Seasons & Episodes
Alfred Hitchcock
A profile of Alfred Hitchcock, the Leytonstone-born director who became known as 'the Master of Suspense' with films suc
Billy Wilder
A look at the life and career of director Billy Wilder, who dominated Hollywood's Golden Age with films such as Double I
William Wyler
A look at the life and work of William Wyler, the Oscar-winning film director known for such films as Ben Hur and The Be
Sam Peckinpah
A portrait of Sam Peckinpah, the controversial, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director known for films like T
Howard Hawks
A look at the life and career of Howard Hawks, the Academy Award-winning director of Only Angels Have Wings, Scarface, B
Fritz Lang
An intimate portrait of Austrian-born filmmaker Fritz Lang, one of the most accomplished and enduring directors of the 2
Cecil B DeMille
A look at the films of Cecil B DeMille, the director who became a giant of the 20th-century film industry, known for epi
George Cukor
A fascinating look at the work of George Cukor, who was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and r
Akira Kurosawa
A look at the life and career of Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker who won international acclaim with films such as
Frank Capra
An intimate portrait of Frank Capra, the celebrated Italian-American director known for films such as It's a Wonderful L
Stanley Kubrick
A look at the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, the legendary director whose films include A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A S
David Lean
Movie experts explore the life and word of British director David Lean
Michael Curtiz
A look at the life and work of Michael Curtiz, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors whose films include Angels Wit
John Ford
A biographical portrait of John Ford, the Oscar-winning director known for the John Wayne westerns Stagecoach, She Wore
John Huston
The spotlight falls on golden age great John Huston, whose films include The Maltese Falcon and Oscar-winning classics T
Sergei Eisenstein
A closer look at legendary Soviet film pioneer a montage master and true world cinema great whose hugely influential wor
Federico Fellini
A look at the Italian film maestro and four-time Academy Award-winner whose pioneering movies films include La Strada, L
Elia Kazan
A look at A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront filmmaker the Hollywood genius credited for discovering Marlon
Fred Zinnemann
Documentary exploring four-time Academy Award-winning director Fred Zinnemann, whose movie masterpieces include Oklahoma
Vincente Minnelli
A look at the life of Vincente Minnelli, the Academy Award-winning director of movie musicals Gigi and An American in Pa
John Sturges
A fascinating look at the life and career of Oscar-nominated director John Sturges, the mind behind classic films such a
Sidney Lumet
An intriguing look into the life and career of Academy Award-winning film director Sidney Lumet.
Don Siegel
An in-depth look at the life and career of American film director Don Siegel, known for the sci-fi film Invasion of the
Stanley Donen
A look at the life and career of master of the musical Stanley Donen, who directed Hollywood greats like Singin' in the
George Stevens
A look at the life and career of three-time Academy Award-winning film director George Stevens. His best known films inc
John Frankenheimer
A look at the life and career of the award-winning director behind movies such as The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of A
Robert Wise
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director behind The Sound of Music, West Side Story and Star
Alan J Pakula
A look into the life and career of the American film director behind All the President's Men and Sophie's Choice, and th
Carol Reed
A closer look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning British director behind acclaimed films Odd Man Out, O
Sergio Leone
Explore the life of the highly influential director credited as the inventor of the Italian Western genre. His films inc
Sydney Pollack
An in-depth look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose hit films include Out of Africa and
Otto Preminger
A look at the life and career of the director, known for his boundary-pushing films such as The Man with the Golden Arm
Joseph Mankiewicz
An exploration of the multiple Academy Award-winning director whose films include All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives
Robert Altman
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker whose films include Gosford Park, Nashville, MASH
Ernst Lubitsch
Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director whose works include Trouble in Paradise, Heaven Can Wa
Peter Weir
An in-depth look at the life and career of the Oscar-nominated director behind films such as The Truman Show, Witness, D
John Schlesinger
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning Midnight Cowboy director.
Brian De Palma
A look at the life and 50-year-long career of the Oscar-nominated director, whose notable films include Scarface, Missio
Victor Fleming
Explore the life of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose most popular films include Gone with the Wind and The Wiza
Anthony Mann
A glimpse into the life of the director known for his work on many films such as Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story
Francis Ford Coppola
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include The Godfather franchise and Apo
Ridley Scott
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & L
Martin Scorsese
A look at the life of the legendary filmmaker, whose films include the Academy Award-winning The Departed, The Wolf of W
Oliver Stone
A look at the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's life, career and portfolio of films which includes Scarface, Midnight Ex
Nicolas Roeg
A look at the life of the celebrated filmmaker of hits Walkabout, Don't Look Now and Bad Timing. His unique style made h
David Lynch
A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director of films including Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and The Elepha
Preston Sturges
A look at the life of the inspirational filmmaker, who won the first-ever Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
A look at the life and career of the Hollywood filmmaker, famous for directing films such as the Academy Award-nominated
James L Brooks
A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director whose work includes Terms of Endearment and multi Emmy Award-wi
Robert Aldrich
A glimpse into the life and career of the filmmaker whose portfolio of work includes Vera Cruz, The Big Knife, The Dirty
Spike Lee
The story of Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee, who wowed audiences with gripping films like Malcolm X, Inside Ma
Mike Nichols
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Ron Howard
A deep dive into the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes A Beautiful Mind, Frost/
William Friedkin
The life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, known for his 1973 horror film The Exorcist and his action-th
Kathryn Bigelow
A look at the life and career of the director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, the latter of which she won the O
Quentin Tarantino
A look at the life of one of Hollywood's most successful directors, whose long list of hit films include Pulp Fiction an
J Lee Thompson
The life story of the British film director, known both in the UK and across the pond for films such as Ice Cold in Alex
Rob Reiner
A look at the life and career of the acclaimed Hollywood director, whose films include Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally
Stephen Frears
A look at the career of the Academy Award-nominated director, known for his gripping depictions of life stories and char
John Carpenter
The last episode of the series takes a deep dive into the life and career of John Carpenter, known for his cult classics
Steven Spielberg
A look into the life and career of the Hollywood director, whose portfolio is filled to the brim with classics like Jaws
Coen Brothers
A look at the life and careers of the superstar directing duo, known for films such as True Grit and the Oscar-winning F
Wes Anderson
An insight into the life and career of an Oscar nominated director, responsible for works such as The Grand Budapest Hot
John Singleton
A look at the life and career of the late John Singleton, whose name came to prominence with the crime drama Boyz n the
Jonathan Demme
The man responsible for the crime thriller The Silence of the Lambs, take a look at the life and career of Jonathan Demm
Christopher Nolan
An iconic director with an iconic portfolio of blockbuster films, explore the life and career of a silver screen genius
Nora Ephron
A look at the life and career of the late Nora Ephron, a celebrated director who made a bang on debut with This Is My Li
Antoine Fuqua
Take a look at the life and career of Antoine Fuqua, a highly successful director with films like Training Day and The E
Barry Levinson
The life and career of Barry Levinson, an Academy Award-winning director, is one of success. Take a look back at his con
Alexander Payne
Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his
James Cameron
A look at the life and career of a highly-innovative filmmaker known for Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator.
Stephen Soderbergh
A look at the life and career of an Oscar-winning director renowned for his experimental approach and hits such as Erin
Milos Forman
A look at the life and career of Czechoslovakia's most famous and acclaimed filmmaker, known for 1975's One Flew Over th
Richard Linklater
A look at the life and career of a pioneer in the independent filmmaking scene of the 1990s, known for Before Sunrise an
Orson Welles
A look at the life and career of an Academy Award-winning actor and director known for Citizen Kane and more.
Philip Noyce
A look at the life and career of a celebrated Australian filmmaker, known for The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence and
David Fincher
A look at the life and career of American director David Fincher, renowned for his psychological thrillers such as Fight
Nancy Meyers
A look at the life and career of American filmmaker Nancy Meyers, known for The Parent Trap, The Holiday and Something's
Clint Eastwood
A look at the life and career of the legendary actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood, known for Unforgiven, Million Dolla
Ang Lee
A look at the life and career of the celebrated Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, B
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