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Altman, Robert: b1925
Director of M*A*S*H, and the acclaimed McCabe and Mrs Miller, Robert Altman's films emphasise character and environment over plot. His later work...
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Brooks, Mel: b1926
Mel Brook's films are best known for their slapstick and verbal humour. They include The Producers, Blazing Saddles...
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Coppola, Francis Ford: b1939
One of the great American filmmakers, Francis Ford Coppola's master pieces include the Oscar winning Godfather trilogy, and the Vietnam war epic,...
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Dalí, Salvador: 1906 - 1989
Salvador Dalí is probably the best known of all the Surrealist painters with his meticulously realistic "hand-painted dream ...
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Greenaway, Peter: b1942
Best known for his Restoration-era film, The Draughtsman's Contract, Peter Greenaway's films characteristically depict social and sexual cruelty in...
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Hitchcock, Alfred: 1899 - 1980
Creator of the classic horror movie Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock is the undisputed master of the thriller. In 1979 Hitchcock received the Life...
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Lean, David: 1908 - 1991
One of Britain's most distinguished directors, David Lean's films include Brief Encounter, Dr Zhivago and A Passage to India. In 1990 he was awarded...
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Minghella, Anthony: b1954
Minghella is regarded as one of the most promising figures in the world of film. His outstanding success The English Patient won 9 Academy...
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Parker, Alan: b1944
The Commitments, Mississippi Burning and Angela's Ashes are some of the films directed by Alan Parker. He started his career as one of London's most...
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Polanski, Roman: b1933
A superbly gifted film maker, responsible for the legendary Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, Roman Polanski is noted for his psychologically-acute...
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Puttnam, David: b1941
The Mission, the Killing Fields and Chariots of Fire are some of the films David Puttnam made during his thirty years as an independent film...
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Russell, Ken: b1927
Noted for his excessive imagery, sensationalism, and bold themes, Ken Russell early on established a reputation as the enfant terrible of British...
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Schlesinger, John: b1926
Probably best known for his Oscar winning film, Midnight Cowboy, John Schlesinger's regards film making as "inventing a world, sometimes adapting a...
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Scorsese, Martin: b1942
One of America's most important filmmakers, Martin Scorsese's movies usually concentrate on people rather than plots. Characters are placed in...
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Spielberg, Steven: b1947
Steven Spielberg's highly entertaining and suspense-packed films, have been criticized for a tendency towards escapism and sentimentality. However he...
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