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61. D.W. Griffith

D.W. GRIFFITH THE BIRTH OF A NATION, INTOLERANCE, BROKEN BLOSSOMS If you haven’t been to film school or performed the equivalent autodidactic cinematic research, chances are your knowledge of D.W. Griffith comes to some or all of these points: (a)...

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62. John Carpenter

JOHN CARPENTER HALLOWEEN, THE THING, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK One of the most important figures in modern horror and science fiction, John Carpenter made some of the most influential and copied films in the last...

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63. Park Chan-Wook

CHAN-WOOK PARK OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, THIRST It’d be easy to tag Park and his films as exploitative, what with their incest and tooth removal and graphic torture and unbelievably bloody vampires, were it not for the...

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64. John Cassavetes

JOHN CASSAVETES FACES, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, HUSBANDS, THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE Before becoming one of the fathers of American independent cinema, John Cassavetes was a well-known actor, appearing in such films as The Dirty Dozen and...

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65. Frank Capra

FRANK CAPRA IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON It took an Italian immigrant, with his own rags to riches background to help define and refine American pop cinema. Some of his most notable...

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66. Richard Linklater

RICHARD LINKLATER DAZED & CONFUSED, SLACKER, SCHOOL OF ROCK, WAKING LIFE Prolific and low-key, Richard Linklater has spent the last 20 years making this whole “filmmaking” thing look easy. From stage adaptations to experimental animation, this unassuming Texan moves between...

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67. Preston Sturges

PRESTON STURGES SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS, UNFAITHFULLY YOURS, THE LADY EVE Though known best for his work as a writer – and injecting humanity and some facade of realism into the screwball comedy is certainly worth noting – Preston Sturges made a formidable mark...

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