Jewish Directors

Name these Jewish film directors based on their works.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_film_directors
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Films
 
 
Director
"Casablanca" "The Adventures of Robin Hood"
Hungarian-American
1886
Michael Curtiz
"Metropolis" "M" "Dr. Mabuse the Gambler"
Austrian-American
1890
Fritz Lang
"Ben-Hur" "The Best Years of Our Lives"
German-American
1902
William Wyler
"Sunset Boulevard" "The Apartment"
American
1906
Billy Wilder
"The Empire Strikes Back" "Never Say Never Again"
American
1923
Irvin Kershner
"12 Angry Men" "Dog Day Afternoon" "Network"
American
1924
Sidney Lumet
"Spaceballs" "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" "Young Frankenstein"
American
1926
Mel Brooks
"The Shining" "2001: A Space Odyssey" "A Clockwork Orange"
American
1928
Stanley Kubrick
"All the President's Man" "Sophie's Choice" "The Pelican Brief"
American
1928
Alan J. Pakula
"The Holy Mountain" "Santa Sangre"
Chilean
1929
Alejandro Jodorowsky
"Superman" "The Goonies" "Lethal Weapon"
American
1930
Richard Donner
"The Graduate" "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Charlie Wilson's War"
American
1931
Mike Nichols
"The Pianist" "Chinatown" "Rosemary's Baby"
Polish-French
1933
Roman Polanski
"Out of Africa" "The Firm" "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
American
1934
Sydney Pollack
"The French Connection" "The Exorcist" "To Live and Die in L.A."
American
1935
William Friedkin
"Annie Hall" "Manhattan" "Midnight in Paris"
American
1935
Woody Allen
"The Last Picture Show" "Paper Moon"
American
1939
Peter Bogdanovich
"When Harry Met Sally" "Sleepless in Seattle" "Julie & Julia"
American
1941
Nora Ephron
"Rain Man" "Good Morning, Vietnam" "The Alto Knights"
American
1942
Barry Levinson
"The Fly" "A History of Violence" "Crimes of the Future"
Canadian
1943
David Cronenberg
"Heat" "Collateral" "Ferrari"
American
1943
Michael Mann
"Airplane!" "Top Secret" "Hot Shots!"
American
1944
Jim Abrahams
"Groundhog Day" "National Lampoon's Vacation" "Caddyshack"
American
1944
Harold Ramis
"Ghostbusters" "Kindergarten Cop" "Draft Day"
Canadian
1946
Ivan Reitman
"Schindler's List" "Jurassic Park" "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
American
1946
Steven Spielberg
"Stand by Me" "A Few Good Men" "The Princess Bride"
American
1947
Rob Reiner
"Airplane!" "The Naked Gun" "Scary Movie 3"
American
1947
David Zucker
"The Parent Trap" "The Intern" "Something's Gotta Give"
American
1949
Nancy Meyers
"Airplane!" "Ghost" "Top Secret!"
American
1950
Jerry Zucker
"The Blues Brothers" "Coming to America" "An American Werewolf in London"
American
1950
John Landis
"Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai dur Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles"
Belgian
1950
Chantal Akerman
"American History X" "Detachment"
British
1952
Tony Kaye
"The Last Samurai" "Blood Diamond" "Legends of the Fall"
American
1952
Edward Zwick
"Men in Black" "The Addams Family" "Wild Wild West"
American
1953
Barry Sonnenfeld
"Clueless" "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
American
1954
Amy Heckerling
"The Big Lebowski" "No Country for Old Men" "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
American
1954
Joel Coen
"Irma Vep" "Cold Water" "Personal Shopper"
French
1955
Olivier Assayas
"The Big Lebowski" "No Country for Old Men" "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
American
1957
Ethan Coen
"I'm Thinking of Ending Things" "Anomalisa" "Synecdoche, New York"
American
1958
Charlie Kaufman
"Spider-Man" "Evil Dead" "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness"
American
1959
Sam Raimi
"Bird Box" "In a Better World" "After the Wedding"
Danish
1960
Susanne Bier
"May December" "Carol" "Dark Waters"
American
1961
Todd Haynes
"Molly's Game" "The Trial of the Chicago 7" "Being the Ricardos"
American
1961
Aaron Sorkin
"Waltz with Bashir" "The Congress"
Israeli
1962
Ari Folman
"Winter's Bone" "Leave No Trace"
American
1963
Debra Granik
"Logan" "Ford v Ferrari" "A Complete Unknown"
American
1963
James Mangold
"The Zone of Interest" "Under the Skin"
British
1965
Jonathan Glazer
"Skyfall" "American Beauty" "1917"
British
1965
Sam Mendes
"Transformers" "Bad Boys" "Armageddon"
American
1965
Michael Bay
"The Usual Suspects" "X-Men" "Bohemian Rhapsody"
American
1965
Bryan Singer
"The Bourne Identity" "Edge of Tomorrow" "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
American
1965
Doug Liman
"Secret Life of Walter Mitty" "Zoolander" "Tropic Thunder"
American
1965
Ben Stiller
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" "Star Trek" "Mission Impossible III"
American
1966
JJ Abrams
"Iron Man" "The Lion King" "Elf"
American
1966
Jon Favreau
"Moneyball" "Foxcatcher" "Capote"
American
1966
Bennett Miller
"Room" "Frank"
Irish
1966
Lenny Abrahamson
"The Artist" "OSS 117"
French
1967
Michel Hazanavicius
"Knocked Up" "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" "The King of Staten Island"
American
1967
Judd Apatow
"Night at the Museum" "Deadpool & Wolverine" "Free Guy"
Canadian-American
1968
Shawn Levy
"Rush Hour" "Red Dragon" "X-Men: The Last Stand"
American
1969
Brett Ratner
"Marriage Story" "Frances Ha" "The Meyerowitz Stories"
American
1969
Noah Baumbach
"Black Swan" "The Whale" "Requiem for a Dream"
American
1969
Darren Aronofsky
"Cabin Fever" "Hostel" "Borderlands"
American
1972
Eli Roth
"Spring Breakers" "Kids" "The Beach Bum"
American
1973
Harmony Korine
"Zombieland" "Venom" "Gangster Squad"
American
1974
Ruben Fleischer
"Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" "Sex Tape" "Bad Teacher"
American
1974
Jake Kasdan
"Thor: Ragnarok" "Jojo Rabbit" "What We Do in the Shadows"
New Zealand
1975
Taika Waititi
"Garden State" "Wish I Was Here"
American
1975
Zach Braff
"Ghostbusters: Afterlife" "Up in the Air" "Juno"
Canadian-American
1977
Jason Reitman
"The Naked Gun" "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" "Hot Rod"
American
1977
Akiva Schaffer
"Oxygen" "Horns" "The Hills Have Eyes"
French
1978
Alexandre Aja
"Infinity Pool" "Possesor"
Canadian
1980
Brandon Cronenberg
"Hereditary" "Midsommar" "Beau Is Afraid"
American
1986
Ari Aster
"Bottoms" "Shiva Baby"
Canadian
1995
Emma Seligman
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