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1. M. Night Shyamalan

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 ...

2. Vincenzo Natali

Director | Cube

Vincenzo Natali was born on January 6, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Cube (1997), In the Tall Grass (2019) and Cypher (2002).

3. Charlie Brooker

Writer | Black Mirror

Charlton "Charlie" Brooker (born 3 March 1971) is an English humourist, critic, author, screenwriter, producer, and television presenter. He is the creator and co-showrunner of the anthology series Black Mirror and has written for programmes such as Brass Eye, The 11 O'Clock Show, and Nathan Barley...

4. David Marmor

Director | 1BR

David Marmor is known for 1BR (2019), Love & Other Unstable States of Matter (2010) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).

5. Joel Edgerton

Actor | The Gift

Joel Edgerton was born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia, to Marianne (van Dort) and Michael Edgerton, who is a solicitor and property developer. His brother is filmmaker Nash Edgerton. His mother is a Dutch immigrant. Joel went to Hills Grammar School in the Western Suburbs...

6. 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 ...

7. Benny Chan

Director | Nou fo

Benny Chan Muk-Sing had worked for RTV and then for TVB as assistant director to Johnnie To Kay-Fung. He was later promoted to director. He served as the executive director for Raymond Wong Pak-Ming's "Goodbye Darling" in 1987 and then returned to ATV as producer and director. In 1990, he directed ...

8. 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 ...

9. J Blakeson

Writer | I Care a Lot

J Blakeson is known for I Care a Lot (2020), The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009) and Culprits (2023).

10. Federico D'Alessandro

Art_department | Doctor Strange

Federico D'Alessandro is known for Doctor Strange (2016), I Am Legend (2007) and Captain Marvel (2019).

11. John Hillcoat

Director | The Proposition

John Hillcoat was born on August 14, 1961 in Queensland, Australia. He is a director and producer, known for The Proposition (2005), The Road (2009) and Lawless (2012).

12. Veit Harlan

Director | Die goldene Stadt

Veit Harlan was born on September 22, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Die goldene Stadt (1942), Der große König (1942) and Jud Süß (1940). He was married to Kristina Söderbaum, Hilde Körber and Dora Gerson. He died on April 13, 1964 in Capri, ...

13. John Carpenter

Writer | The Fog

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...

14. Leigh Whannell

Actor | Saw

Leigh Whannell grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where, at the age of four, he developed an obsession with telling stories. Whether it be through acting, writing or filmmaking, his primary love was getting a reaction from an audience. In 1995, at the age of 18, he was accepted into the Royal ...

15. Stephen King

Writer | Maximum Overdrive

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

16. Toby Emmerich

Producer | Frequency

Toby Emmerich serves as Chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group.

Under Emmerich's leadership, Warner Bros. Pictures Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, DC-based films and Warner Bros. Feature Animation, operates with the mandate to deliver the industry's most diverse film ...

17. Ivo Sasek

Director | Helden sterben anders

Ivo Sasek is a lay-preacher and founder of the Swiss-based organizations Organic Christian Generation, as well as Anti-Censure Coalition (Anti-Zensur-Koalition). AZK espouses freedom of speech, while OCG denies the Holocaust, and preaches other conspiracy theories. Originally trained as an auto ...

18. Ertem Egilmez

Director | Canim Kardesim

Ertem Egilmez was born on February 18, 1929 in Trabzon, Turkey. He was a director and producer, known for My Dear Brother (1973), Kalbimin Efendisi (1970) and Bir Millet Uyaniyor (1966). He died on September 21, 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey.

19. Kemal Sunal

Actor | Saban Oglu Saban

Born in 1944 Istanbul, Turkey. Graduated from Vefa High School, Fatih, Istanbul. Sunal acted in many popular films, although he began his artistic career in the theater. His first play was called, "Unwilling Doctor" and he later worked at the Devekusu Kabare Theatre with Ulvi Uraz. Although Sunal ...

20. Nahit Ataman

Producer | Saban Oglu Saban

Nahit Ataman is known for Saban, Son of Saban (1977), Süt Kardesler (1976) and Kibar Feyzo (1978).

21. Kartal Tibet

Director | Sabaniye

Kartal Tibet was born on March 27, 1939 in Ankara, Turkey. He was a director and actor, known for Sabaniye (1984), Tarkan (1969) and Turks in Space (2006). He died on July 1, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.

22. Morio Asaka

Director | Sword Art Online

Morio Asaka was born on March 11, 1967 in Hyogo, Japan. He is a director, known for Sword Art Online (2012), Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl (1989) and Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990).

23. Robert King

Writer | The Good Wife

Robert King was born on December 10, 1959 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Good Wife (2009), Evil (2019) and The Good Fight (2017). He is married to Michelle King.

24. Michelle King

Writer | The Good Wife

Michelle King was born on May 11, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for The Good Wife (2009), Evil (2019) and The Good Fight (2017). She is married to Robert King.

25. Arda Sarigün

Assistant_director | Çarpisma

Arda Sarigün was born in 1981 in Zonguldak, Turkey. Arda is an assistant director and director, known for Crash (2018), Kasaba Doktoru (2022) and Insider (2016).

26. Carl Tibbetts

Director | Black Mirror

Carl Tibbetts is known for Black Mirror (2011), The Tunnel (2013) and Truelove (2024).

27. Yeon Sang-ho

Director | Busanhaeng

Yeon Sang-Ho is a South Korean director, and a screen writer, he was born in Seoul in 1978. He is graduated from Sangmyung University with a degree of Western Painting. He directed few short films as well Megalomania of D in 1997, followed by D-Day in 2000 and The Hell in 2003, then set up his own ...

28. Leni Riefenstahl

Producer | Das blaue Licht - Eine Berglegende aus den Dolomiten

Leni Riefenstahl's show-biz experience began with an experiment: she wanted to know what it felt like to dance on the stage. Success as a dancer gave way to film acting when she attracted the attention of film director Arnold Fanck, subsequently starring in some of his mountaineering pictures. With...

29. 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 ...

30. Naoki Urasawa

Writer | 20-seiki shônen: Honkaku kagaku bôken eiga

Naoki Urasawa was born on January 2, 1960 in Fuchu, Japan. He is a writer, known for 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008), Pluto (2023) and Master Keaton (1998).

31. Dan Pinchbeck

Director | Dear Esther

Dan Pinchbeck is known for Dear Esther (2012) and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013).

32. Thomas Grip

Writer | Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Thomas Grip is known for Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010), Amnesia: Justine (2011) and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013).

33. Jens Nilsson

Composer | Nanosaur

Jens Nilsson is known for Nanosaur (1998), Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs (2013).

34. H.P. Lovecraft

Writer | Color Out of Space

Born in Providence, Lovecraft was a sickly child whose parents died insane. When he was 16, he wrote the astronomy column in the Providence Tribune. Between 1908 and 1923, he wrote short stories for Weird Tales magazine and others. He died in Providence, in poverty, on March 15, 1937. His most ...

35. Corey Yuen

Actor | Zhi fa xian feng

Corey Yuen was born on February 15, 1951 in Hong Kong. He is an actor and director, known for Righting Wrongs (1986), Red Cliff (2008) and The Transporter (2002).

36. Johnnie To

Director | Hak se wooi

With over thirty directing and producing credits to his name, Johnnie To enjoyed international breakthroughs with Election (2005), Election 2 (2006) (aka "Triad Election") and Exiled (2006); those films enjoyed multiple international film festival appearances and were separately sold to more than ...

37. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

38. 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 ...

39. N. Ipek Gökdel

Writer | The Protector

N. Ipek Gökdel graduated from Galatasaray High School and Bogaziçi University, and continued her education in communication in UK. At the same time, she started to work in Saatchi & Saatchi London. After working in advertisement sector for many years, she founded her own production company in 2002....

40. Clyde Phillips

Producer | Dexter

Clyde Phillips is known for Dexter (2006), Dexter: New Blood (2021) and Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990).

41. Dennis Lehane

Producer | The Drop

Dennis Lehane was born on August 4, 1965 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Drop (2014), Mystic River (2003) and Live by Night (2016). He was previously married to Dr. Angela Mililani (Lieb) Bernardo and Sheila Fort Lawn.

42. 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 ...

43. Kôichi Mashimo

Director | .hack//SIGN

Kôichi Mashimo was born on June 21, 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for .hack//SIGN (2002), Madlax (2004) and Future Police Urashiman (1983).

44. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Director | Doraibu mai kâ

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Hamaguchi, a graduate of Tokyo University and Tokyo University of Arts, attracted attention in his country with the movie Passion (2008), which he shot for his graduation.

Hamaguchi first gained international recognition with the film ...

45. 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...

46. 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...