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The Directors

Season 1 1999 - 2004

  • 1999-01-01T05:00:00Z on Starz Encore
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
The Directors is a show featuring profiles of various famous film directors.

14 episodes

Series Premiere

1999-01-01T05:00:00Z

1x01 Tim Burton

Series Premiere

1x01 Tim Burton

  • 1999-01-01T05:00:00Z1h

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 1985's Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He later directed Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, and a remake of Planet of the Apes. His most recent film was Big Fish, which recieved the best reviews of Burton's career, and was #1 at the box office for two weeks.

2000-05-23T04:00:00Z

1x02 Terry Gilliam

1x02 Terry Gilliam

  • 2000-05-23T04:00:00Z1h

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 and Loathing in Las Vegas.

2004-02-07T05:00:00Z

1x03 Alan Parker

1x03 Alan Parker

  • 2004-02-07T05:00:00Z1h

Profile of Alan Parker, director of The Wall and Evita.

1999-01-30T05:00:00Z

1x04 Wes Craven

1x04 Wes Craven

  • 1999-01-30T05:00:00Z1h

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

1x05 Roger Corman

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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.

1x06 Martin Scorsese

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

1x07 Rob Reiner

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

1x08 James Cameron

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

1x09 Barbra Streisand

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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.

1x10 David Cronenberg

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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' novel Naked Lunch.

2002-01-03T05:00:00Z

1x11 David Mamet

1x11 David Mamet

  • 2002-01-03T05:00:00Z1h

His films as writer-director include ""House of Games,"" ""Heist,"" ""Homicide"" and ""The Spanish Prisoner.""

2001-11-07T05:00:00Z

1x12 Tony Scott

1x12 Tony Scott

  • 2001-11-07T05:00:00Z1h

Documentary about filmmaker Tony Scott, from movies as ""The Hunger"" and ""Top Gun"".

1x13 Ivan Reitman

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

Season Finale

1x14 Best of The Directors

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Compilation of clips from various other episodes.

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