A short presentation on thriller movie directors

2. • Sir Alfred Hitchcock was born on the13th
August 1899, in Leytonstone, London, England
His career in film spanned over 50 years and
he is easily one of Britain's most famous
director and arguably one of the best of all
time.
• He is most famous for Pioneering many
different techniques in suspense and
psychological thrillers and earned himself the
title: master of suspense
• He pioneered the use of a camera made to
move in a way that mimics a person's gaze,
forcing viewers to engage in a form of
voyeurism. framed shots to maximise anxiety,
fear, or empathy, and used innovative film
editing.
• His stories frequently feature fugitives on the
run from the law alongside "icy blonde"
female characters. Many of Hitchcock's films
have twist endings and thrilling plots featuring
depictions of violence, murder, and crime.

3. • Christopher Jonathan James Nolan born 30 July
1970) is a British-American film director,
screenwriter, and producer.
• Known for his unconventional and often highly
conceptual narratives, Nolan received serious
notice with his art-house crossover Memento ,
which garnered significant critical praise and
numerous awards, including a nomination for Best
Original Screenplay at the 74th Academy Awards.
• After the success of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros.
contracted Nolan to a seven-figure deal to direct
Inception . Nolan directed, wrote and co-produced
the film which was described as "a contemporary
sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the
mind". The film was released on 16 July 2010 to
largely positive reviews and grossed over $800
million worldwide.

4. • is an American film director, screenwriter, producer,
actor, and film historian. He is widely regarded as one
of the greatest directors of all time. In 1990 he
founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit
organization dedicated to film preservation, and in
2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation.
• Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as
Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of
guilt and redemption, machismo, modern crime, and
violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most
significant and influential filmmakers of all time,
directing landmark films such as Mean Streets (1973),
Taxi Driver , Raging Bull , and Goodfellas – all of which
he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert
De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best
Director for The Departed , having been nominated a
previous six times.
• His highest grossing film was Inception in 2010

5. • Born on March 27, 1963, Quentin Tarantino
loved movies more than school. In his early
20s, he got a job at the Video Archives, where
he wrote the scripts for True Romance and
Natural Born Killers. His directorial debut
came with 1992's Reservoir Dogs, but he
received wide critical and commercial acclaim
with Pulp Fiction (1994), which earned more
than $108 million at the box office—the first
independent film to do so. In 2003 and 2004
Quentin released his Kill Bill series, which led
to a Golden Globe nomination for Uma
Thurman, who starred in the films. Tarantino
was later nominated for two Academy Awards
(best director and best original screenplay)
for the film Inglorious Basterds (2009).

6. • James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a
Canadian film director, film producer, deep-sea
explorer, screenwriter, visual artist and editor. His
writing and directing work includes The Terminator
(1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator
2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), Titanic
(1997), Dark Angel (2000–02), and Avatar (2009). In
the time between making Titanic and Avatar,
Cameron spent several years creating many
documentary films (specifically underwater
documentaries) and co-developed the digital 3D
Fusion Camera System.
• He has been nominated for six Academy Awards
overall and won three for Titanic. In total,
Cameron's directorial efforts have grossed
approximately US$2 billion in North America and
US$6 billion worldwide. Not adjusted for inflation,
Cameron's Titanic and Avatar are the two highest-
grossing films of all time at $2.18 billion and $2.78
billion respectively. In March 2011 he was named
Hollywood's top earner by Vanity Fair, with
estimated 2010 earnings of $257 million.