A

• Abbas KiarostamiIranian filmmaker (1941–2016)
• Academy Award for Best PictureAnnual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• AFI's 100 Years...100 LaughsPart of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs is a list of the top 100
• Agnès VardaFrench filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019)
• Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker (1910–1998)
• Alfred HitchcockEnglish filmmaker (1899–1980)
• Andrei TarkovskySoviet filmmaker (1932–1986)
• Ang LeeTaiwanese filmmaker (born 1954)
• AuteurLeader of a collaborative work comparable to the author of a book

B

• Billy WilderAustrian and American filmmaker (1906–2002)
• Buster KeatonAmerican actor and filmmaker (1895–1966)

C

• Carl Theodor DreyerDanish film director (1889–1968)
• Cecil B. DeMilleAmerican filmmaker and actor (1881–1959)
• Cheryl CrawfordCheryl Crawford (September 24, 1902 – October 7, 1986) was an American theatre producer an
• Childwickbury ManorChildwickbury Manor is a manor house in the hamlet of Childwickbury, Hertfordshire, Englan
• Christopher NolanBritish and American filmmaker (born 1970)

D

• D. W. GriffithAmerican filmmaker (1875–1948)
• David LeanEnglish filmmaker and editor (1908–1991)
• David LynchAmerican filmmaker (1946–2025)
• DesignerPerson who designs

E

• Edmund H. NorthEdmund Hall North (March 12, 1911 – August 28, 1990) was an American screenwriter who shar
• Elia KazanGreek-American theatre director and filmmaker (1909–2003)

F

• Federico FelliniItalian filmmaker (1920–1993)
• Francis Ford CoppolaAmerican filmmaker (born 1939)
• François TruffautFrench filmmaker (1932–1984)
• Frank CapraItalian-born American film director (1897–1991)
• Fritz LangAustrian filmmaker (1890–1976)

G

• Genealogies of PainGenealogies of Pain is a coffee table book that was released on April 30, 2011 by Marilyn
• George LucasAmerican filmmaker and entrepreneur (born 1944)
• George Lucas bibliographyA list of books and essays about George Lucas:
• Georges MélièsFrench filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
• Guru DuttIndian filmmaker and actor (1925–1964)

H

• Hayao MiyazakiJapanese animator and artist (born 1941)
• Hitchcock/TruffautHitchcock/Truffaut is a 1966 book by François Truffaut about Alfred Hitchcock, originally
• Howard HawksAmerican film director (1896–1977)

I

• Ida LupinoBritish actress (1918–1995)
• Ingmar BergmanSwedish filmmaker (1918–2007)
• Irving ThalbergAmerican film producer (1899–1936)

J

• Jack L. WarnerCanadian-born American film executive (1892–1978)
• James CameronCanadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)
• Jean CocteauFrench writer and film director (1889–1963)
• Jean RenoirFrench filmmaker (1894–1979)
• Jean-Luc GodardFrench and Swiss film director (1930–2022)
• Jim HensonAmerican puppeteer (1936–1990)
• John FordAmerican film director (1894–1973)

L

• Leni RiefenstahlGerman filmmaker (1902–2003)
• Louis B. MayerCanadian-American film producer (1884–1957)
• Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
• Lumière brothersFrench brothers, filmmakers and inventors
• Lupino familyThe Lupino family (Italian: ) is a British theatre family which traces its roots to an Ita

M

• Maisons-LaffitteMaisons-Laffitte (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the n
• Martin ScorseseAmerican filmmaker (born 1942)
• Michelangelo AntonioniItalian filmmaker (1912–2007)
• Milly-la-ForêtMilly-la-Forêt (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Essonne department in the Île-

O

• Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)
• Ousmane SembèneSenegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author (1923–2007)

P

• Play It Again, Sam (play)Play It Again, Sam is a 1969 Broadway play written by and starring Woody Allen. A substant
• PöckingPöcking is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria, Germany. It is best kno

Q

• Quentin TarantinoAmerican filmmaker (born 1963)

R

• Raj KapoorIndian actor and filmmaker (1924–1988)
• Ramon Magsaysay AwardNational award in Philippines
• Robert BressonFrench filmmaker (1901–1999)
• Roman PolanskiPolish and French filmmaker (born 1933)
• Royal Dramatic TheatreBuilding in Stockholm, Sweden

S

• Samuel GoldwynPolish–American film producer (1882–1974)
• Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)
• Sergei EisensteinSoviet-Russian filmmaker and theorist (1898–1948)
• Side Effects (Allen book)Side Effects is an anthology of 17 comical short essays written by Woody Allen between 197
• Stanley KubrickAmerican filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)
• Steven SpielbergAmerican filmmaker (born 1946)
• Substitution spliceThe substitution splice or stop trick is a cinematic special effect in which filmmakers ac
• Sylvia ThalbergSylvia Thalberg (August 26, 1907 – April 9, 1988) was an American screenwriter. Her brothe

T

• The Air Is on FireThe Air Is on Fire was a retrospective on the art work of artist and filmmaker David Lynch
• Tokyo City1889–1943 municipality in Japan
• Transcendental MeditationForm of mantra meditation

V

• Vittorio De SicaItalian film director and actor (1901–1974)

W

• Werner HerzogGerman director, producer, screenwriter (born 1942)
• William WylerGerman-born American film director (1902–1981)
• Wong Kar-waiHong Kong filmmaker (born 1958)
• Woody AllenAmerican filmmaker and actor (born 1935)

Y

• Yasujirō OzuJapanese filmmaker (1903–1963)