List of Filmmakers

Bala Palanisamy is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, working in Tamil cinema. Often considered to be one of the finest Indian directors, Bala is widely acclaimed for "revolutionizing Tamil cinema" through his realistic, dark and disturbing depiction of the working class on celluloid screen.

Tony McNamara is an Australian writer for film and television, most notable for co-writing The Favourite and creating The Great, the former of which earned him a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 91st Academy Awards.

Don McKellar is a Canadian actor, writer, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.

Yossef (Joseph) Cedar is an Israeli film director and screenwriter.

Courteney Bass Cox is an American actress, producer, and director. She gained recognition for her starring role as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), for which she received seven Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, of which she won one. She received further recognition for starring as Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). She also starred as Lauren Miller in the NBC sitcom Family Ties (1987–1989), Lucy Spiller in the FX drama series Dirt (2007–2008), and as Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town (2009–2015), the lattermost of which earned her Critics' Choice Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.

Eran Riklis is an Israeli filmmaker. His films include Cup Final (1991), The Syrian Bride (2004), Lemon Tree (2008) and Dancing Arabs (2014).

Noriyuki Abe is a Japanese anime storyboard artist, sound director and director best known for working with Studio Pierrot on major hits such as Ninku, Flame of Recca, Bleach and Yu Yu Hakusho. The latter won the Animage Anime Grand Prix award in 1993 and 1994.

Arlene Sanford is an American film and television director.

Dave McCary is an American comedian, writer, and director. From 2013 to 2019, he served as a segment director for Saturday Night Live. During college he formed a sketch comedy group, Good Neighbor.