Writers, producers & Film directors
by wverlysto | created - 08 Apr 2015 | updated - 3 months ago | Public
1. Ashley Avis
Director | Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West
Ashley Avis is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and is married to Edward Winters, who is her partner in their Los Angeles based production company, Winterstone Pictures.
After beginning her career as a journalist in New York City, and directing and ...
2. Luke Jaden
Director | Boo!
Luke Jaden is known for Boo! (2018), Wolf Who Cried Boy (2015) and Madman or Martyr (2014).
3. Brett Simon
Director | Severance Package
Brett Simon is a Javits Fellow, a PhD candidate in Film Studies, and an MFA graduate in Art Practice at UC Berkeley. He graduated from Princeton University in 1997 with a degree in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing. His films and videos have screened in festivals around the world ...
4. Chad Faust
Actor | Girl
Chad Faust was born on July 14, 1980 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for Girl (2020), The 4400 (2004) and Saved! (2004).
5. Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Director | Crooked House
Gilles Paquet-Brenner was born on September 14, 1974 in Paris, France. He is a director and writer, known for Crooked House (2017), Sarah's Key (2010) and Dark Places (2015).
6. Morgan J. Freeman
Producer | Hurricane
In 1997, Morgan's debut feature, Hurricane Streets, became the first narrative film to win three awards at the Sundance Film Festival (Audience Award, Best Director, and Best Cinematography). It was bought by MGM/UA and distributed the following year.
Born in Long Beach, California, Morgan received ...
7. Roland Joffé
Director | The Mission
Roland Joffé was born on November 17, 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Mission (1986), The Killing Fields (1984) and The Great Hunger.
8. Bryce Clark
Producer | Blessed
Bryce wrote, produced, and directed the thriller Phobic (2020), anthology film Mission Stories (2021), and the horror film Blessed (2024). He has also written for Yo Gabba Gabba!, and is the author of the books Red Shirt Kids and Secret Santa. He lives in the Salt Lake City area with his wife, ...
9. Mark Edwin Robinson
Director | Breaking Dawn
Mark Edwin Robinson was born in San Diego, California, USA. Mark Edwin is a director and writer, known for Breaking Dawn (2004), The Levenger Tapes (2013) and I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2012).
10. Michael Taverna
Producer | Apartment 1303 3D
Chief Executive Officer of MonteCristo International Entertainment and Broadside Enterprises Inc.
Michael is a multi-talented entertainment industry veteran - he has written, directed, produced and distributed a host of notable films. These include MANAGUA with Academy Award Winner Louis Gossett Jr,...
11. Timothy Woodward Jr.
Producer | Hickok
Timothy Woodward Jr is an Emmy Award Winning Director, Producer and Showrunner. Timothy was born October 15, 1983 in Georgetown, SC. His love for film began early when he saw his first theatrical film. Woodward, who got his start in the entertainment industry on the other side of the camera, began ...
12. Matt Winn
Director | The Trouble with Jessica
Matt Winn is known for The Trouble with Jessica (2023), We Are Happy (2015) and The Brunchers (2013).
13. Paul Schrader
Writer | First Reformed
Although his name is often linked to that of the "movie brat" generation (Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Brian De Palma, etc.) Paul Schrader's background couldn't have been more different than theirs. His strict Calvinist parents refused to allow him to see a...
14. Malcolm D. Lee
Director | Girls Trip
Malcolm D. Lee was born on January 11, 1970 in the USA. He is a writer and director, known for Girls Trip (2017), The Best Man (1999) and The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022). He has been married to Camilla Banks since 2000. They have three children.
15. Robert Rodriguez
Producer | El mariachi
Robert Anthony Rodriguez was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, USA, to Rebecca (Villegas), a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a salesman. His family is of Mexican descent.
Of all the people to be amazed by the images of John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi parable, Escape from New York (1981), none ...
16. Chris Sivertson
Director | I Know Who Killed Me
Chris Sivertson is known for I Know Who Killed Me (2007), Brawler (2011) and Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018).
17. Patrick Lussier
Editor | Drive Angry
Patrick Lussier is known for Drive Angry (2011), My Bloody Valentine (2009) and Terminator Genisys (2015).
18. Kyle Newman
Director | Fanboys
Kyle Newman is an award-wining filmmaker and New York Times Bestselling, Hugo Award-nominated author.
His directorial work encompasses multiple feature films including, Fanboys, the Star Wars-fueled comedy starring Kristen Bell and Seth Rogen, the action-comedy Barely Lethal starring Oscar Nominees ...
19. Steven C. Miller
Director | Margaux
Steven C. Miller was born in Decatur, Ga. His love for film began early when his father bought him a VHS video camera. Miller started off small with multiple music videos and short films. In 2005 Miller attended and graduated Full Sail University.
In 2005, immediately after graduating film school at...
20. Shane Dax Taylor
Producer | The Christmas Classic
Shane Dax Taylor was born on August 7, 1975 in Henderson, Kentucky, USA. Shane Dax is a producer and writer, known for The Christmas Classic (2023), Bloodworth (2010) and The Best Man (2023). Shane Dax has been married to Robyn Corum since May 28, 2005.
21. Matthew Coppola
Producer | Fresh Cut Grass
Matthew Coppola is known for Fresh Cut Grass (2002), Sports: at&T Original Documentaries (2010) and Love on Ice (2017).
22. Scott Speer
Director | Midnight Sun
Scott began his career as a director of music videos creating acclaimed work for Will.I.am, Jordin Sparks, and Jason Derulo, winning an MVPA Award for Directorial Debut of the Year, two GMA Awards, and an MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year. National campaigns followed with commercials for ...
23. Jason Fuchs
Writer | Wonder Woman
Actor, writer. New York City native Jason Fuchs has been acting since the age of 7 when he appeared at Lincoln Center in the play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" with Sam Waterston. In 1996, Jason made his feature film debut as Marvin in "Flipper" opposite Elijah Wood and Paul Hogan. Back on stage, Jason...
24. Ross Clarke
Producer | The Birdcatcher
Ross Clarke was born on October 18, 1967. He is a producer and director, known for The Birdcatcher (2019), Desiree (2014) and Nowhere Boy (2009).
25. Valerie Weiss
Director | Outer Banks
Award-winning filmmaker and scientist, Dr. Valerie Weiss has infused her signature blend of elevated and emotional storytelling into her four feature films and dozens of television episodes. Her work has been called "daringly light" for the way it embraces controversial topics in enchanting ways ...
26. David Pastor
Writer | Carriers
David Pastor was born on July 25, 1978 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Carriers (2009), The Last Days (2013) and Self/less (2015).
27. Àlex Pastor
Writer | Carriers
Àlex Pastor was born on March 13, 1981 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a writer and producer, known for Carriers (2009), The Last Days (2013) and The Natural Route (2004).
28. Stewart Hendler
Director | H+
Stewart Hendler was born on December 22, 1978. He is a director and producer, known for H+ (2011), One (2001) and Sorority Row (2009).
29. Josh Stolberg
Writer | Spiral: From the Book of Saw
Josh Stolberg was born on March 7, 1971 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He is a writer and assistant director, known for Spiral (2021), Piranha 3D (2010) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005). He has been married to Leila Leigh since September 15, 2001. They have two children.
30. David DeCoteau
Director | Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge
A dual citizen of Canada and the USA, David DeCoteau has worked professionally in the movie business since he was 18 years old. He got his start through a generous offer from movie legend Roger Corman, who hired him in 1980 as a production assistant at New World Pictures. In 1986, DeCoteau directed ...
31. George Miller
Producer | Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller is an Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and former medical doctor. He is best known for his Mad Max franchise, with Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) being hailed as amongst the greatest action films of all time. Aside from the Mad Max ...
32. Joss Whedon
Producer | Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joss Whedon is the middle of five brothers - his younger brothers are Jed Whedon and Zack Whedon. Both his father, Tom Whedon and his grandfather, John Whedon were successful television writers. Joss' mother, Lee Stearns, was a history teacher and she also wrote novels as Lee Whedon. Whedon was ...
33. 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 ...
34. Kay Cannon
Producer | 30 Rock
Kay Cannon is a screenwriter, actress and producer, best known for Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). She is also known for her work on NBC's 30 Rock (2006) and the Netflix Original Series Girlboss (2017).
Cannon has won three Writers Guild of America Awards ...
35. Alex Garland
Writer | Ex Machina
Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. He is best known for the films Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018).
Garland's others works as a writer includes The Beach (2000), 28 Days Later (2002), Sunshine (2007), Never Let Me Go (2011) and Dredd (2012).
He is ...
36. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
37. Chris Morgan
Producer | Fast & Furious 7
Chris Morgan is known for Furious 7 (2015), Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and Furious 6 (2013).
38. David Ayer
Producer | End of Watch
David Ayer is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. David Ayer was born in Champaign, Illinois and grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Bethesda, Maryland, where he was kicked out of his house by his parents as a teenager. Ayer then lived with his cousin in Los Angeles, ...
39. Richard Bates Jr.
Director | Excision
Richard Bates Jr. is known for Excision (2012), Trash Fire (2016) and Tone-Deaf (2019).
40. Katharine O'Brien
Director | Lost Transmissions
Director and screenwriter Katharine OBrien was born in Santa Barbara, CA and studied English at Wellesley College. Katharine worked at Muse Film (Virgin Suicides, Buffalo 66) and as a television writing assistant with Kids in the Hall and Russo Brothers before receiving her MFA in film directing at...
41. 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, ...
42. Doug Liman
Producer | Edge of Tomorrow
Douglas Eric Liman is a Jewish-American filmmaker and producer who directed Swingers, The Bourne Identity, Chaos Walking, Jumper, Go, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Fair Game, Locked Down, Edge of Tomorrow, The Wall and American Made. He executive produced the Bourne sequels except The Bourne Legacy, The ...
43. David S. Goyer
Writer | Dark City
David S. Goyer was born on December 22, 1965 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Dark City (1998), The Dark Knight (2008) and Flashforward (2009). He is married to Marina Black. They have two children. He was previously married to Jessika Borsiczky.
44. Simon Kinberg
Producer | The Martian
Simon Kinberg is a British film producer, director and screenwriter who is known for producing the X-Men films, Fant4stic, Logan, the Deadpool films, Cinderella and The Martian. He directed Dark Phoenix, the finale of the X-Men Beginnings films. He created Star Wars Rebels, an animated series set ...
45. Michael Polish
Director | Twin Falls Idaho
Michael Polish was born on October 30, 1970 in El Centro, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Twin Falls Idaho (1999), Northfork (2003) and Jackpot (2001). He was previously married to Kate Bosworth and Jo Strettell.
46. Jane Goldman
Producer | Kick-Ass
Jane Goldman was born on June 11, 1970 in England, UK. She is a producer and writer, known for Kick-Ass (2010), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) and Stardust (2007). She has been married to Jonathan Ross since August 1988. They have three children.
47. Neill Blomkamp
Director | District 9
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game ...
48. Terri Tatchell
Writer | District 9
Terri Tatchell is known for District 9 (2009), Chappie (2015) and Yellow (2006).
49. Colin Trevorrow
Producer | Safety Not Guaranteed
Born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland, Colin Trevorrow started making short films when he was 12 years old. He studied film and dramatic writing at New York University. After graduation, he wrote and directed "Home Base" a digital short that became one of the early viral successes on the ...
50. Amanda Silver
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
Amanda Silver was born on May 24, 1963 in the USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Jurassic World (2015). She has been married to Rick Jaffa since July 29, 1989. They have two children.
51. Derek Connolly
Writer | Safety Not Guaranteed
Derek Connolly is known for Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), Jurassic World Dominion (2022) and Jurassic World (2015).
52. Rick Jaffa
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
Rick Jaffa was born on May 8, 1956 in Dallas County, Texas, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Jurassic World (2015). He has been married to Amanda Silver since June 29, 1989. They have two children.
53. Dean Israelite
Director | Acholiland
Dean Israelite was born on September 20, 1984 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a director and producer, known for Acholiland (2009), Power Rangers (2017) and Project Almanac (2015).
54. Gil Kenan
Director | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Gil Kenan was born on October 16, 1976 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024), Monster House (2006) and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021). He has been married to Eliza Chaikin since 2005.
55. 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, ...
56. Glenn Ficarra
Writer | I Love You Phillip Morris
Glenn Ficarra is known for I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), Cats & Dogs (2001) and This Is Us (2016).
57. John Requa
Writer | I Love You Phillip Morris
John Requa is known for I Love You Phillip Morris (2009), This Is Us (2016) and Focus (2015).
58. Sadie Katz
Actress | Wrong Turn VI: Last Resort
Sadie is an actress, writer, producer and documentarian with an award named in her honor (AMDOC'S Sadie Katz Award for Hustle.) She spent the last two decades balancing being a single mom and a scream queen genre actress and recently opened own production company "See You Next Tuesday Films" with ...
59. Eric Heisserer
Writer | Arrival
Eric Heisserer was born in 1970 in Norman, Oklahoma, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Arrival (2016), Bird Box (2018) and Hours (2013). He has been married to Christine Boylan since October 23, 2010.
60. Denis Villeneuve
Director | Dune
Denis Villeneuve is a French Canadian film director and writer. He was born in 1967, in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada. He started his career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. He is best known for his feature films Arrival (2016), Sicario (2015), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), ...
61. Nick Simon
Director | The Girl in the Photographs
Hailing from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Nick Simon's journey into filmmaking began in a multicultural household, providing him a unique perspective on his Syrian/Lebanese heritage. The interest in cinema turned to an obsession as Simon began filming the local bands raging against the inertia of ...
62. Adam Alleca
Writer | Cell
Adam Alleca was born on February 16, 1983 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Cell (2016), The Last House on the Left (2009) and Standoff (2016). He is married to Ashley Christine Beyer.
63. Mike Flanagan
Writer | The Fall of the House of Usher
Mike Flanagan is a prolific writer, director, and editor. He entered into an exclusive overall deal with Amazon Studios in 2023 for television projects (after a similar exclusive deal with Netflix from 2018-2022), and has made feature films for Warner Bros., Universal Pictures, Netflix and more. ...
64. Jeff Howard
Writer | Gerald's Game
Jeff Howard is an American writer and producer who has worked extensively in the genre space. On the television front, Jeff was a writer on the first season of Netflix's horror series The Haunting of Hill House (2018), as well as Resident Evil (2022). His most recent television work was as an ...
65. Adam Schindler
Director | 50 States of Fright
Adam Schindler is known for 50 States of Fright (2020), Intruders (2015) and Delivery: The Beast Within (2013).
66. Jon Matthews
Director | Sesame Street
Jon is a civil-rights-lawyer-turned-filmmaker. He is known for the documentary "Surviving Cliffside" (SXSW 2014, Sundance Channel) and "Black Dog, Red Dog," starring James Franco, Olivia Wilde and Whoopi Goldberg.
Jon grew up in a hollow, called Booger Hole, in Alum Creek, West Virginia. Before ...
67. Mark Schoonmaker
Writer | Dual
Mark was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in San Jose, California. At age 7, Leonardo DiCaprio, Spielberg, and 1930s horror films got him into the cinematic arts which led to a high interest in filmmaking. Mark's silent crime drama Pitch Black Heist (2012) was inspired by J.J. Abrams TED ...
68. Gustavo Ron
Director | Las chicas del cable
Gustavo Ron was born on December 14, 1972 in Madrid, Spain. He is a director and writer, known for Cable Girls (2017), Velvet Colección (2017) and Senda Prohibida (2023). He has been married to Kiruca Utrera since September 21, 2002. They have two children.
69. Stephen Susco
Writer | Unfriended: Dark Web
Stephen Susco is known for Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), The Grudge (2004) and Texas Chainsaw (2013).
70. David Cronenberg
Actor | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
71. Bruce Wagner
Writer | Maps to the Stars
Bruce Wagner was born on March 20, 1954 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Maps to the Stars (2014), Knight of Cups (2015) and Wild Palms (1993).
72. Renee Tab
Producer | Feud
Renee Tab is known for Feud (2017), Maps to the Stars (2014) and Peppermint (2018).
73. David Bruckner
Director | The Night House
David Bruckner is known for The Night House (2020), The Ritual (2017) and Southbound (2015).
74. Patty Jenkins
Director | Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.
Patty began her career as a ...
75. Darren Lynn Bousman
Director | Repo! The Genetic Opera
Darren Lynn Bousman was born on January 11, 1979 in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008), Saw II (2005) and Abattoir (2016). He has been married to Laura Bousman since January 2, 2010. They have two children.
76. Leigh Whannell
Actor | Saw
Leigh Whannell grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where, at the age of four, he developed an obsession with telling stories. Whether it be through acting, writing or filmmaking, his primary love was getting a reaction from an audience. In 1995, at the age of 18, he was accepted into the Royal ...
77. Alan Taylor
Director | Game of Thrones
Alan Taylor is an American film and television director from San Francisco known for directing episodes of HBO shows such as The Sopranos, Deadwood, Game of Thrones, and Sex in the City. He directed the feature films Thor: The Dark World, Palookaville, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Many Saints of ...
78. Laeta Kalogridis
Writer | Shutter Island
Laeta Kalogridis was born on August 30, 1965 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Alexander (2004).
79. Gregory Jacobs
Producer | Edge of Tomorrow
Gregory Jacobs is known for Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Magic Mike XXL (2015) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
80. Joe Gangemi
Writer | Stonehearst Asylum
Joe Gangemi is known for Stonehearst Asylum (2014), Red Oaks (2014) and Blackway (2015).
81. Daniel Alfredson
Director | Flickan som lekte med elden
Daniel Alfredson was born on May 23, 1959 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He is a producer and director, known for The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009) and Varg (2008). He is married to Stina. They have three children.
82. Reid Carolin
Producer | Magic Mike
Reid Carolin was born on January 10, 1982 in Lake Forest, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Magic Mike (2012), Dog (2022) and Magic Mike XXL (2015).
83. Wellesley Wild
Producer | Family Guy
Wellesley Wild was born on April 27, 1972 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Family Guy (1999), Ted 2 (2015) and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).
84. Dallas Richard Hallam
Writer | Entrance
Dallas Richard Hallam was born on March 10, 1979 in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. He is an assistant director and writer, known for Entrance (2012), I Am a Knife with Legs (2014) and Southbound (2015).
85. Patrick Horvath
Writer | Southbound
Patrick Horvath is known for Southbound (2015), Entrance (2012) and Hell Parade (2018).
86. Nicholas McCarthy
Writer | The Pact
Nicholas McCarthy is known for The Pact (2012), At the Devil's Door (2014) and The Prodigy (2019).
87. Zack Snyder
Director | 300
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
88. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
89. 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 ...
90. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
91. D.J. Caruso
Director | I Am Number Four
Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Caruso came west to play tennis and study Television Production at Pepperdine University. Interned at Disney Studios in the Product Placement department and later hooked up with Director John Badham, who mentored him into a second-unit director, after Badham lost his ...
92. Wentworth Miller
Actor | Prison Break
Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
Wentworth Earl Miller III was born June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, to American parents, Joy Marie (Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller...
93. 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 ...
94. Marc Basch
Writer | The Hero
Marc Basch is known for The Hero (2017), I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and Hearts Beat Loud (2018).
95. Brett Haley
Director | Hearts Beat Loud
Brett Haley was born on August 17, 1983 in Danville, Illinois, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Hearts Beat Loud (2018), The Hero (2017) and All the Bright Places (2020).
96. Christopher McQuarrie
Writer | The Usual Suspects
Christopher McQuarrie is an acclaimed producer, director and an Academy Award® winning writer. McQuarrie grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey and in lieu of college, he spent the first five years out of school traveling and working at a detective agency. He later moved to Los Angeles to pursue...
97. Kurt Wimmer
Writer | Equilibrium
Kurt Wimmer was born on March 9, 1964. He is a writer and producer, known for Equilibrium (2002), Total Recall (2012) and Point Break (2015).
98. Sarah Gavron
Director | Suffragette
Girl (little or teenage), woman, family, couple, friendship, emigration, class struggle, serious society subjects are terms that can be associated with the name of Sarah Gavron, one of the (too) few women directors in Great Britain.Via three major films "Brick Lane" (about the uprooting, ...
99. Abi Morgan
Writer | Shame
Abi Morgan was born in 1968 in the UK. She is a writer and producer, known for Shame (2011), The Iron Lady (2011) and Suffragette (2015).
100. 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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