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1. Alfred Hitchcock

DATE OF BIRTH: 13 August 1899
DATE OF DEATH: 29 April 1980
LOCATION: Leytonstone, London, England

Best known for: Psycho, Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Rebecca.

8.5

2. Christopher Nolan

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 July 1970
LOCATION: London, England

Best known for: The Dark Knight, Memento, Inception, Batman Begins, The Prestige.

7.7

3. Sam Mendes

DATE OF BIRTH: 1 August 1965
LOCATION: Reading, Berkshire, England

Best known for: American Beauty, Revolutionary Road, Road To Perdition, Jarhead.

7.9

4. Danny Boyle

DATE OF BIRTH: 20 October 1956
LOCATION: Radcliffe, Lancashire, England

Best known for: Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Sunshine.

8.8

5. Charlie Chaplin

DATE OF BIRTH: 16 April 1889
DATE OF DEATH: 25th December 1977
LOCATION: London, England

Best known for: Modern Times, City Lights, The Great Dictator, The Gold Rush, The Circus.

8.5

6. David Lean

DATE OF BIRTH: 25 March 1908
DATE OF DEATH: 16 April 1991
LOCATION: Croydon, Surrey, England

Best known for: Lawrence Of Arabia, The Bridge On The River Kwai, A Passage To India, Doctor Zhivago.

7.8

7. Edgar Wright

DATE OF BIRTH: 18 April 1974
LOCATION: Poole, Dorset, England

Best known for: Hot Fuzz, Shaun Of The Dead, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World.

7.9

8. Nick Park

DATE OF BIRTH: 6 December 1958
LOCATION: Preston, Lancashire, England

Best known for: Wallace And Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, Chicken Run, Wallace And Gromit In The Wrong Trousers, Wallace And Gromit In A Close Shave.

9. Ridley Scott

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1937
LOCATION: South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Best known for: Gladiator, Alien, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise.

7.5

10. Guy Ritchie

DATE OF BIRTH: 10 September 1968
LOCATION: Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England

Best known for: Snatch, Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes.

7.5

11. Tom Hooper

DATE OF BIRTH: 1972
LOCATION: London, England

Best known for: The King's Speech, The Damned United.

6.8

12. Tony Scott

DATE OF BIRTH: June 21, 1944
LOCATION: North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Best known for: Man On Fire, Top Gun, True Romance, The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009).

7.2

13. Paul Greengrass

DATE OF BIRTH: 13 August 1955
LOCATION: Cheam, Surrey, England

Best known for: United 93, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Green Zone.

7.2

14. Anthony Minghella

DATE OF BIRTH: 6 January 1954
DATE OF DEATH: 18 March 2008
LOCATION: London, England

Best known for: The Talented Mr. Ripley, The English Patient, Cold Mountain.

7.8

15. Joe Wright

DATE OF BIRTH: 1972
LOCATION: London, England

Best known for: Atonement, Pride And Prejudice, The Soloist (2009).

6.9

16. Richard Attenborough

DATE OF BIRTH: 29 August 1923
LOCATION: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Best known for: Gandhi, Chaplin, Cry Freedom, Shadowlands.

17. Duncan Jones

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 May 1971
LOCATION: Beckenham, Kent, England

Best known for: Moon, Source Code (upcoming).

6.7

18. Charles Crichton

DATE OF BIRTH: 6 August 1910
DATE OF DEATH: 14 September 1999
LOCATION: Wallasey, Merseyside, England

Best known for: A Fish Called Wanda, The Lavender Hill Mob.

8.2

19. Carol Reed

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 December 1906
DATE OF DEATH: 26 April 1976
LOCATION: Putney, London, England

Best known for: The Third Man, Oliver, Odd Man Out, Mutiny On The Bounty (remake), The Fallen Idol.

6.9

20. David Yates

DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November 1963
LOCATION: St Helens, Merseyside, England

Best known for: Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I and Part II (upcoming).