Mel Brooks, 99
Director
1
Rob Reiner (1947-2025)
2
Sofia Coppola, 54
3
Woody Allen, 90
4
Martin Scorsese, 83
5
Benny Safdie, 40
6
JJ Abrams, 59
7
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
8
Michael O'Keefe, 71
9
Christopher Guest, 78
10
Chris Wedge, 69
11
John Carpenter, 78
12
Chris Bell, 53
13
Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021)
14
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
15
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
16
David O. Russell, 67
17
Ari Aster, 39
18
Joss Whedon, 61
19
Vincent Gallo, 65
20
Born in New York
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Amy Heckerling, 72
21
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
22
Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)
23
Todd Phillips, 55
24
Rod Serling (1924-1975)
25
Darren Aronofsky, 57
26
Damien Leone, 44
27
Michael Cimino (1939-2016)
28
Vashtie Kola, 45
29
Bennett Miller, 59
30
Bryan Singer, 60
31
Josh Safdie, 42
32
David Silverman, 69
33
F. Gary Gray, 56
34
Rob Cohen, 77
35
Oliver Stone, 79
36
Ken Burns, 72
37
Luke Greenfield, 54
38
Robert Montgomery (1904-1981)
39
George A. Romero (1940-2017)
40
Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
41
Hal Roach (1892-1992)
42
Tim Van Patten, 66
43
Stanley Kramer (1913-2001)
44
Emma Tammi, 44
45
George Abbott (1887-1995)
46
Malcolm D. Lee, 56
47
Paul Mazursky (1930-2014)
48
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