The Directors
1999 · 2 seasons · 50 episodes · Ended · Starz Encore
Documentary
TMDB 6.1 · 9 votes
Documentary biography series featuring profiles of various famous film directors.
Episodes
- S01E01Tim Burton1999-01-0160m
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.
- S01E02Terry Gilliam2000-05-2360m
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.
- S01E03Alan Parker2004-02-0760m
Profile of Alan Parker, director of The Wall and Evita.
- S01E04Wes Craven1999-01-3060m
Profile of Wes Craven, director of Swamp Thing, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Vampire in Brooklyn, and the Scream trilogy.
- S01E05Roger Corman1999-02-0160m
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.
- S01E06Martin Scorsese2000-07-0660m
Profile and analysis filmography of the director of Taxi Driver, After Hours, The Age of Innonence, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Goodfellas and Cape Fear.
- S01E07Rob Reiner60m
Reiner's films include This is Spinal Tap, When Harry met Sally ..., and The Princess Bride.
- S01E08James Cameron60m
Profile and analysis filmograhpy about the director of movies as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day and Titanic.
- S01E09Barbra Streisand60m
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.
- S01E10David Cronenberg60m
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.
- S01E11David Mamet2002-01-0360m
His films as writer-director include ""House of Games,"" ""Heist,"" ""Homicide"" and ""The Spanish Prisoner.""
- S01E12Tony Scott2001-11-0760m
Documentary about filmmaker Tony Scott, from movies as ""The Hunger"" and ""Top Gun"".
- S01E13Ivan Reitman60m
Documentary about filmmaker Ivan Reitman, from movies as ""Ghostbusters"", ""Groundhog Day"" and ""Evolution"".
- S01E14Best of The Directors60m
Compilation of clips from various other episodes.
