon Favreau

Producer | Chef

Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.

The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...

Iron Man: 78 Iron Man 2: 66 The Jungle Book: 81 The US Office: 80 Elf: 69

Chef: 75 The Lion King (2019): 68

Movies: 74% TV: 80% Short Film:

Overall: 74%

58. Gore Verbinski

Director | Rango

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: 82 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest: 73 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: 70

Movies: 75% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 75%

59. Chris Williams

Actor | Frozen

Chris Williams was born on April 23, 1968 in Missouri, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Frozen (2013), Big Hero 6 (2014) and The Sea Beast (2022). He has been married to Astrid Sealey since July 10, 2004. They have two children.

Bolt: 71 Big Hero 6: 81 Moana: 75

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%

60. 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 ...

Guardians of the Galaxy: 86 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 77 Guardians of the Galaxy: Inferno: 65

Movies: 81% TV: Short Film: 65%

Overall: 76%

61. Zack Snyder

Director | 300

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...

300: 78 Watchmen: 78 Man of Steel: 78 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: 68 Justice League: 71

Movies: 75% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 75%

Slow motion to Fast Pass Action
Tilted Screening
Christian Imaginary

62. John Ford

Director | The Quiet Man

John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...

My Darling, Clementine: 75 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon: 73 The Long Voyage Home: 65 Stagecoach: 75 Fort Apache: 77

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: 78

Movies: 74% TV: SHort Films:

Overall: 74%

63. Terry Jones

Writer | The Meaning of Life

Terry Jones was born in Colwyn Bay, North Wales, the son of Dilys Louisa (Newnes), a homemaker, and Alick George Parry Jones, a bank clerk. His older brother is production designer Nigel Jones. His grandparents were involved in the entertainment business, having managed the local Amateur Operatic ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 81 Life of Brian: 80 Absolutely Anything: 60

Movies: 74% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 74%

64. James Wan

Writer | Saw

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

Conjuring: 7 Conjuring 2: 76 Aquaman: 76

Movies: 74 TV: Short Film:

Overall: 74%

65. Rian Johnson

Producer | Knives Out

Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 ...

Looper: 70% Star Wars: The Last Jedi: 73% Knives Out: 78%

Movies: 74% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 74%

66. 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: 74 The Adventurer: 71 By the Sea: 55 Modern Times: 85 The Circus: 80

The Vagabond: 70 Laughing Gas: 56 The Great Dictator: 84 City Lights: 81 The Bank: 68

Dough and Dynamite: 60 The Kid: 82 The Gold Rush: 81

Movies: 82% TV: Short Film: 65%

Overall: 73%

Main characters is a Tramp

67. Adam McKay

Producer | Don't Look Up

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

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: 75 Step Brothers: 68 The Other Guys: 78 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues: 69 The Big Short: 77

Movies: 73% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 73%

Frequently use Will Ferral

68. Marc Forster

Producer | World War Z

Marc Forster is a German-born filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Stay (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), and World War Z (2013).

His breakthrough film was Monster's...

Stranger Than Fiction: 75 Quantum of Solace: 67 World War Z: 71 Christopher Robin: 76

Movie: 73% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 73%

69. Shane Black

Actor | Predator

Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) ...

The Nice Guys: 75 Iron Man 3: 68 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 81 The Long Kiss Goodnight: 67

Movies: 74% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 72%

Movie Set during Christmas
Strong Use of Female Characters

70. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

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

Howard ...

The Da Vinci Code: 75 Angels & Demons: 70 Solo: 74 A Beautiful Mind: 82 Inferno: 6.0

Movies: 72% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 72%

71. 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 ...

Batman: 76 Edward Scissorhands: 81 Batman Return: 70 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: 59 Alice in Wonderland: 65

Big Fish: 79 The World of Stainboy: 70

Movies: 72% TV: 70 Short Film:

Overall: 71%

Trademark

Frequently uses Johnny Depp
Gothic Production Style

72. 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 ...

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope: 83 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace: 60 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones: 60 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith: 75

Movies: 70% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 70%

73. Doug Liman

Producer | Edge of Tomorrow

Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The ...

The Bourne Identity: 74 Mr. & Mrs. Smith: 65 Jumper: 61 Edge of Tomorrow: 79

Movies: 70% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 70%

74. Michael Bay

Producer | Armageddon

A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...

Bad Boys: 74 Bad Boys II: 70 Transformers: 71 Transformers: Age of Extinction: 59

Movies: 69% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 69%

Explosions
Heavy Market
Heavy Action Pack Movies

75. Ang Lee

Director | Xi yan

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

Hulk: 50 Brokeback Mountain: 77 Life of Pi: 81

Movies: 69% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 69%

76. Ben Stiller

Producer | Tropic Thunder

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

His parents made no real...

Zoolander: 61 Tropic Thunder: 71 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: 76

Movies: 69% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 69%

77. Todd Phillips

Producer | Joker

Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. While studying film at New York University, ...

Starsky & Hutch: 61 The Hangover: 78 The Hangover Part II: 65 The Hangover Part III: 59 Due Date: 66

Joker: 81

Overall: 68%

78. Rob Minkoff

Director | The Lion King

Rob Minkoff was born on August 11, 1962 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Lion King (1994), Stuart Little 2 (2002) and The Forbidden Kingdom (2008). He has been married to Crystal Kung Minkoff since September 29, 2007. They have two children.

The Lion King: 85 Stuart Little 59 Stuart Little 57 Mr. Peabody & Sherman: 70

Movie: 68% TV: Short Films:

Overall: 68%

79. Jake Kasdan

Producer | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Jake Kasdan was born on October 28, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Zero Effect (1998).

Freaks and Geeks: 92% Bad Teacher: 62% Sex Tape: 49% Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle: 70% Jumanji: The Next Level: 64%

Movies: 61% TV: 92% Short Film:

Overall: 67%

80. 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 ...

Spy Kids: 65 Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams: 65 Spy Kids 3: Game Over: 60 Sin City: 81 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D: 60

Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World: 50 Attia: Battle Angel: 69

Movies: 64% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 64%

81. David Ayer

Producer | End of Watch

David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...

Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons, Logic, Ty Dolla Sign and X Ambassadors: Sucker for Pain: 67 Suicide Squad: 65 Bright: 60

Movies: 63% TV: Short Film: 67%

Overall: 64%

82. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

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

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

The Sixth Sense: 81 The Village: 65 The Last Airbender: 30 After Earth: 40 Unbreakable: 70

Split: 72

Movies: 60% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 57%

Twist Endings

83. Matt Reeves

Producer | The Batman

Matthew George "Matt" Reeves was born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA and is a writer, director and producer. Reeves began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. He befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and a public-access ...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: 79 War for the Planet of the Apes: 77

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

84. 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 ...

Creed: 79 Black Panther: 85

Movies: 82% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 82%

85. Woody Allen

Writer | Annie Hall

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

Allen ...

Annie Hall: 82 Midnight in Paris: 77

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

Very Dialogistic
Characters over Intro
Calm Endings

86. Victor Fleming

Director | Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming entered the film business as a stuntman in 1910, mainly doing stunt driving - which came easy to him, as he had been a mechanic and professional race-car driver. He became interested in working on the other side of the camera, and eventually got a job as a cameraman on many of the ...

The Wizard of Oz: 7.8 Gone with The Wind: 76

Movies: 80% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

87. James Whale

Director | Bride of Frankenstein

James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor. He is best remembered for his four classic horror films: Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He also directed films in other genres, including what is ...

Frankenstein: 80 Bride of The Frankenstein: 80

Movies:80 TV: Short Film:

Overall: 80%

88. Barry Levinson

Director | Rain Man

Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he ...

Good Morning Vietnam: 73 Rain Man: 80

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 77%

89. John Carney

Director | Sing Street

John Carney was born in 1972 in Dublin, Ireland. He is a director and producer, known for Sing Street (2016), Once (2007) and Flora and Son (2023).

Once: 75 Sing Street: 80

Movies: 77% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 77%

90. 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 ...

Léon: The Professional: 88 Lucy: 64

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%

91. F.W. Murnau

Director | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air ...

Nosferatu: 80 Sunrise: 76

Movies: 78% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 78%

92. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

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

William Oliver Stone was ...

Platoon: 81 Born on the 4th of July: 71

Movies: 76% TV: Short Film:

Overall: 76%