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Gus Van Sant
USA, (1952-) [IMDB]
Interview 1 and
Interview 2
Selected Filmography:
Mala Noche (1985),
Drugstore Cowboy (1989),
My Own Private Idaho (1991),
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993),
To Die For (1995),
Good Will Hunting (1997),
Psycho (1998),
Finding Forrester (2000),
Gerry (2003),
Elephant (2003),
Last Days (2005),
Paranoid Park (2007),
Milk (2008),
Restless (2011),
Promised Land (2012),
The Sea of Trees (2015),
Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
Agnes Varda
Belgium/France, (1928-2019) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
La Pointe Courte (1955)
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)
Le Bonheur (1965),
Les Créatures (1966),
Daguerréotypes (1975),
One Sings, the Other Doesn't (1977),
Vagabond (1985),
Jacquot de Nantes (1991),
The Gleaners and I (2000),
Cinévardaphoto (2004),
The Beaches of Agnes (2008),
Faces Places (2017),
Varda by Agnès (2019)
Jean Vigo
France, (1905-1934) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
À Propos de Nice (1930),
Taris (1931),
Zero for Conduct (1933),
L'Atalante (1934)
Luchino Visconti
Italy, (1906-1976) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Ossessione (1943),
La Terra Trema (1948),
Bellissima (1951),
Senso (1954),
White Nights (1957),
Rocco and His Brothers (1960),
Boccaccio '70 (1962),
The Leopard (1963),
The Damned (1969),
Death in Venice (1971),
Ludwig (1972),
Conversation Piece (1974),
The Innocent (1976)
Josef von Sternberg
Austria/USA, (1894-1969) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Salvation Hunters (1925),
Underworld (1927),
The Last Command (1928),
The Docks of New York (1928),
Thunderbolt (1929),
The Blue Angel (1930),
Morocco (1930),
Dishonored (1931),
An American Tragedy (1931),
Shanghai Express (1932),
Blonde Venus (1932),
The Scarlet Empress (1934),
The Devil Is a Woman (1935),
Crime and Punishment (1935),
The Shanghai Gesture (1941),
Macao (1952),
Anatahan (1953),
Jet Pilot (1957)
Erich von Stroheim
Austria/USA, (1885-1957) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Blind Husbands (1919),
The Devil's Passkey (1920) [lost],
Foolish Wives (1922),
Merry-Go-Round (1923),
Greed (1924),
The Merry Widow (1925),
The Wedding March (1928),
Queen Kelly (1929),
Hello, Sister! (1933)
Lars von Trier
Denmark, (1956-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Element of Crime (1984),
Epidemic (1987),
Medea (1988),
Europa (1991),
The Kingdom (1994),
Breaking the Waves (1996),
The Kingdom II (1997),
The Idiots (1998),
Dancer in the Dark (2000),
Dogville (2003),
The Five Obstructions (2003),
Manderlay (2005),
The Boss of It All (2006),
Antichrist (2009),
Melancholia (2011),
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013),
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013),
The House That Jack Built (2018)
Raoul Walsh
USA, (1887-1980) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Regeneration (1915),
The Thief of Bagdad (1924),
What Price Glory? (1926),
Sadie Thompson (1928),
In Old Arizona (1929),
The Big Trail (1930),
Me and My Gal (1932),
The Bowery (1933),
Klondike Annie (1936),
The Roaring Twenties (1939),
Dark Command (1940),
They Drive By Night (1940),
They Died with Their Boots On (1941),
The Strawberry Blonde (1941),
High Sierra (1941),
Manpower (1941),
Gentleman Jim (1942),
Objective, Burma! (1945),
The Man I Love (1947),
Pursued (1947),
Silver River (1948),
White Heat (1949),
Colorado Territory (1949),
Distant Drums (1951),
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951),
The Enforcer (1951),
The World in His Arms (1952),
Gun Fury (1953),
Sea Devils (1953),
The Tall Men (1955),
Battle Cry (1955),
The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956),
The King and Four Queens (1956),
Band of Angels (1957),
The Naked and the Dead (1958),
Esther and the King (1960)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand, (1970-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Mysterious Object at Noon (2000),
Blissfully Yours (2002),
The Adventure of Iron Pussy (2003),
Tropical Malady (2004),
Syndromes and a Century (2006),
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010),
Mekong Hotel (2012),
Cemetery of Splendor (2016),
Memoria (2021)
Peter Weir
Australia, (1944-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974),
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975),
The Last Wave (1977),
The Plumber (1979, TV),
Gallipoli (1981),
The Year of Living Dangerously (1983),
Witness (1985),
The Mosquito Coast (1986),
Dead Poets Society (1989),
Green Card (1990),
Fearless (1993),
The Truman Show (1998),
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003),
The Way Back (2010)
Orson Welles
USA, (1915-1985) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Citizen Kane (1941),
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942),
The Stranger (1946),
The Lady from Shanghai (1948),
Macbeth (1948),
Othello (1952),
Mr. Arkadin (1955),
Touch of Evil (1958),
The Fountain of Youth (1958),
The Trial (1962),
Chimes at Midnight (1966),
The Immortal Story (1968),
F for Fake (1973),
Filming Othello (1978),
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Wim Wenders
Germany, (1945-) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972),
The Scarlet Letter (1973),
Alice in the Cities (1974),
Wrong Move (1975),
Kings of the Road (1976),
The American Friend (1977),
Lightning Over Water (1980),
Hammett (1982),
Room 666 (1982),
The State of Things (1982),
Paris, Texas (1984),
Tokyo-Ga (1985),
Wings of Desire (1987),
Notebook on Cities and Clothes (1989),
Until the End of the World (1991),
Faraway, So Close! (1993),
Lisbon Story (1994),
Beyond the Clouds (1995),
The End of Violence (1997),
Buena Vista Social Club (1999),
The Million Dollar Hotel (2000),
The Soul of a Man (2003),
Land of Plenty (2004),
Don't Come Knocking (2005),
Palermo Shooting (2008),
Pina (2011),
The Salt of the Earth (2014),
Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015),
The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (2016),
Submergence (2017),
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018),
Anselm (2023),
Perfect Days (2023)
Ti West
USA, (1980-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Roost (2005),
Trigger Man (2007),
Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009),
The House of the Devil (2009),
The Innkeepers (2011),
V/H/S (2012) [segment],
The ABCs of Death (2012) [segment],
The Sacrament (2013),
In a Valley of Violence (2016),
X (2022),
Pearl (2022),
MaXXXine (2024)
James Whale
UK, (1889-1957) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Journey's End (1930),
Frankenstein (1931),
Waterloo Bridge (1931),
The Old Dark House (1932),
The Impatient Maiden (1932),
The Invisible Man (1933),
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933),
By Candlelight (1933),
One More River (1934),
Bride of Frankenstein (1935),
Remember Last Night? (1935),
Show Boat (1936),
The Great Garrick (1937),
The Road Back (1937),
Sinners in Paradise (1938),
Wives Under Suspicion (1938),
Port of Seven Seas (1938),
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939),
Green Hell (1940),
They Dare Not Love (1941),
Hello Out There (1949)
Billy Wilder
Austria-Hungary/USA, (1906-2002) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Major and the Minor (1942),
Five Graves to Cairo (1943),
Double Indemnity (1944),
The Lost Weekend (1945),
The Emperor Waltz (1948),
A Foreign Affair (1948),
Sunset Boulevard (1950),
Ace in the Hole (1951),
Stalag 17 (1953),
Sabrina (1954),
The Seven Year Itch (1955),
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957),
Love in the Afternoon (1957),
Witness for the Prosecution (1957),
Some Like It Hot (1959),
The Apartment (1960),
One, Two, Three (1961),
Irma La Douce (1963),
Kiss Me, Stupid (1964),
The Fortune Cookie (1966),
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970),
Avanti! (1972),
The Front Page (1974),
Fedora (1978),
Buddy Buddy (1981)
Robert Wise
USA, (1914-2005) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
The Curse of the Cat People (1944),
Mademoiselle Fifi (1944),
The Body Snatcher (1945),
A Game of Death (1945),
Criminal Court (1946),
Born to Kill (1947),
Blood on the Moon (1948),
Mystery in Mexico (1948),
The Set-Up (1949),
Three Secrets (1950),
Two Flags West (1950),
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951),
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951),
Something for the Birds (1952),
The Captive City (1952),
So Big (1953),
The Desert Rats (1953),
Destination Gobi (1953),
Executive Suite (1954),
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956),
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956),
Helen of Troy (1956),
Until They Sail (1957),
This Could Be the Night (1957),
Run Silent Run Deep (1958),
I Want to Live! (1958),
Odds Against Tomorrow (1959),
West Side Story (1961),
Two for the Seesaw (1962),
The Haunting (1963),
The Sound of Music (1965),
The Sand Pebbles (1966),
Star! (1968),
The Andromeda Strain (1971),
Two People (1973),
The Hindenburg (1975),
Audrey Rose (1977),
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979),
Rooftops (1989)
Frederick Wiseman
USA, (1930-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Titicut Follies (1967),
High School (1969),
Law and Order (1969),
Hospital (1970),
Basic Training (1971),
Essene (1972),
Juvenile Court (1973),
Primate (1974),
Welfare (1975),
Meat (1976),
Canal Zone (1977),
Model (1980),
The Store (1983),
Blind (1987),
Missile (1988),
Near Death (1989),
Central Park (1990),
Aspen (1991),
Zoo (1993),
High School II (1994),
Ballet (1995),
Public Housing (1997),
Belfast, Maine (1999),
Domestic Violence (2001),
Domestic Violence 2 (2002),
The Last Letter (2002),
State Legislature (2007),
La Danse (2009),
Boxing Gym (2010)
Crazy Horse (2011),
At Berkeley (2013),
National Gallery (2014),
In Jackson Heights (2015),
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (2017),
Monrovia, Indiana (2018),
City Hall (2020),
Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
Wong Kar-wai
China/Hong Kong, (1956-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
As Tears Go By (1988),
Days of Being Wild (1991),
Chungking Express (1994),
Ashes of Time (1994),
Fallen Angels (1995),
Happy Together (1997),
In the Mood for Love (2000),
2046 (2004),
Eros (2004),
My Blueberry Nights (2007),
Ashes of Time Redux (2008),
The Grandmaster (2013)
John Woo
China/Hong Kong, (1946-) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
Hand of Death (1976),
Last Hurrah for Chivalry (1979),
From Riches to Rags (1980),
Laughing Times (1981),
Run, Tiger, Run (1985),
Heroes Shed No Tears (1986),
A Better Tomorrow (1986),
A Better Tomorrow II (1987),
Just Heroes (1989),
The Killer (1989),
Bullet in the Head (1990),
Once a Thief (1991),
Hard Boiled (1992),
Hard Target (1993),
Broken Arrow (1996),
Face/Off (1997),
Mission: Impossible II (2000),
Windtalkers (2002),
Paycheck (2003),
Red Cliff (2009),
Reign of Assassins (2010),
The Crossing (2014),
The Crossing 2 (2015),
Manhunt (2017),
Silent Night (2023),
The Killer (2024)
Edgar Wright
UK, (1974-) [IMDB]
Interview |
Interview
Selected Filmography:
Shaun of the Dead (2004),
Hot Fuzz (2007),
Grindhouse (2007) [segment],
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010),
Attack the Block (2011) [producer],
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) [writer],
The World's End (2013),
Ant-Man (2015) [writer/producer],
Baby Driver (2017),
The Sparks Brothers (2021),
Last Night in Soho (2021)
Edward Yang
China/Taiwan, (1947-2007) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
That Day, on the Beach (1983),
Taipei Story (1985),
The Terrorizers (1986),
A Brighter Summer Day (1991),
A Confucian Confusion (1994),
Mahjong (1996),
Yi Yi (2000)
Robert Zemeckis
USA, (1952-) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978),
Used Cars (1980),
Romancing the Stone (1984),
Back to the Future (1985),
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988),
Back to the Future Part II (1989),
Back to the Future Part III (1990),
Death Becomes Her (1992),
Forrest Gump (1994),
Contact (1997),
What Lies Beneath (2000),
Cast Away (2000),
The Polar Express (2004),
Beowulf (2007),
A Christmas Carol (2009),
Flight (2012),
The Walk (2015),
Allied (2016),
Welcome to Marwen (2018),
The Witches (2020),
Pinocchio (2022)
Terry Zwigoff
USA, (1949-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Louie Bluie (1985),
Crumb (1995),
Ghost World (2001),
Bad Santa (2003),
Art School Confidential (2006),
Budding Prospects (2017)
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