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American filmmaker (born 1961)

Austro-Hungarian-born American film producer, co-founder of Paramount Pictures

American actor and film director

Albert R. Broccoli

American film producer

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Mexican filmmaker (b.1963)

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Chilean-French filmmaker

Alexander Mackendrick

American film director

Alfonso Cuarón

Mexican filmmaker

American screenwriter, playwright, author, actress, and television producer

American film director

American producer and director

Arturo Ripstein

Mexican film director

American film director

American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Austrian film director

American film director (born 1940)

American actor and filmmaker

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

American actor and director (born 1930)

American filmmakers

D. A. Pennebaker

American filmmaker

American filmmaker (1875–1948)

American screenwriter (1905–1976)

Damien Chazelle

American filmmaker (born 1985)

Darryl F. Zanuck

American film producer

David Cronenberg

Canadian filmmaker

American film director

American media proprietor (born 1943)

American filmmaker (1946–2025)

David O. Selznick

American film producer

American television and film director

American film director and film editor

Film director from Germany

American filmmaker, actor and author (1924–1978)

Edwin S. Porter

American film pioneer (1870–1941)

Mexican film producer (1917–2007)

American screenwriter, journalist, author, and film director

Francis Ford Coppola

American filmmaker (born 1939)

American film director and actor

Italian-born American film director (1897–1991)

British film director

Franklin J. Schaffner

American director

Austrian-American film director (1907–1997)

Argentine filmmaker

George A. Romero

American filmmaker (1940–2017)

American film director and producer

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and entrepreneur

George Roy Hill

American film director

American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer

American pornographic film director (1928-2008)

Brazilian film director, actor and writer

American cinematographer (1904–1948)

American film director, screenwriter and actress

Guillermo del Toro

Mexican filmmaker and author

American film director, producer, photographer and musician

American film director and film editor

American film producer

American film director and screenwriter

Co-founder of Columbia Pictures Corporation

Harvey Weinstein

American film producer and sex offender (born 1952)

American film director, producer and screenwriter

English-American actress, singer, director, and producer (1918–1995)

Irving Thalberg

American film producer (1899–1936)

Canadian-American film executive (1892–1978)

Canadian filmmaker (born 1954)

James L. Brooks

American filmmaker

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer (born 1943)

American film director and screenwriter (born 1953)

American director, screenwriter, producer, and composer

John Cassavetes

Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929-1989)

American film director (1894–1973)

John G. Avildsen

American film director

John Hughes (filmmaker)

American director, producer and screenwriter (1950–2009)

American film director, screenwriter and actor

American filmmaker

American pornographic actor and director

American filmmaker, actor, comedian, writer, and artist

American director, producer and screenwriter

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

Joshua Oppenheimer

American filmmaker (born 1974)

American film producer

American screenwriter, producer and film studio executive

Kathryn Bigelow

American film director (born 1951)

American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)

American producer and president of Marvel Studios

American film director, film producer, and screenwriter

American film director (1898–1969)

American studio executive and talent agent

Lewis Milestone

Romanian-American film director

American actress, film director

American film producer (1884–1957)

American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer

Canadian-American actor and filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

American filmmaker (born 1942)

American experimental filmmaker

American entertainer (born 1926)

American actor and filmmaker

American film director and producer (born 1965)

American film director, screenwriter, producer and author

Hungarian-American director

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

American filmmaker and author

Canadian artist

German-American television director, writer, producer and comedian

Czech-American director, screenwriter, and professor

American film director (1911–1979)

American writer and filmmaker (1941–2012)

Scottish Canadian animator (1914–1987)

American film director and screenwriter

American filmmaker (born 1946)

American filmmaker (1915–1985)

American director, producer, actor

Patricio Guzmán

Chilean documentary film director (born 1941)

Paul Thomas Anderson

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

American actress, director, and producer (1943–2018)

Peter Bogdanovich

American film director (1939–2022)

Preston Sturges

American film director and screenwriter

Quentin Tarantino

American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor

American film director and actor

Richard Linklater

American filmmaker (born 1960)

American actor and director

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1918-1983)

American screenwriter and film director

American film producer (1930–2019)

Robert J. Flaherty

American documentary filmmaker

American film director, film producer and film editor

Robert Zemeckis

American film director, screenwriter and producer

American film director, producer, and actor

American film director, producer, and actor

American film director and photographer (1922–2004)

American film and television director duo

American film director and screenwriter

American film studio executive (1887–1927)

American screenwriter, novelist and director

Polish-American film producer (1879–1974)

American producer

American film director, producer and screenwriter

American screenwriter, director, producer, and former actress

American film director, film producer, writer, and actor

American filmmaker and writer (1933–2003)

American film director and producer (1913–2001)

Stanley Kubrick

American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)

Steven Soderbergh

American film producer, screenwriter and cinematographer

Steven Spielberg

American film director and screenwriter

American film director, producer and actor

Terrence Malick

American film director and screenwriter

American filmmakers

American film producer

American film director, producer, writer, and artist

American film director

American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)

American film director, cinematographer, and producer

Vincente Minnelli

American stage and film director

American entrepreneur, animator and producer (1901-1966)

American actor, producer, screenwriter and director

American filmmaker (born 1969)

American filmmaker (1939–2015)

American politician (1879–1954)

American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor

William Fox (producer)

Hungarian-American film producer (1879-1952)

William Friedkin

American director and producer (1935–2023)

German-born American filmmaker (1902–1981)

American film director, writer, actor, and comedian

American filmmaker (born 1966)