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Highest-grossing directors worldwide [1]; Rank Name Worldwide box office Highest-grossing film 1 Steven Spielberg: $10,753,945,763 $1,114,456,337 (Jurassic Park) 2 James Cameron
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Steven Allan Spielberg (/ ˈ s p iː l b ɜːr ɡ /; born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time and is the most commercially successful director in film history. [1]
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. [1] In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, [a] many of which are still widely watched and studied today.
Director Michael Bay idolizes Cameron and was convinced by him to use 3D cameras for filming Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). [193] Cameron's approach to 3D inspired Baz Luhrmann during the production of The Great Gatsby (2013). [194] Other directors that have been inspired by Cameron include Peter Jackson, Neill Blomkamp, and Xavier Dolan.
Of the 89 films that won Best Picture and were also nominated for Best Director, 68 won the award. [7] [8] The award has been criticised in recent years for failing to recognise female directors. [9] Of the 257 individual directors nominated in the history of the award, only 9 have been women; [10] and only 3 of the 75 winners have been women. [11]
Matching up with Oscars history, Bigelow and Zhao are the only women to have won the significant DGA feature prize before Campion. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times . Show comments
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and producer.He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, [2] and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur.