Directors - IMDb

1. Woody Allen

Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.

Allen ...

1. Manhattan - 8 2. Interiors - 8 3. Another Woman - 7.5 4. Midnight in Paris - 7 5. Cassandra's Dream - 7 6. Hannah and Her Sisters - 7 7. Husbands and Wives - 7 8. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - 7 9. To Rome With Love - 7 10. Bananas - 7 11. Irrational Man - 6.5 12. The Purple Rose of Cairo - 6.5 13. Manhattan Murder Mystery - 6.5 14. Alice - 6.5 15. Small Time Crooks - 6.5 16. Take the Money and Run - 6.5 17. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - 6.5 18. Café Society - 6 19. Hollywood Ending - 6 20. Blue Jasmine - 6 21. Scoop - 6 22. Magic in the Moonlight - 6 23. Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 6 24. Radio Days - 5.5 25. Annie Hall - 5.5 26. A Rainy Day in New York - 5.5 27. Wonder Wheel - 5.5 28. Anything Else - 5.5 29. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask - 5 (48)

2. Martin Scorsese

Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

1. Taxi Driver - 10 2. Goodfellas - 10 3. The Last Temptation of Christ - 9.5 4. Shutter Island - 9 5. The Irishman - 8.5 6. Casino - 8.5 7. The Departed - 8 8. The Aviator - 8 9. Gangs of New York - 8 10. The King of Comedy - 8 11. Mean Streets - 8 12. Raging Bull - 8 13. Hugo - 6.5 14. The Color of Money - 6 15. The Wolf of Wall Street - 5.5 (24)

3. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey - 10 2. A Clockwork Orange - 9.5 3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - 9.5 4. Eyes Wide Shut - 9.5 5. Barry Lyndon - 9.5 6. Full Metal Jacket - 9 7. Paths of Glory - 9 8. The Shining - 8 9. Lolita - 8 10. The Killing - 8 11. Killer's Kiss - 8 12. Spartacus - 7 13. Fear and Desire - 7 (13)

4. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...

1. Rope - 8 2. Notorious - 7.5 3. Rear Window - 7 4. Shadow of a Doubt - 7 5. Vertigo - 7 6. Dial M for Murder - 7 7. Strangers on a Train - 7 8. North by Northwest - 6.5 9. The Wrong Man - 6.5 10. Psycho - 6.5 11. The Man Who Knew Too Much - 6 12. To Catch a Thief - 6 13. Saboteur - 6 (55)

5. Hayao Miyazaki

Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.

Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...

1. Kaze tachinu - 9.5 2. Kurenai no buta - 9 3. Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi - 9 4. Hauru no ugoku shiro - 9 5. Mononoke-hime - 8 6. Tonari no Totoro - 8 7. Majo no takkyûbin - 7.5 8. Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta - 7.5 9. Kaze no tani no Naushika - 7 10. Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro - 7 11. Gake no ue no Ponyo - 6 (11)

6. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

1. Duel - 7.5 2. Jaws - 7 3. Catch Me If You Can - 7 4. Raiders of the Lost Ark - 7 5. The Adventures of Tintin - 7 6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - 6.5 7. The Terminal - 6 8. Minority Report - 6 9. Munich - 6 10. Jurassic Park - 5.5 11. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - 5 (34)

7. Akira Kurosawa

Writer | Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

After training as a painter (he storyboards his films as full-scale paintings), Kurosawa entered the film industry in 1936 as an assistant director, eventually making his directorial debut with Sanshiro Sugata (1943). Within a few years, Kurosawa had achieved sufficient stature to allow him greater...

1. Shichinin no samurai - 10 2. Ikiru - 9.5 3. Ran - 9.5 4. Akahige - 9 5. Kumonosu-jô - 9 6. Tsubaki Sanjûrô - 8 7. Rashômon - 8 8. Yôjinbô - 8 9. Kakushi-toride no san-akunin - 7 10. Nora inu - 7 (31)

8. 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...

1. Pulp Fiction - 10 2. Inglourious Basterds - 10 3. Jackie Brown - 9.5 4. Reservoir Dogs - 9.5 5. Django Unchanied - 8.5 6. Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood - 6.5 7. The Hateful Eight - 6.5 8. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - 6.5 9. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 - 6.5 10. Death Proof - 4 (11)

9. Ingmar Bergman

Writer | Smultronstället

Ernst Ingmar Bergman was born July 14, 1918, the son of a priest. The film and T.V. series, The Best Intentions (1992) is biographical and shows the early marriage of his parents. The film Sunday's Children (1992) depicts a bicycle journey with his father. In the miniseries Private Confessions (...

1. Det sjunde inseglet - 10 2. Persona - 10 3. Fanny och Alexander - 9.5 4. Såsom i en spegel - 9.5 5. Höstsonaten - 9.5 6. Smultronstället - 8.5 7. Ansiktet - 8 8. Nattvardsgästerna - 7.5 9. Tystnaden - 7 (45)

10. 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 ...

1. Miller's Crossing - 8.5 2. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 7 3. Burn After Reading - 7 4. Inside Llewyn Davis - 7 5. The Man Who Wasn't There - 6.5 6. The Big Lebowski - 6.5 7. No Country for Old Men - 6 8. Fargo - 6 9. Intolerable Cruelty - 5 (17)

11. 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 ...

1. Back to the Future Part 2 - 7.5 2. Back to the Future - 7.5 3. Back to the Future Part III - 7 4. Forrest Gump - 7 5. Cast Away - 7 6. Allied - 6 7. Romancing The Stone - 5.5 8. The Polar Express - 5.5 9. Death Becomes Her - 3 (18)

12. Federico Fellini

Writer | Le notti di Cabiria

The women who both attracted and frightened him and an Italy dominated in his youth by Mussolini and Pope Pius XII - inspired the dreams that Fellini started recording in notebooks in the 1960s. Life and dreams were raw material for his films. His native Rimini and characters like Saraghina (the ...

1. Fellini - Satyricon - 9.5 2. Amarcord - 9 3. Le notti di Cabiria - 8 4. I vitelloni - 8 5. La strada - 8 6. La dolce vita - 7.5 7. 8½ - 7.5 8. Il bidone - 7.5 (19)

13. 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.

1. Dead Man - 9.5 2. Paterson - 9 3. Night on Earth - 8.5 4. Only Lovers Left Alive - 7.5 5. Down by Law - 7 6. Coffee and Cigarettes - 6.5 7. Permanent Vacation - 6 8. Stranger Than Paradise - 4 (12)

14. David Lynch

Writer | Twin Peaks

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...

1. Mulholland Dr. - 9.5 2. Eraserhead - 9.5 3. Wild at Heart - 9.5 4. Blue Velvet - 9 5. Lost Highway - 8.5 6. The Elephant Man - 8.5 7. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - 8.5 (10)

15. Asghar Farhadi

Writer | Forooshande

Asghar Farhadi was born in 1972 in Iran. He became interested in cinema in his teenage years and started his filmmaking education by joining the Youth Cinema Society of Esfahan in 1986 where he made 8mm and 16mm short films. He received his Bachelors in Theater from University of Tehran's School of...

1. Jodaeiye Nader az Simin - 8.5 2. Raghs dar ghobar - 8.5 3. Forushande - 8 4. Le passé - 8 5. Chaharshanbe-soori - 8 6. Todos lo saben - 8 7. Darbareye Elly - 7.5 (8)

16. Terry Gilliam

Writer | Brazil

Terry Gilliam was born near Medicine Lake, Minnesota. When he was 12 his family moved to Los Angeles where he became a fan of MAD magazine. In his early twenties he was often stopped by the police who suspected him of being a drug addict and Gilliam had to explain that he worked in advertising. In ...

1. Twelve Monkeys - 9.5 2. Brazil - 8.5 3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - 7.5 4. Time Bandits - 6.5 5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail - 6.5 6. The Fisher King - 6 7. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - 6 (12)

17. Christopher Nolan

Writer | Tenet

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...

1. Memento - 9.5 2. Inception - 8 3. The Dark Knight - 8 4. Interstellar - 6.5 5. The Prestige - 6 6. Dunkirk - 6 7. The Dark Knight Rises - 6 (10)

18. Billy Wilder

Writer | The Apartment

Originally planning to become a lawyer, Billy Wilder abandoned that career in favor of working as a reporter for a Viennese newspaper, using this experience to move to Berlin, where he worked for the city's largest tabloid. He broke into films as a screenwriter in 1929 and wrote scripts for many ...

1. The Apartment - 8.5 2. Sunset Blvd. - 8 3. Kiss Me, Stupid - 7 4. Sabrina - 7 5. Some Like It Hot - 7 6. The Fortune Cookie - 6.5 7. Buddy, Buddy - 6 (26)

19. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

1. Unforgiven - 8.5 2. Changeling - 8 3. Bird - 7 4. Mystic River - 6.5 5. Absolute Power - 6.5 6. The Bridges of Madison County - 6 7. Million Dollar Baby - 6 (35)

20. Robert Rodriguez

Producer | El mariachi

Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.

Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...

1. Sin City - 10 2. Once Upon a Time in Mexico - 8 3. Machete - 7 4. El mariachi - 7 5. Desperado - 6 6. From Dusk Till Dawn - 5 7. Planet Terror - 4 (18)

20. Jerry Zucker

Producer | Airplane!

Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Airplane! (1980), Ghost (1990) and Top Secret! (1984). He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. They have two children.

1. First Knight - 5.5 2. Airplane! - 5 (w/ Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) 3. Top Secret! - 5 (w/ Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) (6)

21. Chris Columbus

Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...

1. Mrs. Doubtfire - 7 2. Home Alone - 7 3. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - 6.5 4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 6.5 5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 6.5 6. Bicentennial Man - 6 7. The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two - 3.5 (16)

22. Andrei Tarkovsky

Writer | Offret

The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962), which won the...

1. Solyaris - 10 2. Stalker - 10 3. Ivanovo detstvo - 9 4. Zerkalo - 9 5. Andrej Rubljov - 9 6. Nostalghia - 8 (7)

23. 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 ...

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 8.5 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - 8.5 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - 8.5 4. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - 8 5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 6.5 6. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - 6 (13)

24. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

1. Revolver - 9.5 2. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - 8.5 3. Snatch - 8 4. Sherlock Holmes - 6 5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - 6 6. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - 6 (10)

25. David Zucker

Writer | Airplane!

Born on October 16, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, director/writer/producer David Zucker, along with brother Jerry (Ghost, 1990) Zucker and longtime friend, Jim (Hot Shots, 1991) Abrahams, has established himself among Hollywood's (or at least Wisconsin's) most successful filmmakers.

Starting ...

1. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police - 7 2. The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear - 7 3. Scary Movie 3 - 6 4. Scary Movie 4 - 5 5. Airplane! - 5 (w/ Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) 6. Top Secret! - 5 (w/ Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker) (10)

26. 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 ...

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day - 6.5 2. Titanic - 6 3. Avatar - 6 4. Aliens - 6 5. The Terminator - 6 6. True Lies - 4 (8)

27. Nancy Meyers

Writer | It's Complicated

Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...

1. The Intern - 6.5 2. Something's Gotta Give - 6 3. It's Complicated - 6 4. The Holiday - 5.5 5. The Parent Trap - 5 6. What Women Want - 5 (6)

28. David Yates

Director | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

David Yates was born on October 8, 1963 in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - 6.5 2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 - 6 3. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - 5.5 4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 5.5 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 5 6. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald - 4.5 (10)

29. Garry Marshall

Actor | A League of Their Own

Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 - July 19, 2016) was an American actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television in 1970. He gained fame for creating Happy ...

1. Frankie and Johnny - 7 2. Pretty Woman - 5.5 3. Runaway Bride - 5.5 4. Valentine's Day - 5 5. The Princess Diaries - 5 6. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement - 4.5 (18)

30. Zoltán Fábri

Director | Húsz óra

He was born in 1917 and between the two World War he finished his primary and secondary school. After them he graduated in the College of Fine Arts, which helped him later to be a production-designer. He liked to learn and joined the Academy of Theatre and Film Arts. He bacame a director and actor....

1. Az ötödik pecsét - 10 2. Két félidő a pokolban - 9.5 3. Körhinta - 8 4. Isten hozta, őrnagy úr! - 7.5 5. A Pál utcai fiúk - 7.5 (21)

31. Luis Buñuel

Writer | Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

The father of cinematic Surrealism and one of the most original directors in the history of the film medium, Luis Buñuel was given a strict Jesuit education (which sowed the seeds of his obsession with both religion and subversive behavior), and subsequently moved to Madrid to study at the ...

1. Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie - 9.5 2. Le fantôme de la liberté - 8.5 3. El Ángel Exterminador - 8.5 4. Belle de jour - 7.5 5. Nazarín - 7.5 (29)

32. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

1. Apocalypse Now - 9.5 2. The Godfather - 8.5 3. The Godfather: Part II - 8.5 4. The Conversation - 8.5 5. The Godfther: Part III - 6.5 (24)

33. 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 ...

1. Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux - 9 2. Le petit soldat - 8.5 3. Bande à part - 8.5 4. À bout de souffle - 8.5 5. Le mépris - 5.5 (39)

34. Wes Anderson

Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...

1. Moonrise Kingdom - 9.5 2. The Grand Budapest Hotel - 8.5 3. Rushmore - 7 4. The Darjeeling Limited - 7 5. Fantastic Mr. Fox - 5.5 (8)

35. George Miller

Producer | Mad Max: Fury Road

George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is best known for his Mad Max franchise, with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) being hailed as amongst the greatest action films of all time. Aside from the Mad Max ...

1. Mad Max: Fury Road - 7 2. Mad Max 2 - 7 3. Mad Max - 7 4. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - 7 5. Happy Feet - 5.5 (9)

36. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

1. Big Fish - 7.5 2. Edward Scissorhands - 7.5 3. Big Eyes - 6.5 4. Sleepy Hollow - 6 5. Mars Attacks! - 4 (18)

37. 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 ...

1. Much Ado About Nothing - 7 2. A Haunting in Venice - 6.5 3. Death on the Nile - 6.5 4. Murder on the Orient Express - 6 5. Cinderella - 4.5 (16)

38. 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 ...

1. The Bucket List - 7 2. When Harry Met Sally... - 7 3. The Princess Bride - 6 4. This Is Spinal Tap - 6 5. Rumor Has It... - 4 (19)

39. Gábor Herendi

Director | Kincsem

Gábor Herendi was born on December 2, 1960 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a director and producer, known for Bet on Revenge (2017), Valami Amerika (2002) and Lora (2007).

1. Valami Amerika 3 - 6 2. Valami Amerika 2 - 6 3. Valami Amerika - 5.5 4. Magyar Vándor - 4.5 5. Kincsem - 4 (6)

40. Ivan Reitman

Producer | Up in the Air

Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...

1. Fathers' Day - 6 2. Six Days Seven Nights - 5.5 3. Kindergarten Cop - 5 4. Twins - 4.5 5. Junior - 4

41. Béla Tarr

Producer | Werckmeister harmóniák

Béla Tarr was born on July 21, 1955 in Pécs, Hungary. He is a producer and director, known for Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), The Turin Horse (2011) and Satantango (1994). He is married to Ágnes Hranitzky.

1. Werckmeister harmóniák - 10 2. Sátántangó - 9.5 3. Őszi almanach - 7.5 4. Panelkapcsolat - 7 (10)

42. David Cronenberg

Actor | The Fly

David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...

1. Naked Lunch - 10 2. eXistenZ - 8.5 3. Videodrome - 8 4. Cosmopolis - 6 (21)

43. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

1. Star Wars - 9.5 2. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - 7.5 3. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - 7.5 4. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - 7.5 (6)

44. Clyde Geronimi

Director | Cinderella

Clyde Geronimi was born on June 12, 1901 in Chiavenna, Lombardy, Italy. He was a director, known for Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). He died on April 24, 1989 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

1. One Hundred and One Dalmatians - 9 2. Lady and the Tramp - 8.5 3. Peter Pan - 7 4. Cinderella - 6 (8)

45. Roman Polanski

Director | Chinatown

Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.

His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...

1. Chinatown - 8.5 2. The Pianist - 7.5 3. Carnage - 7.5 4. Bitter Moon - 6 (21)

46. 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. ...

1. Before Midnight - 8.5 2. Before Sunrise - 8.5 3. Before Sunset - 7 4. The School of Rock - 5.5 (18)

47. Brian De Palma

Director | Body Double

Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...

1. The Untouchables - 8 2. Scarface - 7.5 3. Carlito's Way - 7 4. Mission: Impossible - 6.5 (29)

48. Roger Donaldson

Director | The World's Fastest Indian

Roger Donaldson was born on November 15, 1945 in Ballarat, Australia. He is a director and producer, known for The World's Fastest Indian (2005), No Way Out (1987) and Species (1995). He is married to Marliese Schneider. He was previously married to Susan Hockley.

1. No Way Out - 7.5 2. The Bank Job - 7.5 3. The World's Fastest Indian - 7 4. Dante's Peak - 4.5 (18)

49. 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 ...

1. Requiem for a Dream - 8 2. Black Swan - 6 3. The Fountain - 6 4. The Wrestler - 6 (7)

50. 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 ...

1. Gravity - 7 2. Children of Men - 6.5 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 6.5 4. Y tu mamá también - 6 (7)

51. Harold Ramis

Writer | Ghostbusters

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...

1. Groundhog Day - 7.5 2. Analyze This - 7 3. Analyze That - 6 4. Bedazzled - 5.5 (11)

52. 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.

1. Predator - 7 2. Die Hard - 6.5 3. Die Hard with a Vengeance - 6 4. The Thomas Crown Affair - 6 (11)

53. 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).

1. Scent of a Woman - 7 2. Going in Style - 6.5 3. Beverly Hills Cop - 6 4. Meet Joe Black - 6 (7)

54. Ron Clements

Writer | Hercules

Ron Clements is an American animated film director who collaborates with John Musker. They directed various Disney animated films including The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog and Moana. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are ...

1. The Princess and the Frog - 7.5 (w/ John Musker) 2. Hercules - 6.5 (w/ John Musker) 3. Alddin - 6 (w/ John Musker) 4. The Little Mermaid - 5 (w/ John Musker) (7)

55. Sam Mendes

Producer | 1917

Samuel Alexander Mendes was born on August 1, 1965 in Reading, England, UK to parents James Peter Mendes, a retired university lecturer, and Valerie Helene Mendes, an author who writes children's books. Their marriage didn't last long, James divorced Sam's mother in 1970 when Sam was just 5-...

1. American Beauty - 6.5 2. Skyfall - 6.5 3. Revolutionary Road - 6 4. Spectre - 5.5 (8)

57. Wolfgang Petersen

Director | Das Boot

A controversial film maker, Wolfgang Petersen has at once been lauded for his professionalism and attention to detail and decried for turning out a string of standard commercial Hollywood blockbusters. The son of a naval officer, Petersen held a lifelong fascination with the sea and naval subjects....

1. Das Boot - 8 2. In the Line of Fire - 7 3. Troy - 6 4. Air Force One - 3.5 (23)

57. Howard Deutch

Director | Pretty in Pink

Howard Deutch was born on September 14, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Pretty in Pink (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) and The Great Outdoors (1988). He has been married to Lea Thompson since July 23, 1989. They have two children.

1. Grumpier Old Men - 6.5 2. The Whole Ten Yards - 5.5 3. The Odd Couple II - 5.5 4. Getting Even with Dad - 5 (11)

58. Donald Petrie

Director | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Donald Petrie was born on April 2, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Miss Congeniality (2000) and Grumpy Old Men (1993).

1. Grumpy Old Men - 7 2. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days - 5 3. Miss Congenialit - 5 4. Ri¢hie Ri¢h - 4.5 (13)

59. Nora Ephron

Writer | Julie & Julia

Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was an acclaimed essayist (Crazy Salad 1975), novelist (Heartburn 1983), and had written screenplays for several popular films, all featuring strong female characters, such as anti-nuclear activist Karen Silkwood (Silkwood (1983), ...

1. You've Got Mail - 6 2. Sleepless in Seattle - 6 3. Julie & Julia - 5 4. Bewitched - 4 (8)

60. Les Mayfield

Director | Blue Streak

Les Mayfield was born on December 23, 1959 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Blue Streak (1999), The Man (2005) and Flubber (1997).

1. Blue Streak - 6 2. Miracle on 34th Street - 5.5 3. The Man - 5 4. Flubber - 4 (7)

61. Jon Turteltaub

Director | Cool Runnings

Jon Turteltaub was born on August 8, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Cool Runnings (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995) and Phenomenon (1996). He has been married to Amy Eldon since July 6, 2006. They have three children.

1. Last Vegas - 5 2. While You Were Sleeping - 5 3. National Treasure - 5 4. National Treasure: Book of Secrets - 4 (12)

62. István Bujtor

Producer | A három testör Afrikában

István Bujtor was born on May 5, 1942 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor and producer, known for A három testör Afrikában (1996), Hamis a baba (1991) and Mennyei seregek (1983). He was married to Bujtor, Judit and Perényi, Eszter. He died on September 25, 2009 in Budapest, ...

1. Hamis a baba - 4 2. A pogány madonna - 3.5 3. Az elvarázsolt dollár - 3 4. Csak semmi pánik... - 2

63. Sergio Leone

Writer | Once Upon a Time in America

Sergio Leone was virtually born into the cinema - he was the son of Roberto Roberti (A.K.A. Vincenzo Leone), one of Italy's cinema pioneers, and actress Bice Valerian. Leone entered films in his late teens, working as an assistant director to both Italian directors and U.S. directors working in ...

1. Once Upon a Time in America - 9.5 2. Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo - 9 3. C'era una volta il West - 7.5 (7)

64. 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).

1. In Bruges - 9.5 2. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8.5 3. Seven Psychopaths - 7.5 (3)

65. Peter Greenaway

Director | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Peter Greenaway trained as a painter and began working as a film editor for the Central Office of Information in 1965. Shortly afterwards he started to make his own films. He has produced a wealth of short and feature-length films, but also paintings, novels and other books. He has held several ...

1. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - 9.5 2. The Baby of Mâcon - 8.5 3. The Draughtsman's Contract - 7 (20)

66. Attila Dargay

Director | Szaffi

Attila Dargay was born on June 20, 1927 in Mezõnyék, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was a director and writer, known for The Treasure of Swamp Castle (1985), The Little Fox (1981) and Gusztáv (1964). He died on October 20, 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.

1. Szaffi - 9 2. Vuk - 8 3. Lúdas Matyi - 8 (5)

67. Milos Forman

Director | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in ...

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 9.5 2. Amadeus - 8.5 3. Hair - 6.5 (14)

68. Terrence Malick

Writer | Days of Heaven

Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.

A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...

1. The Thin Red Line - 8 2. The Tree of Life - 8 3. Badlands - 7.5 (8)

69. Wolfgang Reitherman

Director | The AristoCats

Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.

He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.

Reitherman directed several Disney animated ...

1. The AristoCats - 9 2. One Hundred and One Dalmatians - 8.5 3. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - 6 (7)

70. 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 ...

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - 8 2. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - 7.5 3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 7.5 (10)

71. 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. 12 Angry Men - 9.5 2. Murder on the Orient Express - 8 3. Family Business - 5

72. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

1. Blade Runner - 8.5 2. Alien - 8 3. A Good Year - 6 (24)

73. 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. Closer - 8 2. The Graduate - 7 3. The Birdcage - 7 (19)

74. Georges Lautner

Director | Le professionnel

Georges Lautner was born on January 24, 1926 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was a director and writer, known for The Professional (1981), Crooks in Clover (1963) and Galia (1966). He was married to Caroline Lautner. He died on November 22, 2013 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

1. Le professionnel - 7.5 2. Flic ou voyou - 7 3. Joyeuses Pâques - 7 (43)

75. Ulrich Seidl

Producer | Rimini

Ulrich Seidl was born on November 24, 1952 in Vienna, Austria. He is a producer and director, known for Rimini (2022), Paradise: Love (2012) and Goodnight Mommy (2014). He is married to Veronika Franz. They have two children.

1. Paradies: Hoffnung - 7 2. Paradies: Glaube - 7 3. Paradies: Liebe - 7 (6)

76. 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...

1. Fight Club - 9.5 2. Gone Girl - 5.5 3. The Game - 5 (10)

78. Norman Jewison

Director | Jesus Christ Superstar

Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known ...

1. Fiddler on the Roof - 8 2. Only You - 6.5 3. The Thomas Crown Affair - 6 (26)

78. Peter Weir

Director | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.

1. The Truman Show - 7.5 2. Dead Poets Society - 7 3. Green Card - 6

80. 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. Chocolat - 8 2. An Unfinished Life - 6.5 3. The Hundred-Foot Journey - 6 (23)

81. Todd Phillips

Producer | Joker

Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. While studying film at New York University, ...

1. The Hangover - 8 2. The Hangover Part II - 7 3. Road Trip - 5 (9)

81. Sydney Pollack

Director | Tootsie

Sydney Pollack was an Academy Award-winning director, producer, actor, writer and public figure, who directed and produced over 40 films.

Sydney Irwin Pollack was born July 1, 1934 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA, to Rebecca (Miller), a homemaker, and David Pollack, a professional boxer turned pharmacist...

1. Three Days of the Condor - 7.5 2. Sabrina - 6 3. Random Hearts - 5.5

82. Gene Saks

Actor | Deconstructing Harry

Gene Saks was born on November 8, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), The Odd Couple (1968) and I.Q. (1994). He was married to Keren Victoria Ettlinger and Bea Arthur. He died on March 28, 2015 in East Hampton, New York, USA.

1. Cactus Flower - 7 2. The Odd Couple - 6.5 3. Barefoot in the Park - 5

83. Rian Johnson

Producer | Knives Out

Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 ...

1. Knives Out - 7 2. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - 6 3. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - 5.5

84. Martin Campbell

Director | Casino Royale

Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro (1998), the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Next, when he helmed ...

1. Casino Royale - 7.5 2. Mask of Zorro - 5.5 3. Golden Eye - 5

85. Philippe de Chauveron

Writer | Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu?

Philippe de Chauveron was born on November 15, 1965 in Paris, France. He is a writer and director, known for Serial Bad Weddings (2014), Serial (Bad) Weddings 2 (2019) and L'amour aux trousses (2005).

1. Qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au Bon Dieu? - 7 2. Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au bon Dieu? - 6 3. Qu'est-ce qu'on a tous fait au bon Dieu? - 5

86. Santiago Segura

Actor | Torrente: El brazo tonto de la ley

Born in Madrid, Santiago Segura started his career by making his first short movie at the age of fourteen. After studying Arts in Madrid, he finally decided to become a filmmaker. His first short film Relatos de la medianoche (1989) was made with a budget of only 7.000 pts. (about 60 dollars).

After...

1. Torrente, el brazo tonto de la ley - 6.5 2. Torrente 2: Misión en Marbella - 6 3. Torrente 3: El protector - 5.5 (5)

87. Eric Darnell

Writer | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Eric Darnell was born on August 21, 1961 in Prairie Village, Kansas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008), Madagascar (2005) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014).

1. Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted - 6.5 2. Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa - 6 3. Madagascar - 5.5 w/ Tom McGrath

88. Pier Paolo Pasolini

Writer | Il Decameron

Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life ...

1. Il Decameron - 6 2. I racconti di Canterbury - 6 3. Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma - 6 (13)

89. Paul Verhoeven

Director | RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval ...

1. Starship Troopers - 6.5 2. Total Recall - 6 3. Basic Instinct - 5 (16)

90. 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 "...

1. Oscar - 7 2. The Blues Brothers - 5.5 3. Coming to America - 4.5

91. Zack Snyder

Director | 300

Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...

1. Watchmen - 6.5 2. 300 - 5.5 3. Man of Steel - 5 (8)

92. Laurent Tirard

Writer | Le discours

Born in France in 1967, Laurent Tirard went to the US, to New York University, to study filmmaking and then became a script reader for the American company Warner Brothers.He returned to France to do journalism for the magazine Studio, during which time he interviewed 20 notable filmmakers which ...

1. Un homme à la hauteur - 6 2. Juste ciel! - 5.5 3. Le retour du héros- 5.5

93. David Frankel

Director | The Devil Wears Prada

David Frankel was born on April 2, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), One Chance (2013) and Band of Brothers (2001).

1. Hope Springs - 6 2. The Devil Wears Prada - 5.5 3. The Big Year - 5

94. 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, ...

1. The Great Gatsby - 6 2. Moulin Rouge! - 5.5 3. Romeo + Juliet - 5 (5)

96. 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 ...

1. Solo: A Star Wars Story - 6.5 2. Inferno - 5 3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 4.5 (28)

97. Jonathan Lynn

Writer | Clue

Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay created and wrote every episode of the acclaimed BBC political comedy series Yes Minister (1980) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). The series received numerous accolades including three BAFTA (British Academy) Awards, two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and two Pye ...

1. The Whole Nine Yards - 6 2. Greedy - 5 3. The Distinguished Gentleman - 4.5 (10)

97. Andrew Davis

Director | The Fugitive

Director/Producer/Writer) Andrew Davis is a filmmaker with a reputation for directing intelligent thrillers, most notably the Academy Award-nominated box-office hit The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The film received seven Academy Award nominations including Best ...

1. The Fugitive - 6.5 2. A Perfect Murder - 6 3. Under Siege - 4

100. Peter Farrelly

Producer | Green Book

Peter Farrelly was born on December 17, 1956 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Green Book (2018), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Dumb and Dumber (1994). He has been married to Melinda Farrelly since December 31, 1996. They have two children.

1. Green Book - 6.5 2. Me, Myself & Irene - 4.5 3. Dumb and Dumber - 4

101. 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 ...

1. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids - 5.5 2. Jumanji - 5 3. Jurassic Park III - 4 (10)