Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog, born on September 5th, 1942, is a German filmmaker, actor, opera director, and author. He is considered a pioneer of the New German...
Category: Directors
Umberto Lenzi
Umberto Lenzi was born on August 6, 1931, in Massa Marittima, Italy. At an early age, he developed a passion for movies and founded several...
Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish filmmaker and theater director, born on July 14, 1918, and passed away on July 30, 2007. He is widely regarded...
William Friedkin
William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter closely identified with the “New...
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. He is best known for directing films in the science fiction, crime, and historical...
Paul Verhoeven
Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his...
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His...
Robert Zemeckis
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner...
Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson was born as an only child in a small coast-side town in New Zealand in 1961. When a friend of his parents bought...
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner, and he had three siblings....
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 – 1942) and East End greengrocer William...