Curated playlist
English film directors
- Simon KinbergSimon Kinberg plays a banker in his own script for Mr. & Mrs. Smith. He began that screenplay as a film school thesis.
- John GielgudJohn Gielgud was arrested months after being knighted. Backstage in Liverpool, he feared he could not face an audience.
- Joey AnsahJoey Ansah fought Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum and did all his own stunts. It earned a Best Fight nomination.
- Laurence OlivierLaurence Olivier's 1948 film Hamlet was the first non-American film to win Best Picture.
- Gareth Edwards (filmmaker)Director Gareth Edwards made Monsters with two lead actors and a crew of five, using off-the-shelf equipment.
- Ralph FiennesRalph Fiennes has played a Nazi camp commandant, a dark wizard, a British spymaster and a flirtatious hotel concierge, and audiences have believed every one of them. Born in 1962, the English actor and director carries the full name Ralph…
- Alan RickmanAlan Rickman almost turned down Die Hard. He took the villain role of Hans Gruber anyway.
- Ridley ScottRidley Scott once ranked 31st out of 31 in his school class. He later kept that report on his office wall.
- M. J. BassettFilm director M. J. Bassett turned down every studio offer for her screenplay. She insisted on directing it.
- John Madden (director)Director John Madden's Shakespeare in Love beat Saving Private Ryan for Best Picture.