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Northern Europe
SWEDEN
Bergman, Ingmar(1918-2007) CRISIS(1046)-MUSIC IN DARKNESS(1948)-PORT OF CALL(1948)-THIRST(1949)-PRISON(1949)-TO JOY(1950)-
SUMMER INTERLUDE(1951)-SECRETS OF WOMEN(1952)-NAKED NIGHT(1953)-SUMMER WITH MONIKA(1953)-
A LESSON IN LOVE(1954)-SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT(1955)-SEVENTH SEAL(1957)-WILD STRAWBERRIES(1957)-MAGICIAN(1958)- DEVIL’S EYE(1960)-VIRGIN SPRING(1960)- THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY(1961)-SILENCE(1963)-WINTER LIGHT(1963)-
ALL THESE WOMEN (1964)-PERSONA(1966)-HOUR OF THE WOLF(1968)-SHAME(1968)-RITE(1969)-PASSION OF ANNA(1969)-
THE CRIES AND WHISPERS(1972)-SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE(1973)-MAGIC FLUTE,THE(1975)- FACE TO FACE(1976)-
AUTUMN SONATA(1978)-MARIONETTES(1980)- FANNY AND ALEXANDER(1982)-AFTER THE REHEARSAL(1984)
Eastern Europe
RUSSIA
Eisenstein, Sergei(1898-1948) BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) - ALEXANDER NEVSKY(1938)- IVAN THE TERRIBLE(1944)
Tarkovsky, Andrei(1932-1986) IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (1962)-ANDREI RUBLEV(1966)- SOLARIS(1972)-MIRROR, THE(1975)- STALKER(1979) NOSTALGIA(1983)
CZECH REPUBLIC
Menzel, Jıří(1938- ) CLOSELY WATCHED TRAİNS(1966)-CAPRICIOUS SUMMER(1968)-SHORTCUT(1981)
Western Europe
AUSTRIA
Lang, Fritz(1890-1976) DR. MABUSE THE GAMBLER (1922)--NIEBELUNGEN, DIE(1924)-METROPOLIS (1927)- SPIES(1928)-WOMAN IN THE MOON (1929)-
M (1931)-TESTAMENT DES DR. MABUSE, DAS (1933)-FURY(1936)-YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE (1937)- WESTERN UNION(1941)-
MAN HUNT(1941)- HANGMAN ALSO DIE ! (1943)-MINISTRY OF FEAR(1944)-WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (1944)- SCARLET STREET (1945)-
SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (1947)-HOUSE BY THE RIVER (1950)-RANCHO NOTORIOUS (1952)-BIG HEAT (1953)-BLUE GARDENIA (1953)-
HUMAN DESIRE (1954)-BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT(1956)- THOUSAND EYES OF DR. MABUSE (1960)
Preminger, Otto(1905-1986) LAURA(1944)-MOON IS BLUE, THE(1953)-ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)- ADVISE AND CONSENT(1962)- CARDINAL (1963)- SUCH GOOD FRIENDS(1971)-HUMAN FACTOR (1979)
ENGLAND
Boulting, John(1913-1985) BRIGHTON ROCK (1947)-SEVEN DAYS TO NOON(1950)- MAGIC BOX (1951)- I'M ALL RIGHT JACK(1959)
Reed, Sir Carol(1906-1976) STARS LOOK DOWN, THE(1940)-ODD MAN OUT(1947)-FALLEN IDOL (1948)- THIRD MAN (1949)-OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS(1951)- OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959)- OLIVER!(1968)
O’ferrall, George More(1907-1982) HOLLY AND THE IVY (1952)- HEART OF THE MATTER (1953)
Glenville, Peter(1913-1996) SUMMER AND SMOKE(1961)-BECKET(1964)- COMEDIANS (1967)
FRANCE
Renoir, Jean(1894-1979) NANA(1926)-CHIENNE, LA (1931)-BABY'S LAXATIVE (1931)-BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING(1932) - MADAME BOVARY (1934)-
CRIME DE MONSIEUR LANGE, LE (1936)- LOWER DEPTHS (1936)-GRANDE ILLUSION, LA(1937)-BÊTE HUMAINE, LA(1938)-
RULES OF THE GAME (1939)-SOUTHERNER(1945)-DAY IN THE COUNTRY, A (1946)- WOMAN ON THE BEACH (1946)-
FRENCH CANCAN(1954)- PETIT THÉÂTRE DE JEAN RENOIR, LE(1970)
Bresson, Robert(1901-1999) DAMES DU BOIS DE BOULOGNE LES(1945)- DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST(1951)- A MAN ESCAPED(1956)-PICKPOCKET(1959)-
TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC (1962)-AU HASARD, BALTHAZAR(1966)- ARGENT, L’(1983)
Resnais, Alain(1922-2014) HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR (1959)- LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (1961)- MURIEL(1963)-GUERRE EST FINIE, LA(1966)- STAVISKY(1974)-
I WANT TO GO HOME(1989)- SMOKING/NO SMOKING(1993)- SAME OLD SONG(1997)
Godard, Jean-Luc(1930- ) BREATHLESS (1960)-MY LIFE TO LIVE(1962)-PETIT SOLDAT, LE (1963)-CARABINIERS, LES(1963)- MÉPRIS, LE(1963)-
BAND OF OUTSIDERS(1964)-MARRIED WOMAN (1964)-PIERROT LE FOU(1965)-ALPHA VILLE(1965)-MASCULIN-FÉMININ(1966)- CHINOISE, LA(1967)- TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER(1967)- WEEKEND(1967)- EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF(1980)-
HORSE OF PRIDE(1980)-PASSION (1982)- FIRST NAME, CARMEN(1983)- DETECTIVE(1985)- HAIL MARY(1985)- ARIA(1987)-
KING LEAR(1987)-HELAS POUR MOI(1993)- FOREVER MOZART(1996)-IN PRAISE OF LOVE(2001)-GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (2014)
Chabrol, Claude(1930-2010 BEAU SERGE, LE(1958)- BONNES FEMMES, LES(1960)- BICHES, LES(1968)-FEMME INFIDÉLE, LA(1969)-BOUCHER, LE(1970)-
PARTIE DE PLAISIR, UNE(1975)- WOMEN’S AFFAIR(1988)- STORY OF WOMEN(1988)- MADAME BOVARY(1991)- BETTY(1992)-
LA CEREMONIE; A JUDGMENT IN STONE(1995)- THE SWINDLE(1997)- MERCI POUR LE CHOCOLAT(2000)-
THE FLOWER OF EVIL(2003)
GERMANY
Gremm, Wolf(1942-2015) KAMIKAZE(1989)
Herzog, Werner(1942- ) SIGNS OF LIFE (1968)-EVEN DWARFS STARTED SMALL(1970)- FATA MORGANA(1971)- AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD(1972)-
MYSTERY OF KASPAR HAUSER (1974)-HEART OF GLASS (1976)- STROSZEK(1977)- NOSFERATU, THE VAMPYRE (1979)-
WOYZECK(1979)- FITZCARRALDO(1982)- WHERE THE GREEN ANTS DREAM(1984)- COBRA VERDE(1987)-
HERDSMEN OF THE SUN(1989)- SCREAM OF STONE(1991)-MY BEST FIEND(1999)- INVINCIBLE(2001)- GRIZZLY MAN (2005)-
WILD BLUE YONDER (2005) - LO AND BEHOLD (2016)
Fassbinder, Rainer Werner(1945-1982) GODS OF THE PLAGUE (1969)-KATZELMACHER(1969)- ALİ(1974)- BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE(1971)-
BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT (1972)- JAIL BAIT(1972)-MERCHANT OF FOUR SEASONS (1972)-WORLD ON A WIRE (1973)-
EFFI BRIEST (1974)- FOX AND HIS FRIENDS(1975)- MOTHER KÜSTERS GOES TO HEAVEN(1975)-
I ONLY WANT YOU TO LOVE ME(1976)- DEUTSCHLAND IM HERBST(1978)-MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN(1978)-
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ(1980)- LILI MARLEEN(1981)- LOLA(1981)- QUERELLE(1982)-VERONIKA VOSS(1982)-
I ONLY WANT YOU TO LOVE ME(1994)
Wenders, Wim (1945- ) ANXIETY OF THE GOALIE AT THE PENALTY KICK (1972)- SCARLET LETTER (1973)-ALICE IN THE CITIES(1974)-WRONG MOVE (1975)-
KINGS OF THE ROAD(1976)- AMERICAN FRIEND, THE(1977)- STATE OF THINGS, THE(1982)- HAMMETT (1982)- PARIS, TEXAS(1984)- TOKYO-GA(1985)- WINGS OF DESIRE(1987)- UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD(1991)-NOTEBOOK ON CITIES AND CLOTHES(1989)- FARAWAY, SO CLOSE(1993)- THE END OF VIOLENCE(1997)- THE BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB(1999)- MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL(2000)
ITALY
Rossellini, Roberto(1906-1977)ROME, OPEN CITY(1945)- PAISAN(1946)- GERMANY, YEAR ZERO (1948)- STROMBOLI(1950)-GREATEST LOVE (1952)- STRANGERS (1954)- GENERAL DELLA ROVERE(1959)- RISE OF LOUIS XIV, THE(1966)
Visconti, Luchino(1906-1976) OSSESSIONE (1943)-EARTH TREMBLES (1948)- SENSO (1954)-ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (1960)- LEOPARD, THE (1963)-DAMNED (1969)- DEATH IN VENICE(1971)- INNOCENT, THE(1976)
Antonioni, Michelangelo (1912-2007) STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR(1950)-CRY (1957)- AVVENTURA, L’ (1960)- NOTTE, LA(1961)- ECLISSE (1962)-RED DESERT (1964)- BLOWUP(1966)- EROS(2004)
Fellini, Federico(1920-1993) VARIETY LIGHTS(1951)-WHITE SHEIK (1952)-VITELLONI, I(1953)- STRADA, LA(1954)- BIDONE, II(1955)- NIGHTS OF CABIRIA, THE(1957)- DOLCE VITA, LA(1960)-8½(1963)-JULIET OF THE SPIRITS(1965)-FELLINI SATYRICON(1969)-ROMA(1972)-AMARCORD(1973)-
CITY OF WOMEN(1980)- AND THE SHIP SAILS ON(1983)- GINGER AND FRED(1986)- INTERVISTA(1987)
Bertolucci, Bernardo(1941-2018) GRIM REAPER (1962)-BEFORE THE REVOLUTION(1964)-CONFORMIST (1970)-SPIDER’S STRATAGEM (1970)-
LAST TANGO IN PARIS (1972)-TRAGEDY OF A RIDICULOUS MAN (1981) –LAST EMPEROR (1987)-SHELTERING SKY (1990)-
LITTLE BUDDHA(1993)-STEALING BEAUTY(1996)-BESIEGED(1998)-THE DREAMERS (2003)- ME AND YOU(2012)
Eastern Europe
RUSSIA
Eisenstein, Sergei M.(1898-1948) BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN(1925)-OCTOBER(1927)- ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1938)
Tarkovsky, Andrei(1932-1986) IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (1962)-ANDREI RUBLEV(1966)- SOLARIS (1972)-MIRROR (1975)- STALKER(1979) NOSTALGIA(1983)-
SACRIFICE (1986)
South Asia
INDIA
Khan, Mehboob (1907-1964) MOTHER INDIA (1957)
Roy, Bimal (1909-1965) DEVDAS (1955)
Ray, Satyajit(1921-1992) SONG OF THE ROAD (PATHER PANCHALI) (1955) - UNVANQUISHED (APARAJITO) (1956) - MUSIC ROOM (JALSAGHAR) (1958) -
WORLD OF APU (APUR SANSAR) (1959) - GODDESS (DEVI)(1960) - MT. KACHENJUNGHA(1962) - EXPEDITION (ABHIJAN) (1962) -
BIG CITY (MAHANAGAR) (1963) - LONELY WIFE (CHARULATA) (1964) - HERO (NAYAK)(1966) -
DAYS AND NIGHTS IN THE FOREST (ARANYER DIN RATRI) (1970) - ADVERSARY (PRATIDWANDI) (1970) -
COMPANY LIMITED (SEEMABADDHA ) (1971) - DISTANT THUNDER (ASHANI RANKET) (1973) - MIDDLEMAN (JANA ARANYA) (1976) -
CHESS PLAYERS (SHATRANJ KE KHILARI) (1977) - HOME AND THE WORLD (GHARE BAIRE) (1984) -
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (GANASHATRU) (1989)-THE STRANGER (AGANTUK) (1992)
K. Asif (1922-1971) MOGUL(MUGHAL-E-AZAM) (1960)
Mukherjee, Hrishikesh (1922-2006) HAPPINESS (ANAND) (1971)
Sen, Mrinal(1923-2018) INTERVIEW (1971)-CALCUTTA 71(1971) - FOOT SOLDIER (PADATIK) (1973)-ROYAL HUNT (MRIGAYYA) (1976)-
IN SEARCH OF FAMINE(1980)
Kapoor, Raj (1924-1988) MR 420, SHRI 420 (aka SHREE 420) (1955)
Dutt, Guru (1925-1964) MR AND MRS '55 (1955)-THIRSTY(PYAASA) (1957)- PAPER FLOWERS(KAAGAZ KE PHOOL) (1959)
Ghatak, Ritwick (1925-1976) CLOUD CAPPED STAR (MEGHE DHAKA TARA)(1960)-CITIZEN (NAGARIK) (1977)
Samanta, Shakti (1926-2009) A LIFE OF DEVOTION ( ARADHANA) (1969)
Abrar, Alvi (1927-2009) MASTER, WIFE, SERVANT (SAHIB, BIBI AUR GHULAM) (1962)
Chatterji, Basu (1930- ) WHOLE SKY(1969)- MY BELOVED’S HOUSE (PIYA KA GHAR) (1972) -A SMALL MATTER(CHOTI SI BAAT) (1976)
Sathyu, M.S.(1930- ) SCORCHING WINDS (GARM HAVA) (1974)
Benegal, Shyam(1934- ) SEEDLING (ANKUR)(1974)-CHURNING (MANTHAN)(1976)-ROLE (BHUMIKA)(1977)
Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra) (1934-) MATCHES (MAACHIS) 1996)
Karnad, Girish(1938- ) FOREST (1973)- ONCE UPON A TIME(1979)
Chaudhri, Amin Q.(1942- ) TIGER WARSAW(1988)
Sen, Aparna(1945-) 36 CHOWRINGHEE LANE (1981)
Sarin, Vic(1945- ) COLD COMFORT(1989)
Kapoor, Shekhar (1945-) BANDIT QUEEN (1994)
Sippy, Ramesh (1947-) EMBERS (SHOLAY) (1975) - PRIDE (SHAAN) ( 1980)
Saltzman, Deepa Mehta(1950- ) MARTHA, RUTH, AND EDIE(1988)DEMON (ASURAN)
Mehta, Ketan(1952- ) SPICES(1986)
Jha, Prakash (1952- ) RESERVATION (AARAKSHAN) (2011)
Ratnam, Mani(1956-) SILENT SYMPHONY (MOUNA RAGA) (1986) - HERO (NAYAKAN) (1987) - THE COMMANDER (THALAPATHI) (1991) - ROSE (ROJA) (1992) - THIEF, THIEF (THIRUDA, THIRUDA) (1993)—BOMBAY(1995) - THE DUO (IRUVAR) (1997) -FROM THE HEART (DIL SE)(1998) -
THE WAVES ARE FLOWING (ALAI PAYUTHEY) (2000) - A PECK ON THE CHEEK (KANNATHIL MUTHAMITTAL) (2002) - YOUTH (YUVA) (2004) -
AMIDST THE AIR (KAATRU VELIYIDAI) (2017)
Santoshi, Rajkumar (1956-) THE LEGEND OF BHAGAT SINGH (2002)
Nair, Mira(1957- ) SALAAM BOMBAY(1988)-MANSOON WEDDING (2001) - THE NAMESAKE (2006)
Zafar, Hai PERFECT MURDER(1988)
Ghosh, Rituparno (1963-2013) COMPANION (DOSAR)(2006)-BOAT WRECK (NOUKA DUBI) (2011)-TRUTH SEEKER(SATYANWESHI) (2013)
Kumar, Senthil (1964- ) FLAG (KODI)
Ghosh, Sujoy (1966-) STORY (KAHAANI) (2012) - REVENGE (BADLA) (2019)
Bhandarkar, Madhur (1968-) MOONLIGHT BAR (CHANDNI BAR) (2001)
Luthria, Milan (1968-) THE WALL (DEEWAAR) (2004)
Mehta, Hansal (1968- ) SHAHID (2013)-ALIGARH(2015)-SIMRAN(2017)
Kashyap, Anurag (1972) UGLY (2014)
Vetrimaaran (1975) NORTH CHENNAI (VADA CHENNAI) (2018)- DEMON (ASURAN) (2019)
Batra, Ritesh (1979-) LUNCHBOX (2013)
Sayed, Ashtar MOTHER (MAATR) (2017)
Ghaywan, Neeraj (1980) CREMATORIUM (MASAAN) (2015)
Subbaraj, Karthak(1983) PRESIDING GODDESS (2013)
Bahi, Ajay SECTION 375(2019)