Curated category
American comedy film directors
- Woody AllenAllan Stewart Konigsberg was born on the 30th of November 1935 at Mount Eden Hospital in Bronx, New York City. He grew up in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood…
- Wes AndersonWesley Wales Anderson was born on the 1st of May 1969, in Houston, Texas. His father worked in advertising and public relations while his mother was a…
- Kevin SmithKevin Patrick Smith was born on the 2nd of August 1970, in Red Bank, New Jersey. He grew up in the nearby clamming town of Highlands as the son of Grace and…
- Jim HensonJames Maury Henson was born on the 24th of September 1936, in Greenville, Mississippi. He grew up as the younger of two children to Betty Marcella and Paul…
- Buster KeatonJoseph Frank Keaton arrived in Piqua, Kansas on the 4th of October 1895. His father Joe ran a traveling medicine show called the Mohawk Indian Medicine…
- Robert RodriguezRobert Anthony Rodriguez was born on the 20th of June 1968 in San Antonio, Texas. His father Cecilio worked as a salesman while his mother Rebecca served as…
- Walt DisneyWalter Elias Disney was born on the 5th of December 1901 at 1249 Tripp Avenue in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood. He moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri…
- Pat ProftPat Proft was born in 1947 and grew up in Minnesota. He attended Columbia Heights High School where his English teacher Stuart J.
- Chris WeitzChristopher John Weitz was born on the 30th of November 1969 in New York City. His mother Susan Kohner worked as an actress while his father John Weitz…
- Richard LesterRichard Lester Liebman was born on the 19th of January 1932 to a Jewish family in Philadelphia. He graduated from William Penn Charter School at age fifteen…