Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter I

A Japanese film director and screenwriter.

A Japanese film director and screenwriter.

Was a Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of hi

Was a Finnish actor, film director and screenwriter. Unho was employed by Suomi-Filmi for most of his filmmaking career.Unho was born in Uusikaupunki in 1906. He started his film career as an actor in the 1925 film Pohjalaisia and also played roles in Meren kasvojen edessä (1926) and Kajastus (1930) during his early career. He worked as a theatre manager and journalist until 1938 when he was hired by Suomi-Filmi, a company he would stay with for the remainder of his career.[1]

Is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films ha

Is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and helped bring international attention to the Kor

An Indian film director and writer. His 2007 film, Jab We Met, was a runaway hit in India [1]Ali beg

An Indian film director and writer. His 2007 film, Jab We Met, was a runaway hit in India [1]Ali began his career directing serials including Purushetraa for Zee TV and Imtihaana for Star Plus. After 7 years of doing so, he gradually moved on to Bollywood films starting with Socha Na Tha in 2005 with Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia. In 2004, he also made a cameo appearance in Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday [5]His next film, Jab We Met, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, was a major hit at the Indian box office.

Was a nine-time Academy Award-nominated Swedish film, stage, and opera director. He found bleakness

Was a nine-time Academy Award-nominated Swedish film, stage, and opera director. He found bleakness and despair as well as comedy and hope in his explorations of the human condition. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers

Was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors

Was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Her first short film, See You on Monday, screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is the niece of actor Philippe Noiret. Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000), her first documentary film feature, played a number of festivals, winning the Best Documentary Award at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the President’s Award at Mexico’s prestigious Ajijic International Film Festival. Her films are also shown on the Sundance Channel.

Was an Producer. He worked as a managing director for Warner Brothers in England in the 1930s, worki

Was an Producer. He worked as a managing director for Warner Brothers in England in the 1930s, working on Alexander Korda's classic epic, The Four Feathers. Later he returned to Hollywood to work as a producer for MGM, where he earned his only Academy Awa

Is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise

Is one of the most famous directors of anime, or Japanese animated films. Born in Ujiyamada (now Ise), Mie prefecture, Japan, he is a long-term colleague of Hayao Miyazaki and co-head at Studio Ghibli. His four animated films at Studio Ghibli have spanned a remarkable range of genres: war-film (Grave of the Fireflies), romantic drama (Only Yesterday), comedy (My Neighbors the Yamadas), and ecological adventure (Pom Poko). Of these Grave of the Fireflies, in particular, is widely considered one of the greatest animated films ever made.

A Japanese film director. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story,

A Japanese film director. He served as assistant director on Shunji Iwai's Love Letter, April Story, and Swallowtail Butterfly.

Was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed

Was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director, Akira Kurosawa.Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner there when the war ended.He is probably best known for his tokusatsu films including several entries in the Godzilla series. He directed the original Godzilla along with King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962), Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964), All Monsters Attack (1969) and many others until 1975. He also directed such tokusatsu films such as Rodan and Mothra. His last feature film was Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975).

Was an acclaimed Filipino film, stage and television director. He was also an actor and screenwriter

Was an acclaimed Filipino film, stage and television director. He was also an actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas particularly with feminist and moral issues, his 1985 film about the justification of abortion Hinugot sa Langit is often cited as one of the greatest Filipino films of all time.

Was an American motion picture director, writer, and producer, and playwright.chary and studio chief

Was an American motion picture director, writer, and producer, and playwright.chary and studio chief and founder Louis B. Mayer were constantly at odds over philosophy; Mayer favoring splashy, wholesome entertainment and Schary leaning toward what Mayer derided as "message pictures." The glory days of MGM as well as other studios were over because of United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948), a Supreme Court decision that severed the connection between film studios and the theaters that showed their films.

a Uruguayan film director, producer and screenplay writer. He's often credited as Adrián Caetano.[

a Uruguayan film director, producer and screenplay writer. He's often credited as Adrián Caetano.[1]He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina and at times obtains funding for his films in Europe. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina.At age of sixteen his family moved to Córdoba, Argentina. When older he shot several short videos including Visite Carlos Paz, and Calafate.In 1995 Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the short Down Hill (Cuesta abajo), his first work filmed in 35mm. Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals it screened.

Is both the best-known and one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past

Is both the best-known and one of the most critically acclaimed Hungarian film directors of the past few decades.

Is a Czechoslovakian musician who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.[1] He was co-d

Is a Czechoslovakian musician who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.[1] He was co-director of the 1976 punk rock documentary The Blank Generation, and has been nominated for Czech Lion award for Best Music in the 2001 film Cabriolet.

Czech-born film director & screenwriter.One of the key figures in the Czech New Wave in the early si

Czech-born film director & screenwriter.One of the key figures in the Czech New Wave in the early sixties, Passer worked closely with Miloš Forman on many of his films, and directed his first feature in 1965. Following the Soviet invasion in 1968, Passer defected to the West, aided by Carlo Ponti and has been living and working in the United States since then.

Is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced,

Is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.Reitman was born in Kom

Was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is F

Was a Norwegian film director and writer, best known for his puppet films. His most famous film is Flåklypa Grand Prix ("Pinchcliffe Grand Prix"), made in 1975.Caprino was the son of furniture designer Mario Caprino and the artist Ingeborg Gude, which was a granddaughter of the painter Hans Gude. In the mid 1940s, he helped his mother design puppets for a puppet theatre, which inspired him to try making a film using his mother's designs. The result of their collaboration was Tim og Tøffe, an 8 minute film released in 1949 . Several films followed in the next couple of years, including two 15 minute shorts that are still shown regularly in Norway today, Veslefrikk og Fela (Little Freddy and his Fiddle), based on a Norwegian folk tale, and Karius og Baktus, a story by Thorbjørn Egner of two little trolls, representing Caries and Bacterium, living in a boy's teeth. Ingeborg Gude made the puppets for these films as well, as she would continue to do up until her death in the mid sixties.