Directors

SIR ALFRED HITCHCOCK (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980)


-One of the most prominent directors of thriller films who is known to have "helped shape the modern day thriller film genre".

-British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres

-Successfull in the UK, before moving to Hollywood.

-In 2007 Hitchcock was ranked #1 by film critics in The Telegraph's list of 21 greatest British directors
- Examples of his work include 'North by Northwest' (1959), 'Shadow of a doubt' (1943), and 'Rear Window' (1954)

STEVEN ALLAN SPEILBERG (born December 18, 1946)

-American film director, screenwriter, and film producer (a career of over four decades)

-Many films and genres

-He won the Academy Award for Best Director for 1993's Schindler's List and 1998's Saving Private Ryan

-Three of Spielberg's films, Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), broke box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at the time.

-In 2006, Premiere listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the motion picture industry.

DAVID KEITH LYNCH (Born January 20th 1946)

- American filmmaker and visual artist

-Has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, for The Elephant Man (1980), Blue Velvet (1986), and Mulhollan Drive (2001). Has also won awards at the Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival

-Lynch's films are known for "surreal, nightmarish and dreamlike images and meticulously crafted sound design"