People I want to work with

1. Bradford Young

Cinematographer | Arrival

Bradford Young is an American cinematographer. His feature films as director of photography include White Lies, Black Sheep (2007), Pariah (2011), Restless City (2011), Middle of Nowhere (2012), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), Mother of George (2013), and Arrival (2016).

In January 2017, Young ...

2. 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.

3. José Padilha

Producer | Tropa de Elite

He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the 2014 remake of RoboCop. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008. He is also the producer and director of the ...

4. Romain Gavras

Director | Athena

Romain Gavras was born on July 4, 1981 in Paris, France. He is a director and producer, known for Athena (2022), Our Day Will Come (2010) and Sacrifice.

5. Andrew Dosunmu

Director | Mother of George

Andrew Dosunmu is known for Mother of George (2013), Hot Irons (1999) and Restless City (2011).

6. Kahlil Joseph

Director | Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes

Kahlil Joseph is a Los Angeles-based American artist, writer, and filmmaker best known for his large-scale video installations. His work includes Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes (2013); The Reflektor Tapes (2015); Lemonade (2016); and BLKNWS (2019-ongoing), a post-media company and artwork that...

7. Andrea Arnold

Director | American Honey

Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).

8. Carla Hool

Casting_department | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Carla Hool is known for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), Narcos (2015) and Flamin' Hot (2023).

9. Rachid Bouchareb

Director | Indigènes

Rachid Bouchareb was born on September 1, 1959 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Days of Glory (2006), Little Senegal (2000) and Cheb (1991).

10. Ismaël Ferroukhi

Writer | Le grand voyage

Ismaël Ferroukhi was born on June 26, 1962 in Kenitra, Morocco. He is a writer and director, known for The Great Journey (2004), Free Men (2011) and L'exposé (1993).

11. 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 ...

12. Guillermo Arriaga

Writer | The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Guillermo Arriaga was born on March 13, 1958 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and producer, known for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), 21 Grams (2003) and Amores Perros (2000).

13. Diego Luna

Actor | Rogue One

Diego Luna Alexander was born on December 29, 1979 in Mexico City, Mexico, to Alejandro Luna and Fiona Alexander, who worked as a costume designer. His father is Mexican and his mother was British, of Scottish and English descent. His mother died in a car accident when Diego was only two. He soon ...

14. Sebastián Silva

Writer | Tyrel

Sebastián Silva was born on April 9, 1979 in Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a writer and director, known for Tyrel (2018), The Maid (2009) and Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013).

15. Karim Boukercha

Writer | Violence en réunion

Karim Boukercha is known for Group Violence (2015), Capital (2012) and The World Is Yours (2018).

16. Derek Cianfrance

Writer | Blue Valentine

Derek Cianfrance began making movies at age 13. He later attended The University of Colorado where he studied under avant-garde film legends Stan Brakhage and Phil Solomon. His first three films, 'Five O'clock Shadow', 'Raw Footage', and Brother Tied (1998), won consecutive Goldfarb Awards for best...

17. 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 ...

18. 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...

19. Alex Karpovsky

Actor | Folk Hero & Funny Guy

Alex Karpovsky was born on September 23, 1975 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Folk Hero & Funny Guy (2016), Girls (2012) and Rubberneck (2012).

20. Gael García Bernal

Actor | Mozart in the Jungle

Gael García Bernal was born in Guadalajara to Patricia Bernal, an actress/model & José Ángel García, an actor/director. His stepfather's cinematographer Sergio Yazbek. He began his acting career as a child, working w/ his parents in a variety of plays. At 14, he starred in a soap opera called El ...

21. Eyde Belasco

Casting_director | (500) Days of Summer

Eyde Belasco is a casting director and producer, known for 500 Days of Summer (2009), Transparent (2014) and Sorry to Bother You (2018).

22. Shaheen Baig

Casting_director | Lady Macbeth

Casting across film and television, nurturing new talent in front of and behind the camera, alongside established and acclaimed directors. Shaheen is a trustee for Open Door, a non-profit organisation that helps young people access drama schools and is Co-Founder of the Casting Assistant ...

23. Lena Dunham

Writer | Tiny Furniture

New Yorker Lena Dunham is the daughter of a painter, Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons, a designer and photographer. Dunham was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, graduating with a creative writing degree. It was while at Oberlin that she began writing shorts and feature films. In 2009, Dunham ...

24. 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 ...

25. Mark Duplass

Actor | Safety Not Guaranteed

Mark Duplass was born on December 7, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Creep (2014) and The One I Love (2014). He has been married to Katie Aselton since August 26, 2006. They have two children.

26. Jay Duplass

Actor | Industry

Jay Duplass, along with his brother, Mark Duplass, first made a name for himself writing and directing several award-winning short films. His first feature film was the Sundance 2005 breakout hit "The Puffy Chair," which went on to win the Audience Award at SXSW and receive two Independent Spirit ...

27. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Director | Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.

González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...

28. Richard Rousseau

Casting_director | De rouille et d'os

Richard Rousseau is known for Rust and Bone (2012), A Prophet (2009) and Read My Lips (2001).

29. 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 ...

30. Asghar Farhadi

Writer | Forooshande

Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...

31. Rebecca Zlotowski

Writer | Grand Central

Rebecca Zlotowski was born on April 21, 1980 in Paris, France. She is a writer and director, known for Grand Central (2013), Other People's Children (2022) and Planetarium (2016).

32. Malgorzata Szumowska

Director | W imie...

One of the most prominent Polish directors of today, Malgorzata Szumowska was born in Kraków in 1973. She's been directing, writing and producing feature and documentary films and has received numerous awards at international and Polish film festivals. After two noticed shorts, her first feature ...

33. Céline Sciamma

Writer | Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

Céline Sciamma was born on November 12, 1978 in Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France. She is a writer and director, known for Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Petite Maman (2021) and Tomboy (2011).

34. François Ozon

Director | Dans la maison

François Ozon was born on November 15, 1967 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for In the House (2012), 8 Women (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003).

35. Radu Mihaileanu

Writer | Train de vie

Radu Mihaileanu was born on April 23, 1958 in Bucharest, Romania. He is a writer and director, known for Train of Life (1998), The Concert (2009) and Live and Become (2005).

36. Christophe Honoré

Writer | Plaire, aimer et courir vite

Christophe Honoré was born on April 10, 1970 in Carhaix-Plouguer, Finistère, France. He is a writer and director, known for Sorry Angel (2018), Love Songs (2007) and The Beautiful Person (2008).

37. Abdellatif Kechiche

Writer | La vie d'Adèle

Abdellatif Kechiche was born on December 7, 1960 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is a writer and director, known for Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), Games of Love and Chance (2003) and Poetical Refugee (2000).

38. Cédric Klapisch

Director | L'auberge espagnole

Cédric Klapisch was born on September 4, 1961 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is a director and actor, known for The Spanish Apartment (2002), Rise (2022) and Family Resemblances (1996). He has been married to Lola Doillon since 2002. They have one child.

39. Jordan Vogt-Roberts

Director | The Kings of Summer

Jordan Vogt-Roberts was born on September 22, 1984 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Kings of Summer (2013), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and Successful Alcoholics (2010).

40. Sabrina Amara

Writer | Going to Brazil

Sabrina Amara is known for Going to Brazil (2016), Pas de rêve pas de baise (2016) and The Grad Job (2014).

41. Lynette Howell Taylor

Producer | Half Nelson

Liverpool born, Academy Award and Emmy nominated Producer Lynette Howell Taylor is the founder of 51 Entertainment.

Lynette produced Bradley Cooper's directorial debut A Star Is Born, which was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, in addition to receiving numerous nominations ...

42. Massy Tadjedin

Writer | Last Night

Massy Tadjedin was born in Tehran, Iran. Massy is a writer and director, known for Last Night (2010), The Jacket (2005) and The Adults.

43. Allan Cubitt

Writer | The Fall

Allan Cubitt is known for The Fall (2013), Prime Suspect 2 (1992) and Death and Nightingales (2018).