2005 Greg Garrison, American Director
2004 President Bush signs the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004 which reorganizes intelligence agencies and creates position of national security director
2004 Philippe de Broca, director, King of Hearts, dies at 69
2004 Margaret Hassan, humanitarian, director of Care in Iraq who was murdered by terrorists, dies at 59
2004 Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director murdered by terrorists, Submission
2004 Theo van Gogh, director, Dutch filmmaker murdered by a terrorist, dies at 47
2004 Christopher Reeve, director/actor/advocate, Superman, dies at 52
2004 Daniel Petrie, Canadian Director
2004 Cecily Adams, casting director/actress, Deep Space Nine, dies at 46
2004 Larry Buchanan, American Director
2003 Elia Kazan, director, On the Waterfront, dies at 94
2003 Leni Riefenstahl, director, Triumph of the Will, dies at 101
2003 John Schlesinger, director, Midnight Cowboy, dies at 77
2003 Stan Brakhage, American Director
2002 George Roy Hill, director, The Sting, dies at 80
2002 Ian McNaughton, director, Monty Python's Flying Circus, dies at 76
2002 J. Lee Thompson, British Director
2002 John Frankenheimer, director, The Manchurian Candidate, dies at 72
2002 George Sidney, American Director
2002 Billy Wilder, director, Some Like it Hot, dies at 95
2002 Ted Demme, director, Beautiful Girls, dies at 38
2002 Charles Guggenheim, American Director
2001 Herbert Ross, director, The Turning Point, dies at 74
2001 Fred De Cordova, producer/director, Tonight Show, dies at 90
2001 Michael Ritchie, American Director
2001 Stanley Kramer, director, Judgment at Nuremberg, dies at 87
2000 David Brower, ecological activist, executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years, dies at 88
2000 Edward L. Bernds, director, The Three Stooges shorts, dies at 94
2000 Paul Bartel, director/actor, Eating Raoul, dies at 61
2000 Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72
2000 Todd Karns, actor/theater director and founder, It's a Wonderful Life, dies at 79
1999 Robert Bresson, French Director
1999 James Broughton, American Director
1999 Garson Kanin, writer/director, Born Yesterday, dies at 86
1999 Stanley Kubrick, director, -2001, dies at 70
1999 Jose Quintero, director, founded the Circle in the Square company, dies at 75
1999 Robert Shaw, chorale director, founded the Robert Shaw Chorale, dies at 82
1998 Alan J. Pakula, "director, producer", All the President's Men, dies at 70
1998 Akira Kurosawa, director, Rashomon, dies at 88
1998 John Derek, actor/director, dies at 71
1997 Giorgio Strehler, theatre director, dies at 76
1997 Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64
1997 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer, dies at 68
1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85
1997 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86
1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
1997 Fred Zinnemann, director, A Man for All Seasons, dies of heart attack at 89
1997 Frank Launder, director/scriptwriter, dies at 91
1997 King Hu, film director, dies at 64
1997 Duncan Wood, television director and producer, dies at 71
1997 Sheldon Leonard, producer and director, I Spy - Dick Van Dyke, dies at 89
1996 Derek Prouse, writer actor and director (Le Scandale), dies at 74
1996 Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl), dies of an aneurism at 61
1996 Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Elsa), dies at 43
1996 Rex Tucker, TV writer/director, dies at 83
1996 Placido Domingo becomes art director of Washington Opera
1996 Salah Abou Seif, film director, dies at 81
1996 Alan Ande Anderson, opera director, dies at 78
1996 Peter Glenville, actor and director (Hotel Paradiso, Becket), dies at 82
1996 Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83
1996 Giles Grangier, film director, dies at 84
1996 William E Colby, director of CIA (1973-76), dies
1996 William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76
1996 Donald Cammell, film director, dies at 62
1996 David Keylsey, actor and director, dies at 63
1996 Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
1996 Krzysztof Kieslowski, film director, dies of heart attack at 54
1996 Lucio Fulci, filem director, dies at 68
1996 Sylvia Williams, museum director/curator, dies at 60
1996 Gene Mitchell, museum director, dies on 70th birthday
1996 Marcel Carne, French Director
1996 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68
1995 Peter Refn, Danish journalist/director (Violets are Blue), dies at 54
1995 Trenchard Cox, museum director, dies at 90
1995 Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79
1995 Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
1995 John Walker, museum director, dies at 88
1995 Russ Karel, director, dies at 45
1995 Frank Perry, film director, dies at 65
1995 Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69
1995 James Ackley Maxwell, actor and director (Traitors, Otley), dies at 66
1995 Ida Lupino, actress/director (Hard Way, High Sierra), dies at 77
1995 Werner Grusch, film director, dies at 51
1995 Barney Simon, theatre director/writer, dies at 63
1995 Roy Rowland, film director, dies at 84
1995 Murray Dickie, opera singer/director, dies at 71
1995 Isadore "Friz" Freling, cartoon director (Sylvester), dies at 88
1995 Arthur Lubin, film director, dies at 95
1995 Reza Abdoh, theatre Director, dies at 32
1995 Arthur Lubin, director (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr. Ed), dies at 96
1995 Joseph Heifitz, film director, dies at 89
1995 Cyril Enfield, film Director, dies at 80
1995 Rene Allio, film Director, dies at 70
1995 Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
1995 Jack Clayton, British director (Great Gatsby), dies at 73
1995 Elfi Althoff-Jacobi, Austrian circus director, dies at 80
1995 Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV Director/film-maker, dies at 45
1995 Phillip Borsos, Tasmanian/Canadian director (Mean Season), dies
1995 George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
1995 James P Grant, U.S. director of UNICEF (1980-95), dies at 72
1995 Ken Hill, playwright/director, dies at 57
1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86
1995 Karl Guttmann, Austrian/Dutch playwright/director (Pinter), dies at 81
1994 Pierre Dreyfus, French director of Renault (1955-75), dies at 87
1994 Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor and director, dies at 71
1994 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85
1994 Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84
1994 Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo), dies at 92
1994 Ferdinand J Kranenburg, director of queen (North Holland), dies at 83
1994 Sergei F Bondartsjoek, actor and director (Waterloo), dies at 74
1994 Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
1994 Wilhelmus HL "Willem" Tollenaar, actor and director (Elkerlyc), dies at 82
1994 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
1994 James Hill, director, dies at 75
1994 Madeleine Renaud, French actress (Longest Day)/director, dies at 94
1994 Arthur Krim, U.S. director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies
1994 Terence Young, British director (Thunderball), dies of at 79
1994 Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67
1994 James Clavell, author/director (King Rat, Shogun), dies at 69
1994 Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55
1994 Lindsay Anderson, British director/critic (If ...), dies at 71
1994 Zoltan Fabri, Hungarian director, dies of heart attack at 76
1994 Aleksander Petrovic, film Director, dies at 65
1994 Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies
1994 Christian-Jaque, [Christian Maudet], French director (Nana), dies
1994 Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
1994 Bart Scheepens, actor and director, dies of AIDS at 50
1994 Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
1994 Roelof Kiers, VPRO-programmer/director (Macchiavelli), dies at 56
1994 William Marshall, actor and director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86
1994 Massimo Troisi, Italian actor and director (Ricomincio da tre), dies at 41
1994 Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86
1994 Rita Gillespie, tV Director, dies at 65
1994 Carl Althoff, German circus director, dies at 82
1994 Phani Majumdar, film director, dies at 82
1994 Joe Layton, director (Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip), dies at 63
1994 Imre Gyongyossy, Hungarian director, dies at 64
1994 Michael Carreras, film Director, dies at 67
1994 Marcel Ichac, French alpinist/director (Karakoram), dies at 87
1994 Marlon Riggs, U.S. writer/director/producer (Ethnic notions), dies at 37
1994 Frank G Wells, U.S. director (Walt Disney), dies at 62
1994 Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), dies at 52
1994 Derek Jarman, actor and director (Tempest), dies of AIDS at 52
1994 Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
1994 Richard Bissell, U.S. under director of CIA (Pig's Bay), dies at 84
1994 Jan Veldkamp, Dutch geophysicist/director (KNMI), dies at 84
1994 Gerardus J Sizoo, physicist/director of Dutch Free University, dies
1994 Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French director of IMF (1963-73), dies at 81
1993 Arthur Dreifuss, director/producer (Murder in Amsterdam), dies at 85
1993 Alexander Mackendrick, British/US director (Lady Killers), dies at 81
1993 Alexander Mackendrick, director (Whiskey Galore!), dies at 81
1993 Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42
1993 Herve Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75
1993 Christopher Frank, director/actor (Annee Des Meduses), dies at 50
1993 Emile Ardolino, director (Sister Act), dies of AIDS at 50
1993 Emile Ardolino, director (Dirty Dancing), dies at 50 of AIDs
1993 Gerald Thomas, director (Carry on), dies at 72
1993 Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire), dies in California fire at 41
1993 Federico Fellini, director (La Dolce Vita), dies of stroke at 73
1993 Raymond Lockhart, TV director (Huntley Brinkley Report), dies at 65
1993 Mustafa Abada, Algerian TV director, murdered
1993 Gordon Douglas, actor and director (Tony Rome), dies of cancer at 85
1993 Gordon Douglas, director (Call Me Mr. Tibbs, Our Gang), dies at 85
1993 Christian Nyby, U.S. director (Big Sleep, Thing), dies at 80
1993 Charles Lamont, actor and director (Abbott and Costello movies), dies at 95
1993 Hall Bartlett, U.S. director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70
1993 Bob Verstraete, Dutch actor/screenwriter/director (Alicia), dies at 71
1993 Francis Mankiewicz, Canad director (Lesson bons debarras), dies at 49
1993 Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth
1993 Roy London, U.S. actor and director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
1993 Elmar Klos, director (Obzalovany, Obchod na Korze), dies at 83
1993 Donald Alexander, System director/producer (East Valley), dies at 79
1993 President Clinton fires FBI director William Sessions
1993 Elmar Klos, Czech director (Shop on Main Street), dies at 83
1993 Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
1993 Willy C of Hemert, director/(text)poet (Small Truth), dies at 81
1993 James Bridges, writer and director (Paper Chase), dies of cancer at 57
1993 Richard Murphy, director (3 Stripes in the Sun), dies of stroke at 81
1993 Cy Howard, director (Lovers and Other Strangers), dies at 77
1993 Michael Gordon, actor and director (Pillow Talk), dies at 83
1993 Henny Budie, Dutch director/producer (Sterrenslag), dies
1993 Max Croiset, Dutch actor/dramatist/director (Zeekant), dies at 80
1993 Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47
1993 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69
1993 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
1993 Richard Sale, writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
1993 Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
1993 Leslie Norman, English director/producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82
1993 John Grossman, Czech director (Process, Revisor), dies
1993 Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
1993 Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
1993 James Woolsey, becomes 16th director of CIA
1993 Joseph L Mankiewicz, U.S. writer and director (All about Eve), dies at 83
1993 Admiral Studeman, ends term as acting director of CIA
1993 Francois Reichenbach, Fren director (L'Amerique Insolite), dies at 70
1993 Adm Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA
1993 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], U.S. director/actor (Rainmaker), dies at 80
1993 Robert M Gates, ends term as 15th director of CIA
1993 Mia Meijer, Dutch playwright/director (Machine Child), dies
1993 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao), dies at 45
1993 George L George, Russian/US journalist/director/producer, dies at 85
1992 Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema
1992 Clem Beauchamp, U.S. stuntman/director (Tarzan, Superman), dies
1992 Gregory Markopoulos, German/US director (Iliac Passion, Bliss), dies
1992 Ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies
1992 Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57
1992 Erik Terpstra, director (Versier de leegte, De ander, Daniel), dies
1992 Feliks Arons, Dutch director/actor (A Bridge Too Far), dies at 48
1992 John Stuges, director (Gunfight at OK Corral), dies of emphysema at 82
1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia
1992 Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies
1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1992 Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
1992 Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
1992 Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
1992 John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
1992 Bruce Hopkins, performer/director, dies at 44
1992 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1992 Satyajit Ray, Indian director (Distant Thunder/Agantuk), dies at 70
1992 William O. Studeman, becomes deputy director of CIA
1992 Richard Brooks, director (Blackboard Jungle, Key Largo), dies at 79
1992 Ray Danton, U.S. actor and director (Psychic Killer), dies at 60
1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
1992 Jose Ferrer, PR actor and director (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 80
1992 A J Antoon, director (That Championship Season), dies at 47
1991 Daniel Mann, U.S. director (Rose tattoo), dies of heart failure at 79
1991 Tony Richardson, British director (Tom Jones), dies of AIDs at 63
1991 Robert M. Gates, becomes 15th director of CIA
1991 Richard J. Kerr, ends term as acting director of CIA
1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
1991 Chuck Vincent, Adult film director, dies of heart attack at 51
1991 Ernestine McClendon, director/actress (Homer and Eddie), dies
1991 Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1991 Richard J Kerr, serves as acting director of CIA
1991 Elise Hoomans, actress/director (Medea/Virginia Woolf?, dies)
1991 Richard J. Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1991 William H. Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA
1991 Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
1991 Robert DiMatte Jr, stage director/actor, dies at 43
1991 Andy Milligan, cinematographer/director (Sweeney Todd), dies at 62
1991 Eva La Gailliene, Brit/US actress/director (Resurrection), dies at 92
1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1991 Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
1991 CIA director William H. Webster resigns
1991 Richard Thorpe, director (Jailhouse Rock, Night Must Fall), dies
1991 Don[ald] Siegel, U.S. director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
1991 David Lean, director (28 academy awards), dies of pneumonia at 83
1991 Richard Thorpe, director (MGM), dies at 95
1991 Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88
1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies
1990 Martin Ritt, U.S., director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70
1990 Ugo Tognazzi actor and director (La Cage Aux Folles), dies at 68
1990 Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies
1990 Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
1990 Alan Clarke, director (Elephant, Road, Scum, Firm), dies at 54
1990 Joseph Hardy, actor and director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
1990 Robert D Webb, director/actor (Love Me Tender, Jackals), dies at 87
1990 Michael Powell, Engl director (Life and Death of Col Blimp), dies at 84
1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players assn exec director
1989 Jan Teulings, Dutch actor and director (Dorp aan de Rivier), dies
1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian/French writer and director (Maigret), dies at 86
1989 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
1989 Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
1989 Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68
1989 Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
1989 Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad and Ugly), dies at 60
1989 Richard J. Kerr replaces Robert M. Gates as deputy director of CIA
1989 Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83
1989 George O'Hanlon, actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71
1989 John Cassavetes, actor and director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1989 John Cassavetes, U.S. actor (Rosemary's Baby)/director, dies at 59
1988 Hal Ashby, academy-award winning director, dies of cancer at 59
1988 Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59
1988 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, writer and director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
1988 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director (Louis Pasteur), dies at 84
1988 Henry Koster, director, dies
1988 Jean-Pierre Ponnele, opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
1988 Louise Wood, director of Girl Scouts of USA (1961-72), dies at 78
1988 Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (Juggler), dies
1987 Emlyn Williams, actor and director (I Accuse, Ivanhoe, Scarf), dies at 81
1987 Mervyn Leroy, actor/screenwriter/director (Quo Vadis), dies at 86
1987 John Huston, US/Irish actor and director (Maltese Falcon), dies at 81
1987 King Donovan, actor and director (Enforcer, Perfect Furlough), dies
1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor
1987 William H. Webster replaces Robert M. Gates as 14th director of CIA
1987 John Baur, museum director, dies at 78
1987 William J Casey, director of CIA (1981-87), dies at 73
1987 Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90
1987 Yves Allegret, French director (Such a lovely tiny beach), dies at 79
1987 William J Casey, ends term as 13th director of CIA
1987 Douglas Sirk, director (Zu Neuen Ufern, Boefje), dies at 86
1986 Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
1986 Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA
1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
1986 Emilio Fernandez, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
1986 Vincente Minnelli, director (Gigi, Goodbye Charlie), dies in LA at 76
1986 Yakima Canutt, actor and director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
1986 Robert M. Gates, becomes deputy director of CIA
1986 Jerry Paris, director/actor (Jerry-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 60
1986 John N. McMahon, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1985 Sergei Yutkevich, Russian director, (Otello, Banya), dies at 80
1985 Henry Hathaway, actor and director (Nob Hill), dies of heart attack at 86
1984 Sam Peckinpah, director, dies of cardiac arrest at 59
1984 George Waggner, director/writer, dies at 90
1984 Eduardo De Filippo, director (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud), dies at 84
1984 Yilmaz Gueney, director (Yol, Arkadas, Baba, Agit), dies at 47
1984 Joseph Losey, director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle), dies at 75
1984 August "Guus" Oster, actor and director (Carrie), dies at 68
1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
1983 Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
1983 Luis Bunuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
1983 George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday
1983 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer and director (Tijl), dies at 87
1983 Reginald Denham, director/writer (Death at BC House), dies at 89
1983 George Cukor, director, dies of stroke and heart attack at 83
1982 Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53
1982 Jacques Tati[scheff], French actor and director (Parade), dies at 74
1982 Jacques Tati[scheff], French mime/director, dies at 74
1982 King Vidor, director (War and Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment
1982 Fernando Lamas, actor and director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67
1982 Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor and director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89
1982 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
1982 Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies
1982 Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
1982 Henry King, U.S. director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
1982 Henry King, director, dies at 86
1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies
1982 Roberto Calvi, director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself
1982 John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, dies of drug overdose at 36
1982 Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1981 Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92
1981 Nigel Patrick, actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), dies at 68
1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
1981 Billy [William] Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur, Funny Girl), dies
1981 William Wyler, U.S. director (Ben Hur), dies
1981 Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
1981 Rene Clair, French director (It Happened Tomorrow), dies at 82?
1981 Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1981 William J Casey becomes 13th director of CIA (until 1987)
1981 Allan Dwan, Canadian Director
1981 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1981 Frank C Carlucci, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1980 Raoul Walsh, U.S. director (High Sierra), dies at about 88
1980 Lewis Milestone, Russian Director
1980 Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, doc?), dies at 72
1980 Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, British director (Psycho, Birds), dies at 80
1980 Alfred Hitchcock, English Director
1979 John Cromwell, actor and director (Of Human Bondage), dies at 91
1979 Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab
1979 August Maes, Flemish actor and director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85
1979 Jean Renoir, actor and director (Rules of the Game), dies at 84
1979 Jean Renoir, French writer and director (Human Beast), dies at 84
1979 Dorothy Arzner, American Director
1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy
1978 Bob de Lange, Dutch actor and director (Daniel), dies at 62
1978 Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1978 Mark Robson, Canadian Director
1978 Frank C Carlucci succeeds John F Blake as deputy director of CIA
1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail and fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1977 Howard Hawks, director (Rio Lobo, Hatari!), dies at 81
1977 Richard Carlson, actor and director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65
1977 E Henry Knoche, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1977 John F. Blake promoted from acting to deputy director of CIA
1977 John R Powers, U.S. director model bureau, dies at 80
1977 Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (Roma citt aperta), dies at 71
1977 Ricardo Cortez, actor and director (Bad Company, Flesh), dies at 87
1977 Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80
1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
1977 Mr. Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA
1977 Henri-Georges Clouzot, director (Diabolique, Truth), dies at 69
1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1976 Bruno VeSota, actor and director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54
1976 Dalton Trumbo, U.S. writer and director (Johnny Got His Gun), dies at 70
1976 Fritz Lang, director (Cloak and Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85
1976 James Wong Howe, Chinese Director
1976 E. Henry Knoche, becomes deputy director of CIA
1976 Vernon A. Walters, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1976 Carol Reed, director (Agony and Ecstasy), dies
1976 Director Ingmar Bergman leaves Sweden due to taxation
1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
1976 Joseph Henabery, actor and director (Cobra), dies at 88
1976 George Bush becomes 11th director of CIA (until 1977)
1976 William E. Colby, ends term as 10th director of CIA
1975 William A Wellman, U.S. director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at 79
1975 Kidnapped AKZO director Herrema freed in Ireland
1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53
1975 Ireland AKZO director Tiede Herrema kidnap
1975 Rob Touber, [Robert J Noordervliet), chansonnier/director, dies at 38
1975 Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73
1975 George Stevens, U.S. director (Swing Time, Gunga Din), dies at 70
1975 Karel Paul van der Mandele, director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at 94
1975 Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73
1974 Pietro Germi, actor and director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
1974 Clive Brook, actor and director (On Approval), dies at 87
1974 Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor and director (Boccacio 70), dies
1974 Harmony Korine, American Director
1974 Donald Crisp, actor and director (Beloved Brat, Dawn Patrol), dies at 91
1973 Marc Allegret, French director (Lady Chatterley), dies at 72
1973 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
1973 General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA
1973 John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78
1973 Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
1973 H. J. Witteveen appointed as director of IMF
1973 General Walters, serves as acting director of CIA
1973 James R. Schlesinger, ends term as 9th director of CIA
1973 George Breakstone, actor and director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
1973 Grigory M Kosinzev, Russian director, dies
1973 James Haven, American Director
1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
1973 James R. Schlesinger, becomes 9th director of CIA
1973 Richath Helms, ends term as 8th director of CIA
1972 Adriaan J. Zoetmulder, author/director, Eindhovens Newspaper
1972 Lt. General Vernon A Walters, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1972 Alejandro Amenabar, Spanish Director
1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1971 Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90
1971 Edward Sedgwick, director, dies of barbiturate overdose at 28
1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76
1971 Albertus W. "Albert" van Dalsum, actor and director (King Lear), dies at 82
1971 Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67
1971 Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed exec director of National Urban League
1971 Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66
1971 Sofia Coppola, American Director
1971 Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria
1970 M. Night Shyamalan, American Director
1970 Kevin Smith, director, Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks
1970 Christopher Nolan, British Director
1970 Paul Thomas Anderson, American Director
1970 Morgan Spurlock, American Director
1969 Josef von Sternberg, Austrian director (Shanghai Express), dies at 75
1969 Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies
1969 Rex Ingram, actor and director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
1969 Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies
1969 Voyteck Freykowski, U.S. director, murdered
1969 Rob de Vries, actor and director (Ciske de Rat, Silent Raid), dies at 51
1969 Robert E. Cushman, Jr., becomes deputy director of CIA
1969 Piotr F Scharoff, Russ/Italian actor and director (Chechov), dies at 82
1969 Darren Aronofsky, American Director
1969 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1969 Allan Welsh Dulles, U.S. diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
1968 Hugo Haas, actor and director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66
1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor and director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52
1968 Guy Ritchie, British Director
1968 Robert Rodriguez, director, El Mariachi, Desperado
1968 Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
1968 Anthony Asquith, British director (Court Martial), dies at 65
1968 Ed Burns, director/actor, Brothers McMullen
1968 John Singleton, director and screenwriter, Boyz in the Hood
1967 Fred Engelen, Flemish actor and director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
1967 Elmer Rice, New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
1967 Anthony Mann, U.S. director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at 60
1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
1967 Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor and director (It, Careers), dies at 79
1966 Wieland Wagner, German opera director, dies
1966 Vice Admiral Rufus L Taylor, USN, becomes deputy director of CIA
1966 Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA
1966 Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
1966 Erwin Piscator, German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies at 72
1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec director of Players' Association
1966 Antoine Fuqua, American Director
1966 Vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), dies of Hodgkin's at 50
1966 Floyd B McKissick, named national director of CORE
1965 Director David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago," premieres
1965 Brigitte Rouan, Toulon France, director/actress, Outremer
1965 Bryan Singer, American Director
1965 Sam Mendes, British Director
1965 Uwe Boll, German Director
1965 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1965 Richard Helms replaces Marshall S. Carter as deputy director of CIA
1965 Michael Bay, American Director
1965 Jan Sverak, Zatec Czechoslovakia, director, Kolya, Jizda, Ropaci
1965 Johan Fiolet, Dutch actor and director, dies at 63
1964 Hendrik G Cannegieter, meteorology/director KNMI, dies at 85
1964 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor and director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
1964 Tom Terriss, English director (His Buddy's Wife, Sumuru), dies at 91
1964 Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency
1964 Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director
1963 Gustaf Grundgens, actor, director and theatre director (M), dies at 63
1963 Cruys Voorbergh, actor and director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64
1963 Quentin Tarantino, director and screenwriter, Pulp Fiction
1963 Neil LaBute, American Director
1963 Reza Abdoh, theatre director
1963 John Farrow, actor and director (Botany Bay), dies at 58
1963 Robert Hamer, British Director
1963 Dick Powell, actor and director (Dick Powell Theater), dies at 58
1962 Rebecca Miller, American Director
1962 Frank Borzage, U.S., director (7th Heaven, Strange Cargo), dies at 69
1962 David Fincher, American Director
1962 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director
1962 Lt General Marshall S Carter, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1962 Stephen Sommers, American Director
1962 Gen Charles P. Cabell, USAF, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1962 Joel Wyner, actor and director, Lyle Springer-Sirens, Listen, Club
1961 Reginald Hudlin, director, House Party
1961 John A McCone replaces Allen W Dulles as 6th director of CIA
1961 Peter Jackson, New Zealander Director
1961 Simon Delmonte, actor and director (Bleke Bet), dies at 68
1961 Whitney Young, Jr. named executive director of National Urban League
1961 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70
1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67
1961 Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director
1961 August Defresne, Dutch director (Anno Christi 969), dies at 67
1961 Michael Winterbottom, British Director
1961 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director of Tivoli, dies at 59
1961 Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor and director (Pygmalion), dies at 82
1961 Alexander Payne, American Director
1960 Kenneth Branagh, born in Belfast, actor and director, High Season, Dead Again
1960 Mack Sennett, director/producer (Keystone Cops), dies
1960 Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71
1960 Helen Rees, director, Design Museum
1960 Frank Lloyd, director (Berkeley Square, Blood on the Sun), dies at 72
1960 Richard Linklater, American Director
1960 Atom Egoyan, born in Cairo, Egypt, director, Adjuster, Next of Kin
1960 Emory Johnson, director (Phantom Express, Shield of Honor), dies at 66
1960 Oscar awarded to Netherlands director Bert Haanstra
1959 Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39
1959 Charles Lotsy, Dutch insurance director/chief d'equipe, dies at 66
1959 Preston Sturges, [Edmund Biden], U.S. director/screenwriter, dies at 60
1959 Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
1959 Charles Vidor, director (Gilda, Farewell to Arms), dies at 58
1959 Irving Cummings Sr, actor and director (In Old Ariz), dies at 70
1959 Luc Besson, French Director
1959 Frank Darabont, American Director
1959 John Singleton, born in Los Angeles, California, director, Boyz n The Hood
1958 Chris Columbus, writer and director, Mrs Doubtfire, Nine Months
1958 Tim Burton, American Director
1958 Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
1958 Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
1958 Bobby Farrelly, American Director
1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1958 Fiona Reynolds, director/Council for Protection of Rural England
1958 Nick Park, British Director
1957 Sacha Guitry, actor/playwright/director (Lovers and Thieves), dies at 72
1957 Theo van Gogh, controversial Dutch director, Submission
1957 Cameron Crowe, director, Jerry Maguire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1957 Max Ophuls, [Maximilian Oppenheimer], German/French director, dies
1957 Spike Lee, born in Atlanta, director, Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X
1957 Louis B. Mayer, American Director
1957 Mira Nair, Indian Director
1956 Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger, Josephine
1956 Hart Bochner, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, Rich and Famous
1956 Walter S Adams, U.S. astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1956 Lars von Trier, Danish Director
1956 Walter Salles, Brazilian Director
1956 Danny Boyle, English Director
1956 Peter Farrelly, American Director
1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God
1955 William Nigh, director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr. Wong), dies at 74
1955 Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65
1955 Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank)
1955 Henry W. Methorst, Dutch director (Central Bureau of Statistic), dies
1955 Juliusz Machulski, born in Poland, director, writer and actor, Do It Yourself
1955 Bill Condon, American Director
1955 Roland Emmerich, German Director
1954 Alex Cox, director, Repo Man
1954 Ang Lee, director, Ice Storm, Wedding Banquet, Sense and Sensibility
1954 Dirk Verbeek, actor and director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70
1954 Jane Campion, New Zealander Director
1954 Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
1954 Ron Howard, Oklahoma, actor and director, American Graffiti, Happy Days
1954 Emir Kusturica, Serbian Director
1954 Anthony Minghella, director, English Patient
1953 Jack Scalia, actor and director, Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force
1953 John Malkovich, born in Christopher, Illinois, actor and director, Killing Fields
1953 Jean-Claude Lauzon, Montreal, director and writer, Leola, Night Zoo
1953 Yahoo Serious, Australian Director
1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
1953 Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56
1953 Barry Sonnenfeld, director, When Harry Met Sally, Big, Misery
1953 Paul Haggis, Canadian Director
1953 Allen W. Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA
1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA
1953 Jim Jarmusch, American Director
1952 Susan Seidelman, director, Desperately Seeking Susan
1952 Christine Pascal, actress/director, Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa
1952 Gus Van Sant, American Director
1952 Matthew Bright, American Director
1952 Kathryn Bigelow, American Director
1951 De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered
1951 Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter, Kika, Matador
1951 William H. Jackson, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1951 Robert J. Flaherty, Director
1951 Lis Howell, director of programs, GMTV
1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
1950 Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Aust, director, High Tide, Mrs. Soffel
1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director, Mister Cactus, Passion
1950 William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
1950 Andre van de Berg, actor and director, Transport
1950 Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor and director, Love Potion
1950 Goutam Ghose, director, Patang, Voyage Beyond, Paar
1950 Chantal Akerman, actor and director, Akermania, Je Tu II Elle
1950 Peter Schaufuss, director of ballet, Deutsche Opera Berlin
1950 Jerry Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun
1950 Neil Jordan, director, Crying Game
1950 John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller
1950 Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls
1950 John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science
1950 Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director
1949 Russ Karel, director
1949 Sam Wood, U.S. communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
1949 Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV director/film-maker
1949 Timothy Cordy, British director, Town/Country Planning Assn
1949 Joao Botelho, Lamego Portugal, director, Trafico, Hard Times
1949 Stuart Marshall, director, Desire
1949 Leslie Joan Corn, theatre producer, director and writer
1949 D Watson, director, Brighton U
1949 Brigadier Gen Edwin K. Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1949 Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
1949 Lawrence Kasdan, born in Miami, Florida, director and writer, Accidental Tourist
1949 Wayne Wang, director, Chan is Missing, Slamdance
1948 Marleen Gorris, Dutch director, Mres Dalloway, Antonia, Last Island
1948 Agnieszka Holland, Warsaw Poland, actress/director, Europa Europa
1948 Stanner E V Taylor, U.S. director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
1948 Aline Issermann, director, Amant Magnifiquew
1948 Bille August, director, Best Intentions, Twist and Shout
1948 Michael Houlihan, director, Horniman Museum and Gardens
1948 Paul Wegener, German actor and director (Golem, Svengali), dies at 73
1948 Don Boyd, director, Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock
1948 Sergei Bodrov, born in Khabarovsk, Russia, director, Katala, Somebody to Love
1948 D[avid] W[ark] Griffith, U.S. director/producer, dies
1948 D. W. Griffith, American Director
1948 Joe Roth, American Director
1948 Albert Innaurato, Philadelphia, playwright/director, Age in Soho
1948 Jacques Feyder, actor and director (kermesse heroique), dies at 59
1948 John Amiel, director, Queen of Hearts, Tune in Tomorrow
1948 Felix MH Troch, Flemish actor and director, Gekkenbriefje
1948 Robert Zemeckis, director, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future
1948 Bud Cort, New Rochelle, New York, actor and director, Electric Dreams, M*A*S*H
1948 Mike Figgis, English Director
1948 Bill Alexander, theatre director
1948 Sergy Eisenstein, film director, dies at 50
1948 Sergei Eisenstein, Russian director (Battleship Potemkin), dies at 50
1948 Errol Morris, American Director
1948 Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor, Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss
1948 John Carpenter, born in Carthage, New York, director, Halloween, The Thing
1948 Gillies Mackinnon, director, Playboys
1947 Steven Spielberg, born in Cincinnati, director, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws
1947 Earnest Lubitsch, actor and director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
1947 Jonathan Kaplan, Paris, France, director, Heart Like a Wheel
1947 Patrice Leconte, director, Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser's Husband
1947 Edward Yang, director, Tewrrorizers
1947 David Zucker, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, director, Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret
1947 Harry Carey Sr, actor and director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69
1947 David French, British director, Deep Sleep, Bingo
1947 Ann Hui, director, Boat People
1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA
1947 David Leland, born in Cambridge, England, actor and director, Nothing But Trouble
1947 Wilf Stevenson, director, British Film Institute
1947 David Gee, director, Friends of the Earth
1947 Hsiao-hsien Hou, director, Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster
1947 Priscilla Yates, director, Royal Academy of Dancing
1947 Paul Auster, U.S. author, poet and director, Mr Vertigo, Smoke
1947 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
1947 Israel Wetrin, managing director, Elonex
1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1946 Joe Dante, director, Matinee, Twilight Zone, Police Squad, Gremlins
1946 Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
1946 David Stockman, Reagan's ex-budget director
1946 Ivan Reitman, director/producer, Private Parts, Ghostbusters, Dave
1946 Richard Loncraine, director, Missionary, Deep Cover, Bellman and True
1946 Jean-Jacques Beineix, director, Betty Blue, Diva
1946 Alasdair Fraser, QC/director, Public Prosecutions for N Ireland
1946 Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon
1946 Dennis Dugan, born in Wheaton, Illinois, actor and director, Can't Buy Me Love, Howling
1946 Bill Forsyth, director, Local Hero, Breaking, Indiana, Housekeeping
1946 Paul Schrader, director, American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore
1946 Randal Kleiser, American Director
1946 Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1946 Sylvester Stallone, born in New York City, actor and director, Rocky, Rambo, Cobra
1946 Neil MacGregor, director, British National Gallery
1946 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as 1st director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA
1946 Lasse Hallstrom, director, Once Around, My Life as a Dog, ABBA
1946 Earl of Cromer, managing director, Inchcape, China, Ltd
1946 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director, Marriage of Maria Braum
1946 Ronald Bear, actor and director, Havana, Make-up
1946 John Woo, Chinese Director
1946 Franc Roddam, director, K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia
1946 John Waters, director, Hairspray
1946 Peter L de Baan, Dutch actor, director and playwright, Leonce and Lena
1946 Robert E. McKee, CEO and managing director, Conoco-UK
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