Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter P

Was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the

Was a French film director. His 1971 film Le Chat won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Was a French screenwriter and film and television director. Kast died from a heart attack onboard an

Was a French screenwriter and film and television director. Kast died from a heart attack onboard an aircraft on 20 October 1984, aged 64.[1]

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1967 film Anna, which starred Anna Karin

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed the 1967 film Anna, which starred Anna Karina.[1]

Was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film direct

Was a French dialogue writer, screenwriter and film director. He is the father of French film director Jacques Audiard.

Is a French cinematographer and film director. The next year, he began a career as cinematographer,

Is a French cinematographer and film director. The next year, he began a career as cinematographer, working with such directors as Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen, Nancy Meyers, Alek Keshishian, Luc Besson and Phillip Atwell. At the same time he directed his first film District 13 in 2004, followed by Taken in 2008 and From Paris with Love, in 2010.

Is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 31 films and television shows between 1966 a

Is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 31 films and television shows between 1966 and 2001. In 1962 he directed the film Give Me Ten Desperate Men, which was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Is a Dutch film director, producer, screenwriter. He has also taken on some acting roles.

Is a Dutch film director, producer, screenwriter. He has also taken on some acting roles.

Is a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in

Is a Dutch film director. He studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy and graduated in 1966. He is best known for his films The Mark of the Beast, De Dream and The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time. All three stories take place in his native Friesland. He won two Golden Calf's in his career.

Is an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist. He was b

Is an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist. He was born in Toronto and raised in the Chinatown section of New York City. Chong is internationally recognized as a director, writer, and multi-disciplinary artist, and is considered a seminal figure in Asian American theatre and the Asian American arts movement.

Is a Polish film director and animator. His animation technique is original and fascinating, among t

Is a Polish film director and animator. His animation technique is original and fascinating, among the most interesting of the last 30 years. While training to be a sculptor, he discovered that scratching images into painted plaster could be a beautiful way to create animations. This is only one technique of a method called destructive animation, where one image is erased (in this case, painted over) and re-drawn to create the next frame in the sequence. William Kentridge is another artist who works in this destructive way. Dumala's main themes, and the way to show them, recall ostensibly the world of writer Franz Kafka.

Is a Polish film director. He directed over 30 movies and received about 50 awards, Polish and inter

Is a Polish film director. He directed over 30 movies and received about 50 awards, Polish and international, including Best science-fiction Film Director at Eurocon, 1984. He is also a professor at the National Film School in Lódz.

Is a Polish film director. He attended the National Film School in Lódz. He is probably best known

Is a Polish film director. He attended the National Film School in Lódz. He is probably best known for his film Edi (2002), which won several awards at the Berlin International Film Festival (2003) in Berlin, Germany, and also won the special Audience Award at the 2003 Polish Film Awards from the Polish Academy.

Was a Danish film producer and director. He produced 24 films between 1950 and 1967. He also directe

Was a Danish film producer and director. He produced 24 films between 1950 and 1967. He also directed 23 films between 1943 and 1963.

A Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior a

A Thai film director, film producer and screenwriter. His films include Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and Tom-Yum-Goong, both martial arts films starring Tony Jaa.Prachya graduated from Nakhon Ratchasima Technology College in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in 1985, majoring in architecture. He began his career in 1990, working as an art director and later as creative director at Packshot Entertainment, an advertising firm. He directed music videos and won several Best Music Video Awards at Thailand's Golden Television Awards.

An Indian film director, directed some well-known films, Massey Sahib, and In Which Annie Gives It T

An Indian film director, directed some well-known films, Massey Sahib, and In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones in 1985, based on the Award wining screenplay by Arundhati Roy, in later years, the film acquired a cult film status in India [1]. After 1995, he became a naturalist and eco-botanist and environmentalist. [2]After this, since 1995 he geared his interest towards a different field he started studying trees [5], started taking nature walks in the jungles of Panchmarhi in Madhya Pradesh, with the help of a forester friend [6]. Soon he taught himself field botany and began the project of identifying and photographing Delhi's tree flora, walking extensively throughout the city. He has led numerous public tree walks on Sunday mornings [7] and is also a keen ecological gardener. He has created "native-plant" gardens in Delhi, west Rajasthan, and Garhwal. He is currently working on a large planting scheme for Nagaur in Rajasthan, and Khajuraho, in Madhya Pradesh.

An Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-politic

An Indian film producer-director-screenwriter, who is most known for his political and socio-political films, Damul (1984), Mrityudand (1997), and Gangaajal 2003. He is also the maker of National Film Award winning documentaries like, Face After Storm (1984) and Sonal (2002).While still midway through his course, he started working on films independently, in 1974 [4], and made his first documentary, 'Under the Blue' in 1975, and continued to do so for next 8 years [2]

Was a Bollywood film producer and director.Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Me

Was a Bollywood film producer and director.Born on 13 July 1939 at Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh, India, Mehra started in the late 1950s as a production controller. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. This was followed by the 1971 hit Mela starring the Khan brothers (Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan) together. In 1973, he produced and directed Zanjeer. This mega blockbuster with Amitabh Bachchan started a relationship that spanned 7 more films. It also launched the career of Mr Bachchan (along with Mr Mehra), as a top Director/Actor duo.

A budding Sri Lankan film director.[1] His debut film Sankara (Introspection), won The Special Jury

A budding Sri Lankan film director.[1] His debut film Sankara (Introspection), won The Special Jury Prize The Silver Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival 2006 and the Best Debut Director Award at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2006[2].Prasanna Jayakody was born in 1968 to an artistic family which was strongly rooted in traditional Sinhala values and grew up in a Buddhist environment. He debuted at the age of 21, with Seveneli saha Minissu (Shadows and Men) a stage drama thematically woven around a thoughtful discussion on the reality of life and was a major critical success. He was immediately catapulted into the limelight

One of Sri Lanka's most notable filmmakers. His films have won many awards, both local and internati

One of Sri Lanka's most notable filmmakers. His films have won many awards, both local and international.He was involved in theatre ever since he left school. In 1992 he directed his first film 'Sisila Gini Gani' (Ice on Fire (film)). It won nine OCIC (Sri Lanka) awards including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress. His fourth feature, Purahanda Kaluwara (Darkness on a Full Moon Day), came in 1997. It was initially banned by the government of Sri Lanka. Later the ban was lifted. It won the Grand Prix award at the Amiens Film Festival.

Is an Estonian animated film director and graphic artist whose films have enjoyed success among crit

Is an Estonian animated film director and graphic artist whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals.

Was a pioneer of Greek cinema. He shot the first Greek movie with sound and established the first co

Was a pioneer of Greek cinema. He shot the first Greek movie with sound and established the first color film development lab. In 1933, Meravidis filmed Volos and Pelion, while in 1936 he presented the first talkie newsreels in the Cineak theatre.

Was one of the most prominent Kannada film directors of the 1960s and the 70s. Although majority of

Was one of the most prominent Kannada film directors of the 1960s and the 70s. Although majority of his films were on offbeat or taboo subjects, he endeared both to the critics and ordinary film goers alike. He also directed a handful Malayalam and Tamil movies.Puttanna's maiden directorial venture was in Malayalam movie Poocha kanni (Cat eyed/Hazel eyed lady) based on the Kannada novel by Triveni Bekkina Kannu. In Kannada his first cinema was Savira Mettilu which was never released, during his life-time.