The Directors

Overview

Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

Episodes

S01E01 Tim Burton

January 1, 1999 60 min
Profile of director Tim Burton, who first began working as an animator for Disney. His first directing job was an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre called Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. His first film was...

S01E02 Terry Gilliam

May 23, 2000 60 min
Profile of Terry Gilliam, former animator for Monty Python's Flying Circus, and director of the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys, and Fear...

S01E03 Alan Parker

February 7, 2004 60 min
Profile of Alan Parker, director of The Wall and Evita.

S01E04 Wes Craven

January 30, 1999 60 min
Profile of Wes Craven, director of Swamp Thing, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Vampire in Brooklyn, and the Scream trilogy.

S01E05 Roger Corman

February 1, 1999 60 min
Roger Corman, the director of The Little Shop Of Horrors (The 1960s film, not the musical. - Ed.), is best known for making low-budget films on a tight schedule.

S01E06 Martin Scorsese

July 6, 2000 60 min
Profile and analysis filmography of the director of Taxi Driver, After Hours, The Age of Innonence, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Cape Fear.

S01E07 Rob Reiner

60 min
Reiner's films include This is Spinal Tap, When Harry met Sally ..., and The Princess Bride.

S01E08 James Cameron

60 min
Profile and analysis filmograhpy about the director of movies as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Titanic.

S01E09 Barbra Streisand

60 min
Profile of the director of Yentl, The Prince of Tides, and The Mirror Has Two Faces, Barbra Steisand, who is also a singer and actress.

S01E10 David Cronenberg

6.0 60 min
Profile of Dave 'Deprave' Cronenberg, 'King of venereal horror', 'Baron of blood', as he has often been called. His directoral work includes The Dead Zone, The Fly, and the film version of William S. Burroughs'...

S01E11 David Mamet

January 3, 2002 60 min
His films as writer-director include ""House of Games,"" ""Heist,"" ""Homicide"" and ""The Spanish Prisoner.""
Tony Scott

S01E12 Tony Scott

November 7, 2001 60 min
Documentary about filmmaker Tony Scott, from movies as ""The Hunger"" and ""Top Gun"".

S01E13 Ivan Reitman

60 min
Documentary about filmmaker Ivan Reitman, from movies as ""Ghostbusters"", ""Groundhog Day"" and ""Evolution"".

S01E14 Best of The Directors

60 min
Compilation of clips from various other episodes.

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