Iconic Thriller Directors

Iconic Thriller Directors


All film are directed by well trainer directors who's work hard to get to where they have gotten with types of the films that they produce.  their works are recognised, because of their own unique style of directing and creating film , there are many iconic film directors in the world. That all have different ideas with the style of films that they produce to their audiences. there are many iconic film directors' that a high notice for their style of film that they make. I have chosen  four out of the many film directors.

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks movie studio.

His trade mark 

• Uses powerful flash lights in dark scenes .
•  The outline of the beam is often made visible through dust, mist, or fog.
• Frequently uses music by John Williams.
• Often shows shooting stars.
• On-screen performers staring, usually at something off-camera.
• He often uses images of the sun. 
• His films often show children in some sort of danger.
• Consistent references to World War II.
• Frequent references to Disney films, music, or theme parks
• Frequently uses a piano as an element in key scenes

Some of his work

• Saving private Ryan
• Schinldler's list
• Catch me if you can 
• Jurassic park
• The pacific 

Here's an example of his work 

ALFRED HITCHCOCK 

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. On 19 April 1955, he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.

His trade mark 

• [Cameo] Often has a quick cameo in his films. He eventually began making his appearances in the beginning of his films, because he knew viewers were watching for him and he didn't want to divert their attention away from the story's plot. He made a live cameo appearance in all of his movies beginning with The Lady Vanishes (1938) (Man in London Railway Station walking on the station train platform), Young and Innocent (1937) (Photographer Outside Courthouse) ... aka The Girl Was Young (USA), The 39 Steps (1935) (Passerby Near the Bus), Murder! (1930) (Man on Street), Blackmail (1929) (Man on subway), Easy Virtue (1928) (Man with stick near tennis court), The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) (Extra in newspaper office) ... aka The Case of Jonathan Drew., excluding Lifeboat (1944), in which he appeared in a newspaper advertisement; in which he appeared in a class reunion photo; Rope (1948) in which his "appearance" is as a neon version of his famous caricature on a billboard outside the window in a night scene and Family Plot (1976) in which his "appearance" is as a silhouette of someone standing on the other side of a frosted glass door.

• [Hair] Likes to insert shots of a woman's hairstyle, frequently in close-ups.

• [Bathrooms] Often a plot device, a hiding place or a place where lovemaking is prepared for. Hitchcock also frequently used the letters "BM," which stand for "Bowel Movement".

• Often used the "wrong man" or "mistaken identity" theme in his movies. 

• [Blondes] The most famous actresses in his filmography (mostly in leading roles) were Anny Ondra, Madeleine Carroll, Joan Fontaine, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Kim Novak, Vera Miles, Janet Leigh and Tippi Hedren.

An example of his work

• To catch a thief
• Vertigo
• Psycho
• Shadow of doubt  
• I confess

An example of his work

FLITZ LANG 

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American film maker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film Institute. His most famous films are the ground breaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States, his iconic precursor to the film noir genre.

His trade mark that always present in his films

All his films feature a shot of his hand

Usually wore a monocle, and probably only for dramatic effect

His protagonists are frequently hateful, violent but ultimately sympathetic figures

His films are dark (both visually and in tone)

Some of Langz work

• Metropolis 
• Clash by night
• Contempt
• Scarlet street
• The eye of evil 

An example of his work 

SOFIA COPPOLA 

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, film director, producer and actress. In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman (and first American woman) to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing. In 2010, with somewhere, she became the first American woman (and fourth American filmmaker) to win the Golden, the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Her trade mark

• Sun filmed through leaves

• Character seen gazing out of a car window from the outside, looking in

• Character walking down a long hallway

• Introduction scene focusing on the main character during an unidentified point in time, shown to express their loneliness

Some of Coppola's work 

•  Somewhere
• Lost in translation
• The virgin suicides 
• Marie Antionette

 An example of her work 
















All the information that I used was found from Wikipedia and IMDb