Alfred Hitchcock
Born: 13 August 1899
Died: 29 April 1980
Sir Alfred Hitchcock was an English film director and producer. he created many techniques in the suspense and physiological thriller genres. He was very successful in both silent films and early "talkies". He moved to Hollywood in 1939. Over a career lasting more than half a century, Hitchcock created a recognizable directing style He created the use of a camera made to move to mimics a person's gaze, meaning viewers could watch film in a whole different way and angle. He framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used creative and new film editing . His stories often featured fugitives on the run from the law alongside "icy blonde" female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring depictions of violence, murder, and crime. Many of the mysteries, however, are used as decoys or "MacGuffins" that help the film's themes and the psychological examinations of the characters. Hitchcock's films also use many themes from psychoanalysis. Hitchcock directed over 50 feature films in a career that lasted 6 decades.
Rear Window (1954)
Psycho (1960)
Vertigo (1958)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Steven Spielberg:
Born: 18 December 1946
Steven Spielberg is an American film director, screen writer and producer with a career lasting over 4 decades. His films have covered many themes and genres. His early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster film making. He then when on to make films that addressed humanistic problems such as terrorism. He is considered one of the most influential film makers in the history of cinema.
Top 4 rated films:
Raiders of the lost ark (1981)
E.T the extra terrestrial (1982)
Jaws (1975)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
James Cameron
Born: 16 August 1954
James Cameron is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, and editor.In total,Cameron's directorial efforts have grossed approximately US$2 billion in North America and US$6 billion worldwide. Not adjusted for inflation,Cameron's Titanic and Avatar are the two highest-grossing films of all time at $2.19 billion and$2.78 billion. He became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write & direct Aliens (1986) and three years later followed up with The Abyss (1989).
Top 4 rated films:
Titanic (1997)
Aliens (1986)
Terminator (1984)
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)
Quentin Tarantino
Born: 27 March 1963
Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. His films have been characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter and an aestheticization of violence that often results in the exhibition of neo-noir characteristics. He has been called a“Director DJ”, as he combines old pictures and sounds to make new ones. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with the release of Reservoir Dogs in 1992; regarded as a classic and cult hit, it was called the "Greatest Independent Film of All Time" by Empire magazine. Later on he released Kill Bill, a highly stylized "revenge flick" in the cinematic traditions of Chinese martial arts, spaghetti westerns and Italian horror, followed six years later, and was released as two films: Vol. 1 in 2003, and Vol. 2 in 2004.
Top 4 rated films:
Pulp fiction (1994)
Kill Bill Vol 2 (2004)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)
Martin Scorsese
Born: 17 November 1942
Top 4 rated films:
Martin Scorsese is an American film director,screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation,and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation.Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995) – all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.
Martin Scorsese is an American film director,screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation,and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation.Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995) – all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro.
Top 4 rated films:
Goodfellas (1990)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Raging Bull (1980)
The Departed (2006)
