Stage To Screen
By: Dan Bayer
A list of plays that have been adapted into films.
Some have flourished, some have floundered.
Some got rewritten, some got hacked to bits, and some managed to survive the transfer intact.
I’m pretty much only familiar with plays of the Western world, so if anyone knows of any plays from Asia, Africa, or South America – or anything else I may have missed – please let me know. I want this list to be comprehensive!
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01Charles Bryant
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02Charles Bryant
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03Augusto Genina
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04F.W. Murnau
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05Clarence Brown
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06Edward H. Griffith
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07Dudley Murphy
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08William Dieterle
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09Richard Thorpe
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10Frank Capra
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11Anthony Asquith
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12Thorold Dickinson
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13Sam Wood
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14William Wyler
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15Gabriel Pascal
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16Herman Shumlin
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17Alfred Santell
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18Laurence Olivier
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19David Lean
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20Dudley Nichols
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21Laurence Olivier
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22George Stevens
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23William Wyler
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24Orson Welles
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25Alfred Hitchcock
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26George Cukor
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27Irving Rapper
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28Elia Kazan
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29Anthony Asquith
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30Chester Erskine
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31Irving Reis
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32Anthony Asquith
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33Orson Welles
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34Joshua Logan
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35Laurence Olivier
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36Daniel Mann
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37David Lean
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38Joshua Logan
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39Sidney Lumet
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40Otto Preminger
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41Franz Peter Wirth
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42Morton DaCosta
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43Richard Quine
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44Richard Brooks
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45Delbert Mann
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46George Stevens
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47Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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48Delbert Mann
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49Sidney Lumet
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50Stanley Kramer
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51William Wyler
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52Peter Glenville
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53Sidney Lumet
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54Sidney Lumet
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55Arthur Penn
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56Richard Brooks
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57Joseph Strick
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58John Huston
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59Mike Nichols
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60Gene Saks
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61Peter Brook
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62Robert Aldrich
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63Gene Saks
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64Anthony Harvey
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65Gene Saks
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66Howard Morris
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67George Stevens
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68Herbert Ross
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69Arthur Hiller
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70Milton Katselas
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71Tony Richardson
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72John Frankenheimer
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73Brian G. Hutton
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74Billy Wilder
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75Tom O'Horgan
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76Christopher Miles
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77Herbert Ross
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78Sidney Lumet
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79Herbert Ross
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80Herbert Ross
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81Robert Moore
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82Derek Jarman
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83Mark Rydell
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84Robert Altman
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85Sidney Lumet
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86Lewis Gilbert
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87Robert Altman
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88Miloš Forman
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89Robert Altman
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90King Vidor
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91Frank Lloyd
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92Ernst Lubitsch
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93George Cukor
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94Paul Czinner
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95George Cukor
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96Gregory La Cava
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97Rouben Mamoulian
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98John Cromwell
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99George Cukor
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100William Keighley
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101Frank Capra
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102David Lean
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103Henry Koster
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104Max Ophüls
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105Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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106Guy Hamilton
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107Pierre Billon
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108George Seaton
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109Robert Aldrich
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110Joseph Anthony
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111Daniel Mann
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112Tyrone Guthrie
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113Billy Wilder
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114Delbert Mann
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115Daniel Petrie
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116Walter Lang
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117Jules Dassin
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118John Guillermin
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119Clive Donner
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120Peter Glenville
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121Fred Coe
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122Fred Zinnemann
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123Robert Ellis Miller
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124Paul Bogart
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125Sidney Lumet
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126Franco Zeffirelli
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127Terence Young
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128William Friedkin
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129Ulu Grosbard
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130Pier Paolo Pasolini
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131William Friedkin
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132Martin Ritt
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133Andrei Konchalovsky
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134Peter Brook
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135Mihalis Kakogiannis
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136Herbert Ross
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137Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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138Andrew Sinclair
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139Harold Pinter
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140Guy Green
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141Joseph Losey
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142Arthur Hiller
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143Mihalis Kakogiannis
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144Édouard Molinaro
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145Robert Mulligan
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146David Lynch
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147Louis de Funès
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148Peter Yates
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149Norman Jewison
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150Gérard Depardieu
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151Norman Jewison
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152Volker Schlöndorff
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153Peter Masterson
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154Edward Zwick
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155Gene Saks
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156Randa Haines
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157Bruce Beresford
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158Tom Moore
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159Robert Altman
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160Martin Ritt
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161Mike Nichols
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162Joan Micklin Silver
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163Oliver Stone
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164Paul Bogart
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165Satyajit Ray
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166Lewis Gilbert
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167Herbert Ross
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168Tom Stoppard
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169Derek Jarman
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170Garry Marshall
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171Norman Jewison
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172Lewis Gilbert
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173Rob Reiner
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174Danièle Huillet
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175James Foley
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176Peter Bogdanovich
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177Norman René
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178Martha Coolidge
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179David Cronenberg
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180Kenneth Branagh
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181Fred Schepisi
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182Roman Polanski
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183David Mamet
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184Nancy Meckler
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185Christopher Ashley
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186Tom Noonan
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187Michael Corrente
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188Nicholas Hytner
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189Herb Gardner
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190Jay Sandrich
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191Jerry Zaks
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192Trevor Nunn
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193David Hare
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194Neil LaBute
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195Joe Mantello
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196Pat O'Connor
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197Francis Veber
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198Anthony Drazan
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199Mihalis Kakogiannis
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200Julie Taymor
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201Kenneth Branagh
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202Mike Nichols
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203Moisés Kaufman
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204Neil LaBute
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205Mike Nichols
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206Mike Nichols
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207Carlo Gabriel Nero
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208Tom Cairns
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209Craig Lucas
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210Stuart Gordon
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211Chris Terrio
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212John Madden
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213Nicholas Hytner
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214William Friedkin
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215Jay Rosenblatt
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216Ron Howard
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217Tyler Perry
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218John Cameron Mitchell
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219David Cronenberg
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220Roman Polanski
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221Ralph Fiennes
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222George Clooney
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223William Friedkin
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224François Ozon
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225Terence Davies
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226Tony Richardson
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227Bryan Forbes
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228Jean Renoir
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229Peter Hall
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230Hettie Macdonald
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231Raúl Ruiz
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232Leslye Headland
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233Benh Zeitlin
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234Bruce Beresford
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235Sean Mathias
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236Oliver Parker
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237Edward H. Griffith
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238Franklin J. Schaffner
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239John Swanbeck
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240Paul Leni
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241Bud Yorkin
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242Sam Wood
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243William Wyler
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244Alfred Hitchcock
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245Paul Newman
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246Robert Altman
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247Arvin Brown
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248Steven Soderbergh
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249Victor Sjöström
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250Marek Losey
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251Maurice Elvey
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252Peter Fleischmann
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253Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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254Mark Waters
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255Stanley Donen
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256Alfred Hitchcock
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257Joe Mantegna
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258Gene Saks
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259Bob Fosse
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260Jean de Limur
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261John Ford
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262Nicholas Hytner
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263Mervyn LeRoy
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264Nick Broomfield
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265Michael Apted
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266Mervyn LeRoy
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267Glenn Jordan
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268Alan J. Pakula
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269Archie Mayo
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270Melvin Frank
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271Tamar Simon Hoffs
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272Frank Urson
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273Chen Kaige
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274Henry King
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275Billy Wilder
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276Jerry Paris
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277Richard Linklater
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278Jonathan Demme
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279Richard Linklater
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280Anthony Harvey
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281Jon Shear
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282William K. Howard
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283Bernhard Wicki
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284François Ozon
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285James Whale
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286Norman Taurog
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287George Sidney
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288David Mamet
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289Harold S. Bucquet
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290Nicole Kassell
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291Luis Valdez
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292Tony Piccirillo
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293Billy Wilder
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294Milton Katselas
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295Bruce Beresford
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296Alfred E. Green
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297Daniel Mann
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298Maurice Tourneur
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299Joseph Losey
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300Evan Dunsky
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301Mark Robson
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302Michael Curtiz
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303Walter Lang
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304Ray C. Smallwood
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305Robert De Niro
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306Rouben Mamoulian
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307Jeff Glickman
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308Marita Giovanni
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309Frank Borzage
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310Francesca Bertini
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311Anatole Litvak
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312Lewis Gilbert
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313Sidney Franklin
