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1. Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved t... read more...
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved t... read more...
2. Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and ot... read more...
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and ot... read more...
3. Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wild... read more...
Billy Wilder (22 June 1906 - 27 March 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age. Wild... read more...
4. William Wyler
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Pictu... read more...
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 - July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won Wyler Academy Awards for Best Director, and also won Best Pictu... read more...
5. John Huston
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), T... read more...
John Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He wrote most of the 37 feature films he directed, many of which are today considered classics: The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), T... read more...
6. Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the ... read more...
Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career. Kubrick was noted for the scrupulous care with which he chose his subjects, his slow method of working, the ... read more...
7. David Lean
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 - 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984); for bringing Cha... read more...
Sir David Lean CBE (25 March 1908 - 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor best remembered for big-screen epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984); for bringing Cha... read more...
8. Ernst Lubitsch
Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 - November 30, 1947) was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he re... read more...
Ernst Lubitsch (January 28, 1892 - November 30, 1947) was a German-born film director. His urbane comedies of manners gave him the reputation of being Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director; as his prestige grew, his films were promoted as having "the Lubitsch touch."In 1947 he re... read more...
9. George Cukor
George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 - January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Litt... read more...
George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 - January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO and later MGM, where he directed What Price Hollywood? (1932), A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Dinner at Eight (1933), Litt... read more...
10. Michael Powell
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 - 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and D... read more...
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 - 19 February 1990) was a renowned English film director, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. They worked together under the name of "The Archers" and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and D... read more...
12. Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertesz and Michael Kertesz. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States, many of them cinema classics, in... read more...
Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was an Academy award winning Hungarian-American film director. He had early credits as Mihály Kertesz and Michael Kertesz. He directed more than fifty films in Europe and more than one hundred in the United States, many of them cinema classics, in... read more...