Famous Directors

A film director or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the script, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision. A film director is responsible for overseeing creative aspects of a film. They often develop the vision for a film and carry out , deciding how the film should look. They also direct which tone it should have and what the audience should gain from the cinematic experience . Directing a film is a kind of storytelling. Film directors are responsible for approving camera angles, lens effects, lighting, and set design, and will often take part in hiring key crew members. They coordinate the actors' moves and also may be involved in the writing, financing and editing of a film.

The greatest FILM DIRECTORS of all time are:

• Mel Brooks
• Steven Spielberg
• George Lucas
• Peter Jackson

Mel Brooks- was born on june 28, 1926 in brooklyn New York. His name was Mclvin Kaminsky. He is a actor, writer, comedian, and a producer. He received many awards for his films. In 1963 he received an Oscar for best animated short; The Critic. In 1966 an Emmy for outstanding writing achievement in variety, The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris special. In 1968 he won an Oscar for best screenplay in The Producers. In 1997, 1998, and 1999 he gained an Emmy for outstanding guest actor for Mad About You. In 1999 he received a Grammy for best spoken comedy album for The 2000 Year Old Man In The Year 2000. His latest award in 2001 was a Tony for the best musical for The Producers. Mel Brooks has truly had a great career.

Steven Spielberg- Steven Spielberg was born on December 18th 1946 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was Leah Adler, and his father was Arnold Spielberg. Steven is also a screenwriter and producer. In 2008, the magazine Premiere listed him as the most powerful and influential figure in the Motion picture industry. In a career of over four decades, Spielberg's film have touched on many themes and genres. Spielberg's early sci-fi and adventure films, sometimes centering on children, were seen as an archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmamking. In later years his movies began addressing such as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism . Speilberg won the academy Award for Best Director for 1993's Schindler's List and 1998's Saving Private Ryan. Three of Spielberg's films, Jaws(1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurrasic Park (1993), broke the box office records, each becoming the highest- grossing film made at the time. To date, unadjusted gross of all Spielberg directed film exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide.

George lucas- George Walton lucas was born on May 14th 1944. He is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, producer, screenwriter and chairman of Lucas film Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the epic Sci-Fi franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful independent directors/producers, with an estimated net worth of $3.9. billion.

Peter Jackson- Peter Robert Jackson was on born 31 October 1961 and is a three time Academy Award winning New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogyadapted from the novel by J. R. Tolkien. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong. He won international early in his career with his "slapstick" horror comedies, before coming to mainstream prominence with Heavenly Creatures, for which he shared an Academy Award best screenplay nomination with his partner Fran Walsh.