James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, on August 16, 1954. He moved to the USA in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University but, after graduating, drove a truck to support his screen-writing ambition. He landed his first professional film job as art director. (imdb)

Jon Favreau has 77 credits at Criticker, including: Iron Man, The Wolf of Wall Street and Iron Man 2

An amateur filmmaker even as a child, Spielberg became one of the youngest television directors for Universal in the 60s. A highly praised television film started up his career as a director for cinema, and quickly became one of the most popular, influential and recognizable faces in history. Spielberg has received many awards throughout his distinguished career, Winning three Academy Awards ( Being nominated for six ) and seven of his films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar ( Winning 1 ).

George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director and founder/chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones. Today, Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful independent directors/producers, with an estimated net worth of $3 billion as of 2010...(wikipedia)

Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later as the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years. He made film appearances such as in American Graffiti in 1973 and while starring in Happy Days he also made The Shootist in 1976, as well as making his directorial debut with the 1977 comedy film Grand Theft Auto...(Wikipedia)

Robert Zemeckis has 49 credits at Criticker, including: Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Cast Away and Back to the Future Part II

J.J. Abrams has 62 credits at Criticker, including: Armageddon, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible III and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Kathleen Kennedy has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Music by John Williams, Light & Magic and The Guatemalan Handshake

Richard Edlund has 6 credits at Criticker, including: Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³', Light & Magic, The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story, Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic and Gone with the Wind: Restoring a Legend

Deborah Chow has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Flowers in the Attic, The High Cost of Living and Light & Magic

Dennis Muren has 3 credits at Criticker, including: The Making of 'Jurassic Park', Light & Magic and The Equinox... A Journey Into the Supernatural

Lorne Peterson has just 1 credit at Criticker: Light & Magic