Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter F

Was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His

Was a French film director, actor and screenwriter. He directed 20 films between 1974 and 2006. His film L'enfance de l'art was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter. Many of his comedies feature recurring

Is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter. Many of his comedies feature recurring types of characters, named François Pignon and François Perrin. Veber was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine to a Jewish father and an Armenian mother.[1] His grand uncle was writer Tristan Bernard.[2]

Is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter of Armenian and Jewish heritage. He was

Is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter of Armenian and Jewish heritage. He was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Is an Italian film director. He is also an opera director, designer and producer of opera, theatre,

Is an Italian film director. He is also an opera director, designer and producer of opera, theatre, film and television.Internationally, he is known for having directed the 1968 film version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for which he was nominated to receive an Academy Award. His 1977 television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth also won acclaim and is still shown on Easter weekend in many countries.

Was a film director, producer and screenwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech

Was a film director, producer and screenwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech Republic). He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting.His biggest contribution to cinematography, particularly American cinema, has been as a teacher and as the head of some of the world's most prestigious film schools. Daniel taught filmmaking -- screenwriting in particular -- around the world.František Daniel was the first foreigner to be allowed entry into the prestigious All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, now known as Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow.

Is a Brazilian naturalized British. He is a self taught documentary filmmaker whose projects combine

Is a Brazilian naturalized British. He is a self taught documentary filmmaker whose projects combine naturalism and photo-realism.Frank was raised in Brazil, dropping out of school in order to set up his own advertising company at the age of 22. Five years later he decided to leave Brazil and travel the world, finally settling down in the UK to study photography, art, information technology and environmental science. After several years of experience in graphic design, event organization, online marketing and advertising, Frank directed a number of short films and created concepts for a series of short sci-fi/fantasy films.

Was a film director, producer and scriptwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Cze

Was a film director, producer and scriptwriter born in Kolín, Czechoslovakia (the present day Czech Republic). He is known for developing the sequence paradigm of screenwriting.Upon his return home, František founded his own production company and also served as dean of the Faculty of Film and Television - FAMU part of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Prague's famous film school. While in charge, he was liberal in allowing such blossoming filmmakers as Miloš Forman and Jirí Menzel leeway to make their own types of films, regardless of Communist government sanctions, which helped lead in the liberalization of his country in the 1960s.

Has had a diverse career based in entertainment. Noted for film and theatre work, he directed Flynn

Has had a diverse career based in entertainment. Noted for film and theatre work, he directed Flynn (1996) on the early life of Errol Flynn and Hunting (1991).[6] Howson, with Peter Boyle, helped establish Boulevard Films which produced thirteen films from Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1988) to Flynn; besides producing for Boulevard Films, Howson often wrote scripts and directed

Is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.Oz is known for his work as a puppetee

Is a British-born American film director, actor and puppeteer.Oz is known for his work as a puppeteer (including voices), performing with Jim Henson's Muppets. His characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, among many others.

Is an Australian public servant, and has been the Director of the Australian Museum since February 2

Is an Australian public servant, and has been the Director of the Australian Museum since February 2004

Was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a numb

Was an Academy Award winning Italian-American film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s, including It's a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, among others.

Is a French director, inventor and artist. Beginning as a programmer and manager in Parisian cinema

Is a French director, inventor and artist. Beginning as a programmer and manager in Parisian cinema theatres (the Ranelagh in 1970, the Studio des Acacias), he then moved into distribution and production, working as assistant director and head of production. He directed 4 fiction shorts and one medium-length film (Ève avait l’éclat métallique de l’été in 1979), and the first full-length feature shot on video, with Michael Lonsdale and Daniel Mesguich, musical score by Michel Fano). He was then co-author, along with Alain Robbe-Grillet, of the adaptation of La Belle Captive in 1983.

Was an Academy Award-winning American film director.The son of missionaries, Schaffner was born in T

Was an Academy Award-winning American film director.The son of missionaries, Schaffner was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in that country. He returned to the United States and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he was active in drama. He studied law at Columbia University in New York City but his education was interrupted by service with the United States Navy in World War II during which he served with American amphibious forces in Europe and North Africa. In the latter stages of the war he was sent to the Pacific Far East to serve with the United States Office for Strategic Services.

Is a Dutch film director. He has directed 22 films since 1964. His film Havinck was screened in the

Is a Dutch film director. He has directed 22 films since 1964. His film Havinck was screened in the Un Certain Regard section the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Was a veteran Austrian filmmaker.Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After

Was a veteran Austrian filmmaker.Antel worked mainly as a film producer in the interwar years. After World War II, he began writing and directing films on a large scale. In the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s these were mainly comedies (romantic, slapstick, and/or musical) and K.u.k. films all of which, for Austrian and German TV stations alike, have been a staple of weekend afternoon programming ever since. In between there is quite a sober film about the Oberst (Colonel) Redl affair that shook the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the eve of World War I.

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1965. His 1970 film A

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed eleven films since 1965. His 1970 film Ang.: Lone was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival where it won a Special Recognition award.[1]

Was an Academy Award-winning Austrian-American film director.Zinnemann was born to a Jewish family i

Was an Academy Award-winning Austrian-American film director.Zinnemann was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria, and died of a heart attack in London, England. While growing up in Austria, he wanted to become a musician, but went on to study law. While studying at the University of Vienna, he became drawn to films and eventually became a cameraman. He worked in Germany with several other beginners (Billy Wilder and Robert Siodmak also worked with him on the 1929 feature People on Sunday) before coming to America to study film.

Was an American museum director, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Was an American museum director, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Bibliophile and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from (1948–1969).Born in

Bibliophile and director of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City from (1948–1969).Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Ellen Walters Delano (a first cousin of the President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Frederick Baldwin Adams, he married as his second wife, July 23, 1969, the Belgian Princess Marie-Luise Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla Nancy Julie Prinzessin von Croÿ daughter of Nancy Louise Leishman and Karl Rudolf Engelbert Phillipp Leo Herzog von Croÿ.

Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer.

Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer.

Was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era. A figure in the expressioni

Was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era. A figure in the expressionist movement in German cinema during the 1920s, some of Murnau's films from the silent era have been lost, but most still survive.

Was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer[1][2]. One

Was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer[1][2]. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI.[3] His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States.

Was a Danish film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 16 films between 1915 and

Was a Danish film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 16 films between 1915 and 1919.

A film director.

A film director.