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Born	November 20, 1915 • Ise • Japan • (Birthday in 7 days)
Died	February 13, 2008 (aged 92) • Tokyo • Japan

Honda Ishirō

Japanese director

Kurosawa Akira

Japanese film director

Miyazaki Hayao

Japanese director

Anno Hideaki

Japanese animator and film director

Kitano Takeshi

Japanese actor and director

Suo Masayuki

Japanese director and screenwriter

Naomi Kawase

Japanese film director

Mizoguchi Kenji

Japanese director

Ozu Yasujirō

Japanese director

Kinugasa Teinosuke

Japanese director

Kinoshita Keisuke

Japanese director

Gosho Heinosuke

Japanese director

Kobayashi Masaki

Japanese director

Itami Jūzō

Japanese director and screenwriter

James Ivory

American director

Maggie Gyllenhaal

American actress

Stan Brakhage

American filmmaker

Joy Batchelor

British director and animator

Karel Reisz

Czechoslovak-born British director

Paolo Taviani

Italian filmmaker