The WORST Directors of All Time
by pryan96 | created - 28 Jul 2013 | updated - 05 Jan 2017 | Public
101. Steve Oedekerk
Writer | Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Steve Oedekerk, the Academy Award nominated multi-hyphenate, has built an extraordinary career, experiencing vast success in writing, directing, producing, acting, stand-up comedy and computer generated animation. He has written and directed films that have grossed over $1.9 billion in worldwide ...
102. Buddy Giovinazzo
Director | Life Is Hot in Cracktown
Buddy Giovinazzo was born on May 5, 1957 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009), Combat Shock (1984) and No Way Home (1996). He has been married to Gesine Giovinazzo-Todt since August 16, 2007. He was previously married to Lori Labar.
103. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
104. Paul Lynch
Director | The Ray Bradbury Theater
Paul Lynch was born on June 11, 1946 in Liverpool, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985), More to Love (1999) and Mania: The Intruder (1986).
105. Chester Novell Turner
Soundtrack | Black Devil Doll from Hell
Chester Novell Turner was born on September 30, 1946 in the USA. He is a director and writer, known for Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984), Tales from the Quadead Zone (1987) and Return to the Quadead Zone (2014).
106. Jessy Terrero
Director | Bravas
Jessy Terrero is a Dominican-American filmmaker and non-writing executive producer who first gained recognition for his work in the music video industry, creating iconic videos for artists such as Jennifer Lopez, 50 Cent, Enrique Iglesias, Daddy Yankee, Maluma and Bad Bunny, amassing over 21 ...
107. Greydon Clark
Director | Angels' Brigade
Greydon Clark was born on February 7, 1943, in Niles, Michigan. He attended Valparaiso University near Chicago and studied acting with coach John Morley. He supported himself as a door-to-door salesman prior to breaking into the movie business.
Clark began his cinematic career as an actor in several...
108. Jason Matherne
Producer | Silk Scream
Founder of New Orleans based fringe filmmakers Terror Optics, Jason Matherne functions as director and producer of all Terror Optics films to date. He is best known for his exploitation films Attack of the Cockface Killer, Goregasm, and most recently Grimewave: Cockface III. Jason Matherne also has...
110. Michelle Gabriel
Animation_department | Bobolândia Monstrolândia
Michelle Gabriel is known for Bobolândia Monstrolândia (2018), GadgetGang in Outer Space (2017) and Cordélicos (2021).
111. Rick Sloane
Producer | Hobgoblins
Cinematic jack-of-all-trades Rick Sloane will never win any special awards for his admittedly cheap'n'cheesy low-budget independent movies, but he nonetheless deserves some respect for weathering the storm of lots of harsh critical notices and cranking out a sizable number of films throughout the ...
112. 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 ...
113. Ali Abbas Zafar
Director | Sultan
Ali Abbas Zafar was born 17 January, 1982 in Dehradun, India. He is an Indian screenwriter-director, known for his acclaimed, blockbuster films Sultan (2016) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017).
After majoring in Chemistry at Delhi University, he assisted various directors in Mumbai before making his ...
114. James Watkins
Director | Eden Lake
James Watkins was born in 1978 in the UK. He is a director and writer, known for Eden Lake (2008), Bastille Day (2016) and McMafia (2018).
115. Michael Feifer
Producer | Abandoned
Michael Feifer was born on September 11, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Abandoned (2010), Merry Kissmas (2015) and A Christmas Wedding Tail (2011). He has been married to Caia Coley since April 14, 2001. They have one child.
116. Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer | The Neon Demon
Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...
117. Kartal Tibet
Director | Sabaniye
Kartal Tibet was born on March 27, 1939 in Ankara, Turkey. He was a director and actor, known for Sabaniye (1984), Tarkan (1969) and Turks in Space (2006). He died on July 1, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey.
118. Koen Mortier
Director | Ex Drummer
Koen Mortier was born on November 4, 1965 in Beernem, Flanders, Belgium. He is a director and producer, known for Ex Drummer (2007), 22nd of May (2010) and Angel (2018).
119. Benedek Fliegauf
Director | Csak a szél
Benedek Fliegauf was born on August 15, 1974 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a director and writer, known for Just the Wind (2012), Womb (2010) and Dealer (2004).
120. Svetlana Baskova
Director | Za Marksa...
Svetlana Baskova was born on May 25, 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and writer, known for Za Marksa... (2012), The Green Elephant (1999) and Golova (2004).
121. Godfrey Ho
Director | The Ninja Squad
Godfrey Ho was born in 1948 in Hong Kong. He is a director and writer, known for The Ninja Squad (1986), Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988) and Challenge of the Ninja (1986).
122. 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, ...
123. Andrey Iskanov
Editor | Andrey Iskanov's Ingression
Andrey Iskanov (b. 1976 in city of Khabarovsk, Russia). Studied in medical institute, has taken a great interest in photographing images and has made this business by the trade. In 1997 has received the award for achievements in the field of an advertising photo. Repeatedly exposed the photo works ...
124. Alexandre Bustillo
Writer | À l'intérieur
Alexandre Bustillo was born on August 10, 1975 in France. He is a writer and director, known for Inside (2007), The Deep House (2021) and Among the Living (2014).
125. Julien Maury
Writer | À l'intérieur
Julien Maury is known for Inside (2007), The Deep House (2021) and Among the Living (2014).
126. 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 ...
127. Courtney Solomon
Producer | After
Courtney Solomon is an accomplished writer, director, producer and entrepreneur who is responsible for the creation of several franchises and has been involved with the production, marketing and distribution of over 80 films creating a significant film library.
Solomon grew up in Toronto, Canada ...
128. Jim Van Bebber
Actor | Deadbeat at Dawn
Jim Van Bebber was born on November 24, 1964 in Greenville, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Deadbeat at Dawn (1988), The Manson Family (1997) and My Sweet Satan (1994).
129. Chris Sivertson
Director | I Know Who Killed Me
Chris Sivertson is known for I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Brawler (2011) and Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018).
130. Bo Welch
Production_designer | Edward Scissorhands
Bo Welch was born on December 24, 1951 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a production designer and director, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Men in Black (1997) and A Little Princess (1995). He has been married to Catherine O'Hara since April 25, 1992. They have two children.
131. Andy Milligan
Director | The Degenerates
Andy Milligan was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1929. He was a self-taught film maker, playwright, script writer and costume designer. He grew up mostly in Minnesota, but he and his family moved around the country a lot. His father, Andrew Milligan Sr. (1894-1985) was a captain in the U.S. Army ...
132. Brian Robbins
Producer | Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal
Brian Robbins is President of Kids & Family Entertainment for ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks, with oversight of all strategy, creative and business operations for the company's kids and young-adult focused brands including Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon ...
133. Kenny Ortega
Director | High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Kenny Ortega was born on April 18, 1950 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), Michael Jackson's 'This Is It': Auditions - Searching for the World's Best Dancers (2010) and Descendants 3 (2019).
134. Greg Robbins
Actor | The Terminator
Greg Robbins is an American stunt performer, actor, writer and director. Originally stepped in front of the camera in 1984 playing a redneck thug in a made for TV movie, The Grand Baby (1985) (TV)_. Born in Glendale, California, Greg lived the first 13 years of his life in North Hollywood. He ...
135. Paul Michael Glaser
Actor | Starsky and Hutch
Paul Michael Glaser (born Paul Manfred Glaser March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970s television series, Starsky & Hutch. In between his work writing and directing, Glaser also played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series ...
136. Michael Haneke
Writer | Caché
A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...
137. Lisa France
Director | Queen Sugar
Lisa France graduated with honors from Brooklyn College with a double major in Biology and Philosophy. At Brooklyn she was a Division I basketball player and cross country and track runner. After graduation France played professional basketball for the Manchester Giants in Manchester, England. Upon...
138. Umberto Lenzi
Writer | La casa 3
Born in Massa Marittima, Italy on August 6, 1931, Umberto Lenzi was a movie enthusiast since his early grade school years. During those years, he founded various film fan clubs while studying law. Lenzi started out as a journalist for various local newspapers and magazines. Lenzi put off his law ...
139. Cole S. McKay
Stunts | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Cole S. McKay is known for Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Far and Away (1992) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).
140. Betty Thomas
Self | Howard Stern
Betty Thomas was born July 27, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri, graduating from Ohio University with a BA in fine arts. Initially sidetracked, Betty first taught school in Chicago but found herself restricted and needing more of an open forum for self-expression than a classroom. She found herself drawn...
141. Sam Mraovich
Actor | Ben & Arthur
Sam Mraovich was born in Stuebenville, Ohio. Favorite hobbies include oil painting, singing, being at the beach, and spending time with friends. Sam attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994, after graduating from State College Area High School in State College, ...
142. Frank Coraci
Director | The Wedding Singer
Frank Coraci is an American film Director, Writer and Actor best know for his work with Adam Sandler.
Coraci was born in Shirley, New York on Long Island. Coraci graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1988 with a bachelor's degree in Film. He has directed a number of ...
143. Steve Rash
Director | Can't Buy Me Love
At age 8 in Dallas, Steve Rash began making movies with his father's 8mm Kodak. His interest in film blossomed in high school when he worked as a press photographer. He studied Music at Texas A&M and TV/Film at The University of Texas, before landing his first professional job as camera operator at...
144. Mike Mitchell
Actor | Monsters vs. Aliens
Mike Mitchell was born in Oklahoma City to parents, Robert Mitchell, and Julia Baker. He graduated from Putnam City North High School, having been deeply involved with their arts programs. He then left behind his hometown and moved to Los Angeles to attend the California Institute of the Arts. ...
145. Fred Olen Ray
Director | Hatfields and McCoys: Bad Blood
Fred Olen Ray spent most of his childhood in Florida, where he was always a fan of horror movies on TV. He collected autographs of many of the actors in those films where he met Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. His early career was filled with low-budget horror and science-fiction films, but the ...
146. Zack Snyder
Director | 300
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
147. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director | Romeo Must Die
Esteemed cinematographer known for his long, durable association with Sidney Lumet. Trained at the Polish Film School in his native Lódz. After he immigrated to the U.S.A. he began working in commercials filming hundreds of memorable spots for IBM, Xerox, American Express, Pepsi ,Coca Cola, ...
148. Greg Strause
Visual_effects | The Day After Tomorrow
Greg Strause grew up in the suburbs of Chicago. Greg and his brother Colin Strause began experimenting with visual effects in their early teens. In 1995, Greg moved to Los Angeles and started working on the special effects for The X-Files (1993). From there he moved on to big-budget hits such as ...
149. Rob Cohen
Director | DragonHeart
Rob Cohen is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. One of the 1970's "baby moguls", he built a thriving career as a producer, before concentrating full time on directing from the 1990's, with high adrenaline action blockbusters such as xXx (2002) and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (...
150. Willard Huyck
Writer | Howard the Duck
Willard Huyck was born on September 8, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Howard the Duck (1986), American Graffiti (1973) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). He was previously married to Gloria Katz.
151. Shawn Levy
Producer | Free Guy
Shawn Levy was born on July 23, 1968 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a producer and director, known for Stranger Things (2016), Real Steel (2011), and the Night at the Museum franchise. He is the founder and principal of 21 Laps Entertainment. He is married to Serena Levy and they have four ...
152. Colin Strause
Visual_effects | Skyline
Since moving to Hollywood as teens in the mid-90s, Colin and his brother, Greg have charted a meteoric rise from self-taught artists working on local cable commercials in the suburbs of Chicago, to renowned visual effects gurus. Their careers began on the original run of The X-Files television show...
153. Peter Segal
Director | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Peter Segal was born in 1962. He is a director and producer, known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Get Smart (2008) and Second Act (2018). He is married to Linda Segal. They have three children.
154. Jack Perez
Director | Some Guy Who Kills People
Jack Perez is known for Some Guy Who Kills People (2011), La Cucaracha (1998) and Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus (2009).
155. Peter Hewitt
Director | Thunderpants
Peter Hewitt was born on October 9, 1962 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Thunderpants (2002), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and The Candy Show (1989).
156. 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 ...
157. Mike Newell
Director | Four Weddings and a Funeral
Mike Newell was born on March 28, 1942 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Donnie Brasco (1997). He is married to Bernice Stegers. They have three children.
158. Silvia St. Croix
Writer | Corona Zombies
Silvia St. Croix is known for Corona Zombies (2020) and Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008).
159. Simon West
Director | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Simon West is a British born and Hollywood based film director and producer. His films include CON AIR starring Nicholas Cage, "THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER" starring John Travolta and "LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER" starring Angelina Jolie. West is the only live action director ever whose first three 3 films ...
160. Mark Waters
Producer | (500) Days of Summer
Mark Waters grew up in South Bend, Indiana, USA. His first film, The House of Yes, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. He is a director and producer, known for Mean Girls (2004), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and He's All That (2021). He has been married to Dina Spybey-Waters since November ...
161. Andy Fickman
Director | Race to Witch Mountain
Andy Fickman was born in Midland, Texas, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) and You Again (2010).
162. Justin Lin
Producer | Better Luck Tomorrow
Justin Lin is a Taiwanese-American film director whose films have grossed $2 billion worldwide. He is best known for his work on Better Luck Tomorrow, The Fast and the Furious 3-6 and Star Trek Beyond. He is also known for his work on television shows like Community and the second season of True ...
163. David Kellogg
Director | Inspector Gadget
David Kellogg was born in 1952. He is a director and producer, known for Inspector Gadget (1999), Cool as Ice (1991) and Playboy: Farmer's Daughters (1986). He is married to Denise Kellogg. They have three children.
164. Gérard Pirès
Director | Taxi
Gérard Pirès was born on August 31, 1942 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Taxi (1998), Erotissimo (1969) and Steal (2002).
165. John Whitesell
Director | The Guiding Light
John Whitesell was born on December 2, 1953 in Iowa Falls, Iowa, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Guiding Light (1952), Holidate (2020) and Deck the Halls (2006). He has been married to Jolie Barnett since July 1999. They have two children. He was previously married to Emily Whitesell.
166. Jared Cohn
Director | Street Survivors: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
Jared Cohn is a film and television director, writer and producer based in Los Angeles, California. Born and raised in New York, Jared received a bachelor in fine arts from the from New York Institute of Technology... then went west. Jared enjoys music, painting, photography, cinematography and ...
167. Seth MacFarlane
Writer | Family Guy
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He ...
168. Vincent Gallo
Actor | Buffalo '66
Vincent Gallo. American-born, Buffalo, New York, 1961. Left home, moved to New York City in 1978, and began playing in the experimental musical group, Gray, with artist Jean Michel Basquiat. After leaving Gray, he formed the band, Bohack, and recorded the highly regarded avant-garde industrial ...
169. Baz Luhrmann
Writer | Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian writer, director and producer with projects spanning film, television, opera, theater, music and recording industries. He is regarded by many as a contemporary example of an auteur for his distinctly recognizable style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, ...
170. Lee Tamahori
Director | Once Were Warriors
Beginning as a commercial artist and photographer, he joined the New Zealand film industry in the late 1970s as a boom operator. He became an assistant director a decade later. Making international award-winning commercials for 10 years, he has also directed several TV series. His first feature ...
171. Lawrence Guterman
Director | Son of the Mask
Hired after Steven Spielberg saw his USC Thesis Film "Headless!" (which won Grand Jury Prize for best short at the Houston Int'l Film Festival) to direct Dreamworks Interactive's "Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland", Guterman was then hired to direct sequences on "Antz", the company's first C.G.I. ...
172. Steven R. Monroe
Director | I Spit on Your Grave
Steven R. Monroe was born in Queens, New York and is a true child of film. His entire immediate family was, or is, part of the entertainment industry. Monroe started very early in life making movies with his Super 8 camera when he was 8 years old and receiving his first paycheck in at the age of 12...
173. Patrick Lussier
Editor | Drive Angry
Patrick Lussier is known for Drive Angry (2011), My Bloody Valentine (2009) and Terminator Genisys (2015).
174. Rupert Sanders
Director | Snow White and the Huntsman
Rupert Sanders is a British filmmaker from Westminster, London who is known for directing Snow White and the Huntsman and the live-action film based on Ghost in the Shell. He also directed The Life, an advertising campaign for Halo 3: ODST and the pilot of the Apple TV science fiction show ...
175. James Wong
Producer | The X Files
James Wong is known for The X-Files (1993), The One (2001) and Space: Above and Beyond (1995). He is married to Teena Wong. They have three children.
176. Keenen Ivory Wayans
Writer | White Chicks
The trail-blazing linchpin of a sprawling family dynasty of comic entertainers, it was multi-talented writer/director/producer Keenen Ivory Wayans (born June 8, 1958, in New York City) who led the familial pack and was the first to achieve national prominence when he successfully created, launched,...
177. Jonathan Liebesman
Director | Battle: Los Angeles
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 ...
178. Lisa Cholodenko
Director | The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art...
179. Pete Travis
Writer | The Gunman
Pete Travis is known for The Gunman (2015), Vantage Point (2008) and Dredd (2012).
180. Tarsem Singh
Director | The Fall
Indian director Tarsem Singh is the son of an aircraft engineer. He was educated at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Shimla and relocated to the USA to study business at Harvard and, significantly, film studies at the Art Center College of Design in California. Upon graduating he embarked on a career ...
181. Craig Mazin
Writer | Chernobyl
Craig Mazin was born on April 8, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Chernobyl (2019), The Last of Us (2023) and Mythic Quest (2020).
182. Leigh Scott
Writer | Transmorphers
With more than two dozen feature films under his belt, Leigh Scott has been working as a professional writer, director, producer, editor, and cinematographer in the film industry for nearly twenty years.
He attended USC's prestigious School of Cinema-Television. While in school he obtained an ...
183. Oren Peli
Producer | Paranormal Activity
Oren Peli is known for Paranormal Activity (2007), The River (2012) and Chernobyl Diaries (2012).
184. Bill Corcoran
Director | Cold Squad
Bill Corcoran is known for Cold Squad (1998), A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story (1996) and First Wave (1998).
185. Dusan Makavejev
Director | W.R. - Misterije organizma
Dusan Makavejev is the premier figure in Yugoslavian film history; his films are deeply rooted in his nation's painful postwar experiences and draw on important Yugoslavian cinematic and cultural models. Makavejev's work has violated many political and sexual taboos and invited censorship in dozens...
186. Demian Lichtenstein
Producer | 3000 Miles to Graceland
Demian has amassed a vast body of work in the music video industry since receiving his BFA from New York University in 1988, leading to his current status as a major up-and-comer in Feature Film Direction. Some past projects include directing Music Videos for Sting & Eric Clapton, Grandmaster Caz, ...
187. Malcolm D. Lee
Director | Girls Trip
Malcolm D. Lee was born on January 11, 1970 in the USA. He is a writer and director, known for Girls Trip (2017), The Best Man (1999) and The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022). He has been married to Camilla Banks since 2000. They have three children.
188. Larry Clark
Director | Bully
Was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (1943). Son of Frances Clark (baby photographer) and Lewis Clark. Graduated from Central High school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Attended Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Studied under Walter Sheffer and Gerard Bakker. Film debut was the movie Kids (1995). He was ...
189. Rob Marshall
Director | Mary Poppins Returns
Rob Marshall was born on October 17, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Mary Poppins Returns (2018), Chicago (2002) and Into the Woods (2014).
190. Jay Roach
Director | Trumbo
Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Trumbo (2015), Bombshell (2019) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children.
191. Louis Leterrier
Director | The Incredible Hulk
Louis Leterrier is a French film director and producer. He notably directed the first two Transporter films, Unleashed, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans, Now You See Me, Tower of Strength and The Brothers Grimsby. He also directed episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix ...
192. Michael Moore
Director | Bowling for Columbine
Michael Francis Moore was born in Flint, Michigan on April 23, 1954, and was raised in its Davison suburb. He is the son of Helen Veronica (Wall), a secretary, and Francis Richard Moore, who worked on an auto assembly line. He has Irish, as well as English and Scottish, ancestry.
Moore studied ...
193. Paul Feig
Producer | Freaks and Geeks
Paul Feig is an American film director and writer who is known for creating Freaks and Geeks and directing Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy and A Simple Favor. He is known for directing films starring frequent collaborator Melissa McCarthy. He also directed the highly controversial 2016 reboot of ...
194. Justin Zackham
Writer | The Bucket List
Justin Zackham is known for The Bucket List (2007), Second Act (2018) and One Chance (2013).
195. Jeremiah S. Chechik
Director | Benny & Joon
Jeremiah S. Chechik was born in 1955 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for Benny & Joon (1993), Christmas Vacation (1989) and Gossip Girl (2007).
196. Robert Luketic
Director | The Ugly Truth
Robert Luketic was born on November 1, 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for The Ugly Truth (2009), Killers (2010) and 21 (2008).
197. Mark Steven Johnson
Director | Finding Steve McQueen
Mark Steven Johnson is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for writing and directing the hit Marvel films "Daredevil" and "Ghost Rider" as well as writing "Grumpy Old Men" and its successful sequel "Grumpier Old Men." Johnson recently wrote, directed and produced "Love...
198. Declan Lowney
Director | Ted Lasso
Two words define Irish Director Declan Lowney's recent career - TED and LASSO. Declan has Directed 8 episodes of the global smash hit TED LASSO, and was a Supervising Producer for all 12 episodes of Season 2. Much like the players in Coach Lasso's charge, Declan found his involvement with the show ...
199. 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, "...
200. Jon Favreau
Producer | Chef
Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.
The amiable, husky-framed actor with the ...
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