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Born July 18, 1938 (age 86) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “Basic Instinct” • “Black Book” • “Elle” • “Hollow Man” • “Keetje Tippel” • “RoboCop” • “Showgirls” • “Soldier of Orange” • “Starship Troopers” • “The Fourth Man” • “Total Recall” • “Turkish Delight”

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Roy Ward Baker
British director
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British director and animator
Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
English-born American director
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
American actor and director
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
American director
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
Robert Altman
Robert Altman
American director
Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
American director
George Cukor
George Cukor
American film director
Mitchell Leisen
American director
Dirty Harry
Don Siegel
American director
filming of The Pink Panther
Blake Edwards
American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
American actor, filmmaker, and screenwriter
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Dr. Seuss
American author and illustrator
Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer
American director
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
American actor
Steve Buscemi
Steve Buscemi
American actor
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Peckinpah, Sam
Sam Peckinpah
American director