Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter C

Was born 1969 in Athens, Greece. Costas Zapas gained international acclaim with Uncut Family (2004)

Was born 1969 in Athens, Greece. Costas Zapas gained international acclaim with Uncut Family (2004) and The Last Porn Movie (2006) and the third feature film of his family trilogy “Minor Freedoms” [2008][1], which was financed and coproduced with the Danish Zentropa and has Trustnordisk[2] as its world sales. Minor Freedoms “remind us how powerful a weapon art can be when made by exceptionally talented filmmakers” wrote Cineuropa[3]. Filmgallery characterized the movie as “a masterpiece cinematographic portrait of Greece that no-one has dared to describe with the same ‘surgical’ brutality” and Screen Daily as “a cutting edge tale on family relations”.

Is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Is a Romanian film director and screenwriter.

Is a Romanian filmmaker, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007.After studying English literature at the U

Is a Romanian filmmaker, winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007.After studying English literature at the University of Iasi, he worked for a few years as a teacher and as a journalist. After that, he enrolled at the University of Film in Bucharest to study film directing. After graduating in 1998, Mungiu made several short films.

A director and screenwriter who was born in 1950 in Tehran, Iran. He began his career as film critic

A director and screenwriter who was born in 1950 in Tehran, Iran. He began his career as film critic and screenwriter and directed his debut film Sanjar in 1971. He’s among few filmmakers of pre-Revolution era who is still working. Some of his films were among box office hits.

Is an Dutch avant-garde filmmaker. Filmmaker Magazine called him the wild man of Dutch film.[1] Acco

Is an Dutch avant-garde filmmaker. Filmmaker Magazine called him the wild man of Dutch film.[1] According to Holland Film Frisch is one of the most daring filmmakers currently working in Holland.His debut feature film Forgive me, meant as a critique of reality-TV culture, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2001) and set his name as a controversial filmmaker. Frisch himself plays the lead in that film. He pretends to be a devilish director without any ethical boundaries in search for the ultimate, exciting (fiction) film. He uses a group of (real) social outcasts and mentally handicapped as actors.

An Iranian-born American film director, part-time professor at the University of Phoenix, and now-vi

An Iranian-born American film director, part-time professor at the University of Phoenix, and now-vindicated alleged terrorist who was captured by United States forces in Iraq on May 17, 2005.[1] On July 10, 2005, he was released from custody after his family sued, accusing the U.S. government of violating his civil rights and detaining him after his clearance by the FBI. He was wrongfully accused of smuggling washing machine timers for use in improvised explosive devices in a taxi he was riding in to Baghdad.