List of Filmmakers

Brad Anderson is an American film director, producer and writer. A director of thriller and horror films and television projects, he is best known for having directed The Machinist (2004), starring Christian Bale, psychological horror film Session 9 (2001) and The Call (2013), starring Halle Berry. He also produced and directed several installments of the Fox science fiction television series Fringe.

Andrew Davis is an American film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer who is known for directing Holes, and a number of successful action thrillers including Code of Silence, Above the Law, Under Siege, and The Fugitive.

Robert Luketic is an Australian film director. His films include Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde, 21, Paranoia, and Killers.

Seth Gordon is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and film editor. He has produced and directed for film and television, including for PBS, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Nations Staff 1% for Development Fund. His films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival.

Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).

Jan Jaroslav Pinkava is a Czech British writer and animator. He directed the Pixar short film Geri's Game and served as co-director and co-wrote the story for Ratatouille, both of which went on to win Oscars.

John Lee Hancock Jr. is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, and former attorney. He directed the sports drama films The Rookie (2002) and The Blind Side (2009), and the historical drama films Saving Mr. Banks (2013), The Founder (2016) and The Highwaymen (2019). He most recently wrote and directed the American neo-noir crime thriller, The Little Things (2021)

Colin T. Trevorrow is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He directed the indie film Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and the blockbuster film Jurassic World (2015). He co-wrote the latter and its sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). He later co-wrote and directed the Jurassic World short film Battle at Big Rock (2019), and the film Jurassic World: Dominion (2022). He was also originally slated to write and direct Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), titled Duel of the Fates at the time, but he left the project and received a story credit, replaced by J.J. Abrams, and the title was changed.

Patricia Lea Jenkins is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the films Monster (2003), Wonder Woman (2017), and directed and co-wrote its sequel, Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). For her work on the pilot episode of The Killing, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and won the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directing in Dramatic Series. In 2017, she occupied the sixth place for Time's Person of the Year.

David Gordon Green is an American filmmaker. He directed the dramas George Washington (2000), All the Real Girls (2003), and Snow Angels (2007), as well as the thriller Undertow (2004), all of which he wrote or co-wrote.