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By Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Martin Scorsese
USA, (1942-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967),
Boxcar Bertha (1972),
Mean Streets (1973),
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974),
Taxi Driver (1976),
New York, New York (1977),
The Last Waltz (1978),
Raging Bull (1980),
The King of Comedy (1983),
After Hours (1985),
The Color of Money (1986),
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988),
New York Stories (1989) [segment],
Goodfellas (1990),
Cape Fear (1991),
The Age of Innocence (1993),
Casino (1995),
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995),
Kundun (1997),
Bringing Out the Dead (1999),
My Voyage to Italy (1999),
Gangs of New York (2002),
The Aviator (2004),
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005),
The Departed (2006),
Shine a Light (2008),
Shutter Island (2010),
Hugo (2011),
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013),
Silence (2016),
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019),
The Irishman (2019),
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Ridley Scott
UK, (1937-) [IMDB]
Interview
Selected Filmography:
The Duellists (1977),
Alien (1979),
Blade Runner (1982),
Legend (1986),
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987),
Black Rain (1989),
Thelma and Louise (1991),
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992),
White Squall (1996),
G.I. Jane (1997),
Gladiator (2000),
Hannibal (2001),
Black Hawk Down (2001),
Matchstick Men (2003),
Kingdom of Heaven (2005),
A Good Year (2006),
American Gangster (2007),
Body of Lies (2008),
Robin Hood (2010),
Prometheus (2012),
The Counselor (2013),
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014),
The Martian (2015),
Alien: Covenant (2017),
All the Money in the World (2017),
The Last Duel (2021),
House of Gucci (2021),
Napoleon (2023)
Ousmane Sembene
Senegal, (1923-2007) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Borom sarret (1963),
Niaye (1964),
Black Girl (1966),
Mandabi (1968),
Tauw (1970),
Emitaï (1971),
Xala (1975),
Ceddo (1977),
Camp de Thiaroye (1988),
Guelwaar (1992),
Faat Kiné (2001),
Moolaadé (2004)
Don Siegel
USA, (1912-1991) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Star in the Night (1945),
The Verdict (1946),
The Big Steal (1949),
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952),
Private Hell 36 (1954),
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954),
Crime in the Streets (1956),
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956),
Baby Face Nelson (1957),
The Gun Runners (1958),
The Lineup (1958),
Flaming Star (1960),
Hell Is for Heroes (1962),
The Killers (1964),
Coogan's Bluff (1968),
Madigan (1968),
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970),
The Beguiled (1971),
Dirty Harry (1971),
Charley Varrick (1973),
The Black Windmill (1974),
The Shootist (1976),
Telefon (1977),
Escape from Alcatraz (1979),
Rough Cut (1980),
Jinxed! (1982)
Douglas Sirk
Germany, (1897-1987) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Das Hofkonzert (1936),
La Habanera (1937),
To New Shores (1937),
Hitler's Madman (1943),
Summer Storm (1944),
A Scandal in Paris (1946),
Lured (1947),
Sleep, My Love (1948),
Shockproof (1949),
Slightly French (1949),
The First Legion (1951),
Thunder on the Hill (1951),
Week-End with Father (1951),
Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952),
No Room for the Groom (1952),
All I Desire (1953),
Take Me to Town (1953),
Magnificent Obsession (1954),
Sign of the Pagan (1954),
Taza, Son of Cochise (1954),
All That Heaven Allows (1955),
Captain Lightfoot (1955),
Never Say Goodbye (1956),
There's Always Tomorrow (1955),
Written on the Wind (1956),
Battle Hymn (1957),
Interlude (1957),
The Tarnished Angels (1957),
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958),
Imitation of Life (1959)
Steven Soderbergh
USA, (1963-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989),
Kafka (1991),
King of the Hill (1993),
The Underneath (1995),
Schizopolis (1996),
Gray's Anatomy (1996),
Out of Sight (1998),
The Limey (1999),
Erin Brockovich (2000),
Traffic (2000),
Ocean's Eleven (2001),
Full Frontal (2002),
Solaris (2002),
Eros (2004),
Ocean's Twelve (2004),
Bubble (2006),
The Good German (2006),
Ocean's Thirteen (2007),
Che (2008),
The Girlfriend Experience (2009),
The Informant! (2009),
And Everything Is Going Fine (2010),
Contagion (2011),
Haywire (2011),
Magic Mike (2012),
Side Effects (2013),
Behind the Candelabra (2013),
The Knick (2014-2015),
Logan Lucky (2017),
Unsane (2018),
High Flying Bird (2019),
The Laundromat (2019),
Let Them All Talk (2020),
No Sudden Move (2021),
Kimi (2022),
Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023),
Presence (2024)
Alexander Sokurov
Russia, (1951-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Lonely Voice of Man (1987),
Moscow Elegy (1987),
Days of Eclipse (1988),
The Second Circle (1990),
The Stone (1992),
Whispering Pages (1994),
Mother and Son (1997),
Moloch (1999),
Elegy of a Voyage (2001),
Taurus (2001),
Russian Ark (2002),
Father and Son (2003),
The Sun (2005),
Alexandra (2007),
Faust (2011),
Francofonia (2015).
Fairytale (2022)
Steven Spielberg
USA, (1946-) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
Duel (1971),
The Sugarland Express (1974),
Jaws (1975),
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977),
1941 (1979),
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981),
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982),
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983),
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984),
The Color Purple (1985),
Empire of the Sun (1987),
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989),
Always (1989),
Hook (1991),
Jurassic Park (1993),
Schindler's List (1993),
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997),
Amistad (1997),
Saving Private Ryan (1998),
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001),
Minority Report (2002),
Catch Me If You Can (2002),
The Terminal (2004),
War of the Worlds (2005),
Munich (2005),
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),
The Adventures of Tintin (2011),
War Horse (2011),
Lincoln (2012),
Bridge of Spies (2015),
The BFG (2016),
The Post (2017),
Ready Player One (2018),
West Side Story (2021),
The Fabelmans (2022)
Preston Sturges
USA, (1898-1959) [IMDB]
Selected Filmography:
The Great McGinty (1940),
Christmas in July (1940),
The Lady Eve (1941),
Sullivan's Travels (1941),
The Palm Beach Story (1942),
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944),
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944),
The Great Moment (1944),
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947),
Unfaithfully Yours (1948),
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949),
The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955)
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