Directors, Writers
by nbk1978 | created - 23 Nov 2017 | updated - 11 Dec 2020 | Public
1. Philip K. Dick
Writer | Blade Runner
Philip Kindred Dick was born in Chicago in December 1928, along with a twin sister, Jane. Jane died less than eight weeks later, allegedly from an allergy to mother's milk. Dick's parents split up during his childhood, and he moved with his mother to Berkeley, California, where he lived for most of...
Electric Dreams (Amazon / Channel 4, 2018), A Scanner Darkly (Der schwarze Schirm), Blade Runner (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?), Total Recall (Erinnerungen en gros / engl. Originaltitel We Can Remember it for You Wholesale)
2. Jeremy Saulnier
Cinematographer | Blue Ruin
Jeremy Saulnier has slyly defined a unique cinematic aesthetic that complements his idiosyncratic narrative premises. His sophomore feature, Blue Ruin (2013) a quirky, crime drama set in a pretty, but grimier part of suburban America was a festival darling and supplanted his name within the ...
3. Taylor King
Producer | Super Hot
Taylor King was born in 1996 in Torrance, California, and was raised in Torrance, California. When he was 19 he formed New Zealand Son Films with his father, director/producer Sean King. New Zealand Son Films has produced, Private Sales (2016), Coffee with Ana (2017), The Mojave Sisters (2017), ...
4. Werner Herzog
Director | Fitzcarraldo
Director. Writer. Producer. Actor. Poet. He studied history, literature and theatre for some time, but didn't finish it and founded instead his own film production company in 1963. Later in his life, Herzog also staged several operas in Bayreuth, Germany, and at the Milan Scala in Italy. Herzog has...
5. Kathryn Bigelow
Director | Zero Dark Thirty
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 ...
6. Sam Esmail
Producer | Mr. Robot
Sam Esmail was born on September 17, 1977 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Homecoming (2018) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Emmy Rossum since May 28, 2017. They have two children.
7. FINT
Director | Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale
FINT was born on January 4, 1985 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Fonotune: An Electric Fairytale (2018), Spit and Capote: Muenchhausen (2010).
8. Bong Joon Ho
Writer | Snowpiercer
Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean filmmaker. The recipient of three Academy Awards, his filmography is characterized by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts. He first became known to audiences and achieved a cult following with his directorial debut film, the ...
9. Kim Ki-duk
Writer | Bin-jip
He studied fine arts in Paris in 1990-1992. In 1993 he won the award for Best Screenplay from the Educational Institute of Screenwriting with "A Painter and A Criminal Condemned to Death". After two more screenplay awards, he made his directorial debut with Crocodile (1996) ("Crocodile"). Then he ...
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