The document discusses several influential thriller directors including Robert Wiene, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Tony Scott, and David Fincher. It provides biographical details and lists some of their most famous thriller films, such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Psycho, North by Northwest, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Top Gun, Enemy of the State, Fight Club, and Seven.

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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)