Curated category
Postmodernist filmmakers
- Martin ScorseseMartin Scorsese was born on the 17th of November 1942 in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens. He grew up in the Little Italy section of Manhattan where his…
- 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…
- Quentin TarantinoQuentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on the 27th of March 1963. His father Tony Tarantino left the family before his son's birth.
- David LynchDavid Keith Lynch was born at St. Patrick's Hospital in Missoula, Montana, on the 20th of January 1946. His father worked as a USDA research scientist and…
- 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…
- Christopher NolanChristopher Edward Nolan was born on the 30th of July 1970 in Westminster, London. His father Brendan James Nolan worked as a creative director for an…
- 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…
- James CameronJames Francis Cameron was born on the 16th of August 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario. He grew up as the eldest of five children with two brothers and two…
- David FincherDavid Andrew Leo Fincher was born in Denver on the 28th of August 1962. His family moved to San Anselmo, California when he was two years old.
- 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…
- Hideaki AnnoHideaki Anno was born in 1960 within the city of Ube, Yamaguchi. He attended Wakō Kindergarten and Unoshima Municipal Elementary School before moving to…
- Michel GondryMichel Gondry grew up in Versailles, France. He was the grandson of inventor Constant Martin. This family history of invention likely influenced his later…
- Rian JohnsonRian Johnson was born on the 17th of December 1973 in Silver Spring, Maryland. He grew up in Denver, Colorado until sixth grade before moving to San…
- Ridley ScottRidley Scott was born on the 30th of November 1937 in South Shields. His father Francis Percy Scott served as a Colonel in the Royal Engineers during the…
- Charlie KaufmanCharles Stuart Kaufman was born on the 19th of November 1958 in New York City to a Jewish family. His parents were Helen and Myron Kaufman.