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The Directors Episodes on Encore

1999, TV Show

Episode Detail: John Avildsen - The Directors

The career of John Avildsen is spotlighted via film clips (from “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid”) and interviews with actors Sylvester Stallone, Jack Lemmon and Morgan Freeman. Also: the director's early work as an assistant to Otto Preminger.

Episodes: The Directors - 95 total Episodes

5/14/2007: Richard Linklater
9/5/2006: The Films of Darren Aronofsky
7/3/2006: Peter Hyams
7/3/2006: The Films of Peter Hyams
7/2/2006: Robert Luketic
6/14/2006: Michael Caton-Jones
5/21/2006: Jay Russell
4/14/2006: Edward Zwick
2/6/2006: Andy Tennant
2/2/2006: Rob Cohen
1/7/2006: Jon Turteltaub
1/5/2006: David O. Russell
10/20/2005: Jan de Bont
9/13/2005: Peter & Bobby Farrelly
8/1/2005: Brett Ratner
6/8/2005: Lasse Halstrom
6/7/2005: Robert Benton
4/2/2005: Carl Franklin
3/25/2005: Kevin Smith
2/5/2005: Nora Ephron
1/1/2005: Gary Ross
11/6/2004: Chris Columbus
10/2/2004: Michael Bay
9/4/2004: Harold Becker
8/7/2004: Penny Marshall
7/3/2004: Irwin Winkler
6/5/2004: Anthony Minghella
4/3/2004: Andrew Davis
3/29/2004: Clement Virgo
3/29/2004: Clement Virgo
3/6/2004: Roland Emmerich
2/7/2004: Bryan Singer
1/3/2004: David Mamet
11/1/2003: John Singleton
10/4/2003: Jonathan Demme
9/4/2003: David Lynch
8/2/2003: Frank Darabont
7/5/2003: James Ivory
6/7/2003: Adrian Lyne
5/3/2003: Cameron Crowe
4/4/2003: George Lucas
3/11/2003: Atom Egoyan
3/7/2003: Neil Jordan
2/7/2003: Mike Figgis
1/22/2003: Scott Hicks
1/3/2003: Alan Parker
12/26/2002: Philip Kaufman
12/5/2002: Roger Corman
11/7/2002: Phillip Noyce
10/3/2002: Tim Burton
9/12/2002: Ridley Scott
8/1/2002: George Romero
7/4/2002: Paul Schrader
6/20/2002: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams
4/4/2002: Tony Scott
3/7/2002: Oliver Stone
11/9/2001: Barry Sonnenfeld
11/7/2001: Ron Howard
11/5/2001: Terry Gilliam
10/14/2001: Richard Donner
10/2/2001: John McTiernan
9/6/2001: James Cameron
6/7/2001: Robert Altman
5/16/2001: Michael Mann
5/9/2001: David Cronenberg
5/8/2001: Joel Schumacher
5/7/2001: Wes Craven
5/5/2001: Lawrence Kasdan
5/4/2001: Ivan Reitman
5/1/2001: Robert Wise
4/24/2001: John Frankenheimer
4/10/2001: Milos Forman
4/5/2001: Barbra Streisand
3/7/2001: Sydney Pollack
2/9/2001: Garry Marshall
11/3/2000: Barry Levinson
10/5/2000: Wolfgang Petersen
9/7/2000: John Badham
8/4/2000: Clint Eastwood
7/6/2000: Martin Scorsese
6/8/2000: Steven Spielberg
5/11/2000: Alan J. Pakula
4/7/2000: Robert Zemeckis
3/2/2000: Sidney Lumet
2/8/2000: Mark Rydell
1/6/2000: Martha Coolidge
12/2/1999: John Carpenter
11/9/1999: John Avildsen
8/6/1999: Rob Reiner
Norman Jewison
Herbert Ross
Arthur Hiller
William Friedkin
Spike Lee
Francis Coppola

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Premiered: February 01, 1999, on Encore

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Premise: Profiles of prominent directors blend clips from their films and interviews. Among those featured: George Lucas; Norman Jewison; Arthur Hiller; Robert Altman; David Lynch; Ron Howard; Oliver Stone; Anthony Minghella; Tim Burton; Roger Corman; and Milos Forman.

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