ROSEMONT COLLEGE
INTRO TO FILMMAKING
Topic: IMPORTANT FILMMAKERS
For each director listed below #1-#40, answer the following
questions:
- Birth
and death (if applicable)
- Nationality
- Number
of films they have directed.
- Number
of films they have written
- Number
of films they have produced.
- Name
two films they are most known for.
- Where
or how were they trained in filmmaking?
- What
did they do before they directed films?
- Notable
quote
- Cite a
one unique aspect of the person’s work
Word process your answers within this document. Keep answers to
1-3 max sentences. This assignment is to familiarize yourself
with 40 great film directors throughout history. You may copy and paste your
answers from ANY web based sources. You must copy and paste the URL of the
source. This is required! When you have
completed the assignment, save the document locally and email it to me as a MS
word document, or save it to a memory stick and take it elsewhere for emailing.
You should be able to
complete this assignment by Friday 10/6. Be sure to email it before you leave
for break. You should be able to complete it during the three hour block for
class. However, you can work on it anytime between now and Friday.
List of Directors:
- D.W.
Griffith
- Eric
Von Stroheim
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Charlie
Chaplin
- Raoul Walsh
- Fritz
Lang
- Leni Reifenstahl
- Frank
Capra
- George
Cukor
- John
Ford
- William
Wyler
- Michael
Curtiz
- John
Huston
- Orson Welles
- Ida Lupino
- Alfred
Hitchcock
- Elia Kazan
- Nicholas
Ray
- Vittorio deSica
- Ingmar
Bergman
- Billy
Wilder
- George
Stevens
- Federico
Fellini
- Akira
Kurosawa
- David
Lean
- Sergio
Leone
- Arthur
Penn
- Francois
Truffaut
- Jean
Luc Godard
- Stanley
Kubrick
- John
Schlesinger
- Sidney
Lumet
- Francis
Coppola
- Martin
Scorsese
- Milos Forman
- Lina Wertmuller
- Woody
Allen
- Robert
Altman
- Hal
Ashby
- Jane Campion