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The Directors(TV show/series, 1999-2004)

1h per episode | Genre: Documentary

Documentation in 2 seasons with 50 episodes

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Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

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The Directors Seasons and Episodes

06/01/2002Season 2 - 36 episodes
#1 | 06/01/2002Michael Mann
Documentary about the filmmaker of Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider and recently Collateral .
#2Robert Wise
Profile and filmograhpy of the director whose movies includes The Haunting, The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Want to Live! and West Side Story.
#3Steven Spielberg
The director of Jaws, 1941, and E.T. discusses his film career.
#4Sydney Pollack
Documentary about Sydneny Pollack, the filmmaker of movies as Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and The Way We Were.
#5Milos Forman
Profile and filmograhpy of Milos Forman, whose movies includes Amadeus, One Flew on Cuckoo's Nest, Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flint and Hair.
#6Clint Eastwood
One of the most famous actors ever, Clint Eastwood began his filmmaker career direting the thriller Play Misty for Me. His filmography also includes Bird, High Plains Drifter , The Bridges of Madison County, Absolute Power, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and recently Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.
#7 | 10/04/2003Spike Lee
Spike Lee is the director of the films Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Malcom X, and Bamboozled.
#8 | 04/03/2004Martha Coolidge
Coolidge directed romantic comedies like Valley Girl, Out to Sea and Real Genius.
#9Robert Altman
Life and career of the director from such movies like M.A.S.H., McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Gosford Park, Cookie's Fortune, Short Cuts, The Player and Nashville.
#10Richard Donner
#11Barry Levinson
#12John Frankenheimer
#13Billy Friedkin
#14Arthur Hiller
#15 | 11/07/2001Ron Howard
A former child star, Ron's films include Splash, Gung Ho, Parenthood, and A Beautiful Mind.
#16Jim Abrahams, Jerry & David Zucker
The team of Jim Abrahams, and Jerry and David Zucker are best known for their comedy films Airplane!, Top Secret!, and Ruthless People. David Zucker has also directed BASEketball, Jerry Zucker has also directed Ghost, First Knight, and Rat Rance, and Jim Abrahams has also directed Big Business, Hot Shots, and Jane Austen's Mafia!
#17George Romero
Documentary about filmmaker George A. Romero, from many famous horror films, as Night of the Living Dead, Season of the Witch, Dawn of The Dead, Creepshow, Monkey Shines, and Bruiser.
#18 | 03/06/2004Roland Emmerich
Profile of Roland Emmerich, the director of The Patriot.
#19Oliver Stone
#20Paul Schrader
#21Scott Hicks
#22Harold Becker
#23Frank Darabont
Documentary about filmmaker Frank Darabont, from movies as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
#24Atom Egoyan
Documentary about filmmaker Atom Egoyan and his strange, surreal films.
#25 | 06/05/2004Anthony Menghella
Profile and analysis filmograhpy of the director of The Talented Mr. Ripley .
#26Michael Bay
#27Jonathan Demme
#28Andrew Davis
#29George Lucas
Profile of George Lucas, the director of the Star Wars series.
#30Cameron Crowe
#31James Ivory
#32 | 05/01/2004Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott is the director of such films as 'Blade Runner' and 'Hannibal.'
#33 | 09/04/2003David Lynch
Documentary about filmmaker David Lynch, from movies as Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and also the Tv-series Twin Peaks.
#34Philip Kaufman
Documentary about filmmaker Philip Kaufman, from movie as ""Henry & June"", ""Quills"", ""The Right Stuff"" and ""The Unbearable Lightness of Being"".
#35Wolfgang Petersen
#51 | 06/07/2003Adrian Lyne
A profile of the director from his early days as an accountant, then directing television commercials, through to his blockbuster films such as Flashdance or Fatal Attraction, and provocative works like Lolita and Nine 1/2 Weeks.
01/01/1999Season 1 - 14 episodes
12/29/1997Specials - 1 episode

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/01/1999
Last episode released on: 06/05/2004
Keywords: biography

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