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Famous Film Directors: page 1 - Bio, Career, Filmography, Links, Photos
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 Franco Zeffirelli (born in 1923) films include Jesus of Nazareth in 1977 and La Traviata in 1983. Other work includes a production of the opera Tosca in 1964, and films of the Shakespeare... | |
 Robert Wise (1914-2005) debut was a horror film, Curse of die Cat People in 1944; he progressed to such large-scale projects as The Sound of Music in 1965 and Star in 1968. His... | |
 James Whale (1886-1957) initially went to Hollywood to film his stage success Journey's End in 1930, and went on to direct four horror films: Frankenstein in 1931, The old Dark House... |  Peter Weir (born in 1938) films have an atmospheric quality and often contain a strong spiritual element. They include Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975, Witness in 1985, and Mosquito... |
 Raoul Walsh (1887-1981) directed his first film 1914 and went on to become one of Hollywood's most prolific directors. He made a number of outstanding films, including The Thief... |  Andrzej Wajda (born in 1926) films typically deal with the predicament and disillusion of individuals caught up in political events. His works include Ashes and Diamonds in 1958... |
 Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) film Ossessione in 1942 pioneers his work with Neo-Realist theories. Short Biography: Later works include The Leopard in 1963 and Death in Venice... |  Adopted name of Jean Almereyda (1905-1934) made only three feature films: A Propos de Nice in 1930, Zero de conduite/Nothing for Conduct in 1933, and L'Atalante in 1934. Why is Jean... |
 Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) worked with Marlene Dietrich on The Blue Angel/Der blaue Engel in 1930 and other films. He favoured striking imagery over narrative in his work, which... |  Konstantin Sergeivich Stanislavsky (1863-1938) founded the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898 and directed productions of Chekhov and Gorky. Short Biography: He was the originator of... |
 Assumed name of Claus Detlef Sierck (1900-1987) studied in Germany but left 1937 because of the Nazi regime, and eventually went to Hollywood. Short Biography: During the 1950s... |  Stage name of Michael Sinnott (1880-1960) was an American film producer, originally an actor, responsible for such 1920s slapstick silent comedians as the Keystone Kops, "Fatty" Arbuckle... |
 John Schlesinger (1926-2003) was responsible for such British films as Billy Liar in 1963 and Darling in 1965. Short Biography: His first US film, Midnight Cowboy in 1969, was... |  Ken Russell 1927-2011) films include Women in Love in 1969, Altered States in 1979, and Salomes Last Dance in 1988. Short Biography: He is often criticized for self-indulgence;... |
 Adopted name of Jean-Marie Maurice Sherer (1920-2010) was part of the French new wave, his films are concerned with exploring the minds of his characters. They include My Night... |  Nicolas Roeg (born in 1928) work is noted for its stylish visual appeal and imaginative, often off-beat, treatment of subjects. Short Biography: His films include Performance... |
 Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) film of the Nazi rallies at Nuremberg Triumph des WiUem/Triumph of the Will (1934) vividly illustrated Hitler's charismatic appeal but tainted her career.... |  Tony Richardson (1928-1991) with George Devine he established the English Stage Company in 1955 at the Royal Court Theatre, with productions such as Look Back in Anger in 1956. Short... |
 Alain Resnais (born in 1922) is a French film director, whose work is characterized by the themes of memory and unconventional concepts of time. Short Biography: His films include... |  Karel Reisz (1926-2002) was a Czechoslovak film director who lived in Britain from 1938, originally a writer and film critic. Short Biography: His first feature film, Saturday... |
 Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) expressionist style was widely influential in German theatre and film during the 1920s and 1930s. Short Biography: Directors such as Murnau and Lubitsch... |  Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (1893-1953) was a Russian film director, whose films include the silent Mother in 1926, The End of St. Petersburg in 1927, and Storm over Asia in 1928;... |
 Otto Ludwig Preminger (1906-1986) was born in Vienna, he went to the USA in 1935. Short Biography: He directed Margin for Error mi, Laura (1944), The Moon is Blue (1953), The... |  Michael Powell (1905-1990) collaborated with screenwriter Emeric Pressburger (1902-1988). Short Biography: Their work, often criticized for extravagance, is richly imaginative... |
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