The Directors (1999)
Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.
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Episode 1 - Michael Mann
Release Date: 2002-06-01Documentary about the filmmaker of Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider and recently Collateral .
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Episode 2 - Robert Wise
Release Date:Profile and filmograhpy of the director whose movies includes The Haunting, The Day the Earth Stood Still, I Want to Live! and West Side Story.
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Episode 3 - Steven Spielberg
Release Date:The director of Jaws, 1941, and E.T. discusses his film career.
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Episode 4 - Sydney Pollack
Release Date:Documentary about Sydneny Pollack, the filmmaker of movies as Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and The Way We Were.
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Episode 5 - Milos Forman
Release Date:Profile and filmograhpy of Milos Forman, whose movies includes Amadeus, One Flew on Cuckoo's Nest, Man on the Moon, The People vs. Larry Flint and Hair.
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Episode 6 - Clint Eastwood
Release Date:One of the most famous actors ever, Clint Eastwood began his filmmaker career direting the thriller Play Misty for Me. His filmography also includes Bird, High Plains Drifter , The Bridges of Madison County, Absolute Power, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and recently Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.
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Episode 7 - Spike Lee
Release Date: 2003-10-04Spike Lee is the director of the films Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Malcom X, and Bamboozled.
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Episode 8 - Martha Coolidge
Release Date: 2004-04-03Coolidge directed romantic comedies like Valley Girl, Out to Sea and Real Genius.
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Episode 9 - Robert Altman
Release Date:Life and career of the director from such movies like M.A.S.H., McCabe & Mrs. Miller, Gosford Park, Cookie's Fortune, Short Cuts, The Player and Nashville.
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Episode 10 - Richard Donner
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Episode 11 - Barry Levinson
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Episode 12 - John Frankenheimer
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Episode 13 - Billy Friedkin
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Episode 14 - Arthur Hiller
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Episode 15 - Ron Howard
Release Date: 2001-11-07A former child star, Ron's films include Splash, Gung Ho, Parenthood, and A Beautiful Mind.
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Episode 16 - Jim Abrahams, Jerry & David Zucker
Release Date:The team of Jim Abrahams, and Jerry and David Zucker are best known for their comedy films Airplane!, Top Secret!, and Ruthless People. David Zucker has also directed BASEketball, Jerry Zucker has also directed Ghost, First Knight, and Rat Rance, and Jim Abrahams has also directed Big Business, Hot Shots, and Jane Austen's Mafia!
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Episode 17 - George Romero
Release Date:Documentary about filmmaker George A. Romero, from many famous horror films, as Night of the Living Dead, Season of the Witch, Dawn of The Dead, Creepshow, Monkey Shines, and Bruiser.
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Episode 18 - Roland Emmerich
Release Date: 2004-03-06Profile of Roland Emmerich, the director of The Patriot.
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Episode 19 - Oliver Stone
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Episode 20 - Paul Schrader
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Episode 21 - Scott Hicks
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Episode 22 - Harold Becker
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Episode 23 - Frank Darabont
Release Date:Documentary about filmmaker Frank Darabont, from movies as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.
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Episode 24 - Atom Egoyan
Release Date:Documentary about filmmaker Atom Egoyan and his strange, surreal films.
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Episode 25 - Anthony Menghella
Release Date: 2004-06-05Profile and analysis filmograhpy of the director of The Talented Mr. Ripley .
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Episode 26 - Michael Bay
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Episode 27 - Jonathan Demme
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Episode 28 - Andrew Davis
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Episode 29 - George Lucas
Release Date:Profile of George Lucas, the director of the Star Wars series.
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Episode 30 - Cameron Crowe
Release Date:Profile of and interview with Cameron Crowe
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Episode 31 - James Ivory
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Episode 32 - Ridley Scott
Release Date: 2004-05-01Ridley Scott is the director of such films as 'Blade Runner' and 'Hannibal.'
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Episode 33 - David Lynch
Release Date: 2003-09-04Documentary about filmmaker David Lynch, from movies as Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and also the Tv-series Twin Peaks.
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Episode 34 - Philip Kaufman
Release Date:Documentary about filmmaker Philip Kaufman, from movie as ""Henry & June"", ""Quills"", ""The Right Stuff"" and ""The Unbearable Lightness of Being"".
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Episode 35 - Wolfgang Petersen
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Episode 51 - Adrian Lyne
Release Date: 2003-06-07A profile of the director from his early days as an accountant, then directing television commercials, through to his blockbuster films such as Flashdance or Fatal Attraction, and provocative works like Lolita and Nine 1/2 Weeks.