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Born May 9, 1901 • Prague • Czech Republic
Died December 14, 1963 (aged 62) • Munich • Germany
Notable Works “Ecstasy”
Švankmajer, Jan
Jan Švankmajer
Czech artist, puppeteer, animator, and filmmaker
Emil František Burian
Czech author and composer
Joel Coen
American filmmaker
Ethan Coen
American filmmaker
Michael Cimino
American director
Joy Batchelor
British director and animator
Luc Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
Paolo Taviani
Italian filmmaker
Robert Wiene
German film director
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
Vittorio Taviani
Italian filmmaker
Judith Malina
American theater director and actress
Dušan Makavejev
Yugoslavian film producer
James Ivory
American director
Jesse Lasky
American producer
Karel Reisz
Polish-British director
John Waters
American director and author
Roy Ward Baker
British director
Tony Scott
British film director