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| x Blake Edwards | 10 |
Blake Edwards (July 26, 1922 – December 15, 2010) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
Edwards' career began in the 1940s as an actor, but he soon turned to writing radio scripts at Columbia Pictures. He used his writing skills...
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| x D. A. Pennebaker |
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Donn Alan Pennebaker (born July 15, 1925) is an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema/Cinéma vérité. Performing arts and politics are his primary subjects.
Pennebaker (known as "Penny" to his friends) was born in...
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| x Chris Hegedus | 101 |
Chris Hegedus is a film director.
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| Al Franken: God Spoke | |||
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| x Zack Snyder |
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300 |
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known for action/science fiction films. After making his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, he gained wide...
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| Watchmen | |||
| Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole | |||
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| x Bernardo Bertolucci | 1900 |
Bernardo Bertolucci (Italian pronunciation: [berˈnardo bertoˈluttʃi]; born March 16, 1941) is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky and The...
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| La Tragedia di un uomo ridicolo | |||
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| x Steven Spielberg |
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1941 |
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres....
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| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | |||
| Always | |||
| Amblin | |||
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| x Ernest Thompson |
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1969 |
Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.
Thompson was born as Richard Ernest Thompson in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine,...
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| The West Side Waltz | |||
| On Golden Pond | |||
| Out of Time | |||
| x Michael Radford |
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1984 |
Michael Radford (born 24 February 1946) is an English film director and screenwriter.
Radford was born on 24 February 1946, in New Delhi, India, to a British father and an Austrian Jewish mother. He was educated at Bedford School before attending...
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| Il Postino | |||
| White Mischief | |||
| The Merchant of Venice | |||
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| x Wong Kar-wai |
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2046 |
Wong Kar-wai BBS (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Days of Being Wild (1990), Ashes of Time (1994),...
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| As Tears Go By | |||
| Ashes of Time | |||
| Chungking Express | |||
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| x John Landis |
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¡Three Amigos! |
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for his comedies, his horror films, and his music videos with singer Michael Jackson.
Landis was born to a Jewish family in Chicago,...
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| An American Werewolf in London | |||
| Beverly Hills Cop III | |||
| Blues Brothers 2000 | |||
| Coming to America | |||
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| x Luis Mandoki | ¿Quién es el señor López? |
Luis Mandoki (born in 1954 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood.
Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film...
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| Angel Eyes | |||
| Voces inocentes | |||
| When a Man Loves a Woman | |||
| Born Yesterday | |||
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| x Norman Jewison |
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...And Justice for All |
Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)...
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| A Soldier's Story | |||
| F.I.S.T | |||
| In Country | |||
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| x Pedro Almodóvar |
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What Have I Done To Deserve This? |
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾo almoˈðoβar kaβaˈʎeɾo]; born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer.
Almodóvar is arguably the most successful and internationally known Spanish filmmaker of...
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| All About My Mother | |||
| Bad Education | |||
| Live Flesh | |||
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| x Francis Delia | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| Freeway | |||
| The Game: Life After the Math | |||
| x Jay Levey | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection | |||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| Alapalooza: The Videos | |||
| Bad Hair Day: The Videos | |||
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| x Scott Norlund | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| Alapalooza: The Videos | |||
| x Dror Soref | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection | ||
| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| x Robert K. Weiss | "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Collection |
Robert K. Weiss is an American film and television producer. His productions include films by director John Landis, producer Lorne Michaels, and the “Z. A. Z.” team of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. He also co-created the science...
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| "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Videos | |||
| The "Weird Al" Yankovic Video Library | |||
| The Compleat Al | |||
| Amazon Women on the Moon | |||
| x Hal Warren | "Manos": The Hands of Fate |
Harold P. Warren (October 23, 1923 – December 26, 1985), better known as Hal Warren, was an insurance and fertilizer salesman who lived in the El Paso, Texas area. He is best remembered for writing, directing and producing the 1966 movie Manos: The...
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"Weird Al" Yankovic Live! |
Television Director for the Talk shows "The Wayne Brady Show", "Dr. Laura","The ½ Hour News Hour" among many others since 1994. Directed entire first season of 16 episodes for the program "Dr. Laura" . Michael is a graduate from University of...
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| David Blaine: Vertigo | |||
| Sing-Along Songs: Disneyland Fun | |||
| x Bharathiraja |
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16 Vayathinile |
P. Bharathiraja (Tamil: பி. பாரதிராஜா; born 17 July 1941) is a South Indian filmmaker who works mainly in the Tamil film industry. Bharathiraja displayed a story-teller's potential from an early age. He is known for his realistic and sensitive...
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| Karuththamma | |||
| Muthal Mariyathai | |||
| Kodi Parakuthu | |||
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| x Aparna Sen | 15, Park Avenue |
Aparna Sen (née Dasgupta) (Bengali: অপর্ণা সেন Ôporna Shen; born 25 October 1945) is a critically acclaimed Bengali Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actress. She is the winner of three National Film Awards and eight international film festival...
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| 36 Chowringee Lane | |||
| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | |||
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| x Nathan Juran | 20 Million Miles to Earth |
Naftuli "Nathan" Hertz Juran (September 1, 1907 - October 23, 2002) was an American film art director and film director who is most noted for winning the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for How Green Was My Valley and for directing science...
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| Attack of the 50 Foot Woman | |||
| First Men in the Moon | |||
| The 7th Voyage of Sinbad | |||
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| x George Seaton | 36 Hours |
George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.
Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as...
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| Miracle on 34th Street | |||
| Little Boy Lost | |||
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| x John Singleton |
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2 Fast 2 Furious |
John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. A native of South Los Angeles, many of his early films consider the implications of inner-city violence like the critically acclaimed and popular...
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| Baby Boy | |||
| Boyz N the Hood | |||
| Four Brothers | |||
| Higher Learning | |||
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| x Phil Karlson | 99 River Street |
Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John...
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| Ben | |||
| Hell's Island | |||
| Kansas City Confidential | |||
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| x Jean-Jacques Beineix |
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Betty Blue |
Jean-Jacques Beineix (born October 8, 1946) is a French film director.
In 1964, Jean-Jacques Beineix started his career as Jean Becker's assistant director on the famous French TV series, Les saintes chéries until the end of 1967. Then, in 1970 he...
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| Diva | |||
| Roselyne et les lions | |||
| Moon in the Gutter | |||
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| x Joel Schumacher |
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8mm |
Joel T. Schumacher (born August 29, 1939) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
Schumacher was born in New York City, the son of Marian (née Kantor) and Francis Schumacher. His mother was a Swedish Jew, and his father was a...
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| A Time to Kill | |||
| Bad Company | |||
| Batman & Robin | |||
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| x Henry Hathaway | 5 Card Stud |
Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring Randolph Scott and John Wayne.
Born Henri Leonard de Fiennes in Sacramento, California,...
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| Call Northside 777 | |||
| How the West Was Won | |||
| Kiss of Death | |||
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| x Richard Fleischer |
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director.
Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer. He started in motion pictures as director of animated...
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| Armored Car Robbery | |||
| Barabbas | |||
| Conan the Destroyer | |||
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| x Selvaraghavan | 7G Rainbow Colony |
Selvaraghavan (Tamil: செல்வராகவன்) is an Indian film director who primarily works in Tamil cinema.
Selvaraghavan is the son of film director Kasthuri Raja, elder brother of actor Dhanush and has two sisters, who are both On 15 December 2006, he...
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| Kadhal Kondein | |||
| Pudhupettai | |||
| Idhu Malai Nerathu Mayakkam | |||
| Aadavari Matalaku Ardhalu Verule | |||
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| x Kim Ki-duk | 3-Iron |
Kim Ki-duk (Hangul: 김기덕; born December 20, 1960) is a South Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed...
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| Address Unknown | |||
| Birdcage Inn | |||
| Coast Guard | |||
| The Bow | |||
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| x Delmer Daves | 3:10 to Yuma |
Delmer Daves (July 24, 1904 – August 17, 1977) was an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
Born in San Francisco, Delmer Daves first pursued a career as a lawyer. While attending Stanford University he became interested in the burgeoning...
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| Broken Arrow | |||
| Dark Passage | |||
| Spencer's Mountain | |||
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| x Peter Hyams | 2010: The Year We Make Contact |
Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, probably best known for directing the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, Capricorn One, action/comedy Running Scared, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick...
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| A Sound of Thunder | |||
| Capricorn One | |||
| End of Days | |||
| Outland | |||
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| x John Lafia | 10.5: Apocalypse |
John Lafia (born 1957) is an American film and television writer, director, and producer. He attended UCLA, where he received his Bachelors in Film. Lafia's first film was The Blue Iguana, which he wrote and directed. It was also screened out of...
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| 10.5 | |||
| Child's Play 2 | |||
| The Rats | |||
| Man's Best Friend | |||
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| x Curtis Hanson |
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8 Mile |
Curtis Lee Hanson (born March 24, 1945) is an American film director, film producer and screenwriter. His directing work includes The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), L.A. Confidential (1997), Wonder Boys (2000), 8 Mile (2002), and In Her Shoes ...
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| Bad Influence | |||
| In Her Shoes | |||
| L.A. Confidential | |||
| Lucky You | |||
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| x Lyudmil Staykov | 681 AD: The Glory of Khan | ||
| Affection | |||
| x Michael Lehmann | 40 Days and 40 Nights |
Michael Stephen Lehmann (born March 30, 1957; San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director.
Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American...
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| Airheads | |||
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| x Don Robinson | 50 Cent: The New Breed | ||
| x Damon Johnson | 50 Cent: The New Breed | ||
| x Russell Mulcahy | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story |
Russell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian film director. Mulcahy's work is recognizable by the use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights.
Russell Mulcahy's career began with making early music...
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| Derek and Clive Get the Horn | |||
| Highlander | |||
| Highlander II: The Quickening | |||
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| x Frank Zappa |
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200 Motels |
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, recording engineer, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz,...
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| Baby Snakes | |||
| Uncle Meat | |||
| Video from Hell | |||
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| x Charles Swenson | 200 Motels | ||
| Dirty Duck | |||
| Carlton Your Doorman | |||
| The World of Strawberry Shortcake | |||
| Puff the Magic Dragon | |||
| x Billy Crystal |
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61* |
William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the...
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| Forget Paris | |||
| Mr. Saturday Night | |||
| x Michael Winterbottom |
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24 Hour Party People |
Michael Winterbottom (born 29 March 1961) is an English filmmaker who directed seventeen feature films in fifteen years. He began his career working in British television before moving into features. Three of his films — Welcome to Sarajevo,...
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| 9 Songs | |||
| A Cock and Bull Story | |||
| Code 46 | |||
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| x Robert Moresco | 10th & Wolf |
Robert "Bobby" Moresco is a Hollywood screenwriter. His credits include 10th & Wolf and Crash, the latter of which he won an Academy Award for. He also was a producer of Crash and has acted in three films. He wrote scripts for the television series...
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| The Kings of Appletown | |||
| One Eyed King | |||
| x Spike Lee |
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25th Hour |
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, has produced over 35 films since 1983.
Lee's movies have examined race relations, the...
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| Clockers | |||
| Crooklyn | |||
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| x Murali K. Thalluri | 2:37 |
Murali Krishna Thalluri (born 4 August 1984) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer. Born in Canberra to Indian-born parents, he moved to Adelaide where he attended Rostrevor College before completing his education at University Senior...
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| x Walter Hill | Brewster's Millions |
Walter Hill (born January 10, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. Hill is known for male-dominated action films and revival of the Western. He said in an interview, "Every film I've done has been a Western," and elaborated...
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| Broken Trail | |||
| Hard Times | |||
| The Driver | |||
| The Warriors | |||
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| x Danny Boyle |
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28 Days Later |
Daniel "Danny" Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for his work on films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Shallow Grave, 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Trainspotting. For Slumdog Millionaire, Boyle...
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| A Life Less Ordinary | |||
| Millions | |||
| Sunshine | |||
| The Beach | |||
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| x Alejandro González Iñárritu |
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Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes |
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo ɣonˈsales iˈɲaritu]; born August 15, 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...
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| Write the Future | |||
| Biutiful | |||
| Babel | |||
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| x Robert Altman |
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Modern Football |
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...
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| King Basketball | |||
| The Sound of Bells | |||
| How to Run a Filling Station | |||
| The Last Mile | |||
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| x Kevin Lima |
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102 Dalmatians |
Kevin Lima (born c. 1960) is an American film director who has directed a number of Disney films including his debut film A Goofy Movie in 1995, Tarzan, 102 Dalmatians, and Enchanted. He is married to Brenda Chapman, an animation Director at Pixar....
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| A Goofy Movie | |||
| Enchanted | |||
| Tarzan | |||
| Eloise at the Plaza | |||
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| x Richard Jobson |
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16 Years of Alcohol |
Richard Jobson (born 6 October 1960, Kirkcaldy, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and film-maker, best known as a television presenter, film director, producer and screenwriter.
Jobson grew up in Ballingry, Fife, the son of a miner and a...
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| The Purifiers | |||
| New Town Killers | |||
| A Woman in Winter | |||
| The Journey | |||
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| x Vidhu Vinod Chopra |
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1942: A Love Story |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Punjabi:ਵਿਧੁ ਵਿਨੋਦ ਚੋਪਰਾ, Hindi:विधु विनोद चोपड़ा) (born on 5 September 1952) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Parinda, 1942: A Love Story, Eklavya: The Royal Guard, Munna Bhai films (Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. and...
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| Eklavya: The Royal Guard | |||
| Mission Kashmir | |||
| Kareeb | |||
| Khamosh | |||
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| x Lee Si-myung | 2009 Lost Memories | ||
| Vampire Cop Ricky | |||
| x Richard Donner |
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16 Blocks |
Richard Donner (born April 24, 1930) is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer.
The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film The...
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| Assassins | |||
| Conspiracy Theory | |||
| Ladyhawke | |||
| Lethal Weapon | |||
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| x Parris Patton | 3 Chains o' Gold |
Parris Patton is a Film Director
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| Creature | |||
| x Randee St. Nicholas | 3 Chains o' Gold |
Randee St. Nicholas is a Film DIrector
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