A profile of Alfred Hitchcock, the Leytonstone-born director who became known as 'the Master of Suspense' with films such as Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho.
A look at the life and career of director Billy Wilder, who dominated Hollywood's Golden Age with films such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and Sunset Boulevard.
A look at the life and work of William Wyler, the Oscar-winning film director known for such films as Ben Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives.
A portrait of Sam Peckinpah, the controversial, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director known for films like The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and The Getaway.
A look at the life and career of Howard Hawks, the Academy Award-winning director of Only Angels Have Wings, Scarface, Bringing Up Baby and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
An intimate portrait of Austrian-born filmmaker Fritz Lang, one of the most accomplished and enduring directors of the 20th century.
A look at the films of Cecil B DeMille, the director who became a giant of the 20th-century film industry, known for epics such as The Ten Commandments.
A fascinating look at the work of George Cukor, who was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and received an Academy Award in 1964 for My Fair Lady.
A look at the life and career of Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker who won international acclaim with films such as Rashomon, Ikiru and Ran.
An intimate portrait of Frank Capra, the celebrated Italian-American director known for films such as It's a Wonderful Life and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.
A look at the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, the legendary director whose films include A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.
Movie experts explore the life and word of British director David Lean
A look at the life and work of Michael Curtiz, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors whose films include Angels With Dirty Faces, Casablanca and Mildred Pierce.
A biographical portrait of John Ford, the Oscar-winning director known for the John Wayne westerns Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and The Searchers.
The spotlight falls on golden age great John Huston, whose films include The Maltese Falcon and Oscar-winning classics The Treasure of Sierra Madre and The African Queen.
A closer look at legendary Soviet film pioneer a montage master and true world cinema great whose hugely influential works include Battleship Potemkin.
A look at the Italian film maestro and four-time Academy Award-winner whose pioneering movies films include La Strada, La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.
A look at A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront filmmaker the Hollywood genius credited for discovering Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty.
Documentary exploring four-time Academy Award-winning director Fred Zinnemann, whose movie masterpieces include Oklahoma!, High Noon, Julia and The Day of the Jackal.
A look at the life of Vincente Minnelli, the Academy Award-winning director of movie musicals Gigi and An American in Paris, and the father of Liza Minnelli.
An in-depth look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose hit films include Out of Africa and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
A look at the life and career of the director, known for his boundary-pushing films such as The Man with the Golden Arm and the Academy Award-nominated Anatomy of a Murder
An exploration of the multiple Academy Award-winning director whose films include All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives and The Philadelphia
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker whose films include Gosford Park, Nashville, MASH and McCabe & Mrs Miller.
Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director whose works include Trouble in Paradise, Heaven Can Wait and To Be or Not to Be
An in-depth look at the life and career of the Oscar-nominated director behind films such as The Truman Show, Witness, Dead Poets Society and Green Card.
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning Midnight Cowboy director.
A look at the life and 50-year-long career of the Oscar-nominated director, whose notable films include Scarface, Mission: Impossible and Dressed to Kill
Explore the life of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose most popular films include Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz
A glimpse into the life of the director known for his work on many films such as Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story and El Cid
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award winning director whose films include The Godfather franchise and Apocalypse Now.
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Hannibal.
A look at the life of the legendary filmmaker, whose films include the Academy Award-winning The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street and Gangs of New York.
A look at the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's life, career and portfolio of films which includes Scarface, Midnight Express, Platoon and Natural Born Killers.
A look at the life of the celebrated filmmaker of hits Walkabout, Don't Look Now and Bad Timing. His unique style made him a highly influential filmmaker.
A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director of films including Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man.
A look at the life of the inspirational filmmaker, who won the first-ever Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his comedy film The Great McGinty.
A look at the life and career of the Hollywood filmmaker, famous for directing films such as the Academy Award-nominated Blossoms in the Dust and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director whose work includes Terms of Endearment and multi Emmy Award-winning sitcom The Simpsons.
A glimpse into the life and career of the filmmaker whose portfolio of work includes Vera Cruz, The Big Knife, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard.
The story of Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee, who wowed audiences with gripping films like Malcolm X, Inside Man and BlacKkKlansman.
A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Graduate.
A deep dive into the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon and Apollo 13.
The life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, known for his 1973 horror film The Exorcist and his action-thriller The French Connection.
A look at the life and career of the director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, the latter of which she won the Oscar for Best Director.
A look at the life of one of Hollywood's most successful directors, whose long list of hit films include Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The life story of the British film director, known both in the UK and across the pond for films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Cape Fear.
A look at the life and career of the acclaimed Hollywood director, whose films include Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally...and the Oscar nominated A Few Good Men.
A look at the career of the Academy Award nominated director, known for his gripping depictions of life stories and characters - such as his acclaimed film The Queen.
The last episode of the series takes a deep dive into the life and career of John Carpenter l, known for his cult classics such as Dark Star, The Thing and Halloween.
A look into the life and career of the Hollywood director, whose portfolio is filled to the brim with classics like Jaws and Indiana Jones.
A look at the life and careers of the superstar directing duo, known for films such as True Grit and the Oscar-winning Fargo.
An insight into the life and career of an Oscar nominated director, responsible for works such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Fantastic Mr Fox.
A look at the life and career of the late John Singleton, whose name came to prominence with the crime drama Boyz In The Hood.
The man responsible for the crime thriller The Silence of the Lambs, take a look at the life and career of Jonathan Demme.
An iconic director with an iconic portfolio of blockbuster films, explore the life and career of a silver screen genius Christopher Nolan.
A look at the life and career of the late Nora Ephron, a celebrated director who made a bang on debut with This Is My Life in 1992.
Take a look at the life and career of Antoine Fuqua, a highly successful director with films like Training Day and The Equalizer in his portfolio
The life and career of Barry Levinson, an Academy Award-winning director, is one of success. Take a look back at his contributions towards the film industry.
Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique filmmaking style
The life and career of Canadian film-maker James Cameron, whose movies include The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss, Aliens, Titanic and Avatar.
The life and work of Stephen Soderbergh, whose films include Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic, for which he won an Academy Award.
A look at the life and career of Czechoslovakia's most famous and acclaimed filmmaker, known for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
A look at the life and career of a pioneer in the independent filmmaking scene of the 1990s, known for Before Sunrise and School of Rock.
A look at the life and career of an Academy Award-winning actor and director known for Citizen Kane and more.
A look at the life and career of a celebrated Australian filmmaker, known for The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Dead Calm.
The life and work of American director David Fincher, whose films include Alien 3, Seven, The Game, Fight Club, The Social Network and Gone Girl.
A look at the life and career of American film-maker Nancy Meyers, known for The Parent Trap, The Holiday and Something's Gotta Give.
A look at the life and career of actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood, known for Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper.
A look at the life and career of the celebrated Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.
