Filmmakers who direct or produce movies - from Quentin Tarantino, Stanley Kubrick and George Lucas to Steven Spielberg, Orson Welles and Tim Burton - know how to keep us watching. Their famous films have entertained, enlightened and thrilled generations of moviegoers.
Joseph L. Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter, director and producer known for writing hit movies such as 'All About Eve,' 'A Letter to Three Wives' and 'Cleopatra.'
Herman Mankiewicz was an American screenwriter best known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for 'Citizen Kane.'
Screenwriter and director John Singleton's 'Boyz n the Hood' led to an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, making him the first African-American to earn the distinction.
On the heels of ‘The Shape of Water,’ which won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars, Guillermo del Toro has signed an overall deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures. The deal ensures funding and distribution for all of the live-action feature films he writes, produces or directs.
Stanley Kubrick was an American filmmaker best known for directing Dr. Strangelove, Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.
Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ lit up the box office in its opening weekend, debuting to an estimated $1.57 million -- the director’s biggest debut ever. The new indie animation film features the voices of Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand and others.
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Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter and producer Steven Spielberg is known for films such as 'Jaws,' 'E.T.,' 'The Color Purple' and 'Schindler's List,' among many others.
Film mogul Harvey Weinstein helped produce such acclaimed features as 'Pulp Fiction,' 'Good Will Hunting' and 'Shakespeare in Love.' He was fired from his studio in 2017 amid allegations of sexual harassment and later convicted of committing a criminal sex act and rape.
Director Martin Scorsese has produced some of the most memorable films in cinema history, including 'Taxi Driver' and Academy Award-winning 'The Departed.'
Steven Soderbergh is back with the horror movie ‘Unsane.’ The grainy, dark film, shot entirely with an iPhone, stars Claire Foy (‘The Crown’) who’s dealing with a digital stalker. “I look at this as potentially one of the most liberating experiences that I’ve ever had as a filmmaker,” he said.
Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin penned the scripts for 'A Few Good Men,' and 'The Social Network,' and was the primary writer for the TV shows 'The West Wing' and 'The Newsroom.'
Christopher Nolan is a film director and screenwriter who's helmed several hit movies, including 'Inception,' 'The Dark Knight Rises,' 'Interstellar' and 'Dunkirk.'
Dylan Farrow plans to discuss her repeated claims that adoptive father Woody Allen molested her when she was 7 on US TV -- claims the director has always denied. Meanwhile, Alec Baldwin has called the public "renunciation" of Woody Allen and his work "sad" and "unfair."
George Lucas is a writer, producer and director known for his creation of the enormously successful 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones' film franchises.
Ridley Scott is an acclaimed English director and producer whose notable hits include 'Alien,' 'Thelma & Louise,' 'Gladiator,' 'Black Hawk Down' and 'The Martian.'
Since James Cameron’s smash movie ‘Titanic’ hit theaters in 1997, the director has made 33 dives to the shipwreck site. He says that while the film’s sets were spot-on, the ship’s sinking was faulty: Either the stern fell or there was a giant splash, not both.
Orson Welles wrote, directed and starred in the film 'Citizen Kane,' among others, which remains one of the most influential films ever made.
Ron Howard is known for his roles on the shows 'Happy Days' and 'The Andy Griffith Show,' and as the director of such acclaimed films as 'A Beautiful Mind' and 'Apollo 13.'
D.W. Griffith was one of cinema's earliest directors and producers, known for his innovations and for directing the 1915 film Birth of a Nation.
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock was nicknamed the "Master of Suspense" for employing a kind of psychological suspense in his films, producing a distinct viewer experience.
Known for his unpredictable, violent films, Quentin Tarantino first earned widespread fame for 'Pulp Fiction,' before going on to direct 'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Django Unchained.'
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay directed the Oscar-nominated film ‘Selma’ (2014) and is the first African-American female director to receive a Golden Globe nomination and have a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.