David Lynch

David Lynch

male, 63 years old
inland empire, the elephant man, Surreal, Mulholland Dr, blue velvet, Corcoran School of Art…Venice Film Festival, cannesfilmfestival, narrative film, film director
David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, painter, video artist, and performance artist. Lynch has received three Academy...
Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

male, 76 years old
César Award winner, atheist, Polyglot, French, arthouse, Polish-French…film producer, cannesfilmfestival, film director
Roman Polanski (born August 18, 1933) is a film director, writer, actor and producer. After beginning his career in Poland, he became a celebrated...
Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

male, 68 years old
time bandits, Brazil (movie), 12 Monkeys, Captain Chaos, Terence Vance Gilliam, Terry Spam Sausage…cannesfilmfestival, film director
Terrence Vance Gilliam (born November 22, 1940) is an American-born British filmmaker, animator, and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe....
Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders

male, 64 years old
buena vista social club, Düsseldorf, Producer, Palme d'Or, German-language film director, Playwright…Locarno International Film Festival, film director, cannesfilmfestival, film producer, Paris Texas film director
Ernst Wilhelm ("Wim") Wenders is a German film director, playwright, photographer, and producer. He was born in Düsseldorf.
Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

male, 67 years old
German-language film director, 2005 Sundance Film Festival, opera, From Munich, New German Cinema, film director…cannesfilmfestival
Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director. He is often associated with the German New Wave movement (also...
Paul Newman

Paul Newman

male, 84 years old
Newman's Own, from Westport, Connecticut, Emmy Award winner, BAFTA winner, Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe, cannesfilmfestival…cannes, Western film actor, film director, film actor
Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film...
Cristian Mungiu

Cristian Mungiu

male, 41 years old
Filmmaker, Palme d'Or, From Iasi, University of Iaşi alumni, 2007 Cannes Film Festival, bucharest…film festival, feature film, film director, cannesfilmfestival, short film
Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker, and winner of the Palme d'Or in 2007. After studying English literature at the University of Iaşi, he w...
Michael Winterbottom

Michael Winterbottom

male, 48 years old
atheist, Alumni of the University of Bristol, Oxford University, From blackburn, Palme d'Or, Silver Bear for Best Director recipient…cannesfilmfestival, film director, film school
Michael Winterbottom (b. March 29 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a prolific British filmmaker, who has directed fifteen films in the past twelve...
Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

male, 50 years old
Golden Orange winner, uzak, cocoon, bogazici university, koza, kasaba…film director, cannesfilmfestival, Film editor, film producer
Nuri Bilge Ceylan (born 1959 in Istanbul) is a Turkish photographer and a film director.
Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

male, 54 years old
film director, bosnian, Film editor, FPR Yugoslavia, Bass guitarist, cannes…Film director from Bosnia and Herzegovina, cannesfilmfestival, Time of the Gypsies film director, Arizona Dream film director, film producer
Emir Kusturica (born November 24, 1954) is a Bosnian filmmaker born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then FPR Yugoslavia). With an impressive...