Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter P

An Argentine film producer, editor and director.[1]His movies are known for portraying the lives of

An Argentine film producer, editor and director.[1]His movies are known for portraying the lives of ordinary people, and usually involving some form of social criticism to modern society, such as his movie Mundo Grúa (which portrayed the life of a migrant contract worker), or the highly-acclaimed El Bonaerense, which focused on the corruption and the lives of Buenos Aires Province police officers.He's also known for speaking about taboo subjects such incest, as portrayed in his recent movie as a producer Géminis (directed by Albertina Carri), which depicts a romantic relationship between brothers.

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964

Is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He has directed 32 films between 1957 and 1995. His 1964 film To was entered into the 15th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his 1967 film Story of Barbara was entered into the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood remake and Hindi remake. Besides working in Ho

Which has spawned two sequels, as well as a Hollywood remake and Hindi remake. Besides working in Hong Kong, the pair frequently work in the Thai film industry, where they made their directorial debut as a team, Bangkok Dangerous.Oxide, the older of the two by 15 minutes, started his career in Bangkok, at Kantana Group's film labs as a telecine colorist.[1] He made his first film, the experimental karmic thriller, Who Is Running?, in 1997. It was Thailand's entry for Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film for the 71st Academy Awards in 1998.

Is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiot

Is a Danish actress and film director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose in 1949 to win both Best Actress (for Okay) and Best Supporting Actress (Open Hearts) in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.

Is a South Korean filmmaker and screenwriter. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in hi

Is a South Korean filmmaker and screenwriter. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is internationally renowned for what has become known as The Vengeance Trilogy, consisting of 2002's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old

Is a Korean filmmaker.Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul Nation

Is a Korean filmmaker.Park joined the Yallasung Film Group as a student of Fine Arts at Seoul National University. Upon graduation, he founded and led the Seoul Film Group which was dedicated to renewing Korean film culture and closely tied to the student

An independent film director and screenwriter of Indian origin.After having spent a few years and fi

An independent film director and screenwriter of Indian origin.After having spent a few years and finishing his apprenticeship he became Assistant Art director. In 1988, he worked on his first film as Art director or Production designer, an Indian art movie called Main Zinda Hoon (I am Alive) directed by Sudhir Mishra. He then set up his design studio working on numerous advertising films and Art movies, designing sets and specializing in real-time SFX. He won the Best Art Director Award in 1989. He also worked as Production designer on the French film Nocturne Indien directed by Alain Corneau shot in Mumbai.

An internationally acclaimed Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the mo

An internationally acclaimed Iranian (Persian) film director, screenwriter, editor and one of the most prominent figures of Persian cinema of the 20th century.Kimiavi studied photography and film at l'Ecole Louis Lumière(Louis Lumiere School of Cinematography) and IDHEC. His works gained critical success and won several prizes in important international events such as Berlin and Cannes.

A famous Iranian filmmaker.Parviz Shahbazi is a graduate of filmmaking from Teheran's IRIB College o

A famous Iranian filmmaker.Parviz Shahbazi is a graduate of filmmaking from Teheran's IRIB College of Radio and Television. During the early 80’s he began writing short stories and directing short films. He edited several films and directed 12 short films before making his first feature film, Traveler from the South, in 1996.

Is a French actor and director.

Is a French actor and director.

Is a French screenwriter and film director. [2] Laugier is a former assistant to director Christophe

Is a French screenwriter and film director. [2] Laugier is a former assistant to director Christophe Gans, also having directed the making-of documentary about Gans's 2001 film Brotherhood of the Wolf.[3] He has written and directed the fantasy-horror feature films Saint Ange[4] and Martyrs.[5] His future projects include a supernatural thriller titled Details.[

Is a French film director and screenwriter.While attending film school in the late 1960s, Leconte al

Is a French film director and screenwriter.While attending film school in the late 1960s, Leconte also worked as cartoonist, in particular for the magazine Pilote. He directed his first feature film in 1976, and had a number of major successes with comedy

Is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film Peaux de vaches was screened in the Un Certain

Is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film Peaux de vaches was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Eleven years later her film Saint-Cyr was screened in the same section at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 81 films and television shows since 1972. Hi

Is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 81 films and television shows since 1972. His film Cold Moon was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a French actor, director, scriptwriter, and producer. Braoudé originally wanted to become a vete

Is a French actor, director, scriptwriter, and producer. Braoudé originally wanted to become a veterinarian, but had a "revelation" at the Cannes film festival, and soon began a career in film. He began on stage, and moved on to direct his first film in 1990.

Is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His film Meurtrières was screened in the Un C

Is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His film Meurtrières was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Is a coordinator and Canadian director. He was born in 1970 in the United States to Armenian parents

Is a coordinator and Canadian director. He was born in 1970 in the United States to Armenian parents. He began his television career while participating in the "Course destination monde", a transmission of the Radio television solid Canada to give their l

Is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for 4 Cesar Awards, three time

Is a French comedian, writer and film director. He has been nominated for 4 Cesar Awards, three times as an actor and once as a writer. He is most well known for the French comedy Un indien dans la ville.

Was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were

Was one of the most important French animators. He made many traditionally animated films that were delicate in style, satirical, and lyrical in nature. His most important work is Le Roi et l'oiseau, which ultimately took over 30 years to produce. He began it as La Bergère et le Ramoneur (The Shepherdess and the Chimneysweep) in 1948 and it was highly anticipated, but Grimault's partner André Sarrut showed the film unfinished in 1952, against Grimault's wishes.

Is a South African-born[1] British documentary film maker.As a film director he has specialised in m

Is a South African-born[1] British documentary film maker.As a film director he has specialised in making controversial documentaries, often on political themes, several of which have won awards (International Emmy[2], Royal Television Society[3], Edward Morrow Prize[4], amongst others). His films have dealt with subjects ranging from censorship in the United States to Peruvian photography - from the war in Chechnya to gay bashing in Texas - from cricket and racism in South Africa to the Marquis de Sade, Bruce Chatwin, suicide cults, and the historiography of the second world war.

Is an American actor and a film director.Newman made his Broadway theater debut in the original prod

Is an American actor and a film director.Newman made his Broadway theater debut in the original production of William Inge's Picnic, with Kim Stanley. He later appeared in the original Broadway productions of The Desperate Hours and Sweet Bird of Youth with Geraldine Page. He would later star in the film version of Sweet Bird of Youth, which also starred Page.

Is an American film director, screenplay writer and actor.Mazursky made his film debut as an actor i

Is an American film director, screenplay writer and actor.Mazursky made his film debut as an actor in Stanley Kubrick's first feature, Fear and Desire, in which he changed his first name to Paul, and later appeared as a juvenile delinquent in the 1955 film The Blackboard Jungle. He soon became a writer and worked on The Danny Kaye Show in 1963. In 1965, he collaborated with Larry Tucker in crafting the script of the original pilot of The Monkees television series, in which they both also appeared in cameos.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1952 and 1974.

Is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1952 and 1974.

A British former child actor on stage, television, and film, and a screenwriter and film director. H

A British former child actor on stage, television, and film, and a screenwriter and film director. He appeared in more than thirty different roles, with credits including Anna Karenina and The Lost Boys for the BBC, Tales of the Unexpected for Anglia Television, and the feature film The Wild Geese.After school in Norwich, East Anglia he attended the University of Southern California and the London International Film School. He worked for the Ministry of Defence in Great Britain and for such companies as Avid, 3Com and Cisco before writing and directing feature films including Live on Arrival, Underground (1998), and P (2005). The latter was made in the Thai language in Thailand, where Spurrier has now settled.

As a teenager, Stojanovich became an avid photographer, saving his money to buy an expensive Hasselb

As a teenager, Stojanovich became an avid photographer, saving his money to buy an expensive Hasselblad camera and getting his own dark room in his father's barn in Campbell, California. His father Chester Stojanovich was an entomologist with a Doctorate from Stanford and his mother Martha Stojanovich was one of the first women to work at the Center of Disease Control. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia shortly after he was born causing him to turn to photography and making home movies to seek refuge. He won the respect of Graham Nash, an avid photographer, at the age of 13 and was privileged to collaborate with him