Notable Famous Filmmakers and their Oscar and Razzie films.
by AlexHartsell | created - 04 Jul 2016 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicRows 1-165: Famous Directors Rows 166-223: Writers/Filmmakers Rows 224-295: Producers Rows 296-309: Film Crew Members that Became Directors Rows 310-332: Acting Filmmakers Rows 333-347: Filmmakers' Razzie nominated movies that had minor involvement with Academy Award nominated movies, but have and may had their directed films nominated for Golden Globes and BAFTA Film Awards (Newest Update)
1. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Spartacus
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Barry Lyndon
Full Metal Jacket
Razzie Movie(s):
The Shining
2. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Jaws
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1941
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Poltergeist
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The Color Purple (1985 film)
Empire of the Sun
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Hook
Jurassic Park
Schindler's List
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Amistad
Saving Private Ryan
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Minority Report
Catch Me If You Can
War of the Worlds
Munich
Memoirs of a Geisha
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
The Adventures of Tintin
War Horse
Lincoln
Bridge of Spies
The Post
Ready Player One
West Side Story (2021 film)
The Fabelmans
Maestro
The Color Purple (2023 film)
Razzie Movie(s):
Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
3. Alfonso Cuarón
Producer | Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...
Oscar Movie(s):
A Little Princess
Y Tu Mamá También
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
Gravity
Roma
Le Pupille
Razzie Movie(s):
The Witches
4. Guillermo del Toro
Writer | El laberinto del fauno
Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist (1973)) and worked on making his ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Shape of Water
Nightmare Alley
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Razzie Movie(s):
The Witches
5. Bernardo Bertolucci
Writer | Il conformista
Bernardo Bertolucci, the Italian director whose films were known for their colorful visual style, was born in Parma, Italy. He attended Rome University and became famous as a poet. He served as assistant director for Pier Paolo Pasolini in the film Accattone (1961) and directed The Grim Reaper (...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Conformist
Last Tango in Paris
The Last Emperor
Razzie Movie(s):
Little Buddha
6. Roberto Benigni
Actor | La vita è bella
Roberto Benigni was born on October 27, 1952 in Manciano La Misericordia, Castiglion Fiorentino, Tuscany, Italy. He is an actor and writer, known for Life Is Beautiful (1997), The Tiger and the Snow (2005) and Down by Law (1986). He has been married to Nicoletta Braschi since December 26, 1991.
Oscar Movie(s):
Life is Beautiful
Razzie Movie(s):
Pinocchio (2002 film)
7. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
Oscar Movie(s):
What's New Pussycat
Annie Hall
Interiors
Manhattan
Zelig
Broadway Danny Rose
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Hannah and Her Sisters
Radio Days
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Alice
Husbands and Wives
Bullets Over Broadway
Mighty Aphrodite
Deconstructing Harry
Sweet and Lowdown
Match Point
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Midnight in Paris
Blue Jasmine
Razzie Movie(s):
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
8. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
Oscar Movie(s):
Pulp Fiction
Jackie Brown
Inglourious Basterds
Django Unchained
The Hateful Eight
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Razzie Movie(s):
Four Rooms
From Dusk to Dawn
9. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clinton Eastwood Jr. was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margaret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Heartbreak Ridge
Bird
Unforgiven
The Bridges of Madison County
Space Cowboys
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Changeling
Invictus
Hearafter
American Sniper
Sully
Richard Jewell
Razzie Movie(s):
Bronco Billy
Honkytonk Man
10. Oliver Stone
Director | JFK
Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.
William Oliver Stone was ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Midnight Express
Salvador
Platoon
Wall Street
Born on the Fourth of July
Reversal of Fortune
JFK
Nixon
Evita
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Razzie Movie(s):
Conan the Barbarian
Scarface
Year of the Dragon
U Turn
Alexander
Snowden
11. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
Oscar Movie(s):
1941
Romancing the Stone
Back to the Future
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Death Becomes Her
Forrest Gump
Contact
Cast Away
The Polar Express
Flight
Allied
Razzie Movie(s):
House of Wax
The Witches
Pinocchio (2022 film)
12. Ron Howard
Producer | Arrested Development
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.
Howard ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Splash
Cocoon
Willow
Parenthood
Backdraft
The Paper
Apollo 13
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
A Beautiful Mind
Cinderella Man
Changeling
Frost/Nixon
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Hillbilly Elegy
tick, tick...BOOM!
Razzie Movie(s):
Far and Away
The Chamber
The Da Vinci Code
13. Barry Levinson
Director | Rain Man
Barry Lee Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Violet (Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in furniture and appliance. He is of Russian Jewish descent. Levinson graduated from high school in 1960, attended college at American University in Washington, DC. He did well, but decided he ...
Oscar Movie(s):
...And Justice for All
Inside Moves
Diner
Best Friends
The Natural
Young Sherlock Holmes
Good Morning Vietnam
Rain Man
Avalon
Bugsy
Toys
Sleepers
Wag the Dog
Donnie Brasco
Razzie Movie(s):
Envy
14. Neil Jordan
Writer | The Crying Game
Neil Jordan was born on February 25, 1950 in Sligo, Ireland. He is a writer and producer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Greta (2018) and Breakfast on Pluto (2005). He has been married to Brenda Rawn since June 30, 2004. They have two children. He was previously married to Vivienne Shields.
Oscar Movie(s):
Mona Lisa
The Crying Game
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Michael Collins
The End of the Affair
Razzie Movie(s):
High Spirits
15. Bill Condon
Director | Dreamgirls
Bill Condon was born on October 22, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dreamgirls (2006), Gods and Monsters (1998) and Kinsey (2004).
Oscar Movie(s):
Gods and Monsters
Chicago
Kinsey
Dreamgirls
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)
The Greatest Showman
Razzie Movie(s):
Strange Invaders
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
16. Michael Moore
Director | Bowling for Columbine
Michael Francis Moore was born in Flint, Michigan on April 23, 1954, and was raised in its Davison suburb. He is the son of Helen Veronica (Wall), a secretary, and Francis Richard Moore, who worked on an auto assembly line. He has Irish, as well as English and Scottish, ancestry.
Moore studied ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Bowling for Columbine
Sicko
Razzie Movie(s):
Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 11/9
17. Danny Boyle
Director | 127 Hours
Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Trainspotting
Slumdog Millionaire
127 Hours
Steve Jobs
Razzie Movie(s):
The Beach
18. Steven Soderbergh
Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Out of Sight
Pleasantville
Erin Brockovich
Traffic
The Good German
Razzie Movie(s):
Magic Mike's Last Dance
19. John Schlesinger
Director | Midnight Cowboy
Oscar-winning director John Schlesinger, who was born in London, on February 16, 1926, was the eldest child in a solidly middle-class Jewish family. Berbard Schlesinger, his father, was a pediatrician, and his mother, Winifred, was a musician. He served in the Army in the Far East during World War ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Darling
Far from the Madding Crowd
Midnight Cowboy
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Day of the Locust
Marathon Man
Razzie Movie(s):
Honky Tonk Freeway
The Next Best Thing
20. Alexander Payne
Director | Nebraska
Director, producer and screenwriter Alexander Payne was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, Peggy (Constantine) and George Payne, ran a Greek restaurant. His father is of Greek and German ancestry, and his mother is of Greek descent; the family name was originally Papadopoulos. He is the youngest...
Oscar Movie(s):
Election
About Schmidt
Sideways
The Descendants
Nebraska
The Holdovers
Razzie Movie(s):
Jurassic Park III
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
21. Edward Zwick
Producer | The Last Samurai
Zwick moves deftly between the roles of writer, director and producer. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his direction of the 1989 critically acclaimed Civil War drama, Glory. He received his second Golden Globe nomination as a director for Legends of the Fall. Zwick received an Academy Award...
Oscar Movie(s):
Glory
Legends of the Fall
Shakespeare in Love
Traffic
I Am Sam
The Last Samurai
Blood Diamond
Defiance
Razzie Movie(s):
The Siege
22. John G. Avildsen
Director | Rocky
John G. Avildsen was born on December 21, 1935 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Rocky (1976), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Rocky V (1990). He was married to Tracy Brooks Swope and Marie Olga Maturevich. He died on June 16, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Joe
Save the Tiger
Rocky
The Formula
Traveling Hopefully
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid, Part II
Happy New Year
Razzie Movie(s):
A Night in Heaven
The Karate Kid Part III
Rocky V
23. Richard Fleischer
Director | Soylent Green
Richard firmly established his credentials with such epics as The Vikings (1958) , 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and Barabbas (1961) and also proved to be a master of intimate drama with Compulsion (1959) , which won Cannes Festival awards for the male stars. He won an Academy Award for one ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Design for Death
The Narrow Margin
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Between Heaven and Hell
Fantastic Voyage
Doctor Dolittle
Tora! Tora! Tora!
The Incredible Sarah
Razzie Movie(s):
The Jazz Singer (1980 film)
Conan the Destroyer
Red Sonja
Million Dollar Mystery
24. Richard Brooks
Writer | In Cold Blood
Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.
He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia ...
Oscar Movie(s):
With the Marines at Tarawa
Key Largo
Mystery Street
Take the High Ground
Blackboard Jungle
The Brothers Karamazov
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Elmer Gantry
Sweet Bird of Youth
The Professionals
In Cold Blood
The Happy Ending
Bite the Bullet
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Razzie Movie(s):
Fever Pitch
25. Michael Cimino
Director | The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino studied architecture and dramatic arts; later he filmed advertisements and documentaries and also wrote scripts until the actor, producer and director Clint Eastwood gave him the opportunity to direct the thriller Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974). But his biggest success was The Deer...
Oscar Movie(s):
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The Deer Hunter
The Rose
Heaven's Gate
Razzie Movie(s):
Year of the Dragon
Desperate Hours
26. David Frankel
Director | The Devil Wears Prada
David Frankel was born on April 2, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Devil Wears Prada (2006), One Chance (2013) and Band of Brothers (2001).
Oscar Movie(s):
Dear Diary
The Devil Wears Prada
Razzie Movie(s):
Collateral Beauty
27. William Friedkin
Director | To Live and Die in L.A.
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The French Connection
The Exorcist
Sorcerer
The Brink's Job
Razzie Movie(s):
Cruising
Blue Chips
Jade
28. Spike Jonze
Producer | Her
Spike Jonze made up one-third (along with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman) of the triumvirate of genius minds behind Dirt Magazine, the brother publication of the much lamented ground-breaking Sassy Magazine. These three uncommon characters were all editors for Grand Royal Magazine as well, under the ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Being John Malkovich
Adaptation.
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa
Her
Razzie Movie(s):
Jackass: The Movie
29. Warren Beatty
Actor | Reds
Since starring in his first film, Splendor in the Grass (1961), Warren Beatty has been said to have demonstrated a greater longevity in movies than any actor of his generation. Few people have taken so many responsibilities for all phases of the production of films as producer, director, writer, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Bonnie and Clyde
Shampoo
Heaven Can Wait
Reds
Dick Tracy
Bugsy
Bulworth
Razzie Movie(s):
Ishtar
Love Affair (1994 film)
30. Kevin Costner
Actor | The Postman
Kevin Michael Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California, the third child of Bill Costner, a ditch digger and ultimately an electric line servicer for Southern California Edison, and Sharon Costner (née Tedrick), a welfare worker. His older brother, Dan, was born in 1950. A middle ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Dances with Wolves
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Bodyguard
Wyatt Earp
Waterworld
Razzie Movie(s):
The Postman
Message in a Bottle
31. Sidney Lumet
Director | 12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet was a master of cinema, best known for his technical knowledge and his skill at getting first-rate performances from his actors -- and for shooting most of his films in his beloved New York. He made over 40 movies, often complex and emotional, but seldom overly sentimental. Although ...
Oscar Movie(s):
12 Angry Men
Long Day's Journey Into Night
The Pawnbroker
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Serpico
Murder on the Orient Express
Dog Day Afternoon
Network
Equus
The Wiz
Prince of the City
The Verdict
The Morning After
Running on Empty
Razzie Movie(s):
Deathtrap
Power
A Stranger Among Us
Gloria (1999 film)
32. George Lucas
Writer | Star Wars
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...
Oscar Movie(s):
American Graffiti
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Willow
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Razzie Movie(s):
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
33. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Alien
Blade Runner
Legend
Black Rain
Thelma & Louise
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
American Gangster
Prometheus
The Martian
All the Money in the World
House of Gucci
Napoleon
Razzie Movie(s):
G.I. Jane
The Last Duel
34. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Requiem for a Dream
The Wrestler
Black Swan
Jackie
The Whale
Razzie Movie(s):
Mother!
35. Hugh Hudson
Director | Chariots of Fire
The old Etonian, after National Service in the British Army, wanted to get into films but found the doors were closed to him, so he worked on commercials for about 20 years. David Putnam gave him a chance to direct Chariots of Fire which was a hit, and he never looked back.
He met his second wife, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Chariots of Fire
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Razzie Movie(s):
Revolution
I Dreamed of Africa
36. Adrian Lyne
Director | Jacob's Ladder
Adrian Lyne (Director/Writer/Producer) is the creative force behind some of the most talked-about movies of our time, among them, Fatal Attraction (1987), 9½ Weeks (1986) and Indecent Proposal (1993).
Born in Peterborough, England and raised in London, Lyne attended the Highgate school, where...
Oscar Movie(s):
Flashdance
Fatal Attraction
Unfaithful
Razzie Movie(s):
9½ Weeks
Indecent Proposal
37. Rob Reiner
Actor | All in the Family
Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.
As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Stand by Me
The Princess Bride
When Harry Met Sally...
Misery
A Few Good Men
The American President
Ghosts of Mississippi
Razzie Movie(s):
North
38. Ivan Reitman
Producer | Up in the Air
Canadian producer and director Ivan Reitman created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and worked with Hollywood's acting elite. Reitman produced such hits as the ground-breaking sensation National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), which ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Ghostbusters
Dave
Junior
Up in the Air
Hitchcock
Razzie Movie(s):
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Father's Day
Private Parts
Baywatch
39. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
Oscars Movie(s):
Young Sherlock Holmes
Home Alone
Mrs. Doubtfire
Bicentennial Man
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Help
Razzie Movie(s):
Jingle All the Way
Pixels
40. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Sixth Sense
Stuart Little
The Village
Razzie Movie(s):
Lady in the Water
The Happening
The Last Airbender
After Earth
Glass
41. Chris Weitz
Writer | About a Boy
Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter who is known for Antz, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, American Pie, About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Golden Compass. He is married to Mercedes Martinez since 2006 and has three ...
Oscar Movie(s):
About a Boy
The Golden Compass
A Single Man
A Better Life
Cinderella (2015 film)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The Creator
Razzie Movie(s):
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Pinocchio (2022 film)
About My Father
42. Paul Weitz
Writer | About a Boy
Paul Weitz was born on November 19, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA as Paul J. Weitz. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Grandma (2015), About a Boy (2002), and Mozart in the Jungle (2014), for which he won a Golden Globe. He has been married to Patricia Brown since December 15, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
About a Boy
Razzie Movie(s):
Little Fockers
About My Father
43. Stephen Frears
Director | Dangerous Liaisons
Stephen started off in a career in the legal profession before switching to work as an assistant stage manager at London's Royal Court which led to work as an assistant director on films by Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson He directed his first short in 1967 and his feature debut, Gumshoe, in 1971....
Oscar Movie(s):
My Beautiful Laundrette
Dangerous Liaisons
The Grifters
Dirty Pretty Things
Mrs. Henderson Presents
The Queen
Philomena
Florence Foster Jenkins
Victoria & Abdul
Razzie Movie(s):
Mary Reilly
44. John Singleton
Writer | Boyz n the Hood
Son of Danny Singleton, a mortgage broker, and Sheila Ward, a pharmaceutical company sales executive, and raised in separate households by his unmarried parents, John Singleton attended the Film Writing Program at USC, after graduating from high school in 1986. While studying there, he won three ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Boyz n the Hood
Poetic Justice
Hustle & Flow
Razzie Movie(s):
2 Fast 2 Furious
Abuction
45. Dee Rees
Director | Mudbound
Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow.
In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017). The film, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Mudbound
Razzie Movie(s):
The Last Thing He Wanted
46. Antoine Fuqua
Producer | The Magnificent Seven
Antoine Fuqua is an American film director, known for his work in the film Training Day as well as The Replacement Killers, Tears of the Sun, King Arthur, Shooter, Brooklyn's Finest, Olympus Has Fallen and The Equalizer.
He has directed music videos for such artists as Arrested Development, Prince, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Training Day
Razzie Movie(s):
Infinite
47. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Creed
Black Panther
Judas and the Black Messiah
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Razzie Movie(s):
Space Jam: A New Legacy
48. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Last of the Mohicans
The Insider
Ali
Collateral
The Aviator
Razzie Movie(s):
Thief
49. Mikael Håfström
Writer | Ondskan
Mikael Håfström was born on July 1, 1960 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. He is a writer and director, known for Evil (2003), 1408 (2007) and The Rite (2011).
Oscar Movie(s):
Evil
Razzie Movie(s):
Escape Plan
50. Blake Edwards
Writer | The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Blake Edwards' stepfather's father J. Gordon Edwards was a silent screen director, and his stepfather Jack McEdward was a stage director and movie production manager. Blake acted in a number films, beginning with Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) and wrote a number of others, beginning with ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Operation Petticoat
High Time
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Days of Wine and Roses
The Pink Panther (1963 film)
The Great Race
Darling Lili
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
10
Victor Victoria
That's Life!
Sunset
Razzie Movie(s):
S.O.B.
City Heat
Son of the Pink Panther
51. Adam McKay
Producer | The Other Guys
Adam McKay (born April 17, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, comedian, and actor. McKay has a comedy partnership with Will Ferrell, with whom he co-wrote the films Anchorman, Talladega Nights, and The Other Guys. Ferrell and McKay also founded their comedy website Funny or Die through ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Big Short
Vice
Don't Look Up
Razzie Movie(s):
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Tammy
Daddy's Home 2
Holmes & Watson
52. Uli Edel
Director | Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Uli Edel was born on April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), Christiane F. (1981) and Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013).
Oscar Movie(s):
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Razzie Movie(s):
Body of Evidence
53. Nancy Meyers
Writer | It's Complicated
Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Private Benjamin
Something's Gotta Give
Razzie Movie(s):
Once Upon a Crime...
54. Frank Perry
Director | Mommie Dearest
Frank Perry was born on August 21, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Mommie Dearest (1981), David and Lisa (1962) and Last Summer (1969). He was married to Virginia Brush Ford, Barbara Goldsmith and Eleanor Perry. He died on August 29, 1995 in New York ...
Oscar Movie(s):
David and Lisa
Last Summer
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Razzie Movie(s):
Mommie Dearest
Monsignor
55. Norman Jewison
Director | Jesus Christ Superstar
Norman Jewison was an award-winning, internationally acclaimed filmmaker who produced and directed some of the world's most memorable, entertaining and socially important films, exploring controversial and complicated subjects and giving them a universal accessibility. Some of his most well-known ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming
In the Heat of the Night
The Thomas Crown Affair
Gaily, Gaily
The Landlord
Fiddler on the Roof
Jesus Christ Superstar
...And Justice for All
Best Friends
A Soldier's Story
Agnes of God
Moonstruck
The Hurricane
Razzie Movie(s):
Bogus
56. Alan J. Pakula
Producer | Sophie's Choice
Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).
He also directed Presumed Innocent (...
Oscar Movie(s):
To Kill a Mockingbird
Love with the Proper Stranger
Inside Daisy Clover
The Sterile Cuckoo
Klute
All the President's Men
Comes a Horseman
Starting Over
Sophie's Choice
Razzie Movie(s):
Rollover
57. J. Lee Thompson
Director | The Guns of Navarone
J. Lee Thompson was born on August 1, 1914 in Bristol, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) and Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972). He was married to Penny Thompson, Florence (Bill) Bailey, Lucille Kelly and Joan ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Guns of Navarone
Taras Bulba
What a Way to Go!
Razzie Movie(s):
King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)
58. John Madden
Director | Shakespeare in Love
John Madden was born on April 8, 1949 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and Proof (2005).
Oscar Movie(s):
Mrs. Brown
Shakespeare in Love
Razzie Movie(s):
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
59. Roland Joffé
Director | The Mission
Roland Joffé was born on November 17, 1945 in London, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for The Mission (1986), The Killing Fields (1984) and The Great Hunger.
Oscar Movie(s):
The Killing Fields
The Mission
Vatel
Razzie Movie(s):
The Scarlet Letter
Captivity
60. Joachim Rønning
Director | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Joachim Rønning is a film director and writer from Sandefjord, Norway - a small coastal town south of Oslo. He spent his teenage years making short films and shooting commercials for local businesses. In 1995 Rønning began directing professionally with his childhood friend, Espen Sandberg. Working ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Kon-Tiki
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
Razzie Movie(s):
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
61. Arthur Hiller
Director | Love Story
Arthur Hiller was born on November 22, 1923 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Love Story (1970), The Hospital (1971) and See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989). He was married to Gwen Hiller. He died on August 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
The Americanization of Emily
Tobruk
Love Story
The Hospital
Man of La Mancha
The Man in the Glass Booth
Silver Streak
Razzie Movie(s):
Author! Author!
Carpool
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
62. Todd Phillips
Producer | Joker
Todd Phillips is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. While studying film at New York University, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
A Star is Born (2018 film)
Joker
Razzie Movie(s):
Starsky and Hutch
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part III
63. Paul Verhoeven
Director | RoboCop
Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Turkish Delight
RoboCop
Total Recall (1990 film)
Basic Instinct
Starship Troopers
Hollow Man
Elle
Razzie Movie(s):
Showgirls
64. Mark Rydell
Actor | The Long Goodbye
Mark Rydell was born on March 23, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), On Golden Pond (1981) and Hollywood Ending (2002). He was previously married to Esther Jacobs and Joanne Linville.
Oscar Movie(s):
The Fox
The Reivers
Cinderella Liberty
The Rose
On Golden Pond
The River
For the Boys
Razzie Movie(s):
Intersection
65. Gus Van Sant
Director | Elephant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Good Will Hunting
Milk
Razzie Movie(s):
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Psycho (1998 film)
66. Martin Brest
Director | Scent of a Woman
Martin Brest was born on August 8, 1951 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Midnight Run (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).
Oscar Movie(s):
Beverly Hills Cop
Scent of a Woman
Razzie Movie(s):
Meet Joe Black
Gigli
67. Stanley Donen
Director | Charade
Inspired by Fred Astaire's dancing in Flying Down to Rio (1933), Stanley Donen (pronounced 'Dawn-en') attended dance classes from the age of ten. He later recalled that the only thing he wanted to be was a tap dancer.
He was born in Columbia, South Carolina, to Helen Pauline (Cohen) and Mordecai ...
Oscar Movie(s):
On the Town
Royal Wedding
Singin' in the Rain
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
It's Always Fair Weather
Funny Face
Damn Yankees!
Charade
Two for the Road
The Little Prince
Razzie Movie(s):
Saturn 3
Blame It on Rio
68. Hal Needham
Director | The Cannonball Run
As the highest paid stuntman in the world, Hal Needham broke 56 bones, his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth. His career has included work on 4500 television episodes and 310 feature films as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and ultimately, director.
He wrote ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Smokey and the Bandit
Hooper
Razzie Movie(s):
The Cannonball Run
Megaforce
Stroker Ace
Cannonball Run II
69. James Bridges
Writer | The China Syndrome
James Bridges was born on February 3, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The China Syndrome (1979), Perfect (1985) and The Paper Chase (1973). He died on June 6, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
The Baby Maker
The Paper Chase
The China Syndrome
Razzie Movie(s):
Perfect
70. Seth Winston
Writer | Session Man
Seth Winston was born on August 15, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Session Man (1991), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Magical Thinking. He was married to Susan. He died on June 5, 2015 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
Session Man
Razzie Movie(s):
She's Out of Control
71. Robert Clouse
Director | Enter the Dragon
A hard-working director throughout his long and varied career, Robert Clouse was best-known for his two most successful films: Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death (1978). Born in 1928, he was a director. After being hired by Warner Bros. and Golden Harvest to direct Enter the Dragon (1973), ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Cadillac
The Legend of Jimmy Blue Eyes
Razzie Movie(s):
Gymkata
72. Bob Rafelson
Producer | Five Easy Pieces
Bob Rafelson was an American film director, writer and producer. He is regarded as one of the founders of the New Hollywood movement in the 1970s. Among his best-known films are Five Easy Pieces (1970), The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981). He was also one of...
Oscar Movie(s):
Easy Rider
Five Easy Pieces
The Last Picture Show
Razzie Movie(s):
Man Trouble
73. Bruce Beresford
Director | Driving Miss Daisy
Bruce Beresford was born in Australia and graduated from Sydney University in 1962. He served as Film Officer for the British Film Institute Production Board from 1966-1971 and as a Film Advisor to the Arts Council of Great Britain. Beresford has also directed several operas including Girl Of The ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Breaker Morant
Tender Mercies
Crimes of the Heart
Driving Miss Daisy
Razzie Movie(s):
King David
Her Alibi
Last Dance
74. Michael Tollin
Producer | Radio
Michael Tollin was born on October 6, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Radio (2003), Coach Carter (2005) and Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream (1995).
Oscar Movie(s):
Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
Razzie Movie(s):
Hardball
Radio
75. Bill Couturié
Producer | Earth and the American Dream
Bill Couturié is known for Earth and the American Dream (1992), Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987) and Vietnam Requiem (1982).
Oscar Movie(s):
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Razzie Movie(s):
Ed
76. Matthew Diamond
Director | The Wiz Live!
Matthew Diamond is known for The Wiz Live! (2015), Jane the Virgin (2014) and Dancemaker (1998).
Oscar Movie(s):
Dancemaker
Razzie Movie(s):
The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure
77. Andrew Sugerman
Producer | Conviction
Andrew Sugerman is a veteran film producer, having been involved in a diverse range of motion pictures and television shows over the past thirty years. He has worked with many of the major studios, including Warner Bros, Sony, 20th Century-Fox, Disney, Netflix and Miramax. These projects have ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Mandy's Grandmother
Razzie Movie(s):
Boat Trip
78. Joe Berlinger
Producer | Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Academy Award, eight-time Emmy nominated, and Peabody, DGA, and Sundance winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger has been a pioneering force in nonfiction filmmaking for over three decades. In a recent Bloomberg profile, Berlinger was described as a "true crime hit factory" for Netflix, whose work has "...
Oscar Movie(s):
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Razzie Movie(s):
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
79. Ken Annakin
Director | The Longest Day
A former salesman and journalist, Ken Annakin got into the film industry making documentary shorts. His feature debut, Holiday Camp (1947), was a comedy about a Cockney family on vacation. It was made for the Rank Organization and was a modest success, spawning three sequels, all of which he ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Longest Day
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Razzie Movie(s):
The Pirate Movie
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
80. Terence Young
Director | Dr. No
Born in Shanghai and Cambridge-educated, Terence Young began in the industry as a scriptwriter. In the 1940s he worked on a variety of subjects, including the hugely popular wartime romance Suicide Squadron (1941), set to Richard Addinsell's rousing "Warsaw Concerto". His original story was devised...
Oscar Movie(s):
Thunderball
Wait Until Dark
Razzie Movie(s):
Inchon
81. Michael Ritchie
Director | The Golden Child
Michael Ritchie was born on November 28, 1938 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Golden Child (1986), The Island (1980) and Fletch (1985). He was married to Jimmie Brown and Georgina Tebrock. He died on April 16, 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
The Candidate
Razzie Movie(s):
The Island
82. Ted Demme
Director | Blow
Ted Demme was born on October 26, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Blow (2001), Beautiful Girls (1996) and A Decade Under the Influence (2003). He was married to Amanda Scheer-Demme. He died on January 13, 2002 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
Life
Razzie Movie(s):
Blow
83. John Frankenheimer
Director | The Manchurian Candidate
Born in New York and raised in Queens, John Frankenheimer wanted to become a professional tennis player. He loved movies and his favorite actor was Robert Mitchum. He decided he wanted to be an actor but then he applied for and was accepted in the Motion Picture Squadron of the Air Force where he ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Manchurian Candidate
Seven Days in May
The Train
Seconds
Grand Prix
The Fixer
Razzie Movie(s):
The Island of Dr. Moreau
84. Bob Clark
Director | A Christmas Story
Bob Clark was born on August 5, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Christmas Story (1983), Baby Geniuses (1999) and Porky's (1981). He died on April 4, 2007 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.
Oscar Movie(s):
Tribute
Razzie Movie(s):
Rhinestone
Turk 182!
From the Hip
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
85. John Landis
Director | The Blues Brothers
John Landis began his career in the mail room of 20th Century-Fox. A high-school dropout, 18-year-old Landis made his way to Yugoslavia to work as a production assistant on Kelly's Heroes (1970). Remaining in Europe, Landis found work as an actor, extra and stuntman in many of the Spanish/Italian "...
Oscar Movie(s):
An American Werewolf in London
Trading Places
Coming to America
Razzie Movie(s):
Oscar
Beverly Hills Cop III
The Stupids
86. John Carpenter
Writer | The Fog
John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy
Starman
Razzie Movie(s):
The Thing
Village of the Damned
Firestarter
87. Joel Schumacher
Director | The Phantom of the Opera
Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Interiors
The Wiz
Flantliners
The Client
Batman Forever
The Phantom of the Opera
Razzie Movie(s):
St. Elmo's Fire
A Time to Kill
Batman & Robin
The Number 23
Trespass
88. Michael Bay
Producer | Armageddon
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Rock
Armageddon
Pearl Harbor
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Banghazi
A Quiet Place
Razzie Movie(s):
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Transformers: The Last Knight
89. Zack Snyder
Director | 300
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Army of the Dead
Razzie Movie(s):
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Wonder Woman 1984
90. Joe Wright
Director | Pride & Prejudice
Joe Wright is an English film director. He is best known for Pride & Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), and Darkest Hour (2017).
Wright always had an interest in the arts, especially painting. He would also make films on his Super 8 camera as well as spend time in the evenings...
Oscar Movie(s):
Pride & Prejudice
Atonement
Anna Karenina
Darkest Hour
Cyrano
Razzie Movie(s):
Pan
The Woman in the Window
91. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
Oscar Movie(s):
A Simple Plan
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Razzie Movie(s):
For Love of the Game
92. Richard Donner
Director | Superman
Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Superman (1978), Ladyhawke (1985) and Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980). He was married to Lauren Shuler Donner. He died on July 5, 2021 in Los Angeles, ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Omen (1976 film)
Superman
Inside Moves
Ladyhawke
Lethal Weapon
Scrooged
Lethal Weapon 2
Maverick
Razzie Movie(s):
Assassins
Lethal Weapon 4
93. Richard Lester
Director | A Hard Day's Night
Richard Lester was one of the most influential directors of the 1960s, and continued his career into the 1970s and early '80s. He is best remembered for the two films he helmed starring The Beatles: A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), the frenetic cutting style of which was seen by many as ...
Oscar Movie(s):
The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
A Hard Day's Night
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge
Superman
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Razzie Movie(s):
Superman III
94. Garry Marshall
Actor | A League of Their Own
Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 - July 19, 2016) was an American actor and filmmaker. He started his career in the 1960s writing for The Lucy Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show before he developed Neil Simon's 1965 play The Odd Couple for television in 1970. He gained fame for creating Happy ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Beaches
Pretty Woman
Razzie Movie(s):
Exit to Eden
The Other Sister
Valentine's Day
New Year's Day
Mother's Day
95. Penny Marshall
Actress | Laverne & Shirley
Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Big
Awakenings
The Preacher's Wife
Cinderella Man
Razzie Movie(s):
Bewitched
96. Jerry Zucker
Producer | Airplane!
Jerry Zucker was born on March 11, 1950 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Airplane! (1980), Ghost (1990) and Top Secret! (1984). He has been married to Janet Zucker since May 1987. They have two children.
Oscar Movie(s):
Ghost
My Best Friend's Wedding
Razzie Movie(s):
A Walk in the Clouds
97. John McTiernan
Director | Die Hard
John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.
Oscar Movie(s):
Predator
Die Hard
The Hunt for Red October
Razzie Movie(s):
Medicine Man
Last Action Hero
Rollerball
98. Renny Harlin
Producer | Driven
Born in 15 March 1959 as Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola, he is the most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood.
Harlin started his career in film business in the beginning of 1980s when he was directing commercials and company films for companies like Shell. Later he worked as a ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Rambling Rose
Clifhanger
Razzie Movie(s):
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Cutthroat Island
Driven
Exorcist: The Beginning
The Legend of Hercules
The Misfits
99. Alex Proyas
Director | Dark City
Alex Proyas has moved effortlessly between helming TV commercials and music videos to feature films. Born to Greek parents in Egypt, Proyas relocated to Australia with his family when he was three years old. He began making films at age ten and went on to attend the Australian Film Television and ...
Oscar Movie(s):
I, Robot
Razzie Movie(s):
Gods of Egypt
100. Roland Emmerich
Writer | Independence Day
Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...
Oscar Movie(s):
Independence Day
The Patriot
Anonymous
Razzie Movie(s):
Godzilla
Independence Day: Resurgence
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