A prolific director who made his name in the German New Wave Cinema of the 70s. Born in rural Bavaria, Herzog never saw any film or television as a child -- a fact that didn't prevent him from becoming one of his country's best-known and most well-respected filmmakers.

James L. Brooks has 34 credits at Criticker, including: The Simpsons Movie, As Good As It Gets and Spanglish

Stephen Arthur Frears is an English film director. Frears has directed a number of successful films in both Britain and America, including The Hi-Lo Country (1998), High Fidelity (2000), Dirty Pretty Things (2003) and Mrs Henderson Presents starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. His film, The Queen (2006), was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture...(Wikipedia)

Gore Verbinski, one of American cinema's most inventive directors who was a punk-rock guitarist as a teenager and had to sell his guitar to buy his first camera, is now the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) which made the industry record for highest opening weekend of all time ($135,600,000) and grossed over $1 billion dollars worldwide.He was born Gregor Verbinski on March 16, 1964 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Laurette Ann (McGovern).

Hans Zimmer has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Ennio, Score: A Film Music Documentary, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Hans Zimmer Live on Tour and Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood

Geoff Downes has 2 credits at Criticker, including: The Buggles: Video Killed the Radio Star and Hans Zimmer - Der Sound für Hollywood