Famous Director Writing Assignment
Please include the following information about the assigned Director or actress:
1. Your name on the top right of the paper
2. The Director’s name centered as the title of the paper
3. Find an appropriate picture (headshot) of the director and copy and paste it to your paper underneath their name
4. A list of the Director’s “FILMOGRAPHY”. Go to http://www.imdb.com/ and search for this information. (List the top 10 – Not the first 10 you come to)
5. Explain why you think this person is a famous director and give at least 3 specific reasons. (This is an opinion and it will be correct if you use examples)
6. List any awards the Director has won or been nominated for. This information can also be found at http://www.imdb.com/
7. Research the director’s biography and give a brief bio – in your own words. Must include Birthdate, at least 5 important events, marriage (s), Death Date (if no longer living.
8. List any films that you have personally seen from this director.
9. Paper must be 1.5 pages of typed information (double spaced). Total length of 2 pages that includes the picture.
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick
Steven Spielberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Orson Welles
Quentin Tarantino
Joel Coen
Clint Eastwood
Charlie Chaplin
Woody Allen
Ridley Scott
John Ford
Billy Wilder
Frank Capra
Roman Polanski
Peter Jackson
David Lean
John Huston
David Lynch
Fritz Lang
Michael Powell
Elia Kazan
Howard Hawks
Mel Brooks
Tim Burton
Robert Altman
William Wyler
Oliver Stone
Brian De Palma
Terrence Malick
James Cameron
George Lucas
Robert Zemeckis
Cecil B. DeMille
Michael Curtiz
George Cukor
Mike Nichols
Preston Sturges
Ernst Lubitsch
D.W. Griffith
Otto Preminger
Sam Peckinpah
John Cassavetes
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sam Raimi
Arthur Penn
Spike Lee
Vincente Minnelli
Ron Howard
Terry Gilliam