Favorite directors

1. 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 ...

2. 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, ...

3. 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 ...

4. Ron Howard

5. 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 ...

6. John Larroquette

Actor | Night Court

John Bernard Larroquette, is an all-around American actor known for his roles in both drama and comedy. He became well-known as Deputy District Attorney Dan Fielding in the NBC sitcom "Night Court" (1984-1992; 2023-present), a role that earned him four straight Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actor...

7. 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 ...

8. George Cukor

Director | My Fair Lady

George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award.

In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...

11. Simcha Jacobovici

Producer | Deadly Currents

Simcha Jacobovici was born on April 4, 1953 in Petah Tikva, Israel. He is a producer and director, known for Deadly Currents (1991), Impact of Terror (2004) and Tales from the Organ Trade (2013).

12. Alex Pillai

Director | Bridgerton

Alex Pillai is of South Indian heritage, and was born in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom. He was educated at the National Film and Television School, and his break in television direction was for the actor and producer Sir Lenny Henry. He is a recipient of the FIPA D'Argent and the Screen ...

13. Mitchell Leisen

Director | Death Takes a Holiday

Mitchell Leisen was born on October 6, 1898 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. He was a director and art director, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Mating Season (1951) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941). He was married to Stella Yeager. He died on October 28, 1972 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, ...

14. George Stevens

Director | Giant

George Stevens, a filmmaker known as a meticulous craftsman with a brilliant eye for composition and a sensitive touch with actors, is one of the great American filmmakers, ranking with John Ford, William Wyler and Howard Hawks as a creator of classic Hollywood cinema, bringing to the screen ...

15. 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, ...

16. William Wyler

Director | The Best Years of Our Lives

William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the...

17. Howard Hawks

Director | Red River

What do the classic films Scarface (1932), Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Rio Bravo (1959) have in...

18. 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,...

19. Sidney Lumet

Director | 12 Angry Men

Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...

20. Elia Kazan

Director | On the Waterfront

Known for his creative stage direction, Elia Kazan was born Elias Kazantzoglou on September 7, 1909 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey). Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. He ...

21. 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 ...

22. Mel Brooks

Actor | Spaceballs

Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ...

23. Rick Moranis

Actor | Parenthood

Rick began his career as a radio DJ while he was still at high school which led to him writing, producing and being on air in his own show. He joined the Canadian TV series, SCTV (1976), winning an Emmy for writing and portraying the character, Bob McKenzie, which became the basis for the film, ...

24. Dave Thomas

Writer | The Blacklist

Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, Dave was the eldest son of John and Moreen Thomas. John Thomas (deceased) was a PHD in Philosophy (Duke), noted medical ethicist, head of Philosophy Department at McMaster University, and author of several books including: "Matters of Life and Death," "Well ...

25. Ivan Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...

26. Richard Attenborough

Actor | Jurassic Park

Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...

27. Emilio Estevez

Actor | The Way

Emilio Estevez was born on May 12, 1962, in New York City. He is the eldest son of actor Martin Sheen, who at the time was just breaking into the business. His mother, Janet Sheen (née Templeton), was a former New York art student who had met Emilio's father right after he had moved to Manhattan. ...

28. Paul McGuigan

Director | Lucky Number Slevin

Paul is a Bafta and Emmy nominated director known for Sherlock, Lucky Number Slevin, Inside Man and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool. Born in Bellshill, Scotland he started his professional life as a photographer and then documentary filmmaker. His first film was Acid House in 1998 which is an ...

29. Robert Stevenson

Director | Mary Poppins

Robert Stevenson was born on March 31, 1905 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Nine Days a Queen (1936). He was married to Ursula Henderson, Frances Holyoke Howard, Anna Lee and Cecilie L Leslie. He ...

30. 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 ...

31. Leonard Nimoy

Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ...

32. Colin Ferguson

Actor | Eureka

Colin Ferguson was born on July 22, 1972 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Eureka (2006), Because I Said So (2007) and Haven (2010).

33. Robert Redford

Actor | The Natural

Born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, an accountant for Standard Oil, and Martha Redford, Charles Robert Redford, Jr. was a scrappy kid who stole hubcaps in high school and lost his college baseball scholarship at the University of Colorado because of ...

34. 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 ...

35. 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 ...

36. Ronald Neame

Producer | Great Expectations

A British filmmaker who, over the years, worked as assistant director, cinematographer, producer, writer and ultimately director, Ronald Neame was born on April 23, 1911. His father, Elwin Neame, was a film director and his mother, Ivy Close, was a film star. During the 1920s, he started working at...

37. 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 ...

38. Archie Mayo

Director | Vengeance

A stage actor, Archie Mayo went to Hollywood in 1915 and worked until his retirement in 1946. He began directing slapstick two-reelers, later making features at Warner Bros. just about the time sound was being introduced into films. He did much work for Warners, but he also made films at Goldwyn ...

39. Penny Marshall

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...

40. David Frankel

Director | The Devil Wears Prada

David Frankel was born on April 2, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), One Chance (2013) and Band of Brothers (2001).

41. Jaime Paglia

Producer | Eureka

Jaime Paglia is a writer/producer/show-runner whose credits include, Eureka, the longest-running original scripted series in Syfy Channel's history. He was the executive producer and co-show-runner of Scream: The Television Series for MTV, adapted from the feature film franchise released by ...

42. Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Actress | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

Salli Richardson-Whitfield is a 30-year industry veteran. She has been featured in 20+ major motion pictures and has starred opposite a number of Hollywood's top actors, including Samuel L. Jackson in 'The Great White Hype', Denzel Washington in 'Antwone Fisher', and Will Smith in 'I Am Legend'. On...

43. Michael Smith

Assistant_director | Everyone Says I Love You

Michael Smith is a NY based Producer and Director. After getting his first directing opportunity on Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2007, Michael has gone on to direct over 40 episodes of television. He has also worked continuously as a Producing/DIrector on Law and Order: SVU, Satisfaction and ...

44. Alex Cody

Casting_department | Avengers: Endgame

Alex Cody is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Doctor Strange (2016) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018).

45. Marisol Adler

Director | The Expanse

Marisol Adler is known for The Expanse (2015), Locke & Key (2020) and The Mosquito Coast (2021).

46. Claudia Yarmy

Director | Lucifer

Claudia Yarmy is known for Lucifer (2016), Manifest (2018) and Riverdale (2017).

47. Laura Belsey

Director | The Walking Dead

Laura Belsey is known for The Walking Dead (2010), American Horror Story (2011) and Moonhaven (2022).

48. Ruba Nadda

Director | Cairo Time

Ruba Nadda is a world renowned and critically acclaimed writer and director. She is of Arab descent, born and raised in Canada. She has written and directed over 20 films which include the critically acclaimed Cairo Time (2009); Sabah (2005); Aadan (2004); Unsettled (2001); and I always come to you...

49. Romeo Tirone

Cinematographer | Dexter

Romeo Tirone is known for Dexter (2006), True Blood (2008) and The Tick (2016).

50. Dean White

Producer | The 100

Dean White is known for The 100 (2014), The Shield (2002) and Once Upon a Time (2011). He has been married to Clancy Collins White since June 23, 2007.

51. SJ Main Muñoz

Director | Fear the Walking Dead

Summer Joy "SJ" Main Muñoz is a highly visual American-Latino filmmaker whose award-winning films, often in the period or crime drama genres, have screened worldwide and garnered numerous awards including Best Film. She directed "La Cerca" narrated by Edward James Olmos ("Stand and Deliver") and "...

52. Harvey Waldman

Production_manager | The Stepford Wives

Harvey Waldman is known for The Stepford Wives (2004), Manifest (2018) and Perfect Stranger (2007).

53. Josh Dallas

Actor | Thor

Josh Dallas was born in Louisville Kentucky. At the age of sixteen, Josh received the Sarah Exley Scholarship, a full ride scholarship given to one American student every three years to study acting at the prestigious "Mountview Conservatoire for the Performing Arts" in London, England. As an actor...

54. Erica Watson

Director | Snowpiercer

Erica Watson is known for Snowpiercer (2020), The L Word: Generation Q (2019) and Krypton (2018).

55. Cheryl Dunye

Director | The Watermelon Woman

Cheryl Dunye was born on May 13, 1966 in Liberia. She is a director and producer, known for The Watermelon Woman (1996), The Owls (2010) and Mommy Is Coming (2012).

56. Brendan C. Lynch

The Adjustment Bureau

Brendan C. Lynch is known for The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Spaceman (2024) and A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014).

57. Jason Still

Assistant_director | Seventh Son

Jason Still is known for Seventh Son (2014), Punisher: War Zone (2008) and Good Boys (2019).

58. Tammy Tamkin

Location_management | Snakes on a Plane

Tammy Tamkin is known for Snakes on a Plane (2006), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002).

59. Robert S. Weber

Editorial_department | I, Robot

Robert S. Weber is known for I, Robot (2004), Deadpool 2 (2018) and Charlie St. Cloud (2010).

60. Nick Hurran

Director | Girls' Night

Nick Hurran was born in 1959 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Girls' Night (1998), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006) and Doctor Who (2005). He is married to Michele Buck. They have two children.

61. Andy Mikita

Director | Travelers

Andy Mikita is known for Travelers (2016), Motive (2013) and Family Law (2021).

62. Martin Wood

Director | Virgin River

Martin Wood is known for Virgin River (2019), Travelers (2016) and Sanctuary (2008). He has been married to Dianne Carruthers since October 9, 2004. They have three children.

63. Helen Shaver

Actress | Desert Hearts

Helen Shaver has built a lasting legacy, both behind and in front of the camera. She has directed hundreds of hours of television ranging from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) to Castle (2009), from The Unit (2006) to The Outer Limits (1995). Her film, Summer's End (1999), a Showtime ...

64. Michael Robison

Director | The Collector

Michael Robison was born on August 29, 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Michael is a director and editor, known for The Collector (2004), R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010) and The Outer Limits (1995).

65. Tim Macarthur

Assistant_director | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Tim Macarthur is known for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Tron: Legacy (2010).

66. John Mavrogeorge

Location_management | Timecop

John Mavrogeorge is known for Timecop (1994), The Sentinel (1996) and Eureka (2006).

67. Matthew Penn

Producer | Law & Order

Matthew Penn grew up in New York City and is the son of Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde). Penn has directed and/or produced over 200 episodes of some of television's most respected series. Penn began his career at Law and Order where he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Director for the episode '...

68. Jay Chandrasekhar

Director | Super Troopers

Jay Chandrasekhar was born on April 9, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Super Troopers (2001), Club Dread (2004) and Beerfest (2006). He has been married to Susan Clarke since September 18, 2005. They have three children.

69. Emile B. Levisetti

Director | FBI

www.emilelevisetti.com Emile Levisetti has been producing and directing television for over 20 years. Most recently he has directed episodes of Suits, Shadowhunters and Wrecked. He served as Producing Director in Australia for 6 months on the SyFy series Hunters. He has directed multiple episodes, ...

70. Constantine Makris

Director | Law & Order

Constantine Makris is known for Law & Order (1990), Orange Is the New Black (2013) and Jungle 2 Jungle (1997).

71. Michael W. Watkins

Director | Quantum Leap

Michael W. Watkins is known for Quantum Leap (1989), Justified (2010) and NYPD Blue (1993).

72. Ed Fraiman

Director | Guardian Angel

Ed Fraiman is a British filmmaker who won the Directors' Guild of Great Britain Best Newcomer Award. He learned his craft at the Polish State Film School in Lodz. He has since directed more than 70 episodes of Television in the US and UK for Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, BBC and Channel 4.

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73. Mark Feuerstein

Actor | What Women Want

Mark Feuerstein got his break-through on television as a recurring character on the daytime soap opera Loving (1983). Most of the people in his family are lawyers. He was a high school state championship wrestler. He enjoys mountain-biking, wrestling, dancing (hip-hop to salsa) and jogging.

He got ...

74. Allison Liddi-Brown

Director | Friday Night Lights

Allison Liddi-Brown was born on August 2, 1959 in the USA. She is a director and producer, known for Friday Night Lights (2006), The Passage (2019) and Heartbeat (2016).

75. Don Scardino

Director | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Don Scardino was born on February 17, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), 30 Rock (2006) and 2 Broke Girls (2011). He has been married to Dana L. Williams since 1995. They have one child. He was previously married to ...

76. Jace Alexander

Actor | Eight Men Out

Jace Alexander was born on April 7, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA as Jason Edward Alexander. He is a director and producer, known for Law & Order (1990), Rescue Me (2004) and Carry Me Home (2004). He has been married to Maddie Corman since September 6, 1998. They have three children.

77. Tawnia McKiernan

Director | Blindspot

Tawnia McKiernan is known for Blindspot (2015), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) and Warehouse 13 (2009).

78. Janice Cooke

Camera_department | Real Genius

Janice Cooke is known for Real Genius (1985), One Tree Hill (2003) and Charmed (1998).

79. Paulo Costanzo

Actor | 40 Days and 40 Nights

Paulo Costanzo was born on September 21, 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in Brampton, a suburb of Toronto, of Italian (father) and Jewish (mother) descent. He attended Mayfield Secondary School for the Arts, then attended one year at Ryerson University for theater, but dropped out when...

80. Joe Collins

Camera_department | The Manchurian Candidate

Joe Collins is a Director/DP based out of Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Telecommunication at Arizona State University with a BS in Broadcasting in 1987. After graduating, he spent 2 years working as a camera prep tech at General Camera in NY, joining ...

81. Dennie Gordon

Director | Jack Ryan

Dennie Gordon has been a trailblazing female director her entire career; spanning the worlds of feature films, television series, mini-series and branded content. Her range of genre busting entertainment spans an unusual spectrum of comedy and drama. After being one of the first women to graduate ...

82. Charles McClelland

Editor | What a Girl Wants

Charles McClelland is known for What a Girl Wants (2003), The Practice (1997) and Royal Pains (2009).

83. Ken Whittingham

Director | Parks and Recreation

Ken Whittingham was born on January 15, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Parks and Recreation (2009), The Office (2005) and 30 Rock (2006).

84. Ken Girotti

Director | Vikings

Ken Girotti is known for Vikings (2013), Daredevil (2015) and Orphan Black (2013).

85. Bronwen Hughes

Director | The Journey Is the Destination

Bronwen Hughes is known for The Journey Is the Destination (2016), Breaking Bad (2008) and Better Call Saul (2015).

86. Eric Laneuville

Director | I'll Fly Away

Eric Laneuville was born on July 14, 1952 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is a director and actor, known for I'll Fly Away (1991), Lost (2004) and The Omega Man (1971).

87. Dennis Smith

Cinematographer | The Practice

Dennis Smith is known for The Practice (1997), Tango & Cash (1989) and Revenge of the Nerds (1984).

88. Wendey Stanzler

Director | Sex and the City

Wendey Stanzler is known for Sex and the City (1998), The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021) and Youth & Consequences (2018).

89. Tricia Brock

Director | Killer Diller

Tricia Brock is known for Killer Diller (2004), The Walking Dead (2010) and 30 Rock (2006).

90. Kevin Dowling

Director | The Americans

Kevin Dowling is an American director, writer and producer of features, television and theatre. His film debut, "The Sum of Us," starring Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson, won 17 awards including "Best Feature" at the Montreal and Sydney Film Festivals, four Australian Critics Awards including Best ...

91. Lara Shapiro

Writer | The Americans

Lara Shapiro is known for The Americans (2013), Impulse (2018) and Berlin Station (2016).

92. Michael B. Silver

Actor | Instinct

Born and raised in Manhattan, a graduate of Brown University, Michael comes from a long line of filmmakers. His grandfather, Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman, ran Columbia Pictures under Harry Cohn throughout the 1930s and 1940s and wrote and produced such films as Mr. Smith Goes to ...

93. Brendan Walsh

Director | Centigrade

Brendan Walsh is known for Centigrade (2020), Nurse Jackie (2009) and Friends from College (2017).

94. Amanda Tapping

Actress | Stargate SG-1

Born In England, raised in Canada. BFA Acting University of Windsor. Amanda spent 12 seasons on Stargate SG-1 (1997) and its spin-offs, Stargate: Atlantis (2004) and Stargate Universe (2009), as "Samantha Carter". She then took on the lead role of "Dr. Helen Magnus" on the television series ...

95. Eric McCormack

Actor | Will & Grace

Eric was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He attended Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute (the same school Mike Myers attended) and also attended Sir John A. MacDonald Collegiate, named after Canada's first Prime Minister. With the support of his parents (his father was also an aspiring actor)...

96. Bryan C. Knight

Assistant_director | In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Bryan C. Knight was born on February 16, 1966 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an assistant director and actor, known for In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), Alone in the Dark (2005) and House of the Dead (2003). He is married to Tanja Knight.

97. William Waring

Assistant_director | It Chapter Two

William Waring is known for It Chapter Two (2019), It (2017) and Game of Thrones (2011).

98. Jamie Childs

Director | The Sandman

Jamie Childs is known for The Sandman (2022), Willow (2022) and His Dark Materials (2019).

99. Andrés Baiz

Director | La cara oculta

Andrés Baiz was born in 1975 in Cali, Colombia. He is a director and producer, known for The Hidden Face (2011), Satanás (2007) and Roa (2013).

100. Louise Hooper

Director | The Sandman

LOUISE HOOPER is a highly visual, innovative and wildly imaginative International drama director, curating beautifully crafted films.

Louise is currently directing LORD OF THE RINGS / RINGS OF POWER for AMAZON. Before that Louise's directed the finale of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN for Warner Bros / ...