Oscar Legends: The Complete Collection

by AlexHartsell | created - 22 May 2015 | updated - 4 weeks ago | Public

Rows 1-624: Directors Rows 625-795: Animation Creators Rows 796-1011: Script Writers Rows 1012-1174: Producers Rows 1175-1217: Film Crew/Directors Rows 1218-1328: Acting and Film Makers

Finally for what is not on the list are famous Best Picture or any Best Feature Film nominated film studios and their Academy Award films that they did work on, that are:

* American Zoetrope (The Godfather, American Graffiti, The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope, Apocalypse Now, The Black Stallion, Kagemusha, Dragonslayer, One from the Heart, The Cotton Club, Graffiti, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, The Godfather Part III, Dracula, Don Juan DeMarco, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, My Family, Sleepy Hollow, Being John Malkovich, Lost in Translation, Kinsey, Syriana, The Good Shepherd and Marie Antoinette) * Regency Enterprises (Brazil, Legend, Pretty Woman, JFK, The Mambo Kings, Under Siege, Six Degrees of Separation, The Client, L.A. Confidential, Fight Club, Bridget Jones' Diary, Unfaithful, Fantastic Mr. Fox, 12 Years a Slave, Philomena, Gone Girl, Birdman, The Revenant, The Big Short, Bohemian Rhapsody, Marriage Story, The Lighthouse, Ad Astra, Little Women (2019) and The Creator) * Village Roadshow Pictures (The Matrix, Space Cowboys, Training Day, Mystic River, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Happy Feet, Sherlock Holmes, The Great Gatsby, The Lego Movie, The Judge, American Sniper, Mad Max: Fury Road, Sully, Passengers, Ready Player One, Joker and Elvis) * Alcon Entertainment (The Affair of the Necklace, The Blind Side, Prisoners, Arrival and Blade Runner 2049) * Plan B Entertainment (Troy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Departed, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Tree of Life, Moneyball, 12 Years a Slave, Selma, The Big Short, Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Vice, Ad Astra, Minari, Blonde and Women Talking) * Legendary Pictures (Batman Begins, Superman Returns, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Town, Interstellar, Unbroken, Steve Jobs, Straight Outta Compton, Carne y Arena, Kong: Skull Island, BlacKkKlansman and Dune: Part One) * Bold Films (Drive, Whiplash and Nightcrawler) * RatPac-Dune Entertainment/Access Entertainment (The Devil Wears Prada, Borat, Australia, Crazy Heart, Avatar, 127 Hours, Black Swan, Unstoppable, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Mirror Mirror, Prometheus, Life of Pi, Hitchcock, Lincoln, The Sessions, Gravity, The Lego Movie, The Judge, Inherent Vice, American Sniper, Birdman, Mad Max: Fury Road, Creed, The Revenant, Suicide Squad, Sully, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Kong: Skull Island, Dunkirk, The Disaster Artist, Ready Player One, Zack Snyder's Justice League and The Zone of Interest) * Caravan Pictures/Spyglass Entertainment (The Sixth Sense, The Insider, Seabiscuit, Memoirs of a Geisha, Wanted, Star Trek and Invictus) * TSG Entertainment (The Book Thief, Wild, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Gone Girl, Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Bridge of Spies, Joy, The Martian, Hidden Figures, Logan, War for the Planet of the Apes, The Post, The Shape of Water, The Greatest Showman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Ford v Ferrari, Ad Astra, Jojo Rabbit, Free Guy, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, The Banshees of Inisherin, Empire of Light, Avatar: The Way of Water, Napoleon and Poor Things) * Imagine Entertainment (Willow, Parenthood, Backdraft, The Paper, Apollo 13, The Nutty Professor, Life, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile, Cinderella Man, American Gangster, Changeling, Frost/Nixon, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Hillbilly Elegy and tick, tick...BOOM!) * Working Title Films (My Beautiful Laundrette, Wild at Heart, Barton Fink, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Dead Man Walking, Fargo, Elizabeth, Billy Elliot, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Man Who Wasn't There, About a Boy, Thirteen, Pride & Prejudice, United 93, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Atonement, Frost/Nixon, A Serious Man, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Anna Karenina, Les Misérables, The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl, "Hail, Caesar!", Baby Driver, Victoria & Abdul, Darkest Hour, Mary Queen of Scots, Emma. and Cyrano) * Media Rights Capital (Babel, Ted, Foxcatcher, Baby Driver, Knives Out and American Fiction) * Phoenix Pictures (The People vs. Larry Flynt, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Thin Red Line and Black Swan) * Cross Creek Pictures (Black Swan, The Ides of March, Hacksaw Ridge, Roman J. Israel, Esq. and The Trial of the Chicago 7) * New Republic Pictures (Rocketman, 1917, Coming 2 America and Top Gun: Maverick) * Lakeshore Entertainment (Million Dollar Baby) * Relativity Media (Monster House, The Pursuit of Happyness, 3:10 to Yuma, Atonement, American Gangster, Charlie Wilson's War, Wanted, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Frost/Nixon, A Serious Man, Nine, The Wolfman, Salt, The Social Network, The Fighter, Bridesmaids, Anonymous, Mirror Mirror, Les Misérables and Beyond the Lights) * Jersey Films (Hoffa, Pulp Fiction, Gattaca, Out of Sight and Erin Brockovich) * Castle Rock Entertainment (When Harry Met Sally..., Misery, City Slickers, A Few Good Men, Mr. Saturday Night, In the Line of Fire, The Shawshank Redemption, The American President, Ghosts of Mississippi, Lone Star, Hamlet (1996), Jackie Brown, The Green Mile, A Mighty Wind, Before Sunset, The Polar Express, Michael Clayton and Before Midnight) * Mandalay Pictures (Donnie Brasco, Sleepy Hollow and The Kids Are All Right) * Malpaso Productions (Paint Your Wagon, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, Heartbreak Ridge, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Bird, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, Unforgiven, The Bridges of Madison County, Space Cowboys, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Changeling, Invictus, Hereafter, American Sniper, Sully, A Star Is Born (2018) and Richard Jewell) * Brooksfilms (The Elephant Man, My Favorite Year, Frances, To Be or Not to Be, The Fly and Empire of Light) * Jolie Pas Productions (Maleficent, Unbroken, The Breadwinner, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and The One and Only Ivan) * Scott Rudin Productions (Flatliners, The Addams Family, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Firm, Addams Family Values, Nobody's Fool, Sabrina, The First Wives Club, Marvin's Room, In & Out, The Truman Show, A Civil Action, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Angela's Ashes, Wonder Boys, The Hours, The Village, Closer, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Queen, Notes on a Scandal, Venus, No Country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Julie & Julia, The Social Network, The Way Back, True Grit, Moneyball, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Moonrise Kingdom, Captain Phillips, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Inherent Vice, Ex Machina, Steve Jobs, Fences, Lady Bird and Isle of Dogs) * Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (United 93, Lars and the Real Girl, The Kite Runner, Moneyball and Hell or High Water) * Bing Crosby Productions/Rysher Entertainment (Road to Rio, High Society, High Time, The Magic Pear Tree, Ben, The Great Santini and Primal Fear) * GK Films (Traffic, Ali, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Departed, Blood Diamond, The Young Victoria, The Town, Rango, Hugo, Argo, Allied and Bohemian Rhapsody) * Mirage Enterprises (Absence of Malice, Tootsie, Out of Africa, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Havana, The Firm, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Sense and Sensibility, Sabrina, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Iris, The Quiet American, Cold Mountain, Michael Clayton and The Reader) * Recorded Picture Company (The Last Emperor, Sexy Beast, Pina, Kon-Tiki, Pinocchio and EO) * Scott Free Productions (Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, American Gangster, Unstoppable, Prometheus, The Martian, All the Money in the World, Blade Runner 2049, House of Gucci and Napoleon) * HandMade Films (Images, Runaway Train, Mona Lisa, 127 Hours and Empire of Light) * Virgin Films (A Shocking Accident, Salvador, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" and The Impossible) * Rhino Films (The Panama Deception and The Sessions) * MTV Films (Election, Tupac: Resurrection, Hustle & Flow, Murderball, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, St. Louis Superman, Hunger Ward, Love and Monsters, Ascension, The ABCs of Book Banning and The Eternal Memory) * CBS Films (The Reivers, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Little Big Man, Scrooge, Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?, The Little Ark, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hell or High Water, At Eternity's Gate and The Holdovers) * Senator Film Produktion (Heavenly Creatures, The Motorcycle Diaries, Joyeux Noel and Loveless) * Constantin Film Produktion (Dancer in the Dark, Nowhere in Africa, Downfall, The Baader Meinhof Complex and Paris 36) * Bioskop Film (The Tin Drum) * Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (Hundertwassers Regentag, A Simple Story, The Boat Is Full, The Revolt of Job, Angry Harvest, Colonel Redl, Hanussen, The Nasty Girl, Breaking the Waves, One Day in September, Bowling for Columbine, The Man Without a Past, The Counterfeiters, The Gruffalo, Pina, The Act of Killing, Room on the Broom, The Look of Silence, Mustang, Land of Mine, Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah, The Square (2017), A Fantastic Woman, Quo vadis, Aida?, The Man Who Sold His Skin, When We Were Bullies, Triangle of Sadness, Four Daughters and The Teachers' Lounge) * Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (The Sorrow and the Pity, Downfall, The Baader Meinhof Complex and Citizenfour) * Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (Das Boot, Schtonk, The Dutch Master, Dancer in the Dark, Winged Migration, Downfall, Darwin's Nightmare, Amour, Toni Erdmann and Loveless) * Hessischer Rundfunk (Mephisto and Bagdad Cafe) * Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) (The Glass Cell, Marlene, 38, Bagdad Cafe, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, Europa Europa, Beyond Silence, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, The Lives of Others, The Baader Meinhof Complex, The White Ribbon, Amour, Citizenfour and Never Look Away) * Studio Babelsberg (Jacob the Liar, A Chef in Love, Kleingeld, The Pianist, The Constant Gardener, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Counterfeiters, The Reader, Inglourious Basterds, In Darkness, Anonymous, The Book Thief, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Bridge of Spies, Never Look Away and Isle of Dogs) * Pathé (Children of Paradise, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Ballon vole, La Dolce Vita, "Over There, 1914-18", The Leopard, Automania 2000, That's Me, Le poulet, Woman in the Dunes, Time Piece, The War Game, Clay or The Origin of Species, Mural on Our Street, Help! My Snowman's Burning Down, Hypothese Beta, The Anderson Platoon, My Night at Maud's, Queen Margot, Angela's Ashes, The Taste of Others, Lost in Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Chorus, The Queen, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Slumdog Millionaire, The Duchess, Tropic Thunder, Paris 36, Bright Star, 127 Hours, The Illusionist, The Iron Lady, The Great Beauty, Philomena, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Selma, Youth, Judy, Minari, Parallel Mothers, The Lost Daughter, CODA, Fire of Love, Babylon, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and Io capitano) * Canal+ (Hamlet (1990), Terminator 2, JFK, Indochinhe, The Mambo Kings, Under Siege, Basic Instinct, Damage, Chaplin, Cliffhanger, The Scent of Green Papaya, Queen Margot, Three Colors: Red, Farinelli, Burnt by the Sun, Il Postino, A Chef in Love, Ridicule, The Thief, Secrets of the Heart, Central Station, East/West, The Straight Story, Himalaya, Humdrum, U-571, Everybody's Famous!, The Taste of Others, Vatel, Dancer in the Dark, Amélie, No Man's Land, Mulholland Dr., Winged Migration, The Pianist, The Man Without a Past, The Barbarian Invasions, The Triplets of Belleville, The Chorus, The Sea Inside, A Very Long Engagement, Joyeux Noel, March of the Penguins, Days of Glory, The Mozart of Pickpockets, The Queen, La Vie en Rose, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Class, Paris 36, Coco Before Chanel, Logorama, The Secret of Kells, The White Ribbon, A Prophet, The Illusionist, Outside the Law, The Artist, Albert Nobbs, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Amour, The Invisible War, The Great Beauty, Just Before Losing Everything, Philomena, Ida, Timbuktu, Mr. Turner, "Two Days, One Night", Wild Tales, The Lobster, Mustang, Youth, My Life as a Zucchini, The Red Turtle, Elle, Dunkirk, Loveless, The Insult, Faces Places, Cold War, Pain and Glory, Les Misérables (2019), The Father, Wolfwalkers, Pinocchio, No Time to Die, Close, Triangle of Sadness, Io capitano, Anatomy of a Fall and Robot Dreams) * France 3 (Black and White in Color, A Simple Story, Ridicule, East/West, Amélie, Dancer in the Dark, Winged Migration, The Triplets of Belleville, Days of Glory, The Queen, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Persepolis, Paris 36, The White Ribbon, The Illusionist, Outside the Law, A Cat in Paris, The Artist, Amour, Mr. Turner, My Life as a Zucchini, Genius Loci and No Time to Die) * France 2 (Birdnesters of Thailand, Queen Margot, Farinelli, All About My Mother, Himalaya, The Taste of Others, Murder on a Sunday Morning, Winged Migration, The Chorus, Days of Glory, Paris 36, The Class, The Secret of Kells, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet, Outside the Law, The Great Beauty, "Two Days, One Night", Youth, Elle, Nefta Football Club and Anatomy of a Fall) * TF1 (The Last Metro, My American Uncle, Three Men and a Cradle, Cinema Paradiso, Vatel, A Very Long Engagement, Joyeux Noel, La Vie en Rose and Fire of Love) * Gaumont (A Cage of Nightingales, Mon Oncle, Il Generale Della Rovere, Cousin Cousine, To Forget Venice, My American Uncle, Three Brothers, Dangerous Moves, Betty Blue, Camille Claudel, The Fifth Element, Vatel, Atonement, Hugo, Babylon and Fire of Love) * RAI (The Family, Dark Eyes, Au Revoir les Enfants, Cinema Paradiso, Open Doors, The Star Maker, No Man's Land, Downfall, Don't Tell, I Am Love, Fire at Sea, Never Look Away, Pinocchio and Io Capitano) * Mediaset (Umberto D., Farinelli, The Great Beauty, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Youth and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) * Dino de Laurentiis Cinematografica (La Strada, War and Peace, The Nights of Cabiria, The Great War, The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Bible: In the Beginning..., Romeo and Juliet, Serpico, Three Days of the Condor, King Kong, The Shootist, The Brink's Job, Ragtime, Dune, Pirates, Blue Velvet, Crimes of the Heart, Buster, Backdraft, DragonHeart, Daylight and U-571) * Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica (Sunset, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Mediterraneo, Il Postino, Se7en, The Star Maker, Life Is Beautiful and Silence) * Medusa Film (Seven Beauties, Trainspotting, Fight Club, Malena, Gosford Park, The Great Beauty and Youth) * Cineplex-Odeon Films (The Decline of the American Empire, Bagdad Cafe, Street Smart, Dark Eyes, The Last Temptation of Christ, Jesus of Montreal, My Left Foot, The Grifters and Mr. & Mrs. Bridge) * BRON Studios (Fences, Roman J. Israel, Esq., Joker, Bombshell, Pieces of a Woman, Greyhound, Judas and the Black Messiah, House of Gucci, Cyrano, Licorice Pizza and Babylon) * RT Features (Call Me by Your Name, Ad Astra and The Lighthouse) * VideoFilmes (Central Station and City of God) * Patagonik Film Group (Evita and Son of the Bride) * Bitters End (Drive My Car and Perfect Days) * CJ Entertainment (August Rush, Parasite and Past Lives) * Anonymous Content (21 Grams, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Babel, Winter's Bone, Spotlight, The Revenant, The Wife, The Midnight Sky, Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths and The Boy and the Heron) * Tollin/Robbins Productions (Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream and Norbit) * Davis Entertainment (Predator, The Firm, Waterworld, Daylight, "I, Robot", Norbit, Joy and Ferdinand) * Palomar Pictures/Edgar J. Scherick Associates (For Love of Ivy, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", Murmur of the Heart, Sleuth, The Heartbreak Kid, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' and Rambling Rose) * Home Box Office (HBO) (A Passage to India, Soldiers in Hiding, Down and Out in America, Ironweed, The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, You Don't Have to Die, Crack USA: County Under Siege, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Chimps: So Like Us, I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School, Family Video Diaries: Daughter of the Bride, 4 Little Girls, Amistad, The Canterbury Tales, Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth, Legacy, Murder on a Sunday Morning, LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Bowling for Columbine, Chernobyl Heart, Capturing the Friedmans, American Splendor, Maria Full of Grace, Yesterday, Twist of Faith, A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, The Blood of Yingzhou District, The Departed, Borat, Smile Pinki, Tropic Thunder, The Conscience of Nhem En, The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, Which Way Home, China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province, GasLand, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Mondays at Racine, Saving Face, God Is the Bigger Elvis, Dirty Wars, Blue Jasmine, Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1, Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall, Iron Man 3, Citizenfour, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, Creed, O.J.: Made in America, Jim: The James Foley Story, Traffic Stop, RBG, Collective, Judas and the Black Messiah, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Malignant, The Suicide Squad, When We Were Bullies, King Richard, Please Hold, Dune: Part One, How Do You Measure a Year?, All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Navalny and The Creator) * Showtime Network (Gods and Monsters, Tupac: Resurrection, Animal Kingdom and Attica) * Comedy Central (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Bowling for Columbine, The Big Short and Don't Look Up) * British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (The War Game, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Henry V, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, The Wrong Trousers, Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, A Close Shave, Anne Frank Remembered, Twelve Monkeys, Independence Day, Jerry Maguire, The Old Lady and the Pigeons, The Canterbury Tales, Primary Colors, Gods and Monsters, A Simple Plan, Hilary and Jackie, One Day in September, Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, Wonder Boys, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Billy Elliot, Shadow of the Vampire, Prisoner of Paradise, Bowling for Columbine, Dirty Pretty Things, The Triplets of Belleville, Match Point, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal, The Good Shepherd, Marie Antoinette, Venus, Eastern Promises, American Gangster, Across the Universe, Charlie Wilson's War, Waltz with Bashir, This Way Up, Man on Wire, The Duchess, Revolutionary Road, Milk, An Education, The Cove, Invictus, In the Loop, Bright Star, The Gruffalo, 127 Hours, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Skyfall, The Invisible Woman, Room on the Broom, Philomena, Saving Mr. Banks, Brooklyn, Amy, Florence Foster Jenkins, Victoria & Abdul, Bohemian Rhapsody, Ad Astra, Judy, The Power of the Dog, Belfast, Aftersun, Fire of Love, Avatar: The Way of Water, Triangle of Sadness, Empire of Light, "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" and The Creator) * Sky Cinema (Il supplente, Il Divo, Iron Man 3, The Imitation Game and The United States vs. Billie Holiday) * American Broadcasting Company (ABC)/Disney–ABC Domestic Television (Man in Space, Charly, For Love of Ivy, Krakatoa: East of Java, "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", Lovers and Other Strangers, A Christmas Carol, Straw Dogs, Kotch, Cabaret, Nashville, Silkwood, Prizzi's Honor, Journey Into Life: The World of the Unborn, Marvin's Room, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Invictus, The Messenger, Iron Man 3, Nebraska, 20 Feet from Stardom, Ford v Ferrari, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Licorice Pizza and My Year of Dicks) * National Broadcasting Company (NBC)/NBCUniversal Television Distribution (Say Goodbye, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Splash, Little Shop of Horrors, Scrooged, Avalon, Forrest Gump, Crimson Tide, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, Vanilla Sky, American Splendor, Twin Towers, Lost in Translation, A Mighty Wind, Julie & Julia, Bridesmaids and RBG) * Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, My Fair Lady, Cabaret, Back to the Future, Little Shop of Horrors, Crimson Tide, Jerry Maguire, I Am Sam, Vanilla Sky, Catch Me If You Can, An Inconvenient Truth, Salt, Argo, American Hustle, The Wolf of Wall Street, Beyond the Lights, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Straight Outta Compton, The Martian, Vice, Ready Player One, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Being the Ricardos, Belfast, Elvis, The Whale and The Fabelmans) * Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (Front Line, Generation on the Wind, Just Another Missing Kid, The Day After Trinity, Brooklyn Bridge, El Norte, Testament, Children of Darkness, Unfinished Business, The Statue of Liberty, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Bridge to Freedom: 1965, Stand and Deliver, Longtime Companion, Days of Waiting, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories, Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II, D-Day Remembered, Hoop Dreams, My Family, The Battle Over Citizen Kane, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, Sound and Fury, Prisoner of Paradise, Last Days in Vietnam, Interstellar, Abacus: Small Enough for Jail, RBG, For Sama and 20 Days in Mariupol) * WGBH (Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World, The Bostonians, Radio Bikini, D-Day Remembered, Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, The Battle Over Citizen Kane, Mrs. Brown, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Encounters at the End of the World, "Food, Inc.", Julie & Julia, Abacus: Small Enough for Jail and For Sama) * Discovery Communications/Warner Bros. Discovery (Crimson Tide, Face/Off, On the Ropes, Talk to Her, Taxi to the Dark Side, Man on Wire, Encounters at the End of the World, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Nebraska, Lone Survivor, Racing Extinction, Hillbilly Elegy and The Whale) * National Geographic (Instinct for Survival, Journey to the Outer Limits, Ape and Super-Ape, The Incredible Machine, Jaws, The Deep, For All Mankind, Birdnesters of Thailand, Blues Highway, L.A. Confidential, Bowling for Columbine, The Story of the Weeping Camel, March of the Penguins, Restrepo, The Way Back, Chasing Ice, Free Solo, Ad Astra, The Cave, Fire of Love and Bobi Wine: The People’s President) * The Ladd Company (Outland, Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner, The Right Stuff, Braveheart and Gone Baby Gone) * Annapurna Pictures (The Master, Zero Dark Thirty, The Grandmaster, Her, American Hustle, Foxcatcher, Joy, 20th Century Women, Phantom Thread, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Vice, Missing Link, Bombshell, House of Gucci and Nimona) * Revolution Studios (Enemies: A Love Story, Young Guns II, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Last of the Mohicans, Black Hawk Down, Click, The Good Shepherd, Across the Universe, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Up in the Air, The Young Victoria, Black Swan, Hugo, The Ides of March, Hitchcock, Straight Outta Compton and All the Money in the World) * DC Comics/Entertainment (Superman, Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Catch Me If You Can, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, The Dark Knight, Suicide Squad, Joker, Zack Snyder's Justice League, The Suicide Squad and The Batman) * Dark Horse Comics (The Mask, American Splendor and Hellboy II: The Golden Army) * Scholastic (Doctor DeSoto, The Golden Compass and Boyhood) * Dick Clark Productions (Taxi Driver, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Peggy Sue Got Married, When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, Forrest Gump, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Beyond the Lights and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) * The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Two Arabian Knights, The Racket, Prelude to War, The Bad and the Beautiful, Susan Slept Here, A Star Is Born (1954), Rear Window, Vertigo, Spartacus, My Fair Lady, The Oscar, California Suite, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, Chaplin, The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Trumbo and Mank) * Interscope Communications/Radar Pictures (Burning Down Tomorrow, Roommates, Mr. Holland's Opus, What Dreams May Come, The Pianist and The Last Samurai) * Hammer Films (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, The Shawshank Redemption, Frankenweenie and Belfast) * Empire Pictures (The Twilight Samurai) * Mission Films (Lady Bird and When We Were Bullies) * 3 Arts Entertainment ("Girl, Interrupted", The Matrix, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, The Blind Side, Unbroken, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi and American Fiction) * Brillstein Entertainment Partners (Ghostbusters, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt and Guardians of the Galaxy) * Carolco Pictures (Tribute, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Pathfinder, Music Box, Total Recall, Hamlet (1990), Terminator 2, Rambling Rose, Basic Instinct, A River Runs Through It, Chaplin and Cliffhanger) * Propaganda Films (Wild at Heart, Alien³, The Portrait of a Lady, Sleepers, Being John Malkovich and Adaptation.) * Walden Media (Ray, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Unbroken and Wonder) * Kickstarter (The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Incident in New Baghdad, Sun Come Up, Inocente, Buzkashi Boys, Kings Point, Anomalisa and Hair Love) * Google (The Final Inch, Blue Valentine, Skyfall, Pearl and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) * The Coca-Cola Company (The Great Muppet Caper, The Decline of the American Empire, Malcolm X, Leaving Las Vegas, The Fifth Element, Central Station, Life, Bridget Jones's Diary, Monster's Ball, Pieces of April, Shark Tale and Frost/Nixon) * The New York Times (The Killing Fields, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story, Tupac: Resurrection, Half Nelson, Rabbit Hole, 4.1 Miles, First Man, Walk Run Cha-Cha, Bombshell, Time, A Concerto Is a Conversation, The Queen of Basketball and Island in Between) * General Motors Corporation (Brooklyn Bridge, Ballet Robotique, The Statue of Liberty, Cars, Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Rabbit Hole and Transformers: Dark of the Moon) * United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport and The Reader) * Turner Entertainment (The Jazz Singer, White Shadows in the South Seas, The Divine Lady, The Big House, The Divorcee, The Champ, A Free Soul, The Public Enemy, Emma, Grand Hotel, Gold Diggers of 1933, Morning Glory, Flirtation Walk, Manhattan Melodrama, Viva Villa!, Alice Adams, Captain Blood, Dangerous, David Copperfield, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Naughty Marietta, Born to Dance, Cain and Mabel, Captains Courageous, Conquest, The Good Earth, The Life of Emile Zola, Night Must Fall, The Prisoner of Zenda, Mannequin, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Angels with Dirty Faces, Boys Town, Jezebel, Dark Victory, Babes in Arms, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Juarez, Ninotchka, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Comrade X, Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, Edison the Man, Northwest Passage, The Philadelphia Story, Strike Up the Band, Puss Gets the Boot, A Wild Hare, Billy the Kid, Citizen Kane, The Chocolate Soldier, The Maltese Falcon, Sergeant York, "Tom, Dick and Harry", Casablanca, Desperate Journey, For Me and My Gal, Mrs. Miniver, Now, Voyager, Once Upon a Honeymoon, Woman of the Year, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Cabin in the Sky, A Guy Named Joe, Lassie Come Home, Madame Curie, Mission to Moscow, Meet Me in St. Louis, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Gaslight, Mr. Skeffington, National Velvet, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Anchors Aweigh, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Pride of the Marines, Rhapsody in Blue, Saratoga Trunk, The Harvey Girls, The Yearling, Adventures of Don Juan, B.F.'s Daughter, I Remember Mama, The Search, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Adam's Rib, Little Women (1949), That Forsyte Woman, White Heat, The Window, Annie Get Your Gun, Father of the Bride, King Solomon's Mines, The Magnificent Yankee, An American in Paris, The Great Caruso, Quo Vadis, The Bad and the Beautiful, Ivanhoe, The Narrow Margin, Singin' in the Rain, All the Brothers Were Valiant, Julius Caesar, The Story of Three Loves, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Bad Day at Black Rock, Blackboard Jungle, The Man with the Golden Arm, I'll Cry Tomorrow, Forbidden Planet, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Lust for Life, Designing Woman, Les Girls, Raintree County, Gigi, Some Came Running, Tom Thumb, Ben-Hur, The Hanging Tree, North by Northwest, The Time Machine (1960), Bachelor in Paradise, How the West Was Won, Lolita, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Billy Rose's Jumbo, The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The Americanization of Emily, The Night of the Iguana, Doctor Zhivago, A Patch of Blue, Blow-Up, The Dirty Dozen, Far from the Madding Crowd, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Shaft, The Sunshine Boys, Network, The Goodbye Girl, Fame, Diner, My Favorite Year, Poltergeist, "Yes, Giorgio", Victor/Victoria, The Year of Living Dangerously, 2010, Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Algonquin Round Table: The Ten Year Lunch, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Crimes and Misdemeanors, When Harry Met Sally..., Home Alone, Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, The Mask, The American President, Twelve Monkeys, Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, The English Patient, One Fine Day, The Green Mile, The Cider House Rules, Angela's Ashes, Sweet and Lowdown, Magnolia, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Wonder Boys, Billy Elliot, Frida, Catch Me If You Can, The Time Machine (2002), Tupac: Resurrection, The Aviator, The Departed, The Savages, Australia, Bolt, Hugo and The Lego Movie) * Amazon Studios (The Salesman, Manchester by the Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, The Big Sick, Cold War, Les Misérables (2019), Sound of Metal, Time, One Night in Miami, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Being the Ricardos, Cinderella, Coming 2 America, "Argentina, 1985" and American Fiction) * Netflix (The Square, Virunga, What Happened Miss Simone?, Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom, Extremis, The White Helmets, 13th, Heroin(e), Icarus, Strong Island, On Body and Soul, Mudbound, End Game, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Period. End of Sentence., Roma, American Factory, The Irishman, The Edge of Democracy, The Two Popes, Life Overtakes Me, Marriage Story, Klaus, I Lost My Body, A Love Song for Latasha, Da 5 Bloods, Crip Camp, My Octopus Teacher, The White Tiger, Mank, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Pieces of a Woman, Hillbilly Elegy, The Midnight Sky, The Life Ahead, Two Distant Strangers, Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, If Anything Happens I Love You, Over the Moon, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Audible, The Hand of God, Lead Me Home, The Lost Daughter, Robin Robin, The Power of the Dog, Army of the Dead, Three Songs for Benazir, Don't Look Up, tick, tick...BOOM!, All Quiet on the Western Front, Blonde, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Elephant Whisperers, The Sea Beast, The Martha Mitchell Effect, Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Society of the Snow, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, El Conde, American Symphony, Rustin, The After, Maestro, May December and Nyad) * Hulu (Minding the Gap, Nomadland, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), My Year of Dicks and Flamin' Hot) * Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) (Front Line, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom and Steve Jobs) * The Australian Film Commission (Front Line, Breaker Morant, The Year of Living Dangerously, Chile: Hasta Cuando?, The Piano, Shine, Oscar and Lucinda, Harvie Krumpet and The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello) * Australian Film Finance Corporation/Screen Australia (Green Card, The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, Shine, Oscar and Lucinda, Bright Star, Miracle Fish, Animal Kingdom, Saving Mr. Banks, Tanna, Hacksaw Ridge, Lion and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio) * United Nations (Seeds of Destiny, Journey for Survival, The Constant Gardener and Transformers: Dark of the Moon) * Golden Harvest Company (The Tempest and Flee) * Shaw Brothers (Meteor and Blade Runner) * Huayi Brothers (Molly's Game) * China Film Co-Production Corporation (The Last Emperor, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine, The Red Violin, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Kite Runner, Iron Man 3, Her and Mulan (2020)) * Sil-Metropole Organisation (Hero and The Grandmaster) * Alibaba Pictures (Star Trek Beyond, Free Solo, Green Book and 1917) * Bona Film Group (Joyeux Noel, The Grandmaster, The Greatest Showman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Ad Astra and A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon) * Tencent (Kong: Skull Island, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood and Top Gun: Maverick) * Media Asia Films (Shine and The Departed) * Starlight Culture Entertainment Group (Marshall and Malignant) * The Shanghai Film Group Corporation (Hamlet, Shanghai Triad and The Red Violin) * Perfect World Pictures (Nocturnal Animals, Victoria & Abdul, Darkest Hour, Phantom Thread, BlacKkKlansman, First Man, Mary Queen of Scots, Harriet, News of the World and Emma.) * Mosfilm (War and Peace, The Brothers Karamazov, Ballad of a Soldier, Sunflower, Tchaikovsky, Dersu Uzala, Tess and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears)

Also to get to know about this list, check my other Oscar Legends lists that are on IMDb. Finally this list is also to be a resume list of Academy Award films these directors to producers have made.

Final Update: For this list and it's spin-offs I will now add runner up and honorable mention films that were during special moments at Academy Award ceremonies. Although they were not nominees, it would be still nice and a honor to add these runner ups for almost making it to nominations.

1. Orson Welles

Actor | Citizen Kane

His father, Richard Head Welles, was a well-to-do inventor, his mother, Beatrice (Ives) Welles, a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died in 1924 (when he was nine) he traveled the world with his father. He was ...

Citizen Kane The Magnificent Ambersons The Stranger

2. 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 ...

Spartacus Lolita Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 2001: A Space Odyssey A Clockwork Orange Barry Lyndon Full Metal Jacket

3. 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, ...

Jaws Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1941 Raiders of the Lost Ark Poltergeist E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom The Color Purple (1985 film) Empire of the Sun Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Hook Jurassic Park Schindler's List The Lost World: Jurassic Park Amistad Saving Private Ryan A.I. Artificial Intelligence Minority Report Catch Me If You Can War of the Worlds Munich Memoirs of a Geisha Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima The Adventures of Tintin War Horse Lincoln Bridge of Spies The Post Ready Player One West Side Story (2021 film) The Fabelmans Maestro The Color Purple (2023 film)

4. 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 ...

Is Paris Burning? You're a Big Boy Now Finian's Rainbow Patton The Godfather American Graffiti The Great Gatsby (1974 film) The Conversation The Godfather: Part II Apocalypse Now One from the Heart The Cotton Club Peggy Sue Got Married Tucker: The Man and His Dream The Godfather: Part III Dracula Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Don Juan DeMarco

5. 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 ...

Woodstock Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Taxi Driver Raging Bull The Color of Money The Last Temptation of Christ The Grifters Goodfellas Cape Fear The Age of Innocence Casino Kundun Gangs of New York The Aviator The Departed The Young Victoria Hugo The Wolf of Wall Street Silence The Irishman Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro

6. Ang Lee

Director | Xi yan

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, ...

The Wedding Banquet Eat Drink Man Woman Sense and Sensibility Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Brokeback Mountain Life of Pi

7. 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 ...

The Hurt Locker Zero Dark Thirty

8. Steve McQueen

Director | 12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen was born on October 9, 1969 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for 12 Years a Slave (2013), Shame (2011) and Hunger (2008). He is married to Bianca Stigter. They have two children.

12 Years a Slave

9. Barry Jenkins

Producer | If Beale Street Could Talk

Barry Jenkins was born on November 19, 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a producer and director, known for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Moonlight (2016) and Aftersun (2022).

Moonlight If Beale Street Could Talk Aftersun

10. Jordan Peele

Writer | Nope

Jordan Peele is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning director, writer, actor, producer, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions. Peele's first feature film, "Get Out," was a critically acclaimed blockbuster, recognized with four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. The film would earn Peele the ...

Get Out BlacKkKlansman

11. 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 ...

A Little Princess Y Tu Mamá También Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Children of Men Pan's Labyrinth Gravity Roma Le Pupille

12. 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 ...

Amores Perros 21 Grams Babel Biutiful Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) The Revenant Carne y Arena Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

13. 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 ...

Pan's Labyrinth Hellboy II: The Golden Army The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies The Shape of Water Nightmare Alley Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

14. Bernardo Bertolucci

Writer | Il conformista

Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (...

The Conformist Last Tango in Paris The Last Emperor

15. 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...

Rashomon Seven Samurai Yojimbo Dodes'ka-den Dersu Uzala Kagemusha Ran Runaway Train

16. Yôjirô Takita

Director | Okuribito

Born in Takaoka, Toyama, Yojiro Takita came to international audiences' attention with the release of Okuribito ('Departures'), which won the Best foreign Language film awards at the Oscars in 2009. He had begun his directorial career in the 1980s with the 'chikan' ('molester') series depicting ...

Departures

17. Teinosuke Kinugasa

Director | Jigokumon

Former female impersonator who entered films in 1917 as an actor, turned to directing in 1922 and made some of the most formally brilliant Japanese films of the following decades. The few of Kinugasa's early works to have reached the West betray a highly mature, sophisticated talent. His best-known...

Gate of Hell

18. Hiroshi Inagaki

Director | Wasurerareta kora

Inagaki's career in film began as an actor--a child actor, in fact, appearing in numerous silent films beginning at the very dawn of Japanese cinema. This is probably why he was promoted to director at the unusually (for Japan) young age of 22. Along with producer Mansaku Itami (later the father of...

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

19. Ben Affleck

Producer | Argo

Benjamin Géza "Ben" Affleck-Boldt was born on August 15, 1972 in Berkeley, California and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to mother Chris Anne (Boldt), a school teacher, and father Timothy Byers "Tim" Affleck, a social worker. Ben has a younger brother, actor Casey Affleck, who was born in 1975...

Good Will Hunting Gone Baby Gone The Town Argo

20. Robert Benton

Writer | Kramer vs. Kramer

Robert Douglas Benton is an American screenwriter and filmmaker from Waxahachie, Texas who is known for screenwriting Bonnie & Clyde, Kramer vs. Kramer and Superman. He won two Academy Awards for writing and directing Kramer vs. Kramer. He directed other feature films including Twilight, Bad ...

Bonnie and Clyde The Late Show Superman Kramer vs. Kramer Places in the Heart Nobody's Fool

21. James L. Brooks

Writer | Broadcast News

James L. Brooks was born on May 9, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Broadcast News (1987), As Good as It Gets (1997) and Terms of Endearment (1983). He was previously married to Holly Holmberg Brooks and Marianne Catherine Morrissey.

Starting Over Terms of Endearment Broadcast News Big Jerry Maguire As Good as It Gets The Longest Daycare

22. Vittorio De Sica

Director | Ladri di biciclette

Vittorio De Sica grew up in Naples, and started out as an office clerk in order to raise money to support his poor family. He was increasingly drawn towards acting, and made his screen debut while still in his teens, joining a stage company in 1923. By the late 1920s he was a successful matinee ...

Shoeshine Bicycle Thieves Umberto D. Indiscretion of an American Wife A Farewell to Arms Two Women Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Marriage Italian Style Sunflower The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

23. Giuseppe Tornatore

Director | La migliore offerta

Giuseppe Tornatore was born on May 27, 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for The Best Offer (2013), Cinema Paradiso (1988) and The Legend of 1900 (1998). He is married to Roberta Pacetti.

Cinema Paradiso The Star Maker Malèna

24. Woody Allen

Writer | Annie Hall

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 ...

What's New Pussycat Annie Hall Interiors Manhattan Zelig Broadway Danny Rose The Purple Rose of Cairo Hannah and Her Sisters Radio Days Crimes and Misdemeanors Alice Husbands and Wives Bullets Over Broadway Mighty Aphrodite Deconstructing Harry Sweet and Lowdown Match Point Vicky Cristina Barcelona Midnight in Paris Blue Jasmine

25. 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...

Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown Inglourious Basterds Django Unchained The Hateful Eight Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

26. 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).

Six Shooter In Bruges Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Banshees of Inisherin

27. 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 ...

The Outlaw Josey Wales Heartbreak Ridge Bird Unforgiven The Bridges of Madison County Space Cowboys Mystic River Million Dollar Baby Flags of Our Fathers Letters from Iwo Jima Changeling Invictus Hearafter American Sniper Sully Richard Jewell

28. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

Midnight Express Salvador Platoon Wall Street Born on the Fourth of July Reversal of Fortune JFK Nixon Evita The People vs. Larry Flynt

29. 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 ...

1941 Romancing the Stone Back to the Future Who Framed Roger Rabbit Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part III Death Becomes Her Forrest Gump Contact Cast Away The Polar Express Flight Allied

30. 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 ...

Heavenly Creatures The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King King Kong (2005 film) District 9 The Lovely Bones The Adventures of Tintin The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

31. 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...

The Slender Thread They Shoot Horses, Don't They The Way We Were Three Days of the Condor The Electric Horseman Absence of Malice Tootsie Songwriter Out of Africa Havana The Firm Sabrina (1995 film) Cold Mountain Michael Clayton The Reader

32. Anthony Minghella

Writer | The Talented Mr. Ripley

Anthony Minghella was the son of immigrants from Italy, who own an ice-cream factory on the Isle of Wight, where Anthony was born on January 6, 1954. He and his two siblings, Edana Minghella and Dominic Minghella, grew up there, a popular British holiday spot. After graduating from the University of...

The English Patient The Talented Mr. Ripley Cold Mountain The Reader Nine

33. George Roy Hill

Director | The Sting

George Roy Hill was never able to 'hit it off' with the critics despite the fact that 2 of his films - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and The Sting (1973) - had remained among the top 10 box office hits by 1976. His work was frequently derided as 'impersonal' or lacking in stylistic ...

Period of Adjustment Toys in the Attic Hawaii Through Modern Millie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid The Sting A Little Romance The World According to Garp

34. 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 ...

Knife in the Water Rosemary's Baby Chinatown Tess Pirates The Pianist

35. 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 ...

Splash Cocoon Willow Parenthood Backdraft The Paper Apollo 13 How the Grinch Stole Christmas A Beautiful Mind Cinderella Man Changeling Frost/Nixon Solo: A Star Wars Story Hillbilly Elegy tick, tick...BOOM!

36. 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 ...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown All About My Mother Talk to Her Volver Wild Tales Pain and Glory Parallel Mothers

37. Richard Attenborough

Actor | Jurassic Park

Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...

The Angry Silence The L-Shaped Room Seance on a Wet Afternoon Young Winston Gandhi A Chorus Line Cry Freedom Chaplin Shadowlands

38. Franklin J. Schaffner

Director | Planet of the Apes

Franklin J. Schaffner was one of the most innovative creative minds in the early days of American network television, utilizing a moving camera in the days when most television directors kept the camera static. His eye for visuals was developed in the dozens of live television programs he directed ...

The Stripper The Best Man Planet of the Apes Patton Nicholas and Alexandra Papillon Island in the Stream The Boys from Brazil Yes, Giorgio

39. 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 ...

Sex, Lies, and Videotape Out of Sight Pleasantville Erin Brockovich Traffic The Good German

40. Mel Brooks

Actor | Spaceballs

Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ...

The Critic The Producers Young Frankenstein Blazing Saddles To Be or Not to Be The Fly

41. Barry Levinson

Director | Rain Man

Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he ...

...And Justice for All Inside Moves Diner Best Friends The Natural Young Sherlock Holmes Good Morning Vietnam Rain Man Avalon Bugsy Toys Sleepers Wag the Dog Donnie Brasco

42. René Clément

Director | Plein soleil

René Clément was one of the leading French directors of the post-World War II era. He directed what are regarded as some of the greatest films of the time, such as The Battle of the Rails (1946), Forbidden Games (1952) and The Day and the Hour (1963). He was later almost forgotten as a director. He...

The Walls of Malapaga Forbidden Games Gervaise Is Paris Burning?

43. Michael Haneke

Writer | Caché

A true master of his craft, Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by, with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic, disturbing and unforgettable ways. One of the most genuine filmmakers of the world ...

The White Ribbon Amour

44. Jean-Jacques Annaud

Director | Der Name der Rose

Jean-Jacques Annaud is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997) and Wolf Totem (2015). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including four César Awards, ...

Black and White in Color Quest for Fire The Bear The Lover

45. Michel Hazanavicius

Writer | The Artist

Michel Hazanavicius was born and raised in Paris, France. His grandparents were originally from Lithuania, but relocated to France in the 1920s. Hazanavicius attended art school, and moved on to work as a director for commercials and television projects. In 1999, he wrote and directed his first ...

The Artist

46. 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.

Mona Lisa The Crying Game Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Michael Collins The End of the Affair

47. 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-...

American Beauty Road to Perdition Revolutionary Road Skyfall Spectre 1917 Empire of Light

48. 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).

Gods and Monsters Chicago Kinsey Dreamgirls Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) The Greatest Showman

49. Davis Guggenheim

Producer | Training Day

Davis Guggenheim was born on November 3, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Training Day (2001), Waiting for Superman (2010) and An Inconvenient Truth (2006). He has been married to Elisabeth Shue since August 1994. They have three children.

An Inconvenient Truth

50. Kevin Macdonald

Director | The Last King of Scotland

Kevin Macdonald was born on October 28, 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Mauritanian (2021) and How I Live Now (2013). He has been married to Tatiana Macdonald since July 2, 1999. They have three children.

One Day in September The Last King of Scotland

51. John Korty

Director | Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

John Korty was born on June 22, 1936 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977), The Music School (1974) and Farewell to Manzanar (1976). He was married to Jane Silvia, Beulah Chang Korty and Carol E Tweedie....

Breaking the Habit Who Are the DeBolts? [And Where Did They Get 19 Kids?]

52. Louie Psihoyos

Director | Racing Extinction

Louie Psihoyos was born on April 15, 1957 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Racing Extinction (2015), Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (2021) and The Cove (2009).

The Cove Racing Extinction

53. Michael Moore

Director | Bowling for Columbine

Michael Francis Moore was born in Flint, Michigan on April 23, 1954, and was raised in its Davison suburb. He is the son of Helen Veronica (Wall), a secretary, and Francis Richard Moore, who worked on an auto assembly line. He has Irish, as well as English and Scottish, ancestry.

Moore studied ...

Bowling for Columbine Sicko

54. 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 ...

The Times of Harvey Milk Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt End Game

55. Morgan Neville

Producer | Best of Enemies

Morgan Neville was born on October 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Best of Enemies (2015), Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) and The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015).

20 Feet from Stardom

56. 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 ...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

57. 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 ...

Trainspotting Slumdog Millionaire 127 Hours Steve Jobs

58. Gavin Hood

Director | Official Secrets

Gavin Hood was born on May 12, 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Official Secrets (2019), Tsotsi (2005) and Eye in the Sky (2015). He was previously married to Janine Eser.

Tsotsi

59. Marleen Gorris

Director | Antonia

Marleen Gorris was born on December 9, 1948 in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands. She is a director and writer, known for Antonia's Line (1995), A Question of Silence (1982) and Broken Mirrors (1984).

Antonia's Line

60. Sofia Coppola

Actress | The Godfather Part III

Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...

Lost in Translation Marie Antoinette

61. Susanne Bier

Director | Hævnen

Though Academy Award®, Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award winning writer and director Susanne Bier's work often plays out against a wide-reaching global backdrop, its focus is intimate, carefully exploring the explosive emotions and complexities of familial bonds. This unique combination is part of ...

After the Wedding In a Better World

62. David Lean

Director | Lawrence of Arabia

An important British filmmaker, David Lean was born in Croydon on March 25, 1908 and brought up in a strict Quaker family (ironically, as a child he wasn't allowed to go to the movies). During the 1920s, he briefly considered the possibility of becoming an accountant like his father before finding ...

In Which We Serve Blithe Spirit Brief Encounters Great Expectations Breaking the Sound Barrier Summertime The Bridge on the River Kwai Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago Ryan's Daughter A Passage to India

63. Jonathan Demme

Director | The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme was born on February 22, 1944 in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Rachel Getting Married (2008) and Philadelphia (1993). He was married to Joanne Howard and Evelyn Purcell. He died on April 26, 2017 in ...

Melvin and Howard Swing Shift Married to the Mob The Silence of the Lambs Philadelphia That Thing You Do! Mandela Ulee's Gold Beloved Adaptation. Rachel Getting Married

64. Tom Hooper

Director | Cats

Tom Hooper was educated at one of England's most prestigious schools, Westminster. His first film, Runaway Dog, was made when he was 13 years old and shot on a Clockwork 16mm Bolex camera, using 100 feet of film. At age 18, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Painted Faces (1992), which ...

The King's Speech Les Misérables (2012 film) The Danish Girl

65. John Schlesinger

Director | Midnight Cowboy

Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War ...

Darling Far from the Madding Crowd Midnight Cowboy Sunday Bloody Sunday The Day of the Locust Marathon Man

66. Elia Kazan

Director | On the Waterfront

Known for his creative stage direction, Elia Kazan was born Elias Kazantzoglou on September 7, 1909 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul, Turkey). Noted for drawing out the best dramatic performances from his actors, he directed 21 actors to Oscar nominations, resulting in nine wins. He ...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Boomerang! Gentleman's Agreement Pinky Panic in the Streets A Streetcar Named Desire Viva Zapata! On the Waterfront East of Eden Baby Doll Splendor in the Grass America America The Last Tycoon

67. 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...

Election About Schmidt Sideways The Descendants Nebraska The Holdovers

68. Jan Sverák

Director | Akumulátor 1

Jan Sverak spent his studies at FAMU Documentary Department and graduated in 1988. Sverak's talent first attracted attention through his short films Space Odyssey II. and Oil Gobblers above all - documentary fiction dealing with "newly discovered species" received the American Academy's Student ...

Kolya

69. Taylor Hackford

Producer | Ray

In addition to helming the iconic feature hits An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Against All Odds (1984), Ray (2004), and the cult thriller The Devil's Advocate (1997), Taylor Hackford has directed the films Dolores Claiborne (1995), Everybody's All-American (1988), and Proof of Life (2000). ...

Teenage Father An Officer and a Gentleman Against All Odds White Nights When We Were Kings Ray

70. John Huston

Director | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906. His ancestry was English,...

Jezebel Juarez Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet The Maltese Falcon Sergeant York Report from the Aleutians The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Key Largo The Asphalt Jungle The African Queen Moulin Rouge Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison Freud The Cardinal The Night of the Iguana The Bible: In the Beginning... Casino Royale The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Fat City The Man Who Who Be King Annie Under the Volcano Prizzi's Honor The Dead

71. Carol Reed

Director | The Third Man

Carol Reed was the second son of stage actor, dramatics teacher and impresario founder of the Royal School of Dramatic Art Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Reed was one of Tree's six illegitimate children with Beatrice Mae Pinney, who Tree established in a second household apart from his married life. ...

Night Train to Munich A Letter from Home The True Glory Odd Man Out The Fallen Idol The Third Man The Agony and the Ecstasy Oliver!

72. 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...

Glory Legends of the Fall Shakespeare in Love Traffic I Am Sam The Last Samurai Blood Diamond Defiance

73. William A. Wellman

Director | A Star Is Born

William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original A Star Is Born (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle.

A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th...

Wings The Public Enemy The Star Witness A Star Is Born (1937 film) Beau Geste Lady of Burlesque The Ox-Bow Incident Story of G.I. Joe Battleground The High and the Mighty

74. Norman Taurog

Director | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

A successful child actor (on stage from 1907) and rather less successful romantic lead, baby-faced Norman Taurog found being behind the camera a more rewarding experience. Before becoming a director, he paid his dues as a prop man and editor. By 1919, he was put in charge of two-reel comedies, ...

Skippy The Big Broadcast of 1936 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mad About Music Boys Town The Toast of New Orleans Rich, Young and Pretty The Caddy Visit to a Small Planet

75. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer | All About Eve

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...

Skippy Manhattan Melodrama Fury The Gorgeous Hussy Mannequin (1937 film) Three Comrades The Philadelphia Story Woman of the Year The Keys of the Kingdom The Ghost and Mrs. Muir A Letter to Three Wives No Way Out All About Eve 5 Fingers Julius Caesar The Barefoot Contessa Guys and Dolls Suddenly, Last Summer Cleopatra (1963 film) Sleuth

76. 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. ...

Jerry Maguire Almost Famous Vanilla Sky

77. William Wyler

Director | The Best Years of Our Lives

William Wyler was an American filmmaker who, at the time of his death in 1981, was considered by his peers as second only to John Ford as a master craftsman of cinema. The winner of three Best Director Academy Awards, second again only to Ford's four, Wyler's reputation has unfairly suffered as the...

The Gay Deception These Three Dodsworth Come and Get It Dead End Jezebel Wuthering Heights The Westerner The Letter The Little Foxes Mrs. Miniver The Best Years of Our Lives The Heiress Detective Story Carrie (1952 film) Roman Holiday Friendly Persuasion The Big Country Ben-Hur The Children's Hour The Collector Funny Girl

78. George Cukor

Director | My Fair Lady

George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award.

In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of...

The Royal Family of Broadway One Hour with You What Price Hollywood? Little Women (1933 film) David Copperfield Romeo and Juliet (1936 film) Camille Holiday The Philadelphia Story Gaslight A Double Life Edward, My Son Adam's Rib Born Yesterday The Model and the Marriage Broker Pat and Mike The Actress It Should Happen to You A Star Is Born (1954 film) Les Girls Wild Is the Wind Let's Make Love My Fair Lady Travels with My Aunt

79. 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 ...

Ninotchka Rhythm on the River Arise, My Love Hold Back the Dawn Ball of Fire Five Cairo to Cairo Double Indemnity The Lost Weekend The Emperor Waltz A Foreign Affair Sunset Blvd. Ace in the Hole Stalag 17 Sabrina (1954 film) The Spirit of St. Louis Witness for the Prosecution Some Like It Hot The Apartment One, Two, Three Irma la Douce The Fortune Cookie

80. John G. Avildsen

Director | Rocky

John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...

Joe Save the Tiger Rocky The Formula Traveling Hopefully The Karate Kid The Karate Kid, Part II Happy New Year

81. Cecil B. DeMille

Producer | The Ten Commandments

His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the New ...

Dynamite The Sign of the Cross Cleopatra (1934 film) The Crusades The Buccaneer (1938 film) Union Pacific North West Mounted Police Reap the Wild Wind The Story of Dr. Wassell Unconquered Samson and Delilah The Greatest Show on Earth The Ten Commandments

82. Victor Fleming

Director | Gone with the Wind

Victor Fleming entered the film business as a stuntman in 1910, mainly doing stunt driving - which came easy to him, as he had been a mechanic and professional race-car driver. He became interested in working on the other side of the camera, and eventually got a job as a cameraman on many of the ...

The Awakening Captains Courageous Test Pilot The Wizard of Oz Gone with the Wind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) Tortilla Flat A Guy Named Joe Joan of Arc

83. Richard Fleischer

Director | Soylent Green

Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...

Design for Death The Narrow Margin 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Between Heaven and Hell Fantastic Voyage Doctor Dolittle Tora! Tora! Tora! The Incredible Sarah

84. Frank Lloyd

Director | Mutiny on the Bounty

Frank Lloyd was an unpretentious, technically skilled director, who crafted several enduring Hollywood classics during the 1930's. He started out as a stage actor and singer in early 1900's London and was well-known as an imitator of Harry Lauder. After several years in music hall and with touring ...

The Divine Lady East Lynne Cavalcade Berkeley Square Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film) Wells Fargo If I Were King The Howards of Virginia This Woman Is Mine The Spoilers Invisible Agent Blood on the Sun The Last Bomb

85. Richard Brooks

Writer | In Cold Blood

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.

He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia ...

With the Marines at Tarawa Key Largo Mystery Street Take the High Ground Blackboard Jungle The Brothers Karamazov Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Elmer Gantry Sweet Bird of Youth The Professionals In Cold Blood The Happy Ending Bite the Bullet Looking for Mr. Goodbar

86. John Ford

Director | The Quiet Man

John Ford came to Hollywood following one of his brothers, an actor. Asked what brought him to Hollywood, he replied "the train". He became one of the most respected directors in the business, in spite of being known for his westerns, which were not considered "serious" film. He won six Oscars, ...

Arrowsmith The Lost Patrol The Informer Wee Willie Winkle The Hurricane Stagecoach Young Mr. Lincoln Drums Along the Mohawk The Grapes of Wrath The Long Voyage Home How Green Was My Valley The Battle of Midway December 7th They Were Expendable She Wore a Yellow Ribbon When Willie Comes Marching Home The Quiet Man Mogambo Mister Roberts The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance How the West Was Won Cheyenne Autumn

87. Frank Capra

Director | It's a Wonderful Life

One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...

Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can't Take It With You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Meet John Doe Prelude to War The Battle of Russia It's a Wonderful Life Here Comes the Groom A Hole in the Head Pocketful of Miracles

88. Michael Curtiz

Director | Casablanca

Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungary in 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria and Germany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in other countries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making films in Hollywood for Warner...

Black Fury Captain Blood The Charge of the Light Brigade The Adventures of Robin Hood Four Daughters Angels with Dirty Faces The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex The Sea Hawk The Sea Wolf Dive Bomber Captain of the Clouds Yankee Doodle Dandy Casablanca Mission to Moscow This is the Army Janie Mildred Pierce Night and Day Life with Father Romance on the High Seas The Jazz Singer (1952 film) The Egyptian White Christmas The Best Things in Life Are Free

89. István Szabó

Director | Sunshine

István Szabó was the first director to bring home to Hungary the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The movie receiving the award was his 1981 film Mephisto. In January 2006, it became public that he had been an agent of the III/III department, a former communist agency of interior intelligence....

Mephisto Colonel Red Hanussen Being Julia Albert Nobbs

90. Leo McCarey

Director | An Affair to Remember

Leo McCarey was born on October 3, 1896 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for An Affair to Remember (1957), Going My Way (1944) and Love Affair (1939). He was married to Virginia Stella Martin. He died on July 5, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Ruggles of Red Gap The Awful Truth Love Affair Once Upon a Honeymoon Going My Way The Bells of St. Mary's My Son John An Affair to Remember

91. Vincente Minnelli

Director | An American in Paris

Born Lester Anthony Minnelli in Chicago on February 28 1903, his father Vincent was a musical conductor of the Minnelli Brothers' Tent Theater. Wanting to pursue an artistic career, Minelli worked in the costume department of the Chicago Theater, then on Broadway during the depression as a set ...

Cabin in the Sky Meet Me in St. Louis The Pirate Madame Bovary (1949 film) Father of the Bride An American in Paris The Bad and the Beautiful The Story of Three Loves The Band Wagon Brigadoon Lust for Life Designing Woman Gigi Some Came Running Bells Are Ringing The Sandpiper

92. Curtis Hanson

Director | L.A. Confidential

After small films like The Bedroom Window (1987) and Sweet Kill (1972), Curtis Hanson went on to direct major features including The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The River Wild (1994) and the Academy Award-winning L.A. Confidential (1997). Setting his sights on another city, Hanson was ...

Never Cry Wolf L.A. Confidential Wonder Boys 8 Mile

93. Terry George

Writer | Hotel Rwanda

Terry George was born on December 20, 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Hotel Rwanda (2004), In the Name of the Father (1993) and Some Mother's Son (1996). He has been married to Margaret Higgins since 1978. They have two children.

In the Name of the Father Hotel Rwanda The Shore

94. George Seaton

Writer | Miracle on 34th Street

Working his way up from general factotum and gag writer to highly versatile writer/director, George Seaton was involved in many aspects of the entertainment industry along the way.

He was born George Stenius of Swedish parentage (his family hailed from Stockholm) in South Bend, IN, and grew up in ...

Coney Island The Song of Bernadette Miracle on 34th Street The Country Girl The Bridges of Toko-Ri The Proud and Profane The Tin Star Teacher's Pet Twilight of Honor Airport

95. Fred Zinnemann

Director | A Man for All Seasons

Initially grew up wanting to be a violinist, but while at the University of Vienna decided to study law. While doing so, he became increasingly interested in American film and decided that was what he wanted to do. He became involved in European filmaking for a short time before going to America to...

That Mothers Might Live The Seventh Cross The Search The Men Teresa Benjy High Noon The Member of the Wedding From Here to Eternity Oklahoma! A Hateful of Rain The Nun's Story The Sundowners A Man of All Seasons The Day of the Jackal Julia

96. Xavier Koller

Director | Reise der Hoffnung

Born in Switzerland. After graduating from High School, Xavier Koller first went through a four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich, Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director.

The next several years he spent acting ...

Journey of Hope

97. Delbert Mann

Director | Marty

Delbert Mann, the Oscar-winning film director, was born Delbert Martin Mann Jr. in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1920. His father moved the family to Nashville, Tennesse, after taking a teaching position at Scarritt College. The young Mann graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he met his future wife, ...

Marty The Bachelor Party Desire Under the Elms Separate Tables The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Lover Come Back That Touch of Mink A Gathering of Eagles Dear Heart Mister Buddwing

98. 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 ...

Rome, Open City Paisan La Strada The Nights of Cabiria I Vitelloni La Dolce Vita 8½ Fellini Satyricon Amarcord Fellini's Casanova

99. Paolo Sorrentino

Writer | È stata la mano di Dio

Director and screenwriter Paolo Sorrentino was born in Naples in 1970, and and became an orphan when he lost both of his parents at the age of 16. At the age of 25, after studying for a few years at the Faculty of Economics and Business in University of Naples Federico II, he decided to work in the...

Il divo The Great Beauty Youth The Hand of God

100. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Director | Das Leben der Anderen

As the son of a Lufthansa manager, Henckel von Donnersmarck spent his childhood and school years in New York, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main and Brussels, where he passed his international high school diploma in 1991. He then spent two years studying in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) with the following ...

The Lives of Others Never Look Away



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