Filmmaker Famous Names

Heckerling was born in The Bronx to a bookkeeper mother and a certified public accountant father. Sh

Heckerling was born in The Bronx to a bookkeeper mother and a certified public accountant father. She attended the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan and studied film at New York University, where one of her teachers was noted screenwriter and satirist Terry Southern. She received her master's degree from the AFI Conservatory.

Is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She directed seven films between 1969 and 2003. Her 1

Is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She directed seven films between 1969 and 2003. Her 1982 film Heart and Guts was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

S an Australian film director. Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and prior to her career in film, she w

S an Australian film director. Kokkinos was born in Melbourne and prior to her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer. In 1991 she was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts' graduate film and television programme.

Was a Bollywood film director and screenwriter.He directed films such as Patthar Ke Phool in 1991 wh

Was a Bollywood film director and screenwriter.He directed films such as Patthar Ke Phool in 1991 which starred Salman Khan. He also wrote the script for Insaaf: The Justice , released in 2004.He died of a heart attack on August 29 2003 in Mumbai. 2003 had been a strenuous year for him and he had finished three films and was working on a fourth at his time of death. He didn't live to see any of his films of that year released which included Joggers' Park, Mumbai Matinee and Ek Din 24 Ghante.

Was a Ukrainian-born international filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a variety of

Was a Ukrainian-born international filmmaker who wrote, directed, and produced films in a variety of countries and languages. He was born Mikhail Anatol Litwak into a Jewish family in the city of Kiev in what was then part of the Russian Empire. As a teen

Was a famous Russian and Soviet theatre director. Efros was born on 3 June 1925 in Kharkov. In 1954,

Was a famous Russian and Soviet theatre director. Efros was born on 3 June 1925 in Kharkov. In 1954, he was appointed to run the Central Theatre for Children in Moscow and managed to transform it from a conservative backwater into one of the most fashiona

Is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, and film director.Morgenthaler is a graduate of D

Is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, and film director.Morgenthaler is a graduate of Designskolen Kolding and the National Film School of Denmark. Having worked as a TV host on the Danish TV channel DR's children's show KatjaKaj og BenteBent, and directed several music videos, he eventually directed the feature film Princess in 2006, earning him a Nordisk Film Award.

Is a Danish screenwriter and film director.From the end of the 1990s and into the new millennium he

Is a Danish screenwriter and film director.From the end of the 1990s and into the new millennium he wrote the screenplays for most of the Danish movie blockbusters of the period, including Mifune's Last Song (co-written with Søren Kragh-Jacobsen), In China They Eat Dogs, Open Hearts, Stealing Rembrandt, and Brothers.

Was a French film director and actor. He appeared in 155 films between 1901 and 1931.

Was a French film director and actor. He appeared in 155 films between 1901 and 1931.

An Austrian/Swedish film director, author and illustrator.Between 1981 and 1985 the daughter of Aust

An Austrian/Swedish film director, author and illustrator.Between 1981 and 1985 the daughter of Austrian architect Erwin H. Dusl and Swedish captain's family Pettersson's descendant Monica Jüllig studied stage design at Vienna's Akademie der Bildenden Künste and promoted as Master of Arts. She worked as assistant stage designer at Vienna's Burgtheater, Akademietheater (under the direction of George Tabori), Theater an der Wien, Theater in der Josefstadt and Wiener Staatsoper. Between 1993 and 1997 she attended medical studies at Universität Wien (University of Vienna).

A German director and actor, working exclusively in the horror genre. Since he first appeared on the

A German director and actor, working exclusively in the horror genre. Since he first appeared on the film scene in 1989, Schnaas has become a leader in Germany's ultra-violent low-budget horror film industry.

Was a Russian film director, writer and opera director. Although Tarkovksy directed only seven featu

Was a Russian film director, writer and opera director. Although Tarkovksy directed only seven feature films during his twenty-year active career, he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of the late 20th century[1]. H

Is an acclaimed Russian filmmaker.

Is an acclaimed Russian filmmaker.

Is a Romanian-born American theatre director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renow

Is a Romanian-born American theatre director. A major name in twentieth-century theater, he is renowned for his innovative and iconoclastic interpretations and stagings. Since 1992, he is Professor of Theatre at the Columbia University School of the Arts.

Was an American television film director, producer, actor, and screen writer.

Was an American television film director, producer, actor, and screen writer.

Is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1998. Hi

Is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1998. His film Eu Tu Eles was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker and producer.[1] His best-known work is his 1989 documentary Defil

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker and producer.[1] His best-known work is his 1989 documentary Defilada (The Parade), which depicts the mass parades choreographed to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1988.[2]He first started working for television in 1980, since when he has made over 40 documentary films shown primarily on Polish and British television. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for the BBC in the Music and Arts Department. Between 1996 and 2004 he was Head of Documentaries at Polish Television. [4]

Is a Polish film director, writer and producer, best known for directing the films Squint Your Eyes

Is a Polish film director, writer and producer, best known for directing the films Squint Your Eyes (Polish: Zmruz oczy) and Tricks (Polish: Sztuczki).[1]

Was a Polish film director, screenplay writer and camera operator and was one of the most influentia

Was a Polish film director, screenplay writer and camera operator and was one of the most influential artists of the Polish Film School.In 1956 he finished Man on the Tracks (Czlowiek na torze), one of the most important Polish films of the 1950s. The following year he started giving lectures at his alma mater. In 1957 he finished Heroism (Eroica), a set of two film novels on the Polish idea of heroism and virtue. In 1960 Munk finished his third film, Bad Luck (Zezowate szczescie), a tragicomical story of a Polish everyman who always finds himself in the wrong place and in the wrong time.

Polish director, actor, journalist and scenarist.Was a member of Gazeta Wyborcza, Viva and Przekroj

Polish director, actor, journalist and scenarist.Was a member of Gazeta Wyborcza, Viva and Przekroj which are polish main press magazines. In 2000 won award for his movie Pól serio at XXV Festival of Polish Fiction Movies in Gdynia. In 2004 won Zlota Kaczka (Gold Duck) for the best Polish movie which was Cialo and Zloty Granat (Gold granate) for the same movie.

Is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He left his native Poland in 1980 and currently lives

Is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He left his native Poland in 1980 and currently lives in Los Angeles. His cinematography work has appeared in such prominent films as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.

Is an Academy Award-winning film director from Taiwan.[1]

Is an Academy Award-winning film director from Taiwan.[1]

Is a contemporary French painter, photographer and film-maker. He works in Paris primarily with phot

Is a contemporary French painter, photographer and film-maker. He works in Paris primarily with photography and video. Leccia was born in Minerbio, Barrettali commune, in Corsica, and studied the fine arts. Initially he was engaged in both painting and photography, but as time passed he devoted himself more to photography and video as his chosen media.

Is a Greek film director and screenwriter. She studied architecture in Greece and film direction at

Is a Greek film director and screenwriter. She studied architecture in Greece and film direction at the DFFB (German Film and Television Academy in Berlin). She works as scriptwriter and director in Greece and in Germany. In 2006 she taught film direction at the Film School of University in Thessaloniki. She lives between Athens and Berlin. She has directed feature films, short films and documentaries. Her films have been awarded in numerous international film festivals.

A Danish filmmaker born to an Iraqi father and Danish mother.[1]Before the US-led invasion of Iraq,

A Danish filmmaker born to an Iraqi father and Danish mother.[1]Before the US-led invasion of Iraq, in 2002, Anja travelled to Iraq with her father to make a film about his family. The film titled Back to Baghdad, showed unique footage of everyday life in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The film itself has won a number of international prizes. After the war started, Anja went back to make a follow-up to her first film.