JJ Abrams
Über-geek writer/producer/director, surging forward with immaculately re-tooled Star Trek.
Paul Thomas Anderson
New Hollywood’s flame-bearer, his generation’s best filmmaker after Magnolia and There Will Be Blood.
Jennifer Aniston and Kristin Hahn
Echo Films pairing, with “first look” at Universal Pictures, pursuing “relatable” fare.
Judd Apatow
King of sweetly saucy bromantic comedy, maturing wine-like with Funny People.
Avi Arad
Marvel’s main motivator was formerly CEO and chairman of the comic hothouse, later chairman, founder and CEO at Marvel Studios. He now rules Avi Arad Productions, producing Marvel properties and more.
Hits have included Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk and Iron Man while his upcoming production empire boasts sequels/spin-offs Thor, Captain America, and teen-novel adaptations Fablehaven and Maximum Ride.
Darren Aronofsky
Maverick auteur, currently seducing stars for Black Swan after his actor-friendly The Wrestler.
Christian Bale
Saturnine, method-honed, shape-shifting A-lister, looks good in rubber, rugged physicality. Dodgy throat.
Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen
Star and producer turned Flower Films industry players, slate ranging from Donnie Darko to Whip It.
Michael Bay
Overlord of box-office-smashing bombast, unleashing FX armageddon every other summer.
Mattias Bergström, Martin Alen and Magnus Dahlman
Net-sharp and marketing-savvy triumvirate behind Voddler, which is supposedly ‘Spotify for movies’.
Comments
bentgaga
Dec 17th 2009, 0:35
I'm sorry, but where is anything Harry Potter? Apart from JK and a WB dude.. Heyman? Yates? The 3 stars? Pretty sure they should rate according to the other selections on here...
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ASHORT
Dec 18th 2009, 18:17
Michael Cera? Influential?
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RastaFresh
Dec 18th 2009, 19:25
WHAT THE F*CK ! ! ! Spielberg is making remake of "Oldboy" !!?? That SOB!!!! We have to do something about that! I mean NOW!!!
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RastaFresh
Dec 18th 2009, 19:26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd-hViLpXrs I'm not the only one that thinks that way.
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andyprice
Dec 21st 2009, 12:11
To many influentials missed out for this to be really credible
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BabuP
Dec 28th 2009, 12:46
Where is Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Pacino, Robert deniro,.. This is a stupid list...
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mizamon
Dec 28th 2009, 14:09
Why do you ppl question the validity of lists like these at all? Even the Academy Awards is BS. It's not written in stone. They're compiled & judged by a small group of ppl. What, because it's called 'TotalFilm' it must be 1000% accurate? Make up your own mind for once.
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emily500
Dec 28th 2009, 17:44
interesting list but you used the same picture for barbara broccoli as you did for Bonnie Timmermann, whoops!
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DaMama
Dec 29th 2009, 3:08
Megan Fox? Seth Rogan? Natalie Portman? Give me a break. Megan Fox can't act her way out of a wet paper bag. She's famous because of her looks alone. Seth Rogan? The guy is crass and nasty. Natalie Portman? Have you seen "Star Wars 3"? Ugh! These people do not deserve to be on this list.
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