Share This
table started by
Freebase Staff for the Film Commons
The Film Director type includes people who directed films.
Add More Topics
Save this view to a base, or just for yourself.
17,154 Film director topics matching:
Filter this Collection| x name | x image | x Films directed | x article |
|---|---|---|---|
| x Richard Jobson |
|
16 Years of Alcohol |
Richard Jobson (born 6 October 1960, Dunfermline, Scotland) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and film-maker, best known as a television presenter.
He was formerly lead singer with the art-punk rock group, The Skids. Jobson's singing style with the...
|
| The Purifiers | |||
| New Town Killers | |||
| x Vidhu Vinod Chopra | 1942: A Love Story |
Vidhu Vinod Chopra (born on 5 September 1956) is an Indian director and producer. He is considered to be one of the most talented and pathbreaking Indian filmmakers. He is also the head of Vinod Chopra Productions. He is particularly known for...
|
|
| Eklavya: The Royal Guard | |||
| Mission Kashmir | |||
| Kareeb | |||
| Khamosh | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Jeeva | 12B |
Jeeva may refer to:
|
|
| Ullam Ketkumae | |||
| Unnale Unnale | |||
| Run | |||
| Anumaanaspadam | |||
| x Lee Si-myung | 2009 Lost Memories | ||
| x Richard Donner |
|
16 Blocks |
Richard Donner (born 24 April 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...
|
| Assassins | |||
| Conspiracy Theory | |||
| Ladyhawke | |||
| Lethal Weapon | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x John Herzfeld | 15 Minutes | ||
| The Death and Life of Bobby Z | |||
| Two of a Kind | |||
| 2 Days in the Valley | |||
| A Father's Revenge | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Parris Patton | 3 Chains o' Gold | ||
| x Randee St. Nicholas | 3 Chains o' Gold | ||
| x Paisley Park | 3 Chains o' Gold |
Paisley Park is a name used by the musician Prince that has multiple meanings:
|
|
| x Emile Ardolino | Dirty Dancing |
Emile Ardolino (May 9, 1943 in Maspeth, New York – November 20, 1993) was an award-winning American film director and producer, best known for making films which feature dancing and song such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Sister Act (1992).
Emile...
|
|
| Sister Act | |||
| 3 Men and a Little Lady | |||
| He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' | |||
| Chances Are | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Tom Schulman |
|
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag |
Tom Schulman (born 1950 in Nashville) is an American screenwriter most famous for his screenplay Dead Poets Society which won the Best Screenplay Academy Award for 1989.
Other scripts include Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Welcome to Mooseport, What...
|
| x Sean McNamara |
|
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain |
Sean Patrick Michael McNamara (born May 9, 1962) is an American film director, film producer, actor, and screenwriter.
McNamara, an Irish American Catholic, was born in Burbank, California. Once a professional musician, McNamara's love for music is...
|
| Casper: A Spitited Beginning | |||
| Race to Space | |||
| Raise Your Voice | |||
| The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Mania Akbari | 20 Fingers | ||
| x George Lucas |
|
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith |
George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director and chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the epic sci-fi franchise Star Wars and joint creator of the archaeologist...
|
| Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones | |||
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | |||
| The Star Wars Holiday Special | |||
| Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Thom Fitzgerald | 3 Needles |
Thomas "Thom" Fitzgerald (born July 8, 1968) is an American-Canadian film director.
Fitzgerald was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. His parents divorced when he was five years old. He moved with his mother and brother, Timothy Jr., to...
|
|
| The Hanging Garden | |||
| Beefcake | |||
| The Event | |||
| Wolf Girl | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Lloyd Bacon |
|
42nd Street |
Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was a screen, stage, and vaudeville actor and film director.
Bacon started in films with Charlie Chaplin and Bronco Billy Anderson and appeared in more than 40 total. As an actor he is best...
|
| A Slight Case of Murder | |||
| Footlight Parade | |||
| Frisco Kid | |||
| It Happens Every Spring | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Sidney Lumet |
|
12 Angry Men |
Sidney Lumet (pronounced [luˈmɛt], loo-MET; born June 25, 1924) is an American film director, with over 50 films to his name, including 12 Angry Men (1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982), all of...
|
| Daniel | |||
| Dog Day Afternoon | |||
| Fail-Safe | |||
| Family Business | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Abbas Burmawalla | 36 China Town |
Abbas Burmawalla is a popular Bollywood film director. He is best-known for the thriller movies he has made along with his brother Mustan Burmawalla. They are popularly known as Abbas-Mustan. Some of their popular movies include Baazigar, Soldier,...
|
|
| Aitraaz | |||
| Baazigar | |||
| Chori Chori Chupke Chupke | |||
| Soldier | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Mustan Burmawalla | 36 China Town |
Mustan Burmawalla is a popular Bollywood film director. He is best-known for the thriller movies he has made along with his brother Abbas Burmawalla. They are popularly known as Abbas-Mustan. Some of their popular movies include Baazigar, Soldier,...
|
|
| Aitraaz | |||
| Baazigar | |||
| Chori Chori Chupke Chupke | |||
| Soldier | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Stanley Kubrick |
|
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American director, writer, producer, and photographer of films, who lived in England during most of the last 40 years of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose...
|
| A Clockwork Orange | |||
| Barry Lyndon | |||
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | |||
| Eyes Wide Shut | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Gil Junger | 10 Things I Hate about You | ||
| Black Knight | |||
| If Only | |||
| Get Smart's Bruce & Lloyd Out of Control | |||
| x Rene Bueno | 7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos | ||
| x Jon Turteltaub |
|
3 Ninjas |
Jonathan Charles "Jon" Turteltaub (born 8 August 1963) is an American film director and producer. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
He has directed several successful mainstream movies including 3 Ninjas ...
|
| Cool Runnings | |||
| Instinct | |||
| National Treasure | |||
| National Treasure: Book of Secrets | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Jennifer Shiman | 30 Second Bunny Theater | ||
| x Owen 'Alik Shahadah | 500 Years Later |
Owen 'Alik Shahadah (b. 1973) is a director, African writer, scholar, photographer and music producer. He is best known for authoring works, which deal with African history, social justice, environmental issues, education and world peace. Born in...
|
|
| The Idea | |||
| Our Story Our Voice | |||
| Motherland | |||
| x John G. Avildsen |
|
8 Seconds |
John Guilbert Avildsen (born December 21, 1935) is an American film director.
His films include Guess What We Learned in School Today? (1970), Cry Uncle! (1970), Joe (1970), Save the Tiger (1973), Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid (1984), Lean on Me ...
|
| A Night in Heaven | |||
| Lean on Me | |||
| Rocky | |||
| Rocky V | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Mahmoud Zemmouri | 100% Arabica | ||
| x Richard Brooks |
|
Sweet Bird of Youth |
Richard Brooks (May 18, 1912 – March 11, 1992) was an American screenwriter, director, novelist and occasional producer.
Brooks was born Ruben Sax to Russian Jewish immigrants in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from West Philadelphia High...
|
| $ | |||
| Battle Circus | |||
| Blackboard Jungle | |||
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Ridley Scott |
|
1492 Conquest of Paradise |
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail. Some of his films include Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Black...
|
| A Good Year | |||
| Alien | |||
| American Gangster | |||
| Black Hawk Down | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x François Ozon |
|
5x2 |
François Ozon (born November 15, 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.
He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8...
|
| Le Temps qui reste | |||
| Swimming Pool | |||
| See the Sea | |||
| 8 Women | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Park Cheol-su | 301, 302 | ||
| x Irvin Yeaworth | 4D Man |
Irvin Shortess "Shorty" Yeaworth, Jr. (February 14, 1926 in Berlin, Germany-July 19, 2004, in Amman, Jordan in a road accident) was a German film director, producer, screenwriter and theme park builder. He began his career singing at age 10 at KDKA,...
|
|
| The Blob | |||
| Dinosaurus! | |||
| x Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | 28 Weeks Later |
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (born December 5, 1967 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands) is an Academy Award-nominated Spanish film director, script writer, and producer. He directed Intacto and 28 Weeks Later, the sequel to Danny Boyle's 28 Days...
|
|
| Intacto | |||
| x William Castle |
|
13 Ghosts |
William Castle (April 24, 1914 – May 31, 1977) was an American film director, producer, and actor.
William Schloss was born in New York City to a Jewish family. Schloss means "castle" in German, and Castle probably chose to translate his surname...
|
| House on Haunted Hill | |||
| The Busy Body | |||
| When Strangers Marry | |||
| Strait-Jacket | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Gary Winick |
|
13 Going on 30 |
Gary Winick (born c. 1961) is an American film director and producer who has directed films such as Tadpole (2002) and 13 Going on 30 (2004). He has also produced films including Pieces of April (2003) for which Patricia Clarkson was nominated for...
|
| Charlotte's Web | |||
| Tadpole | |||
| Bride Wars | |||
| Sam the Man | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Ishaan Trvedi | 7½ Phere | ||
| x Federico Fellini |
|
8½ |
Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was an Italian film director. Known for a distinct style that blends fantasy and baroque images, he is considered one of the most influential and widely revered...
|
| Amarcord | |||
| Boccaccio '70 | |||
| And the Ship Sails on | |||
| Fellini's Casanova | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Ron Howard |
|
A Beautiful Mind |
Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American film director and producer, as well as an actor. Howard came to prominence in the 1960s while playing Andy Griffith's TV son, Opie Taylor, on The Andy Griffith Show (credited as Ronny...
|
| Apollo 13 | |||
| Cinderella Man | |||
| Far and Away | |||
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x John Woo |
|
A Better Tomorrow |
John Woo Yu-Sen (born 1 May 1946) is a Chinese film director and producer from Hong Kong. Recognized for his stylized films of highly choreographed action sequences, Mexican standoffs, and use of slow-motion, Woo has directed several notable Hong...
|
| A Better Tomorrow 2 | |||
| Broken Arrow | |||
| Bullet in the Head | |||
| Face/Off | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Bill Melendez | A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Meléndez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was a Mexican character animator, film director and producer, known for his cartoons for Warner Brothers, UPA and the Peanuts series. Meléndez provided the voice of Snoopy and...
|
|
| Snoopy, Come Home | |||
| A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving | |||
| Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown | |||
| It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Richard Attenborough |
|
A Bridge Too Far |
Lord Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, CBE (born 29 August 1923) is an English actor, director, producer, and entrepreneur. Attenborough has won two Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes. He is the elder brother of...
|
| A Chorus Line | |||
| Chaplin | |||
| Closing the Ring | |||
| Cry Freedom | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Errol Morris | Fast, Cheap and Out of Control |
Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. In 2003 The Guardian listed him as number seven in their list of the world's 40 best directors.
Morris was born in Hewlett, New York on February 5,...
|
|
| Gates of Heaven | |||
| The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara | |||
| The Thin Blue Line | |||
| Vernon, Florida | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Vittorio de Sica |
|
Una Breve Vacanza |
Vittorio De Sica (7 July 1901 or 1902 – 13 November 1974) was a Italian director and actor, a leading figure in the neorealist movement.
Born into poverty in Sora (province of Frosinone), near Rome, in either 1901 or 1902 (sources are divided), he...
|
| After the Fox | |||
| Bicycle Thieves | |||
| Boccaccio '70 | |||
| Miracle in Milan | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Robert De Niro |
|
A Bronx Tale |
Robert De Niro, Jr. (born August 17, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer.
De Niro won his first Academy Award as best Supporting Actor for The Godfather Part II (1974), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for Raging Bull (1980)...
|
| The Good Shepherd | |||
| x Roger Corman |
|
A Bucket of Blood |
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is an American producer and director of low-budget movies, some of which have an established...
|
| Attack of the Crab Monsters | |||
| Creature from the Haunted Sea | |||
| House of Usher | |||
| It Conquered the World | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x John Lasseter |
|
A Bug's Life |
John Alan Lasseter (born January 12, 1957) is an Academy Award-winning American animator, director and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. He is also currently the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney...
|
| Cars | |||
| Knick Knack | |||
| Luxo Jr. | |||
| Toy Story | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Andrew Stanton |
|
A Bug's Life |
Andrew Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional voice actor based at Pixar Animation Studios. His film work includes writing and directing Finding Nemo and WALL-E; both films earned him the...
|
| Finding Nemo | |||
| WALL-E | |||
| John Carter of Mars | |||
| x José Cottinelli Telmo | A Canção de Lisboa | ||
| x Michael Powell |
|
A Canterbury Tale |
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a British film director, born in Bekesbourne, Kent, England who was renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Their partnership produced a series of classic British films...
|
| A Matter of Life and Death | |||
| Age of Consent | |||
| An Airman's Letter to His Mother | |||
| Black Narcissus | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Emeric Pressburger |
|
A Canterbury Tale |
Emeric Pressburger (5 December 1902–5 February 1988) was an Oscar-winning Hungarian/British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is known for his series of collaborations with Michael Powell.
Emeric Pressburger (Imre József Emmerich...
|
| A Matter of Life and Death | |||
| Black Narcissus | |||
| Gone to Earth | |||
| I Know Where I'm Going! | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x John Cassavetes |
|
A Child Is Waiting |
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, screenwriter and filmmaker. He appeared in many Hollywood films. He is most notable as an influential pioneer of independent film. He used handheld cameras and...
|
| A Woman Under the Influence | |||
| Faces | |||
| Gloria | |||
| Love Streams | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Ching Siu-tung | A Chinese Ghost Story |
Tony Ching Siu-Tung (traditional Chinese: 程小東 (born 1953) is a Hong Kong action choreographer, film director, actor and film producer, who has directed over 20 films, including the critically acclaimed supernatural fantasy A Chinese Ghost Story ...
|
|
| A Terracotta Warrior | |||
| Naked Weapon | |||
| Dr. Wai and the Scripture Without Words | |||
| Royal Tramp | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Bob Clark | A Christmas Story |
Benjamin "Bobby" Clark (August 5, 1939 – April 4, 2007) was an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer best known for directing and writing the script with Jean Shepherd to the 1983 holiday film A Christmas Story. His earliest success...
|
|
| Black Christmas | |||
| Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things | |||
| My Summer Story | |||
| Porky's | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Mark Rosman | A Cinderella Story | ||
| Evolver | |||
| The Perfect Man | |||
| The Invader | |||
| x Steven Zaillian |
|
A Civil Action |
Steven Zaillian (born 30 January 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director, editor, producer, and founder of Film Rites. He won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Schindler's List and he has been nominated two times for Awakenings and...
|
| All the King's Men | |||
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | |||
| x Éléonore Faucher | A Common Thread | ||
| x Charlie Chaplin |
|
A Countess from Hong Kong |
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comedian actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid...
|
| A Day's Pleasure | |||
| A Dog's Life | |||
| A King in New York | |||
| A Woman of Paris | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Heath C. Michaels | A Crime For Charlie | ||
| x George Stevens |
|
A Damsel in Distress |
George Stevens (December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.
Among his most notable films were Diary of Anne Frank (1959), nominated for Best Director, Giant (1956), winner of Oscar...
|
| A Place in the Sun | |||
| Giant | |||
| Gunga Din | |||
| I Remember Mama | |||
| more ▼ | |||
| x Christopher Menaul | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia | ||
| Feast of July | |||
| The Passion of Ayn Rand | |||
| See No Evil: The Story of the Moors Murders | |||
| Belonging | |||
| more ▼ | |||
