Spike Lee - Is He Black?

Borrowed from Filmsite.org's Great Directors.

Talented, provocative, black.

SPIKE LEE 1957-
Talented, Provocative, African-American Film-maker/Producer/Writer

Suggested Filmography: She's Gotta Have It (1986), School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Jungle Fever (1991), Malcolm X (1992), Crooklyn (1994), Clockers (1995), Get on the Bus (1996), Girl 6 (1996), 4 Little Girls (1997), He Got Game (1998), Summer of Sam (1999), Bamboozled (2000), The 25th Hour (2002).
Talented, provocative, black.

SYDNEY POLLACK 1934-
Important Director of Hollywood Stars from the 70s through the 90s ; also profilic producer and actor

Suggested Filmography: The Slender Thread (1965), This Property is Condemned (1966), Castle Keep (1969), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Yakuza (1975), Bobby Deerfield (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979), Absence of Malice (1981), Tootsie (1982) (actor, producer, director), Out of Africa (1985), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) (ex. producer), Presumed Innocent (1990) (producer), The Firm (1993), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) (producer), Sabrina (1995), Sense and Sensibility (1995) (producer), Random Hearts (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (ex. producer)
Important.

SIDNEY LUMET 1924-
American Producer/Director of Films Based in the Urban East/New York

Suggested Filmography: 12 Angry Men (1957), Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962), Fail-Safe (1964), The Pawnbroker (1965), The Hill (1965), Bye-Bye Braverman (1968), Serpico (1973), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), Equus (1977), Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), Prince of the City (1981), Deathtrap (1982), The Verdict (1982), Garbo Talks (1984), The Morning After (1986), Running on Empty (1988), A Stranger Among Us (1992), Guilty as Sin (1993), Gloria (1999).
From the Urban East (New York).

LOUIS MALLE 1932-1995
French-Born Director

Suggested Filmography: The Lovers (1958), Elevator to the Gallows (1958), Zazie (1960), Viva Maria! (1965), The Fire Within (1966), Dearest Heart (1971), Lacombe Lucien (1974), Pretty Baby (1978), Atlantic City (1980), My Dinner With Andre (1981), Alamo Bay (1985), Au Revoir, Les Enfants (1987), May Fools (1990), Damage (1992), Vanya on 42nd Street (1994).
French born.

OTTO PREMINGER 1905-1986
Serious Austrian-Born Independent Producer/Director and Outspoken Taboo Breaker Who Challenged the Film Production Codes

Suggested Filmography: Laura (1944) (replaced Mamoulian), Daisy Kenyon (1947), Forever Amber (1947), Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950), Angel Face (1952), The Moon Is Blue (1953), Carmen Jones (1954), River of No Return (1954), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), Saint Joan (1957), Bonjour Tristesse (1958), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Porgy and Bess (1959), Exodus (1960), Advise and Consent (1962), The Cardinal (1963), In Harm's Way (1965), Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), Hurry Sundown (1967), Skidoo (1968), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970).
Serious (not like those silly, flippant austrian-born producer/directors. god, cast them all into a pit).

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