DIRETORES {J}

by STANLEY23KUBRICK | created - 18 Nov 2019 | updated - 02 Dec 2021 | Public

1. Jacques Deray

Director | On ne meurt que deux fois

Jacques Deray was born on February 19, 1929 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He was a director and writer, known for He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Borsalino (1970). He was married to Agnès Vincent-Deray and Nicole Jones. He died on August 9, 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt, ...

# A Piscina (1969)

2. Jacques Rivette

Director | La Belle Noiseuse

Although François Truffaut has written that the New Wave began "thanks to Rivette," the films of this masterful French director are not well known. Rivette, like his "Cahiers du Cinéma" colleagues Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Éric Rohmer, did graduate to filmmaking but, like Rohmer...

# Quem Sabe? (2001)

# A Religiosa (1966)

3. Jack Clayton

Producer | The Innocents

Jack Clayton was born on March 1, 1921 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Innocents (1961), Our Mother's House (1967) and The Great Gatsby (1974). He was married to Haya Harareet, Katherine Kath and Christine Norden. He died on February 26, 1995 in ...

# O Grande Gatsby (1974)

# Os Inocentes (1961)

4. Jacques Tourneur

Director | Cat People

Born in Paris in 1904, Tourneur went to Hollywood with his father, director Maurice Tourneur around 1913. He started out as a script clerk and editor for his father, then graduated to such jobs as directing shorts (often with the pseudonym Jack Turner), both in France and America. He was hired to ...

# Farsa Trágica (1963)

5. Jean-Pierre Melville

Writer | Le Samouraï

The name "Melville" is not immediately associated with film. It conjures up images of white whales and crackbrained captains, of naysaying notaries and soup-spilling sailors. It is the countersign to a realm of men and their deeds, both heroic and villainous. It is the American novel, with its ...

# O Samurai (1967)

6. Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Director | Pociag

Jerzy Kawalerowicz was born on January 19, 1922 in Gwozdziec, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Hvizdets, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Night Train (1959), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) and Death of a President (1977). He was married to Lucyna Winnicka, Maria Güntner and ...

# Trem noturno (1959)

# Madre Joana dos Anjos (1961)

7. John Cromwell

Director | The Prisoner of Zenda

Actor / director John Cromwell was born December 23, 1887, in Toledo, OH. He made his Broadway debut on October 14, 1912, in Marian De Forest's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" at the Playhouse Theatre. The show was a hit, running for a total of 184 performances. Cromwell appeared ...

# Desde que Partiste (1944)

8. Joseph Losey

Director | The Servant

Belonging to an important family clan in Wisconsin, Joseph Losey studied philosophy but was always interested in theater and thus worked together with Bertolt Brecht. After directing some shorts for MGM, he made his first important film, The Boy with Green Hair (1948), for RKO. While he was filming ...

# O Ctriado (1963)

# Eva (1962)

# A Sombrada Forca (1957)

# O Menino dos Cabelos Verdes (1948)

# M - O Vampiro de Dusseldorf (1931)

9. 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 ...

# O Impossível (2012)

10. Jacques Audiard

Writer | De rouille et d'os

Born in Paris, France, in 1952. Jacques Audiard's family has always been involved in movie business. His father, Michel, was a popular screenwriter and director and his uncle a producer. But in his teens he refused that world and wanted to be a teacher. He studied literature and philosophy at the ...

# Ferrugem e osso (2012)

# O Profeta (2009)

# De Tanto Bater, Meu Coração Parou (2005)

11. Jacques Doillon

Director | Le petit criminel

Jacques Doillon was born on March 15, 1944 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for The Little Gangster (1990), Ponette (1996) and Young Werther (1993).

# A Vadia (1979)

12. Jafar Panahi

Director | Taxi

Jafar Panahi (Born 11 July 1960) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, commonly identified with the Iranian New Wave film movement. After several years of making short films and working as an assistant director for fellow Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi achieved ...

# 3 Faces (2018)

# Isto Não é um Filme (2010)

# O Circulo (2000)

13. 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 ...

# Avatar (2009)

# Titanic (1997)

# True Lies (1994)

# Exterminador do Futuro 2 - O Julgamento Final, O (1991)

# O Segredo do Abismo (1989)

# Aliens - O Resgate (1986)

# O Exterminador do Futuro (1984)

# Piranhas II - Assassinas Voadoras (1981)

14. James Foley

Director | At Close Range

James Foley was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for At Close Range (1986), After Dark, My Sweet (1990) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

# O Corruptor (1999)

15. James Gray

Director | The Immigrant

Writer/director James Gray made his first film Little Odessa (1994) at the age of twenty-five. The film, which starred Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell, received critical acclaim and was the winner of the Venice Film Festival's prestigious Silver Lion Award in 1994.

...

# A D Astra(2019)

# A Imigrante (2013)

16. 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...

# Ford vs Ferrari (2019)

# Wolverine - Imortal (2013)

17. 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)...

# Invocação do Mal (2013)

# Sobrenatural: Capítulo 2 (2013)

# Sobrenatural (2010)

# Jogos Mortais (2004)

18. Jean-Luc Godard

Director | Bande à part

Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of ...

# Film Socialisme (2010)

# Nossa Música (2004)

# Infelizmente para Mim (1993)

# Ária" (1987)

# Rei Lear (1987)

# Detetive (1985)

# Je vous salue, Marie (1985)

# Carmen de Godard (1983)

# Paixão (1982)

# Gaia Ciência, A (1969)

# Sympathy for the Devil (1968)

# A Chinesa (1967)

# Weekend à Francesa (1967)

# Masculino, Feminino (1966)

# Alphaville (1965)

# O Demônio das Onze Horas (1965)

# Bande à Part (1964)

# Uma Mulher Casada (1964)

# O PEqueno Soldade (1963)

# O Desprezo (1963)

# Acossado (1960)

19. 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 ...

# Clube de Compras Dallas (2013)

20. Jean Renoir

Writer | La règle du jeu

Son of the famous Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste, he had a happy childhood. Pierre Renoir was his brother, and Claude Renoir was his nephew. After the end of World War I, where he won the Croix de Guerre, he moved from scriptwriting to filmmaking. He married Catherine Hessling, for whom he ...

# A Carruagem de Ouro (1952)

# A Regra do Jogo (1939)

# A Besta Humana (1938)

# A Grande Ilusão (1937)

# Um Dia no Campo (1936)

# Toni (1935)

21. Jerzy Skolimowski

Actor | The Avengers

Born in Lódz, Poland, in 1938. Director, playwright, scriptwriter, and actor. Graduated in ethnology, literature and history from Warsaw University in 1959. Graduated from Lódz Film Academy in directing in 1962. Feature debut: _Identification Marks - None_ (Rysopis, 1964, scr., dir, act.), awarded ...

# As Aventuras de Gerard (1980)

# Estranho Poder de Matar (1978)

22. Jim Abrahams

Writer | Airplane!

Jim Abrahams was born on May 10, 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Airplane! (1980), Top Secret! (1984) and Hot Shots! (1991). He is married to Nancy Cocuzzo.

# Top Gang 2 - A Missão (1993)

# Top Gang - Ases Muito Loucos (1991)

# Top Secret - Superconfidencial (1984)

# Apertem os Cintos... O Piloto Sumiu! (1980)

23. 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)....

# Além da Escuridão - Star Trek (2013)

24. 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 ...

# Bravura Indômita (2010)

# Um Homem Sério (2009)

# Queime Depois de Ler (2008)

# Onde os Fracos Não Têm Vez (2007)

# Matadores de Velhinha (2004)

# O Homem Que Não Estava Lá (2001)

# E Aí, Meu Irmão, Cadê Você? (2000)

# O Grande Lebowski (1998)

# Fargo - Uma Comédia de Erros (1996)

# Na Roda da Fortuna (1994)

# Barton Fink - Delírios de Hollywood (1991)

# Ajuste Final (1990)

# Arizona Nunca Mais (1987)

# Gosto de Sangue (1984)

25. Julien Duvivier

Writer | Panique

Revered by such legendary fellow directors as Ingmar Bergman and Jean Renoir, Julien Duvivier is one of the most legendary figures in the history of French cinema. He is perhaps the most neglected of the "Big Five" of classic French cinema (the other four being Jean Renoir, Rene Clair, Jacques ...

# Anna Karenina (1948)

26. Joe Wright

Director | Pride & Prejudice

Joe Wright is an English film director. He is best known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Darkest Hour (2017).

Wright always had an interest in the arts, especially painting. He would also make films on his Super 8 camera as well as spend time in the evenings...

# Hanna (2011)

# O Solista (2008)

# Orgulho e Preconceito (2005)

27. Joel Schumacher

Director | The Phantom of the Opera

Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...

# Reféns (2011)

# Twelve - Vidas Sem Rumo (2010)

# Número 23 (2007)

# 8 MM (1999)

# Batman & Robin (1997)

# Batman Eternamente (1995)

# Cliente (1994)

# Dia de Fúria, Um (1993)

# Tudo por Amor (1991)

# Linha Mortal (1990)

# Os Garotos Perdidos (1987)

# O Primeiro Ano do Resto de Nossas Vidas (1985)

28. John Boorman

Producer | Hope and Glory

John Boorman attended Catholic school (Salesian Order) although his family was not, in fact, Roman Catholic. His first job was for a dry-cleaner. Later, he worked as a critic for a women's journal and for a radio station until he entered the television business, working for the BBC in Bristol. ...

# Esperança e Glória (1987)

# A Floresta das Esmeraldas (1985)

# Excalibur (1981)

# O Exorcista II - O Herege (1977)

# Amargo Pesadelo (1972)

# À Queima-Roupa (1967)

29. John Cassavetes

Actor | Rosemary's Baby

John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film, as he often financed his own films.

Cassavetes was born in New York City in 1929 to Nicholas John Cassavetes (1893-1979) and his wife, Katherine Demetre (1906-1983). ...

# A Morte de um Bookmaker Chinês (1976)

30. 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, ...

# Sete Mulheres (1966)

# O Último Hurrah (1958)

# Rastros de Ódio (1956)

# Depois do Vendaval (1952)

# O Que a Carne Herda (1949)

# A Paixão dos Fortes (1946)

# Como Era Verde Meu Vale (1941)

# As Vinhas da Ira (1940)

# No Tempo das Diligências (1939)

# A Mocidade de Lincoln (1939)

# O Furacão (1937)

# O Prisioneiro da Ilha dos Tubarões (1936)

# O Delator (1935)

# E o Mundo Marcha (1934)

31. John Frankenheimer

Director | The Manchurian Candidate

Born in New York and raised in Queens, John Frankenheimer wanted to become a professional tennis player. He loved movies and his favorite actor was Robert Mitchum. He decided he wanted to be an actor but then he applied for and was accepted in the Motion Picture Squadron of the Air Force where he ...

# Jogo Duro (2000)

# Ronin (1998)

# A Ilha do Dr. Moreau (1996)

# Attica - A Solução Final (1994)

# Nenhum Passo em Falso (1986)

# Semente do Diabo (1979)

# Operação França 2 (1975)

# O Trem (1964)

# Sob o Domínio do Mal (1962)

32. John Hughes

Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles

John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...

# Curtindo a Vida Adoidado (1986)

# Mulher Nota 1000 (1985)

# O Clube dos Cinco (1985)

# Gatinhas & Gatões (1984)

33. John Huston

Director | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry was English,...

# A Honra do Poderoso Prizzi (1985)

# Fuga Para a Vitória (1981)

# Homem Que Queria Ser Rei (1975)

# Cidade das Ilusões (1972)

# Carta ao Krelim (1970)

# A Bíblia (1966)

# Cassino Royale (1966)

# A Lista de Adrian Messenger (1963)

# Os Desajustados (1961)

# O Passado Não Perdoa (1960)

# Raízes do Céu (1958)

# Moby Dick (1956)

# Moulin Rouge (1952)

# Uma Aventura na África (1951)

# O Segredo das Jóias (1950)

# O Tesouro de Sierra Madre (1948)

34. John Madden

Director | Shakespeare in Love

John Madden was born on April 8, 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Proof (2005).

# O Exótico Hotel Marigold (2011)

# A Grande Mentira (2010)

# Killshot - Tiro Certo (2007)

# Shakespeare Apaixonado (1998)

# Sua Majestade, Mrs. Brown (1997)

35. Jonathan Mostow

Director | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Jonathan Mostow was born on November 28, 1961 in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Breakdown (1997) and U-571 (2000). He has been married to Laurie Sandell since October 7, 2018.

# Substitutos (2009)

# O Exterminador do Futuro 3 - A Rebelião das

# Máquinas (2003)

# U-571 - A Batalha do Atlântico (2000)

# Breakdown - Implacável Perseguição (1997)

36. John Moore

Director | Max Payne

John Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland in 1970, a small town situated about 60 miles from the country's capital Dublin. Moore attended a technical college in Dublin where he studied filmmaking and after completing the school he went on to direct and write a series of short films all produced in ...

# Max Payne (2008)

# A Profecia (2006)

37. John Schlesinger

Director | Midnight Cowboy

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War ...

# Adoradores do Diabo (1987)

38. John Sturges

Director | The Great Escape

John Sturges was an American film director, mostly remembered for his outstanding Western films. In 1992, Sturges was awarded a Golden Boot Award for his lifelong contribution to the Western genre.

Sturges was born in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, within the Chicago metropolitan area. By 1930, ...

# Joe Kidd (1972)

# Estação Polar Zebra (1968)

# A Hora Da Pistola (1967)

# Fugindo do Inferno (1963)

# Sete Homens e Um Destino (1960)

# Duelo de Titãs (1959)

# O Velho e o Mar (1958)

# Sem Lei e Sem Alma (1957)

# Conspiração do Silêncio (1955)

39. 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).

# Meu Namorado é um Zumbi (2013)

40. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer | All About Eve

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...

# Cleópatra (1963)

# De Repente, No Último Verão (1959)

# A Condessa Descalça (1954)

# Júlio César (1953)

# Cinco Dedos (1952)

# Dizem que é Pecado (1951)

# A Malvada (1950)

# Quem É o Infiel? (1949)

# O Fantasma Apaixonado (1947)

# Uma Aventura na Noite (1946)

41. Joseph Ruben

Director | Dreamscape

Joseph Ruben was born on May 10, 1950 in Briarcliff, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dreamscape (1984), Sleeping with the Enemy (1991) and The Stepfather (1987).

# Os Esquecidos (2004)

# Assalto Sobre Trilhos (1995)

# O Anjo Malvado (1993)

# Dormindo com o Inimigo (1991)

# O Padrasto (1987)

42. 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 ...

# Muito Barulho por Nada (2012)

43. Jean-Pierre Améris

Director | Marie Heurtin

Jean-Pierre Améris was born on July 26, 1961 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He is a director and writer, known for Marie's Story (2014), Les aveux de l'innocent (1996) and Romantics Anonymous (2010).

# O Homem que Ri (2012)

44. Jules Dassin

Director | Du rififi chez les hommes

Jules Dassin was an Academy Award-nominated director, screenwriter and actor best known for his films Rififi (1955), Never on Sunday (1960), and Topkapi (1964).

He was born Julius Samuel Dassin on 18 December 1911, in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. He was one of eight children of Russian-Jewish ...

# O Poder Negro (1968)

# Topkapi (1964)

# Profanação (1962)

# Nunca aos Domingos (1960)

# A Lei dos Crápulas (1959)

# Aquele que Deve Morrer (1957)

# Rififi (1955)

# Brutalidade (1947)

45. J. Lee Thompson

Director | The Guns of Navarone

J. Lee Thompson was born on August 1, 1914 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Penny Thompson, Florence (Bill) Bailey, Lucille Kelly and Joan ...

# Desejo de Matar 4 - Operação Crackdown (1987)

# As Minas do Rei Salomão (1985)

# O Magnata Grego (1978)

# Batalha pelo Planeta dos Macacos (1973)

# A Conquista do Planeta dos Macacos (1972)

# Os Canhões de Navarone (1961)

46. Julie Delpy

Actress | Trois couleurs: Blanc

Julie Delpy was born in Paris, France, in 1969 to Albert Delpy and Marie Pillet, both actors.

She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's Detective (1985) at the age of fourteen. She has starred in many American and European productions since then, including Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993), ...

# 2 Dias em Nova York (2012)

# O Verão do Skylab (2011)

47. Julien Temple

Director | Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

Julien Temple was born on November 26, 1953 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan (2020), Vigo (1998) and Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).

# Ária (1987)

48. Julio Medem

Director | Lucía y el sexo

Julio Medem was born in San Sebastian in northern Spain. As a teenager Medem made short movies with a super-8 camera owned by his father. Some of those films are "El ciego" (1976), "El jueves pasado" (1977) and "Fideos" (1979.) Wanting to know more about the darkest corners of the human mind, Medem...

# Um Quarto em Roma (2010)

49. Jack Arnold

Director | Creature from the Black Lagoon

Jack Arnold reigns supreme as one of the great directors of 1950s science-fiction features. His films are distinguished by moody black and white cinematography, solid acting, smart, thoughtful scripts, snappy pacing, a genuine heartfelt enthusiasm for the genre and plenty of eerie atmosphere.

Arnold...

# O Rato que Ruge (1959)

# O Incrível Homem que Encolheu (1957)

50. 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 ...

# O Homem das Estrelas (1984)

51. Jon Turteltaub

Director | Cool Runnings

Jon Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995) and Phenomenon (1996). He has been married to Amy Eldon since July 6, 2006. They have three children.

# Megatubarão (2018)

52. Joseph Kane

Director | Sea of Lost Ships

Joseph Kane's career as a professional cellist ended when he became a film editor in 1926. His directing career started with co-directing serials for Mascot and Republic, and he soon became Republic's top western director. He handled many of John Wayne's Republic westerns of the 1940s, and piloted ...

# Dakota (1945)

# Um Dia Voltarei (1945)

53. Jack Hill

Writer | Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told

Jack Hill, sometimes referred to as a legendary cult-film director, grew up around movies--his father was a set designer for Warner Brothers since 1925, and later for Walt Disney Studios, where he eventually designed the Disneyland Castle. Jack went to the University of California to study film, ...

# Foxy Brown (1974)

# Coffy: Em Busca da Vingança (1973)

54. Jaume Collet-Serra

Producer | The Shallows

Jaume Collet-Serra was born on March 23, 1974 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the age of 18, he moved to Los Angeles and attended Columbia College Hollywood, working as an editor on the side. Upon graduation, he began shooting music videos and caught the eye of several production ...

# O Passageiro (2018)

55. Jason Friedberg

Writer | Disaster Movie

Jason Friedberg was born on January 16, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Disaster Movie (2008), Epic Movie (2007) and Meet the Spartans (2008).

56. Justin Chadwick

Director | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Justin Chadwick was born on December 1, 1968 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), The First Grader (2010) and Bleak House (2005).

57. Joe Berlinger

Producer | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

Academy Award, eight-time Emmy nominated, and Peabody, DGA, and Sundance winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for over three decades. In a recent Bloomberg profile, Berlinger was described as a "true crime hit factory" for Netflix, whose work has "...

58. Jerry Zucker

Producer | Airplane!

Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Airplane! (1980), Ghost (1990) and Top Secret! (1984). He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. They have two children.

# Todo Mundo em Pânico 4 (2006)

# Todo Mundo em Pânico 3 (2003)

# Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí! 2½ (1991)

# Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí! (1988)

# Top Secret - Superconfidencial (1984)

# Apertem os Cintos... O Piloto Sumiu! (1980)

59. Jim Abrahams

Writer | Airplane!

Jim Abrahams was born on May 10, 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Airplane! (1980), Top Secret! (1984) and Hot Shots! (1991). He is married to Nancy Cocuzzo.

# Todo Mundo em Pânico 4 (2006)

# Todo Mundo em Pânico 3 (2003)

# Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí! 2½ (1991)

# Corra Que a Polícia Vem Aí! (1988)

# Top Secret - Superconfidencial (1984)

# Apertem os Cintos... O Piloto Sumiu! (1980)

60. 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.

61. Jonathan Liebesman

Director | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Jonathan Liebesman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 15, 1976. He would remain in his home country, studying filmmaking at the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance, until 1996; that year, he traveled to New York City to visit his cousin who was ...

62. Jan de Bont

Director | Speed

Jan de Bont was one of 17 children born into a Roman Catholic Dutch family in Eindhoven on 22 October 1943. Credited with being creative and having a good mentality for camera techniques, he became a popular cinematographer. He worked on a huge number of films before finding himself on the ...

63. Julien Magnat

Writer | Faces in the Crowd

Recently selected to participate in Blumhouse and K-period Media's inaugural Screamwriting Fellowship, Julien Magnat engaged in an immersive program created in partnership with the Sundance Institute to help identify new voices in Horror and provide mentorship from industry leaders including Ryan ...

64. Jake Schreier

Director | Robot & Frank

Jake Schreier is known for Robot & Frank (2012), Beef (2023) and Paper Towns (2015).

65. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Director | 28 Weeks Later

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo was born on December 5, 1967 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. He is a producer and director, known for 28 Weeks Later (2007), Intacto (2001) and Linked (1996).

66. Joseph Cedar

Writer | Hearat Shulayim

Joseph Cedar was born on August 31, 1968 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Footnote (2011), Our Boys (2019) and Campfire (2004). He is married to Vered Kelner.

67. 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).



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