Good Director, Good Producer and Good Writer
by keshundavis-00315 | created - 26 Feb 2023 | updated - 1 day ago | PublicGood Movies
1. Robert Rodriguez
Producer | El mariachi
Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.
Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...
2. Robert Kurtzman
Make_up_department | From Dusk Till Dawn
For more than three decades Robert Kurtzman has been an icon in the world of special make-up, creature effects, and genre filmmaking. His award-winning, photo-realistic effects work can be seen in hundreds of movies including Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, franchises and television series-most ...
3. Don Mancini
Writer | Bride of Chucky
Don Mancini was born on January 25, 1963 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Bride of Chucky (1998), Seed of Chucky (2004) and Chucky (2021).
4. Craig Brewer
Director | Hustle & Flow
Father, Walter D. Brewer worked in a number of high-level corporate positions for Matson Navigation Company, culminating in the position of director of corporate development from 1990-1998, when he died. His work caused the family to move from Vallejo, California (where Craig attended elementary ...
5. 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 ...
6. Stephen King
Writer | Maximum Overdrive
Stephen Edwin King was born on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital in Portland. His parents were Nellie Ruth (Pillsbury), who worked as a caregiver at a mental institute, and Donald Edwin King, a merchant seaman. His father was born under the surname "Pollock," but used the last name ...
7. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
8. 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).
9. Joseph Kelly
Joseph Kelly is known for A Star Is Born (2018), Clown Motel: Spirits Arise (2019) and Bumblebee (2018).
10. Joe Lujan
Director | The Immortal Wars
Before his success in the Sci-Fi/Action genre, Joe Lujan focused mainly on Horror. In 2014 His film "Rust," began as a short film. With no budget he had his friends as his cast and shot the entire film in one day. Lujan screened the film at a number of film festivals and received overwhelming ...
11. Luiso Berdejo
Writer | [Rec]
Luiso Berdejo was born in 1975 in San Sebastián, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for REC (2007), Quarantine (2008) and The New Daughter (2009).
12. Paco Plaza
Director | [Rec]
Paco Plaza was born in 1973 in València, València, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for REC (2007), Veronica (2017) and [Rec]² (2009). He is married to Leticia Dolera.
13. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
14. Gary K. Wolf
Writer | Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Gary K. Wolf is known for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Loverbot and Killerbowl.
15. 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 ...
16. Dr. Seuss
Writer | How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Acclaimed writer, Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, March 2nd, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading ...
17. Wes Craven
Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...
18. Mark Victor
Writer | Poltergeist
Mark Victor is known for Poltergeist (2015), Poltergeist (1982) and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986).
19. Anthony Leonardi III
Art_department | Avengers: Endgame
Anthony Leonardi III is known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), A Cure for Wellness (2016) and The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015).
20. Jonathan W.C. Mills
Writer | Inside Passage
"Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances." This defines the writing of Jonathan W.C. Mills.
Jonathan was born in South Carolina and raised in the West: Alaska, Idaho and Washington states. Attending NYU's Tisch School of the Arts he moved to Los Angeles directly thereafter.
Mills worked ...
21. Eli Roth
Producer | Thanksgiving
Eli Raphael Roth was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Cora (Bialis), a painter, and Sheldon H. Roth, a psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, and clinical professor. His family is Jewish (from Austria, Hungary, Russia, and Poland). He began shooting Super 8 films at the age of eight; after watching Ridley ...
22. Joe Pytka
Director | Pepsi: Archaeology
Joe Pytka was born on November 4, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Pepsi: Archaeology (1985), Space Jam (1996) and Hallmark: Dance Cards (1991).
23. Leo Benvenuti
Writer | Kicking & Screaming
Leo Benvenuti is known for Kicking & Screaming (2005), The Santa Clause (1994) and Space Jam (1996).
24. Tim Johnson
Director | Over the Hedge
Tim Johnson is known for Over the Hedge (2006), Home (2015) and Antz (1998).
25. Len Blum
Writer | Meatballs
Len Blum was born on December 29, 1951 in Montreal, Québec, Canada. He is a writer, known for Meatballs (1979), The Pink Panther (2006) and Heavy Metal (1981). He has been married to Heather Munroe-Blum since 1970. They have one child.
26. Brian Yuzna
Producer | Beyond Re-Animator
Brian Yuzna was born on August 30, 1949 in Manila, Philippines. He is a writer and producer, known for Beyond Re-Animator (2003), The Dentist (1996) and Faust (2000). He is married to Cathy Yuzna. They have four children.
27. Stuart Gordon
Writer | Re-Animator
Stuart Gordon started his film directing career in 1985. After graduating from Lane Technical High School, Gordon worked as a commercial artist apprentice prior to enrolling at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Unable to get into the film classes, he enrolled in an acting class and ended up ...
28. 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, ...
29. Lynn Siefert
Writer | Cool Runnings
Lynn Siefert is known for Cool Runnings (1993), Cousin Bette (1998) and I'll Fly Away (1991).
30. Tommy Swerdlow
Actor | Howard the Duck
Tommy Swerdlow was born on August 15, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Child's Play (1988) and Real Genius (1985).
31. Tom Holland
Writer | Fright Night
Tom Holland is an American director and screenwriter of horror and thriller films. His early writing projects include Class of 1984 (1982) and the Robert Bloch- inspired Psycho II (1983), the latter starring Anthony Perkins as the menacing psychopath, Norman Bates.
Tom gained more notoriety, however...
32. John Lafia
Director | Man's Best Friend
John Lafia was born on April 2, 1957. He was a director and writer, known for Man's Best Friend (1993), Child's Play (1988) and Child's Play (2019). He was married to Beverly. He died on April 29, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
33. Jack Bender
Producer | Lost
Jack Bender was born on September 25, 1949 in the USA. He is a producer and director, known for Lost (2004), From (2022) and Alias (2001). He is married to Laura Owens. They have two children.
34. Jack Sholder
Director | The Hidden
Known for The Hidden, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, and Alone in the Dark, Jack Sholder was born in Philadelphia where he studied to become a classical trumpet player. While still in high school, he performed under such conductors as Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy. After a year studying chemical...
35. Steve Miner
Director | House
Steve Miner has had a very popular career in making films and remains one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and has worked with a variety of stars that includes Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, C. Thomas Howell, Tom Arnold, Amy Steel Rick Moranis, and Bill Pullman.
Before becoming a director, ...
36. Victor Miller
Writer | All My Children
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, raised in Lloyd Neck, Long Island, graduated from Yale University in 1962 (BA, English) and Tulane University in 1967, (MA, Theatre and Speech). He was co-founder of The American Shakespeare Theatre's Center for Theatre Techniques in Education, attended ...
37. 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...
38. Tony Tarantino
Producer | New Horizons
Tony Tarantino was born on July 4, 1940 in Queens, New York, to Elizabeth Jean and Dominic James Tarantino, who were of Italian/Sicilian descent. He was raised in Brooklyn. In 1952, the family, which included his sister Diane, moved to Los Angeles, California. Tony graduated from L.A.'s Washington ...
39. Roger Avary
Writer | Pulp Fiction
Award-winning filmmaker Roger Avary first began experimenting in Beta I video and 8mm film formats during the late 1970s. In 1983, his Super-8mm supernatural thriller The Worm Turns won Best Film from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association Film Expo. He went on to attend the Pasadena Art Center ...
40. Elmore Leonard
Writer | Out of Sight
Elmore Leonard was born on October 11, 1925 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Out of Sight (1998), Justified (2010) and Get Shorty (1995). He was married to Christine Kent, Joan Shepard and Beverly Claire Cline. He died on August 20, 2013 in Bloomfield Township...
41. Master P
Actor | Hollywood Homicide
Percy Miller also known as "Master P" was born on April 29, 1970 in New Orleans, LA. Although he was raised in the poverty of Calliope Housing Projects, he was motivated and determined to reach his goals and dreams, which led him to become a successful entrepreneur. As a student-athlete at the ...
42. Michael Martin
Director | Tha Eastsidaz
Michael Martin is known for Tha Eastsidaz (2000), I Got the Hook Up (1998) and Mia X Feat. Master P & Foxy Brown: The Party Dont Stop (1997).
44. Leroy Douglas
Writer | I Got the Hook Up
Leroy Douglas was born on September 7, 1937 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for I Got the Hook Up (1998). He was married to Carrie Mingo. He died on January 15, 2023 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA.
45. DJ Pooh
Writer | Friday
Mark (DJ Pooh) Jordan has produced records for LL Cool J, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, and many others. In the mid-1980's, DJ Pooh co-produced LL Cool J's "Bigger and Deffer" album with his producing partner DJ Bobcat. In 1992, Pooh founded the Bomb Record label, and in only two shot years ...
46. David E. Talbert
Writer | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Renown playwright, filmmaker, author, and influencer, David E. Talbert has contributed indelibly to the landscape of the performing and visual arts for nearly three decades. Characterized by a faith-inspired spirit, Talbert's work champions diverse creative advocacy, serving as an inspiration to ...
47. Raja Gosnell
Director | Big Momma's House
Raja Gosnell started his film career as an assistant editor in the late 1970s. His first credit as a film's main editor was the romantic comedy "The Lonely Guy" (1984), for director Arthur Hiller. During the 1980s, Gosnell served as editor in films directed by Tom Laughlin, David Worth, Bob Dahlin,...
48. William Hanna
Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials
William Hanna was an animator, film director, and television producer. He was the co-founder of the company Hanna-Barbera, with his longtime partner Joseph Barbera.
Hanna was born in an Irish-American family, son of William John Hanna (1873-1949) and his wife Avice Joyce Denby. He was born in ...
49. Buddy Johnson
Producer | Not Another Teen Movie
Buddy Johnson is known for Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Scary Movie (2000) and Scary Movie V (2013).
50. Ron Kurz
Writer | Friday the 13th Part 2
Ron Kurz was born on November 27, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982) and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). He died on May 7, 2020 in Hancock, New Hampshire, USA.
51. Hype Williams
Director | Belly
Hype Williams was born in July 1970 in Queens, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Belly (1998), Coldplay: Viva La Vida (2008) and Jay-Z Feat. Alicia Keys: Empire State of Mind (2009).
52. Malik Hassan Sayeed
Camera_department | Eyes Wide Shut
Malik Hassan Sayeed was born in 1969 in New York, USA. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Just Married (2003) and He Got Game (1998).
53. Jesse Dylan
Director | Kicking & Screaming
Jesse Dylan is the founder and CEO of Wondros, a global creative agency and production company that tells the stories of innovative organizations and individuals. His mission is to inspire passion, engage, and motivate people to take action in healthcare, cybersecurity, politics, and other areas ...
54. Paris Barclay
Producer | NYPD Blue
A preeminent force in television entertainment, Paris Barclay has directed nearly 200 episodes of television and was active as a Director/Producer for series including: Station 19, Pitch, Sons of Anarchy, In Treatment, Cold Case, City of Angels and NYPD Blue. He also has directed episodes of a wide...
55. Phil Beauman
Writer | Not Another Teen Movie
Phil Beauman is known for Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Scary Movie (2000) and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996).
56. Steve Carr
Director | Movie 43
Steve Carr is known for Movie 43 (2013), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and Daddy Day Care (2003).
57. F. Gary Gray
Director | Set It Off
Felix Gary Gray is an African-American music video director, film producer and film director from New York City known for directing films such as Friday, Men in Black: International, Be Cool, The Fate of the Furious, Set It Off, The Negotiator, Straight Outta Compton and The Italian Job. He ...
58. Kevin Bray
Director | Walking Tall
Kevin Bray is a director and producer known for his work on Succession, Insecure, Run, The Americans, Snowfall, and the pilot of Suits. Bray began his film career directing the classic urban action comedy, All About the Benjamins, as well as the 2004 remake of Walking Tall, starring Dwayne "The ...
59. Neal Brennan
Writer | Chappelle's Show
Neal Brennan is known for Chappelle's Show (2003), Half Baked (1998) and Get Him to the Greek (2010).
60. Tamra Davis
Director | A Conversation with Basquiat
Began her career directing music videos for acts like Tone Loc, Depeche Mode, Indigo Girls, NWA, Hanson and Sonic Youth and made her first feature in 92 with Guncrazy starring Drew Barrymore. Ms Barrymore received a Golden Globe Nomination. She then went on to direct feature films starring Chris ...
61. John Singleton
Writer | Boyz n the Hood
Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three ...
62. Ernest R. Dickerson
Director | Juice
Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C., aka. Ernest R. Dickerson, is an American film director and cinematographer. As a cinematographer, he is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee. As a director, he is known for films such as Juice (1992), Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995), Bones (...
63. Marcus Raboy
Director | Adam Sandler: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Emmy nominated Director and Producer Marcus Raboy started his directing career in music videos working with seminal hip hop artists Naughty By Nature, Mary J Blige, Run DMC, and Ice Cube. The relationship with Ice Cube led to the feature film Friday After Next, written by and starring Ice Cube, ...
64. David S. Goyer
Writer | Dark City
David S. Goyer was born on December 22, 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Dark Knight (2008) and Flashforward (2009). He is married to Marina Black. They have two children. He was previously married to Jessika Borsiczky.
65. Luke Piotrowski
Writer | The Night House
Luke Piotrowski is known for The Night House (2020), Hellraiser (2022) and Super Dark Times (2017).
66. Ben Collins
Writer | Super Dark Times
Ben Collins is known for Super Dark Times (2017), The Night House (2020) and Stephanie (2017).
67. Clive Barker
Writer | Nightbreed
Born in Liverpool, England, UK, Clive Barker is an English writer, director, and visual artist, best known for his works in the genres of horror and dark fantasy. His mother Joan Ruby (née Revill) was a painter and school welfare officer and his father Leonard Barker was a personnel director for an...
68. Kevin Yagher
Special_effects | Sleepy Hollow
Beginning with such characters as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and Chucky in the "Child's Play" films, Kevin Yagher has established himself as one of the top make-up effects artists by developing and creating life-like creatures, aliens, animals and humans ...
69. Scott Derrickson
Producer | The Black Phone
Scott Derrickson is an American filmmaker who is known for directing horror films such as Deliver Us from Evil, Hellraiser: Inferno, Sinister and The Exorcism of Emily Rose. He also directed the superhero film Doctor Strange starring Benedict Cumberbatch. He decided not to direct Doctor Strange in ...
70. Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Make_up_department | Feast
Gary J. Tunnicliffe has been working in the film industry since 1990, primarily designing and creating special make up effects on over 130 feature films including entries in many of the most well known 'horror genre' franchises (Hellraiser, Halloween, Candyman, Scream, Exorcist, Blade, Feast, The ...
71. Joel Soisson
Writer | Buffalo Rider
After attending New York's Pratt Institute (fine art/animation), The University of Southern California (film studies) and The American Film Institute (cinematography), Joel Soisson found initial work in Hollywood as a screenwriter and storyboard artist. He went on to pen over two dozen features, ...
72. Neal Marshall Stevens
Writer | Thir13en Ghosts
Neal Marshall Stevens is known for Thir13en Ghosts (2001), Monsters (1988) and Super Hybrid (2010).
73. Víctor Garcia
Director | La niña de la comunión
Víctor Garcia was born on December 4, 1974 in Barcelona, Spain. He is a director and assistant director, known for The Communion Girl (2022), Gallows Hill (2013) and Mirrors 2 (2010).
74. Anthony Hickox
Director | Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
Anthony (Tony), started as a club promoter in London in the early eighties and financed his first short 'rock-a-bye baby' by holding an event at Le'quipe Anglaise, where all the door money went to finance the film. In fact, when it was finished it was the clubs owner Shariffi who showed it to ...
75. Ryan Carrassi
Producer | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Nicola Bartolini Carrassi was born on August 1,1971. In 1987 he began his career as the presenter of a series of TV-shows devoted to kids and youth audience, hosting over 4,000 hours of live TV, concerts and road shows.
In 1990, he started a new line of creative work: voice talent, voice director, ...
76. Catherine Hardwicke
Director | Twilight
Hardwicke's first film as a director was the Sundance winner THIRTEEN which explored the transition into teenage years with an authenticity that still captures young audiences (1.3 billion Tik Tok engagements.) Hardwicke directed LORDS OF DOGTOWN before she became best known as the director of ...
77. Stephenie Meyer
Producer | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
Stephenie born in Connecticut in 1973. Her family was settled in Phoenix by the time she was four. The unusual spelling of her name came from her father, Stephen ( + ie).
Stephenie went to high school in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was awarded a National Merit Scholarship, and she used it to pay her ...
78. Chris Weitz
Writer | About a Boy
Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three ...
79. Bill Condon
Director | Dreamgirls
Bill Condon was born on October 22, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Kinsey (2004).
80. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
81. John Waters
Writer | Pecker
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore ...
82. Caroline Thompson
Writer | Edward Scissorhands
Caroline Thompson was born on April 23, 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Addams Family (1991) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). She is married to Steve Nicolaides. She was previously married to Henry ...
83. Mike Johnson
Director | Corpse Bride
Mike Johnson hails from Austin, Texas where he spent a large part of his childhood bending and breaking plastic dinosaurs in a futile attempt to re-create scenes from his favorite Ray Harryhausen films.
Many years later, Johnson graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in Film/Animation/Video ...
84. Carlos Grangel
Writer | Corpse Bride
Carlos Grangel is known for Corpse Bride (2005), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) and Hotel Transylvania (2012).
85. John August
Writer | Big Fish
John August's screenwriting credits include Go (1999), Big Fish (2003), Titan A.E. (2000), Charlie's Angels (2000), and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003).
Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, John earned a degree in journalism from Drake University in Iowa and an MFA in film from the Peter ...
86. Bruce Graham
Writer | Anastasia
Bruce Graham was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Anastasia (1997), Cedar Cove (2013) and A Ring of Endless Light (2002). He is married to Stephanie. They have one child.
87. Ken Kwapis
Director | One Mississippi
Ken Kwapis is an award-winning director of motion pictures and television. He has directed eleven feature films, among them A Walk In The Woods, based on Bill Bryson's acclaimed comedic memoir; He's Just Not That Into You, inspired by the New York Times bestselling advice book; and The Sisterhood ...
88. Patrick Read Johnson
Writer | 5-25-77
Patrick Read Johnson was born in Wadsworth, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for 5-25-77 (2008), DragonHeart (1996) and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989).
89. John Hughes
Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...
90. Franco Amurri
Director | Da grande
Franco Amurri was born on September 12, 1958 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Da grande (1987), Flashback (1990) and Monkey Trouble (1994). He is married to Heide Amurri. They have two children.
91. Danny DeVito
Actor | Matilda
Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. ...
92. Nicholas Kazan
Writer | Fallen
Nicholas Kazan was born on September 15, 1945 in New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Fallen (1998), Reversal of Fortune (1990) and The Whole Truth (2016). He has been married to Robin Swicord since 1983. They have two children.
93. Robin Swicord
Writer | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Robin Swicord was born in 1952 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. She is a writer and director, known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Little Women (1994). She has been married to Nicholas Kazan since 1984. They have two children.
94. Danny Steinmann
Director | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Writer/director/producer Danny Steinmann was the son of noted East Coast art collector Herbert R. Steinmann. Danny made his debut as both writer and director with the funky hardcore porno picture High Rise (1973), on which he used the alias Danny Stone. Steinmann was a production associate on ...
95. Daryl Haney
Writer | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Daryl Haney was born on June 21, 1963 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001) and Fascination (2004).
96. Manuel Fidello
Writer | Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Manuel Fidello is known for Friday the 13th: The New Blood (1988), Friday the 13th Part VII: Deleted Scenes (1988) and Michael Vs. Jason (2004).
97. Todd Farmer
Writer | Jason X
Todd Farmer was born in November 1968. He is a writer and actor, known for Jason X (2001), Drive Angry (2011) and My Bloody Valentine (2009).
98. Adam Marcus
Writer | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Adam Marcus is an American film director, writer and actor.
Marcus was born in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. He started his career at the age of fifteen, when he co-created the Westport Theatreworks Theatrical Company where he directed and produced over fifty shows in seven...
99. Valerio Zanoli
Writer | Not to Forget
Valerio Zanoli is known for Not to Forget (2021), Hopeful Notes (2010) and Fiebre Salsera (2014).
100. Michael Davis
Producer | Eight Days a Week
Michael Davis was born on August 1, 1961 in Rockville, Maryland, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Eight Days a Week (1997), Shoot 'Em Up (2007) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991).
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