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• Greatest filmography only have five films listed. Feature films, TV
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Lenny 1. Room (2015)

Abrahamson 2. Frank (2014)
3. Garage (2007)
1966 - 4. Adam & Paul (2004)
5. What Richard Did
(2012)

J. J. Abrams 1. Lost [with Jeffrey Lieber &

Damon Lindelof] (2004-2010)
1966 - 2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015)
3. Star Trek (2009)
4. Alias (2001-2006)
5. Super 8 (2011)
6. Fringe [with Alex Kurtzman &
Roberto Orci] (2008-2013)
7. Star Trek into Darkness (2013)
8. Felicity [with Matt Reeves] (1998-
2002)
9. Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker (2019)
10. Mission: Impossible III (2006)

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Andrew 1. Shrek [with Vicky Jenson] (2001)
Adamson 2. Shrek 2 [with Kelly Asbury & Conrad
Vernon] (2004)
1966 - 3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,
the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince
Caspian (2008)
5. Mr. Pip (2012)

Alexandre Aja 1. High Tension (2003)

2. The Hills Have Eyes
1978 - (2006)
3. Crawl (2019)
4. Piranha 3D (2010)
5. Mirrors (2008)

Chantal 1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du

Akerman Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
2. News from Home (1977)
1950 - 3. D'est (1993)
2015 4. Je, tu, il, elle (1976)
5. Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978)
6. La captive (2000)
7. Toute une nuit (1982)
8. Portrait of a Young Girl at the End
of the 1960s in Brussels (1994)
9. No Home Movie (2015)
10. La chambre (1972)

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Fatih Akın 1. Head-On (2004)
2. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
1973 - 3. Soul Kitchen (2009)
4. In the Fade (2017)
5. In July (2000)
6. Short Sharp Shock (1998)
7. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound
of Istanbul (2005)
8. Solino (2002)
9. Tschick (2016)
10. The Golden Glove (2019)

Robert Aldrich 1. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

2. What Ever Happened to Baby
1918 - 1983 Jane? (1962)
3. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
4. The Flight of the Phoenix
(1965)
5. Hush... Hush, Sweet
Charlotte (1964)
6. Attack! (1956)
7. The Longest Yard (1974)
8. Ulzana's Raid (1972)
9. Vera Cruz (1954)
10. Emperor of the North Pole
(1973)

Grigori 1. Jolly Fellows (1934)

Aleksandrov 2. Volga-Volga (1938)
3. Circus [with Isidor Simkov] (1936)
1903 - 1983 4. Spring (1947)
5. Svetlyy put (1940)
6. Meeting on the Elbe [with Aleksei
Utkin] (1949)
7. The Composer Glinka (1952)
8. Russkiy suvenir (1960)
9. A Family [with Mikayil Mikayilov &
Rza Takhmasib] (1943)
10. Internationale (1932)

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James Algar 1. The Living Desert (1953)
2. The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
1912 - 1998 3. White Wilderness (1958)
4. Seal Island (1948)
5. In Beaver Valley (1950)
6. The African Lion (1955)
7. Secrets of Life (1956)
8. Grand Canyon (1958)
9. Jungle Cat (1960)
10. The Legend of Lobo [with Jack
Couffer] (1962)

Woody Allen 1. Annie Hall (1977)

2. Manhattan (1979)
1935 - 3. Hannah and Her Sisters
(1986)
4. Crimes and
Misdemeanors (1989)
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo
(1985)
6. Zelig (1983)
7. Love and Death (1975)
8. Stardust Memories (1980)
9. Husbands and Wives
(1992)
10. Sleeper (1973)

Pedro 1. Talk to Her (2002)

Almodóvar 2. All About My Mother (1999)
3. Women on the Verge of a
1949 - Nervous Breakdown (1988)
4. Volver (2006)
5. The Skin I Live In (2011)
6. Pain and Glory (2019)
7. Law of Desire (1987)
8. Bad Education (2004)
9. Live Flesh (1997)
10. What Have I Done to Deserve
This? (1984)

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Robert Altman 1. Nashville (1975)
2. M·A·S·H (1970)
1925 - 2006 3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller
(1971)
4. Short Cuts (1993)
5. The Long Goodbye
(1973)
6. The Player (1992)
7. 3 Women (1977)
8. Gosford Park (2001)
9. Tanner '88 (1988)
10. California Split (1974)

Alejandro 1. The Others (2001)

Amenábar 2. The Sea Inside
(2004)
1972 - 3. Open Your Eyes
(1997)
4. Tesis (1996)
5. Agora (2009)

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Lindsay 1. if.... (1968)
Anderson 2. O Lucky Man! (1973)
3. This Sporting Life (1963)
1923 - 1994 4. The Whales of August
(1987)
5. Britannia Hospital (1982)
6. O Dreamland (1953)
7. Thursday's Children
(1954)
8. In Celebration (1975)
9. Every Day Except
Christmas (1957)
10. The White Bus (1967)

Michael 1. Around the World in 80

Anderson Days (1956)
2. Logan's Run (1976)
1920 - 2018 3. The Dam Busters (1955)
4. The Quiller Memorandum
(1966)
5. The Shoes of the Fisherman
(1968)
6. Operation Crossbow (1965)
7. 1984 (1956)
8. Shake Hands with the Devil
(1959)
9. Orca (1977)
10. Doc Savage: The Man of
Bronze (1975)

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Paul Thomas 1. There Will Be Blood
Anderson (2007)
2. Boogie Nights (1997)
1970 - 3. Magnolia (1999)
4. Punch-Drunk Love
(2002)
5. Phantom Thread
(2017)
6. The Master (2012)
7. Inherent Vice (2014)
8. Hard Eight (1996)
9. Anima (2019)
10. Junun (2015)

Paul W. S. 1. Mortal Kombat (1995)

Anderson 2. Resident Evil (2002)
3. Death Race (2008)
1965 - 4. Event Horizon (1997)
5. Resident Evil: The Final
Chapter (2016)
6. Resident Evil: Afterlife
(2010)
7. Alien vs. Predator (2004)
8. The Three Musketeers
(2011)
9. Resident Evil: Retribution
(2012)
10. Pompeii (2014)

Wes Anderson 1. The Royal Tenenbaums

(2001)
1969 - 2. Rushmore (1998)
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
4. Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
6. Isle of Dogs (2018)
7. The Life Aquatic with Steve
Zissou (2004)
8. Bottle Rocket (1996)
9. The Darjeeling Limited
(2007)
10. Hotel Chevalier (2007)

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Roy 1. Songs from the Second Floor
Andersson (2000)
2. You, the Living (2007)
1943 - 3. A Swedish Love Story (1970)
4. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch
Reflecting on Existence (2014)
5. World of Glory (1991)
6. About Endlessness (2019)
7. Something Happened (1987)
8. Giliap (1975)
9. Visiting One's Son (1967)
10. To Fetch a Bike (1968)

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