Filmmaker Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

Is an Egyptian film director.Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated

Is an Egyptian film director.Nasrallah was born to a Coptic Christian family in Cairo. He graduated in economics and political science at Cairo University. Following, he worked as a film critic and directing assistant in Beirut from 1978 to 1982. H

Was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with

Was an Egyptian film director active in the Egyptian film industry since 1950. He was credited with launching the career of actor Omar Sharif [1]. A critically acclaimed director frequently seen in film festivals during decades, Chahine also had his reach

Was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.As

Was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China.As an actor, Yuan became extremely popular and took on the nickname "man with a thousand faces." Yuan gained prominence in a series of films for the leftist Diantong Film Company. These included the film Plunder of Peach and Plum (1935) (which Yuan also wrote) and the movie Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm (1935) where he was one of the two original singers (along with Gu Menghe) of the movie's theme song, The March of the Volunteers, which later became the national anthem of China.

A Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of pink film directors col

A Japanese film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the group of pink film directors collectively known as the "Seven Lucky Gods of Pink" (??????, shichifukujin?).[1]Yuji Tajiri was born in a small town in Hokkaido in 1968. His main interest as a youth was watching movies, and he began writing his own film scripts and making 8mm films while a teenager. At this time he began sneaking into adult theaters, and was impressed by director Kichitaro Negishi's Roman Porno film Crazy Fruit (1981)-- a pink remake of Crazed Fruit (1956).[2]

A Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos a

A Japanese television and film director. He began directing commercials and music promotion videos as an employee of Nihon Television. After spending time abroad, he returned and started his own production company, Crescendo, from which he works independently. His first television drama on Nihon Television was called Kora! Tonnezuru and ran from 1985 to 1989.

A Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare

A Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times.Although most famous abroad for his touring productions of European classics, Ninagawa has also directed works based on contemporary writing from Japan, including the Modern Noh plays of Yukio Mishima (which toured to New York's Lincoln Center in early summer 2005) and several other plays by Japanese dramatists, including Shuji Terayama and Kunio Shimizu. His production of Titus Andronicus was performed in England in June 2006, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. In 2007 his company participated in the Barbican International Theatre Event (BITE) series at the Barbican Arts Centre in London, with their production of Coriolanus.

A Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.W

A Japanese film director, actress, and screenwriter best known for her work in the pink film genre.While studying economics at Dokkyo University, Yoshiyuki developed a love of film.[2] She debuted as an actress in the pink film genre in 1993 in director Toshiki Sato's Petting Lesbians: Sensitive Zone (??????·?? ???, Petting lez: seikan-tai?).[3] By the time of her directorial debut three years later, she had appeared in over 100 pink productions.[1][2] Among the prominent pink film directors she has acted for is Satoru Kobayashi, the director of the first pink film, Flesh Market (1962). She appeared in Kobayashi's Erotic Ghost Story: Female Ghost in Heat (???? ???????, Shikiyoku Kaidan: Hatsujo Onna Yurei?) (1995), starring AV idol, Nao Saejima.[4] The mainstream Yokohama Film Festival awarded Yoshiyuki with the Best Supporting Actress title for her work in director Akio Jissoji's Rampo Edogawa adaptation, The D-Slope Murder Case (D??????, D-Zaka no satsujin jiken?).[5][3]

Was a Japanese film director and actor. He began acting in Hollywood as "Jackie Abe" and later retur

Was a Japanese film director and actor. He began acting in Hollywood as "Jackie Abe" and later returned to Japan as a director. He directed the 1950 adaptation of Jun'ichiro Tanizaki's The Makioka Sisters. He died January 3rd, 1977 in Kyoto.

A Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He's best known for his genre-blending films Killer

A Thai film director, screenwriter and producer. He's best known for his genre-blending films Killer Tattoo (comedy and action) and Buppah Rahtree (comedy and horror).Growing up in northeast Thailand, Yuthlert developed a strong interest in the arts from an early age and at 18 went to Bangkok to study fine arts at Silpakorn University, where he received a degree in interior design (the same program as another Thai director, Wisit Sasanatieng).

Was a notable Japanese filmmaker, most famous for making tragi-comic films dealing with the lives of

Was a notable Japanese filmmaker, most famous for making tragi-comic films dealing with the lives of lower-class Japanese people, especially those involved in petty crime or employed in red light districts. He was a key influence on Shohei Imamura, who worked as his assistant director and referred to him as "my teacher." Imamura later remade Kawashima's 1957 film Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate as Eijanka.

Was a French film director in the film noir genre. He is noted as having been the husband of actress

Was a French film director in the film noir genre. He is noted as having been the husband of actress Simone Signoret between the years 1944–1949.

Is a French cinematographer and film director. Angelo has won the César Award for Best Cinematograp

Is a French cinematographer and film director. Angelo has won the César Award for Best Cinematography three times: in 1990 for Nocturne indien, in 1992 for Tous les matins du monde, and in 1994 for Germinal.

Is a French film director and scriptwriter.

Is a French film director and scriptwriter.

He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975.

He was married to Japanese actress Kishi Keiko from 1957 to 1975.

Is a French filmmaker. Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After taking a degree in civil engi

Is a French filmmaker. Yves Lavandier was born on April 2, 1959. After taking a degree in civil engineering, he studied film at Columbia University, New York, between 1983 and 1985. Miloš Forman, František Daniel, Stefan Sharf, Brad Dourif, Larry Engel, Melina Jelinek were among his teachers. During these two years he wrote and directed several shorts, including Mr. Brown?, The Perverts and Yes Darling. He returned to France in 1985, directed a further short (Le scorpion)

Was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.

Was a French screenwriter, director, actor, and producer.

Was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teen

Was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he wo