The 100 Most Influential People In Movies
Movers, shakers – these are the people you need to know...
BY Dec 16th 2009 21:21PMFILED UNDER: Features
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Tom Rothman and Jim Gianopulos
Fox’s controversial tag-team co-chairmen, rallying for James Cameron’s Avatar to re-boost popularity.
JK Rowling
Fairy-tale success story whose wizardry made children read again.
Adam Sandler
Über-bankable ‘dork star’ of colourful, goofball critic-proof comedy and sometime producer.
Peter Sciretta
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at well respected breaking-news mega-blog /Film.
Martin Scorsese
‘America’s Greatest Living Filmmaker’, finally Oscar-blessed and readying Shutter Island.
Tony and Ridley Scott
Former ad men turned cine-stylists and A-Team production brothers. Alien prequel looming.
Joel Silver
Crowd-pleasing slam-bang action producer, currently nurturing Ninja Assassin and Sherlock Holmes.
Bryan Singer
Geek-loved X-Men auteur, vacillating post Valkyrie but attached to modern-day fairy tale Jack The Giant Killer.
Will Smith
The former Fresh Prince is part every guy, part career racehorse and one of few big names still able to “open a film”. He carried I Am Legend alone, and Hancock and Hitch proved critic-resistant.
Collapses of Spielberg’s OldBoy remake and McG’s mooted 20,000 Leagues needn’t worry him: rumoured sequels to ID4, Hancock and I, Robot will always secure brand Will’s standing.
Steven Soderbergh
Multi-purpose indie-mainstream crossover auteur, heating up lady-actioner Knockout.
Next: Washington, Weinstein, Winslet
Print Comments (9)
1: bentgaga says
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...
Posted: Dec 17th 2009 // 12:35AMAlert a moderator
3: RastaFresh says
WHAT THE F*CK ! ! ! Spielberg is making remake of "Oldboy" !!?? That SOB!!!! We have to do something about that! I mean NOW!!!
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 // 7:25PMAlert a moderator
4: RastaFresh says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd-hViLpXrs
I'm not the only one that thinks that way.
Posted: Dec 18th 2009 // 7:26PMAlert a moderator
5: andyprice says
To many influentials missed out for this to be really credible
Posted: Dec 21st 2009 // 12:11PMAlert a moderator
6: BabuP says
Where is Sergio Leone, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Pacino, Robert deniro,.. This is a stupid list...
Posted: Dec 28th 2009 // 12:46PMAlert a moderator
7: mizamon says
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.
Posted: Dec 28th 2009 // 2:09PMAlert a moderator
8: emily500 says
interesting list but you used the same picture for barbara broccoli as you did for Bonnie Timmermann, whoops!
Posted: Dec 28th 2009 // 5:44PMAlert a moderator
9: DaMama says
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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