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Thriller directors

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Robert Wiene
 Robert Wiene (27 April 1873–16 June 1938)
 He was an important film director of the German silent cinema.
 Former stage actor, writer and director, graduate of Vienna University, who
first worked in films from 1913.
 Had a reputation as a director of melodramas
 Wiene escaped Nazi persecution by seeking exile in France, where he
died in 1938.
 The films he directed were:
 ‘ ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’ (Thriller)
 ‘The Hands of Orlac’ (Thriller)

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Alfred Hitchcock
 Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director
and producer.
 He is recognised as the director who used many techniques in
the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
 Techniques he used include the ‘dolly zoom’
 Films he directed:
 ‘Psycho’ (Horror/Mystery/Thriller)
 ‘North By Northwest’ (Adventure/Mystery/Romance/Thriller)

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Steven Spielberg
 Steven Allan Spielberg is an American film director, screenwriter, film
producer, video game designer and studio executive.
 Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an
archetype of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking.
 In later life, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust,
slavery, war and terrorism.
 He is considered one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of
cinema. He is also one of the founders of DreamWorks movie studio.
Spielberg directed films such as:
 ‘Jurassic Park’ (Thriller/Action)
 ‘Jaws’ (Suspense Thriller)

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Tony Scott
 Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer.
 He was asked to direct Top Gun (1986) starring Tom Cruise. He
followed the success of Top Gun with the sequel Beverly Hills
Cop II (1987) with Eddie Murphy
 He directed films such as:
 ‘Top Gun’ (Action Thriller)|
 ‘Enemy of the State’ (Action Thriller/Crime Thriller/Political
Thriller)

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David Fincher
 David Fincher has directed many famous films.
 He has lots of different trade marks and techniques that he
uses in his films like the lighting schemes, composition of
shots.
 Fincher often uses techniques such as attempted or successful
suicide to end his films in a dark and disturbing manner.
He directed films such as:
 ‘Fight Club’ (Psychological Thriller)
 ‘Seven’ (Psychological Thriller)