Abrams, J.J. (New York City)
The creator of TV's Alias and Lost
Famous Filmmakers from United States
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Affleck, Ben (Berkeley)
The star and director of the Oscar-winning film Argo -
Allen, Woody (Brooklyn)
The director and star of Annie Hall -
Altman, Robert (Kansas City)
The director of M*A*S*H and The Player -
Anderson, Paul Thomas (Studio City)
The writer/director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood -
Anderson, Wes (Houston)
Director of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom -
Apatow, Judd (Syosset)
The guy who made The 40 Year-old Virgin and Knocked Up -
Arbuckle, Fatty (Smith Center)
The rotund silent film comedian -
Aronofsky, Darren (New York City)
The Oscar-nominated director of Black Swan -
Aster, Ari (New York City)
The director of 'Hereditary' and 'Midsommar' -
Baumbach, Noah (Brooklyn)
The director of 'The Squid and the Whale and 'Marriage Story' -
Bay, Michael (Los Angeles)
The high-octane director of the Transformers films -
Beatty, Warren (Richmond)
The star of Bonnie and Clyde and Reds -
Bell, Lake (New York City)
The writer, director and star of In a World... -
Berg, Peter (New York City)
Dr. Billy Kronk on TV's Chicago Hope -
Bigelow, Kathryn (San Carlos)
The Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker -
Bogdanovich, Peter (Kingston)
Director of The Last Picture Show -
Braff, Zach (South Orange)
The guy from Scrubs and Garden State -
Brooks, Mel (Brooklyn)
The guy who made Blazing Saddles and The Producers -
Bruckheimer, Jerry (Detroit)
Big-budget movie producer behind Con Air and Bad Boys -
Burnham, Bo
The comedian who directed the movie 'Eighth Grade' -
Burns, Ken (Brooklyn)
The director of the TV documentaries The Civil War and Baseball -
Burton, Tim (Burbank)
The director of the comedy-horror film Beetlejuice -
Chandor, J.C. (New York City)
The director of All Is Lost -
Chazelle, Damien (Providence)
The director of 'Whiplash' and "La La Land" -
Cholodenko, Lisa (Los Angeles)
The director of Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right -
Chung, Lee Isaac (Denver)
The writer/director of 'Minari' -
Cimino, Michael (New York City)
The director of 'The Deer Hunter' and 'Heaven's Gate' -
Coen Brothers, The (St. Louis Park)
The filmmaking pair who made Fargo and True Grit -
Coppola, Francis Ford (Detroit)
The director of The Godfather films -
Coppola, Sofia (New York City)
The writer and director of Lost in Translation -
Corman, Roger (Detroit)
"The King of B-Movies" -
Costner, Kevin (Los Angeles)
Star of Dances With Wolves -
Craven, Wes (Cleveland)
The creator if Nightmare on Elm Street -
Crichton, Michael (Chicago)
The author of Jurassic Park -
Daniels, Lee (Philadelphia)
The director of Precious -
Daniels, The (Westborough)
The filmmaking pair who made Everything Everywhere All At Once -
Davis, Ossie (Cogdell)
Husband of Ruby Dee and veteran of stage and screen -
De Mille, Cecil B. (Ashfield)
The legendary film director who did The Ten Commandments -
Demme, Jonathan (Baldwin)
The director of 'Silence of the Lambs' -
De Niro, Robert (New York City)
The intense star of Taxi Driver -
Dickerson, Ernest R. (Newark)
Spike Lee's cinematographer and the director of 'Juice' -
Dunham, Lena (New York City)
The creator and star of the TV series Girls -
Duvall, Robert (San Diego)
Oscar-winning star of Tender Mercies -
DuVernay, Ava (Long Beach)
The director of the movie Selma -
Eastwood, Clint (San Francisco)
Star of the Dirty Harry films -
Estevez, Emilio (New York City)
The Martin Sheen son who was in Breakfast Club and Repo Man -
Favreau, Jon (Queens)
The guy who made Swingers with Vince Vaughn -
Field, Todd (Pomona)
The director of Tár and In the Bedroom -
Fincher, David (Denver)
The director of The Social Network -
Fleischer, Richard (Brooklyn)
The director of 'Doctor Doolittle' and 'Soylent Green' -
Fonda, Peter (New York City)
The star of Easy Rider and Ulee's Gold -
Ford, John (Cape Elizabeth)
Director of The Searchers and other Hollywood westerns -
Ford, Tom (Austin)
The fashion designer who directed 'A Single Man' -
Foster, Jodie (Los Angeles)
The star of The Silence of the Lambs -
Frakes, Jonathan (Bethlehem)
Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation -
Friedkin, William (Chicago)
The director of The French Connection and The Exorcist -
Fuller, Samuel (Worcester)
The director of Pickup on South Street and The Naked Kiss -
Gerwig, Greta (Sacramento)
The star of the move 'Frances Ha' -
Gibson, Mel (Peekskill)
The writer and director of The Passion of the Christ -
Griffith, D.W. (La Grange)
Ground-breaking director of Birth of a Nation -
Gunn, James (St. Louis)
The filmmaker who did 'Guardians of the Galaxy' -
Hanson, Curtis (Reno)
The director of L. A. Confidential -
Harryhausen, Ray (Los Angeles)
The stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts -
Hawks, Howard (Goshen)
The versatile film director who did Bringing Up Baby -
Haynes, Todd (Los Angeles)
The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce -
Hopper, Dennis (Dodge City)
The good guy in Easy Rider and the bad guy in Speed -
Howard, Ron (Duncan)
Movie director who was Opie on The Andy Griffith Show -
Hunt, Bonnie (Chicago)
The mom in those Beethoven dog movies -
Huston, John (Nevada)
Director of The Man Who Would Be King -
Ice Cube (Los Angeles)
Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop -
Ince, Thomas H. (Newport)
The director of Civilization -
Jarmusch, Jim (Cuyahoga Falls)
The director of Stranger Than Paradise and Ghost Dog -
Jenkins, Barry (Miami)
The director of 2016's 'Moonlight' -
Jenkins, Patty
The director of 2017's 'Wonder Woman' -
Johnson, Rian
The writer/director of 'Knives Out' -
Jonze, Spike (Rockville)
The director of Her and Being John Malkovich -
Keaton, Buster (Piqua)
The silent film comedy great known as "The Great Stone Face" -
Keaton, Diane (Los Angeles)
Woody Allen's co-star in Annie Hall -
Kopple, Barbara (New York City)
The documentary maker who did Harlan County, USA -
Kubrick, Stanley (The Bronx)
The director of 2001: A Space Odyssey -
Lansing, Sherry (Chicago)
The first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio -
Lee, Spike (Atlanta)
Outspoken African-American director of Do the Right Thing -
Levinson, Barry (Baltimore)
The director of Diner and Rain Man -
Lewis, Jerry (Newark)
Host of the annual Jerry Lewis telethon -
Linklater, Richard (Houston)
Director of Slackers and School of Rock -
Lloyd, Harold (Burchard)
The silent film comedian who dangled from a clock face in Safety Last -
Lonergan, Kenneth (New York City)
The director of 'You Can Count on Me' -
Lucas, George (Modesto)
The creator of Star Wars -
Lynch, David (Missoula)
The director of Blue Velvet -
Mamet, David (Chicago)
The playwright who wrote Glengarry Glen Ross -
Marshall, Garry (New York City)
The creator of the TV show 'Happy Days' -
Mazursky, Paul (Brooklyn)
The director of An Unmarried Woman -
McCarthy, Tom (New Providence)
The director of Spotlight and The Station Agent -
McKay, Adam (Philadelphia)
The director of Anchorman and The Big Short -
Miller, Bennett (New York City)
Director of the 2005 movie Capote -
Moore, Michael (Flint)
The director of Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine -
Murch, Walter (New York City)
Ace editor of the 1974 film The Conversation -
Nimoy, Leonard (Boston)
Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek -
Orkin, Ruth (Boston)
Photographer of An American Girl in Italy -
Pakula, Alan J. (New York City)
The director of All the President's Men -
Parker, Nate (Norfolk)
The star, writer and director of 2016's 'The Birth of a Nation' -
Peckinpah, Sam (Fresno)
The movie director who made The Wild Bunch -
Peele, Jordan (New York City)
The comedian who wrote and directed the horror film 'Get Out' -
Pennebaker, D.A. (Evanston)
The documentarian who made Dylan's 'Don't Look Back' -
Penn, Sean (Burbank)
The intense actor who won Oscars for Mystic River and Milk -
Perry, Tyler (New Orleans)
Madea in his film Diary of a Mad Black Woman -
Phillips, Todd (New York City)
The director of 'The Hangover' and 'Joker' -
Rae, Issa (Los Angeles)
The creator of the Web series Awkward Black Girl -
Rafelson, Bob (New York City)
The director of the film Five Easy Pieces -
Raimi, Sam (Royal Oak)
Director of The Evil Dead and Spider-Man -
Ramis, Harold (Chicago)
The director of Groundhog Day -
Ratner, Brett (Miami Beach)
The director of the 'Rush Hour' movies -
Ray, Nicholas (Galesville)
The director of the movie Rebel Without A Cause -
Redford, Robert (Santa Monica)
Star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Reichardt, Kelly (Miami)
The independent filmmaker who did 'Meek's Cutoff' -
Reiner, Carl (New York City)
Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show -
Robbins, Tim
Oscar-winning star of Mystic River and Bull Durham -
Rodriguez, Robert (San Antonio)
Filmmaker who did Desperado and Spy Kids -
Romero, George (New York City)
The director of the Night of the Living Dead films -
Roth, Eli (Boston)
The director of 'Hostel' -
Russell, David O. (New York City)
The Oscar-nominated director of The Fighter -
Schrader, Paul (Grand Rapids)
The man who wrote Taxi Driver -
Scorsese, Martin (Queens)
The director of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas -
Singleton, John (Los Angeles)
The writer and director of Boyz N the Hood -
Smith, Kevin (Red Bank)
The director of Clerks and Chasing Amy -
Snyder, Zack (Green Bay)
The director of '300' and 'Man of Steel' -
Soderbergh, Steven (Atlanta)
The Oscar-winning director of the Oceans Eleven films -
Spielberg, Steven (Cincinnati)
The director of Jurassic Park -
Stiller, Ben (New York City)
The star of There's Something About Mary and Zoolander -
Stone, Oliver (New York City)
Controversial director of JFK and Natural Born Killers -
Streisand, Barbra (Brooklyn)
The Oscar-winning star of Funny Girl -
Tarantino, Quentin (Knoxville)
Writer and director of Pulp Fiction -
Taymor, Julie (Newton)
The director of the Broadway musical The Lion King -
Thornton, Billy Bob (Hot Springs)
The writer, director and star of Sling Blade -
Tucci, Stanley (Peekskill)
Nigel, the fashion consultant in The Devil Wears Prada -
Van Sant, Gus (Louisville)
Director of Good Will Hunting -
Vinton, Will (McMinnville)
Creator of the California Raisins -
Warhol, Andy (Pittsburgh)
The pop artist who painted a Campbell's Soup can -
Waters, John (Baltimore)
Oddball filmmaker who made Polyester and Pecker -
Welles, Orson (Kenosha)
The man who made Citizen Kane -
Whedon, Joss (New York City)
The guy behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer -
Whitaker, Forest (Longview)
Oscar-winning star of The Last King of Scotland -
Wilder, Gene (Milwaukee)
Frizzy-haired star of Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein -
Yauch, Adam (New York City)
MCA from the rap group Beastie Boys -
Zeitlin, Benh (New York City)
The director of Beasts of the Southern Wild -
Zombie, Rob (Haverhill)
Front man for the rock band White Zombie