Georges Delerue
Composer Georges Delerue, once named “the Mozart of cinema” by the French newspaper Le Figaro, wrote more than 350 film and television scores, along with pop songs, ballads, and orchestral pieces. 
Cult Movies
Though many drive-ins have been shut down, and the practice of screening midnight movies in theaters has waned considerably from its heyday in the early 1970s, the thrill of sharing boundary-testing films in the dark can now be enjoyed just as well while curled up on the couch—no accompanying cult required.
Henri-Georges Clouzot
One of the few contemporaries of Hitchcock who gave the Master of Suspense a run for his money, Henri-Georges Clouzot dealt in misanthropic, black-humored tales of greed, jealousy, murder, immorality, and revenge.
Monte Hellman
I’ve fulfilled a dream to become a part of the Criterion family. Criterion has helped to preserve not only the films I grew up with but also the ones I’m now trying to keep up with. Picking ten is worse than trying to choose between my wives, my dog, and my kids.
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- Mike Allred
- Allison Anders
- Allan Arkush
- Michael Atkinson
- Ramin Bahrani
- Michael Barker
- Steve Buscemi
- Jane Campion
- Diablo Cody
- Stuart Cooper
- Pedro Costa
- Peter Cowie
- Matt Dentler
- Dave Filipi
- James Franco
- Gary Giddins
- Bruce Goldstein
- Jean-Pierre Gorin
- Chris Hegedus
- Monte Hellman
- Jaime Hernandez
- David Hudson
- Ricky Jay
- Rian Johnson
- Frank Kozik
- Caitlin Kuhwald
- Neil LaBute
- Christa Lang-Fuller
- Nathan Lee
- Dennis Lehane
- Jonathan Lethem
- Richard Linklater
- John Lurie
- Kevin Macdonald
- Guy Maddin
- Joe Mantegna
- David Markey
- Paul Morrissey
- Patton Oswalt
- D.A. Pennebaker
- Bill Plympton
- Al Reinert
- Rodarte
- Nicolas Roeg
- Tom Schnabel
- Paul Schrader
- David Schwartz
- Leanne Shapton
- Sonic Youth
- Götz Spielmann
- Whit Stillman
- Joe Swanberg
- Robin Wood
- Adam Yauch