Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter H

Was the director of research at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute

Was the director of research at the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute

Is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contr

Is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer most noted for his documentaries and his contributions to the style of Cinéma vérité.[1] Carlsen's 1966 social-realistic drama Hunger (Sult) was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Carlsen also won the Bodil Award the following year for the comedy People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart. Acting as his own producer since 1960, Carlsen has directed more than 25 films, 19 for which he wrote the screenplay. In 2006, he received the Golden Swan Lifetime Achievement Award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival.[2]

Was a French film editor and film director. Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, w

Was a French film editor and film director. Colpi directed the 1961 film Une aussi longue absence, which is well-known for sharing the Palme d'Or at the 1961 Cannes Film Festival with Viridiana, which was directed by Luis Buñuel.[1] Une aussi longue absence was written by Marguerite Duras, featured Alida Valli in a major role, and included music by Georges Delerue.

Was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also

Was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who competed for France in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Was a French film director, actor and scriptwriter.

Was a French film director, actor and scriptwriter.

Was a French screenwriter, film director and producer.Born in Paris, France to a Jewish family, he s

Was a French screenwriter, film director and producer.Born in Paris, France to a Jewish family, he studied to be a lawyer but was drawn to the motion picture business. He began his career in the cinema in 1916 as a silent film screenwriter but within a fe

Was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career.

Was a French film director. He directed some 40 films in his career.

Was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of Pataphysics". He was senten

Was a French writer and journalist. He was a "satrap" in the "College of Pataphysics". He was sentenced to 18 months in prison in July 1939, for publishing an article in Solidarité Internationale Antifasciste, a periodical founded in November 1938 by Louis Lecoin, in which he congratulated Herschel Grynszpan for his assassination of Ernst vom Rath, an official of the German embassy in Paris. He was arrested in November 1939, at which time he had already joined his regiment in Meaux, for articles which had appeared in March and August 1939

Was an early French silent film director best known for his silent films of the 1910s and his direct

Was an early French silent film director best known for his silent films of the 1910s and his directorship of the Count of Monte Cristo serials in 1918.

Was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker. Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to

Was a prominent French playwright and filmmaker. Director Henri Verneuil was born Achod Malakian to Armenian parents on October 15, 1920, in Rodosto, East Thrace, Turkey.

Was a Soviet Armenian film director and writer. He was born in Telavi, Georgia. From 1942-1945 he wo

Was a Soviet Armenian film director and writer. He was born in Telavi, Georgia. From 1942-1945 he worked as a draftsman and designer at a factory in Tbilisi. In 1951 he concluded studies in film direction from the Yerevan Theatre Institute (?????????? ???

Was one of the foremost film directors in Egypt. For decades, he directed some of the most famous ac

Was one of the foremost film directors in Egypt. For decades, he directed some of the most famous actors, singers and dancers of the Arab world.

Is a film director who specializes in independently made dramas loosely based on characters from his

Is a film director who specializes in independently made dramas loosely based on characters from his actual life, and often starring these very same individuals.

Was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of th

Was a French silent film actor, film director and screenwriter best known for his silent films of the 1910s and 1920s.

Was an American film director, producer, choreographer and actor.Born Herbert David Ross in Brooklyn

Was an American film director, producer, choreographer and actor.Born Herbert David Ross in Brooklyn, New York, he made his stage debut as Third Witch with a touring company of Macbeth in 1942. His Broadway credits as a performer included Something for the Boys (1943), Laffing Room Only (1944), Beggar's Holiday (1946), and Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'! (1948). His choreography career began with the American Ballet Theatre in 1950; the following year he choreographed his first Broadway production, the Arthur Schwartz-Dorothy Fields musical adaptation of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. His first film assignment was Carmen Jones in 1954.

A Japanese filmmaker.Nakata is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on J-Horror films suc

A Japanese filmmaker.Nakata is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on J-Horror films such as Ringu (1998), Ringu 2 (1999) and Dark Water (2002). Ringu was later remade in America as The Ring (2002), Dark Water (2002) as Dark Water (2005), The Ring Two and the The Ring Three.Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with True Believers, but later pulled out. He was later offered by DreamWorks to direct the movie The Ring Two (2005), which he accepted, making his English-language debut with a sequel to a remake of his own film.

A Japanese film director. He was given a Best Director award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival.[1]

A Japanese film director. He was given a Best Director award at the 2003 Yokohama Film Festival.[1]

An Iraqi–Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq

An Iraqi–Kurdish film director. He was born in the town of Aqrah in Iraqi Kurdistan. He left Iraq at the age of 17, and soon made his way to Italy, where he completed school and attended university. Later on, he moved to France where he lives now. In 1992, after the First Gulf War, he filmed undercover the living conditions of Iraqi Kurds. This footage was shown at the Venice Film Festival. In 1998, he made his first movie, Vive la marie ... et la liberation du Kurdistan. His second, Passeurs de rêves, came out in 2000, and his third film, Vodka Lemon, released in 2003, won the San Marco Prize at the Venice Film Festival [1]. He wrote and directed all three. He was honored with the prestigious title Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by French Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres in 2005. His memoirs titled My Father's Rifle has been published in French and English.

A Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.K

A Japanese film director. His films explore themes of memory, death, and coming to terms with loss.Kore-eda originally planned to be a novelist, but after graduating from Waseda University instead worked as an assistant director on documentaries for TV Man Union. He sneaked off on his own to direct his first television documentary, Lessons from a Calf (1991).

Hiroshi Ando has 4 films to his credit including Saraba gokudo dead beat, Blue, Kokoro to karada and

Hiroshi Ando has 4 films to his credit including Saraba gokudo dead beat, Blue, Kokoro to karada and Boku wa imouto ni koi wo suru.

Was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese societ

Was a Japanese film director, known for his silent films with detailed depictions of Japanese society. He was born in Shizuoka and attended the Shochiko studio in Tokyo where he began making films in 1924, at the age of just 21. He was a friend and colleague of Yasujiro Ozu. During his career, he is believed to have directed at least 166 films. He died of a heart attack on June 23, 1966, at the age of 63. Though respected in his time, today he remains largely unknown, even in his native Japan. A Criterion Collection boxset of four of his films was released in 2009.[1]

Was an avant-garde Japanese filmmaker.He was born in Tokyo, son to the famous Sofu Teshigahara, foun

Was an avant-garde Japanese filmmaker.He was born in Tokyo, son to the famous Sofu Teshigahara, founder and grand master of the Sogetsu School of ikebana. He graduated in 1950 from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music and went on to direct his first film, Pitfall (1962), in collaboration with author K?b? Abe and musician T?ru Takemitsu. The film won the NHK New Director's award, and throughout the 1960s, he continued to collaborate on films with Abe and Takemitsu while simultaneously pursuing his interest in ikebana and sculpture on a professional level.

A Japanese film director.

A Japanese film director.

A Japanese manga artist and anime director born on 1966-06-15 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

A Japanese manga artist and anime director born on 1966-06-15 in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] His wife is manga artist Ryo Ramiya.[1]Utatane began his career with adult works such as Countdown. His more recent works have been seinen works such as Seraphic Feather and Heaven's Prison, though he continues to release some adult works as well.[3]

Was Head of the Directorate of the Estonian Self-Administration, which was subordinate to Reichskomm

Was Head of the Directorate of the Estonian Self-Administration, which was subordinate to Reichskommissariat Ostland, during the occupation of Estonia by Nazi Germany