Figures whose defining contribution to media history is directing or making films: shaping a film's visual language, narrative craft or performance rather than inventing the equipment behind it or building the business around it. Belongs here: narrative and documentary film directors of any era or national tradition. Does not belong here: figures whose primary contribution was inventing motion-picture or photographic technology, grouped under photographic and motion picture technology pioneers, or figures chiefly known for building a studio or media company rather than for directing craft.
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