Carter Burwell's Directors
by ChristopherLeeFan | created - 27 Jul 2017 | updated - 29 May 2019 | Public
1. 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 ...
16 films 1984 – Blood Simple (1984) 1987 – Raising Arizona (1987) 1990 – Miller's Crossing (1990) 1991 – Barton Fink (1991) 1994 – The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 1996 – Fargo (1996) 1998 – The Big Lebowski (1998) 2001 – The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 2003 – Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 2004 – The Ladykillers (2004) 2007 – No Country for Old Men (2007) 2008 – Burn After Reading (2008) 2009 – A Serious Man (2009) 2010 – True Grit (2010) 2016 – Hail, Caesar! (2016) 2018 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
2. Ethan Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The younger brother of Joel, Ethan Coen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning writer, producer and director coming from small independent films to big profile Hollywood films. He was born on September 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some films of the brothers- Ethan & Joel wrote, Joel...
16 films 1984 – Blood Simple (1984) (uncredited) 1987 – Raising Arizona (1987) (uncredited) 1990 – Miller's Crossing (1990) (uncredited) 1991 – Barton Fink (1991) (uncredited) 1994 – The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) (uncredited) 1996 – Fargo (1996) (uncredited) 1998 – The Big Lebowski (1998) (uncredited) 2001 – The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) (uncredited) 2003 – Intolerable Cruelty (2003) (uncredited) 2004 – The Ladykillers (2004) 2007 – No Country for Old Men (2007) 2008 – Burn After Reading (2008) 2009 – A Serious Man (2009) 2010 – True Grit (2010) 2016 – Hail, Caesar! (2016) 2018 – The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
3. Patrice M. Regnier
Director | R.A.B.L.
Patrice M. Regnier is known for R.A.B.L. (1985), Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit (2011) and Naptime (2006).
1 short film and 1 documentary 1985 – R.A.B.L. (1985) 2011 – Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit (2011)
4. Michael Almereyda
Director | Marjorie Prime
Michael Almereyda was born on April 7, 1959 in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Marjorie Prime (2017), Experimenter (2015) and Tesla (2020).
1 short film and 1 film 1985 – A Hero of Our Time (1985) 2000 – Hamlet (2000)
5. Anthony Perkins
Actor | Psycho
Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & ...
1 film 1986 – Psycho III (1986)
6. David Beaird
Writer | The Civilization of Maxwell Bright
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana on August 19, 1952, David was the third child of Jack Gray Beaird Sr. and Mary Jane Hunter. He was a graduate of Chicago's Goodman School of Drama. In Chicago, he began his professional career as an actor, playwright, director, and acting coach that spanned four ...
3 films 1988 – Pass the Ammo (1987) 1988 – It Takes Two (1988) 1991 – Scorchers (1991)
7. Paul Mones
Writer | Saints and Sinners
Paul Mones was born on March 2, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Saints and Sinners (1994), Double Team (1997) and The Quest (1996).
1 film 1988 – The Beat (1988)
8. David Leland
Writer | Wish You Were Here
David Hugh Leland (20th April 1941-24th December 2023) was a British theatre, film and television writer, director, and actor whose career spanned over five decades.
Leland initially trained as an actor at the Central Speech of School and Drama and appeared in multiple credits before moving into ...
1 film 1989 – Checking Out (1988)
9. 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).
4 films 1991 – Doc Hollywood (1991) 1993 – This Boy's Life (1993) 1995 – Rob Roy (1995) 1997 – The Jackal (1997)
10. Fran Rubel Kuzui
Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Fran Rubel Kuzui was born on January 21, 1945 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Orgazmo (1997) and Angel (1999). She is married to Kaz Kuzui.
1 film 1992 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
11. Stephen Gyllenhaal
Director | CBS Afternoon Playhouse
Stephen Gyllenhaal was born on October 4, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a director and producer, known for CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1978), A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Living with the Dead (2002).
2 films 1992 – Waterland (1992) 1993 – A Dangerous Woman (1993)
12. Mark Frost
Writer | Fantastic Four
Mark Frost is an American novelist, producer and screenwriter. He co-created Twin Peaks and wrote episodes of Hill Street Blues. He also wrote The Believers, the cult classic Tim Story Fantastic Four film series starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans, Storyville and ...
1 film 1992 – Storyville (1992)
13. 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).
1 film 1993 – Kalifornia (1993)
14. Roger Spottiswoode
Writer | 48 Hrs.
Roger Spottiswoode was born on January 5, 1945 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), The 6th Day (2000) and Shoot to Kill (1988). He was previously married to Holly Palance.
1 film 1993 – And the Band Played On (1993)
15. Stephen Surjik
Director | The Umbrella Academy
Stephen Surjik is known for The Umbrella Academy (2019), The Punisher (2017) and Lost in Space (2018).
1 film 1993 – Wayne's World 2 (1993)
16. Andrew Bergman
Writer | Striptease
Andrew Bergman was born on February 20, 1945 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Striptease (1996), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Fletch (1985). He has been married to Louise Fay since 1973. They have two children.
1 film 1994 – It Could Happen to You (1994)
17. Michael Lehmann
Director | Heathers
Michael Lehmann was born on March 30, 1957 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Heathers (1988), Hudson Hawk (1991) and American Horror Story (2011). He is married to Holland Sutton.
1 film 1994 – Airheads (1994)
18. Damian Harris
Director | Gardens of the Night
Damian Harris was born on August 2, 1958 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Gardens of the Night (2008), The Rachel Papers (1989) and Brave the Dark (2023). He was previously married to Annabel Brooks.
1 film 1995 – Bad Company (1995)
19. Kevin Lima
Director | Enchanted
Kevin Lima was born on June 12, 1962 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Enchanted (2007), A Goofy Movie (1995) and Aladdin (1992). He is married to Brenda Chapman. They have one child.
1 film 1995 – A Goofy Movie (1995)
20. Rob Epstein
Producer | The Celluloid Closet
Rob Epstein was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA as Robert P. Epstein. He is a producer and director, known for The Celluloid Closet (1995), Paragraph 175 (2000) and The Times of Harvey Milk (1984).
Rob has produced films that have screened worldwide, in cinemas, on television, home video and ...
2 films 1995 – The Celluloid Closet (1995) 2010 – Howl (2010)
21. Jeffrey Friedman
Director | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Jeffrey Friedman is a producer, director, and editor, known for Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019), The Celluloid Closet (1995) and Howl (2010).
Jeffrey began his film career in New York City working with some of the most respected filmmakers in the industry. He apprenticed with the ...
2 films 1995 – The Celluloid Closet (1995) 2010 – Howl (2010)
22. 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).
4 films 1995 – Two Bits (1995) 1996 – Fear (1996) 1996 – The Chamber (1996) 1999 – The Corruptor (1999)
23. Mark Gordon
Producer | Saving Private Ryan
Mark Gordon was born on October 10, 1956 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He is a producer known for his work on Saving Private Ryan, Speed, The Day After Tomorrow, The Patriot, Steve Jobs, Greys Anatomy, Criminal Minds, and Ray Donovan. In addition he served as president of the Producer's Guild of ...
1 episode 1995 – Children Remember the Holocaust (1995)
24. John Payson
Director | Joe's Apartment
John Payson is known for Joe's Apartment (1996), Liquid Television (1991) and Joe's Apt. (1992).
1 film 1996 – Joe's Apartment (1996)
25. Glenn Gordon Caron
Producer | Moonlighting
Glenn Gordon Caron was born in 1954. He is known for Moonlighting (1985), Medium (2005) and Now and Again (1999). He has been married to Tina DiJoseph since November 24, 2006. They have one child. He was previously married to Mary Martin.
1 film 1997 – Picture Perfect (1997)
26. Mathieu Kassovitz
Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz was born on August 3, 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).
1 film 1997 – Assassin(s) (1997)
27. Richard Donner
Director | Superman
Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...
1 film 1997 – Conspiracy Theory (1997)
28. John Patrick Kelley
Director | The Locusts
John Patrick Kelley was born in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He is known for The Locusts (1997).
1 film 1997 – The Locusts (1997)
29. 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 ...
1 film 1997 – The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
30. Myra Paci
Director | Searching for Paradise
Myra Paci grew up in Rome, Italy and Boston, MA. She graduated with a B.A. in History from Yale University and received an M.F.A. in Film/Television Production from N.Y.U. Tisch School of the Arts. Her short films Butch Patrol and Transeltown played widely on the Lesbian/Gay International Film ...
1 short film and 1 film 1997 – Girls Night Out (1997) 2002 – Searching for Paradise (2002)
31. Bill Condon
Director | Dreamgirls
Bill Condon was born on October 22, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Kinsey (2004).
6 films 1998 – Gods and Monsters (1998) 2004 – Kinsey (2004) 2011 – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) 2012 – The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) 2013 – The Fifth Estate (2013) 2015 – Mr. Holmes (2015)
32. 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). ...
3 films and 5 episodes 1998 – Velvet Goldmine (1998) 2011 – Part One (2011) 2011 – Part Two (2011) 2011 – Part Three (2011) 2011 – Part Four (2011) 2011 – Part Five (2011) 2015 – Carol (2015) 2017 – Wonderstruck (2017)
33. Stephen Frears
Director | Dangerous Liaisons
Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971....
1 film 1998 – The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
34. 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 ...
1 film 1999 – The General's Daughter (1999)
35. Spike Jonze
Producer | Her
Spike Jonze made up one-third (along with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman) of the triumvirate of genius minds behind Dirt Magazine, the brother publication of the much lamented ground-breaking Sassy Magazine. These three uncommon characters were all editors for Grand Royal Magazine as well, under the ...
3 films 1999 – Being John Malkovich (1999) 2002 – Adaptation. (2002) 2009 – Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
36. 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 ...
1 film 1999 – Three Kings (1999)
37. 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.
1 film 1999 – Mystery, Alaska (1999)
38. Mike Nichols
Director | The Graduate
He, along with the other members of the "Compass Players" including Elaine May, Paul Sills, Byrne Piven, Joyce Hiller Piven and Edward Asner helped start the famed "Second City Improv" company. They used the games taught to them by fellow cast mate, Paul Sills 's mother, Viola Spolin. He later ...
1 film 2000 – What Planet Are You From? (2000)
39. 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.
1 film 2000 – Before Night Falls (2000)
40. Joe Berlinger
Producer | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Academy Award, eight-time Emmy nominated, and Peabody, DGA, and Sundance winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for over three decades. In a recent Bloomberg profile, Berlinger was described as a "true crime hit factory" for Netflix, whose work has "...
1 film 2000 – Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
41. Brian Helgeland
Writer | Finestkind
Brian Helgeland was born in Providence, Rhode Island and raised in New Bedford Massachusetts. A born worker, Helgeland has endeavored to achieve in the following fields: snow shoveler, scrap newspaper collector, dishwasher, nursing home janitor, drug store clerk and unreliable nightshift gas ...
2 films 2001 – A Knight's Tale (2001) 2015 – Legend (2015)
42. John Lee Hancock
Writer | The Blind Side
John Lee Hancock was born on December 15, 1956 in Longview, Texas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Blind Side (2009), Saving Mr. Banks (2013) and The Highwaymen (2019).
4 films 2002 – The Rookie (2002) 2004 – The Alamo (2004) 2009 – The Blind Side (2009) 2016 – The Founder (2016)
43. 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...
1 film 2002 – S1m0ne (2002)
44. Steven Shainberg
Producer | Secretary
Steven Shainberg was born on February 5, 1963. He is a producer and director, known for Secretary (2002), Rupture (2016) and The Big Shoe.
1 film 2006 – Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
45. Lasse Hallström
Director | What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Lasse Hallström inherited his enthusiasm for film from his father, who was an amateur filmmaker. In high school he made his first short film, which was released on Swedish television. Hallström then began working as a director, cameraman and editor for Swedish television. He also made music videos ...
1 film 2006 – The Hoax (2006)
46. Sidney Lumet
Director | 12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...
1 film 2007 – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)
47. Martin McDonagh
Writer | In Bruges
Martin McDonagh was born on March 26, 1970 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
2 films 2008 – In Bruges (2008) 2012 – Seven Psychopaths (2012) 2017 – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
48. Catherine Hardwicke
Director | Twilight
Hardwicke's first film as a director was the Sundance winner THIRTEEN which explored the transition into teenage years with an authenticity that still captures young audiences (1.3 billion Tik Tok engagements.) Hardwicke directed LORDS OF DOGTOWN before she became best known as the director of ...
1 film 2008 – Twilight (2008)
49. Rex Sowards
Director | After Today Live
Rex Sowards is known for After Today Live (2009), What's Your Game? (2019) and Phineas and Ferb Live Action - Gitchee Gitchee Goo (2015).
1 short film 2009 – After Today Live (2009)
50. Ted Sowards
Producer | After Today Live
Ted Sowards is known for After Today Live (2009), Phineas and Ferb Live Action - Gitchee Gitchee Goo (2015) and Phineas and Ferb Live Action - Busted (2019).
1 short film 2009 – After Today Live (2009)
51. Lisa Cholodenko
Director | The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art...
1 film and 4 episodes 2010 – The Kids Are All Right (2010) 2014 – Pharmacy (2014) 2014 – Incoming Tide (2014) 2014 – A Different Road (2014) 2014 – Security (2014)
52. Mike White
Writer | School of Rock
Mike White was born Michael Christopher White on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021). He wrote and produced the HBO series Enlightened (2011), and wrote and co-produced Year of the ...
1 episode 2011 – Pilot (2011)
53. Jean-Bernard Andro
Director | Trois secondes d'éternité: Chroniques de réanimation
Jean-Bernard Andro is known for Trois secondes d'éternité: Chroniques de réanimation (1994), Des enfants sans histoire (1995) and La guerre du soja (2003).
1 documentary 2011 – Moving Gracefully Towards the Exit (2011)
54. Neil Shelley
Director | Midnight Run
Neil Shelley is known for Midnight Run (2011), Paradigm (2014) and Telling Hannah (2013).
1 short film 2011 – Midnight Run (2011)
55. Duke Johnson
Director | Anomalisa
Duke Johnson was born on March 20, 1979 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Anomalisa (2015), Community (2009) and Marrying God (2006).
1 film 2015 – Anomalisa (2015)
56. Charlie Kaufman
Writer | I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Avid reader Charlie Kaufman wrote plays and made short films as a young student. He moved from Massapequa, New York to West Hartford, Connecticut in 1972 where he attended high school. As a comedic actor, he performed in school plays and, after graduation, he enrolled at Boston University but soon ...
1 film 2015 – Anomalisa (2015)
57. Jason Bateman
Actor | Arrested Development
Jason Bateman is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development (2003), as well as his role on Valerie (1986).
He was born in Rye, New York. His father, Kent Bateman, from a Utah-based family, is a film and television director...
1 film 2015 – The Family Fang (2015)
58. Craig Gillespie
Producer | I, Tonya
Craig Gillespie is an Australian film director, best known for his films Lars and the Real Girl (2007), I, Tonya (2017) and Cruella (2021). Born and raised in Sydney, Gillespie moved to New York City at the age of nineteen to study illustration, graphic design and advertising at Manhattan's School ...
1 film 2016 – The Finest Hours (2016)
59. Simon Curtis
Producer | Goodbye Christopher Robin
Simon Curtis began his directing career at the Royal Court Theatre, where he was Deputy Director to Max Stafford Clark and director of the Theatre Upstairs. His many productions there included the world premiere of Jim Cartwright's ROAD, which transferred to the Lincoln Center, New York. He has ...
1 film 2017 – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
60. Chris Butler
Writer | ParaNorman
Chris Butler was born in 1974 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a writer, known for ParaNorman (2012), Missing Link (2019) and Kubo and the Two Strings (2016).
1 film 2019 – Missing Link (2019)
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