Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter K

A prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba

A prolific Japanese character designer and director from Urayasu, Chiba

Is an English film director. His career in films followed his work experience in documentaries. He m

Is an English film director. His career in films followed his work experience in documentaries. He made his directing debut in 1947 at the Rank Organisation, although the following year he moved to Gainsborough Pictures to helm three films about the Huggetts, a working class family living in suburban England. Annakin became known for a series of Walt Disney adventures including The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Sword and the Rose (1953) and Swiss Family Robinson (1960).

Was an American record producer, born in Caledonia, Minnesota.Nelson, who was in charge of the A&R d

Was an American record producer, born in Caledonia, Minnesota.Nelson, who was in charge of the A&R division of Capitol Records for many years, is credited for being one of the behind-the-scenes figures responsible for country music's growth during the post-World War II era. During his many years with Capitol's division in Hollywood, California, he produced many of the genre's most notable and successful hits, by artists including Gene Vincent, Ferlin Husky, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Jean Shepard, Hank Thompson and many others.

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Ven

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and appeared in the Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll in 1962 and 1972. Mizoguchi is renowneed for his mastery of the long take and mise-en-scène.Mizoguchi's early works had been exploratory, mainly genre works, remakes of German Expressionism and adaptions of Eugene O'Neill and Leo Tolstoy. In these early years Mizoguchi worked quickly, sometimes churning out a film in weeks. These would account for over fifty films from the 1920s and 1930s, the majority of which are now lost.

Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to graduate from Pioneer High School in Ann A

Burns was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and went on to graduate from Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1975, and went on to be one of the co-founders of Florentine Films. The recipient of more than 20 honorary

Is an English television and film director. He is known for his naturalistic, social realism directi

Is an English television and film director. He is known for his naturalistic, social realism directing style and for his socialist beliefs, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as homelessness (e.g., Cathy Come Home) and labour rights (e.g., Riff-Raff).

A Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. He is the son of legendary filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku and actre

A Japanese filmmaker and screenwriter. He is the son of legendary filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku and actress Sanae Nakahara.He made his writing debut in the popular Japanese cult film Battle Royale, which his father directed. He wrote the screenplay to the sequel, and took over directing when his father died of cancer. The film was released in Japan during the winter of 2003.He has since directed two more films. In 2005, he directed a film called Under The Same Moon (????????, Onaji tsuki o miteiru?) which starred Battle Royale's Taro Yamamoto. His adaptation of the manga Sukeban Deka was released in 2006, under the title Yo Yo Girl Cop. He also directed horror film X-Cross.

Is an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since the 1970s. He is considered

Is an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since the 1970s. He is considered one of the Egyptian directors who re-defined Realism in Egyptian cinema in the 1980s. In a recent book published by Bibliotheca Alexandrina in 2007 about t

An Iranian film director. His works are usually based on social documentations. He was the first Ira

An Iranian film director. His works are usually based on social documentations. He was the first Iranian film director to win an international prize after the Islamic revolution in Iran.[citation needed] He is also known as an Iranian scholar and has been awarded the prestigious 'Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish Republic'.

Was a Filipino film, television, and stage director, writer, and actor.Khryss Adalia started in the

Was a Filipino film, television, and stage director, writer, and actor.Khryss Adalia started in the entertainment industry as a scriptwriter for the 1982 movie Diosa and as a dubbing supervisor for the 1984 cult film Bagets.[1] He did directing and acting in several movies. His last movie appearance was My Monster Mom, which starred Annabelle Rama and Ruffa Gutierrez.

An Iranian film director and cinematographer.He has a university degree in journalism.

An Iranian film director and cinematographer.He has a university degree in journalism.

Was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki. He was

Was a Japanese film director who has worked in several different genres, including jidaigeki. He was born in Yonago. He graduated from the Meiji University. He directed almost 40 films and wrote at least 24 films.One of his most notable works is Samurai Assassin (1965) starring Toshiro Mifune, about a group of 19th century political agitators planning to kill an important government official. The Japanese title is simply Samurai. His career spanned almost six decades, from 1958's All About Marriage, through The Sword of Doom (1966), Kill! (1968), the anti-war film, The Human Bullet (1968), Blood Type: Blue (1978), At This Late Date, the Charleston (1981), Rainbow Kids (1991) to Vengeance for Sale (2001).

Is a South Korean filmmaker and scriptwriter. Kim Ji-woon has an impressive history of having succes

Is a South Korean filmmaker and scriptwriter. Kim Ji-woon has an impressive history of having successfully tackled a wide range of film genres and universal, garnering a cult following among Asian films fans all over the world.[1] Kim started out directin

Is a Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have receiv

Is a Korean filmmaker noted for his idiosyncratic "art-house" cinematic works. His films have received many distinctions in the festival circuit. He is not related to the Kim Ki-duk who directed Yonggary in the 1960s.

A Japanese film director. He directed films from 1950s to 1970s. He directed few (at least 6) films

A Japanese film director. He directed films from 1950s to 1970s. He directed few (at least 6) films sbout Zatoichi.

Was a Hong Kong and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to n

Was a Hong Kong and Taiwan-based Chinese film director whose Wuxia films brought Chinese cinema to new technical and artistic heights. It was his films Come Drink With Me (???, 1966) and Dragon Gate Inn (????, 1967) which inaugurated a new generation of wuxia films in the late 1960s. He is also a noted scriptwriter and set designer.

Was a Japanese actress and director.Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She

Was a Japanese actress and director.Tanaka was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. She became a leading actress at an early age, appearing in Yasujiro Ozu's I Graduated, But... in 1929. The following year she played the lead in Aiyoku no ki, and in 1931 she appeared in Japan's first talkie, The Neighbor's Wife and Mine, directed by Heinosuke Gosho.She had a close working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi, having parts in 15 of his films, including leading roles in The Life of Oharu (1952), Ugetsu (1953) and Sansho the Bailiff (1954). She also played Noboru Yasumoto's mother in Akira Kurosawa's Red Beard (1965). For her portrayal in Kei Kumai's Sandakan N° 8 she won in 1975 the Silver Bear at the Berlinale. Her last screen appearance was in 1976 in Kei Kumai's Kita No Misaki.

A Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor and Film Producer. He was born in 1949 in Nadjaf Abad, Iran.Po

A Director, Screenwriter, Film Editor and Film Producer. He was born in 1949 in Nadjaf Abad, Iran.Pourahmad started his career as a film critic and assistant director in a TV series in early 1970s. He made his directorial debut, Tatureh in 1983 after making some short films. Children and young adults with their problems are the central characters in most of his films. Recently, Pourahmad has shown a tendency toward mass audience and box office and his latest film, The Yalda Night, was a self-expression. Pourahmad recently published his autobiography, Unfinished Childhood.

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He directed eight films and wrote for six between 195

Was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He directed eight films and wrote for six between 1956 and 1985.

Also known as Leo Kittikorn, is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. His films include B

Also known as Leo Kittikorn, is a Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. His films include Bus Lane and Saving Private Tootsie.

A Japanese filmmaker best known for his many contributions to the J-horror genre.Kurosawa first bega

A Japanese filmmaker best known for his many contributions to the J-horror genre.Kurosawa first began directing in the 1980s, working on low-budget V-Cinema (direct-to-video) productions such as formula yakuza pictures. In the early 1990s, he won a scholarship to the Sundance Institute and was able to study filmmaking in the United States, although he had been directing for nearly ten years professionally.Kurosawa first achieved international acclaim with his serial killer film Kyua (Cure) (1997). Also that year, Kurosawa experimented by filming two thrillers back-to-back, Serpent's Path and Eyes of the Spider, both of which shared the same premise (a father taking revenge for his child's murder) and lead actor (Sho Aikawa) but spun entirely different stories.

A film director.

A film director.

Is a Dutch film and television director and producer.Quirijns was based (as of 2006) in New York Cit

Is a Dutch film and television director and producer.Quirijns was based (as of 2006) in New York City. Her recent credits include a documentary called Brooklyn Dodgers (about the baseball team). Far more controversial is The Brooklyn Connection (2005) in which she interviewed Kosovan-born Albanian-American gun runner Florin Krasniqi, and even accompanies him on a purchase of weapons from an Army Surplus store ([1])

Finland, Finland-Swedish film director. In 2004, Härö won Finland's State Prize for Art.[1]

Finland, Finland-Swedish film director. In 2004, Härö won Finland's State Prize for Art.[1]

Was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1960 and 1975. His film Du

Was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1960 and 1975. His film Duellen was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his film School for Suicide was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1967 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[3