Directors and Their Movies (WIP) Flashcards
Known for his unpredictable, violent films, he first earned widespread fame for ‘Pulp Fiction,’ before going on to direct ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and ‘Django Unchained.’
Quentin Tarantino
He is an Academy Award-winning director, screenwriter and producer and films include ‘Jaws,’ ‘E.T.,’ ‘The Color Purple’ and ‘Schindler’s List,’ among many others.
Steven Spielberg
He left for Hollywood in 1939, where his first American film, ‘Rebecca’, won an Academy Award for best picture. He created more than 50 films, including the classics ‘Rear Window,’ ‘The 39 Steps,’ and ‘Psycho.’ Nicknamed the “Master of Suspense,” He received the AFI’s Life Achievement Award in 1979. He died in 1980.
Alfred Hitchcock
This director has produced some of the most memorable films in cinema history, including the iconic ‘Taxi Driver’ and Academy Award-winner ‘The Departed’. Other memorable works include ‘Casino’ and ‘Goodfellas.’
Martin Scorsese
He is known for the quirky and humorous films which include ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ ‘The Darjeeling Limited,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel.’
Wes Anderson
He was an American filmmaker best known for directing ‘Dr. Strangelove,’ ‘Clockwork Orange,’ ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘The Shining,’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket.’
Stanley Kubrick
He is a writer, producer and director known for his creation of the enormously successful ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ film franchises.
George Lucas
This director and screenwriter is known for dark, offbeat films that include ‘Eraserhead’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ and for creating the television series ‘Twin Peaks.’
David Lynch
He is an innovative film director and screenwriter who’s helmed several early 21st century megahits, including ‘Memento’, ‘Inception,’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’
Christopher Nolan
This director, producer, and screenwriter is known for such films as ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Edward Scissorhands,’ which blend themes of fantasy and horror.
Tim Burton
This New Zealand native is best known as a director for his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy, which won 11 Oscars.
Peter Jackson
He is an American film director known for his meticulous process and dark movies, including ‘Alien,’ ‘Fight Club,’ and ‘Seven.’
David Fincher
This Oscar-winning director is best known for the highly acclaimed, box-office hits ‘Aliens,’ ‘Titanic,’ and ‘Avatar.’
James Cameron
This director, producer, and screenwriter is best known for creating ‘The Godfather’ film series starring Marlon Brando and Al Pacino.
Francis Ford Coppola
He is an acclaimed English director and producer whose notable hits include ‘Alien,’ ‘Thelma & Louise,’ ‘Gladiator,’ ‘Black Hawk Down,’ and ‘The Martian.’
Ridley Scott
He has made his name as a popular television and film actor, and went on to become an acclaimed filmmaker, directing several Academy Award-winning films, such as ‘Unforgiven,’ ‘Mystic River,’ ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ and ‘The Changeling.’
Clint Eastwood
He is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing big-budget action films characterized by fast edits, stylistic visuals and extreme use of special effects. Some of his works include ‘Transformers,’ ‘Pearl Harbor,’ and ‘Project Almanac’
Michael Bay
This Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director is best known for the hit films ‘Platoon,’ ‘Scarface,’ ‘Born on the Fourth of July,’ and ‘Natural Born Killers.’
Oliver Stone
He is known for his roles on the shows ‘Happy Days’ and ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ and as the director of such acclaimed films as ‘A Beautiful Mind’ and ‘Apollo 13.’
Ron Howard
He is a screenwriter, director and producer known for TV shows like ‘Felicity’ and ‘Alias’ as well as films like ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Super 8,’ and ‘Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.’
J.J. Abrams
He has directed several popular music videos and films, earning an Academy Award nomination for ‘Being John Malkovich’ and an Oscar win for ‘Her.’
Spike Jonze
She is a film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. She directed ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and ‘Lost in Translation,’ winning an Oscar for the latter. She became the first American woman to win the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
Sofia Coppola
He is a filmmaker and screenwriter known for focusing on supernatural plots. He is best known for directing ‘The Sixth Sense,’ which was released in 1999 to wide acclaim, including six Academy Award nominations.
M. Night Shyamalan
This acclaimed Mexican director is known for films like ‘Hell Boy,’ ‘Pacific Rim,’ and ‘Crimson Peak,’ as well as the Oscar-nominated ‘Pan’s Labyrinth.’
Guillermo del Toro
This producer, director, writer and actor creates controversial films that explore race relations, political issues and urban crime and violence. His films include ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ and ‘Do the Right Thing.’
Spike Lee
He is a director and producer of film and stage. His box-office hits include ‘Meatballs,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ and ‘Kindergarten Cop.’
Ivan Reitman
Famous for his character “The Tramp,” the sweet little man with a bowler hat, mustache and cane, he was an iconic figure of the silent-film era and one of film’s first superstars.
Charlie Chaplin
Born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he began his career as a stage actor before going on to radio, creating his unforgettable version of H.G. Wells’ ‘War of the Worlds.’ In film, he left his artistically indelible mark with such films as ‘Citizen Kane’ and ‘The Magnificent Ambersons.’ He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, on October 10, 1985.
Orson Welles
His most acclaimed directorial work includes his dark 1998 production of ‘Cabaret,’ ‘American Beauty,’ which earned him the 2000 Academy Award for best director; ‘Jarhead’ and his James Bond movies ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Spectre.’
Sam Mendes
He is a well-known film actor, director and producer, having starred in ‘Braveheart,’ ‘Hamlet,’ ‘Maverick,’ and both the ‘Mad Max’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ series.
Mel Gibson
He is a writer-director whose career has been marked by both hits and misses, with such films as ‘Carrie’ and ‘Bonfire of the Vanities.’
Brian De Palma
