The Directors
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The Directors

5.8 / 10
1999
2 seasons
50 episodes
Documentary

Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Tim Burton

    01-01-199960m

    Profile of director Tim Burton, who first began working as an animator for Disney. His first directing job was an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre called Aladdin and His Wonderful La...

  • Ep 2

    2.Terry Gilliam

    23-05-200060m

    Profile of Terry Gilliam, former animator for Monty Python's Flying Circus, and director of the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Advent...

  • Ep 3

    3.Alan Parker

    07-02-200460m

    Profile of Alan Parker, director of The Wall and Evita.

  • Ep 4

    4.Wes Craven

    30-01-199960m

    Profile of Wes Craven, director of Swamp Thing, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Vampire in Brooklyn, and the Scream trilogy.

  • Ep 5

    5.Roger Corman

    01-02-199960m

    Roger Corman, the director of The Little Shop Of Horrors (The 1960s film, not the musical. - Ed.), is best known for making low-budget films on a tight schedule.

  • Ep 6

    6.Martin Scorsese

    06-07-200060m

    Profile and analysis filmography of the director of Taxi Driver, After Hours, The Age of Innonence, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Cape Fear.

  • Ep 7

    7.Rob Reiner

    TBA60m

    Reiner's films include This is Spinal Tap, When Harry met Sally ..., and The Princess Bride.

  • Ep 8

    8.James Cameron

    TBA60m

    Profile and analysis filmograhpy about the director of movies as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Titanic.

  • Ep 9

    9.Barbra Streisand

    TBA60m

    Profile of the director of Yentl, The Prince of Tides, and The Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra Steisand, who is also a singer and actress.

  • Ep 10

    10.David Cronenberg

    6.0
    TBA60m

    Profile of Dave 'Deprave' Cronenberg, 'King of venereal horror', 'Baron of blood', as he has often been called. His directoral work includes The Dead Zone, The Fly, and the film v...

  • Ep 11

    11.David Mamet

    03-01-200260m

    His films as writer-director include ""House of Games,"" ""Heist,"" ""Homicide"" and ""The Spanish Prisoner.""

  • Tony Scott

    12.Tony Scott

    07-11-200160m

    Documentary about filmmaker Tony Scott, from movies as ""The Hunger"" and ""Top Gun"".

  • Ep 13

    13.Ivan Reitman

    TBA60m

    Documentary about filmmaker Ivan Reitman, from movies as ""Ghostbusters"", ""Groundhog Day"" and ""Evolution"".

  • Ep 14

    14.Best of The Directors

    TBA60m

    Compilation of clips from various other episodes.

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