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Born September 23, 1973 (age 51) • Athens • Greece
Notable Works “Alps” • “Kinds of Kindness” • “Kinetta” • “My Best Friend” • “Poor Things” • “The Favourite” • “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” • “The Lobster”

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Michael Cimino
American director
Harold Ramis
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James Ivory
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Joel Coen
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Dušan Makavejev
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Ethan Coen
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Robert Eggers
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Woody Allen
Woody Allen
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
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Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Huston
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
American director and producer
Francis Ford Coppola directing The Godfather: Part II
Francis Ford Coppola
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Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
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Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Swedish film director
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
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Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
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William Wellman
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filming of Rebel Without a Cause
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