Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in

Was a British film director, best known for his science-fiction films for Hammer Film Productions in the 1950s, but who also enjoyed a long, varied and active career in the film industry from the early 1930s up until the early 1980s.

Was a Russian-born Finnish film director, screenwriter and edited. His career spanned several decade

Was a Russian-born Finnish film director, screenwriter and edited. His career spanned several decades, from 1929 to 1973, and has been called one of the most significant, in both quality and popularity, in the history of Finnish cinema.[2]During his career, Vaala directed 44 feature-length theatrical films, the second most among Finnish directors, behind only Toivo Särkkä. 38 of those films were made while he was employed by Suomi-Filmi.[9] His first film with the company was the romantic comedy Kaikki rakastavat (1935). It was also the first film that Ansa Ikonen and Tauno Palo starred in together.[10] The film was followed by an urban comedy, Vaimoke in 1936, which starred the same leading pair,

Is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of t

Is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Me

Was an Iranian art director. He graduated from the faculty of painting at the Art School in Baku Aze

Was an Iranian art director. He graduated from the faculty of painting at the Art School in Baku Azerbaijan and started his career as an art director with Prince's Prisoner (1998, E. Koushan). He immigrated to Iran in 1938. Due to his background in painting, he became a set designer in theatres of Tabriz. He is known as a pioneer of set designing in Iranian cinema. He moved to Tehran in 1946 and worked in the bigger theatres. Although he had a limited experience and background in Iranian cinema, made some decorations for historical films which are among the memorable and outstanding examples. He was one of the supervisors for building a small town for IRIB as the location of historical films and TV series.

Is a Portuguese cinematographer, producer, and film director. In 2003, he graduated from the America

Is a Portuguese cinematographer, producer, and film director. In 2003, he graduated from the American Film Institute, where he got a masters in Cinematography, but had began working in the film and television industry in the early '90s. He is the father o

Was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. Vassilis Photopoulos

Was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer. Vassilis Photopoulos was born in Kalamata and studied painting at a very young age under Vangelis Drakos. He appeared for the first time on the Art scene as the stage designer for play "Servant Lady", in the Athens Opera House.

Is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and a

Is a Finnish director, editor, sound editor, production manager and film and television writer and actor.Aaltonen began his career in the middle of the 70s working as a sound editor in various of films. The highpoint of his early career was the co-operation with Rauni Mollberg. He worked as a co-writer in two of his films, Milka (1980) and The Unknown Soldier (1985).

Is an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. She is considered one of the grea

Is an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. She is considered one of the greatest female Czech filmmakers. Banned by the Czechoslovakian government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave film, Daisies.

Was a Thai film director and screenwriter. His works include the docudrama Son of the Northeast.Vich

Was a Thai film director and screenwriter. His works include the docudrama Son of the Northeast.Vichit graduated from Vajiravudh College in 1946 and started working as a journalist under the pen name Kounavudhi. He got into filmmaking in 1950, when he was offered the villain's role in Fa Kamnod.He then started working as a screenwriter, writing the dialogue for an adaptation of Wannaboon Withayakom's Phrom Bandan. His first screenplay was Santi-Weena, an acclaimed drama directed by Tawee "Kru Marut" Na Bangchang. It went on to competition in the 1955 Asia Film Festival in Tokyo, where it won several awards, including best cinematography for cinematographer Rattana Pestonji.

Was a Russian-born French film director and screenwriter. His film The Wayward Bus was entered into

Was a Russian-born French film director and screenwriter. His film The Wayward Bus was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Was an early film pioneer in France, active between the years 1905 and 1913. He worked on many genre

Was an early film pioneer in France, active between the years 1905 and 1913. He worked on many genres of film, but was particularly associated with the development of detective or crime serials, such as the Nick Carter and Zigomar series.

An Indian director and producer. He is considered to be one of the most talented and pathbreaking In

An Indian director and producer. He is considered to be one of the most talented and pathbreaking Indian filmakers. He is also the head of Vinod Chopra Productions. He is particularly known for producing the Munna Bhai films.This was followed by a short documentary highlighting the plight of India's destitute children called An Encounter with Faces, which was nominated for an Academy Award in the short, non-fiction film category in 1979.

Was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor, who is known for acclaimed film

Was an Indian filmmaker, producer, screen writer, editor, and actor, who is known for acclaimed films like Guide (1965) and Johnny Mera Naam (1970) [1].Vijay Anand was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab and was the youngest of the four Anand siblings, including producer and director Chetan Anand and Dev Anand, a very popular Bollywood actor.Though Vijay Anand has had a career as an actor, screenwriter, editor, and producer, he will primarily be remembered as a director. In 1957, he made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah, which he shot in 40 days [2].

Was a noted producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as Ram Rajya (1943),

Was a noted producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as Ram Rajya (1943), Baiju Bawra (1952) and Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965).Vijay made his debut in Indian film industry by as a screenwriter, for director K P Bhave’s silent film, Vidhi Ka Vidhan. He eventually producing his first silent film, Delhi Ka Chhela in 1929, and went on to direct many notable films, in Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi cinema.His early film Ram Rajya (1942) was a bit hit, and also made news, when it was shown to Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 [3]. In 1947, he took the film to US, where it was first shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York on 5 May 1947, later he also met noted Hollywood director, Cecil B. DeMille [4]

A Bollywood Director. He is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt, who was one of the pioneer of Indian Films

A Bollywood Director. He is the grandson of Vijay Bhatt, who was one of the pioneer of Indian Films and the son of cinematographer Pravin Bhatt. He has more than 21 films to his credit and at present he is the creative head of a conglomerate called ASA productions.

Was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.His c

Was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre.His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983).

Is a french director of cinema

Is a french director of cinema

Is an independent filmmaker from Paris mainly known for his field work music videos of indie rock re

Is an independent filmmaker from Paris mainly known for his field work music videos of indie rock related musicians as well as some notable mainstream artists like Tom Jones, R.E.M. and Arcade Fire. Besides making music videos he also makes experimental films and documentaries. His 2009 film, La Faute Des Fleurs about Japanese singer Kazuki Tomokawa won the Sound & Vision Award at the film's world premiere at CPH:DOX - the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival - in November 2009.

Was a famous Academy Award-winning Hollywood director and accomplished stage director. His skilled i

Was a famous Academy Award-winning Hollywood director and accomplished stage director. His skilled integration of story, music, lighting, and design elements in a film made him the most critically respected crafter of American film musicals. With first wife Judy Garland he was the father of Liza Minnelli.

An Austrian director, screenwriter, film-maker and multimedia artist.Widrich works on a large number

An Austrian director, screenwriter, film-maker and multimedia artist.Widrich works on a large number of films and multimedia projects, sometimes as part of a creative team. He is known especially for his numerous short films.Virgil Widrich spent his childhood in a house that is over 500 years old and stands on the Mönchsberg. While there he became acquainted with artists such as Peter Handke, who was his neighbour, and Wim Wenders, a frequent visitor. He gained his first experience with film at a very young age and was given his first camera, a Super-8, at the age of 13. That same year (1980) he made three films, "My Homelife", "Gebratenes Fleisch" and 3 mal Ulf. He followed that with an animated cartoon titled Auch Farbe kann träumen. At the age of 15 he made Monster in Salzburg, on which he worked with actors for the first time. He created the rampaging monster using stop-motion photography. In 1983 he began work on Vom Geist der Zeit (Spirit of Time). Even bad marks at school were not enough to prevent him finishing his first feature-length movie, which took him 14 months. During this time he also took on a job as a props manager at the Salzburg Festival to finance his films. In 1984 he began to take an interest in computers and programmed a number of simple games.

Is a French actress and director born in 1955.

Is a French actress and director born in 1955.

A Finnish film director, film producer, actor and screen writer.He has directed and produced films s

A Finnish film director, film producer, actor and screen writer.He has directed and produced films such as the 1983 James Bond spoof Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit which featured actors Ilmari Saarelainen and Tenho Sauren.

An Indian filmmaker, writer, screenwriter and music composer. He is considered to be one of India's

An Indian filmmaker, writer, screenwriter and music composer. He is considered to be one of India's leading film makers. His works have been regarded as path breaking in Indian cinema.Vishal Bhardwaj was recommended by a friend to the filmmaker Gulzar, with whom he successfully collaborated on TV serials such as Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland and Guchche. Vishal composed the music for Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar. The musical score for Maachis was received to critical and commercial acclaim and earned Vishal the Filmfare R D Burman Award in 1996. Since then, Vishal has scored music for several Hindi films such as Satya, Chachi 420 ,Omkara and a host of other popular projects.

Popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director.Gassman is consi

Popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director.Gassman is considered one among the best Italian actors and is commonly recalled as an extremely professional, versatile, magnetic interpreter, whose long career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements (which gave him a vast popularity).

Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. Won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až prijde

Czech director who came to prominence in the sixties. Won a Cannes Special Jury Prize for Až prijde kocour/The Cassandra Cat (1963).[1]An active and influential filmmaker in Czechoslovakia throughout the 1950's and 1960's, he was among many artists and intellectuals who left the country after the USSR-led invasion following the Prague Spring of 1968.Jasný worked in other European countries for several years including Austria, West Germany and Yugoslavia until relocating to Brooklyn, New York in the early '80's. Jasný taught film directing classes at Columbia University for several years (where his compatriot Miloš Forman was also a professor and former Film Division Co-Chair) and continues to teach at The School of Visual Arts (SVA).