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producer-director Cecil B. DeMille [1881-1959] and members of his crew, circa 1927? on this page:
Directors &
Filmmakers
A thru F
G thru M
N thru S
T thru Z

“All auteurs are directors, but not all directors are auteurs.”
— G.E. Nordell, in Los Angeles Times, 1996

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A.F.I. Directors Profiles [1995-2002] on VHS or DVD

Film Directors of the XXth Century

Pioneers of The Cinema

Books, Videos & DVDs about Directors & Directing

Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers book by Yvonne Tasker "Fifty Contemporary Filmmakers" [2002] by Yvonne Tasker
Fifty essays covering European cinema, mainstream Hollywood movies, independent American film, and Chinese and Japanese cinema; chapter-subjects include Pedro Almodovar (Spain), Allison Anders, Shinji Aoyama (Japan), Gregg Araki, Jean-Jacques Beineix (France), Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy), Luc Besson (France), Kathryn Bigelow, Charles Burnett, Tim Burton, James Cameron, Jane Campion (New Zealand), Jackie Chan, Joel & Ethan Coen, Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg, Julie Dash, Atom Egoyan (Canada), David Fincher, Hal Hartley, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Aki & Mika Kaurismaki (Finland), Abbas Kiarostami (Iran), Krzysztof Kieslowski (Poland), Diane Kurys (France), Ang Lee, Spike Lee, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Mira Nair, Sally Potter (Britain), John Sayles, Martin Scorsese, Coline Serreau (France), Steven Soderbergh, Todd Solondz, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Tsui Hark (China), Christine Vachon, Lars von Trier (Denmark), Wayne Wang, Peter Weir (Australia), Wim Wenders (Germany), Kar-Wai Wong (Hong Kong), John Woo, Zhang Yimou & Zhang Yuan (China)
Routledge 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2002] for $26.95
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Film Reference website / Directors pages
A-Ba • Be-Bu • Bu-Co • Co-Du • Du-Fr • Fr-Ha • Ha-Ji • Jo-Ku
Ku-Lu • Lu-Mi • Mi-Pe • Pe-Ri • Ri-Sc • Sc-St • St-Ve • Ve-Y

A thru F

won Oscar for Best Picture for "Annie Hall" [1977] co-won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Annie Hall" [1977] writer-actor-director Woody Allen Pages
received 21 Oscar nominations [1978-2006]; won in 1978 (two) & 1987

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Judd Apatow
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia
listed among Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People (May 2008)

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Kathryn Bigelow
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Kathryn-Bigelow-Hollywood-Transgressor/dp/1903364426/

"Hurt Locker" [2009]
"One of the great war films." — Richard Corliss, Time Magazine
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow; full credits from IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Hurt-Locker-Blu-ray-Jeremy-Renner/dp/B00275EGX8/
http://www.amazon.com/Hurt-Locker-Ralph-Fiennes/dp/B00275EGWY/

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John Boorman
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won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The Producers" [1968] comedy writer-director-actor
Mel Brooks Page

Mel Brooks DVD Box Set Collection "Mel Brooks Box Set Collection" [2006]
Fox widescreen color DVD [4/2006] 8 disks for $71.88
includes "The Twelve Chairs" [1970] starring Ron Moody & Frank Langella; "Blazing Saddles" [1974] with Cleavon Little & ensemble cast; "Young Frankenstein" [1974] starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle & Marty Feldman; "Silent Movie" [1976] with Mel's stock company; Hitchcock spoof "High Anxiety" [1977] with Mel's stock company; "History of The World, Part 1" [1981] with Mel's stock company; "To Be Or Not To Be" [1983] co-starring Anne Bancroft; and "Robin Hood: Men In Tights" [1993]

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documentary filmmaker Ken Burns
browse Ken Burns on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

P.B.S. official Ken Burns website

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James Cameron

soon "The Futurist: The Life & Films of James Cameron" [] by Rebecca Keegan

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won Oscar for Best Original Script for "The Piano" [1993] Jane Campion from New Zealand
browse Jane Campion on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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won shared Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Fargo" [1996] Coen Brothers: Joel & Ethan Page

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co-won Oscar for Best Script Adaptation for "Patton" [1970] won Oscar for Best Picture for "The Godfather: Part II" [1974] won Oscar for Best Director for "The Godfather: Part II" [1974] Francis Coppola
browse Francis Coppola on DVD • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
received 14 Oscar nominations [1971-1991]; won in 1971, 1973 & 1975 (three)

"This new career of mine [is] the one I always wanted from the beginning, to be an independent
filmmaker, writing stories and making personal films." — Francis Ford Coppola, in 2009

Magic Lantern's 'Godfather Saga' Page

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Brian De Palma
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won Oscar for Best Picture for "Unforgiven" [1992] won Oscar for Best Director for "Unforgiven" [1992] actor-director Clint Eastwood Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
received 8 Oscar nominations [1993-2005]; won in 1993 (two) & 2005 (two)

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Chris Eyre
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

award-winning "Smoke Signals" [1998]
"Skinwalkers" [2002] based on the Tony Hillerman novel
"A Thief of Time" [2004] based on the Tony Hillerman novel

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won Oscar for Best Director for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1975] Miloš Forman
browse Miloš Forman on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Marc Forster
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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G thru M

Tony Gilroy
no browse/Amazon entry • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

the Bourne series starring Matt Damon
"Michael Clayton" [2007]
"Duplicity" [2009]
"State of Play" [2009]
?? "Red Dawn" [2010]

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Peter Greenaway
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Peter Greenaway screenings [2007] at Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, WA

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Taylor Hackford
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Todd Haynes
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Monte Hellman
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Norman Jewison
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received 7 Oscar nominations [1967-1988]; no wins

AFI Profile video

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Philip Kaufman
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Spike Lee
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AFI Profile video

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won Oscar for Best Director for "Rain Man" [1988] Barry Levinson
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AFI Profile video

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won Honorary Oscar in 2005 Sidney Lumet
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received 5 Oscar nominations [1958-1983]; won Honorary Oscar in 2005

AFI Profile video

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David Lynch
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Michael Mann
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AFI Profile video

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Ismail Merchant [1936-2005] & James Ivory
Merchant-Ivory video/DVD library • posters • team on Wikipedia
browse James Ivory on DVD • JI credits on IMDb
browse Ismail Merchant on DVD • IM credits on IMDb

official Merchant-Ivory website

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John Milius
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N thru S

Mira Nair
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Gregory Nava
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Wolfgang Peterson
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"Das Boot" [1981]
"In The Line of Fire" [1993] starring Clint Eastwood
"Outbreak" [1995) starring Dustin Hoffman
"Air Force One" [1997]
"The Perfect Storm" [2000]
"Ender's Game" [2008] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400403/
"Uprising" [2008] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963808/

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won Oscar for Best Director for "The Pianist" [2002] Roman Polanski [b. 1933]
browse Roman Polanski on DVD • IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia
received 5 Oscar nominations [1969-2003]; won in 2003

"Fearless Vampire Killers..." [1967]
"Rosemary's Baby" [1968]
"Chinatown" [1974]
"Tess" [1979]
"Bitter Moon" [1994]
"Death and The Maiden" [1994]

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Jason Reitman
DVDs of Jason Reitman at Amazon • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Thank You for Smoking" [2005]
"Juno" [2007]

Up In The Air movie directed by Jason Reitman, starring George Clooney    "Up In The Air" [Paramount Dec 2009]
The cherished 'on the road' lifestyle of a corporate downsizing expert is threatened by internet conferencing just as he is on the brink of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he finds that he has fallen for the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Jason Reitman; co-adapted by Sheldon Turner, from Walter Kirn's 2001 novel; cinematography by Eric Steelberg; starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bate-man, Amy Morton, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride & Sam Elliott; nominated for D.G.A. Award, 3 S.A.G. Awards, W.G.A. Award, and 6 BAFTA Awards, including Best Picture
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits from IMDb • official movie site

Up In The Air 2001 novel by Walter Kirn
"Up In The Air" [2001 novel] by Walter Kirn
Anchor movie tie-in mass pb [10/2009] for $7.99
Anchor movie tie-in 7¾x5 pb [10/2009] for $10.17
Doubleday 8½x5¾ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used
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Ken Russell [b. 1927]
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"Ken Russell At The B.B.C." 3 disks
"Women In Love" [1969]
"Mahler" [1974]
"Tommy" [1975]
"Lisztomania" [1975]

Valentino 1977 movie poster starring Rudolf Nureyev "Valentino" [Chartoff-Winkler/United Artists Oct 1977]
Co-written & directed by Ken Russell; starring Rudolf Nureyev {as Valentino}, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel & Huntz Hall
Region 1 DVD not available; MGM/UA Home Video color VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used
11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99
full credits at IMDb
"Altered States" [1980]
"The Who's Tommy: The Amazing Journey" [1993]
"Ken Russell's Treasure Island" [1995 TV] http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0756354/
"Marple: The Moving Finger" [2006 TV] based on the Agatha Christie novel

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John Sayles
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Joel Schumacher
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AFI Profile video

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won Best Director Oscar for "The Departed" [2006] Martin Scorsese Page
received 8 Oscar nominations [1981-2007]; won in 2007

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Sir Ridley Scott
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directed "Blade Runner" [1982]

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co-won Oscar for Best Picture for "Schindler's List" [1993] won Oscar for Best Director for "Schindler's List" [1993] Steven Spielberg
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received 12 Oscar nominations [1978-2007]; won in 1994 (two) & 1998

AFI Profile video

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won Oscar for Best Script (Adaptation) for "Midnight Express" [1978] won Oscar for Best Director for "Platoon" [1986] Oliver Stone Page
received 11 Oscar nominations [1979-96]; won in 1978, 1986 & 1989

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T thru Z

co-won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Pulp Fiction" [1994] Quentin Tarantino
browse Quentin Tarantino on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

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Julie Taymor
browse Julie Taymor on DVD • IMDb listing • Broadway credits • Wikipedia

Across the Universe "Across The Universe" [Revolution/Sony Sept 2007]
Strikingly visionary teen love story set in the turbulent 1960s using Beatles songs & psychedelic graphics. Co-written & directed by Julie Taymor; co-written by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais; starring Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Cynthia Loebe, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio & Heather Janneck, with cameos by Salma Hayek, Eddie Izzard & Bono
Sony widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2008] for $12.99
Sony widescreen color DVD [2/2008] 2 disks - out of prodn/many used
Interscope records soundtrack CD [10/2007] 2 disks for $9.99
Interscope records soundtrack CD [9/2007] for $10.97
full credits from IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash}