The Best Episodes of The Directors

Profile of director Tim Burton, who first began working as an animator for Disney. His first directing job was an episode of Faerie Tale Theatre called Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. His first film was 1985's Pee Wee's Big Adventure. He later directed Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!, Sleepy Hollow, and a remake of Planet of the Apes. His most recent film was Big Fish, which recieved the best reviews of Burton's career, and was #1 at the box office for two weeks.

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Profile of Terry Gilliam, former animator for Monty Python's Flying Circus, and director of the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

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Profile of Alan Parker, director of The Wall and Evita.

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Profile of Wes Craven, director of Swamp Thing, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Vampire in Brooklyn, and the Scream trilogy.

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Roger Corman, the director of The Little Shop Of Horrors (The 1960s film, not the musical. - Ed.), is best known for making low-budget films on a tight schedule.

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His films as writer-director include ""House of Games,"" ""Heist,"" ""Homicide"" and ""The Spanish Prisoner.""

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Documentary about filmmaker Tony Scott, from movies as ""The Hunger"" and ""Top Gun"".

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Documentary about the filmmaker of Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, The Insider and recently Collateral .

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Spike Lee is the director of the films Do the Right Thing, Jungle Fever, Malcom X, and Bamboozled.

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Coolidge directed romantic comedies like Valley Girl, Out to Sea and Real Genius.

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A former child star, Ron's films include Splash, Gung Ho, Parenthood, and A Beautiful Mind.

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Profile of Roland Emmerich, the director of The Patriot.

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Profile and analysis filmograhpy of the director of The Talented Mr. Ripley .

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Ridley Scott is the director of such films as 'Blade Runner' and 'Hannibal.'

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Documentary about filmmaker David Lynch, from movies as Blue Velvet, The Elephant Man, The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and also the Tv-series Twin Peaks.

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A profile of the director from his early days as an accountant, then directing television commercials, through to his blockbuster films such as Flashdance or Fatal Attraction, and provocative works like Lolita and Nine 1/2 Weeks.

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