Favorite Directors, Cinematographers & Writers (contemporary)

101. Béla Tarr

Béla Tarr was born on July 21, 1955 in Pécs, Hungary. He is a producer and director, known for Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), The Turin Horse (2011) and Satantango (1994). He is married to Ágnes Hranitzky.

Almanac of Fall (1984) Damnation (1988) Satantango (1994) Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) The Turin Horse (2011)

102. Eric Roth

Writer | Dune

Mr. Roth won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump & has been nominated for his screenplays of The Insider, Munich, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, A Star is Born, & Dune. He wrote Mr. Kurosawa's Rhapsody in August, The Horse Whisperer, Ali, & Best Picture Nominee, Extremely ...

Forrest Gump (1994) The Insider (1999) Munich (2005) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

103. David Mackenzie

Director | Starred Up

David Mackenzie was born on May 10, 1966 in Corbridge, Northumberland, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Starred Up (2013), Perfect Sense (2011) and Hell or High Water (2016).

Young Adam (2003) Perfect Sense (2011) Starred Up (2013) Hell or High Water (2016)

104. Terrence Malick

Writer | Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.

A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...

Badlands (1973) Days of Heaven (1978) The Thin Red Line (1998) The Tree of Life (2011)

105. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

Se7en (1995) Fight Club (1999) Zodiac (2007) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Social Network (2010) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) House of Cards TV Gone Girl (2014)

106. Andreas Dresen

Director | Halt auf freier Strecke

Andreas Dresen was born on August 16, 1963 in Gera, German Democratic Republic. He is a director and writer, known for Stopped on Track (2011), Cloud 9 (2008) and Grill Point (2002).

Night Shapes (1999) Grill Point (2002) Stopped on Track (2011)

107. Bennett Miller

Director | Foxcatcher

Bennett Miller is an American film director, best known for Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), and Foxcatcher (2014). He began his film career directing the 1998 documentary The Cruise.

In 2006 Miller directed the Bob Dylan music video "When the Deal Goes Down" starring Scarlett Johansson.

Miller has ...

Capote (2005) Moneyball (2011) Foxcatcher (2014)

108. Jaume Balagueró

Director | [Rec]

Jaume Balagueró was born on November 2, 1968 in Lleida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for REC (2007), Sleep Tight (2011) and The Nameless (1999).

Fragile (2005) [Rec] (2007)

109. Lynne Ramsay

Director | You Were Never Really Here

Lynne Ramsay was born on December 5, 1969 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. She is a director and writer, known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and Ratcatcher (1999). She was previously married to Rory Stewart Kinnear.

Ratcatcher (1999) Morvern Callar (2002) We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

110. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

Exec. prod. Far from Heaven (2002) Insomnia (2002) Syriana (2005) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Michael Clayton (2007)

Dir Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) The Ides of March (2011)

111. Terence Winter

Producer | The Sopranos

Terence Winter was born on October 2, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Sopranos (1999), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and Boardwalk Empire (2010). He is married to Rachel Winter. They have two children.

The Sopranos TV (co-prod) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Boardwalk Empire TV

112. 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 ...

Exec Citizenfour, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Michael Clayton, A Scanner Darkly, Keane, Syriana, Far from Heaven, Good Night, and Good Luck, Insomnia

Dir Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) King of the Hill (1993) The Limey (1999) Traffic (2000) Erin Brockovich (2000) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Che (2008) Side Effects (2013) The Knick TV Logan Lucky (2017)

113. 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 ...

...and justice for all. (1979) Diner (1982) The Natural (1984) Rain Man (1988) Sleepers (1996) Wag the Dog (1997)

114. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Snatch. (2000) RocknRolla (2008) The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

115. 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, ...

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Sense and Sensibility (1995) The Ice Storm (1997) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Life of Pi (2012)

116. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

Carrie (1976) Dressed to Kill (1980) Blow Out (1981) Scarface (1983) Body Double (1984) The Untouchables (1987) Carlito's Way (1993) Mission: Impossible (1996)

117. Bryan Singer

Director | X-Men

Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....

X-Men The Usual Suspects (1995) House M.D TV Valkyrie (2008)

118. 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 (1965) The Firemen's Ball (1967) Taking Off (1971) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Amadeus (1984) The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) Man on the Moon (1999)

119. 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 ...

The Godfather (1972-1974-1990) The Conversation (1974) Apocalypse Now (1979) Rumble Fish (1983) Dracula (1992)

prod. Kinsey, Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, The Secret Garden, Koyaanisqatsi, The Black Stallion, American Graffiti, Paper Moon

120. 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 ...

Mean Streets (1973) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Taxi Driver (1976) The Last Waltz [doc] (1978) Raging Bull (1980) The King of Comedy (1983) After Hours (1985) The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) Goodfellas (1990) Cape Fear (1991) The Age of Innocence (1993) Casino (1995) Gangs of New York (2002) The Aviator (2004) The Departed (2006) Shutter Island (2010) Hugo (2011) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Silence (2016)

121. 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 (1975) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Poltergeist (1982) The Color Purple (1985) The Goonies (1985) Empire of the Sun (1987) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Schindler's List (1993) Jurassic Park (1993) Amistad (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Minority Report (2002) The Terminal (2004) Munich (2005) Lincoln (2012) Bridge of Spies (2015)

122. Peter Jackson

Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...

Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) King Kong (2005) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

123. 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...

Reservoir Dogs (1992) Pulp Fiction (1994) Jackie Brown (1997) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Django Unchained (2012) The Hateful Eight (2015)

124. Lee Chang-dong

Writer | Beoning

Lee Chang-Dong was born in 1954 in Daegu, which some consider the most right-wing city in South Korea. Lee is a former high-school teacher and an acclaimed novelist. He turned to cinema when he was over 40 years old. His debut film "Green Fish" (1997) brought immediate success and critical acclaim....

Peppermint Candy (1999) Oasis (2002) Secret Sunshine (2007) Poetry (2010)

125. 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 ...

Sin Nombre (2009) Jane Eyre (2011) True Detective TV Beasts of No Nation (2015)

126. Luc Besson

Writer | Le Cinquième Élément

Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...

The Big Blue (1988) Léon: The Professional (1994) The Fifth Element (1997) Lucy (2014)

127. Paddy Considine

Actor | Dead Man's Shoes

Paddy (Patrick) Considine was born on September 5, 1973 in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire in the U.K. As a teenager, Considine studied a drama course at Burton College where he met with now friend and director Shane Meadows, who cast Considine in his first role in a feature film as the disturbed ...

Tyrannosaur (2011)

128. 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 ...

Platoon (1986) Salvador (1986) Wall Street (1987) Talk Radio (1988) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) JFK (1991) The Doors (1991) Natural Born Killers (1994) Nixon (1995)

129. 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 ...

The Duellists (1977) Alien (1979) Blade Runner (1982) Thelma & Louise (1991) Gladiator (2000) Black Hawk Down (2001) Hannibal (2001) A Good Year (2006) American Gangster (2007) Body of Lies (2008) The Martian (2015)

130. Rémi Bezançon

Writer | Le premier jour du reste de ta vie

Rémi Bezançon was born on March 25, 1971 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008), The Mystery of Henri Pick (2019) and Zarafa (2012).

The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)

131. Alejandro Hidalgo

Producer | La casa del fin de los tiempos

Alejandro Hidalgo is a film director, screenwriter and producer known for "La Casa del Fin de los Tiempos" (2013) a.k.a "The House at the End of Time", the first Venezuelan horror film. The movie, acclaimed for its plot and twist, became the highest-grossing horror film in the history of Venezuela ...

The House at the End of Time (2013)

132. Emmanuel Lubezki

Cinematographer | Children of Men

Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.

Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker ...

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) A Little Princess (1995) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Children of Men (2006) The Tree of Life (2011) Gravity (2013) Birdman (2014) The Revenant (2015)

133. Roger Deakins

Cinematographer | Blade Runner 2049

Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.

He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.

Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (...

Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Sid and Nancy (1986) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Dead Man Walking (1995) Fargo (1996) Kundun (1997) The Hurricane (1999) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) A Beautiful Mind (2001) House of Sand and Fog (2003) No Country for Old Men (2007) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) A Serious Man (2009) True Grit (2010) Skyfall (2012) Prisoners (2013) Sicario (2015) Hail, Caesar! (2016) Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

134. Matthew Libatique

Cinematographer | Black Swan

Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on the films Pi (1998), Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Fountain (2006), Black Swan (2010), Noah (2014) and Mother! (2017). He also shot Bradley Cooper's directorial debut film, A Star Is ...

Pi (1998) Requiem for a Dream (2000) Inside Man (2006) The Fountain (2006) Black Swan (2010)

135. Robert Richardson

Cinematographer | Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him ...

Platoon (1986) Salvador (1986) Wall Street (1987) Talk Radio (1988) Born on the Fourth of July (1989) JFK (1991) The Doors (1991) Natural Born Killers (1994) Casino (1995) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) The Aviator (2004) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Shutter Island (2010) Hugo (2011) Django Unchained (2012) The Hateful Eight (2015)

136. Robert Elswit

Cinematographer | There Will Be Blood

Robert Elswit is an American cinematographer. He is best known for Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Good Night, and Good Luck (2005), There Will Be Blood (2007), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Inherent Vice (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014).

Elswit frequently works with director ...

Hard Eight (1996) Boogie Nights (1997) Magnolia (1999) Punch-Drunk Love (2002) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Syriana (2005) Michael Clayton (2007) There Will Be Blood (2007) Nightcrawler (2014) Inherent Vice (2014)

137. Janusz Kaminski

Cinematographer | War Horse

Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

His ...

Schindler's List (1993) Amistad (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Minority Report (2002) The Terminal (2004) Munich (2005) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Lincoln (2012) Bridge of Spies (2015)

138. Rodrigo Prieto

Cinematographer | Brokeback Mountain

Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016).

He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010).

...

Amores Perros (2000) Frida (2002) 25th Hour (2002) 21 Grams (2003) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Babel (2006) Broken Embraces (2009) Biutiful (2010) Argo (2012) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Silence (2016)

139. Christopher Doyle

Cinematographer | Paranoid Park

Christopher Doyle was born on May 2, 1952 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Paranoid Park (2007), Hero (2002) and 2046 (2004).

Days of Being Wild (1990) Chungking Express (1994) Fallen Angels (1995) In the Mood for Love (2000) Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) Hero (2002) The Quiet American (2002) 2046 (2004) Ondine (2009) Poesía sin fin (2016)

140. Darius Khondji

Cinematographer | Amour

Darius Khondji was born on October 21, 1955 in Tehran, Iran. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Amour (2012), Se7en (1995) and Delicatessen (1991). He is married to Marianne Khondji. They have three children.

Delicatessen (1991) The City of Lost Children (1995) Se7en (1995) The Ninth Gate (1999) The Beach (2000) Midnight in Paris (2011) Amour (2012) The Immigrant (2013) The Lost City of Z (2016)

141. Robert D. Yeoman

Cinematographer | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Robert D. Yeoman was born on March 10, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Asteroid City (2023) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).

Rushmore (1998) The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) The Squid and the Whale (2005) Moonrise Kingdom (2012) The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Love & Mercy (2014)

142. Anthony Dod Mantle

Cinematographer | Slumdog Millionaire

Anthony Dod Mantle was born on April 14, 1955 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer, known for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Antichrist (2009) and The Last King of Scotland (2006).

The Celebration (1998 28 Days Later... (2002) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Antichrist (2009) 127 Hours (2010) Snowden (2016) T2 Trainspotting (2017)

143. Jeff Cronenweth

Cinematographer | Gone Girl

Jeff Cronenweth was born on January 14, 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Gone Girl (2014), The Social Network (2010) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).

Fight Club (1999) The Social Network (2010) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) Gone Girl (2014)

144. Wally Pfister

Cinematographer | Inception

Wally Pfister is an American cinematographer and film director, who is best known for his work with Christopher Nolan. He is also known for his work on director F. Gary Gray's The Italian Job (2003) and Bennett Miller's Moneyball (2011).

He made his directorial debut with the film Transcendence (...

Memento (2000) Insomnia (2002) Batman Begins (2005) The Prestige (2006) The Dark Knight (2008) Inception (2010) Moneyball (2011) The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

145. 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 ...

Mississippi Damned (2009) Selma (2014) A Most Violent Year (2014) Arrival (2016)

146. John S. Bartley

Cinematographer | The X Files

John S. Bartley is known for The X-Files (1993), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004).

The X-Files TV Lost TV Bates Motel TV

147. Hoyte Van Hoytema

Cinematographer | Tenet

Hoyte Van Hoytema was born in Horgen, Switzerland. Van Hoytema is a Dutch-Swedish director of photography known for his work on The Fighter (2010), Her (2013), Interstellar (2014), and Dunkirk (2017). Van Hoytema always wanted to be a filmmaker, therefore he wished to attend a film school in The ...

Let the Right One In (2008) The Fighter (2010) Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) Her (2013) Interstellar (2014)

148. Natasha Braier

Cinematographer | The Neon Demon

Cinematographer Natasha Braier was born December 11th, 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where both her parents practiced psychiatry and where she did her first studies including, as a child, dancing.Her family moved to Europe when she was 18, and where she lived in both Spain and England.She ...

The Milk of Sorrow (2009) The Rover (2014) The Neon Demon (2016)

149. Nicolas Bolduc

Cinematographer | Enemy

Nicolas Bolduc was born on March 5, 1973 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Enemy (2013), Outlander (2008) and War Witch (2012).

War Witch (2012) Enemy (2013)

150. Dick Pope

Cinematographer | The Illusionist

Dick Pope was born in August 1947 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Illusionist (2006), Mr. Turner (2014) and Vera Drake (2004).

Life Is Sweet (1990) All or Nothing (2002) Naked (1993) Secrets & Lies (1996) Career Girls (1997) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Vera Drake (2004) The Illusionist (2006) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Another Year (2010) Mr. Turner (2014)

151. Robbie Ryan

Cinematographer | Poor Things

Robbie Ryan is an Irish cinematographer. He is best known for his work in Fish Tank (2009), Slow West (2015), American Honey (2016) and The Favourite (2018) for which he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Achievement in Cinematography.

Ryan has already work in more than 90 projects as an ...

Red Road (2006) Fish Tank (2009) Wuthering Heights (2011) Ginger & Rosa (2012) Philomena (2013) Slow West (2015) I, Daniel Blake (2016) American Honey (2016)

152. Sean Bobbitt

Cinematographer | 12 Years a Slave

Sean Bobbitt was born on November 29, 1958 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011).

Shame (2011) 12 Years a Slave (2013)

153. Frederick Elmes

Cinematographer | The Dead Don't Die

Frederick Elmes was born on November 4, 1946 in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA. He is a cinematographer, known for The Dead Don't Die (2019), The Night Of (2016) and Paterson (2016).

Eraserhead (1977) Blue Velvet (1986) Wild at Heart (1990) Night on Earth (1991) The Ice Storm (1997) Kinsey (2004) Broken Flowers (2005) Olive Kitteridge TV The Night Of TV Paterson (2016)

154. Chung-hoon Chung

Cinematographer | Ah-ga-ssi

Chung-hoon Chung was born on June 15, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Last Night in Soho (2021).

Oldboy (2003) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) Thirst (2009) Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) The Handmaiden (2016)

155. Guillermo Navarro

Cinematographer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo Navarro was born in 1955 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Cronos (1992) and I Am Number Four (2011).

Cronos (1993) Desperado (1995) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) The Devil's Backbone (2001) Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

156. Adam Arkapaw

Cinematographer | Macbeth

Adam Arkapaw is known for his work on films such as Macbeth (2015 - ASC spotlight award) Animal Kingdom (2010 - Camerimage Cinematographer Debuts Competition winner) The Snowtown Murders (2011) Light Between the Oceans (2016) Lore (2011) and Assassin's Creed (2016). He is also the Emmy ...

Animal Kingdom (2010) The Snowtown Murders (2011) Lore (2012) Top of the Lake TV True Detective S01 TV Macbeth (2015) The Light Between Oceans (2016)

157. Alik Sakharov

Director | Ozark

Alik Sakharov was born on May 17, 1959 in Tashkent, USSR. He is a director and producer, known for Ozark (2017), House of Cards (2013) and Game of Thrones (2011).

The Sopranos TV Game of Thrones TV

158. Claudio Miranda

Cinematographer | Life of Pi

Claudio Miranda was born in March 1965 in Valparaíso, Chile. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Life of Pi (2012), Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). He has been married to Kelli Bean since February 2009.

Life of Pi (2012)

159. Charlotte Bruus Christensen

Cinematographer | Black Narcissus

Charlotte Bruus Christensen is a Danish cinematographer. She is best known for her work in The Hunt (2012), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Fences (2016), and The Girl on the Train (2016).

She earned a degree in cinematography from the National Film and Television School in 2004. After film ...

Submarino (2010) The Hunt (2012) Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) Fences (2016)

160. Jarin Blaschke

Cinematographer | The Northman

Jarin Blaschke was born on September 28, 1978 in Westminster, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Northman (2022), The Lighthouse (2019) and The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015).

The Witch (2015)

161. Goran Paskaljevic

Director | San zimske noci

Goran Paskaljevic is one of Europe's most respected independent directors. He was born in 1947 in Belgrade (Serbia) and he studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU). He has made 30 documentaries and 17 feature films (Cabaret Balkan, Special Treatment, Someone Else's America, How ...

Poseban tretman (1980) The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984) Time of Miracles (1989) Someone Else's America (1995) Cabaret Balkan (1998) Midwinter Night's Dream (2004) When Day Breaks (2012) Land of the Gods (2016)

162. Alex Catalán

Cinematographer | La isla mínima

Alex Catalán is known for Marshland (2014), Room in Rome (2010) and Unit 7 (2012).

Tambien la lluvia (2010) La Isla Minima (2014) a.k.a Marshland A Perfect Day (2015) El hombre de las mil caras (2016)

163. Alain Marcoen

Cinematographer | Le gamin au vélo

Alain Marcoen is known for The Kid with a Bike (2011), The Child (2005) and L'âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne (2013).

La Promesse (1996) Rosetta (1999) The Son (2002) L'enfant (2005) The Silence of Lorna (2008) The Kid with a Bike (2011) Rust and Bone (2012) Deux jours, une nuit (2014)

164. Oleg Mutu

Cinematographer | 4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile

Oleg Mutu was born on July 22, 1972 in Kishinyov, Moldavian SSR, USSR [now Chisinau, Moldova]. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Miracle (2021) and In Bloom (2013).

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005) 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) My Joy (2010) Innocent Saturday (2011) Beyond the Hills (2012) a.k.a Dupa dealuri In the Fog (2012)

165. Gökhan Tiryaki

Cinematographer | Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da

Gökhan Tiryaki was born in Istanbul, Turkey, 1972. He worked for national TV station (TRT) and joined the production of several TV films and documentaries as a cameraman between 1991 and 1996. Since 1996, he has been working as a cinematographer.

Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia...

Climates (2006) Three Monkeys (2008) Vavien (2009) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) Night of Silence (2012) A Small September Affair (2014) Winter Sleep (2014) Ivy (2015)

166. Mikhail Krichman

Cinematographer | Vozvrashchenie

Mikhail Krichman was born on June 17, 1967 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for The Return (2003), Loveless (2017) and Leviathan (2014).

The Return (2003) The Banishment (2007) Silent Souls (2010) Elena (2011) Leviathan (2014)

167. Fredrik Wenzel

Cinematographer | Turist

Fredrik Wenzel was born on September 1, 1979 in Fässberg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He is a cinematographer and editor, known for Force Majeure (2014), The Square (2017) and The Quiet Roar (2014).

Force Majeure (2014)

168. Eric Gautier

Cinematographer | Into the Wild

Eric Gautier was born on April 2, 1961 in Paris, France. He is a cinematographer, known for Into the Wild (2007), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Jiang hu er nü (2018).

Les destinées (2000) Son frère (2003) The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) Kings & Queen (2004) Into the Wild (2007) Summer Hours (2008) A Christmas Tale (2008) Something in the Air (2012)

169. Hyun Seok Kim

Cinematographer | Di jiu tianchang

Hyun Seok Kim is known for So Long, My Son (2019), Poetry (2010) and Above the Dust (2024).

A Brand New Life (2009) Poetry (2010) A Girl at My Door (2014)

170. Adriano Goldman

Cinematographer | Sin nombre

Adriano Goldman is known for Sin Nombre (2009), The Crown (2016) and Xingu (2011).

City of Men (2007) Sin Nombre (2009) Jane Eyre (2011) Trash (2014)

171. Stéphane Fontaine

Cinematographer | Un prophète

Stéphane Fontaine is known for A Prophet (2009), Captain Fantastic (2016) and Jackie (2016).

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) A Prophet (2009) Goodbye First Love (2011) Rust and Bone (2012) Captain Fantastic (2016) Elle (2016)

172. Michael McDonough

Cinematographer | Winter's Bone

Michael McDonough was born in 1967 in Paisley, Scotland, UK. Michael is a cinematographer and director, known for Winter's Bone (2010), Starred Up (2013) and Albert Nobbs (2011).

Winter's Bone (2010) Higher Ground (2011) Starred Up (2013)

173. Oscar Faura

Cinematographer | El orfanato

Oscar Faura is known for The Orphanage (2007), A Monster Calls (2016) and The Impossible (2012).

Los ojos de Julia (2010) The Impossible (2012) The Imitation Game (2014) A Monster Calls (2016)

174. Nanni Moretti

Producer | La stanza del figlio

Nanni Moretti was born on the 19th of August, 1953. He lives in Rome, where since he was a kid he devotes himself to his two passions: cinema and water-polo. In 1970 he also played in water-polo first division in Italy, and in the junior National team. In those years he was also very committed in ...

Caro diario (1993) The Son's Room (2001) Habemus Papam (2011) Mia madre (2015)

175. Tolga Karaçelik

Director | Sarmasik

Tolga Karacelik is one of the promising new generation Turkish directors who is known for his own unique style.

After receiving law degree in Turkey he studied film in New York City. He had been writing short stories and poetry.

I addition to writing and directing five short films that have been ...

Toll Booth (2010) Ivy (2015)

176. Sebastian Schipper

Director | Victoria

Sebastian Schipper was born on May 8, 1968 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Victoria (2015), Roads (2019) and The English Patient (1996).

Gigantics (1999) Victoria (2015)

177. Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Director | Mustang

In 2011 Ergüven was invited to attend the Cannes Film Festivals Atelier to help develop her project, The Kings. While there she met fellow director Alice Winocour who was there to develop her first feature film Augustine. After Ergüven was unable to find financing for her film Winocour suggested ...

Mustang (2015)

178. 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...

Blue Valentine (2010) The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) The Light Between Oceans (2016)

179. Kim Nguyen

Director | Rebelle

Kim Nguyen was born in 1974 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for War Witch (2012).

War Witch (2012)

180. Cate Shortland

Director | Lore

Catherine Shortland is an Australian filmmaker from Temora, New South Wales who is known for directing the Marvel film Black Widow. She also directed the feature length films Somersault, Lore and Berlin Syndrome. She directed the short films Pentuphouse, Flowergirl and Joy. She is married to Tony ...

Somersault (2004) Lore (2012) Berlin Syndrome (2017)

181. Justin Kurzel

Director | Snowtown

Known for his bold career growth, Australian director Justin Kurzel, who, after the striking debut feature The Snowtown Murders (2011), which conquered hearts of people on many festivals, has chosen a Shakespearean adaptation (Macbeth (2015)) starring famous international film actors Michael ...

The Snowtown Murders (2011) Macbeth (2015)

182. Benh Zeitlin

Director | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Born in New York City and raised in Sunnyside, Queens and then Westchester County, Benh Zeitlin began his career as a film-maker at the tender age of 6 years when he and a friend made a Batman movie. He continued making films as a child before attending Wesleyan University, where he majored in film...

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

183. Alex Ross Perry

Director | Golden Exits

Alex Ross Perry is known for Golden Exits (2017), Her Smell (2018) and Impolex (2009).

Listen Up Philip (2014) Queen of Earth (2015) Golden Exits (2017)

184. Armando Bo

Writer | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Armando Bo is known for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), The Last Elvis (2012) and Biutiful (2010).

Biutiful (2010) Birdman (2014)

185. Dalibor Matanic

Director | Zvizdan

Dalibor Matanic is an acclaimed Croatian screenwriter and film director. His most well-known film is the 2002 feature Fine mrtve djevojke (2002) which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Sochi film festival. His 2015 film The High Sun (2015) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...

Fine Dead Girls (2002) The High Sun (2015)

186. 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 ...

Cocoon (1985) Apollo 13 (1995) Parenthood (1989) A Beautiful Mind (2001) Cinderella Man (2005) The Da Vinci Code (2006) Frost/Nixon (2008)

187. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Castle in the Sky (1986) My Neighbor Totoro (1988) Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) Princess Mononoke (1997) Spirited Away (2001) Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Ponyo (2008) The Wind Rises (2013)

188. 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 (1989) Boyz n the Hood (1991) Malcolm X (1992) 4 Little Girls (1997) 25th Hour (2002) Inside Man (2006) Chi-Raq (2015)

189. Terry Gilliam

Writer | Brazil

Terry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In ...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1974) Brazil (1985) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) The Fisher King (1991) Twelve Monkeys (1995) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) The Brothers Grimm (2005)

190. Paul Greengrass

Director | United 93

Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.

After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...

Bloody Sunday (2002) The Bourne Supremacy (2004) United 93 (2006) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) Captain Phillips (2013)

191. James Ponsoldt

Director | The Spectacular Now

James Ponsoldt was born on September 5, 1978 in Athens, Georgia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Spectacular Now (2013), The Circle (2017) and The End of the Tour (2015). He has been married to Megan Holloway since September 25, 2010.

The Spectacular Now (2013) The End of the Tour (2015)

192. Sarah Polley

Actress | My Life Without Me

Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in her native Canada for her political activism. Blessed with an extremely expressive face that enables directors to minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts, Polley has become a favorite of critics for her ...

Away from Her (2006) Stories We Tell (2012)

193. John Michael McDonagh

Writer | The Guard

John Michael McDonagh was born in 1967 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for The Guard (2011), Calvary (2014) and The Forgiven (2021). He has been married to Elizabeth Eves since 2003.

The Guard (2011) Calvary (2014)

194. Charles Ferguson

Producer | Inside Job

Charles Ferguson was born on March 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Inside Job (2010), No End in Sight (2007) and Watergate (2018).

No End in Sight (2007) Inside Job (2010)

195. Patricio Guzmán

Director | Nostalgia de la luz

Patricio Guzmán was born on August 11, 1941 in Santiago, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975) and The Southern Cross (1991).

Chile, the Obstinate Memory (1997) The Pinochet Case (2001) Nostalgia for the Light (2010) The Pearl Button (2015)

196. Duncan Jones

Director | Moon

Duncan Jones was born on May 30, 1971 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Moon (2009), Source Code (2011) and Mute (2018). He has been married to Rodene Ronquillo since November 6, 2012. They have two children.

Moon (2009) Source Code (2011)

197. 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 ...

Fruitvale Station (2013) Creed (2015)

198. Sean Baker

Writer | Red Rocket

Sean Baker is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He is an award-winning writer/director/producer known for Take Out (2004), Prince of Broadway (2008), Starlet (2012), Tangerine (2015), and The Florida Project (2017). Sean's latest feature, Red Rocket, premiered at Cannes on July 14, 2021...

Starlet (2012) Tangerine (2015)

199. Tom McCarthy

Writer | The Station Agent

Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for direct and write The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.

McCarthy...

The Station Agent (2003) The Visitor (2007) Up (2009) Win Win (2011) Spotlight (2015)

200. László Nemes

Director | Saul fia

László Nemes was born on 18th Feb. 1977 in Budapest, Hungary. He moved to France at 12 with his mother. He grew up in Paris, where he studied History, International Relations and Political Science at the Institut d'Études Politiques, because he couldn't go to film school. After that he started ...

Son of Saul (2015)