Directors Born 1947-1964

1. Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi Kitano originally studied to become an engineer, but was thrown out of school for rebellious behavior. He learned comedy, singing and dancing from famed comedian Senzaburô Fukami. Working as a lift boy on a nightclub with such features as comic sketches and striptease dancing, Kitano saw ...

1947 Outrage 2 (2013) Outrage (2010) Achilles and the Tortoise (2008) Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007) Takeshis' (2005) The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003) Dolls (2002) Brother (2000) Kikujiro (1999) Fireworks (1997) Kids Return (1996) Getting Any? (1994) Sonatine (1993) A Scene at the Sea (1991) Boiling Point (1990) Violent Cop (1989) -

2. David Mamet

Writer | House of Games

Born in 1947 in Chicago, he was educated at Goddard College, in Vermont, and studied drama at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, before returning to Chicago and establishing the St Nicholas Theatre Company in 1972. He remained their resident writer for four years. The first of his plays to secure ...

1947 Redbelt (2008) Spartan (2004) Heist (2001) State and Main (2000) The Winslow Boy (1999) The Spanish Prisoner (1997) Oleanna (1994) Homicide (1991) Things Change (1988) House of Games (1987) -

3. Rob Reiner

Actor | All in the Family

Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.

As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...

1947 Flipped (2010) The Bucket List (2007) The American President (1995) A Few Good Men (1992) Misery (1990) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) The Princess Bride (1987) Stand by Me (1986) The Sure Thing (1985) This Is Spinal Tap (1984) -

4. John Carpenter

Writer | The Fog

John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...

1948 In the Mouth of Madness (1994) They Live (1988) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Starman (1984) Christine (1983) The Thing (1982) Escape from New York (1981) The Fog (1980) Halloween (1978) Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Dark Star (1974) -

5. Pedro Almodóvar

Writer | Hable con ella

The most internationally acclaimed Spanish filmmaker since Luis Buñuel was born in a small town (Calzada de Calatrava) in the impoverished Spanish region of La Mancha. He arrived in Madrid in 1968, and survived by selling used items in the flea-market called El Rastro. Almodóvar couldn't study ...

1949 The Skin I Live In (2011) Broken Embraces (2009) Volver (2006) Bad Education (2004) Talk to Her (2002) All About My Mother (1999) Live Flesh (1997) The Flower of My Secret (1995) High Heels (1991) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Law of Desire (1987) Matador (1986) What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1984) -

6. Lawrence Kasdan

Writer | The Big Chill

Lawrence Kasdan is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He directed Body Heat, Grand Canyon, The Big Chill, Silverado and Dreamcatcher. He wrote Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Bodyguard, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens and Solo: A Star Wars Story. He is ...

1949 Mumford (1999) Wyatt Earp (1994) Grand Canyon (1991) The Accidental Tourist (1988) Silverado (1985) The Big Chill (1983) Body Heat (1981) -

7. Dominic Sena

Director | Kalifornia

Dominic Sena was born on April 26, 1949 in Niles, Ohio, USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Kalifornia (1993), Whiteout (2009) and Swordfish (2001).

1949 Season of the Witch (2011) Swordfish (2001) Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) Kalifornia (1993) -

8. Randall Wallace

Writer | We Were Soldiers

Randall Wallace was born on July 28, 1949 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for We Were Soldiers (2002), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Braveheart (1995).

1949 Secretariat (2010) We Were Soldiers (2002) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) -

9. Terry Zwigoff

Director | Ghost World

Born in Appleton, Wisconsin, Zwigoff held several jobs before making his breakthrough feature: the documentary Crumb (1994) in 1994. His previous jobs included musician, shipping clerk, printer and welfare office worker. In fact, Zwigoff traces his film career back to discovering a rare blues ...

1949 Art School Confidential (2006) Bad Santa (2003) Ghost World (2001) Crumb (1994) Doc Louie Bluie (1985) Doc -

10. John Hughes

Writer | Planes, Trains & Automobiles

John Hughes was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He was credited for creating some of the most memorable comedy films of the 1980s and the 1990s, when he was at the height of his career. He had a talent for writing coming-of-age stories, and for depicting fairly realistic...

1950–2009 Uncle Buck (1989) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Weird Science (1985) The Breakfast Club (1985) Sixteen Candles (1984) -

11. Joe Johnston

Director | Captain America: The First Avenger

Joseph Eggleston Johnston II is an American film director from Texas who is known for directing the cult classic film The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, The Wolfman, October Sky, The Pagemaster, Jurassic Park III and Captain America: The First Avenger. He was an art director for ...

1950 Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) The Wolfman (2010) Hidalgo (2004) Jurassic Park III (2001) October Sky (1999) Jumanji (1995) The Rocketeer (1991) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) -

12. Neil Jordan

Writer | The Crying Game

Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.

1950 Byzantium (2012) Ondine (2009) The Brave One (2007) Breakfast on Pluto (2005) The Good Thief (2002) The End of the Affair (1999) The Butcher Boy (1997) Michael Collins (1996) Interview with the Vampire (1994) The Crying Game (1992) Mona Lisa (1986) The Company of Wolves (1984) Angel (1982) -

13. John Landis

Director | The Blues Brothers

John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...

1950 Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) Coming to America (1988) ¡Three Amigos! (1986) Spies Like Us (1985) Thriller (1983) with Michael Jackson Trading Places (1983) An American Werewolf in London (1981) The Blues Brothers (1980) Animal House (1978) The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) Schlock (1973) -

14. John Sayles

Writer | Lone Star

A bright child, John Sayles began reading novels before age 9. A Williams College grad in 1972, he shunned a corporate career to work various blue-collar jobs, moving to east Boston to take a factory job. He wrote stories and submitted them to various magazines, and the Atlantic Monthly gave him ...

1950 Honeydripper (2007) Silver City (2004) Casa de los babys (2003) Sunshine State (2002) Limbo (1999) Men with Guns (1997) Lone Star (1996) The Secret of Roan Inish (1994) Passion Fish (1992) City of Hope (1991) Eight Men Out (1988) Matewan (1987) The Brother from Another Planet (1984) -

15. Lee Tamahori

Director | Once Were Warriors

Beginning as a commercial artist and photographer, he joined the New Zealand film industry in the late 1970s as a boom operator. He became an assistant director a decade later. Making international award-winning commercials for 10 years, he has also directed several TV series. His first feature ...

1950 The Devil's Double (2011) Next (2007) Die Another Day (2002) Along Came a Spider (2001) The Edge (1997) Mulholland Falls (1996) Once Were Warriors (1994) -

16. Kathryn Bigelow

Director | The Hurt Locker

A very talented painter, Kathryn spent two years at the San Francisco Art Institute. At 20, she won a scholarship to the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program. She was given a studio in a former Offtrack Betting building, literally in an old bank vault, where she made art and waited to be ...

1951 The Hurt Locker (2008) K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) The Weight of Water (2000) Strange Days (1995) Wild Palms (1993) TV Mini Series Point Break (1991) Blue Steel (1989) Near Dark (1987) -

17. Martin Brest

Director | Scent of a Woman

Martin Brest was born on August 8, 1951 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Midnight Run (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).

1951 Gigli (2003) Meet Joe Black (1998) Scent of a Woman (1992) Midnight Run (1988) Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Going in Style (1979) -

18. Abel Ferrara

Director | Bad Lieutenant

Born in the Bronx, Ferrara started making amateur films on Super 8 in his teens before making his debut with violent exploitation films such as 'Driller Killer' and 'Ms.45'. Good reviews for the latter helped create his cult reputation, leading to larger budgets, studio funding and 'name' actors (...

1951 Mulberry St. (2010) Doc The Funeral (1996) The Addiction (1995) Bad Lieutenant (1992) King of New York (1990) Ms. 45 (1981) -

19. John McTiernan

Director | Die Hard

John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.

1951 Basic (2003) The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) The 13th Warrior (1999) Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Last Action Hero (1993) The Hunt for Red October (1990) Die Hard (1988) Predator (1987) -

20. Julian Schnabel

Director | Before Night Falls

Julian Schnabel was born on October 26, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Before Night Falls (2000), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) and At Eternity's Gate (2018). He was previously married to Olatz López Garmendia and Jacqueline Schnabel.

1951 Miral (2010) Berlin (2007) Doc The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Before Night Falls (2000) Basquiat (1996) -

21. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

1951 Flight (2012) A Christmas Carol (2009) Beowulf (2007) The Polar Express (2004) Cast Away (2000) What Lies Beneath (2000) Contact (1997) Forrest Gump (1994) Death Becomes Her (1992) Back to the Future Part III (1990) Back to the Future Part II (1989) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Back to the Future (1985) Romancing the Stone (1984) Used Cars (1980) I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) -

22. Tony Kaye

Director | Detachment

Tony Kaye was born in London, United Kingdom. He has made several well-known music videos, including the video for "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum, which won a Grammy Award, "Dani California" by Red Hot Chili Peppers, "What God Wants" by Roger Waters, and "Help Me" and "God's Gonna Cut You Down" by ...

1952 Attachment (2014) Detachment (2011) Lake of Fire (2006) Doc American History X (1998) -

23. Kevin Reynolds

Director | Waterworld

Raised as an Air Force brat, Kevin Reynolds' love for cinema inspired him to forsake his law school degree and move to Los Angeles to enroll in the University of Southern California's legendary film school. Reynolds' graduate thesis film "Proof" became the basis for "Fandango" starring Kevin ...

1952 Tristan + Isolde (2006) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) One Eight Seven (1997) Waterworld (1995) Rapa Nui (1994) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) The Beast of War (1988) Fandango (1985) -

24. Julie Taymor

Director | Frida

Julie Taymor is an Academy Award-nominated director, known for such films as Frida (2002) and Across the Universe (2007).

She was born on December 15, 1952, in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Her father, Melvin Lester Taymor, was a gynecologist. Her mother, Elizabeth Bernstein, was a ...

1952 The Tempest (2010) Across the Universe (2007) Frida (2002) Titus (1999) -

25. Roberto Benigni

Actor | La vita è bella

Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991.

1952 The Tiger and the Snow (2005) La vita è bella (1997) The Monster (1994) Johnny Stecchino (1991) Il piccolo diavolo (1988) -

26. Gus Van Sant

Director | Elephant

Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...

1952 Restless (2011) Milk (2008) Paranoid Park (2007) Last Days (2005) Elephant (2003) Gerry (2002) Finding Forrester (2000) Psycho (1998) Good Will Hunting (1997) To Die For (1995) My Own Private Idaho (1991) Drugstore Cowboy (1989) Mala Noche (1986) -

27. Edward Zwick

Producer | Thirtysomething

Zwick moves deftly between the roles of writer, director and producer. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his direction of the 1989 critically acclaimed Civil War drama, Glory. He received his second Golden Globe nomination as a director for Legends of the Fall. Zwick received an Academy Award...

1952 Love and Other Drugs (2010) Defiance (2008) Blood Diamond (2006) The Last Samurai (2003) The Siege (1998) Courage Under Fire (1996) Legends of the Fall (1994) Leaving Normal (1992) Glory (1989) -

28. James Foley

Director | At Close Range

James Foley was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for At Close Range (1986), After Dark, My Sweet (1990) and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992).

1953 Perfect Stranger (2007) Confidence (2003) The Corruptor (1999) The Chamber (1996) Fear (1996) Two Bits (1995) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) After Dark, My Sweet (1990) Who's That Girl (1987) At Close Range (1986) -

29. Paul Haggis

Writer | Crash

Paul Haggis established himself over twenty years with an extensive career in television, before his big break into features arrived when he became the first screenwriter to garner two Best Film Academy Awards back-to-back for his scripts: "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, ...

1953 The Next Three Days (2010) In the Valley of Elah (2007) Crash (2004) -

30. Jim Jarmusch

Director | Paterson

Moved to New York City at the age of seventeen from Akron, Ohio. Graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English, class of '75. Without any prior film experience, he was accepted into the Tisch School of the Arts, New York.

1953 The Limits of Control (2009) Broken Flowers (2005) Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) Dead Man (1995) Night on Earth (1991) Mystery Train (1989) Down by Law (1986) Stranger Than Paradise (1984) Permanent Vacation (1980) -

31. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Director | Un long dimanche de fiançailles

Jean-Pierre Jeunet is a self-taught director who was very quickly interested by cinema, with a predilection for a fantastic cinema where form is as important as the subject. Thus he started directing TV commercials and video clips (such as Julien Clerc in 1984). At the same time he met designer/...

1953 Micmacs (2009) A Very Long Engagement (2004) Amélie (2001) Alien: Resurrection (1997) The City of Lost Children (1995) Delicatessen (1991) -

32. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

1954 Avatar (2009) Titanic (1997) True Lies (1994) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Abyss (1989) Aliens (1986) The Terminator (1984) -

33. Joel Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...

1954 ( & Ethan Coen ) Inside Llewyn Davis (2012) True Grit (2010) A Serious Man (2009) Burn After Reading (2008) No Country for Old Men (2007) The Ladykillers (2004) Intolerable Cruelty (2003) The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) The Big Lebowski (1998) Fargo (1996) The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Barton Fink (1991) Miller's Crossing (1990) Raising Arizona (1987) Blood Simple. (1984) -

34. Ron Howard

Producer | Arrested Development

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.

Howard ...

1954 Frost/Nixon (2008) Cinderella Man (2005) The Missing (2003) A Beautiful Mind (2001) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) Edtv (1999) Ransom (1996) Apollo 13 (1995) Grand Theft Auto (1977) -

35. Ang Lee

Director | Wo hu cang long

Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

1954 Life of Pi (2012) Taking Woodstock (2009) Lust, Caution (2007) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Hulk (2003) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ride with the Devil (1999) The Ice Storm (1997) Sense and Sensibility (1995) Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) The Wedding Banquet (1993) Pushing Hands (1992) -

36. Olivier Assayas

Writer | Personal Shopper

Olivier Assayas is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is best know for his films Demonlover (2002), Something in the Air (2012), Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016).

Assayas is the son of French director/screenwriter Raymond Assayas, alias Jacques Rémy.

His ...

1955 Carlos (2010) TV Mini Series Summer Hours (2008) Clean (2004) -

37. Anton Corbijn

Director | Control

Anton Corbijn was born on May 20, 1955 in Strijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He is a director and actor, known for Control (2007), A Most Wanted Man (2014) and The American (2010).

1955 The American (2010) Control (2007) -

38. Roland Emmerich

Writer | Independence Day

Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...

1955 Anonymous (2011) 2012 (2009) 10,000 BC (2008) The Day After Tomorrow (2004) The Patriot (2000) Godzilla (1998) Independence Day (1996) Stargate (1994) Universal Soldier (1992) -

39. Paul Greengrass

Director | United 93

Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.

After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...

1955 Green Zone (2010) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) United 93 (2006) The Bourne Supremacy (2004) Bloody Sunday (2002) The Theory of Flight (1998) -

40. Fernando Meirelles

Director | The Constant Gardener

Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in São Paulo City, Brazil.

He studied architecture at the university of São Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos and video art. They won a huge number of ...

1955 Blindness (2008) The Constant Gardener (2005) City of God (2002) Maids (2001) -

41. David Twohy

Writer | The Fugitive

As both writer and director, David Twohy has contributed much to the film world, helping to elevate movies in such a way that Entertainment Weekly was prompted to name him "one of the 100 most creative people in Hollywood." In his career, Twohy has worked with on-screen notables like Harrison Ford,...

1955 A Perfect Getaway (2009) The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Below (2002) Pitch Black (2000) The Arrival (1996) Timescape (1992) -

42. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

1956 127 Hours (2010) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Sunshine (2007) Millions (2004) 28 Days Later... (2002) The Beach (2000) A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Trainspotting (1996) Shallow Grave (1994) -

43. Larry Charles

Producer | Seinfeld

Larry Charles was born on December 1, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Seinfeld (1989), The Dictator (2012) and Brüno (2009).

1956 The Dictator (2012) Brüno (2009) Religulous (2008) Doc Borat (2006) -

44. John Dahl

Director | The Last Seduction

John Dahl was born on June 15, 1956 in Billings, Montana, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Last Seduction (1994), Kill Me Again (1989) and Rounders (1998). He is married to Beth Jana Friedberg. They have four children.

1956 You Kill Me (2007) The Great Raid (2005) Joy Ride (2001) Rounders (1998) The Last Seduction (1994) Red Rock West (1993) Kill Me Again (1989) -

45. Mel Gibson

Actor | Braveheart

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson was born January 3, 1956 in Peekskill, New York, USA, as the sixth of eleven children of Hutton Gibson, a railroad brakeman, and Anne Patricia (Reilly) Gibson (who died in December of 1990). His mother was Irish, from County Longford, while his American-born father is ...

1956 Apocalypto (2006) The Passion of the Christ (2004) Braveheart (1995) The Man Without a Face (1993) -

46. Tony Gilroy

Writer | Michael Clayton

Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Cutting Edge (1992).

1956 The Bourne Legacy (2012) Duplicity (2009) Michael Clayton (2007) -

47. Gary Ross

Writer | The Hunger Games

Gary Ross is an American writer, director and actor born November 3rd, 1956 in Los Angeles, California. His father was screenwriter Arthur A. Ross (1920 - 2008). After writing for television series The Hitchhiker (1983) in 1986, Ross broke through by penning the Tom Hanks hit Big (1988), his first ...

1956 The Hunger Games (2012) Seabiscuit (2003) Pleasantville (1998) -

48. Kar-Wai Wong

Director | Yi dai zong shi

Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1956) is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work, including Ah fei zing zyun (1990), Dung che sai duk (1994), Chung Hing sam lam (1994), Do lok tin si (1995), Chun gwong ...

1956 The Grandmasters (2012) My Blueberry Nights (2007) 2046 (2004) In the Mood for Love (2000) Happy Together (1997) Fallen Angels (1995) Ashes of Time (1994) Chungking Express (1994) Days of Being Wild (1990) As Tears Go By (1988) -

49. Michael Caton-Jones

Director | Memphis Belle

Michael Caton-Jones was born on October 15, 1957 in Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Memphis Belle (1990), Basic Instinct 2 (2006) and City by the Sea (2002).

1957 Beyond the Gates (2005) City by the Sea (2002) The Jackal (1997) Rob Roy (1995) This Boy's Life (1993) Memphis Belle (1990) -

50. Cameron Crowe

Writer | Almost Famous

Certainly idiosyncratic as a writer, Cameron Crowe has created a series of scripts that, while liked by the critics, were considered offbeat and difficult to market.

Cameron Bruce Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California, to Alice Marie Crowe (née George), a teacher and activist, and James A. ...

1957 We Bought a Zoo (2011) Pearl Jam Twenty (2011) Doc The Union (2011) Doc Elizabethtown (2005) Vanilla Sky (2001) Almost Famous (2000) Jerry Maguire (1996) Singles (1992) Say Anything... (1989) -

51. Oliver Hirschbiegel

Director | Das Experiment

Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1957. In his teens he left high school and worked as a cooker in a boat.

Then he studied painting and graphism in the Academy of arts in Hamburg where he also started experimenting with video and photography. Those experimental movies attracted the attention of some ...

1957 Five Minutes of Heaven (2009) The Invasion (2007) Der Untergang (2004) Das Experiment (2001) -

52. Spike Lee

Director | Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee was born Shelton Jackson Lee on March 20, 1957, in Atlanta, Georgia. At a very young age, he moved from pre-civil rights Georgia, to Brooklyn, New York. Lee came from artistic, education-grounded background; his father was a jazz musician, and his mother, a schoolteacher. He attended ...

1957 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) Doc Inside Man (2006) 25th Hour (2002) Summer of Sam (1999) Freak (1998) He Got Game (1998) 4 Little Girls (1997) Doc Clockers (1995) Crooklyn (1994) Malcolm X (1992) Do the Right Thing (1989) -

53. Jay Roach

Director | Trumbo

Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Trumbo (2015), Bombshell (2019) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children.

1957 The Campaign (2012) Game Change (2012) Dinner for Schmucks (2010) Recount (2008) Meet the Fockers (2004) Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Meet the Parents (2000) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) -

54. Bobby Farrelly

Producer | There's Something About Mary

Bobby Farrelly was born on June 17, 1958 in Cumberland, Rhode Island, USA. He is a producer and director, known for There's Something About Mary (1998), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Me, Myself & Irene (2000). He has been married to Nancy Farrelly since 1990. They have two children.

1958 ( & Peter Farrelly ) The Three Stooges (2012) Hall Pass (2011) The Heartbreak Kid (2007) Stuck on You (2003) Shallow Hal (2001) Osmosis Jones (2001) Me, Myself & Irene (2000) There's Something About Mary (1998) Kingpin (1996) Dumb & Dumber (1994) -

55. David O. Russell

Director | American Hustle

David Owen Russell is an American film writer, director, and producer, known for a cinema of intense, tragi-comedic characters whose love of life can surpass dark circumstances faced in very specific worlds. His films address such themes as mental illness as stigma or hope; invention of self and ...

1958 The Fighter (2010) I Heart Huckabees (2004) Three Kings (1999) Flirting with Disaster (1996) Spanking the Monkey (1994) -

56. Iain Softley

Director | Backbeat

Softley was educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing, London, and Queens' College, Cambridge University, where he was a member of the college's dramatic society, the BATS, and directed a number of highly-praised theatrical productions. He worked for Granada TV and the BBC before becoming a director...

1958 The Skeleton Key (2005) K-PAX (2001) The Wings of the Dove (1997) Hackers (1995) -

57. Tom Shadyac

Director | The Nutty Professor

Tom Shadyac moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and, at age 24, became the youngest staff joke writer ever for comedian Bob Hope. Shadyac received his master's degree in film from UCLA in 1989 after completing the critically acclaimed short, Tom, Dick and Harry. He then worked on movies-of-the-week, ...

1958 I Am (2010) Doc Evan Almighty (2007) Bruce Almighty (2003) Patch Adams (1998) Liar Liar (1997) The Nutty Professor (1996) Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994) -

58. Luc Besson

Writer | Le Cinquième Élément

Luc Besson spent the first years of his life following his parents, scuba diving instructors, around the world. His early life was entirely aquatic. He already showed amazing creativity as a youth, writing early drafts of The Big Blue (1988) and The Fifth Element (1997), as an adolescent bored in ...

1959 The Lady (2011) Angel-A (2005) The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) The Fifth Element (1997) Leon: The Professional (1994) Atlantis (1991) Doc La Femme Nikita (1990) The Big Blue (1988) Le Dernier Combat (The Last Battle) (1983) -

59. Nick Cassavetes

Actor | Face/Off

Nick Cassavetes was born in New York City, the son of actress Gena Rowlands and Greek-American actor and film director John Cassavetes. As a child, he appeared in two of his father's films: Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974). After spending so much of his youth surrounded by the...

1959 My Sister's Keeper (2009) Alpha Dog (2006) The Notebook (2004) John Q (2002) -

60. Frank Darabont

Writer | The Shawshank Redemption

Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...

1959 The Walking Dead (2010– ) TV Series The Mist (2007) The Majestic (2001) The Green Mile (1999) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) -

61. Sam Raimi

Director | Spider-Man

Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...

1959 Drag Me to Hell (2009) Spider-Man 3 (2007) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man (2002) The Gift (2000) A Simple Plan (1998) The Quick and the Dead (1995) Army of Darkness (1992) Darkman (1990) Evil Dead II (1987) The Evil Dead (1981) -

62. Kenneth Branagh

Actor | Henry V

Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family ...

1960 Thor (2011) Sleuth (2007) As You Like It (2006) Hamlet (1996) A Midwinter's Tale (1995) Frankenstein (1994) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Peter's Friends (1992) Dead Again (1991) Henry V (1989) -

63. Mikael Håfström

Writer | Ondskan

Mikael Håfström was born on July 1, 1960 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a writer and director, known for Evil (2003), 1408 (2007) and The Rite (2011).

1960 Shanghai (2010) 1408 (2007) Derailed (2005) Evil (2003) -

64. Richard Linklater

Director | Waking Life

Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...

1960 Bernie (2011) Me and Orson Welles (2008) A Scanner Darkly (2006) Fast Food Nation (2006) Doc Bad News Bears (2005) Before Sunset (2004) The School of Rock (2003) Tape (2001) Waking Life (2001) The Newton Boys (1998) SubUrbia (1996) Before Sunrise (1995) Dazed and Confused (1993) Slacker (1991) -

65. Timur Bekmambetov

Director | Nochnoy dozor

Timur Bekmambetov is a Kazakh-Russian film director known for vampire franchise Night Watch (2004) and Day Watch (2006).

He was born Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov on June 25, 1961, in Guryev, Soviet Union (now Atyrau, Kazakhstan). His father, Nuruakhit Bekmambetov, is a manager at Guryev Energy ...

1961 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) Wanted (2008) Day Watch (2006) Night Watch (2004) -

66. Shane Black

Actor | Predator

Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from The Last Boy Scout (1991) ...

1961 Iron Man 3 (2013) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) -

67. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

1961 Gravity (2012) Children of Men (2006) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Y Tu Mamá También (2001) Great Expectations (1998) A Little Princess (1995) Sólo con tu pareja (1991) -

68. George Clooney

Actor | The Ides of March

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney ...

1961 The Ides of March (2011) Leatherheads (2008) Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) -

69. Stephen Daldry

Director | The Reader

In 1989, Stephen Daldry worked as a freelance reader of unsolicited manuscripts for Literary Manager Nicholas Wright in the Scripts Department at the Royal National Theatre. In July of that year, he directed a Dadaist/expressionist production of "Judgement Day," a play by Odon von Horvath, at the ...

1961 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) The Reader (2008) The Hours (2002) Billy Elliot (2000) -

70. Todd Haynes

Director | Far from Heaven

Todd Haynes was always interested in art, and made amateur movies and painted while he was still a child. He attended Brown university and majored in art and semiotics. After he graduated he moved to New York City and made the controversial short film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987). ...

1961 I'm Not There. (2007) Far from Heaven (2002) Velvet Goldmine (1998) Safe (1995) Poison (1991) -

71. John Hillcoat

Director | The Proposition

John Hillcoat was born on August 14, 1961 in Queensland, Australia. He is a director and producer, known for The Proposition (2005), The Road (2009) and Lawless (2012).

1961 Triple Nine (2013) Lawless (2012) The Road (2009) The Proposition (2005) -

72. Peter Jackson

Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...

1961 The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun (2015) The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) The Lovely Bones (2009) King Kong (2005) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Frighteners (1996) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Dead Alive (1992) -

73. Jonathan Mostow

Director | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Jonathan Mostow was born on November 28, 1961 in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Breakdown (1997) and U-571 (2000). He has been married to Laurie Sandell since October 7, 2018.

1961 Surrogates (2009) Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) U-571 (2000) Breakdown (1997) -

74. Alexander Payne

Director | Nebraska

Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos. He is the youngest...

1961 The Descendants (2011) Sideways (2004) About Schmidt (2002) Election (1999) Citizen Ruth (1996) -

75. Tarsem Singh

Director | The Fall

Indian director Tarsem Singh is the son of an aircraft engineer. He was educated at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Shimla and relocated to the USA to study business at Harvard and, significantly, film studies at the Art Center College of Design in California. Upon graduating he embarked on a career ...

1961 Mirror Mirror (2012) Immortals (2011) The Fall (2006) The Cell (2000) -

76. Simon West

Director | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Simon West is a British born and Hollywood based film director and producer. His films include CON AIR starring Nicholas Cage, "THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER" starring John Travolta and "LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER" starring Angelina Jolie. West is the only live action director ever whose first three 3 films ...

1961 The Expendables 2 (2012) Stolen (2012) The Mechanic (2011) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) The General's Daughter (1999) Con Air (1997) -

77. Michael Winterbottom

Director | A Mighty Heart

Michael took an English degree at Oxford then trained in film at Bristol and London breaking into television via the cutting room at Thames Television. He made his directorial debut with two documentaries on Ingmar Bergman His production of Love Lies Bleeding won the Silver Award at the 1993 New ...

1961 The Trip (2010) The Killer Inside Me (2010) The Shock Doctrine (2009) Doc A Mighty Heart (2007) The Road to Guantanamo (2006) Doc Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) 9 Songs (2004) Code 46 (2003) In This World (2002) 24 Hour Party People (2002) The Claim (2000) Welcome to Sarajevo (1997) -

78. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

1962 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) The Social Network (2010) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Zodiac (2007) Panic Room (2002) Fight Club (1999) The Game (1997) Se7en (1995) -

79. Bobcat Goldthwait

Director | God Bless America

Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait, born May 26, 1962, is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, and star of films and television shows. He is most widely known for his at times screechy voice and scattergun delivery during his standup comedy performances and some film roles.

He was born ...

1962 God Bless America (2011) World's Greatest Dad (2009) -

80. Mike Judge

Writer | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Mike Judge is an American actor, animator, film director, screenwriter, and television producer.

In 1962, Judge was born in Guayaquil, the largest city of Ecuador and the country's main port. His parents were expatriate Americans. His father was archaeologist William James Judge and his mother was ...

1962 Extract (2009) Idiocracy (2006) Office Space (1999) Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) Beavis and Butt-Head (1993– ) TV Series -

81. Baz Luhrmann

Writer | Moulin Rouge!

Baz Luhrmann is an Australian writer, director and producer with projects spanning film, television, opera, theater, music and recording industries. He is regarded by many as a contemporary example of an auteur for his distinctly recognizable style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, ...

1962 The Great Gatsby (2012) Australia (2008) Moulin Rouge! (2001) Romeo + Juliet (1996) -

82. Prachya Pinkaew

Producer | Ong-Bak

Prachya Pinkaew was born on September 2, 1962. He is a producer and director, known for Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2003), The Protector (2005) and Chocolate (2008).

1962 The Protector 2 (2012) Elephant White (2011) Chocolate (2008) The Protector (2005) Ong-bak (2003) -

83. Michel Gondry

Director | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. When he was young, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor. In the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris where he could develop his graphic skills and where he also met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band ...

1963 The Green Hornet (2011) The Thorn in the Heart (2009) Be Kind Rewind (2008) The Science of Sleep (2006) Block Party (2005) Doc Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Human Nature (2001) -

84. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Director | Biutiful

Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 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 Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...

1963 Biutiful (2010) Babel (2006) 21 Grams (2003) Amores Perros (2000) -

85. David Koepp

Writer | Jurassic Park

David Koepp is an American film director and screenwriter. He is known for writing Jurassic Park directed by Steven Spielberg, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi and Panic Room directed by David ...

1963 Premium Rush (2012) Ghost Town (2008) Secret Window (2004) Stir of Echoes (1999) -

86. James Mangold

Producer | Logan

James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).

Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...

1963 The Wolverine (2013) Knight and Day (2010) 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Walk the Line (2005) Identity (2003) Girl, Interrupted (1999) Cop Land (1997) Heavy (1995) -

87. Park Chan-wook

Director | Oldeuboi

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.

1963 Stoker (2012) Thirst (2009) I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) Lady Vengeance (2005) Oldboy (2003) Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (2000) -

88. Alex Proyas

Director | Dark City

Alex Proyas has moved effortlessly between helming TV commercials and music videos to feature films. Born to Greek parents in Egypt, Proyas relocated to Australia with his family when he was three years old. He began making films at age ten and went on to attend the Australian Film Television and ...

1963 Knowing (2009) I, Robot (2004) Dark City (1998) The Crow (1994) -

89. Steven Soderbergh

Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...

1963 Haywire (2011) Contagion (2011) And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) Doc The Informant! (2009) The Girlfriend Experience (2009) Che: Part Two (2008) Che: Part One (2008) Ocean's Thirteen (2007) The Good German (2006) Bubble (2005) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Solaris (2002) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Traffic (2000) Erin Brockovich (2000) The Limey (1999) Out of Sight (1998) Schizopolis (1996) Underneath (1995) King of the Hill (1993) Kafka (1991) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) -

90. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

1963 Django Unchained (2012) Inglourious Basterds (2009) Death Proof (2007) Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) Jackie Brown (1997) Four Rooms (1995) Pulp Fiction (1994) Reservoir Dogs (1992) My Best Friend's Birthday (1987) Short -

91. Brad Anderson

Director | Session 9

Brad Anderson was born in 1964 in Madison, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Session 9 (2001), The Machinist (2004) and Transsiberian (2008).

1964 Transsiberian (2008) The Machinist (2004) Happy Accidents (2000) Next Stop Wonderland (1998) -

92. Jee-woon Kim

Director | Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom

Kim Ji-woon was born in Seoul, South Korea. He began his career as an actor before becoming a stage director with productions such as "Hot Sea" in 1994 and "Movie, Movie" in 1995. He then began scripting for films, his first work, 97's "Wonderful Seasons" won Best Screenplay award at Korea's ...

1964 The Last Stand (2013) I Saw the Devil (2010) The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) A Bittersweet Life (2005) A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) The Quiet Family (1998) -

93. Pierre Morel

Director | Banlieue 13

Pierre Morel was born on May 12, 1964 in France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for District B13 (2004), Taken (2008) and The Gunman (2015).

1964 From Paris with Love (2010) Taken (2008) District B13 (2004) -

94. Greg Mottola

Director | Adventureland

Greg Mottola was born on July 11, 1964 in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Adventureland (2009), The Daytrippers (1996) and Superbad (2007). He is married to Sarah Allentuch. They have three children.

1964 Paul (2011) Adventureland (2009) Superbad (2007) The Daytrippers (1996) -

95. Andrew Niccol

Writer | GATTACA

New Zealand-born screenwriter-director Andrew Niccol began his career in London, successfully directing TV commercials before moving to Los Angeles in order to make films "longer than 60 seconds." He interested high-powered producer Scott Rudin in his The Truman Show (1998) script, but Rudin was not...

1964 In Time (2011) Lord of War (2005) S1m0ne (2002) Gattaca (1997) -

96. Gavin O'Connor

Producer | The Accountant

Gavin O'Connor was born on December 24, 1963 in Huntington, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Accountant (2016), Pride and Glory (2008) and Warrior (2011). He has been married to Brooke Burns since June 22, 2013. They have one child. He was previously married ...

1964 Warrior (2011) Pride and Glory (2008) Miracle (2004) Tumbleweeds (1999) -

97. Guillermo del Toro

Writer | El laberinto del fauno

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...

1964 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Hellboy (2004) Blade II (2002) The Devil's Backbone (2001) Mimic (1997) Cronos (1993) -

98. Gore Verbinski

Director | Rango

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of ...

1964 Rango (2011) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) The Weather Man (2005) Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) The Ring (2002) The Mexican (2001) Mousehunt (1997) -

99. Joss Whedon

Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was ...

1964 The Avengers (2012) Serenity (2005) Firefly (2002–2003) TV Series -