#Writers/ Directors
by ChristianClevyJames | created - 30 Aug 2018 | updated - 08 Apr 2020 | PublicProspective Attachments for Boysie Singh
1. Cary Joji Fukunaga
Producer | Beasts of No Nation
Cary Joji Fukunaga is a Japanese-American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer from Oakland, California who is known for directing the James Bond film No Time to Die, Kofi, Beasts of No Nation, Jane Eyre and Sin Nombre. He co-wrote the 2017 film adaptation of the Stephen King ...
Writer-Director Experience: low-medium budget films Availability: 5+ development projects High Star: 217
2. Jeremy Saulnier
Cinematographer | Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier has slyly defined a unique cinematic aesthetic that complements his idiosyncratic narrative premises. His sophomore feature, Blue Ruin (2013) a quirky, crime drama set in a pretty, but grimier part of suburban America was a festival darling and supplanted his name within the ...
Writer-Director Experience: low-medium budget films Availability: 1 development project. High Star: 1,397
3. Ciro Guerra
Director | El abrazo de la serpiente
Ciro Guerra was born on February 6, 1981 in Río de Oro, Cesar, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Embrace of the Serpent (2015), Birds of Passage (2018) and Los viajes del viento (2009). He is married to Cristina Gallego.
Writer-Director Connect: intense shoots in Amazon jungle, Experience: Embrace of the Serpent, nominated for foreign language Oscar, now bigger projects with stars Johnny Depp Availability: 2 projects in development High Star: 6,708
4. Bryan Buckley
Director | Asad
Two-time Oscar Nominated Writer-Director Bryan Buckley has been dubbed the "King of the Super Bowl" by the New York Times, having directed over 65 commercials for the big game since 2000. Many pieces of Buckley's work have been inducted into the Museum Of Modern Art's permanent collection and he is...
Writer-Director Oscar Short, Pirates of Somalia High Star: 6,020
5. Stephen Gaghan
Writer | Syriana
Stephen Gaghan was born on May 6, 1965 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Syriana (2005), Traffic (2000) and Dolittle (2020). He has been married to Minnie Mortimer since May 19, 2007. They have two children.
Writer-Director Loved Gold, adventure jungle aspects, Oscar winning writer, limited films directing High Star: 258
6. Greg McLean
Director | Wolf Creek
After training as a fine artist before working as a director in Theatre and Opera, Australian writer, director, and producer Greg McLean's filmmaking career began when he wrote and directed the horror smash hit 'Wolf Creek.' The film played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals before going ...
Director Only Jungle, true story Star: 1,887
7. Andy Serkis
Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes
English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), ...
Director Only Loved Breathe, new director, Check out the ritual Star: 14
8. Fernando Meirelles
Director | The Constant Gardener
Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.
He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of ...
Director Only 3-6 current projects, 1 as director Star: 316
9. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
Writer-Director Star: 16
10. 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 ...
Crime in a fresh space, true story, biography
11. Mel Gibson
Actor | Braveheart
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...
New Cultures, Jungle films, Foreign Language, Apocolypto / Passion
12. 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.
Versatile Director, Adventure, The Mosquito Coast / Master and Commander
13. Chris Brancato
Writer | Godfather of Harlem
Chris Brancato was born on July 1, 1962 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Godfather of Harlem (2019), Species II (1998) and First Wave (1998).
Writer-Only Narcos Also: Andrew Black, Dana Calvo
14. Robert Levine
Writer | Black Sails
Robert Levine has worked as a writer and producer in series television since 2006. His credits include Jericho, Harpers Island, Human Target and Touch. With Jon Steinberg, he co-created the pirate epic Black Sails, which aired for four seasons on Starz.
More recently, Levine developed a series based...
Writer-Only Black Sails Also: Jonathan Steinberg, Brad Kane
15. William Nicholson
Writer | Les Misérables
William Nicholson was born in 1948 in England, UK. He is a producer and writer, known for Les Misérables (2012), Gladiator (2000) and Unbroken (2014). He has been married to Virginia Nicholson since 1988. They have three children.
Writer-Only Breathe, Shadowlands, Les Miserables, Oscar Nominated
16. Bráulio Mantovani
Writer | Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro
Bráulio Mantovani is known for Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010), Elite Squad (2007) and City of God (2002).
City of God
17. Drew Goddard
Producer | The Martian
Drew Goddard was raised in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He attended Los Alamos High School in Los Alamos, New Mexico and graduated in 1993. He then attended the University of Colorado, and worked as a production assistant in L.A. after graduation. A spec script Drew wrote based on Six Feet Under (2001) ...
18. James Vanderbilt
Producer | Zodiac
James Vanderbilt was born in 1975 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Zodiac (2007), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) and Scream (2022). He has been married to Amber Freeman since May 7, 2005.
19. Anthony Peckham
Writer | Invictus
Anthony Peckham is known for Invictus (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Don't Say a Word (2001).
20. Richard Price
Writer | Sea of Love
Richard Price was born on October 12, 1949 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Sea of Love (1989), Ransom (1996) and The Color of Money (1986). He was previously married to Judith Hudson.
21. Steven Zaillian
Writer | Searching for Bobby Fischer
Steven Zaillian was born on January 30, 1953 in Fresno, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), The Irishman (2019) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). He is married to Elizabeth Zaillian. They have two children.
22. Marc Forster
Producer | World War Z
Marc Forster is a German-born filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Stay (2005), Stranger than Fiction (2006), The Kite Runner (2007), Quantum of Solace (2008), and World War Z (2013).
His breakthrough film was Monster's...
23. Nicholas Pileggi
Writer | Goodfellas
Nicholas Pileggi was born and raised in New York, the son of a shoe store owner. He worked as a journalist for Associated Press in the 1950s where he specialized in crime reporting. Over the next 30 years he built up his contacts and reputation, covering stories for New York magazine and ...
24. David Franzoni
Writer | Gladiator
David Franzoni grew up in Vermont, attended the University of Vermont where he studied geology and paleontology and was a partner in a commercial film company. After attending a semester of graduate school, David dropped out, went to Berlin where he bought a motorcycle. He traveled eastern and ...
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