Luc Besson ( born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, writer, and producer. He is the creator of EuropaCorp film company. He has been involved with over 50 films, spanning 26 years, as writer, director, and/or producer.
David Yates achieved international attention for his award-winning short films early in his career, which led to him becoming a prolific television director with credits including the BBC costume drama The Way We Live Now, the acclaimed political thriller State of Play and the BAFTA-lauded two-part drama Sex Traffic
Todd Phillips (born December 20, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for directing the comedy films Road Trip, Old School, The Hangover, and Due Date. Phillips was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended New York University Film School, but dropped out in order to focus on completing his first film, the feature-length documentary Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, about the life and death of punk rocker GG Allin.
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry, Jr.; September 13, 1969) is an American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author, and songwriter. Perry wrote and produced many stage plays in the South during the 1990s and early 2000s.
Martin Campbell is a film director. Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand, he moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. Campbell’s first Hollywood movie was Criminal Law and he went on to direct Defenseless and No Escape
John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968) is an American film director, writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is a native of South Los Angeles and claims that “early day-to-day experiences in the hood” formed his point of view in many of his films
Rupert Wyatt is a British writer and film director. He is the co-founder of Picture Farm, the award winning London & New York based production collective. Wyatt studied Film in Paris and while at University started writing for producers Claudie Ossard and Jean-Pierre Ramsay
Lin was born in Taipei, China and grew up in Orange County, California. He earned an MFA in film directing from the UCLA Film School. His solo directorial debut Better Luck Tomorrow (1997’s Shopping for Fangs was co-directed by Quentin Lee) made a huge splash with critics and fans alike.
Wesley Earl “Wes” Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the director of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street and Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer, video game designer and studio executive. In a career spanning five decades, Spielberg’s films have covered many themes and genres.
