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Research into a Director

Alfred Hitchcock
Was nick named the guy of suspense this was
employing a kind of psychological suspense in
his films producing a distinct viewer
experience.
Entered the film industry in 1920; he left for
Hollywood in 1939 and created his first
American film called Rebecca which won an
Academy Award for best picture.
He created more than 50 films; including the
classics Rear Windows(1954) and the 39
steps(1935) and Psycho(1960).
He received the AFIs life achievement award
in 1979
He died in 1980
Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942, in
New York City, to Italian-American parents Catherine (Cappa)
and Charles Scorsese. He was raised in the neighbourhood of
Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of
his films. Scorsese earned a B.S. degree in film
communications in 1964, followed by an M.A. in the same
field in 1966 at New York University's School of Film. During
this time, he made numerous prize-winning short films
including The Big Shave (1968), and directed his first feature
film, _Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967).
His long-cherished project, Gangs of New York (2002),
earned numerous critical honours, including a Golden Globe
Award for Best Director; the Howard Hughes biopic The
Aviator (2004) won five Academy Awards, in addition to the
Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for Best Picture. Scorsese
won his first Academy Award for Best Director for The
Departed (2006), which was also honoured with the
Director's Guild of America, Golden Globe, New York Film
Critics, National Board of Review and Critic's Choice awards
for Best Director, in addition to four Academy Awards,
including Best Picture.

In January of 1992, first-time writer-director
Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) appeared at the
Sundance Film Festival. The film garnered critical
acclaim and the director became a legend immediately.
Two years later, he followed up Dogs success with Pulp
Fiction (1994) which premiered at the Cannes film
festival, winning the coveted Palme D'Or Award. At the
1995 Academy Awards, it was nominated for the best
picture, best director and best original screenplay.
Tarantino and writing partner Roger Avary came away
with the award only for best original screenplay. In
1995,

Tarantino directed one fourth of the anthology Four
Rooms (1995) The film opened on December 25th in
the United States to very weak reviews. Tarantino's
next film was From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a
vampire/crime story which he wrote and co-starred
with George Clooney. The film did fairly well theatrical.
Quentin Tarantino

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