Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was a Finnish actor, writer, and director.Puro co-directed the first Finnish fiction film, Salaviina

Was a Finnish actor, writer, and director.Puro co-directed the first Finnish fiction film, Salaviinanpolttajat, with Louis Sparre in 1907.

An Indian film director, producer and script writer. Lazmi is an independent filmmaker working more

An Indian film director, producer and script writer. Lazmi is an independent filmmaker working more on realistic, low budget films, which are known in India as parallel cinema. Her films are often woman-oriented films.Kalpana Lajmi debuted as an assistant director assisting the veteran film director Shyam Benegal. She later went on to work as an assistant costume designer with Shyam Benegal's Bhumika: The Role (1979) that starred Smita Patil. She debuted as a director with the documentary film D.G. Movie Pioneer in 1978 and went on to direct more documentaries like A Work Study in Tea Plucking (1979) and Along the Brahmaputra (1981). She debuted as a film director in 1986 with Ek Pal (one minute), starring Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah. She produced the film, took part in the film writing and had written the screenplay for the film along with Gulzar. Lazmi was appreciated for her Hindi directorial debut.

An Iranian film director. He was born in 1959 in Tabriz .

An Iranian film director. He was born in 1959 in Tabriz .

An Iranian filmmaker and scriptwriter.Kambuzia Partovi's latest movie, Café Transit, was nominated

An Iranian filmmaker and scriptwriter.Kambuzia Partovi's latest movie, Café Transit, was nominated for the Oscars at 2007 to represent Iranian cinema in the competition for the best foreign language films. He has also written screenplays for other directors, most notably The Circle by maestro Jafar Panahi. Partovi trained and supported many Iranian artists and film makers, most notably Bahman Ghobadi.

A film director, editor. He is the son of actor Ahmad Ghadakchian.

A film director, editor. He is the son of actor Ahmad Ghadakchian.

A renowned Iranian documentarist.He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome and

A renowned Iranian documentarist.He studied architecture and urbanism at the University of Rome and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome, graduating in 1964. He worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible before making his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to Iran and started his career in 1965.

A Japanese film director. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in seve

A Japanese film director. He was married to actress Nobuko Otowa (1925–1994), who appeared in several of his films.

An Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash

An Indian film director, producer, and TV celebrity. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and the late Yash Johar.[1][2] He is one of the most successful young filmmakers in Bollywood.[3][4]Dharma Productions, founded by his father, is Johar's production company. As a child, He was influenced by commercial Indian cinema and he cites Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra and Sooraj R. Barjatya as his inspirations. [2][6]Johar formally entered the film industry as an actor, portraying Raj's (Shahrukh Khan) close friend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995). He was also assistant director on this film and helped director Aditya Chopra in writing the screenplay for this film.[2] In addition, he selected Shahrukh Khan's costumes, something he continued to do for Shahrukh Khan's other movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Duplicate (1998), Mohabbatein (2000), Main Hoon Na and Veer-Zaara (2004) and Om Shanti Om (2007).[2]

Was one of the most important filmmakers in post–war Britain.He was also a founder member of the F

Was one of the most important filmmakers in post–war Britain.He was also a founder member of the Free Cinema documentary movement. His first short film, Momma Don't Allow, co-directed with Tony Richardson, was included in the first Free Cinema programme shown at the National Film Theatre in February 1956.

Was a Czech film director of international renown. He is most famous for his film Siréna (1947) for

Was a Czech film director of international renown. He is most famous for his film Siréna (1947) for which he won the Golden Lion.

Was a Czech animator and filmmaker. He is considered the co-founder of the Czech animated film.He st

Was a Czech animator and filmmaker. He is considered the co-founder of the Czech animated film.He started to be interested in puppet theatre while studying at business school. Soon after, he decided to study at the Art School of Advertising in France, and after graduating he took a job with an advertising studio in Marseilles. His first experience with animated film was making an ad for soup. When he returned home he continued working in advertising, now for big Czech firms Bata and Tatra. Zeman showed a sample of his work to the filmmaker Elmar Klos, and was offered a job at the animation studio in Zlín.

Is a Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm stu

Is a Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of the Mosfilm studios in 1998.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten films since 1987. His film Bye-Bye w

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten films since 1987. His film Bye-Bye was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a Swedish film writer and director. He has three children with his wife Coco.Moodysson grew up as

Is a Swedish film writer and director. He has three children with his wife Coco.Moodysson grew up as an outcast, expressing himself through poetry. By the time he was 23 he had written five poetry collections and a novel published by Wahlström & Widstrand. He decided to move to film to produce works that were less introverted and could be enjoyed by a wider audience than poetry. After studying at what was then Sweden's only film school, the Dramatiska Institutet, he directed three short films before moving to features.

Is a Danish film director. Two of his films won the Best Film prize at the Bodil Awards : Jeppe på

Is a Danish film director. Two of his films won the Best Film prize at the Bodil Awards : Jeppe på bjerget (1981) and Waltzing Regitze (1989). The latter was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Is a Faroese movie director.Katrin Ottarsdóttir went to Denmark in 1976 and is the first person fro

Is a Faroese movie director.Katrin Ottarsdóttir went to Denmark in 1976 and is the first person from the Faroe Islands to study at the film school in Copenhagen (1982). In 1989, she received for Atlantic Rhapsody the first prize for a Faroese film at the film festival Nordische Filmtage.

A Japanese film director and producer. He resides in Toyama, Toyama, Japan.

A Japanese film director and producer. He resides in Toyama, Toyama, Japan.

Was a Polish actor, theatre and film director, and politician. During his career he managed the Teat

Was a Polish actor, theatre and film director, and politician. During his career he managed the Teatr Nowy in Lódz (now the Kazimierz Dejmek Theatre), the National Theatre, Warsaw, and the Teatr Polski, Warsaw. From 1993 to 1996 he served as Poland's Minister of Culture. In 1989 Dejmek was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, one of his country's highest honours.

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker.Although his work is now rarely seen, his most famous film, a 10-m

Is a Polish documentary filmmaker.Although his work is now rarely seen, his most famous film, a 10-minute documentary short entitled Muzykanci, can be found as an extra on the Criterion Collection edition of Krzysztof Kieslowski's film The Double Life of Véronique. Kieslowski, whom Karabasz mentored, chose Muzykanci as one of his personal top ten films of all-time in a 1992 poll conducted by the film magazine Sight & Sound [1].

A photographer and director of films and music videos. His real name is Kazuhiro Iwashita (?? ??, Iw

A photographer and director of films and music videos. His real name is Kazuhiro Iwashita (?? ??, Iwashita Kazuhiro?).He wrote, directed, and edited the live action science fiction movie Casshern. He married Japanese singer Hikaru Utada on September 6, 2002, and later divorced on March 2, 2007. Represented by Endeavor Agency and 3 Arts Entertainment in Los Angeles.In addition to Casshern, he has directed several of his ex-wife's and other music videos. Goemon, his next feature film, was released on 1st May 2009.

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along w

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and actor best known for his pink films of the 1990s. Along with fellow directors, Takahisa Zeze, Toshiki Sato and Hisayasu Sato, he is known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Pink" (??????, pinku shitenno?).[1] Sano's films differ from those of other Pink film directors of the time in that, while not necessarily optimistic or upbeat, they are more concerned with relationships and romance than violence and sadism.[2]

A Japanese film director and writer. He has written and/or directed several dozen films, including c

A Japanese film director and writer. He has written and/or directed several dozen films, including contributions to the popular Godzilla series. He was also a special guest at G-Fest XIII in 2006.

Was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1930s to 1970s.

Was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1930s to 1970s.

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. He received two Japanese Academy Award nomin

A Japanese film director, screenwriter and film critic. He received two Japanese Academy Award nominations in 2006 for writing and directing Pacchigi!.

Was a Japanese movie director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Sh

Was a Japanese movie director from Azumino, Nagano prefecture. After his studies in literature at Shinshu University, he worked as director's assistant.Perhaps his best-known film is Sandakan No. 8, which received widespread acclaim for tackling the issue of a woman forced into prostitution in Borneo before the outbreak of World War II. Kumai's follow-up film was 1976's Kita no misaki (Cape of North), starring French actress Claude Jade as a Swiss nun who falls in love with a Japanese engineer on a trip from Marseilles to Yokohama.