BEST DIRECTORS
by geertssteven | created - 28 Jun 2017 | updated - 21 Aug 2018 | Public1. Christopher Smith
Director | Triangle
Christopher Smith was born in 1970 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Triangle (2009), Severance (2006) and Black Death (2010).
severance, triangle, black death, detour, GET SANTA
2. Nacho Vigalondo
Writer | Los cronocrímenes
Nacho Vigalondo was born in 1977 in Cabezón de la Sal, Cantabria, Spain. He is a writer and actor, known for Timecrimes (2007), Colossal (2016) and Extraterrestrial (2011).
los cronocrimenes, colossal, EXTRATERRESTRE, OPEN WINDOWS
3. Neill Blomkamp
Director | District 9
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game ...
district 9, chappie, elysium, FIREBATES OATS : VOL --------------
4. Eric Valette
Director | Samedi, dimanche et aussi lundi
Eric Valette was born in 1967 in Toulouse, France. He is a director and writer, known for Saturday, Sunday and Monday Too (1999), One Missed Call (2008) and It's Hard Killing Someone Even on a Monday (2001).
malefique, ->SUPER HYBRID, LA PROIE; ONE MISSED CALL
5. Julien Maury
Writer | À l'intérieur
Julien Maury is known for Inside (2007), The Deep House (2021) and Among the Living (2014).
a l'interieur, livide, AMONG THE LIVING, LEATHERFACE
6. Alexandre Bustillo
Writer | À l'intérieur
Alexandre Bustillo was born on August 10, 1975 in France. He is a writer and director, known for Inside (2007), The Deep House (2021) and Among the Living (2014).
a l'interieur, livide, AMONG THE LIVING, LEATHERFACE
7. David Michôd
Writer | The King
David Michôd is known for The King (2019), Animal Kingdom (2010) and The Rover (2014). He is married to Mirrah Foulkes.
the rover, animal kingdom, hesher, WAR MACHINE
8. 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 ...
fifth element, LEON, lucy, taken 1 & 2, VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS 2017, LA FEMMME NIKITA, THE FAMILY, THE LADY,THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC, ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES , ANGEL-A (2011), JOAN OF ARC, THE BiG BLUE, SUBWAY, ---->now writing duties
9. Derek Cianfrance
Director | 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...
the place beyond the pines
10. Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer | The Neon Demon
Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...
only god forgives, the neon demon, drive, valhalla rising, bronson, PUSHER, PUSHER II, PUSHER III, BLEEDER, FEAR X
11. Nicholas McCarthy
Writer | The Pact
Nicholas McCarthy is known for The Pact (2012), At the Devil's Door (2014) and The Prodigy (2019).
the pact, HOLIDAYS, HOME (aka AT THE DEVIL'S DOOR)
12. Sion Sono
Director | Ai no mukidashi
Shion Sono is a Japanese director, writer and poet. Born in Aichi Perfecture in 1961 he started his career working as a poet before taking his first steps in film directing. As a student he shot a series of short films in Super 8 and managed to make his first feature films in the late 80s and early...
"Why don't you play in hell,
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13. Mickey Keating
Director | Offseason
Mickey Keating is known for Offseason (2021), Carnage Park (2016) and Darling (2015).
darling, pod, carnage park, ritual, PSYCHOPATS
14. Nicolas Pesce
Director | The Eyes of My Mother
Nicolas Pesce was born on January 18, 1990 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Eyes of My Mother (2016), Piercing (2018) and The Grudge (2019).
the eyes of my mother,
(unreleased = PIERCING)
15. Alice Lowe
Actress | Sightseers
Alice Eva Lowe is an English actress and writer, mainly in comedy. She is best known for her roles as Madeline Wool/Liz Asher in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and as Tina in the 2012 film Sightseers, which she also co-wrote.
Lowe was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England. She attended Kenilworth ...
prevenge
16. Ben Wheatley
Director | Free Fire
Ben Wheatley was born in May 1972 in Billericay, Essex, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Free Fire (2016), Kill List (2011) and Sightseers (2012).
kill list, a field in england, sightseers, FREE FIRE, THE ABCs OF DEATH, HIGH RISE,
(unreleased = FREAK SHIFT, IDEAL)
17. Paul Feig
Producer | Freaks and Geeks
Paul Feig is an American film director and writer who is known for creating Freaks and Geeks and directing Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy and A Simple Favor. He is known for directing films starring frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy. He also directed the highly controversial 2016 reboot of ...
bridesmaids, the heat, spy, ghostbusters,
(unreleased = THE HEAT 2, A SIMPLE FAVOR)
18. 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, baby driver, scot pilgrim vs the world, THE WORLD'S END, HOT FUZZ,
19. 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 ...
the darjeeling limited, the grand budapest hotel, moonrise kingdom, fantastic mr fox, the life aquatic with steve zissou, the royal tennebraums, RUSHMORE, BOTTLE ROCKET,
(unreleased = ISLE OF DOGS)
20. Martin Scorsese
Director | Taxi Driver
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 ...
borderwalk empire, the wolf of wall street, shutter island, THE DEPARTED, GOODFELLAS, GANGS OF NEW YORK, THE AVIATOR, SILENCE, HUGO, KUNDUN, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, CASINO, THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, CAPE FEAR, THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, THE COLOR OF MONEY, AFTER HOURS, THE KING OF COMEDY, RAGING BULL, NEW YORK NEW YORK, TAXI DRIVER, ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE, MEAN STREETS, BOXCAR BERTHA, I CALL FIRST,
21. Charlie Kaufman
Writer | I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon ...
anomalisa, synecdoche new york,
22. Michel Gondry
Director | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band ...
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the green hornet, TOKYO, LA SCIENCE DE REVES, ??? (mostly videoclips, check wiki
23. 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 ...
her, where the wild things are, ADAPTATION, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH,
24. Gareth Edwards
Visual_effects | Monsters
Gareth James Edwards was born on June 1, 1975 in the English town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Growing up, he admired movies such as the 1977 classic "Star Wars", and went on to pursue a film career. He even cites George Lucas and Steven Spielberg as his biggest influences. Edwards studied BA (Hons) ...
monsters, GODZILLA, ROGUE ONE
25. Ana Lily Amirpour
Director | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Ana Lily Amirpour was born in Margate, Kent, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), The Bad Batch (2016) and Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021).
a girl walks home alone at night, the bad batch
26. Neill Blomkamp
Director | District 9
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game ...
district 9, elysium, chappie, firebase oats
27. Christopher Nolan
Writer | Tenet
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970, in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made.
...
inception, memento, the prestige, batman begins, the dark knight, the dark knight rises, INTERSTELLAR, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA, DUNKIRK
28. 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, what we do in the shadows, boy, eagly vs shark, THOR RAGNAROK
29. 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, watchmen, man of steel, batman vs superman : dawn of justice, SUCKER PUNCH, LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS : THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE, DAWN OF THE DEAD 2004
(unreleased JUSTICE LEAGUE, THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH)
30. 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, x : first class (x-men), kingsman : the secret service, STARDUST, LAYER CAKE,
(unreleased I AM PILGRIM, KINGSMAN 2 & 3)
31. 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 ...
Director : ANNIHILATION, ex machina,
-Writer : 28 DAYS LATER, SUNSHINE, NEVER LET ME GO, Dredd
(unreleased : HALO)
32. 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.
only lovers left alive, dead man, ghost dog : way of the samurai, STRANGER THAN PARADISE, NIGHT ON EARTH, DOWN BY LAW, MYSTERY TRAIN, COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, BROKEN FLOWERS, THE LIMITS OF CONTROL, PATERSON, GIMME DANGER
33. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
pi, requifem for a dream, the fountain, the wrestler, black swan, noah, BELOW, MOTHER
34. Jeremy Saulnier
Cinematographer | Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier has slyly defined a unique cinematic aesthetic that complements his idiosyncratic narrative premises. His sophomore feature, Blue Ruin (2013) a quirky, crime drama set in a pretty, but grimier part of suburban America was a festival darling and supplanted his name within the ...
murder party, blue ruin, green room,
(unreleased HOLD THE DARK)
35. Jordan Peele
Writer | Nope
Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...
get out
36. Jonathan Levine
Director | 50/50
Jonathan Levine was born on June 18, 1976. He is a producer and director, known for 50/50 (2011), The Wackness (2008) and Warm Bodies (2013).
ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE, THE WACKNESS, 50/50, warm bodies, THE NIGHT BEFORE, SNATCHED,
(unreleased = FLARSKY, COMING TO AMERICA 2, BROOKLYN CASTLE)
37. Na Hong-jin
Writer | Chugyeokja
Na Hong-jin born in 1974 is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His debut film The Chaser (2008) won Best Director at the 45th Grand Bell Awards in 2008. The film also won the award for Best Film. His follow up film, The Yellow Sea, was released in South Korea on December 15, 2010. It is...
CHASER, THE YELLOW SEA, the wailing
38. 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 ...
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE, memories of murder, the host, tokyo!, mother (madeo), snowpiercer, okja,
(unreleased PARASITE)
39. 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...
HUMMINGBIRD, LOCKE
+ writer van EASTERN PROMISES, TV PEAKY BLINDERS, TV TABOO, etc
(unreleased = SERENITY (2018) )
40. Alex van Warmerdam
Actor | Ober
Alex van Warmerdam was born on August 14, 1952 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is an actor and writer, known for Waiter (2006), Borgman (2013) and The Northerners (1992). He is married to Annet Malherbe. They have two children.
ABEL, DE NOORDERLINGEN, DE JURK, KLEINE TEUN, GRIMM, OBER, DE LAATSTE DAGEN VAN EMMA BLANK, borgman, schneider vs bax
(unreleased Nr. 10)
41. Michaël R. Roskam
Director | The Drop
Michaël R. Roskam was born on October 9, 1972 in Sint-Truiden, Flanders, Belgium. He is a producer and director, known for The Drop (2014), Bullhead (2011) and Racer and the Jailbird (2017). He has been married to Eline De Munck since January 9, 2021.
rundskop, THE DROP
(unreleased LE FIDELE)
42. Tomas Alfredson
Director | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson was born on April 1, 1965 in Lidingö, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a director, known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Let the Right One In (2008) and Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004). He is married to Charlotte Alfredson. They have one child. He was previously married to Cissi ...
let the right one in (lat den ratte komme in 2008 original), TINKER TAILER SOLDIER SPY, THE SNOWMAN (2017)
43. Daniel Espinosa
Director | Morbius
Jorge Daniel Espinosa is a Swedish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and film producer from Trångsund, Stockholm. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. He notably directed the Sony's Marvel Universe film Morbius starring Jared Leto and other films including Life, Easy ...
SNABBA CASH, SAFE HOUSE, CHILD 44, life
(unreleased = THE EMIGRANTS, THE ANARCHISTS VS ISIS)
44. Greg McLean
Director | Wolf Creek
After training as a fine artist before working as a director in Theatre and Opera, Australian writer, director, and producer Greg McLean's filmmaking career began when he wrote and directed the horror smash hit 'Wolf Creek.' The film played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals before going ...
wolf creek, ROGUE, wolf creek 2, wolf creek s01 2016 miniseries, WOLF CREEK S02 2017 MINI-SERIES, THE DARKNESS, the belko experiment
(unreleased = JUNGLE)
45. Lenny Abrahamson
Director | Room
Lenny Abrahamson was born in Dublin in 1966. He studied physics and philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. While at university he directed short videos with the Trinity Video Society, which he co-founded with Ed Guiney. He graduated in 1991 with first class honours (gold medal). His first short film...
ADAM & PAUL, GARAGE (2007), WHAT RICHARD DID, FRANK, room
(unreleased = THE LITTLE STRANGER)
46. James Ward Byrkit
Director | Coherence
James Ward Byrkit is known for Coherence (2013), Rango (2011) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
rango, coherence
47. Josh Boone
Director | The Fault in Our Stars
Joshua Boone is an American filmmaker and producer from Virginia Beach. He directed The Fault in Our Stars, Stuck in Love and The New Mutants, a horror themed spin-off of the X-Men films. Had Disney not bought Fox, Boone would have made New Mutants sequels. He also created the miniseries The Stand.
STUCK IN LOVE, the fault in our stars
(unreleased = THE STAND, LISEY'S STORY, X-MEN : THE NEW MUTANTS)
48. Marc Webb
Director | (500) Days of Summer
Marc Webb is an American film and music video director. He directed over 100 music videos before he made his film directorial debut with 500 Days of Summer, a romantic comedy. He later directed The Amazing Spider-Man and its 2014 sequel starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. He also directed ...
500 days of summer, the amazing spider-man 1, the amazing spider-man 2, GIFTED
(unreleased = THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK)
49. Stephen Chbosky
Writer | The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky was born on January 25, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Wonder (2017) and Rent (2005). He has been married to Liz Maccie since September 18, 2010. They have two children.
the perks of being a wallflower,
(unreleased WONDER)
50. 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...
THE GAME, FIGHT CLUB, PANIC ROOM, ZODIAC, the curious case of benjamin button, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, GONE GIRL
(unreleased = WORLD WAR Z 2)
51. Jean-Marc Vallée
Director | C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Montreal. He directed Black List, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club, Los Locos, Loser Love and Café de Flore. He also created the HBO shows Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects. He was married to Chantal ...
MOVIES B4 THIS, C.R.A.Z.Y., THE YOUNG VICTORIA, CAFE DE FLORE, dallas buyers club, WILD, DEMOLITION
52. Greg Mottola
Director | Adventureland
Greg Mottola was born on July 11, 1964 in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Adventureland (2009), The Daytrippers (1996) and Superbad (2007). He is married to Sarah Allentuch. They have three children.
THE DAYTRIPPERS, SUPERBAD, adventureland, paul, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES
53. Jason Reitman
Producer | Up in the Air
Jason Reitman is a Canadian filmmaker and producer who notably directed Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Juno, Thank You for Smoking, Up in the Air, Young Adult and Tully. He produced Chloe and Jennifer's Body, two films that advanced Amanda Seyfried's career for adult oriented roles. He is the son of Ivan...
thank you for smoking, juno, UP IN THE AIR, YOUNG ADULT, LABOR DAY, MEN WOMAN & CHILDREN,
(unreleased = TULLY, THE FRONT RUNNER)
54. Shane Carruth
Composer | Upstream Color
Writer-director Shane Carruth, a former software engineer, burst onto the independent movie scene with his extremely low-budget science-fiction film Primer (2004) in 2004. Carruth also played one of the two leads in the film and composed its music. "Primer" won the Grand Jury Prize and the Alfred P...
primer, upstream color
55. 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 ...
BRICK, THE BROTHERS BLOOM, LOOPER
(unreleased = STAR WARS : THE LAST JEDI)
56. Denis Villeneuve
Director | Dune: Part One
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), ...
AUGUST 32ND ON EARTH, MAELSTROM, POLYTECHNIQUE, INCENDIES, prisoners, enemy, sicario, arrival
(unreleased BLADE RUNNER 2049)
57. Terrence Malick
Writer | Days of Heaven
Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.
A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...
BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE, THE NEW WORLD, the tree of life, TO THE WONDER, KNIGHT OF CUPS, SONG TO SONG
(unreleased = RADEGUND)
58. Ben Affleck
Producer | Argo
Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...
gone baby gone, the town, ARGO, LIVE BY NIGHT
(unreleased = WITNESS FOR PROSECUTION)
59. Jason Krawczyk
Director | He Never Died
Finding high-school physics exceedingly difficult, Jason Krawczyk decided to pursue his passion for filmmaking. After shooting numerous music videos, commercials, and shorts, Jason directed his first feature-length project, "The Briefcase." In 2015 Jason wrote and directed the Henry Rollins ...
he never died
60. Don Coscarelli
Writer | Bubba Ho-Tep
In much the same way that director George A. Romero creative output has been primarily centered around the highly successful "Dead" series of zombie films, then fellow fantasy director Don Coscarelli has for over two decades seen his universe swirling around the lesser successful, but equally cult,...
PHANTASM, THE BEASTMASTER, PHANTASM II, SURVIVAL QUEST, PHANTASM III LORD OF THE DEAD, PHANTASM IV OBLIVION, BUBBA HO-TEP, john dies at the end
61. David Lynch
Writer | Twin Peaks
Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...
rabbits, ERASERHEAD, the elephant man, DUNE, BLUE VELVET, WILD AT HEART, TV TWIN PEAKS 1990, TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME, HOTEL ROOM (3e minie series), LOST HIGHWAY, MULHOLLAND DR. 1999, THE STRAIGHT STORY, MULHOLLAND DR. 2001, inland empire, TWIN PEAKS : THE MISSING PIECES, TV TWIN PEAKS 2017
62. Sean Byrne
Director | The Loved Ones
Sean hails from Hobart, Tasmania. The Loved Ones (2009) is his first feature and has achieved official selection at over twenty international film festivals, winning the People's Choice Award, Midnight Madness Category, Toronto International Film Festival (2009) and The Siren Award for Best ...
The loved ones, The devil's candy
63. 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, The green mile, THE MAJESTIC, The mist (2007)
64. Colm McCarthy
Director | The Girl with All the Gifts
Colm McCarthy is a director best known for his work on Peaky Blinders, Sherlock and Endeavour. He was born in Edinburgh and has lived there as well as in Dublin and London. He is happily married and plays a grand total of eight musical instruments all appallingly badly.
He did not formally train in ...
OUTCAST (2010), THE DEEP (2010 mini-series), The girl with all the gifts, PEAKY BLINDERS (6 episodes), black mirror (1 episode "Black museum")
(Unreleased : KRYPTON)
65. Richard Bates Jr.
Director | Excision
Richard Bates Jr. is known for Excision (2012), Trash Fire (2016) and Tone-Deaf (2019).
Excision, SUBURBAN GOTHIC, trash fire
67. Benny Safdie
Actor | Good Time
Born and raised in New York City: in both Queens & Manhattan. He attended the school of Communication at Boston University. He often collaborates with his brother Josh Safdie. He is a director, writer, editor and actor known for Daddy Longlegs(2009),Heaven Knows What(2014), Good Time (2017), Uncut ...
Good Time, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT
68. Josh Safdie
Director | Uncut Gems
Born and raised in New York City: in both Queens & Manhattan. He attended the school of Communication at Boston University. He often collaborates with his brother Benny Safdie. The brothers have both cited early experiences in front of their father's camera as the reasons for their pursing ...
Good Time, HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT
69. Gaspar Noé
Director | Enter the Void
Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...
SEUL CONTRE TOUS (I stand alone 1998), IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID, LOVE (2005)
70. Paolo Sorrentino
Writer | È stata la mano di Dio
Director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino was born in Naples in 1970, and and became an orphan when he lost both of his parents at the age of 16. At the age of 25, after studying for a few years at the Faculty of Economics and Business in University of Naples Federico II, he decided to work in the...
THE YOUNG POPE (tv show), YOUTH, THE GREAT BEAUTY, THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, ILL DIVO, L'AMICO DI FAMIGLIA (the family friend), LE CONSEGUENZE DELL'AMORE (the consequences of love)
(UNRELEASED = LORO 2018)
71. Yoshihiro Nishimura
Make_up_department | Tôkyô zankoku keisatsu
Yoshihiro Nishimura was born on April 1, 1967 in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. He is a producer, known for Tokyo Gore Police (2008), Meatball Machine Kodoku (2017) and The ABCs of Death (2012).
THE ABC'S OF DEATH, TOKYO GORE POLICE, MEATBALL MACHINE, ETC...
+ AANVULLEN
UNRELEASED = KODOKU : MEATBALL MACHINE 2017
72. Robert Eggers
Director | The Lighthouse
Robert Houston Eggers is an American filmmaker and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), as well as directing and co-writing the historical fiction epic film The Northman (2022). His films are noted ...
the witch (the vvitch - a new england folktale 2015), THE TELL-TALE HEART (short),
CAN'T FIND SHORTS : BROTHERS (2013-14 of 15), THE HOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALAXY
UNRELEASED = THE LIGHTHOUSE 2019
73. Michael Dougherty
Writer | Trick 'r Treat
Michael Patrick Dougherty is a writer, director, animator, and producer known for his work in a variety of genre films, both big and small. Beginning his career as an animator and illustrator, Dougherty's animated work was featured on MTV, Nickelodeon, and a line of twisted greeting cards published...
KRAMPUS, TRICK'R'TREAT
UNRELEASED = TRICK'R'TREAT 2 2018, GODZILLA KING OF MONSTERS 2019
74. Ari Folman
Writer | The Congress
Ari Folman was born on December 17, 1962 in Haifa, Israel. He is a writer and director, known for The Congress (2013), Waltz with Bashir (2008) and Saint Clara (1996).
SAINT CLAIRE (CLARA HAKEDOSHA), WALTZ WITH BASHIR, THE CONGRESS
UNRELEASED = WHERE IS ANNE FRANK
75. David Bruckner
Director | The Night House
David Bruckner is known for The Night House (2020), The Ritual (2017) and Southbound (2015).
THE SIGNAL (2007), vhs, Southbound, Ritual (2018)
-writer : siren (2016)
76. Gregg Bishop
Visual_effects | Dance of the Dead
Gregg Bishop started making movies with his father's Super 8mm and 16mm film cameras when he was 7 years old and wrote & directed his first full-length feature, a spy thriller, at 17 years of age.
He attended the Production Program at USC filmschool where his student film Voodoo (1999) won over ...
THE OTHER SIDE (2006), DANCE OF THE DEAD (2008), vhs viral, siren (2016)
77. Billy O'Brien
Director | I Am Not a Serial Killer
Billy O'Brien is a BAFTA nominated director and screen writer. His most recent film is I Am Not A Serial Killer released by IFC in North America. It was nominated for 3 BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) Including adapted screenplay. It stars Christopher Lloyd, Max Records and Laura Fraser. His...
I am not a serial killer, SCINTILLA, FEROCIOUS PLANET, THE OTHER SIDE, ISOLATION (2006)
78. J.A. Bayona
Director | La sociedad de la nieve
Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth ...
EL ORFANATO, LO IMPOSSIBLE (the impossible 2012), A MONSTER CALLS (watched),
-producer : MARROWBONE
Some episodes of PENNY DREADFULL
(unreleased : JURASSIC WORLD : FALLEN KINGDOM)
79. Mathieu Kassovitz
Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz was born on August 3, 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).
LA HAINE, ASSASSIN(S) (1997), THE CRIMSON RIVERS (aka LES REVIERES POURPRES, GOTHIKA, BABYLON A.D., REBELLION (aka L'ORDE ET LA MORALE 2011)
80. Eshom Nelms
Director | Fatman
Writers/Directors Eshom and Ian Nelms, grew up in central California waging two hundred man G.I. Joe wars and dreaming in John Ford Landscapes. Though their evolving passions temporarily took them in different directions - Ian went to college on a wrestling scholarship, along the way discovering a ...
-Directing as "The Nelms Brothers", together with "Ian Nelms"
LOST ON PURPOSE, Small town crime
81. Ian Nelms
Director | Fatman
Writers/Directors Eshom and Ian Nelms, grew up in central California waging two hundred man G.I. Joe wars and dreaming in John Ford Landscapes. Though their evolving passions temporarily took them in different directions - Ian went to college on a wrestling scholarship, along the way discovering a ...
-Directing as "The Nelms Brothers", together with "Eshom Nelms"
LOST ON PURPOSE, Small town crime
82. Jamie M. Dagg
Director | Sweet Virginia
Jamie M. Dagg is known for Sweet Virginia (2017) and River (2015).
RIVER, Sweet virginia
83. Panos Cosmatos
Writer | Mandy
Panos Cosmatos is known for Mandy (2018), Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) and Tombstone (1993).
Beyond the black rainbow, MANDY (2018)
84. Alejandro Amenábar
Writer | The Others
Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Thesis (1996). His film ...
THESIS, ABRE LOS OJOS, THE OTHERS, VANILLA SKY, MAR ADENTRO (THE SEA INSIDE), AGORA (2009), REGRESSION (2015)
(unreleased : MIENTRAS DURE LA GUERRA 2018)
85. Kim Seong-hun
Director | Ggeutggaji ganda
Kim Seong-hun received critical and commercial acclaim with A HARD DAY (2014). The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it drew unanimously positive reviews. Moreover, it gained international recognition and praise from critics and audiences at ...
A HARD DAY (2014 Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da) TUNNEL (2016 Teo-neol)
86. Jung Byung-gil
Director | Naega salinbeomida
Jung Byung-gil gained international recognition with his action thriller THE VILLAINESS, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. While THE VILLAINESS may have gained him international acclaim, he was already a rising filmmaker in his home country of Korea. His directorial debut, a ...
CONFESSION OF MURDER (Nae-ga sal-in-beom-i-da), THE VILLAINESS
(unreleased : YOUNG MOB'S PROTEST's SONG, AFTERBURN)
87. Colin Trevorrow
Producer | Safety Not Guaranteed
Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Colin Trevorrow started making short films when he was 12 years old. He studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. After graduation, he wrote and directed "Home Base" a digital short that became one of the early viral successes on the ...
Safety not guaranteed, Jurassic world, THE BOOK OF HENRY
88. Jackson Stewart
Writer | Beyond the Gates
Jackson Stewart was born on February 17, 1985 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Beyond the Gates (2016), Untitled Horror Anthology and 12 Deadly Days (2016).
Beyond the gates
89. John Gulager
Director | Feast
John Gulager was born on December 19, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Feast (2005), Piranha 3DD (2012) and He Was a Quiet Man (2007). He has been married to Diane Ayala Goldner since 1986.
Feast, Feast 2, FEAST 3,
(-sucks : Piranha 3D, Zombie night, Children of the corn : runaway)
90. Duncan Jones
Director | Moon
Duncan Jones was born on May 30, 1971 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Moon (2009), Source Code (2011) and Mute (2018). He has been married to Rodene Ronquillo since November 6, 2012. They have two children.
Moon (2009), Source Code, Warcraft, MUTE 2018
91. Anne Hamilton
Director | American Fable
Anne Hamilton is known for American Fable (2016), The Tree of Life (2011) and Death Artists, Inc. (2012).
American fable
92. Brian O'Malley
Director | Alex Rider
Brian O'Malley is film and television Director. He has directed the TV series 'The Cuckoo', 'Alex Rider', 'The Ex Wife' and 'That Dirty Black Bag', as well as the feature films 'The Lodgers' and 'Let Us Prey'. He Directed 4 episodes of the upcoming third season of Alex Rider for Eleventh Hour Films...
Let us prey, The lodgers
93. Julia Ducournau
Director | Titane
Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie Raw (2016), won the coveted ...
Raw (aka Grave 2016)
94. 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, ...
HARSH TIMES (2005), STREET KINGS, Fury (2014), Suicide squad, Bright
(-Unreleased : BRIGHT 2, GOTHAM CITY SIRENS
(-Bad movies : Sabotage (2014 arnold schwarzenegger action shit, can't even find a torrent...)
95. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director | Memoria
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (b. 1970, Bangkok) grew up in Khon Kaen, a city in the north east of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the ...
BLISSFULLY YOURS (Sud sanaeha 2002), THE ADVENTURE OF IRON PUSSY (Hua jai tor ra nong 2004), TROPICAL MALADY (Sud pralad 2004), SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY (Sang sattawat 2006), Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Loong Boonmee raleuk chat 2010), MEKONG HOTEL (2012), CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR (Rak ti Khon Kaen 2015)
(-UNRELEASED : -TEN YEARS TAIHLAND (2018) )
96. Robin Aubert
Director | Les affamés
Robin Aubert is known for Ravenous (2017), Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005) and Tuktuq (2016).
(can't find the movies before 2017, Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés maybe someday... no torrents though)
Les affamés (ravenous 2017)
97. Oz Perkins
Writer | February
Oz Perkins was born on February 2, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016) and Legally Blonde (2001).
THE BLACKCOAT'S DAUGHTER (aka FEBRUARY 2015), I AM THE PRETTY THING THAT LIVES INSIDE THIS HOUSE
98. Niki Caro
Director | Whale Rider
Niki Caro is a New Zealand film director and screenwriter, born in 1967. Caro was born in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. She was educated first at the Kadimah College in Auckland, and then the Diocesan School for Girls in Auckland. The School is a private girls' school, and ranks ...
WHALE RIDER, NORTH COUNTRY, MCFARLAND USA, THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE
(sucks & didn't DL, DON'T BOTHER !!! : Memory & desire, The vinter's luck
(-unreleased : MULAN (2020)
99. Adam MacDonald
Director | Backcountry
Adam MacDonald is a writer/director, born in Montreal, now residing in Toronto. His directorial works include three short films: Sombre Zombie (2005) and In the Dominican (2010) His feature length debut, Backcountry (2015). -- had its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where...
BACKCOUNTRY 2014, Pyewacket
100. William Eubank
Director | The Signal
William Eubank was born on November 15, 1982. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Signal (2014), Love (2011) and Underwater (2020).
Love (2011), The signal (2014)
(-unreleased : UNDERWATER 2018, TAUTONA, COUNT)
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