Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter S

The pseudonym of Japanese actor and director Hiroyuki Tanaka (????, Tanaka Hiroyuki?). He began his

The pseudonym of Japanese actor and director Hiroyuki Tanaka (????, Tanaka Hiroyuki?). He began his career as an actor but quickly moved into directing. His films often feature black comedy, plot twists and the yakuza.Shin'ichi Tsutsumi played the lead in Sabu's first 5 films. Recently, he's made films in which the lead roles were filled either by J-pop band V6, or Susumu Terajima (who's played minor roles in nearly all of Sabu's films).

Was a Japanese film director and writer who directed 24 films during a seven-year period in the 1930

Was a Japanese film director and writer who directed 24 films during a seven-year period in the 1930s. He was a contemporary of Yasujiro Ozu, Mikio Naruse and Kenji Mizoguchi and one of the primary figures in the development of the jidaigeki, or historical film. Yamanaka died of dysentary in Manchuria after being drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army. He is the uncle of the Japanese film director Tai Kato, who once penned a book about Yamanaka, Eiga kantoku Yamanaka Sadao.

Was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1920s to 1960s.His name is also incorrectly spe

Was a Japanese film director. He directed films from 1920s to 1960s.His name is also incorrectly spelled as Sadaji Matsuda (for example also at IMDB).

An a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of art films like Moh

An a Indian writer and director in Hindi films and television. He is the maker of art films like Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! (1984), Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai (1980), Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro (1989) and Naseem (1995), which won two National Film Awards in 1996. He is best remembered in popular culture for his TV series Nukkad (1986). He is director of the popular TV serials Nukkad(1986) and Intezaar(1988), along with various documentary films on social welfare and cultural activitsm. Mirza trained at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, India, and has also taught there. He has lectured widely on Indian cinema at universities in India and The US. He contributes reggularly to Indian newspapers and magazines on current opolitical debates and through film reviews. He lives in Bombay and Goa.

A movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, K

A movie director and a screenwriter in India. She is the director of award-winning movies, Sparsh, Katha, Chasme Buddoor, and Disha. Disha won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.Sai started her career in All India Radio (AIR) in Pune, Maharashtra, India as an announcer, and soon got involved with AIR's Children's Program.Over the years, Sai has written and directed plays in Marathi, Hindi, and English, both for adults and children. She has written and directed thus far six feature films, two children’s films, and five documentaries. She has also written many book for children, and six of her books have won national or state level awards.

An Afghan film director.Most of his films were made between 1978 and 1985. His work received much ac

An Afghan film director.Most of his films were made between 1978 and 1985. His work received much acclaim which angered the government due to the attention he was receiving from them and in 1996 one of his films was burned by the Taliban.

Was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the godfather of the real

Was one of the most famous Egyptian film directors. He is considered to be the godfather of the realistic cinema in Egypt. Many of the 41 films he directed are considered Egyptian classics.

Was, at different points in his career in the motion picture industry, an agent, a producer and a st

Was, at different points in his career in the motion picture industry, an agent, a producer and a studio executive.Jaffe began as an office boy for Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Company where he worked his way up through the ranks to become the executive in charge of production. In the early 1930s he worked at Columbia Pictures briefly before leaving to start his own talent agency. He successfully represented several stars of the era, including Lauren Bacall, Peter Lorre, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, David Niven, Zero Mostel, Richard Burton, and Stanley Kubrick, until the 1950s when his business was negatively affected by investigations of his many of his clients by Joseph McCarthy's Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

Is technical director of WilliamsF1

Is technical director of WilliamsF1

An award winning Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screen writer.His first long movie, Residents of Si

An award winning Iranian (Persian) filmmaker and screen writer.His first long movie, Residents of Silent Land won award in Kyiv International Film Festival, Ukraine.His feature film Several Kilos of Dates for Burial Ceremony won Golden Leopard and Special Prize of the Jury at Locarno International Film Festival 2006.

An internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makh

An internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker and script writer. She is the daughter of Mohsen Makhmalbaf, the film director and writer. Samira Makhmalbaf belongs to the New wave movement within Iranian cinema. At the age of 20 Samira studied Psychology and Law at Roehampton University in London.At the age of seven, she acted in her father's film The Bicyclist. She left high school when she was 14, to learn cinema in the Mohhmalbaf Film House for 5 years. At the age of 17, after directing two video productions, she went on to direct the movie The Apple. One year later, the 18 year old director went on to become the youngest director in the world participating in the official section of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The Apple has been invited to more than 100 international film festivals in a period of two years, while going to the screen in more than 30 countries.

Better known by his pen name Gulzar (Punjabi: ???????, Hindi: ???????, Urdu: ??????), is an Indian p

Better known by his pen name Gulzar (Punjabi: ???????, Hindi: ???????, Urdu: ??????), is an Indian poet, lyricist and director.[1] Gulzaar saab, as he is affectionately known, primarily works in Hindi-Urdu. He also works in Punjabi, several dialects of Hindi like braj bhasha, khadi boli, Haryanvi and Marwari.Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004 for his contribution to the arts, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002. He has also won a number of National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards in various categories. In 2009, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Jai Ho" in the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

Is a Hong Kong-based film director, film writer and newspaper columnist. His movies include:

Is a Hong Kong-based film director, film writer and newspaper columnist. His movies include:

Better known as Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the em

Better known as Sam Phillips, was an American record producer who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s. He is most notably attributed with the discovery of Elvis Presley, and is associated with several other noteworthy rhythm and blues and rock and roll stars of the period.Phillips recorded what some—notably music historian Peter Guralnick—consider the first rock and roll record: "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a band led by 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song. The recording was released on the Chess/Checker record label in Chicago, in 1951. From 1950 to 1954 Phillips recorded the music of black rhythm and blues artists such as James Cotton, Rufus Thomas, Rosco Gordon, Little Milton, Bobby Blue Bland, and others. Blues legends such as B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf made their first recordings at his studio.

Was an Armenian-Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor.Graduated in history an

Was an Armenian-Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor.Graduated in history and journalism, he started his career as a stage director for a short period and made his first film, Return in 1953. As a pioneer, he was the first director of Iranian cinema who showed the importance of film directing to the public and was the most popular and influential director. He made forty films, mostly horror and thriller, including some box office hits, which brought him the ironic title of “Iranian Hitchcock”.His son Edwin Khachikian is currently a director in Tehran, Iran. Samuel's brother Souren Khachikian was also heavily involved in the production of his films. Souren's grandson Ara H. Keshishian [1] is currently working as Film Editor in Hollywood, CA.

A Finnish film writer, director, actor and producer. He started creating the Star Wreck sci-fi serie

A Finnish film writer, director, actor and producer. He started creating the Star Wreck sci-fi series in 1992 and nowadays he is considered one of the biggest young stars of indie films in Finland.His latest film Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (released in 2005) has made him famous because it features Hollywood quality 3D CGI of Star Trek and Babylon 5 space stations, ships, battles, etc.

An Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer.[1]According to film critic Joel Poblete

An Argentine film director, screenplay writer, and producer.[1]According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Sandra Gugliotta is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998.[2]

Is a French film director. She was born in Avignon. Veysset studied French literature until she drop

Is a French film director. She was born in Avignon. Veysset studied French literature until she dropped out of school to pursue filmmaking. A friend introduced her to Léos Carax and she was hired as his driver while he was shooting Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (The Lovers on the Bridge) (1991) in 1989. Her first real contact with cinema happened when she became an assistant to the art director of that film. The experience encouraged her to begin writing her first screenplay in 1991.

A highly acclaimed Indian film director. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of In

A highly acclaimed Indian film director. He is an alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India.[1] Bhansali has adopted the middle name "Leela" as a tribute to his mother, Leela Bhansali.Bhansali began his career as an assistant to Vidhu Vinod Chopra and was involved in the making of Parinda, 1942 A Love Story, and Kareeb. However, both had a fall out when Bhansali refused to direct Kareeb and instead made his directorial debut outside the Chopra camp with Khamoshi: The Musical, the commercially unsuccessful, but critically acclaimed narration of a daughter's struggle to communicate with her deaf mute parents.[2] His next film was a triangular love story, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, which established his individualistic stamp for visual splendour and creating auras of celebration and festivity. The film was a great success and won numerous awards.[3] His next film Devdas was Bhansali's ode to the well known novel of the same name. Upon its theatrical release in India, the film surfaced as the highest grossing movie[4] It also won major Bollywood awards and was India’s official entry to the Oscars

Was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed many documentaries about Cuban and American culture. Hi

Was a Cuban filmmaker. He wrote and directed many documentaries about Cuban and American culture. His "nervous montage" technique of using "found materials," such as Hollywood movie clips, cartoons, and photographs[1], is considered a precursor to the modern video clip.He studied in the United States but in the mid-1940s returned to Cuba, where he worked as a music archivist in a television station and participated in Communist Party activities.[1] After the Cuban Revolution he became a founding member of the Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC) and directed its weekly Latin American Newsreel.[2]

Was a Cuban filmmaker.

Was a Cuban filmmaker.

Is a French-Burkinabé writer and film director. Having originally studied mathematics, Bouyain late

Is a French-Burkinabé writer and film director. Having originally studied mathematics, Bouyain later shifted her attention to cinematography.[2] After studying the topic, at the Louis Lumière School of Cinematography, she went on to work as a camerawomen for several films, and eventually directed several of her own.[3]

Is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late

Is a Welsh DJ and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s, and became a central figure in the development and popularisation of electronic dance music. He partnered with fellow DJ John Digweed in 1993, tour

Was a Japanese film director.Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped

Was a Japanese film director.Yamamoto was born in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 15, 1910. He dropped out of Waseda University to join Shochiku, where he worked as an assistant director to Mikio Naruse and others. He followed Naruse when he moved to PCL, and became a director in his own right after the company was reborn as Toho. During WWII he directed several pro-war propaganda films for them despite being a fervent member of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), and after the war he rallied against the company as a driving force behind the union during the 1948 Toho labour dispute (in which the JCP was heavily involved), after which was ultimately fired.

Was a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema

Was a Bengali Indian filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Born in the city of Kolkata (then known as Calcutta in English, though Kolkata in Bengali) into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and letters, Ray studied at Presidency College and at the Visva-Bharati University. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing the Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thief during a visit to London.