Affleck, Ben (Berkeley)
The star and director of the Oscar-winning film Argo
Famous Filmmakers from California
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Anderson, Paul Thomas (Studio City)
The writer/director of Magnolia and There Will Be Blood -
Bay, Michael (Los Angeles)
The high-octane director of the Transformers films -
Bigelow, Kathryn (San Carlos)
The Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker -
Burton, Tim (Burbank)
The director of the comedy-horror film Beetlejuice -
Cholodenko, Lisa (Los Angeles)
The director of Laurel Canyon and The Kids Are All Right -
Costner, Kevin (Los Angeles)
Star of Dances With Wolves -
Duvall, Robert (San Diego)
Oscar-winning star of Tender Mercies -
DuVernay, Ava (Long Beach)
The director of the movie Selma -
Eastwood, Clint (San Francisco)
Star of the Dirty Harry films -
Field, Todd (Pomona)
The director of Tár and In the Bedroom -
Foster, Jodie (Los Angeles)
The star of The Silence of the Lambs -
Gerwig, Greta (Sacramento)
The star of the move 'Frances Ha' -
Harryhausen, Ray (Los Angeles)
The stop-motion filmmaker who did Jason and the Argonauts -
Haynes, Todd (Los Angeles)
The director of Far From Heaven and TV's Mildred Pierce -
Ice Cube (Los Angeles)
Rap's NWA co-founder and movie star of Barbershop -
Jenkins, Patty
The director of 2017's 'Wonder Woman' -
Keaton, Diane (Los Angeles)
Woody Allen's co-star in Annie Hall -
Lucas, George (Modesto)
The creator of Star Wars -
Peckinpah, Sam (Fresno)
The movie director who made The Wild Bunch -
Penn, Sean (Burbank)
The intense actor who won Oscars for Mystic River and Milk -
Rae, Issa (Los Angeles)
The creator of the Web series Awkward Black Girl -
Redford, Robert (Santa Monica)
Star of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -
Robbins, Tim
Oscar-winning star of Mystic River and Bull Durham -
Singleton, John (Los Angeles)
The writer and director of Boyz N the Hood