My Favorite Director

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 ... FEATURES Rosemary's Baby Knife in the Water Chinatown Repulsion The Tenant The Pianist The Ninth Gate Macbeth The Ghost Cul-de-sac Venus in Fur Carnage Death and the Maiden To Each His Own Cinema* Oliver Twist Tess Frantic The Beautiful Swindlers** Bitter Moon What? The Fearless Vampire Killers Pirates

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. FEATURES Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs Inglourious Basterds Kill Bill vol. 1 Grindhouse* Jackie Brown Death Proof The Hateful Eight Sin City** Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood Django Unchained Kill Bill vol. 2 Four Rooms***

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials... FEATURES Fight Club Se7en Zodiac The Social Network The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Gone Girl The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Panic Room The Game Alien³

Producer | 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 FEATURES Amores Perros 21 Grams Biutiful 11'09''01 - September 11* The Revenant Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Babel

Writer | Dancer in the Dark

Probably the most ambitious and visually distinctive filmmaker to emerge from Denmark since Carl Theodor Dreyer over 60 years earlier, Lars von Trier studied film at the Danish Film School and attracted international attention with his very first feature, The Element of Crime (1984) FEATURES Dogville The Idiots Europa Breaking the Waves Medea Nymphomaniac: vol. I Nymphomaniac: vol. II Epidemic Dancer in the Dark Manderlay Image of Relief To Each His Own Cinema* Antichrist The House That Jack Built Melancholia The Boss of It All The Element of Crime

Writer | Inception

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970, in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. FEATURES The Dark Knight Batman Begins Memento The Prestige Dunkirk Inception The Dark Knight Rises Following Interstellar Tenet Insomnia

Writer | Twin Peaks

Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ... FEATURES Mulholland Drive Blue Velvet Eraserhead Lost Highway Inland Empire The Straight Story The Elephant Man Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted To Each His Own Cinema* More Things That Happened Wild at Heart Dune

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... FEATURES Dead Ringers Crash Cosmopolis Videodrome Scanners A History of Violence The Fly The Dead Zone Shivers Naked Lunch eXistenZ Spider To Each His Own Cinema* Eastern Promises The Brood Maps to the Stars A Dangerous Method Stereo M. Butterfly Crimes of the Future Rabid Fast Company

Writer | Ultimo tango a Parigi

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 FEATURES The Conformist The Spider's Stratagem The Last Emperor The Dreamers Last Tango in Paris Besieged La Luna The Grim Reaper Before the Revolution Ten Minutes Older: The Cello* 1900 Me and You Venice 70: Future Reloaded** Little Buddha The Sheltering Sky Stealing Beauty

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 ... FEATURES Dr. Strangelove 2001: A Space Odyssey A Clockwork Orange Paths of Glory The Shining The Killing Full Metal Jacket Eyes Wide Shut Spartacus Lolita Barry Lyndon Killer's Kiss Fear and Desire

Writer | Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma

Pier Paolo Pasolini achieved fame and notoriety long before he entered the film industry. A published poet at 19, he had already written numerous novels and essays before his first screenplay in 1954. His first film Accattone (1961) was based on his own novel and its violent depiction of the life ... FEATURES The Gospel According to St. Matthew Oedipus Rex Salò Il Decameron The Hawks and the Sparrows Arabian Nights Accattone Mamma Roma Theorem Ro.Go.Pa.G.* Pigsty Medea

Producer | Werckmeister harmóniák

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

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Coen was born on November 29, 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as Joel Daniel Coen. He is a producer and writer, known for The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Fargo (1996) and Blood Simple (1984). He has been married to Frances McDormand since April 1, 1984. They have one child. FEATURES The Big Lebowski Barton Fink No Country for Old Men Fargo A Serious Man O Brother, Where Art Thou? Miller's Crossing The Hudsucker Proxy The Man Who Wasn't There True Grit Blood Simple. Raising Arizona Burn After Reading Paris, je t'aime* To Each His Own Cinema** The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Inside Llewyn Davis Intolerable Cruelty Hail, Caesar! The Ladykillers

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 ... FEATURES The Godfather: Part II Apocalypse Now The Conversation The Godfather One from the Heart Tucker: The Man and His Dream Tetro The Rain People New York Stories* The Rainmaker Rumble Fish You're a Big Boy Now The Outsiders The Cotton Club Youth Without Youth Dementia 13 Dracula Twixt The Godfather: Part III Gardens of Stone Finian's Rainbow Battle Beyond the Sun Peggy Sue Got Married The Terror Supernova Jack

Actor | The General

Joseph Frank Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas, to Joe Keaton and Myra Keaton. Joe and Myra were Vaudevillian comedians with a popular, ever-changing variety act, giving Keaton an eclectic and interesting upbringing. In the earliest days on stage, they traveled with a medicine ... FEATURES Sherlock Jr. The General The Navigator Seven Chances Our Hospitality Steamboat Bill, Jr. Spite Marriage Three Ages The Cameraman College Battling Butler Go West

Producer | The Insider

A student of London's International Film School, Michael Mann began his career in the late 70s, writing for TV shows like Starsky and Hutch (1975). He directed his first film, the award-winning prison drama The Jericho Mile (1979), in 1979. He followed that in 1981 with his first theatrical release,... FEATURES Heat Thief Manhunter The Insider Collateral The Jericho Mile Public Enemies The Last of the Mohicans The Keep L.A. Takedown Ali Blackhat Miami Vice

Writer | Solyaris

The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei M. Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school V.G.I.K. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962) FEATURES Stalker Nostalghia Mirror The Sacrifice Solaris Andrei Rublev The Steamroller and the Violin Ivan's Childhood

Writer | Darbareye Elly

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

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 FEATURES Solaris Traffic sex, lies, and videotape Ocean's Eleven Bubble The Limey Out of Sight Schizopolis Che: Part Two Logan Lucky Behind the Candelabra Unsane Che: Part One Contagion Side Effects Erin Brockovich The Informant! Ocean's Thirteen The Good German Kafka Eros* Ocean's Twelve Underneath King of the Hill Magic Mike Haywire Full Frontal

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood, a housewife turned IBM operator. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Piedmont FEATURES Mystic River Unforgiven High Plains Drifter Bird The Outlaw Josey Wales Letters from Iwo Jima The Gauntlet White Hunter Black Heart Pale Rider The Mule The Bridges of Madison County Play Misty for Me Bronco Billy American Sniper Million Dollar Baby Sully Changeling Invictus Gran Torino Absolute Power Hereafter Space Cowboys Heartbreak Ridge Flags of Our Fathers Honkytonk Man A Perfect World Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Firefox The Eiger Sanction

Writer | The Walking Dead

Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ... FEATURES The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile The Mist The Majestic Buried Alive

Writer | Gabbeh

Mohsen Makhmalbaf is known as one of the most influential filmmakers and founders of the new wave of Iranian cinema in the world today.

Many of his films like Salam Cinema, A Moment Of Innocence, Gabbeh, Kandahar and The President have been widely well received across the globe and have brought him ...

FEATURES Gabbeh A Moment of Innocence Kandahar The Silence SHORTS The School Blown Away by the Wind DOCUMENTARIES The Gardener The Afghan Alphabet

Director | Panj é asr

Samira Makhmalbaf Filmmaker

Born on February 15,1980 in Tehran. At the age of eight, she played in "The Cyclist" directed by her father, Mohsen Makhmalbaf the celebrated Iranian filmmaker.

At the age of 17, she directed her first feature titled "The Apple" and She went on to become the youngest ...

FEATURES The Apple 11'09''01 - September 11* At Five in the Afternoon Blackboards Two Legged-Horse

* segment "Iran"

George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...

FEATURES Night of the Living Dead Dawn of the Dead Martin Season of the Witch The Crazies Land of the Dead The Dark Half Creepshow Day of the Dead Diary of the Dead Two Evil Eyes* Knightriders Survival of the Dead Bruiser Monkey Shines There's Always Vanilla MUSIC VIDEOS Scream!

Writer | La migliore offerta

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

FEATURES Cinema Paradiso Malèna The Star Maker The Legend of 1900 Baarìa A Pure Formality COMMERCIALS Dolce Rosa Excelsa

Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Kaniz (Nadime) (2016), Jenayat-e khamoosh (2003) and Thirst (2009). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970, in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made. At 7 years old, Nolan began making short movies ... Born: July 30, 1970 in London, England, UK