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Also Known As nontheatrical film
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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
Martin Scorsese
American filmmaker
Fred Zinnemann stands between Marlon Brando, left, in a suit, and Montgomery Clift, right, in a tank top, on the set of From Here to Eternity, with lockers in the background.
Fred Zinnemann
American director
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy
Indian author and activist
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Barbara Kopple
Barbara Kopple
American director
Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
British actress
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
American actor and social activist
Ken Burns
Ken Burns
American director
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
French film director
Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
American director, producer, and screenwriter
Werner Herzog stands beside a large film camera with headphones around his neck on the set of The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, with Nicolas Cage seated in the background.
Werner Herzog
German director
Errol Morris
Errol Morris
American director
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
American director and producer
Sofia Coppola smiling at the camera with shoulder-length wavy hair, wearing a sparkly top at the premiere of The Bling Ring in Los Angeles.
Sofia Coppola
American director
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John Berger
British essayist and cultural thinker
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Leonard Nimoy
American actor
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Krzysztof Kieślowski
Polish director
Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing a gray suit, white shirt, and dark blue tie, standing in front of a blue background with NBCUniversal text, 2016.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
American politician, actor, and athlete
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Paul Strand
American photographer
Moore, Michael
Michael Moore
American filmmaker and author

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