Oscar Legends Presents: Famous Directors-Writers that had involvement with Academy Award films
by AlexHartsell | created - 18 Jun 2015 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicRows 1-184: Directors
Rows 185-212: Writers
Rows 213-242: Producers
Rows 243-324: Animation Creators
For that is not is on the list are companies that had involvement with Academy Award films while not doing the production.
* Broadway Video (Poetic Justice, On the Ropes, Lost in Translation, Julie & Julia and A Star Is Born)
* Funny or Die (Boyhood)
* Ralph Edwards Productions (Scrooged, Avalon and Hacksaw Ridge)
* Fred Rogers Productions (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
* Dr. Seuss Enterprises (Addams Family Values, The American President, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I Am Sam, The Lovely Bones and Salt)
* Worldwide Pants (One Fine Day, Jackie Brown, Bulworth, In the Bedroom, Amy and Steve Jobs)
* Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures (Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny)
* Nelvana (Ryan)
* Bardel Entertainment (Anastasia, The Prince of Egypt and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
* House of Cool Studios (The Incredibles, Rio, Hugo and Ferdinand)
* Cuppa Coffee Studios (Eastern Promises)
* C.O.R.E. (Fly Away Home and The Time Machine)
* Rainmaker Studios (Titanic, Armageddon, A Simple Plan and I, Robot)
* DiC Entertainment (Short Cuts)
* FilmFair (The Periwig-Maker)
* Titmouse (Her, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
* Colossal Pictures/WildBrain (The Black Stallion, One from the Heart, The Right Stuff, The Cotton Club, Top Gun, Children of a Lesser God, Peggy Sue Got Married, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Dracula and Ice Age)
* Cookie Jar Group/DHX Media (A Boy Named Charlie Brown and The Red Violin)
* Kurtz & Friends (City Slickers, Jurassic Park and Minority Report)
* Rick Reinert Production (Mrs. Doubtfire)
* Filmation (Footloose)
* Epoch Ink and Lanterna Magica (Treasure Planet)
* Curious Pictures (Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Black Swan)
* Stoopid Buddy Stoodios (The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
* David Allen Productions (Young Sherlock Holmes and Willow)
* Wang Film Productions Company (TRON, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan, Tarzan, The Emperor's New Groove and Lilo & Stitch)
* Hanho Heung-Up Company/Steve Hahn Productions (Technological Threat, Pocahontas and Hercules)
* Akom Production Company (The Longest Daycare)
* Sunwoo Entertainment (The Wild Thornberrys Movie and The Illusionist)
* Cactus Animation, Dargaud Media, Ellipse Animation and M6 (No Time to Die)
* Oh! Production (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, La Maison
en Petits Cubes, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marine Was There and Mirai)
* Production I.G (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and The Boy and the Heron)
* Doga Kobo (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and When Marine Was There)
* Studio Deen, Gainax, AIC and Studio Hibari (Spirited Away)
* Shaft (Spirited Away and Mirai)
* Gonzo (Howl's Moving Castle)
* Studio Khara (The Wind Rises, When Marnie Was There and The Boy and the Heron)
* Telecom Animation Film (Spirited Away and The Wind Rises)
* Toei Animation (War of the Worlds)
* Tatsunoko Production (The Lego Movie, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marine Was There and Ready Player One)
* Vega Entertainment, David Production, C2C, Studio Comet, Nippon Animation, Studio Pierrot, Bones and Studio A.P.P.P. (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya)
* Studio 4°C (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and The Boy and the Heron)
* Liden Films and Magic Bus (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya and Mirai)
* Pacific Animation Corporation/Disney Animation Japan/The Answer Studio (The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, When Marine Was There and Mirai)
* Asahi Production (When Marine Was There and Mirai)
* Studio Ponoc and CoMix Wave Films (Mirai and The Boy and the Heron)
* A-1 Pictures, MAPPA, Kinema Citrus, Shin-Ei Animation, White Fox and Satelight (Mirai)
* ufotable and Yostar Pictures (The Boy and the Heron)
* Kodansha (Ready Player One and Mirai)
* Shueisha and Gakken (Mirai)
* Takara Tomy (Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Muppets)
* TV Asahi (Lost in Translation)
* MTV (Toys, The Bodyguard, Mr. Saturday Night, Being John Malkovich, American Splendor, Lost in Translation, Shark Tale, Sideways, Tropic Thunder, Straight Outta Compton and Amy)
* Nickelodeon (Big Fish, War of the Worlds, The Big Sick, Vice and Ready Player One)
* Spike TV (Tropic Thunder)
* FOX (Avalon, Independence Day, Tupac: Resurrection, Licorice Pizza and Blonde)
* The Carsey-Werner Company (Tupac: Resurrection)
* Stephen J. Cannell Productions (Bolt)
* Sony Pictures Television (Basic Instinct, Apollo 13, Wonder Boys, Tupac: Resurrection, Borat, Little Children, The Lovely Bones, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Straight Outta Compton, Incredibles 2, Ford v Ferrari, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Licorice Pizza and The Holdovers)
* 20th Century Fox Television (Bulworth, Unfaithful, Minority Report, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Birdman, Steve Jobs and Avengers: Infinity War)
* Capcom (Wreck-It Ralph, Ready Player One, Ralph Breaks the Internet, No Time to Die and Tár)
* Konami (Lost in Translation, Wreck-It Ralph, Ready Player One and Ralph Breaks the Internet)
* Microsoft (Avatar, 13 Hours, Ready Player One, The Suicide Squad and No Time to Die)
* Disney Interactive (The Little Mermaid, Toy Story, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Emperor's New Groove, "Monsters, Inc.", Treasure Planet, Lilo & Stitch, Finding Nemo, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL·E, Bolt, Up, The Princess and the Frog, Toy Story 3, Tangled, TRON: Legacy, Brave, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, Inside Out and Zootopia)
* Atari (Superman, TRON, Terminator 2, The Pursuit of Happyness, WALL·E, TRON: Legacy, Wreck-It Ralph, The Boss Baby, Ready Player One and Ralph Breaks the Internet)
* Mojang AB (Wonder and Ready Player One)
* Square Enix (Ready Player One, The One and Only Ivan, No Time to Die and Godzilla Minus One)
* Value, Bethesda Softworks, Rare and Activision Blizzard (Ready Player One)
* Acclaim Entertainment (Total Recall and Terminator 2)
* Midway Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Terminator 2)
* THQ/THQ Nordic (Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, WALL·E and Up)
* Eizo (Lost in Translation)
* Epic Games (Bridesmaids, Iron Man 3, Ralph Breaks the Internet and WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko)
* Insomniac Games (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)
* McDonald's Corporation (Mickey's Christmas Carol, Coming to America and The Fifth Element)
* Playboy Enterprises (Beverly Hills Cop II, Forest Gump, Minority Report, Big Fish and The Muppets)
* National Lampoon (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
* Archie Comics (The Shawshank Redemption)
* Penguin Random House (Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life, Tupac: Resurrection, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Reader and Rabbit Hole)
* Wizards of the Coast (Ready Player One and Onward)
* Crayola (The Boss Baby)
* National Public Radio (NPR) (Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, The Savages, La La Land, Vice and RBG)
101. Didier Kaminka
Writer | True Lies
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102. Claude Zidi
Writer | Les ripoux
One of the most successfully commercial directors of France with smash comedy hits as the Charlots , Les Sous-Doués and Les Ripoux series. Also made the first Asterix and Obelix movie, La Totale (later remade by James Cameron as "True Lies") and Banzai (with Coluche). It got him the nickname "Mr. ...
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103. André Cayatte
Writer | Justice est faite
André Cayatte (b.1909 in Carcassonne, Aude, France) was a lawyer turned novelist and journalist, then screenwriter in 1938, after which he became a film director in 1942. He was known in France from the 1940s to the 1970s for uncompromising films examining the complex ethical and political ...
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104. Chris Marker
Writer | 12 Monkeys
Chris Marker was born on July 29, 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was a writer and director, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), Sans Soleil (1983) and Third Side of the Coin (1960). He died on July 29, 2012 in Paris, France.
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105. Jake Kasdan
Producer | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Jake Kasdan was born on October 28, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Zero Effect (1998).
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106. Nancy Savoca
Director | True Love
Director Nancy Savoca was born in the Bronx, New York of Argentine and Sicilian immigrant parents, She graduated from New York University's film school where she was awarded for her short films. Savoca and her husband, producer Richard Guay, raised private funds to shoot their first film, "True ...
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107. John Dahl
Director | The Last Seduction
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108. Randall Miller
Director | Bottle Shock
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109. Robert Iscove
Director | From Justin to Kelly
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110. Breck Eisner
Director | The Crazies
Breck Eisner was born on December 24, 1970 in California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Crazies (2010), The Expanse (2015) and Sahara (2005). He has been married to Georgia Irwin Eisner since June 24, 2006.
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111. 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.
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112. Lewis Teague
Director | Cujo
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113. Tom Holland
Writer | Fright Night
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114. John Derek
Actor | The Ten Commandments
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115. James McTeigue
Director | V for Vendetta
James McTeigue is known for V for Vendetta (2005), The Raven (2012) and Survivor (2015).
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116. Desmond Davis
Director | I Was Happy Here
Desmond Davis was born on May 24, 1926 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966), Girl with Green Eyes (1964) and Clash of the Titans (1981). He was married to Shirley Smith. He died on July 3, 2021.
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117. Harry Winer
Director | Alias
Harry Winer was born on May 4, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Alias (2001), Erased (2012) and SpaceCamp (1986). He has been married to Shelley Hack since 1989. They have one child. He was previously married to Eileen Harriette Pittler.
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118. Andrew V. McLaglen
Director | The Wild Geese
Andrew V. McLaglen was born on July 28, 1920 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for The Wild Geese (1978), Fools' Parade (1971) and Hellfighters (1968). He was married to Sheila Anne Corbett, Sarah (Sally) Greenwood Pierce, Veda Ann Borg and Maria ...
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119. Peter Billingsley
Actor | A Christmas Story
Peter Billingsley has been a member of the Hollywood community since he was a small child, achieving success and accolades, both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. The highly-successful child actor-turned-producer received an Emmy Award nomination, in 2005, as co-executive producer on ...
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120. Mark Romanek
Director | One Hour Photo
Mark Romanek was born on September 18, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a director and producer, known for One Hour Photo (2002), Never Let Me Go (2010) and Michael Jackson feat. Janet Jackson: Scream (1995). He is married to Brigette Romanek.
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121. Dave McKean
Director | Mirrormask
Dave McKean was born on December 29, 1963 in Taplow, Slough, Berkshire, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Mirrormask (2005), Luna (2014) and N[eon] (2002). He is married to Clare. They have two children.
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122. Richard Elfman
Director | Bloody Bridget
Richard grew up in the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles (Boyz n the Hood), was a semi-professional boxer, food and wine critic and successful stage director. He is also a noted Afro-Latin percussionist and with his brother, Danny Elfman, founded the band Oingo-Boingo.
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123. Drew Barrymore
Producer | Charlie's Angels
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124. Nick Cannon
Actor | Drumline
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125. Fraser C. Heston
Actor | The Ten Commandments
Fraser C. Heston was born on February 12, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Needful Things (1993) and Mother Lode (1982). He has been married to Marilyn Heston since May 31, 1980. They have one child.
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126. Tom McLoughlin
Writer | Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI
Tom McLoughlin was born on July 19, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Date with an Angel (1987) and Sometimes They Come Back (1991). He has been married to Nancy McLoughlin since July 2, 1983. They have two ...
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127. Bruce Malmuth
Director | Hard to Kill
Bruce Malmuth has enjoyed a distinguished career in film, television and theater as a writer, director and actor. Soon after achieving success with his commercials (Excedrin Headache #1 and Fresca Snowstorms campaigns, and other Clio winners) Mr. Malmuth made his film directorial debut with ...
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128. Scott Marshall
Actor | Overboard
Scott Marshall was born on January 17, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Overboard (1987), Valentine's Day (2010) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
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129. Karyn Kusama
Director | The Invitation
Karyn Kusama was born on March 21, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is a director and producer, known for The Invitation (2015), Destroyer (2018) and Girlfight (2000). She has been married to Phil Hay since October 2006. They have one child.
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130. Greg Mottola
Director | Adventureland
Greg Mottola was born on July 11, 1964 in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Adventureland (2009), The Daytrippers (1996) and Superbad (2007). He is married to Sarah Allentuch. They have three children.
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131. Richard C. Sarafian
Director | Vanishing Point
Richard C. Sarafian was born on April 28, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Vanishing Point (1971), Bugsy (1991) and Blue Streak (1999). He was married to Helen Joan Altman. He died on September 18, 2013 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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132. Todd Graff
Actor | The Abyss
Todd Graff was born on October 22, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Abyss (1989), The Vanishing (1993) and Camp (2003). He has been married to Jhon Lafaurie since 2014.
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133. Yoko Ono
Soundtrack | The Beatles: Get Back
Yoko Ono was born on Saturday, February 18th, 1933, in her ancestral estate in Tokyo, Japan. Her father, Eisuke Ono, was the descendant of a 9th Century Emperor of Japan. Her mother, Isoko Yasuda Ono, was the granddaughter of Zenijiro Yasuda, the founder of Yasuda Bank. Yoko was two years old when ...
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134. John Asher
Director | A Boy Called Po
John Asher is an award-winning writer/director whose passion for storytelling through the lens was ignited in his early years. As a child, he inadvertently honed his craft by breaking his father's video cameras while attempting to capture epic shots. Dyslexia posed a unique challenge for John, ...
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135. Harry Basil
Actor | Peggy Sue Got Married
Originally from Bergenfield New Jersey, Harry was into movies at a young age turning his back yard into a film studio shooting dozens of super 8 action and horror films. By the age of 17 Harry had won the New Jersey Institute of Technology's Film Award presented to him by legendary director Otto ...
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136. Chad Stahelski
Producer | John Wick: Chapter 4
He came from a kick-boxing background; he entered the film field as a stunt performer at the age of 24. Before that, he worked as an instructor at the Inosanto Martial Arts Academy in California, teaching Jeet Kune Do/Jun Fan. After doing numerous roles in low budget martial art movies like Mission...
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137. David Leitch
Producer | Bullet Train
David Leitch is a billion dollar film director, actor, stuntman, writer, producer, and stunt coordinator. He co-directed John Wick (2014) with Chad Stahelski, on which he also served as producer. David directed Atomic Blonde (2017) starring Charlize Theron. David also directed the box office smash ...
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138. Michael J. Sarna
Director | Toby's Big Adventure
Michael J. Sarna was born on September 12, 1965 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Toby's Big Adventure (2020), Return to Fear and A Tiger's Tail (2014).
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139. Michael Wehrhahn
Producer | Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong
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140. Sam Firstenberg
Director | One More Chance
Since 1980 Sam Firstenberg has been in the independent filmmaking field. Directing 22 theatrical feature films since completing his graduate studies in film at Loyola Marymount University. One More Chance (1981), starring Kirstie Alley, won prizes in major film festivals and sparked the beginning ...
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141. Jeff Wadlow
Producer | Truth or Dare
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142. Scott Wiper
Writer | The Big Ugly
Scott Wiper was born on July 22, 1970 in Granville, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Big Ugly (2020), The Condemned (2007) and The Cold Light of Day (2012).
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143. Jack Sholder
Director | The Hidden
Known for The Hidden, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, and Alone in the Dark, Jack Sholder was born in Philadelphia where he studied to become a classical trumpet player. While still in high school, he performed under such conductors as Leopold Stokowski and Eugene Ormandy. After a year studying chemical...
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144. Jennifer Kent
Director | The Nightingale
Jennifer Kent was born on March 5, 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and director, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Babadook (2014) and Monster (2005).
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145. Andrew Stevens
Producer | The Boondock Saints
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146. Sam Weisman
Director | George of the Jungle
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147. Keith Gordon
Director | A Midnight Clear
Keith Gordon was born on February 3, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for A Midnight Clear (1992), Waking the Dead (2000) and Mother Night (1996). He has been married to Rachel Griffin since 1998.
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148. Mathieu Kassovitz
Actor | Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
Mathieu Kassovitz was born on August 3, 1967 in Paris, France. He is an actor and director, known for Amélie (2001), La haine (1995) and The Fifth Element (1997).
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149. Mike Binder
Writer | The Comedy Store
Mike Binder was born in 1958 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The Comedy Store (2020), Reign Over Me (2007) and The Upside of Anger (2005). He is married to Diane Murphy. They have two children.
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150. Max Minghella
Actor | The Handmaid's Tale
Max Giorgio Choa Minghella is an English-born actor and filmmaker. He was born in Hampstead, London, England, the son of choreographer Carolyn Choa and the late Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella. He is the half-brother of Hannah Minghella, who has also worked in film.
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151. Olivia Wilde
Actress | Tron: Legacy
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152. Maria Schrader
Director | She Said
Maria Schrader was born in Hanover, Federal Republic of Germany, on September 27th, 1965. She directed and co-wrote the screenplay of the awards-winning film Liebesleben (2007). As well, she directed Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016) and the Emmy-award wining miniseries Unorthodox (2020) (...
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153. Elizabeth Banks
Actress | The Hunger Games
Elizabeth Banks was born Elizabeth Mitchell in Pittsfield, a small city in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts near the New York border, on February 10, 1974. She is the daughter of Anne Marie (Wallace), who worked in a bank, and Mark Phineas Mitchell, a factory worker. Elizabeth describes ...
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154. Edward Burns
Actor | Saving Private Ryan
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155. Tony Goldwyn
Actor | Ghost
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156. Bill Paxton
Actor | Aliens
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157. Bob Odenkirk
Actor | Nobody
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158. Hart Bochner
Actor | Die Hard
Hart Matthew Bochner was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to Ruth (Roher), a concert pianist, and Lloyd Bochner, an actor. He is of Russian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish descent. Hart made his feature film debut portraying George C. Scott's son in Ernest Hemingway's Islands in the Stream (1977) and ...
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159. D'Urville Martin
Actor | Rosemary's Baby
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160. Steve Antin
Actor | The Goonies
Steve moved to Los Angeles, where he made his film debut in the teen-aged slasher flick, Sweet Sixteen (1983), opposite Bo Hopkins. The following year, he broke all of the girls hearts in the popular Cannon-produced film, The Last American Virgin (1982), alongside Lawrence Monoson. Roles in The ...
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161. Larry David
Actor | Whatever Works
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162. Louis C.K.
Writer | Louie
Louis C.K. was born on September 12, 1967 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Louie (2010), American Hustle (2013) and Horace and Pete (2016). He was previously married to Alix Bailey.
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163. Jeff Garlin
Actor | Curb Your Enthusiasm
As a multi-talented comedian who encompasses writing, producing, directing, acting and performing stand-up comedy, Jeff Garlin has honed a successful career that started at Second City in his hometown of Chicago. Influenced by the comedians of his childhood (such as Richard Pryor, Woody Allen, and ...
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164. Bobcat Goldthwait
Director | God Bless America
Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait, born May 26, 1962, is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, and star of films and television shows. He is most widely known for his at times screechy voice and scattergun delivery during his standup comedy performances and some film roles.
He was born ...
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165. Jason Bateman
Actor | Arrested Development
Jason Bateman is an American film and television actor, known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development (2003), as well as his role on Valerie (1986).
He was born in Rye, New York. His father, Kent Bateman, from a Utah-based family, is a film and television director...
Juno Tropic Thunder Up in the Air Zootopia
166. Wen Jiang
Actor | Rogue One
Wen Jiang was born on January 5, 1963 in Tangshan, China. He is an actor and director, known for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Let the Bullets Fly (2010) and Devils on the Doorstep (2000). He has been married to Yun Zhou since 2005. They have two children. He was previously married to ...
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
167. Jet Li
Actor | Huo Yuan Jia
Jet Li born Li Lian Jie in Beijing, China. He started training at the Beijing wushu academy (wushu is China's national sport, largely a performance version of various martial art styles) at age eight. He won five gold medals in the Chinese championships, his first when he was only 11. In his teens,...
Hero Mulan (2020 film)
168. Lou Adler
Producer | Up in Smoke
Lou Adler was born on December 13, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer, known for Up in Smoke (1978), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Page Hannah since March 28, 1992. They have four children. He was previously married to Shelley Fabares.
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169. Gary Fleder
Director | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
Gary Fleder was born on December 19, 1965 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), Impostor (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003).
Two Soldiers
170. Phil Joanou
Director | State of Grace
Phil Joanou was born on November 20, 1961 in La Cañada, California, USA. He is a director and assistant director, known for State of Grace (1990), U2: Rattle and Hum (1988) and Three O'Clock High (1987).
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
171. Valdimar Jóhannsson
Director | Dýrið
Valdimar Jóhannsson was born in 1978 in Iceland. He is a director, known for Lamb (2021), Oblivion (2013) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).
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172. Yann Demange
Director | '71
Yann Demange was born in 1977 in Paris, France. He is a producer and director, known for '71 (2014), Lovecraft Country (2020) and Top Boy (2011).
Sound of Metal
173. Michael G. Johnson
Assistant_director | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Michael G. Johnson was born on November 25, 1965 in Berlin, Germany. He is an assistant director and director, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Around the World in 80 Days (2004) and Knut and His Friends (2008).
The Baader Meinhof Complex
174. Andy Sidaris
Director | Malibu Express
Andy Sidaris was born on February 20, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Malibu Express (1985), Stacey (1973) and Seven (1979). He was married to Anne Sidaris-Reeves and Arlene Sidaris. He died on March 7, 2007 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
MASH Two-Minute Warning
175. Peter Chelsom
Actor | The Space Between Us
Peter Chelsom is a member of the British Academy, the American Academy, The Directors Guild Of America, and The Writers Guild Of America. Peter was born in Blackpool in the North of England. He is a US and UK citizen. (Trivia: he is an Honorary Citizen of a small town in Tuscany, Italy, called ...
The Affair of the Necklace
176. Barry Caillier
Director | Daredreamer
Barry Caillier is known for Daredreamer (1989), To Cross the Rubicon (1991) and In Search of the Wow Wow Wibble Woggle Wazzie Woodle Woo (1985).
Heart Like a Wheel
177. Perry Lang
Director | An Interview with God
Perry Lang was born on December 24, 1959 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a director and actor, known for An Interview with God (2018), Men of War (1994) and Little Vegas (1990). He has been married to Sage Parker since June 15, 1996. They have two children.
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178. John Moore
Director | Max Payne
John Moore was born in Dundalk, Ireland in 1970, a small town situated about 60 miles from the country's capital Dublin. Moore attended a technical college in Dublin where he studied filmmaking and after completing the school he went on to direct and write a series of short films all produced in ...
The Crying Game
179. Greg McLean
Director | Wolf Creek
After training as a fine artist before working as a director in Theatre and Opera, Australian writer, director, and producer Greg McLean's filmmaking career began when he wrote and directed the horror smash hit 'Wolf Creek.' The film played at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals before going ...
Animal Kingdom
180. David Hemmings
Actor | Blow-Up
David Hemmings, one of the great English cinema icons of the 1960s, was born in Guildford, Surrey, on November 18, 1941, to a cookie merchant and his wife. He was educated at Glyn College, Epsom, but while still a child, Hemmings made his first forays into the world of entertainment. An ...
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181. Michael D. Moore
Assistant_director | The War of the Worlds
Michael D. Moore was born on October 14, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The War of the Worlds (1953), Willow (1988) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He was married to Laurie Abdo and Esther McNeill. He died on March 4, 2013 in Malibu,...
Cleopatra The Crusades The Buccaneer Union Pacific North West Mounted Police Wake Island Unconquered The Paleface The Furies When Worlds Collide The War of the Worlds The Caddy The Seven Little Foys The Ten Commandments Gunfight at the O.K. Corral The Tin Star Wild is Wild Houseboat Career Visit to a Small Planet Summer and Smoke A New Kind of Love Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Patton Sometimes a Great Notion The Man Who Would Be King Airport '77 The Electric Horseman Quest for Fire Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Willow Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Chaplin 102 Dalmatians
182. Boaz Yakin
Writer | Fresh
Boaz Yakin was born on June 15, 1965. He is a writer and producer, known for Fresh (1994), Remember the Titans (2000) and Aviva (2020).
Half Nelson
183. John Reidy
Actor | Netherland
John Reidy was born on April 2, 1956 in Woodside, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Netherland (2000), The Signs of the Cross (2005) and Know Thy Neighbor (2002). He was married to Marylou Bavoso. He died on August 24, 2022 in Long Island, New York, USA.
Malcolm X (1992 film)
184. Tommy Wiseau
Writer | The Room
Tommy Wiseau is an American actor, director, screenwriter & producer. He trained to be an actor at: American Conservatory Theater, Vince Chase Workshop, Jean Shelton Acting Lab, Laney College and Stella Adler Academy of Acting.
In 2001 he wrote, produced, directed and starred in The Room (2003), a ...
The Disaster Artist
185. Glen A. Larson
Writer | McCloud
Born on January 3, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, Glen A. Larson was the man behind some of the world's best-known prime-time television series. His highly successful productions (successful both financially and popularly, less often critically) include Knight Rider (1982), The Fall Guy (1981), ...
Ted The White Tiger
186. Rob McElhenney
Writer | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Rob McElhenney was born on April 14, 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), Mythic Quest (2020) and Latter Days (2003). He has been married to Kaitlin Olson since September 27, 2008. They have two children.
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187. Jon Stewart
Producer | The Daily Show
Jon Stewart was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in New York City, New York, to Marian (Laskin), a teacher, and Donald Leibowitz, a physics professor. His family is Ashkenazi Jewish (from Austria, Ukraine, Poland, and Belarus). Stewart moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey during his childhood. He ...
The First Wives Club
188. Stephen Colbert
Writer | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (pronounced "cole-BEAR") was born on May 13, 1964 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina. He is the son of Lorna Elizabeth (Tuck) and James William Colbert, Jr., a doctor and medical school dean at Yale, Saint Louis University, and MUSC. He is the ...
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189. Thomas Lennon
Actor | Reno 911!
Thomas Lennon is a writer and actor from Oak Park, Illinois. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he was a member of the influential sketch comedy group The State. The State's hit television series ran on MTV for three seasons and received an Ace Award nomination ...
Memento
190. Dax Shepard
Self | Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Dax Randall Shepard was born in 1975 in Milford, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, to Laura (LaBo), who worked at GM, and Dave Robert Shepard, Sr., a car salesman. His mother is of French-Canadian and Belgian descent. With both his parents working in the automotive industry, Dax's first love was cars.
...
The Judge
191. Marlon Wayans
Actor | White Chicks
Marlon Wayans is an American actor, writer and comedian. He is known for playing Tyrone C. Love in Requiem for a Dream, Shorty Meeks from Scary Movie, Marcus Anthony Copeland II from White Chicks and Thunder from Marmaduke. He played Drake Winston/Robin in deleted scenes of Batman Returns and ...
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192. Dave Chappelle
Writer | Chappelle's Show
Dave Chappelle's career started while he was in high school at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC where he studied theatre arts. At the age of 14, he began performing stand-up comedy in nightclubs. Shortly after graduation, he moved to New York City where he quickly established ...
The Nutty Professor Con Air A Star is Born (2018 film) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
193. Martin Lawrence
Actor | Martin
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an African-American comedian, producer, writer, director and actor. He is known for his roles in the Bad Boys trilogy, Martin, Def Comedy Jam, Big Momma's House, Open Season, House Party, Boomerang, Wild Hogs, What's Happening Now!!, Nothing to Lose, Life and Blue ...
Do the Right Thing Life Philomena
194. Cedric The Entertainer
Actor | Barbershop
Cedric the Entertainer is an African-American comedian and actor known for being one of the Original Kings of Comedy. He is also known for his roles in the Barbershop trilogy, the Madagascar trilogy, The Steve Harvey Show, Ice Age, Planes, The Soul Man and The Neighborhood. He has had three ...
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195. Fran Drescher
Writer | The Nanny
Francine Joy "Fran" Drescher was born on September 30, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York to Sylvia Drescher, a bridal consultant & Mort Drescher, a naval systems analyst. Fran attended Hillcrest High School in New York with another now-famous name, Ray Romano. She was a studious girl and was ...
Saturday Night Fever Ragtime
196. Winnie Holzman
Producer | My So-Called Life
Winnie Holzman was born on August 18, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for My So-Called Life (1994), Jerry Maguire (1996) and Thirtysomething (1987). She has been married to Paul Dooley since November 18, 1984. They have one child.
Jerry Maguire
197. Michael Jai White
Actor | Black Dynamite
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...
The Dark Knight
198. Liam O'Donnell
Writer | Skyline: Warpath
Liam O'Donnell was born on April 12, 1982 in Randolph, Massachusetts, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Skyline: Warpath, Skylines (2020) and Beyond Skyline (2017). He has been married to Phet Mahathongdy since December 12, 2009. They have one child.
Iron Man 2
199. Martin Kitrosser
Writer | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Martin Kitrosser was born on August 9, 1949. He is a writer and director, known for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
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200. Sam Levinson
Writer | Euphoria
Sam Levinson was born on January 8, 1985 in the USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Euphoria (2019), The Idol (2023) and Malcolm & Marie (2021).
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