Directors 2020
by roysmith-50422 | created - 25 Dec 2019 | updated - 27 Jan 2022 | Public1. Jeff Fowler
Director | Sonic the Hedgehog
Jeff Fowler is an American filmmaker, animator and visual effects artist who directed the Sonic the Hedgehog film series and the Knuckles show, adapted from the best selling Sega video game franchise of the 1990s. He also directed the short Gopher Broke at Blur Studio and animated Where The Wild ...
2. 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 ...
3. Jeff Wadlow
Producer | Truth or Dare
DGA award nominee Jeff Wadlow's forthcoming theatrical film, Imaginary, marks his third collaboration with Jason Blum under a first look deal that launched Jeff's own production company, Tower of Babble Entertainment. Last year, he was the director and executive producer of The Curse of Bridge ...
4. David Dobkin
Producer | The Judge
David Dobkin was born on June 23, 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Judge (2014), R.I.P.D. (2013) and Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020). He has been married to Megan Wolpert since November 19, 2005. They have one child.
5. Andrew Traucki
Director | Black Water
Andrew Traucki is known for Black Water (2007), The Reef (2010) and The Reef: Stalked (2022).
6. Jason Woliner
Director | Paul T. Goldman
Jason Woliner was born on June 1, 1980 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Paul T. Goldman (2023), Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) and What We Do in the Shadows (2019).
7. Michael Matthews
Director | Love and Monsters
Michael Matthews made his feature directorial debut with Five Fingers For Marseilles, a contemporary Western, set in rural South Africa. The film premiered at the 2017 TIFF, and went on to BFI London Film Festival, Busan Int Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and many more. It won five African Movie ...
8. Aaron Sorkin
Writer | The West Wing
Aaron Sorkin grew up in Scarsdale, a suburb of New York City where he was very involved in his high school drama and theater club. After graduating from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater, Sorkin intended to pursue a career in acting. It took him only a short time to ...
9. John Krasinski
Actor | Jack Ryan
American actor John Krasinski is known for his role as sardonic nice guy Jim Halpert on NBC's popular TV sitcom, The Office (2005), for which he won a 2007 and 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.
Born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979,...
10. Tim Hill
Writer | SpongeBob SquarePants
Tim Hill was born on May 21, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), Welcome Freshmen (1991) and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007). He has been married to Veronica Alicino since June 24, 1997. They have four children.
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