Favorite Directors
by lia_elicious | created - 21 Mar 2023 | updated - 1 week ago | Public
1. Chase Joynt
Director | Framing Agnes
Chase Joynt is a moving-image artist and writer whose work interrogates representations of gender and violence. Awarded the EP Canada/Canada Film Capital Award for Emerging Canadian Artist (Inside Out, Toronto) and jury awards for Best Documentary (Bangalore, Regent Park), Best Short (Ecuador) and ...
2. Yorgos Lanthimos
Director | The Lobster
Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta,...
3. Mike White
Writer | School of Rock
Mike White was born Michael Christopher White on June 28, 1970 in Pasadena, California. He is a writer, director and producer, mostly acknowledged for his award-winning HBO series The White Lotus (2021). He wrote and produced the HBO series Enlightened (2011), and wrote and co-produced Year of the ...
4. Daniel J. Clark
Director | Behind the Curve
Daniel J. Clark is known for Behind the Curve (2018), Cheer (2020) and Ugly Delicious (2018).
5. Lauren Greenfield
Director | The Queen of Versailles
Lauren Greenfield was born on June 28, 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She is a director and producer, known for The Queen of Versailles (2012), The Kingmaker (2019) and Thin (2006).
6. Lola Randl
Director | Die Erfindung der Liebe
Lola Randl was born in 1980 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for The Invention of Love (2013), Lonely U (2012) and Nachmittagsprogramm (2004).
7. Jeppe Rønde
Director | Bridgend
Jeppe Rønde was born in 1973. He is a director and writer, known for Bridgend (2015), Jerusalem, min elskede (2003) and Almost Human (2019).
8. 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 ...
9. 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), ...
10. Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Director | Flugt
Jonas Poher Rasmussen was born on May 19, 1981 in Kalundborg, Denmark. He is a director and writer, known for Flee (2021), Searching for Bill (2012) and What He Did (2015).
11. Jonathan Halperin
Producer | National Geographic Explorer
Jonathan Halperin is known for National Geographic Explorer (1985), A Year in Space (2016) and A Trip to Infinity (2022).
12. Ruben Östlund
Director | Triangle of Sadness
Ruben Östlund was born on April 13, 1974 in Styrsö, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He is a director and editor, known for Triangle of Sadness (2022), Force Majeure (2014) and The Square (2017). He was previously married to Andrea Östlund.
13. Talya Lavie
Writer | Efes beyahasei enosh
Talya Lavie was born in 1978 in Petah Tikva, Israel. She is a writer and director, known for Zero Motivation (2014), Hayelet Bodeda (2006) and Shibolet Bakafe (2004).
14. Ethan Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The younger brother of Joel, Ethan Coen is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning writer, producer and director coming from small independent films to big profile Hollywood films. He was born on September 21, 1957 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In some films of the brothers- Ethan & Joel wrote, Joel...
15. Joel Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...
16. Susanne Heinrich
Director | Das melancholische Mädchen
Susanne Heinrich is known for Aren't You Happy? (2019), Familienbande (2013) and Pulse (2015).
17. Thomas Vinterberg
Director | Jagten
With Sidste omgang (1993) (Last Round), his graduation short from The National Film School of Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg got an early taste of critical success. He received the Jury's and Producers' Awards at the International Student Film Fest in Munich and won the 1st Prize at the Tel Aviv Film ...
18. Adam McKay
Producer | The Other Guys
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...
19. Emerald Fennell
Writer | Saltburn
Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first ...
20. 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).
21. Quinn Shephard
Actress | Blame
Quinn Shephard is a writer, director and actress based out of the New York area, with a career spanning two decades. At age 15, Shephard began writing her debut feature Blame (2017), inspired by playing Abigail Williams in a New Jersey regional production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. She went ...
22. Tony Gilroy
Writer | Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy was born in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA; and raised in upstate New York. His father, Frank D. Gilroy, was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, director, and screenwriter. Tony has penned many films, including The Devil's Advocate (1997) and The Cutting Edge (1992).
23. Tony Yacenda
Director | American Vandal
Tony Yacenda is known for American Vandal (2017), Dave (2020) and Trial by Media (2020).
24. Dan Perrault
Writer | American Vandal
Dan Perrault was born on April 19, 1986 in Hingham, Massachusetts, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for American Vandal (2017), Reel Kids (2014) and The Screen Junkies Show (2011).
25. Gaby Hoffmann
Actress | Field of Dreams
Gabrielle Mary Hoffmann was born in New York City, New York, to actors Anthony Herrera and Viva (née Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), who was a Warhol superstar. She began acting in commercials at 4 to help pay the family bills. Gaby's first film role was as young "Karin Kinsella" in 1989's Field of ...
26. Nathan Fielder
Writer | The Curse
Nathan Fielder is a writer, director and comedian from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his hit television series Nathan for You which debuted in 2013 on Comedy Central.
His other credits include The Simpsons, Transparent, Bob's Burgers, Kroll Show, Rick and Morty, Jon Benjamin Has ...
27. Sam H. Freeman
Writer | Femme
Sam H. Freeman is known for Femme (2023), Femme (2021) and Industry (2020).
28. Ng Choon Ping
Director | Femme
Ng Choon Ping is known for Femme (2023), Femme (2021) and The Filmmakers Podcast (2017).
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