Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter L

Was a French film director and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared i

Was a French film director and actor. He directed 14 films between 1938 and 1963. He also appeared in 11 films between 1937 and 1979.

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings fo

Was a French film director, screen writer and film critic, many of whose late 1910s film writings for French newspapers were collected in the volume Cinema et cie (1919). He is best known for his early book on Charles Chaplin (1921; translated into English in 1922).

Was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he dire

Was a prolific and prominent French film director from the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films. [1] He is primarily known for the serials Fantômas, Les Vampires and Judex.

Was a French film director. Gasnier's career declined with the advent of sound, and he was later con

Was a French film director. Gasnier's career declined with the advent of sound, and he was later confined to making low-budget B movies. Arguably his most famous film, although not for artistic reasons, is the anti-marijuana opus Reefer Madness, made in 1936. The film's over-preachy, over-the-top propaganda message has earned it a dedicated cult following, which remains strong to the present day.

Is a French film director whose notable films include the first two Transporter movies, Unleashed (2

Is a French film director whose notable films include the first two Transporter movies, Unleashed (2005), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Clash of the Titans (2010). In 1997, he assisted Jean-Pierre Jeunet on the set of Alien: Resurrection. On returning to France, he worked with Luc Besson on the production of commercials for Internet Club and L'Oréal as well as on the film Joan of Arc. He also collaborated, as the second assistant director, with Alain Chabat on the production of Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002).

Was a French film director, working in both French and English.

Was a French film director, working in both French and English.

Was acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 2, 1972 to April 27, 1973.

Was acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from May 2, 1972 to April 27, 1973. During this time, the FBI was in charge of the initial investigation into the burglaries that sparked the Watergate scandal, which eventually lead to the resignation of President Nixon. Gray was nominated as permanent Director by Nixon on February 15, 1973 but failed to win Senate confirmation. He resigned on April 27, 1973 after he admitted to destroying non-Watergate-related documents given to him by White House counsel, John Dean. Exonerated by the Watergate Special Prosecution Force after a two-year investigation, Gray returned to his law practice in Connecticut.

Is a Chinese filmmaker and screenwriter. Lu is the son of the Chinese novelist, Lu Tianming.[1]Haile

Is a Chinese filmmaker and screenwriter. Lu is the son of the Chinese novelist, Lu Tianming.[1]Hailed as a major new voice in Chinese cinema,[2] Lu's first two films were small-budget productions which garnered both Chinese and international acclaim: 2002's The Missing Gun and 2004's Kekexili: Mountain Patrol. Kekexili won both a Golden Rooster and a Golden Horse best picture award.Lu's most recent film, the war drama City of Life and Death, was released in April 2009 to both critical and commercial success. At the same time, however, the film's sympathetic portrayal of a Japanese soldier has aroused controversy. Lu Chuan won Achievement in Directing for the film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

Is a sixth generation Chinese film director.[1] One of a new crop of talented filmmakers, Lu has dir

Is a sixth generation Chinese film director.[1] One of a new crop of talented filmmakers, Lu has directed four feature films beginning with his debut, The Making of Steel in 1997.Like many of his present-day peers, critics have seen elements of foreign filmmakers in Lu's work with Lu himself claiming to enjoy Italian cinema (although he stops short of naming specific influences).[2] Also like his peers, however, Lu has had his share of run-ins with the censors. The Making of Steel for example, was recut six times before it was allowed to be screened.[2]

Is a French film director, writer and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company.Besson

Is a French film director, writer and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company.Besson was born in Paris to parents who were both Club Med scuba diving instructors. This had a profound influence on his childhood as Besson planned on becoming

Is a French film director from Paris. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins, which w

Is a French film director from Paris. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar for best documentary feature in 2005. His current film is called The Fox And the Child. It has been released in Britain and Ireland in slightly re-edited dubbed English-language version with narration by Kate Winslet, and was released in the United States on 29 February 2008.

Is a French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave. Moulle

Is a French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave. Moullet's films are known for their humor, anti-authoritarian leanings and rigorously primitive aesthetic, which is heavily influenced by his love of American B-movies.

Was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina

Was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer prominent in the Cinema of Argentina in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.He wrote and directed films such as El cura gaucho (1941), La guerra gaucha (1942) La calle grita (1948), Mi noche triste (1951), Zafra (1958) and La Boda (1964). HIs last film as a director was Hombres de mar in 1977.

Was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard (196

Was an Italian theatre and cinema director and writer, best known for films such as The Leopard (1963). He died in Rome of a stroke at the age of 69. There is a museum dedicated to the director's work in Ischia.

Is a French actress. She was born in Spain in 1969. She started her acting career in 1996 with Une r

Is a French actress. She was born in Spain in 1969. She started her acting career in 1996 with Une robe d'été (A Summer Dress) directed by François Ozon. Recently she starred in Cache-cache directed by Yves Caumon with Bernard Blancan, Les Solitaires directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Who killed Bambi directed by Gilles Marchand. In theater she worked with Renaud Cojo, Michel Dydim, Valérie Crunchant, Christophe Guichet, Laurence de la Fuente and others.

Is a French filmmaker. She became the first woman to win the Stockholm International Film Festivals

Is a French filmmaker. She became the first woman to win the Stockholm International Film Festivals annual Bronze Horse award for best film for her 2004 film Innocence. Hadzihalilovic was born in Lyon in 1961 to Bosnian immigrant parents. She studied filmmaking at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris. She has worked as an editor of documentaries and features, and is a longtime collaborator with her husband Gaspar Noé, serving as a producer and editor of his short Carne (1991) and feature I Stand Alone (1998). She also collaborated with Noé on the screenplay of his latest film Enter the Void (2010)

A film director, screenplay writer, and producer.According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes f

A film director, screenplay writer, and producer.According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998.[2]Yet, because one of the film schools she attended closed for lack of funds, she maintains she was self-taught. Martel said, "I watched movies, I read books, I wrote. I was a free mind, because I had to be.

A film director, producer and screenplay writer.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has

A film director, producer and screenplay writer.He works mainly in the cinema of Argentina, but has worked in the United States.In 1968 he founded his own production company with Sergio Tamburri (film editor and trombone player of the famous Porteña Jazz Band), Luis Puenzo Cinema, and in 1974 the firm's name was changed to Cinemanía S.A.During Argentina's Dirty War in the mid 1970s and early 1980s many filmmakers became victims of repression and some went into exile; some disappeared. During this difficult time, Puenzo decided to work in advertising.[2]

Was Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s.He di

Was Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s.He directed some 40 different Argentine feature films and in the last few years of his career in the early 1950s he worked on Cuban production with films such as A La Habana me voy in 1951.

Was a Spanish filmmaker who worked mainly in Mexico and France, but also in his native country and t

Was a Spanish filmmaker who worked mainly in Mexico and France, but also in his native country and the United States. He is considered one of Spanish cinema's finest directors, and one of the most important directors in the history of cinema.

Was an Italian - Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the most influential directors

Was an Italian - Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the most influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed over 60 films between 1936 and 1967 writing the scripts to over 50 pictures.He directed films such as Apasionadamente (1944), the critically acclaimed Albéniz (film) (1947) and Alma fuerte (1949).

Was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema

Was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959 often screenwriting for his pictures.

Is a Cuban-born American actor, filmmaker, and writer. He first gained notability for co-writing, pr

Is a Cuban-born American actor, filmmaker, and writer. He first gained notability for co-writing, producing and acting in the film Anne B. Real, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Award. His next film, Love & Suicide, which he also co-wrote, produced and starred in.

Is an award winning Argentine film director, and screenplay writer.Ortega attended film school at th

Is an award winning Argentine film director, and screenplay writer.Ortega attended film school at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires.His cinema work has been well received by film critics. Diana Sanchez said, "With only two feature films under his belt, Luis Ortega is already considered one of Argentina’s more impressive and original directorial voices. His first feature, Black Box, stood apart from the social critiques that characterized the films of his Argentine contemporaries."

Was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors

Was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed and wrote over 40 films between 1931 and 1979.He directed films such as Crimen a las tres in 1935 and wrote for films such as Allá en el Norte in 1973. He retired from the industry in 1979.