Directors Who Work Infrequently
by jzappa | created - 06 Sep 2017 | updated - 06 Sep 2017 | Public1. George Armitage
Director | Grosse Pointe Blank
George Armitage was born in 1942 in the USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Vigilante Force (1976) and Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970).
3. Harold Becker
Director | Malice
Harold Becker was born on September 25, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Malice (1993), Mercury Rising (1998) and Sea of Love (1989). He is married to Susan Becker.
4. Robert Benton
Writer | Kramer vs. Kramer
Robert Benton was born on September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie, Texas, USA as Robert Douglas Benton. He is a writer and director, known for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Superman (1978).
5. Jean Brismée
Director | Monsieur Plateau
Jean Brismée was born on August 20, 1926 in Pipaix, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. He is a director and writer, known for Monsieur Plateau (1964), The Devil's Nightmare (1971) and Jean Rouch (1962).
6. Peter Brook
Director | Lord of the Flies
Born in London, Peter was educated at Westminster, and Magdalen College Oxford. He has staged numerous productions for Birmingham Rep, Stratford Upon Avon and Broadway. In 1962 he was appointed Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, a position he held for 2 decades. His most famous stage ...
7. Serge Bourguignon
Director | Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray
Serge Bourguignon was born on September 3, 1928 in Maignelay-Montigny, Oise, Picardie, France as Serge Edouard Albert Bourguignon. He is a director and writer, known for Sundays and Cybèle (1962), Le sourire (1960) and Two Weeks in September (1967).
8. Stan Dragoti
Director | She's Out of Control
Stan Dragoti was born on October 4, 1932 in New York City, New York, USA as Stanley John Dragoti. He was a director and writer, known for She's Out of Control (1989), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) and Dirty Little Billy (1972). He was married to Cheryl Tiegs. He died on July 13, 2018 in Los ...
9. Milos Forman
Director | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in ...
10. James B. Harris
Producer | Lolita
James B. Harris was born on August 3, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Lolita (1962), The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957).
11. Monte Hellman
Director | Iguana
Monte Hellman was born on July 12, 1932, in New York City, where his parents were visiting, but he grew up in Los Angeles. He studied drama at Stanford University--on an NBC scholarship--and film at UCLA. After a few years directing in summer theater, Hellman hooked up with legendary "B" movie ...
12. Alejandro Jodorowsky
Writer | La montaña sagrada
Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Iquique, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1942 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1955 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La cravate...
13. Terrence Malick
Writer | Days of Heaven
Terrence Malick was born in Ottawa, Illinois. His family subsequently lived in Oklahoma and he went to school in Austin, Texas. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in philosophy in 1965.
A member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he attended Magdalen ...
14. Elaine May
Actress | Small Time Crooks
Elaine May was born on April 21, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Elaine Iva Berlin. She is an actress and writer, known for Small Time Crooks (2000), A New Leaf (1971) and Primary Colors (1998). She was previously married to David L. Rubinfine, Sheldon Harnick and Marvin May.
15. Norbert Meisel
Director | Dreams of Desire
Norbert Meisel was born on April 30, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. He is an actor and director. He has been married to Nancy Kwan since 1976.
16. Massimo Pupillo
Director | Il boia scarlatto
After completing the direction of his horror film Terror-Creatures from the Grave (1965), he was unsatisfied with the final result, and allowed the film's producer, Ralph Zucker, to take the director's credit instead. This has led people to confuse Pupillo and Zucker for one another, and when ...
17. Peter Rader
Writer | Waterworld
Peter Rader is a director and writer, known for Waterworld (1995), The Last Legion (2007) and Grandmother's House (1988).
18. Richard Rush
Director | The Stunt Man
Richard Rush was born on April 15, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Stunt Man (1980), Freebie and the Bean (1974) and Color of Night (1994).
19. Mark Rydell
Actor | The Long Goodbye
Mark Rydell was born on March 23, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA as Mortimer H. Rydell. He is known for his work on The Long Goodbye (1973), On Golden Pond (1981) and James Dean (2001). He was previously married to Esther Jacobs and Joanne Linville.
20. Melvin Van Peebles
Actor | The Shining
Melvin Van Peebles was born on August 21, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Shining (1997), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) and Bellyful (2000).
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