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Happy Birthday, Directors! July Edition

Wong Kar-Wai portrait by the incredible Hugo Marmugi

July is here and it's been hotter than hell here in Philadelphia. Stay indoors where it's cooler and watch some films by these directors instead!

7/1:      Sydney Pollack - They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

7/1:      Alice Guy - Short films

7/3       Peyton Reed - Bring It On, Down With Love, Ant-Man

7/3:      Ken Russell - Altered States

7/3:      Kinji Fukasaku - Battle Royale

7/6       Peter Hedges - Pieces of April

7/7:      George Cukor - The Philadelphia Story, Adam’s Rib

7/9:      Tom Hanks - That Thing You Do!

7/12:    Tod Browning - Dracula, Freaks

7/13     Cameron Crowe - Say Anything…, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky

7/12:    Walter Murch - Return to Oz

7/14:    Ingmar Bergman - Winter Light, The Seventh Seal

7/16:    Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

7/17:    F. Gary Gray - Friday, Straight Outta Compton

7/17:    Wong Kar-Wai - Days of Being Wild, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels

7/18:    Paul Verhoeven - Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers

7/18     Robert Ellis Miller - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

7/22:    Albert Brooks - Real Life, Modern Romance, Defending Your Life

7/22:    James Whale - Bride of Frankenstein

7/24:    Doug Liman - Swingers, Go, Edge of Tomorrow

7/24     Patty Jenkins - Monster, Wonder Woman

7/24:    Gus Van Sant - To Die For, Elephant, Milk

7/26:    Stanley Kubrick - Complete filmography

7/29     William Cameron Menzies - Things To Come, Invaders From Mars

7/29:    Chris Marker - La Jetee

7/30:    Christopher Nolan - Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige

7/30     Peter Bogdanovich - The Last Picture Show, Directed by John Ford, Nickelodeon

7/30:    Richard Linklater - Slacker, Before Sunrise, Bernie