Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1975 film Lily, aime-moi was entered into the 25th

Was a French film director and screenwriter. His 1975 film Lily, aime-moi was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] The following year, his film F comme Fairbanks was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

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

Was a French silent film director, actor and screenwriter. He was best known for his silent films of the 1910s and his work overlapping with Portuguese film in the early 1920s notably the 1922 Portuguese film Os Faroleiros.

Was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His films are notable for their loose yet aesthe

Was a French film director, screenwriter and actor. His films are notable for their loose yet aesthetically rigorous style and for his somewhat elliptical editing, which emphasizes an unsentimental worldview. He frequently cast Gerard Depardieu and Sandrine Bonnaire in lead roles.

Was a French film actor, director and writer. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Fest

Was a French film actor, director and writer. He first garnered acclaim at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival for his work in Jean Dreville's Horizons sans fin and over the next few years, notably as the romantic lead in André Michel's La Sorcière, 1956 and in Jules Dassin's Celui qui doit mourir (He Who Must Die, 1957). It was at the presentation of "La Sorcière", at Cannes, where he met a creative and an intellectual counterpart in Louis Malle. Two years later he made his international box-office breakthrough as Julien Tavernier in Malle's first feature film,

Was an important international film director and screenwriter.Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville

Was an important international film director and screenwriter.Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer and a magazine illustrator but was

Was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between

Was a Dutch film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 39 films between 1913 and 1922 and is considered one of the pioneers of fictional films in the Netherlands. There is a film institute in the Netherlands in his name.

Was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 47 films between 1916 and 1949. He also di

Was a Polish screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 47 films between 1916 and 1949. He also directed six films between 1931 and 1936.

Was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany, the United States, and France.He

Was an influential German-born film director who worked in Germany, the United States, and France.He took the pseudonym Ophüls while pursuing an early career in theatre so that, should he fail, it wouldn't embarrass his garment-manufacturer father. Later, during the American and French periods of his career, the spelling of his surname would occasionally be altered, most commonly through the removal of the umlaut; for the American films Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) and Caught (1949), he was listed as "Max Opuls."

Was a French movie-maker, After making erotic movies and some thrillers, he shoots teenage comedies

Was a French movie-maker, After making erotic movies and some thrillers, he shoots teenage comedies, including his classic "Saint-Tropez series". His filmography is considered as models of camp B-movies.

Was a French-born film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and Austra

Was a French-born film and television director who worked primarily in the United Kingdom and Australia. directing credits encompass a long string of B movies, including Top Floor Girl, Web of Suspicion, The Child and the Killer, Crash Drive, Moment of Indiscretion, A Woman Possessed, and Mrs. Gibbons' Boys.

A Canadian-Iranian journalist and film maker. According to this report in the Iranian-backed outlet

A Canadian-Iranian journalist and film maker. According to this report in the Iranian-backed outlet Fars stated that imprisoned Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari has "confessed" to being a spy.After graduating with a degree in communications from Concordia University in Montreal, he made his first film The Voyage of the Saint Louis about the fatal voyage of more than 900 German Jewish refugees in 1939. He has since been active as a filmmaker and journalist.

Was a pioneer[citation needed] of Hindi cinema, best known for directing Mother India (1957), which

Was a pioneer[citation needed] of Hindi cinema, best known for directing Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director and was a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Khan was born Ramjan Khan in Bilimoria, Gujurat. He ran away from home to work small jobs in the studios of Bombay. He played bit parts and supporting characters before directing his first film, Judgement of Allah (1935). Directorial features like Aurat followed, with the studios Sagar Movietone and National Studios. In 1945, Khan left set up his own production house, Mehboob Productions.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He has worked on eleven films between 1985 and 2007. His film Le thé au harem d'Archimède was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Seven years later, his film Au pays des Juliets would compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1992 festival.[2]

An Indian filmmaker, film director, producer and writer who works in the Bollywood industry. He prim

An Indian filmmaker, film director, producer and writer who works in the Bollywood industry. He primarily works as an independent film director in parallel cinema.Kumar started his career in 1977 with the low budget Gujarati film Santu Jamadar. Since then, he has directed over 35 Hindi and Gujarati films, in a range of film genres, including dramas, comedies and action films, though he is mostly recognised for his cinematic depiction of patriotism in his films.Kumar has worked with some of the most noted film actors in Bollywood, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor. Some of his famous works include Krantiveer, Kohram.

Is an American director, writer, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer best known as a cr

Is an American director, writer, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer best known as a creator of broad film farces and comedy parodies. Brooks is a member of the short list of entertainers with the distinction of having won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony award.

A Bangladeshi film and television director and producer based in the United Kingdom.His first direct

A Bangladeshi film and television director and producer based in the United Kingdom.His first directing job was the 1993 television series Hypnosis. He directed Jump Boy in 1999, which won an award for 'Best Feature Film' at the Mediawave awards.Other directing credits include Queer as Folk 2, Is Harry on the Boat?, Murphy's Law, Murder in Mind, The Bill, Blue Murder and HolbyBlue.Huda produced as well as directed Kidulthood and West 10 LDN, both written by Noel Clarke. Kidulthood won the 'Douglas Hickox Award' at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed three films since 2004. Her film The Fa

Is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed three films since 2004. Her film The Father of My Children, won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a prominent Greek Cypriot filmmaker best-known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek. (He also direct

Is a prominent Greek Cypriot filmmaker best-known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek. (He also directed the 1983 Broadway revival of the musical based on the film.) Much of his work is rooted in classical texts, especially those of the Greek tragedian Euripides.

Is an English [1] director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television.His fir

Is an English [1] director and producer of motion pictures for the screen and for television.His first film was The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), made for TV. His first critically acclaimed movie was Dance with a Stranger (1985), a biographical drama starring Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Great Britain. For his directing efforts, Newell won the Award of the Youth at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.

Is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film dire

Is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up series of documentaries.

An Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often docu

An Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theater and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work.[1] Besides working as filmmaker he also teaches directing at the Filmacademy Vienna.

Is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. For his work in film, he has received nomi

Is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. For his work in film, he has received nominations from a myriad of international organizations and juries, including those at Cannes, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He has produced the Academy Awards ceremony twice, first in 1999 with the 72nd annual Academy Awards and second in 2004 with the 77th annual ceremony.

Was a British film director, renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger which produced a s

Was a British film director, renowned for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger which produced a series of classic British films under the aegis of "The Archers."Powell entered the film industry in 1925 through working with director Rex Ingram working at the Victorine Studios in France (the contact with Ingram was made through Powell's father, who owned a hotel in Nice). He first started out as a general studio hand, the proverbial "gofer": sweeping the floor, making coffee, fetching and carrying. Soon he progressed to other work such as stills photography, writing titles (for the silent films) and many other jobs including a few acting roles, usually as comic characters. Powell made his film debut as a "comic English tourist" in Mare Nostrum (1926).

Polish movie director. He is a graduate from the University of Silesia Radio and Television school.

Polish movie director. He is a graduate from the University of Silesia Radio and Television school.

Was first a film director in his native Poland, then in Italy, and later (as Michael Waszynski) a pr

Was first a film director in his native Poland, then in Italy, and later (as Michael Waszynski) a producer of the major American movies, mainly in Spain. Known for his elegance and impeccable manners he was called by people who knew him "the prince".In the summer of 1941, after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Waszynski joined the newly formed Polish Army of general Wladyslaw Anders (loyal to the Polish government in Exile in London) and subsequently was relocated to Persia (Iran), and later as a soldier of the 2nd Corps of the Polish Army to Egypt and Italy. As a member of the army film unit, he filmed the Battle of Monte Cassino, where the Polish Army suffered great losses, but helped to win the day.