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Mike Leigh in five minutes
As Mr. Turner hits UK cinemas, we look back at the films that made Mike Leigh's reputation
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Martin Scorsese in five minutes
As Hugo premieres on Film4, learn everything you need to know about arguably the foremost American filmmaker of his generation
Find out everything you need to know about some of the greatest filmmakers of all time in our fun-size, fact-packed guides...
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Woody Allen
The writer-director who defined New York in a very different way to Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen's output ranges from the classic (Annie Hall, Manhattan) to the criminal (er, Whatever Works), but with a fixed routine of one film a year, he's never been id
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Pedro Almodóvar
With such films as All About My Mother, Talk To Her and The Skin I Live In, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has graduated from flamboyant renegade to Oscar-winning king of the European arthouse. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Danny Boyle
Everything you need to know about British filmmaker Danny Boyle, the director of five Film4 productions, including Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours
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Alfred Hitchcock
The British-born Alfred Hitchcock directed over 50 films, including Psycho, Vertigo and Rear Window. Here's our primer.
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Stanley Kubrick
Few directors can boast as diverse a collection of great films as Kubrick: there's little binding Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barry Lyndon and The Shining but his own austere mastery. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Jane Campion
Oscar-winning director of such films as The Piano and Bright Star, New Zealand-born Jane Campion remains one of the most significant voices in female cinema. Film4.com rounds up what you need to know.
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Spike Lee
With such blistering films as Do The Right Thing and Jungle Fever, Spike Lee changed the way Hollywood interpreted contemporary race relations. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Mike Leigh
With such films as Secrets And Lies, Vera Drake and Another Year, Mike Leigh has employed a singular process to unpick the fabric of British society.
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David Lynch
Director of such cult classics as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr., David Lynch is as singular and uncompromising an artist as exists in American cinema. Here's what you need to know.
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Martin Scorsese
Arguably the foremost American filmmaker of his generation, Martin Scorsese is such seamy New York lowlife studies as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, but his filmography covers everything from costume drama to Hollywood biopic to backstage musical to childre
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Orson Welles
A powerful actor and the director of such convention-defying classics as Touch Of Evil and Citizen Kane for many, still the greatest film ever made Orson Welles was perhaps Hollywood's finest multi-hyphenate. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Wong Kar-Wai
With such films as Chungking Express, In The Mood For Love and 2046, Wong Kar-Wai has created some of the most intoxicating imagery in contemporary cinema. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Sofia Coppola
With such films as Lost In Translation and Marie Antoinette, Oscar-winning writer-director Sofia Coppola has established an identity no less distinct than that of her famous dad. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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David Lynch
Director of such cult classics as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Dr., David Lynch is as singular and uncompromising an artist as exists in American cinema. Here's what you need to know.
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The Coen Brothers
Everything you need to know about the filmmaking duo, writer-directors of films including Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Fargo and No Country For Old Men
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Blake Edwards
He directed Breakfast At Tiffany's and The Pink Panther, and got goody-two-shoes Julie Andrews to bare her breasts. Film4.com lays out what you need to know about Blake Edwards.
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James Cameron
The Oscar-winning director of Avatar, Titanic and The Terminator and the self-declared King Of The World is one of Hollywood's biggest dreamers. Film4.com lays out what you need to know about James Cameron.
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Jean Renoir
Son of the famous Impressionist painter, Jean Renoir achieved equivalent mastery in the art of cinema, with such classics as The Rules Of The Game and La Grande Illusion. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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Preston Sturges
The first established Hollywood screenwriter to move into directing, Preston Sturges forever classed up American comedy with classics like The Lady Eve and Sullivan's Travels. Film4.com lays out what you need to know.
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Lily Collins stars in Harald Zwart's fantasy action-adventure, based on the first novel in Cassandra Clare's bestselling series for young adults.
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The Rise
Luke Treadaway, Neil Maskell and Timothy Spall star in this Leeds-set heist caper, the debut feature from writer-director Rowan Athale.
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films on Film4
Electric Boogaloo is light, accessible and anecdote-heavy, turning both the Cannon Films owners and the films they made into larger-than-life characters.