Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award

The list Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award includes Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Ben Affleck, Michael Douglas and Harvey Weinstein. The list consists of 106 members.

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Brad Pitt

American actor

Overview: William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. He has received multiple awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award for his acting, in addition ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1963

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Ines de Ramon (Dating)

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Time 100 250T

Volpi Cup for Best Actor winners 77T

Film producers from Oklahoma 20T
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Ben Affleck

American actor and filmmaker (born 1972)

Overview: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Television producers from Massachusetts 66T

Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
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George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

Overview: George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for ...

Date of birth: 6 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Amal Clooney (Married)

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Time 100 250T

Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 379T

César Honorary Award recipients 88T
4.

Harvey Weinstein

American film producer and sex offender (born 1952)

Overview: Harvey Weinstein (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced suc ...

Date of birth: 19 March 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: American

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Figures in sexual harassment scandals 70T

21st-century American Jews 3,425T

20th-century American Jews 3,356T
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Michael Douglas

American actor (born 1944)

Overview: Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1944

Age: 80

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Bryna Productions people 10T

Dill family 9T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
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Woody Allen

American filmmaker, actor, and comedian (born 1935)

Overview: Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning movies ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1935

Age: 88

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Parody film directors 67T

American parodists 175T

Postmodernist filmmakers 64T
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Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

Overview: Steven Allan Spielberg KBE (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers ...

Date of birth: 18 December 1946

Age: 77

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Kate Capshaw (Married)

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American science fiction film directors 83T

American action film directors 78T

Actors from Camden County, New Jersey 17T
8.

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

Overview: Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English film and stage director, producer and screenwriter. In theatre, he is known for his dark re-inventions of the stage musicals Cabaret ...

Date of birth: 1 August 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: English

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Alison Balsom (Married)

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Jewish theatre directors 22T

Action film directors 107T

James Bond film directors 19T
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Roman Polanski

French and Polish filmmaker (born 1933)

Overview: Roman Polański ( pə-LAN-skee, born 18 August 1933 in Paris; original name Raymond Thierry Liebling) is a Polish-French film director, producer, writer, and actor.

Date of birth: 18 August 1933

Age: 91

Nationality: Polish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Emmanuelle Seigner (Married)

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 96T

Citizens of Poland through descent 57T

21st-century Polish Jews 38T
10.

Martin Scorsese

American film director

Overview: Martin Charles Scorsese (skor-SESS-ee, born November 17, 1942) is an American filmmaker. He emerged as one of the major figures of the New Hollywood era. He has received many accolades, including an Academy ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1942

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Scorsese family 5T

Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners 83T

Kirk Douglas Award recipients 18T
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Kathryn Bigelow

American filmmaker (born 1951)

Overview: Kathryn Ann Bigelow (born November 27, 1951) is an American filmmaker. Bigelow has received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Time magazine ...

Date of birth: 27 November 1951

Age: 72

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American women television directors 306T

Art & Language 23T

Screenwriters from California 1,169T
12.

Frances McDormand

Actress

Overview: Frances Louise McDormand (born Cynthia Ann Smith, June 23, 1957) is an American actress and producer. McDormand is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy ...

Date of birth: 23 June 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Joel Coen (Married)

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Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female winners 35T

Broadway actors 482T

American women television producers 668T
13.

Martin McDonagh

English screenwriter

Overview: Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, the son of Irish parents, he is considered among the most ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Engaged)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

British male dramatists and playwrights 268T

English male dramatists and playwrights 754T
14.

Tony Thomas

American television producer

Overview: Charles Anthony "Tony" Thomas (born December 7, 1948) is an American television and film producer.

Date of birth: 7 December 1948

Age: 75

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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American people of Maronite descent 9T

People from Hollywood, Los Angeles 302T

Television producers from California 468T
15.

Mary Parent

American film executive

Overview: Mary Parent (born 1968) is an American film producer, and former studio executive. In February 2011, she co-founded Disruption Entertainment, a company with a first-look deal at Paramount Pictures. She ...

Date of birth: 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American women film producers 581T

American women film people 22T

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives 41T
16.

George Cukor

American film director

Overview: George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the ...

Date of birth: 7 July 1899

Date of death: 24 January 1983

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Film directors from Los Angeles, California 286T

Directors Guild of America Award winners 201T

LGBT people from New York 583T
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Christopher Nolan

Film director and producer

Overview: Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial efforts have grossed more than US$5.1billion worldwide, garnered 34 Oscar ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Emma Thomas (Married)

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British film production company founders 14T

Superhero film directors 65T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
18.

Alfonso Cuarón

Mexican film director

Overview: Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( kwah-ROHN, born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama A Little Princess (1995), the romantic ...

Date of birth: 28 November 1961

Age: 62

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Mexican Esperantists 1T

Directors of Golden Lion winners 63T

Best Cinematography BAFTA Award winners 44T
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Mike Nichols

American film and theatre director (1931–2014)

Overview: Mike Nichols (born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky; November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014) was an American film and theater director, producer, actor, and comedian. He was noted for his ability to work across ...

Date of birth: 6 November 1931

Date of death: 19 November 2014

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Jewish American male comedians 179T

Jewish theatre directors 22T

Walden School (New York City) alumni 21T
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Billy Wilder

Austrian-American filmmaker (1906–2002)

Overview: Billy Wilder (born Samuel Wilder, June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose career in Hollywood spanned over five decades. He is regarded ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1906

Date of death: 27 March 2002

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: Austrian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 468T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,110T

Comedy film directors 176T