Academy Award film makers' Golden Globe nominated feature films
by AlexHartsell | created - 09 Sep 2017 | updated - 5 months ago | PublicRows 1-143: Famous Directors
Rows 144-160: Animation Filmmakers
Rows 161-189: Film Makers that better as Writers
Rows 190-240: Producers and Others
Rows 241-271: Filmmakers that did minor work on Academy Awards nominated films and are mostly Golden Globe Award filmmakers (Newest Update)
Yes this another Oscar Legends spin-off list but this time it is mostly focusing on people who were in my Oscar Legends list (or had films nominated for Oscars that were not in my Oscar legends list cause they did not catch me) that had films nominated for Golden Globe Awards. I will be excluding their TV shows and movies to be focusing on their films released in theaters only for I will need to take somewhat breaks from my Oscar Legends lists and focus on Golden Globes.
Newest updated: I have now added the production companies and their Golden Globe nominated films on this list that are:
* Shaw Brothers (Blade Runner and Kill Bill: Vol. 1)
* Huayi Brothers (Kung Fu Hustle, The Edge of Seventeen and Molly's Game)
* RT Features (Frances Ha and Call Me by Your Name)
* Amblin Entertainment (Continental Divide, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Back to the Future, The Color Purple, An American Tail, Empire of the Sun, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Dad, Cape Fear, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Hook, Schindler's List, The Bridges of Madison County, To Wong Foo! Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, Men in Black, The Mask of Zorro, Saving Private Ryan, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Catch Me If You Can, In America, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, Monster House, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, The Hundred-Foot Journey, Bridge of Spies, The Post, First Man, Green Book, Cats, 1917, The Trail of the Chicago 7, West Side Story and The Fabelmans)
* Marvel Entertainment (Malcolm X, Men in Black, Labor Day, Big Hero 6, Deadpool, Black Panther, Vice, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, West Side Story and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
* DC Comics Entertainment (Superman, Batman, Batman Forever, Catch Me If You Can, The Dark Knight, RED, Labor Day and Joker)
* Imagine Entertainment (Parenthood, Apollo 13, The Nutty Professor, Ransom, Liar Liar, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code, American Gangster, Changeling, Frost/Nixon, J. Edgar, Rush (2013), Hillbilly Elegy and tick, tick... BOOM!)
* Playtone (That Thing You Do!, Cast Away, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Polar Express, The Manchurian Candidate, Charlie Wilson's War, Mamma Mia!, Where the Wild Things Are and News of the World)
* Netflix (Beasts of No Nation, First They Killed My Father, Roma, Dumplin', The Irishman, Marriage Story, The Two Popes, Dolemite Is My Name, Mank, The Prom, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Pieces of a Woman, I Care a Lot, Hillbilly Elegy, The Life Ahead, The Midnight Sky, Over the Moon, The Power of the Dog, The Lost Daughter, Don't Look Up, Passing, The Hand of God, tick, tick... BOOM!, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, White Noise, The Good Nurse and All Quiet on the Western Front)
* Amazon Studios (Manchester by the Sea, The Salesman, Beautiful Boy, Late Night, The Report, Les Misérables, Sound of Metal, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, One Night in Miami, Being the Ricardos, Annette, The Tender Bar, A Hero and Argentina: 1985)
* Caravan Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment (While You Were Sleeping, The Sixth Sense, The Insider, Seabiscuit, Memoirs of a Geisha, Invictus and The Tourist)
* Scholastic (The Mighty and Boyhood)
* Mandalay Pictures (Seven Years in Tibet, The Kids Are All Right and Bernie)
* Village Roadshow Pictures (Analyze This, Miss Congeniality, Training Day, Mystic River, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Happy Feet, The Brave One, Gran Torino, Where the Wild Things Are, The Lego Movie, The Judge, Annie, Mad Max: Fury Road, Concussion and Joker)
* Castle Rock Entertainment (When Harry Met Sally..., Misery, City Slickers, Honeymoon in Vegas, Mr. Saturday Night, A Few Good Men, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, The American President, Lone Star, Ghosts of Mississippi, Hamlet, Jackie Brown, The Green Mile, Miss Congeniality, The Polar Express, Michael Clayton and Before Midnight)
* Legendary Entertainment (The Dark Knight, The Hangover, Where the Wild Things Are, Inception, The Town, Steve Jobs, BlacKkKlansman and Dune: Part One)
* Regency Enterprises (Once Upon a Time in America, The War of the Roses, Pretty Woman, Q&A, Switch, JFK, The Mambo Kings, Heaven & Earth, Six Degrees of Separation, Natural Born Killers, A Time to Kill, L.A. Confidential, City of Angels, Bridget Jones's Diary, Unfaithful, The Fountain, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Love & Other Drugs, 12 Years a Slave, Philomena, Noah, Gone Girl, Birdman, The Big Short, The Revenant, Rules Don't Apply, Bohemian Rhapsody, Marriage Story and Little Women)
* Broadway Video (Rush, Poetic Justice, Lost in Translation, Julie & Julia, Eighth Grade and A Star is Born)
* Comedy Central (50/50, The Big Short and Don't Look Up)
1. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
Spartacus Lolita A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon Full Metal Jacket Eyes Wide Shut
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, ...
Jaws Close Encounters of the Third Kind Raiders of the Lost Ark E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial The Color Purple Empire of the Sun Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Hook An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Schindler's List Amistad Saving Private Ryan A.I. Artificial Intelligence Catch Me If You Can Munich Memoirs of a Geisha Flags of Our Father Letters from Iwo Jima War Horse The Adventures of Tintin Lincoln The Hundred-Foot Journey Bridge of Spies The Post West Side Story (2021 film) The Fabelmans
3. 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 ...
Is Paris Burning? You're a Big Boy Now Finian's Rainbow Patton The Godfather American Graffiti The Great Gatsby (1974 film) The Conversation The Godfather: Part II Apocalypse Now Rumble Fish The Cotton Club Peggy Sue Got Married Tucker: The Man and His Dream The Godfather: Part III Don Juan DeMarco The Rainmaker
4. 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 ...
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Taxi Driver New York, New York Raging Bull After Hours The Color of Money The Last Temptation of Christ Goodfellas The Grifters Cape Fear The Age of Innocence Casino Kundun Gangs of New York The Aviator The Departed The Young Victoria Hugo The Wolf of Wall Street The Irishman
5. Steve McQueen
Director | 12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen was born on October 9, 1969 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Shame (2011) and Hunger (2008). He is married to Bianca Stigter. They have two children.
Shame 12 Years a Slave
6. Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer | Il conformista
Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (...
The Conformist Last Tango in Paris Luna The Last Emperor The Sheltering Sky
7. James L. Brooks
Writer | Broadcast News
James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.
Starting Over Terms of Endearment Broadcast News Big The War of the Roses Jerry Maguire As Good as It Gets Spanglish The Simpsons Movie The Edge of Seventeen
8. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
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9. Adam McKay
Producer | Don't Look Up
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...
The Big Short Vice Hustlers Don't Look Up The Menu
10. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
Pulp Fiction Natural Born Killers Jackie Brown Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Inglourious Basterds Django Unchained The Hateful Eight Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
11. 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 ...
Midnight Express Conan the Barbarian Scarface Year of the Dragon Platoon Wall Street Born on the Fourth of July Reversal of Fortune JFK Heaven & Earth Natural Born Killers Nixon Evita The People vs. Larry Flynt Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
12. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...
Play Misty for Me Breezy Bird Unforgiving The Bridges of Madison County Mystic River Million Dollar Baby Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Grace Is Gone Changeling Gran Torino Invictus J. Edgar Richard Jewell
13. 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 ...
Night Shift Splash Cocoon Parenthood Apollo 13 Ransom How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Beautiful Mind Cinderella Man The Da Vinci Code Frost/Nixon Changeling Rush (2013 film) Hillbilly Elegy tick, tick... BOOM!
14. Pedro Almodóvar
Writer | Hable con ella
The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...
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15. Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director | Der Name der Rose
Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...
Quest for Fire Seven Years in Tibet
16. Jonathan Demme
Director | The Silence of the Lambs
Jonathan Demme was born on February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on April 26, 2017 in ...
Melvin and Howard Swing Shift Something Wild Married to the Mob The Silence of the Lambs Philadelphia That Thing You Do! Ulee's Gold Adaptation. The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film) Rachel Getting Married
17. Tom Hooper
Director | Cats
Tom Hooper was educated at one of England's most prestigious schools, Westminster. His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which ...
The King's Speech Les Misérables (2012 film) The Danish Girl Cats
18. Ang Lee
Director | Wo hu cang long
Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...
The Wedding Banquet Eat Drink Man Woman Sense and Sensibility The Ice Storm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Brokeback Mountain Lust, Caution Life of Pi
19. Danny Boyle
Director | 127 Hours
Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...
Slumdog Millionaire 127 Hours Steve Jobs Battle of the Sexes
20. 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 ...
The L-Shaped Room Oh! What a Lovely War Young Winston Magic Gandhi A Chorus Line Cry Freedom Chaplin
21. Taylor Hackford
Producer | Ray
In addition to helming the iconic feature hits An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Against All Odds (1984), Ray (2004), and the cult thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997), Taylor Hackford has directed the films Dolores Claiborne (1995), Everybody's All-American (1988), and Proof of Life (2000). ...
The Idolmaker An Officer and a Gentleman Against All Odds White Nights La Bamba Ray
22. Kevin Macdonald
Director | The Last King of Scotland
Kevin Macdonald was born on October 28, 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Mauritanian (2021) and How I Live Now (2013). He has been married to Tatiana Macdonald since July 2, 1999. They have three children.
The Last King of Scotland The Mauritanian
23. Alexander Payne
Director | Nebraska
Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos. He is the youngest...
Election About Schmidt Sideways The Descendants Nebraska Downsizing
24. 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 ...
The Producers (1967 film) Young Frankenstein Silent Movie High Anxiety To Be or Not to Be The Producers (2005 film)
25. 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 ...
Silent Movie High Anxiety ...and justice for all Diner Best Friends The Natural Good Morning, Vietnam Rain Man Avalon Bugsy Wag the Dog Donnie Brasco Bandits
26. Neil Jordan
Writer | The Crying Game
Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.
Mona Lisa The Crying Game Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Michael Collins The End of the Affair Breakfast on Pluto The Brave One
27. Steven Soderbergh
Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...
Sex, Lies, and Videotape Erin Brockovich Traffic The Informant! The Report
28. 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 ...
The Lost Weekend Sunset Blvd. Sabrina (1954 film) The Seven Year Itch Love in the Afternoon Witness for the Prosecution Some Like It Hot The Apartment One, Two, Three Irma la Douce The Fortune Cookie Avanti! The Front Page
29. Sofia Coppola
Actress | The Godfather Part III
Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...
Lost in Translation On the Rocks
30. Michael Cimino
Director | The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer...
The Deer Hunter The Rose Year of the Dragon
31. Bob Fosse
Director | Cabaret
Bob Fosse was born on June 23, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Cabaret (1972), All That Jazz (1979) and Lenny (1974). He was married to Gwen Verdon, Joan McCracken and Mary Ann Niles. He died on September 23, 1987 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Sweet Charity Cabaret Lenny All That Jazz Star 80 Chicago
32. Richard Fleischer
Director | Soylent Green
Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...
The Happy Time Doctor Dolittle The Boston Strangler The Incredible Sarah The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
33. Milos Forman
Director | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in ...
The Loves of a Blonde Visions of Eight One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Hair Ragtime Amadeus The People vs. Larry Flynt Man on the Moon
34. Giuseppe Tornatore
Director | La migliore offerta
Giuseppe Tornatore was born on May 27, 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Best Offer (2013), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He is married to Roberta Pacetti.
Cinema Paradiso The Legend of 1900 Malèna Baarìa
35. John G. Avildsen
Director | Rocky
John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...
Save the Tiger Rocky Slow Dancing in the Big City The Karate Kid The Karate Kid Part II
36. Curtis Hanson
Director | L.A. Confidential
After small films like The Bedroom Window (1987) and Sweet Kill (1972), Curtis Hanson went on to direct major features including The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The River Wild (1994) and the Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential (1997). Setting his sights on another city, Hanson was ...
The River Wild L.A. Confidential Wonder Boys 8 Mile In Her Shoes
37. 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).
The Devil Wears Prada Hope Springs One Chance
38. Emile Ardolino
Director | Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino was born on May 9, 1943 in Maspeth, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Dirty Dancing (1987), Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) and He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983). He died on November 20, 1993 in Bel Air, California, USA.
Dirty Dancing Chances Are Sister Act
39. Ethan Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The younger brother of Joel, Ethan Coen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning writer, producer and director coming from small independent films to big profile Hollywood films. He was born on September 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some films of the brothers- Ethan & Joel wrote, Joel...
Barton Fink Fargo O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Man Who Wasn't There No Country for Old Men Burn After Reading A Serious Man Inside Llewyn Davis Bridge of Spies
40. 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 ...
Barton Fink Fargo O Brother, Where Art Thou? The Man Who Wasn't There No Country for Old Men Burn After Reading A Serious Man Inside Llewyn Davis Bridge of Spies The Tragedy of Macbeth
41. Warren Beatty
Actor | Heaven Can Wait
Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...
Bonnie and Clyde Shampoo Heaven Can Wait Reds Dick Tracy Bugsy Bulworth Rules Don't Apply
42. 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 ...
Being John Malkovich Adaptation. Where the Wild Things Are Her
43. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
The Trouble with Harry Psycho The Birds Frenzy Family Plot
44. Paul Thomas Anderson
Director | Punch-Drunk Love
Anderson was born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their teeth making...
Boogie Nights Magnolia Punch-Drunk Love There Will Be Blood The Master Inherent Vice Phantom Thread Licorice Pizza
45. 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 ...
12 Angry Men The Pawnbroker The Group Serpico Dog Day Afternoon Network Equus Prince of the City The Verdict Garbo Talks Running on Empty Q & A
46. Robert Altman
Director | Gosford Park
Robert Altman was born on February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, to B.C. (an insurance salesman) and Helen Altman. He entered St. Peters Catholic school at the age six, and spent a short time at a Catholic high school. From there, he went to Rockhurst High School. It was then that he started...
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47. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
Alien Blade Runner Thelma & Louise 1492: Conquest of Paradise Gladiator In Her Shoes American Gangster The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Concussion The Martian All the Money in the World House of Gucci
48. Alan Parker
Director | Evita
The son of Elsie Ellen, a dressmaker, and William Leslie Parker, a house painter, Alan Parker was a London advertising copywriter in the 1960s and early 1970s with Collett Dickenson Pearce (CDP), an ad agency. He formed a partnership with David Puttnam as his producer (Puttnam had been a ...
Bugsy Malone Midnight Express Fame Shoot the Moon Mississippi Burning The Commitments Evita Angela's Ashes
49. Otto Preminger
Actor | Stalag 17
Otto Ludwig Preminger was born in Wiznitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary. His father was a prosecutor, and Otto originally intended to follow his father into a law career; however, he fell in love with the theater in his 20's and became one of the most imaginative stage producers and directors. He was ...
The Moon is Blue Carmen Jones Porgy and Bess Anatomy of a Murder Exodus The Cardinal Hurry Sundown Such Good Friends
50. Lasse Hallström
Director | What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Lasse Hallström inherited his enthusiasm for film from his father, who was an amateur filmmaker. In high school he made his first short film, which was released on Swedish television. Hallström then began working as a director, cameraman and editor for Swedish television. He also made music videos ...
My Life as a Dog What's Eating Gilbert Grape Something to Talk About The Cider House Rules Chocolat The Shipping News Salmon Fishing in the Yemen The Hundred-Foot Journey
51. Tony Gilroy
Writer | Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Cutting Edge (1992).
Michael Clayton Duplicity Nightcrawler
52. Lee Daniels
Producer | Precious
Lee Daniels gave his parents an early Christmas present when he entered the world on December 24, 1959; unfortunately, the Philadelphia native was to have a difficult relationship with his police officer father who later reacted violently to his son's sexuality. Despite the brutality of his ...
Monster’s Ball Precious The Paperboy The United States vs. Billie Holiday
53. Spike Lee
Director | Do the Right Thing
Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...
Do the Right Thing Malcolm X 25th Hour BlacKkKlansman
54. Norman Jewison
Director | Jesus Christ Superstar
Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known ...
The Cincinnati Kid The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! In the Heat of the Night The Thomas Crown Affair The Landlord Fiddler on the Roof Jesus Christ Superstar ...and justice for all Best Friends A Soldier's Story Agnes of God Moonstruck In Country The Hurricane
55. 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 ...
Pan's Labyrinth The Book of Life The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
56. 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).
Mrs. Brown Shakespeare in Love Proof The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Miss Sloane
57. Stephen Frears
Director | Dangerous Liaisons
Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971....
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58. Chris Weitz
Writer | About a Boy
Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three ...
About a Boy A Single Man The Farewell
59. Phillip Borsos
Director | The Grey Fox
A leading Canadian filmmaker, Phillip Borsos has enjoyed considerable success in international markets. One of the "Vancouver School", he began his career as a director (and sometime producer and writer) with several short subjects, beginning with Cooperage (1976). Nails (1979), which Borsos also ...
The Grey Fox
60. 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 ...
Requiem for a Dream The Fountain The Wrestler Black Swan Noah Jackie The Good Nurse The Whale
61. Blake Edwards
Writer | The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with ...
This Happy Feeling The Perfect Furlough Operation Petticoat Breakfast at Tiffany's Experiment in Terror Days of Wine and Roses The Pink Panther The Great Race Darling Lili The Return of the Pink Panther The Pink Panther Strikes Back 10 S.O.B. Victor Victoria Micki + Maude That's Life Switch
62. Hector Babenco
Director | Carandiru
Hector Babenco was born on February 7, 1946 in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Carandiru (2003), Pixote (1980) and Foolish Heart (1998). He was married to Bárbara Paz, Xuxa Lopes and Raquel Arnaud. He died on July 13, 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, ...
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63. Lewis Gilbert
Director | Alfie
Lewis Gilbert was a British film director, producer and screenwriter best known for Alfie (1966), as well as three James Bond films: You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).
He also directed Reach for the Sky (1956), Sink the Bismarck! (1960), Educating Rita (...
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64. Paul Mazursky
Actor | An Unmarried Woman
Paul Mazursky was born on April 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for An Unmarried Woman (1978), Harry and Tonto (1974) and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). He was married to Betsy Mazursky. He died on June 30, 2014 in Beverly Grove, ...
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Harry and Tonto Next Stop, Greenwich Village An Unmarried Woman Tempest Moscow on the Hudson Down and Out in Beverly Hills Moon Over Parador
65. Arthur Hiller
Director | Love Story
Arthur Hiller was born on November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Love Story (1970), The Hospital (1971) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). He was married to Gwen Hiller. He died on August 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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66. Peter Bogdanovich
Director | The Last Picture Show
Peter Bogdanovich was conceived in Europe but born in Kingston, New York. He is the son of immigrants fleeing the Nazis, Herma (Robinson) and Borislav Bogdanovich, a painter and pianist. His father was a Serbian Orthodox Christian, and his mother was from a wealthy Austrian Jewish family. Peter ...
The Last Picture Show What's Up, Doc? Paper Moon Mask
67. Richard Linklater
Director | Waking Life
Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...
School of Rock Bernie Before Midnight Boyhood Where'd You Go, Bernadette
68. 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 ...
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69. 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...
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70. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
Home Alone Mrs. Doubtfire Stepmom The Help
71. Todd Phillips
Producer | Joker
Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. While studying film at New York University, ...
Borat: Cultural Learnings of American for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan The Hangover War Dogs A Star Is Born (2018 film) Joker
72. 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). ...
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73. Sam Peckinpah
Writer | The Wild Bunch
"If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That ...
The Glory Guys The Getaway
74. Gregory Nava
Writer | Selena
Gregory Nava was born on April 10, 1949 in San Diego, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Selena (1997).
Selena Frida
75. Gus Van Sant
Director | Elephant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...
To Die For Good Will Hunting Milk
76. Terry Zwigoff
Director | Ghost World
Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Zwigoff held several jobs before making his breakthrough feature: the documentary Crumb (1994) in 1994. His previous jobs included musician, shipping clerk, printer and welfare office worker. In fact, Zwigoff traces his film career back to discovering a rare blues ...
Ghost World Bad Santa
77. Sergei Bodrov
Writer | Mongol
Sergei Bodrov was born on June 28, 1948 in Khabarovsk, Khabarovskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007), Prisoner of the Mountains (1996) and The Amateurs (1985).
Prisoner of the Mountains Nomad: The Warrior
78. Matthew Heineman
Director | A Private War
Matthew Heineman is an Academy Award-nominated, nine-time Emmy Award-winning, and two-time DGA Award-winning filmmaker. The Sundance Film Festival called Heineman "one of the most talented and exciting documentary filmmakers working today," while Anne Thompson of IndieWire wrote that Heineman is a ...
A Private War
79. Nancy Meyers
Writer | It's Complicated
Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...
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80. Martin Brest
Director | Scent of a Woman
Martin Brest was born on August 8, 1951 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Midnight Run (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
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81. Stanley Donen
Director | Charade
Inspired by Fred Astaire's dancing in Flying Down to Rio (1933), Stanley Donen (pronounced 'Dawn-en') attended dance classes from the age of ten. He later recalled that the only thing he wanted to be was a tap dancer.
He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Helen Pauline (Cohen) and Mordecai ...
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82. François Truffaut
Writer | La nuit américaine
French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...
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83. Susan Seidelman
Director | Desperately Seeking Susan
Susan Seidelman was born on December 11, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Sex and the City (1998) and Smithereens (1982).
Desperately Seeking Susan She-Devil
84. Mira Nair
Director | Salaam Bombay!
Accomplished Film Director/Writer/Producer Mira Nair was born in India and educated at Delhi University and at Harvard. She began her film career as an actor and then turned to directing award-winning documentaries, including So Far From India and India Cabaret. Her debut feature film, Salaam ...
Hello Bombay! Monsoon Wedding
85. 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 ...
A Prophet Rust and Bone
86. Theodore Melfi
Producer | Hidden Figures
Theodore Melfi was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Theodore is a producer and director, known for Hidden Figures (2016), St. Vincent (2014) and Going in Style (2017). Theodore is married to Kimberly Quinn.
St. Vincent Hidden Figures
87. Wim Wenders
Director | Der Himmel über Berlin
Wim Wenders is an Oscar-nominated German filmmaker who was born Ernst Wilhelm Wenders on August 14, 1945 in Düsseldorf, which then was located in the British Occupation Zone of what became the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany, known colloquially as West Germany until ...
Paris, Texas
88. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Director | Das Leben der Anderen
As the son of a Lufthansa manager, Henckel von Donnersmarck spent his childhood and school years in New York, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Brussels, where he passed his international high school diploma in 1991. He then spent two years studying in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) with the following ...
The Lives of Others The Tourist Never Look Away
89. Richard Rush
Director | The Stunt Man
Richard Rush was born on April 15, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Stunt Man (1980), Air America (1990) and Color of Night (1994). He was married to Claude Rush. He died on April 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Freebie and the Bean The Stunt Man Color of Night
90. Chris Noonan
Writer | Babe
Chris Noonan was born on November 14, 1952 in Sydney, Australia. He is a writer and director, known for Babe (1995), Stepping Out (1980) and Miss Potter (2006).
Babe Miss Potter
91. 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...
It Came From Outer Space Bachelor in Paradise A Global Affair
92. Michael Ritchie
Director | The Golden Child
Michael Ritchie was born on November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Golden Child (1986), The Island (1980) and Fletch (1985). He was married to Jimmie Brown and Georgina Tebrock. He died on April 16, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
Divine Madness
93. Terence Young
Director | Dr. No
Born in Shanghai and Cambridge-educated, Terence Young began in the industry as a scriptwriter. In the 1940s he worked on a variety of subjects, including the hugely popular wartime romance Suicide Squadron (1941), set to Richard Addinsell's rousing "Warsaw Concerto". His original story was devised...
Dr. No From Russia with Love Wait Until Dark Mayerling
94. Daniel Petrie
Director | The Bay Boy
Daniel Petrie was born on November 26, 1920 in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for The Bay Boy (1984), A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and The Assistant (1997). He was married to Dorothea G. Petrie. He died on August 22, 2004 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
A Raisin in the Sun The Spy with a Cold Nose Resurrection Square Dance
95. Irvin Kershner
Director | Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Irvin Kershner was born on April 29, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of the University of Southern California film school, Kershner began his career in 1950, producing documentaries for the United States Information Service in the Middle East. He later turned to television, directing...
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Never Say Never Again
96. Gene Saks
Actor | Deconstructing Harry
Gene Saks was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Odd Couple (1968) and I.Q. (1994). He was married to Keren Victoria Ettlinger and Bea Arthur. He died on March 28, 2015 in East Hampton, New York, USA.
The Odd Couple Cactus Flower Mame
97. Howard Zieff
Director | The Main Event
Howard Zieff was born on October 21, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Main Event (1979), My Girl (1991) and Private Benjamin (1980). He was married to Ronda Gomez-Quinones. He died on February 21, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Main Event Private Benjamin
98. Jim Sheridan
Producer | In America
Following a distinguished career in the theatre between the 1960s and the 1980s, Jim Sheridan wrote and directed his first critically acclaimed feature My Left Foot in 1989. The film was nominated for two European Film Awards. He followed this in 1990 with The Field which he also wrote and directed...
My Left Foot The Field In the Name of the Father The Boxer In America Brothers
99. Herbert Ross
Director | The Turning Point
Herbert Ross was born on May 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Turning Point (1977), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and The Secret of My Success (1987). He was married to Lee Radziwill and Nora Kaye. He died on October 9, 2001 in New York ...
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100. Peter Weir
Director | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.
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