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Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Born 1895 · Piqua
★ 7.7 6 films
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for h...
Chris Sanders
Chris Sanders
Born 1962 · Colorado Springs
★ 7.6 5 films
Christopher Michael Sanders (born March 12, 1962) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. His credits include Lilo & Stitch (2002) and it...
Nobuhiro Doi
Nobuhiro Doi
Born 1964 · Hiroshima
★ 7.6 6 films
Nobuhiro Doi (期äș•èŁ•æł°, Doi Nobuhiro) is a Japanese television and film director. Doi graduated from Waseda University School of Economics and Politics A...
William Wyler
William Wyler
Born 1902 · MĂŒlhausen
★ 7.6 7 films
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a German-born film director, producer, and screenwriter. Notable works include Ben-Hur (1959), The B...
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
Born 1910 · Shinagawa
★ 7.6 26 films
Akira Kurosawa (黒柀 明) was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as ...
Takeshi Koike
Takeshi Koike
Born 1968 · Kaminoyama
★ 7.6 6 films
Takeshi Koike (ć°æ± ć„ Koike Takeshi, born January 26, 1968) is a Japanese animator, illustrator and film director. Something of a protĂ©gĂ©e of Yoshiaki K...
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
Born 1920 · Rimini
★ 7.6 7 films
Federico Fellini, Knight Grand Cross (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Known for a distinct style ...
Kenji Mizoguchi
Kenji Mizoguchi
Born 1898 · Asakusa
★ 7.6 8 films
Kenji Mizoguchi (May 16, 1898 – August 24, 1956) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. His film Ugetsu (1953) won the Silver Lion at the Veni...
Naoko Yamada
Naoko Yamada
Born 1984 · Kyoto
★ 7.6 5 films
Naoko Yamada (汱田 氚歐) is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working at Kyoto Animation, she directed the K-On! and Tamako Market anime ...
Tomohisa Taguchi
Tomohisa Taguchi
★ 7.6 5 films
BĂ©la Tarr
BĂ©la Tarr
Born 1955 · Pécs
★ 7.6 5 films
BĂ©la Tarr (born July 21, 1955) is an acclaimed Hungarian film director. Much of his work is marked by philosophical elements and a pessimistic view of...
Yasujirƍ Ozu
Yasujirƍ Ozu
Born 1903 · Tokyo
★ 7.6 14 films
Yasujirƍ Ozu was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He began his career during the era of silent films. Ozu first made a number of short comed...
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve
Born 1967 · Gentilly
★ 7.6 9 films
Denis Villeneuve OC CQ RCA OAL (French: [dənivilnƓv]; born October 3, 1967) is a Canadian filmmaker. He has received seven Canadian Screen Awards as w...
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Toshiya Shinohara
Born 1959
★ 7.6 5 films
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Born 1963 · Knoxville
★ 7.6 13 films
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s he ...
F. W. Murnau
F. W. Murnau
Born 1888 · Bielefeld
★ 7.5 5 films
Friedrich Wilhelm “F. W.” Murnau (December 28, 1888 – March 11, 1931) was one of the most influential German film directors of the silent era, and a p...
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Born 1900 · Calanda
★ 7.5 8 films
Luis Buñuel PortolĂ©s (Spanish: [ˈlwis ÎČuˈÉČwel poÉŸtoˈles]; 22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and S...
Jean-Pierre Melville
Jean-Pierre Melville
Born 1917 · Paris
★ 7.5 6 films
Jean-Pierre Grumbach (20 October 1917 – 2 August 1973), known professionally as Jean-Pierre Melville (French: [mɛlvil]), was a French filmmaker. Consi...
AgnĂšs Varda
AgnĂšs Varda
★ 7.5 8 films
Frank Darabont
Frank Darabont
Born 1959 · Montbéliard
★ 7.5 5 films
Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Award...