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Woody Allen
Actor, Director, Screenwriter / 1935 -
Woody Allen is an American comedian, filmmaker and writer who directed and starred in two of his most famous films, Annie Hall and Manhattan.
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(1935-)
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
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Warren Beatty
Film Actor, Director / 1937 -
Warren Beatty is an Oscar-winning director and actor known for such films as Bonnie and Clyde, Reds and Heaven Can Wait.
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(1937-)
Film Actor, Director
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Bernardo Bertolucci
Director / 1940 -
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian director best known for his controversial Last Tango in Paris and the academy award winning The Last Emperor.
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(1940-)
Director
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Kathryn Bigelow
Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1951 -
Filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow has directed films like Point Break and Zero Dark Thirty. In 2009, she became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director for The Hurt Locker (2008).
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(1951-)
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Danny Boyle
Director, Screenwriter / 1956 -
Danny Boyle is a British film director whose films include Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and 127 Hours.
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(1956-)
Director, Screenwriter
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James L. Brooks
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1940 -
James L. Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter, best-known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda and Taxi.
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(1940-)
Director, Producer, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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James Cameron
Director, Producer / 1954 -
Oscar-winning director James Cameron is best known for the highly acclaimed, box-office hits Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997) and Avatar (2009).
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(1954-)
Director, Producer
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Frank Capra
Director / 1897 - 1991
Filmmaker Frank Capra directed a series of sentimental comedies during the '30s and '40s. He directed It's a Wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart in 1946.
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(1897-1991)
Director
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Ethan Coen
Director, Screenwriter / 1957 -
Screenwriter Ethan Coen and his brother have written numerous award-winning films including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, and No Country for Old Men.
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(1957-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Joel Coen
Director, Screenwriter / 1954 -
Director Joel Coen and his brother made their screen debut in 1984 with the first of many films dedicated to a filmmaking style that is notably eccentric.
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(1954-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Francis Ford Coppola
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1939 -
Director, producer and screenwriter Francis Ford Coppola is best known for creating The Godfather film series starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.
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(1939-)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Kevin Costner
Film Actor, Director / 1955 -
Film actor and director Kevin Costner directed and starred in the epic film Dances With Wolves (1990), which won seven Oscars.
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(1955-)
Film Actor, Director
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George D. Cukor
Director / 1899 - 1983
Director George D. Cukor made films for 50 years. He was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and received an Academy Award in 1864 for My Fair Lady.
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(1899-1983)
Director
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Clint Eastwood
Actor, Director / 1930 -
Clint Eastwood has made his name as a popular TV and film actor. He went on to become a famed director, working on several Academy Award-winning films.
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(1930-)
Actor, Director
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Victor Fleming
Director / 1889 - 1949
Victor Fleming was a Hollywood director, notably helming Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
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(1889-1949)
Director
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John Ford
Director / 1894 - 1973
An Academy Award-winning director, John Ford is considered to be one of the best filmmakers of all time. He is best known for directing Westerns.
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(1894-1973)
Director
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Miloš Forman
Director / 1932 -
Miloš Forman is an Academy Award winning Czech film director. He is best known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus.
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(1932-)
Director
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Bob Fosse
Choreographer, Director / 1927 - 1987
Bob Fosse was an American theater and motion-picture choreographer and director of musical plays.
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(1927-1987)
Choreographer, Director
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Mel Gibson
Film Actor / 1956 -
Mel Gibson is a well-known film actor, director and producer, having starred in Braveheart, Hamlet, Maverick and both the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series.
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(1956-)
Film Actor
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George Roy Hill
Director, Producer / 1921 - 2002
Director George Roy Hill produced some of the most popular films of the 1960s and 1970s, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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(1921-2002)
Director, Producer
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Ron Howard
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Television Personality / 1954 -
Ron Howard is best known for his roles on the shows Happy Days and The Andy Griffith Show, and as the director for films, including A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13.
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(1954-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer, Television Personality
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John Huston
Film Actor, Director / 1906 - 1987
American motion-picture director whose taut dramas, including The Maltese Falcon, were some of the most popular films from the 1940s on.
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(1906-1987)
Film Actor, Director
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Peter Jackson
Director, Producer / 1961 -
New Zealand native Peter Jackson is best known as a director for his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, which has won 11 Oscars.
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(1961-)
Director, Producer
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Elia Kazan
Director / 1909 - 2003
Elia Kazan directed plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller on Broadway, then won Oscars for films like On The Waterfront.
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(1909-2003)
Director
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David Lean
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1908 - 1991
David Lean was a British director and screenwriter best known for his spectacular cinematography and adaptations of Charles Dickens classics, including Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948).
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(1908-1991)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Ang Lee
Director / 1954 -
Ang Lee is an Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter whose films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Brokeback Mountain.
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(1954-)
Director
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Barry Levinson
Director / 1942 -
Film director Barry Levinson earned acclaim for Diner (1982) and The Natural (1984), and won an Oscar for Rain Man (1988).
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(1942-)
Director
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1909 - 1993
American producer, director and screenwriter Joseph L. Mankiewicz was known for creating memorable characters. He worked with many major Hollywood stars.
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(1909-1993)
Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Leo McCarey
Director / 1898 - 1969
Leo McCarey was an American movie director, writer and producer who specialized in light comedy and nostalgia.
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(1898-1969)
Director
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Sam Mendes
Director, Producer / 1965 -
English stage and film director Sam Mendes won an Oscar for American Beauty, and went on to direct films like Jarhead, Revolutionary Road and Skyfall.
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(1965-)
Director, Producer
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Anthony Minghella
Director, Television Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1954 - 2008
Anthony Minghella was an Academy Award-winning director best known for his adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. Released in 1996, the film claimed the Oscar for best picture in 1997.
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(1954-2008)
Director, Television Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Vincente Minnelli
Director / 1903 - 1986
Married to Judy Garland and father to Liza Minnelli, film director Vincente Minnelli infused a new sophistication and vitality into movie musicals of the 1940s and '50s.
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(1903-1986)
Director
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Mike Nichols
Director / 1931 -
Mike Nichols in an American theater and film director, best known for his 1967 classic, The Graduate. He's won an Academy Award, as well as multiple Tony and Emmy Awards.
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(1931-)
Director
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Roman Polanski
Film Actor, Director / 1933 -
Known for his films, charges against him of statutory rape, and for his wife's murder by Charles Manson, Roman Polanski is a complex and controversial figure.
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(1933-)
Film Actor, Director
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Sydney Pollack
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer / 1934 - 2008
Sydney Pollack is an Oscar-winning film director, producer and actor. His director credits include Tootsie and Three Days of the Condor.
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(1934-2008)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director, Producer
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Robert Redford
Environmental Activist, Film Actor, Director, Producer / 1936 -
Robert Redford is a Hollywood legend, starring in several blockbuster films in his day, and producing and directing many others. He also helped start the Sundance Film Festival in the late 1970s.
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(1936-)
Environmental Activist, Film Actor, Director, Producer
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Carol Reed
Director, Producer / 1906 - 1976
Sir Carol Reed was British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre.
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(1906-1976)
Director, Producer
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Tony Richardson
Director / 1928 - 1991
Tony Richardson was a director of stage plays and films who is known for such projects as Look Back in Anger and Tom Jones.
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(1928-1991)
Director
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Jerome Robbins
Choreographer, Director, Philanthropist, Television Producer / 1918 - 1998
Jerome Robbins' was one of the 20th centuries most popular Broadway ballet and musical choreographers.
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(1918-1998)
Choreographer, Director, Philanthropist, Television Producer
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John Schlesinger
Director / 1926 - 2003
British film and theater director John Schlesinger’s first American film, Midnight Cowboy (1969), won him an Academy Award.
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(1926-2003)
Director
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Martin Scorsese
Director, Producer / 1942 -
Director Martin Scorsese has produced some of the most memorable films in cinema history, including the iconic Taxi Driver and Academy Award-winner The Departed.
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(1942-)
Director, Producer
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Steven Soderbergh
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter / 1963 -
Steven Soderbergh is a screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and director, best known for directing the films Erin Brockovich, Traffic and Ocean's Eleven.
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(1963-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter
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Steven Spielberg
Director, Producer / 1946 -
Academy Award-winning filmmaker, director and producer Steven Spielberg's films include Jaws, The Color Purple and Schindler's List.
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(1946-)
Director, Producer
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George Stevens
Director / 1904 - 1975
Academy Award-winning director George Stevens is remembered for classic films including Shane (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959).
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(1904-1975)
Director
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Oliver Stone
Director, Screenwriter / 1946 -
Oscar-winning screenwriter and director Oliver Stone is responsible for the hit films Platoon, Scarface, Born on the Fourth of July and Natural Born Killers.
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(1946-)
Director, Screenwriter
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Billy Wilder
Director, Producer / 1906 - 2002
Billy Wilder is best known for the many films he directed and produced, like Some Like It Hot.
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(1906-2002)
Director, Producer
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William Wyler
Director / 1902 - 1981
William Wyler was an Oscar-winning film director known for such films as Ben Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives.
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(1902-1981)
Director
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Robert Zemeckis
Director, Producer / 1952 -
Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis is behind Romancing the Stone, the Back to the Future trilogy, Forrest Gump, Tales from the Crypt and Cast Away.
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(1952-)
Director, Producer
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Fred Zinnemann
Director / 1907 - 1997
Director Fred Zinnemann’s films were known for their realistic characters and atmosphere. He won an Oscar for his 1953 film From Here to Eternity.
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(1907-1997)
Director