13 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Alfred Hitchcock was a British-American filmmaker known as the Master of Suspense whose films codified the grammar of the thriller and the systematic manipulation of audience emotion.
Clint Eastwood is an American actor and filmmaker who parlayed his Spaghetti Western and Dirty Harry stardom into one of the most prolific and critically respected directing careers in Hollywood history.
David S. Goyer is an American screenwriter and producer known for the Blade trilogy, the Dark Knight trilogy (with Christopher Nolan), and 'Man of Steel'.
Emma Thomas is a British film producer and Christopher Nolan's producing partner who has produced every one of his feature films through their production company Syncopy.
American filmmaker who directed The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, and The Conversation — arguably the greatest run of films by any director in the 1970s — while also founding American Zoetrope as an independent studio.
American filmmaker who created Star Wars and Indiana Jones — and who built Industrial Light & Magic as the most innovative visual effects company in history — before selling Lucasfilm to Disney for $4B in 2012.
John Hughes was an American filmmaker and writer who defined the 1980s teen film — 'The Breakfast Club', 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', 'Sixteen Candles' — setting most of his work in the Chicago suburban landscape of Nolan's own American childhood.
Jon Boorstin is an American film producer and author whose book 'The Hollywood Eye' (1990) analyzed the visceral, voyeuristic, and vicarious responses films produce in audiences.
Jordan Goldberg is a photographer and producer who documented the recording of Hans Zimmer's Interstellar score.
Kirk Douglas was an American actor known for intense, physically dynamic performances in films like 'Spartacus', 'Paths of Glory', 'Ace in the Hole', and 'Out of the Past'.
Peter Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker who directed the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies and is known for pioneering large-scale digital and practical effects filmmaking.
Ryan Coogler is an American filmmaker known for Fruitvale Station, the Creed series, and Black Panther.
Steven Spielberg is an American filmmaker who defined the blockbuster era with 'Jaws', 'E.T.', and 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' while also producing acclaimed historical dramas including 'Schindler's List' and 'Saving Private Ryan'.