This series looks at the 20th century’s iconic film directors; the real innovators whose breakthrough direction made film into the movies. Their early lives, often escaping war or poverty found expression in theatre, then film, forming the fundamental art that is cinema. Each episode brought to life by Derek Malcolm, Neil Norman, Stephen Armstrong, Dr. Bonnie Greer OBE and Ian Nathan along with classic moments from each film career.
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A profile of Alfred Hitchcock, the Leytonstone-born director who became known as 'the Master of Suspense' with films such as Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of director Billy Wilder, who dominated Hollywood's Golden Age with films such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and Sunset Boulevard.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and work of William Wyler, the Oscar-winning film director known for such films as Ben Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives.
Runtime: 45 minA portrait of Sam Peckinpah, the controversial, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director known for films like The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and The Getaway.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of Howard Hawks, the Academy Award-winning director of Only Angels Have Wings, Scarface, Bringing Up Baby and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Runtime: 45 minAn intimate portrait of Austrian-born filmmaker Fritz Lang, one of the most accomplished and enduring directors of the 20th century.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the films of Cecil B DeMille, the director who became a giant of the 20th-century film industry, known for epics such as The Ten Commandments.
Runtime: 45 minA fascinating look at the work of George Cukor, who was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and received an Academy Award in 1964 for My Fair Lady.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker who won international acclaim with films such as Rashomon, Ikiru and Ran.
Runtime: 45 minAn intimate portrait of Frank Capra, the celebrated Italian-American director known for films such as It's a Wonderful Life and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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A look at the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, the legendary director whose films include A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.
Runtime: 45 minMovie experts explore the life and word of British director David Lean
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and work of Michael Curtiz, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors whose films include Angels With Dirty Faces, Casablanca and Mildred Pierce.
Runtime: 45 minA biographical portrait of John Ford, the Oscar-winning director known for the John Wayne westerns Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and The Searchers.
Runtime: 45 minThe spotlight falls on golden age great John Huston, whose films include The Maltese Falcon and Oscar-winning classics The Treasure of Sierra Madre and The African Queen.
Runtime: 45 minA closer look at legendary Soviet film pioneer a montage master and true world cinema great whose hugely influential works include Battleship Potemkin.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the Italian film maestro and four-time Academy Award-winner whose pioneering movies films include La Strada, La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.
Runtime: 45 minA look at A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront filmmaker the Hollywood genius credited for discovering Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty.
Runtime: 45 minDocumentary exploring four-time Academy Award-winning director Fred Zinnemann, whose movie masterpieces include Oklahoma!, High Noon, Julia and The Day of the Jackal.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of Vincente Minnelli, the Academy Award-winning director of movie musicals Gigi and An American in Paris, and the father of Liza Minnelli.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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A fascinating look at the life and career of Oscar-nominated director John Sturges, the mind behind classic films such as The Great Escape and The Magnificent Seven.
Runtime: 45 minAn intriguing look into the life and career of Academy Award-winning film director Sidney Lumet.
Runtime: 41 minAn in-depth look at the life and career of American film director Don Siegel, known for the sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers and his work with Clint Eastwood.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of master of the musical Stanley Donen, who directed Hollywood greats like Singin' in the Rain, Royal Wedding and On the Town.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of three-time Academy Award-winning film director George Stevens. His best known films include A Place in the Sun and The Diary of Anne Frank.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the award-winning director behind movies such as The Manchurian Candidate, Birdman of Alcatraz, The Train and Ronin.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director behind The Sound of Music, West Side Story and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Runtime: 45 minA look into the life and career of the American film director behind All the President's Men and Sophie's Choice, and the producer of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Runtime: 45 minA closer look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning British director behind acclaimed films Odd Man Out, Oliver! and The Fallen Idol.
Runtime: 45 minExplore the life of the highly influential director credited as the inventor of the Italian Western genre. His films include Once Upon a Time In America.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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An in-depth look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose hit films include Out of Africa and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the director, known for his boundary-pushing films such as The Man with the Golden Arm and the Academy Award-nominated Anatomy of a Murder.
Runtime: 45 minAn exploration of the multiple Academy Award-winning director whose films include All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives and The Philadelphia Story.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker whose films include Gosford Park, Nashville, MASH and McCabe & Mrs Miller.
Runtime: 45 minExplore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director whose works include Trouble in Paradise, Heaven Can Wait and To Be or Not to Be.
Runtime: 45 minAn in-depth look at the life and career of the Oscar-nominated director behind films such as The Truman Show, Witness, Dead Poets Society and Green Card.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning Midnight Cowboy director.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and 50-year-long career of the Oscar-nominated director, whose notable films include Scarface, Mission: Impossible and Dressed to Kill.
Runtime: 45 minExplore the life of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose most popular films include Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
Runtime: 45 minA glimpse into the life of the director known for his work on many films such as Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story and El Cid.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include The Godfather franchise and Apocalypse Now.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Hannibal.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of the legendary filmmaker, whose films include the Academy Award-winning The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street and Gangs of New York.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's life, career and portfolio of films which includes Scarface, Midnight Express, Platoon and Natural Born Killers.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of the celebrated filmmaker of hits Walkabout, Don't Look Now and Bad Timing. His unique style made him a highly influential filmmaker.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director of films including Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of the inspirational filmmaker, who won the first-ever Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his comedy film The Great McGinty.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Hollywood filmmaker, famous for directing films such as the Academy Award-nominated Blossoms in the Dust and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director whose work includes Terms of Endearment and multi Emmy Award-winning sitcom The Simpsons.
Runtime: 45 minA glimpse into the life and career of the filmmaker whose portfolio of work includes Vera Cruz, The Big Knife, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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The story of Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee, who wowed audiences with gripping films like Malcolm X, Inside Man and BlacKkKlansman.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Graduate.
Runtime: 45 minA deep dive into the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon and Apollo 13.
Runtime: 45 minThe life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, known for his 1973 horror film The Exorcist and his action-thriller The French Connection.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, the latter of which she won the Oscar for Best Director.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life of one of Hollywood's most successful directors, whose long list of hit films include Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Runtime: 45 minThe life story of the British film director, known both in the UK and across the pond for films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Cape Fear.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the life and career of the acclaimed Hollywood director, whose films include Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally... and the Oscar-nominated A Few Good Men.
Runtime: 45 minA look at the career of the Academy Award-nominated director, known for his gripping depictions of life stories and characters - such as his acclaimed film The Queen.
Runtime: 45 minThe last episode of the series takes a deep dive into the life and career of John Carpenter, known for his cult classics such as Dark Star, The Thing and Halloween.
Runtime: 45 minNo overview available.
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A look into the life and career of the Hollywood director, whose portfolio is filled to the brim with classics like Jaws and Indiana Jones.
Runtime: N/A minA look at the life and careers of the superstar directing duo, known for films such as True Grit and the Oscar-winning Fargo.
Runtime: N/A minAn insight into the life and career of an Oscar nominated director, responsible for works such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Fantastic Mr Fox.
Runtime: N/A minA look at the life and career of the late John Singleton, whose name came to prominence with the crime drama Boyz n the Hood.
Runtime: N/A minThe man responsible for the crime thriller The Silence of the Lambs, take a look at the life and career of Jonathan Demme.
Runtime: N/A minAn iconic director with an iconic portfolio of blockbuster films, explore the life and career of a silver screen genius Christopher Nolan.
Runtime: N/A minA look at the life and career of the late Nora Ephron, a celebrated director who made a bang on debut with This Is My Life in 1992.
Runtime: 60 minTake a look at the life and career of Antoine Fuqua, a highly successful director with films like Training Day and The Equalizer in his portfolio
Runtime: 60 minThe life and career of Barry Levinson, an Academy Award-winning director, is one of success. Take a look back at his contributions towards the film industry.
Runtime: 60 minExplore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique filmmaking style.
Runtime: 60 minNo overview available.
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A look at the life and career of a highly-innovative filmmaker known for Titanic, Avatar and The Terminator.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of an Oscar-winning director renowned for his experimental approach and hits such as Erin Brockovich and Ocean's Eleven.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of Czechoslovakia's most famous and acclaimed filmmaker, known for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of a pioneer in the independent filmmaking scene of the 1990s, known for Before Sunrise and School of Rock.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of an Academy Award-winning actor and director known for Citizen Kane and more.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of a celebrated Australian filmmaker, known for The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Dead Calm.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of American director David Fincher, renowned for his psychological thrillers such as Fight Club, Seven and Panic Room.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of American filmmaker Nancy Meyers, known for The Parent Trap, The Holiday and Something's Gotta Give.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of the legendary actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood, known for Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper.
Runtime: 60 minA look at the life and career of the celebrated Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.
Runtime: 60 min