Directors
by cristina_roque | created - 16 Sep 2018 | updated - 28 Apr 2023 | Public
1. Valérie Massadian
Director | Milla
Valérie Massadian was born in 1972 in Paris, France. She is a director and editor, known for Milla (2017), Nana (2011) and 30 (+) films pour la 30ème (2019).
2. Yorgos Lanthimos
Director | The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...
3. Carlos Reygadas
Producer | Stellet Licht
Carlos Reygadas was born on October 10, 1971 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a producer and director, known for Silent Light (2007), Japan (2002) and Post Tenebras Lux (2012). He is married to Natalia López.
4. Lucrecia Martel
Director | La mujer sin cabeza
Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival...
5. Luca Guadagnino
Director | Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino was born on August 10, 1971 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and producer, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), Suspiria (2018) and Bones and All (2022).
6. Ye Lou
Director | Fu cheng mi shi
Ye Lou was born (in 1965) and grew up in Shanghai, a city he would film beautifully in his Suzhou River (2000) (Suzhou River). After studying cinema at the Beijing Film Academy, the gifted young man debuted in the film career as an assistant director, a producer and a short subjects director. His ...
7. Mariano González
Actor | Los Globos
Mariano González is known for Balloons (2016), El cuidado de los otros (2019) and Adulto.
8. Filipa Reis
Producer | Djon Africa
Filipa Reis was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1977. She is a Portuguese film director and producer known for Djon Africa (2018). She is a film and television producer and director since 2000, with a background in Business Management and a postgraduate degree in Cinema and Television. As director, ...
9. Guy Maddin
Director | The Heart of the World
Guy Maddin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Herdis Maddin (a hair-dresser) and Charles "Chas" Maddin (grain clerk and general manager of the Maroons, a Winnipeg hockey team). Maddin studied economics at the University of Winnipeg, working as a bank manager, house painter, and photographic...
10. Pepe Alvarez
Cinematographer | Silent Woods
Pepe Alvarez is known for Silent Woods (2011), Club Frontera (2016) and The Ones and the Others (2009).
11. Álvaro Aponte Centeno
Director | El silencio del viento
Álvaro Aponte Centeno is known for Silence of the Wind (2017), Mi santa mirada (2012) and Luz (2010).
12. Mark Romanek
Director | One Hour Photo
Mark Romanek was born on September 18, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and producer, known for One Hour Photo (2002), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Michael Jackson feat. Janet Jackson: Scream (1995). He is married to Brigette Romanek.
13. Jonathan Glazer
Director | Under the Skin
Jonathan first found fame for his revolutionary work on Radiohead's 'Street Spirit' and Jamiroquai's multi-MTV award winning 'Virtual Insanity' video.
In 1999 he directed the ground-breaking Guinness 'Surfer', which picked up 2 D&AD Black Pencils and the top spot at most of the other awards ...
14. Chris Cunningham
Special_effects | Judge Dredd
Chris Cunningham made his directorial debut in 1997 with the music video for "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin, which was instantly praised, banned, and raved about by many people in the business. He followed up by making the music video for "Windowlicker" by Aphex Twin, and the astounding "All is Full...
15. Elena Ferrante
Writer | The Lost Daughter
Elena Ferrante was born on April 5, 1943 in Naples, Campania, Italy. She is a writer, known for The Lost Daughter (2021), My Brilliant Friend (2018) and L'amore molesto (1995).
16. Fernando Aramburu
Writer | Bajo las estrellas
Fernando Aramburu is known for Bajo las estrellas (2007), La manzana de oro (2022) and Patria (2020).
17. Jean-Luc Godard
Director | Bande à part
Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of ...
18. 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 ...
19. Bertrand Mandico
Writer | Les garçons sauvages
Bertrand Mandico is known for The Wild Boys (2017), After Blue (2021) and Our Lady of Hormones (2015).
20. Xavier Dolan
Actor | J'ai tué ma mère
Xavier Dolan was born on March 20, 1989 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Tom at the Farm (2013) and Heartbeats (2010).
21. Gregg Araki
Writer | Mysterious Skin
Gregg Araki was born on December 17, 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Mysterious Skin (2004), White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) and Kaboom (2010).
22. Josephine Decker
Director | Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
Josephine Decker is known for Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014), Shirley (2020) and Madeline's Madeline (2018).
23. Desiree Akhavan
Director | Appropriate Behavior
Desiree Akhavan was born on December 27, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and The Bisexual (2018).
24. Justine Triet
Director | Anatomie d'une chute
Justine Triet is a graduate from the Paris National School of Fine Arts. Since then, she has directed a couple of films dealing with the place of the individual within a group: Sur place (2007) was shot right in the middle of the 2006 student protest; Solférino (2009) was filmed during the ...
25. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
26. Pablo Larraín
Producer | No
Pablo Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), El Club (2015), NO (2012), among others. Together with his brother Juan de Dios Larraín, they founded Fabula in 2004, one of the most prolific production companies in Latin ...
27. Fabio Mollo
Director | Il sud è niente
Fabio was born in Reggio Calabria (Italy) in 1980. In 2002 graduated at the University of East London with a BA Honour Bachelor of Arts in Visual Theory, Film History. In 2007 he graduated at the Italian Film School "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in Rome. His work has been selected to ...
28. 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. ...
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