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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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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Toshiya Shinohara
Born 1959
★ 7.6 5 films
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 ...
AgnĂšs Varda
AgnĂšs Varda
★ 7.5 8 films
Lee Joon-ik
Lee Joon-ik
Born 1959 · Seoul
★ 7.5 5 films
Lee Joon-ik (읎쀀읔) is a South Korean film director, producer, and occasional actor. Best known for mega-hit King and the Clown (2005), Hope (2013), and...
David Lean
David Lean
Born 1908 · Croydon
★ 7.5 8 films
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 – 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered one of the most ...
Mikio Naruse
Mikio Naruse
★ 7.5 5 films
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...
François Truffaut
François Truffaut
Born 1932 · Paris
★ 7.5 6 films
François Roland Truffaut (February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984) was an influential film critic and filmmaker and one of the founders of the French New ...