- Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur indie filmmaker whose films used postmodern nonlinear storylines, and stylized violence interwoven with often-obscure cinematic references. His films include "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), " Pulp Fiction" (1994), "Jackie Brown" (1997), "Kill Bill" (Vol. 1 2003, Vol. - George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is a four-time Academy Award nominated American film director, producer, and screenwriter famous for his epic "Star Wars" saga and Indiana Jones films — the latter a collaboration with his friend Steven Spielberg. He is one of American film industry's most financially successful independent directors and producers, with an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion. - Christian Bale
Christian Charles Philip Bale (also known professionally as Christian Morgan Bale; born 30 January, 1974) is a Welsh-born, English method actor who is known for his roles in the films "American Psycho", "Equilibrium", "Batman Begins" and "The Prestige", among others. Bale is also known for his versatility as an actor, including mimicking nearly any English-language-based accent, … - Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an Mexican-American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. Rodriguez shoots and produces many of his films in Texas and Mexico. - Ewan McGregor
I was born on March 31, 1971, in Perth Royal Hospital, Scotland. I was the second son of teachers Jim and Carol McGregor. My brother Colin, a tornado fighter pilot, is two years older than me. I grew up in the small town of Crieff - Christina Ricci
Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actress. Ricci made her acting debut at age 10, starring with Cher and Winona Ryder in the 1990 film "Mermaids", followed by a small role in 1992's "The Hard Way". Her breakout role was as the dark 12-year-old Wednesday Addams in the successful "The Addams Family" film (1991) and its sequel, "Addams Family Values" (1993), … - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maggie Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. She is the older sister of Jake Gyllenhaal and the daughter of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. Gyllenhaal began her acting career in a film directed by her father, and later achieved recognition in her own right playing her real-life brother's on-screen sister in the cult hit "Donnie Darko". Gyllenhaal made her breakthrough in the sadomasochistic romance, … - John Cassavetes
John Nicholas Cassavetes was a Greek American actor, screenwriter, and director. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film. - Parker Posey
Displaying an off-kilter beauty and an ability to embrace the comically bizarre, Parker Posey has been repeatedly referred to as "The Queen of the Indies." Following her indie debut in Richard Linklater 's 1993 Dazed and Confused , Posey went on to star in no less than 15 independent features over the next five years, proving time and again how worthy she was of her royal title. Born in Baltimore on November 8, 1968, Posey was named after '50s model and sometimes-actress Suzy Parker . - Brian de Palma
Brian De Palma (born Brian Russell DePalma on September 11 1940 in Newark, New Jersey) is a prolific, and controversial American film director. De Palma is often cited as a leading member of the New Hollywood generation of film directors, a distinct pedigree who either emerged from film schools or are overtly cine-literate. His contemporaries include Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader, John Milius, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg. - Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley (b. November 3 1959, Lindenhurst, New York) is an American film director and writer, and a pioneer of the independent film movement who was educated at the State University of New York at Purchase. Early on, Hartley was interested in painting and attended the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. While studying there, he took a few courses in filmmaking and realized that this was what he wanted to do. - Lili Taylor
Lili Taylor (born February 20 1967) is an American film and television actress. Taylor, the second youngest of six children, was born in Glencoe, Illinois to Marie, a professional babysitter, and Park Taylor, a folk artist and hardware store operator. She grew up in a "warm family environment" and has described herself as being a "tomboy" and "a bit of a searcher" during her childhood. She graduated from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, … - Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American film and television actress. She is well known for her role as Lynette Scavo, the hectic busy Super-Mom on the ABC hit show "Desperate Housewives" which debuted in 2004. A year later, her role as a transwoman in the independent film "Transamerica" was praised by many critics and earned her a Golden Globe Award. - Christine Vachon
Christine Vachon (b. 1962, Manhattan, New York City) is an American movie producer known for producing challenging, independent films which also happen to be commercially successful. Vachon came to prominence as the producer of a number of films with a Queer theme in the early 1990s, and has been called the "godmother" of New Queer Cinema, although she herself resists the title. - Liev Schreiber
Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the "Scream" series. - Thomas Haden Church
Thomas Haden Church (born June 17, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actor. - Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American character actor. Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky to Ersel and Sheridan Harry Stanton, who divorced when Stanton was in high school; they later re-married. He had two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph. Stanton attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied journalism and radio arts. He also studied at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California. - Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. Gordon-Levitt began as a child actor, becoming known for his role on the series "3rd Rock from the Sun", and subsequently developing into adult roles, having strongly concentrated on independent films (including "Brick" and "The Lookout") and receiving positive reviews for his performances. - Seymour Cassel
Seymour Joseph Cassel (born January 22, 1935 or 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American character actor. Cassel was born in Detroit, Michigan to Pancretia Ann Kearney and Seymour Joseph Cassel. Cassel's early career was tied to fellow actor John Cassavetes. He made his movie debut in Cassavetes' first film, "Shadows", on which he also served as associate producer. - Eric Stoltz
Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor widely considered a prominent and diverse actor in independent film. He has appeared in movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Mask", "Some Kind of Wonderful", "Memphis Belle", "Rob Roy", "Little Women", "The Waterdance", "Pulp Fiction", "Kicking and Screaming", and "The House of Mirth". - Chris Gore
Christian "Chris" Gore is a speaker and writer on the topic of independent film. He was born September 5, 1965 in Big Rapids, Michigan. He is the main writer and the founder of "Film Threat", a project dedicated to championing independent and underground movies. He appears weekly on the G4 television program "Attack of the Show" in a segment entitled "DVDuesday" in which he reviews the newest DVD movies released that day. - Jena Malone
Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress. She is widely known for starring in a large number of independent films. She made her film debut with a critically acclaimed performance in "Bastard Out of Carolina" (1996). Malone is perhaps best known for her roles in "Donnie Darko" (2001), "Saved!" (2004), and "Stepmom" (1997). - Paul Dano
Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19 1984) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Dwayne in the feature film "Little Miss Sunshine" and his supporting roles in several other independent films. He also starred in "L.I.E." and has appeared in several Broadway productions including "A Christmas Carol", "Ragtime", "Inherit the Wind", "A Month in the Country", and "A Thousand Clowns" at the Roundabout Theatre. - Gregg Araki
Biography : One of the angriest, most unconventional, and relentlessly intriguing voices in independent cinema, filmmaker Gregg Araki emerged on the film scene with the subtlety of a gunshot to the head with The Living End in 1992. His story of two HIV-positive gay lovers on a highway rampage quickly established him as one of the key figures in the "New Queer Cinema." - Molly Parker
Molly Parker (born mid June, 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian actress notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and for her roles in the HBO television series "Deadwood" and "Six Feet Under". She has one son, William, born on 13 October, 2006. She first came to public attention in the 1996 Lynne Stopkewich film "Kissed", in which Parker starred as a sympathetically portrayed necrophiliac. - Harmony Korine
Harmony Korine (born January 4 1973) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and author. He is best known for the screenplay "Kids" and for directing the movies "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey-Boy". He has been a seminal figure in independent film, music and art throughout the past decade. - Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz (born October 15 1959 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American screenwriter and independent film director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking socially conscious satire. Solondz is seen to explore the emotions of his characters to reveal the flaws in human nature. While his films are relatively uncommercial, Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", … - David O. Russell
David Owen Russell is an American film director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote "Three Kings" and the existential comedy "I ♥ Huckabees ". Earlier films include independent films "Flirting with Disaster" and "Spanking the Monkey". Russell was born in Larchmont, New York to a Jewish father and an Italian Catholic mother. He graduated from Amherst College in 1981, majoring in political science and English. - Dylan Baker
Dylan Baker (born October 7, 1959) is an American actor known for playing supporting roles in both major studio movies and independent films. - Noah Baumbach
Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American independent film writer and director. He attended Midwood High School (1987) and Vassar College. He is the son of novelist/film critic Jonathan Baumbach and "Village Voice" critic Georgia Brown. He made his writing and directing debut at the age of 24 with "Kicking and Screaming" (1995), a comedy about four young men who graduate from college and refuse to move on with their lives, … - Vincent Gallo
Vincent Gallo (born in Buffalo, New York on April 11, 1961) is an American movie actor and director, producer, screenwriter, and musician. Although he has had small roles in mainstream films such as "Goodfellas", he is most associated with independent movies. "Buffalo '66", which he wrote, directed, and starred in, is considered his most notable film. In the 1980s, Gallo worked as a figurative painter in New York City, … - Chloë Sevigny
Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Sevigny, who became well known for starring in a string of critically acclaimed, well received independent films in the 1990s, experienced her mainstream breakout role as Lana in "Boys Don't Cry" (1999), for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. More recently, Sevigny has enjoyed success playing Nicki Grant, … - Aj Schnack
AJ Schnack is an independent filmmaker. He directed "Kurt Cobain About a Son", which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. His first feature film was a documentary about the Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants titled "Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)" - Joe Swanberg
Joe Swanberg (born August 31, 1981 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American independent filmmaker. He is a member of the so-called "Mumblecore" movement. His features include "LOL" (2006), "Kissing on the Mouth" (2005) and "Hannah Takes the Stairs" (2007). He is also responsible for the Nerve.com online series "Young American Bodies" and has made numerous shorts, most of which are available online. - Debi Mazar
Deborah Mazar (born August 15, 1964), better known as Debi Mazar, is an American actress, best known for her trademark "Jersey Girl"-type appearances, and as edgy, sharp-tongued women in independent films. Mazar was born in Queens, New York. Her father, Harry Mazar, was born in the Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, to a Jewish family, … - Catherine Hardwicke
Catherine Harwicke (born Helen Catherine Hardwicke on October 21, 1955) is an American production designer and film director. She is perhaps best known for directing the independent film "Thirteen" and the Biblically-themed "The Nativity Story". - Joe Carnahan
Joseph Aaron Carnahan (born May 9, 1969) is an American independent film director best known for his films "Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane", "Narc" and "Smokin' Aces". He is the brother of screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan. Born in Delaware, raised in Detroit, Michigan and Sacramento, California, Carnahan became employed in the promotional department of Channel 31, a local Sacramento television station, … - Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco (born November 30, 1985) is an American television actress best known for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom "8 Simple Rules". Although she played the oldest child of the family, she is, in reality, six years younger than her co-star, Amy Davidson, who played the middle child. She parodied herself on one episode of "8 Simple Rules" in a cold opening sequence. - Kevin Corrigan
Kevin Corrigan (born Kevin Fitzgerald Corrigan on March 27, 1969 in The Bronx, New York) is an American character actor of Irish and Puerto Rican descent who has appeared mostly in independent films and television since the 1990s. After studying at The Actors Studio, Corrigan made his film debut in 1989 in "Lost Angels" starring Donald Sutherland and Adam Horovitz. - Thomas McCarthy
Thomas McCarthy (born January 30, 1969) is an actor and director who has appeared in several movies, including "Meet the Parents" and "Good Night, and Good Luck", and television shows such as "Boston Public", "Law & Order", and the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of "Saint Maybe". McCarthy directed the independent film "The Station Agent". McCarthy is a graduate of New Providence High School in New Providence, …
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