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Born September 3, 1921 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died January 16, 1985 (aged 63) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “American Girl in Italy” • “Little Fugitive”
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Iranian-born American artist
Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
American author, photographer, and film director
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
French-born American photographer and filmmaker
Man Ray was a photographer, painter, and filmmaker who was the only American to play a major role in both the Dada and Surrealist movements.
Man Ray
American photographer and painter
Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
German director and actor
Agnes Varda in 2018, wearing a black and white polka dot scarf over a floral top, with her signature two-tone bob hairstyle, looking at the camera.
Agnès Varda
French photographer and director
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Larry Clark
American photographer
Frank, Robert
Robert Frank
Swiss American photographer and director
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James Ivory
American director
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Luc Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
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Robert Wiene
German film director
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Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgian filmmaker
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David Maysles
American documentary filmmaker
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Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
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Harold Ramis
American actor, writer, and director
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Roy Ward Baker
British director
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Tony Scott
British film director
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
American actress
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Vittorio Taviani
Italian filmmaker
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Karel Reisz
Czechoslovak-born British director