Thriller Directors,
Further two:
Christopher Nolan:
Christopher Nolan is a British American thriller director. Nolan created several of the most successful films of the early 21st century, and his eight pictures have grossed more than $3.5 billion worldwide. He is known for bridging the gap between art house and blockbuster films by presenting audiences with intelligent, challenging narratives. The acclaim of these independent films afforded Nolan the opportunity to make the big-budget thriller Insomnia (2002), and the more offbeat production The Prestige (2006); both were well-received critically and commercially.
His narrative structures often reflect the mental construction of the characters as in, The Dark night, The prestige and Inception. He was born in London in 1970 and he began making films at the age of 7. Nolan directed his first film, 'Following' in 1998. After the success of the film new market films optioned the script for Nolan's next film, Memento (a critically acclaimed cult film.)
Nolan's films are rooted in philosophical, sociological and ethical concepts and ideas, exploring human morality, the construction of time, and the malleable nature of memory and personal identity. Experimentation with metafictive elements, temporal shifts, solipsistic perspectives, nonlinear storytelling and the analogous relationship between the visual language and narrative elements, permeate his entire body of work. Described as "one of the most innovative storytellers and image makers at work in movies today", Nolan is an Honorary Fellow of University College London, a three-time Academy Award nominee, and a recipient of numerous career achievement awards, including the BAFTA Britannia Award for Artistic Excellence in Directing.
David Cronenberg:
David Paul Cronenberg, OC OOnt FRSC (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world."
He was born in Toronto, Canada and started film making by writing short, gory stories at a young age. Cronenberg next moved to television where he directed a few documentaries. He then went to making his first thriller film, the gore filled shivers (1975). Cronenberg won a genie award in 1984 for directing the feature videodrome (1983) which is about sexually violent TV channel that alters viewers physically and mentally.
He then won more awards for his work on dead ringers and his work as a director of the Naked lunch.
In 1996 he won the jury special prize at the Cannes film festival for the film crash. More recently he directed the film Eastern Promises.
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