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228 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

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Marcel BroodthaersPhotographer · PhotographyMarcel Broodthaers (28 January 1924 – 28 January 1976) was a Belgian poet, filmmaker, and visual artist.
Marie-Louise EkmanArtist · SculptureMarie-Louise Ester Maude Ekman, née Fuchs, and known during her first marriage under the surname De Geer, and during and after her second as De Geer Bergenstråhle (born 5 November 1944) is…
Marion VernouxPerson · Film memorabiliaMarion Vernoux (French pronunciation: [maʁjɔ̃ vɛʁnu]; born 29 June 1966) is a French director and screenwriter.
Mark BunkerPhotographer · PhotographyMark Bunker (born May 23, 1956) is an American politician, broadcast journalist, videographer and documentary filmmaker.
Mark MandersArtist · SculptureMark Manders (born 1968 in Volkel) is a Dutch artist, currently living and working in Ronse, Belgium. His work consists mainly of installations, drawings and sculptures.
Marlen KhutsievPerson · Film memorabiliaMarlen Martynovich Khutsiev (4 October 1925 – 19 March 2019) was a Georgian-born Soviet and Russian filmmaker best known for his cult films from the 1960s, which include I Am Twenty and…
Marten ToonderArtist · Comics and comic artMarten Toonder (2 May 1912 – 27 July 2005) was a Dutch comic strip creator. He was probably the most successful comic artist in the Netherlands and had a great influence on the Dutch…
Martin MeissonnierPerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Meissonnier is a French musician, producer, journalist, and filmmaker. He is known for his work with African pop musicians such as Fela Kuti and King Sunny Adé and Khaled among other…
Mary Ellen ButePerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Mary Ellen Bute
Massimiliano GalloPerson · Film memorabiliaMassimiliano Gallo (born 19 June 1968) is an Italian actor and singer.
Matilde LandetaPerson · Film memorabiliaMatilde Soto Landeta (20 September 1913 – 26 January 1999) was a Mexican filmmaker and screenwriter, the first woman to serve in those roles during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema…
Mia Hansen-LøvePerson · Film memorabiliaMia Hansen-Løve (born 5 February 1981) is a French filmmaker and former actress. Most known for her films Eden (2014), Bergman Island (2021), and One Fine Morning (2022).
Michal LeszczylowskiPerson · Film memorabiliaMichał Leszczyłowski (born July 30, 1950) is a Polish-born naturalised Swedish film editor who has worked mostly in the Swedish film industry.
Mike HoolboomPerson · Film memorabiliaMichael Hoolboom (born 1 January 1959) is a Canadian independent, experimental filmmaker.
Mike SalisburyDesigner · Modern designJohn Michael Salisbury, (29 March 1942 – 13 May 2026) was an English documentary filmmaker specialising in natural history programmes for television.
Mikhail KalatozovPerson · Film memorabiliaMikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov (მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgian origin who contributed to…
Mikhail KaufmanPhotographer · PhotographyMikhail Abelevich Kaufman (1897 – March 11, 1980) was a Soviet and Russian cinematographer, photographer and film director.
Miranda JulyPerson · Film memorabiliaMiranda July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger; February 15, 1974) is an American film director, screenwriter, actress and author.
Mohammad RasoulofPerson · Film memorabiliaMohammad Rasoulof (born 16 November 1972) is an Iranian independent filmmaker who lives in exile in Europe.
Mohsen MakhmalbafPerson · Film memorabiliaMohsen Makhmalbaf (born May 29, 1957) is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer.
Mostafa heraviPhotographer · PhotographyMostafa Heravi (born in 1974 in Mashhad, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. He is known for the films Sansur (2023), and It was 5 in the Morning.
Nadia FaresPerson · Film memorabilia
Nadia Lee CohenPhotographer · PhotographyNadia Lee Cohen (born 15 November 1992) is a British artist, photographer, filmmaker, and model.
Nana EkvtimishviliPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Nana Ekvtimishvili 2013
Nanfu WangPerson · Film memorabiliaNanfu Wang (born 1985) is a Chinese-born American film director, producer, and editor.
Nawapol ThamrongrattanaritPerson · Film memorabiliaNawapol Thamrongrattanarit (born 4 February 1984) is a Thai writer, screenwriter and film director.
Neasa Ní ChianáinPerson · Film memorabiliaNeasa Ní Chianáin is an Irish documentary filmmaker who is best known for her 2022 film Young Plato, which has been critically acclaimed and nominated for some of the most prestigious…
Nelly KaplanPerson · Film memorabiliaNelly Kaplan (11 April 1931 – 12 November 2020) was an Argentine-born French writer and film director who focused on the arts, film, and filmmakers.
Nick DeocampoPhotographer · PhotographyNicolas Armada Deocampo (born 1959), best known as Nick Deocampo, is a Filipino filmmaker, film historian, film literacy advocate, film producer, author and the director of the Center for…
Nicolas KeppensPerson · Film memorabiliaNicolas Keppens (born July 5, 1989) is an Oscar-nominated film director and artist born in Aalst, Belgium.
Nikos NikolaidisPerson · Music memorabiliaNikos Georgiou Nikolaidis (25 October 1939 – 5 September 2007) was a Greek film director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, theatre director, assistant director, record producer,…
Nikyatu JusuPerson · Film memorabiliaNikyatu Jusu is an American independent writer, director, producer, editor and assistant professor in film and video at George Mason University.
Nobuyuki ŌuraEngraver · PrintsNobuyuki Ōura (大浦信行, Ōura Nobuyuki, born 1949, Toyama) is a Japanese artist and filmmaker who has been referred to in English as Ohura Nobuyuki.
Olivier MarchalPerson · Film memorabiliaOlivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman.
Osvaldo CavandoliArtist · Comics and comic artOsvaldo Cavandoli (1 January 1920 – 3 March 2007), also known by his pen name Cava, was an Italian cartoonist.
Otto MessmerPerson · Film memorabiliaOtto James Messmer (August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983) was an American animator known for his work on the Felix the Cat cartoons and comic strip produced by the Pat Sullivan studio.
Patrick BokanowskiAuthor · BooksPatrick Bokanowski (born 23 June 1943 in Algiers, French Algeria) is a French filmmaker who makes experimental and animated films.
Patrick LussierPerson · Film memorabilia
Patti DavisPerson · Film memorabiliaPatricia Ann Davis (' Reagan; born October 21, 1952) is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of U.S. president Ronald Reagan and his second wife, Nancy Reagan.
Paul WeitzPerson · Film memorabiliaPaul John Weitz (born November 19, 1965) is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is the older brother of filmmaker Chris Weitz.
Per KirkebyEngraver · PrintsPer Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor.
Peter KubelkaPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Kubelka (born 23 March 1934) is an Austrian filmmaker, architect, musician, curator and lecturer. His films, few in number, are known to be carefully edited and extremely brief.
Peter TscherkasskyPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Peter Tscherkassky during a lecture, explaining his working method (2020)
Phoebe HartPerson · Film memorabiliaPhoebe Hart is an Australian filmmaker, lecturer and intersex rights activist, born with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
Pierre FalardeauPerson · Film memorabiliaPierre Falardeau (pjɛʁ falaʁdo; December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a Québécois film and documentary director, pamphleteer and noted activist for Quebec independence.
Rabilu MusaPerson · Film memorabiliaRabilu Musa (12 December 1971 – 9 December 2014), known as Dan Ibro, was a Nigerian comedian, actor, filmmaker, and director in Kannywood film industry.
Ramesh SippyPerson · Music memorabiliaRamesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director, actor and producer in Hindi cinema.
Randeep MaddokePhotographer · Photography
Rayda JacobsPerson · Film memorabiliaRayda Jacobs (6 March 1947 – 29 October 2024) was a South African writer and filmmaker.
Raymundo GleyzerPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Carlos Latuff cartoon on the disappeared people of Latin America.
Rebecca HallPerson · Film memorabiliaRebecca Maria Hall (born 3 May 1982) is an English actress and filmmaker. She made her first onscreen appearance at the age of 10 in the 1992 television adaptation of The Camomile Lawn,…
Rebecca MillerArtist · SculptureRebecca Augusta Miller, Lady Day-Lewis (born September 15, 1962) is an American filmmaker, novelist, director, and advocate of women in the film industry.
Red GroomsIllustrator · IllustrationRed Grooms (born Charles Rogers Grooms on June 7, 1937) is an American multimedia artist best known for his colorful pop-art constructions depicting frenetic scenes of modern urban life.
Rémi LangePerson · Film memorabiliaRémi Lange (born 4 February 1969 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French film director.
René ClairPerson · Film memorabiliaRené Clair (lang; 11 November 1898 – 15 March 1981), born René-Lucien Chomette (ʁəne lysjɛ̃ ʃɔmɛt), was a French filmmaker and writer.
Revas ChkheidzePerson · Film memorabiliaRevaz "Rezo" Chkheidze (რევაზ "რეზო" ჩხეიძე; 8 December 1926 – 3 May 2015) was a Georgian film director, People's Artist of the USSR, best known for his Soviet-era drama films, including…
Ricou BrowningPerson · Film memorabiliaRicou Ren Browning (February 16, 1930 – February 27, 2023) was an American stunt performer, filmmaker and actor.
Rina MassardiPerson · Film memorabiliaRomarina Massardi (21 June 1897 – 23 July 1979) was an Italian-Uruguayan canto lírico singer, actress, and film director, responsible for the first South American lyric film, released in…
Ron FrickePerson · Film memorabiliaRon Fricke (born February 24, 1953) is an American film director and cinematographer specializing in time-lapse and large-format cinematography, known for his non-narrative feature films.
Saba SaharPerson · Film memorabiliaSaba Sahar (born 28 August 1975) is an Afghan actress, and the country's first female film director and film producer. Her first film, The Law, (2004) was a major success.
Sade AdeniranPerson · Film memorabiliaSade Adeniran is a Nigerian novelist, whose debut novel, Imagine This, won the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa.
Sam Taylor-JohnsonPhotographer · PhotographySamantha Louise Taylor-Johnson (Taylor-Wood; born 4 March 1967) is an English filmmaker.
Sándor SáraPerson · Film memorabilia
Sarah FriedlandPerson · Film memorabiliaSarah Friedland (born 1992) is an American director and choreographer. Her 2024 debut feature film, Familiar Touch, premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where she won…
Sean AndersPerson · Film memorabiliaSean Anders (born June 19, 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter.
Shahrbanoo SadatPerson · Film memorabilia
Shawn ChristensenPerson · Film memorabiliaShawn Christensen is an American musician, filmmaker, podcaster and artist. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration and graphic design.
Sheba ChhachhiPhotographer · PhotographyJuror’s Prize for contemporary art in Asia by the Singapore Art Museum (2011)
Shirin NeshatPerson · Film memorabiliaShirin Neshat (born March 26, 1957) is an Iranian photographer and visual artist who lives in New York City, known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.
Sidney DrewPerson · Film memorabiliaSidney Drew (August 28, 1863 - April 9, 1919) was an American comedian. He was a part of the comedy duo Mr. & Mrs.
Sidney GordinDesigner · Modern designSidney Alexander Gordin (1918–1996) was a Russian-born American artist and educator, known for his abstract paintings, prints, and sculptures.[1][2][8][25] He was a Professor Emeritus at…
Silvia GrunerPhotographer · PhotographySilvia Gruner is a Mexican artist born to a family of Jewish Holocaust survivors.
Silvino SantosPhotographer · PhotographySilvino Simões Santos Silva (1886 – 14 May 1970) was a Portuguese-born cinematographer and photographer who emigrated and worked in Brazil.
Simone LeighArtist · CeramicsSimone Leigh (born 1967) is an American artist from Chicago with a studio in Brooklyn. She works in various media including sculpture, installations, video, performance, and social practice.
Sky HopinkaPerson · Film memorabiliaSky Hopinka (born 1984) is a Native American visual artist and filmmaker who is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a descendant of the Pechanga Band of Indians.
Sokari Douglas CampArtist · PaintingsSokari Douglas Camp CBE (born 1958 in Nigeria) is a London-based artist who has had exhibitions all over the world and was the recipient of a bursary from the Henry Moore Foundation.
Sol de CarvalhoPhotographer · PhotographySol de Carvalho (João Luís Sol de Carvalho, born 1953) is a Mozambican film director and producer.
Stan DouglasPhotographer · PhotographyStan Douglas (born October 11, 1960) is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[54]
Stefan ThemersonAuthor · BooksStefan Themerson (25 January 1910 – 6 September 1988) was a Polish writer of children's literature, poet and inventor of Semantic Poetry, novelist, script writer, filmmaker, composer and…
Stella StevensPerson · Film memorabiliaStella Stevens (born Estelle Caro Eggleston; October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023) was an American actress.
Steve BoxPerson · Film memorabiliaSteven Royston Box is an English animator and director who previously collaborated with Aardman Animations.
Steve Della CasaPerson · Film memorabiliaStefano "Steve" Della Casa (born 25 May 1953) is an Italian film critic, documentarist, essayist and festival curator.
Steve McQueenArtist · SculptureSir Steve Rodney McQueen (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter and video artist.
Stuart MargolinPerson · Film memorabiliaStuart Margolin (January 31, 1940 – December 12, 2022) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter.
Sudeep SenAuthor · Books
Taghreed ElsanhouriPerson · Film memorabiliaTaghreed Elsanhouri is a British-Sudanese documentary filmmaker, film producer and author, based in London. She is mainly known for All about Darfur (2005), a film about the war in Darfur.
Tahani RachedPerson · Film memorabiliaTahani Rached is a Canadian-Egyptian documentary filmmaker. She is best known for her work Four Women of Egypt.
Tasha HubbardPerson · Film memorabiliaTasha Hubbard is a Canadian First Nations/Cree filmmaker and educator based in Edmonton, Alberta.
Tengiz AbuladzePerson · Film memorabiliaTengiz Evgenis dze Abuladze (თენგიზ აბულაძე; 31 January 19246 March 1994) was a Georgian film director, screenwriter, theatre teacher and People's Artist of the USSR.
Titia ExArtist · SculptureTitia Ex (born Terwinselen, November 2, 1959) is a Dutch conceptual artist. She lives and works in Amsterdam.
Tom RibeiroPerson · Film memorabiliaTom Ribeiro (born 1935) is a Ghanaian writer and director. He wrote and directed several Ghanaian movies made in the post-colonial era, mainly under the production rights of the Ghana Film…
Toni PagotArtist · Comics and comic artToni Pagot (16 December 1921 – 7 July 2001) was an Italian comic artist, animator, writer, cartoonist and director, most famous as the creator of Calimero and Grisù.
Trinh T. Minh-haPerson · Film memorabiliaTrịnh but is often simplified to Trinh in English-language text
Udoka OyekaPerson · Film memorabiliaUdoka Oyeka is a Nigerian-American actor, director, and producer. He directed the short film, Down and Out, which was nominated in 3 categories, including best short film at the 2013 Africa…
Ulrike OttingerPhotographer · PhotographyUlrike Ottinger (born 6 June 1942) is a German filmmaker and photographer.
Uyaiedu Ikpe-EtimPerson · Film memorabiliaUyaiedu Ikpe-Etim (born June 7, 1989) is a Nigerian film producer, screenwriter and filmmaker, who creates works which tell the stories of Nigeria's marginalised LGBTQ communities.
Uzodinma IwealaAuthor · BooksUzodinma Iweala (born November 5, 1982) is a Nigerian-American author and medical doctor.
Valie ExportPhotographer · PhotographyWaltraud Lehner (17 May 194014 May 2026), known professionally as Valie Export (stylized in all caps; lang), was an Austrian avant-garde artist.
Viking EggelingArtist · PaintingsViking Eggeling (21 October 1880 – 19 May 1925) was a Swedish avant-garde artist and filmmaker connected to dadaism, Constructivism, and abstract art and was one of the pioneers in absolute…
Vladimir BarskyPerson · Film memorabiliaVladimir Gregoryevich "Goskino" Barsky (Владимир Григорьевич Барский; 15 March 1866 – 24 January 1936) was a Russian and Soviet film director, screenwriter, actor and author of articles…
Vsevolod PudovkinPerson · Film memorabiliaVsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin (Russian: Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, IPA: [ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn];
Wieland SpeckPerson · Film memorabiliaWieland Speck (born 1951 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German film director, who since 1992 has coordinated "Panorama" at the International Filmfestival Berlin (Berlinale).
Wilhelm FreddieArtist · SculptureWilhelm Freddie, born Christian Frederik Wilhelm Carlsen (7 February 1909 – 26 October 1995) was a Danish painter, sculptor and filmmaker.
Willard Van DykePhotographer · PhotographyWillard Ames Van Dyke (December 5, 1906 – January 23, 1986) was an American filmmaker, photographer, arts administrator, teacher, and former director of the film department at the Museum of…
Wolf HowardPhotographer · PhotographyWolf Howard (born 7 April 1968) is an English artist, poet and filmmaker living in Rochester, Kent and was a founder member of the Stuckists art group.
Ximena CuevasPerson · Film memorabiliaXimena Cuevas (born 1963) is a Mexican video performance artist. Her works often explore the social and gender issues facing lesbians in Mexico.
Xoliswa SitholePerson · Film memorabiliaXoliswa Sithole (born 31 December 1968) is a South African actress and documentary filmmaker, raised in Zimbabwe. She won a BAFTA in 2004 for her documentary Orphans Of Nkandla.
Yorgos LanthimosPerson · Film memorabiliaYorgos Lanthimos (born 23 September 1973) is a Greek film and theatre director. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, he has received numerous accolades…

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