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A Life in Film
Doug Dillaman’s all-time stats
Top films
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1897
2023
Genres, countries & languages
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Collections
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Collection 3 watched
Alien Collection 4 watched
The Apu Trilogy 3 watched
Arabian Nights Collection 3 watched
The Avengers Collection 4 watched
Before... Collection 3 watched
The Dark Knight Collection 3 watched
Dreileben 3 watched
Evil Dead Collection 3 watched
Gates of Hell Trilogy 3 watched
The Godfather Collection 3 watched
Godzilla Collection 3 watched
The Hobbit Collection 3 watched
It's Alive Collection 3 watched
It's Such a Beautiful Day Collection 3 watched
The Jack Ryan Collection 3 watched
John Wick Collection 3 watched
Living Dead Collection 4 watched
The Lord of the Rings Collection 3 watched
Mission: Impossible Collection 6 watched
Ocean's Collection 3 watched
Oh, God! Collection 3 watched
Orphic Trilogy 3 watched
Qatsi Collection 3 watched
Tetsuo Collection 3 watched
Three Colors Collection 3 watched
Toy Story Collection 4 watched
The Yakuza Papers Collection 5 watched
Anchorman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Austin Powers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Back to the Future Collection 2 of 3 watched
Basket Case Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
The Battle of Chile Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Beverly Hills Cop Collection 2 of 3 watched
Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Collection 2 of 3 watched
Blair Witch Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Bourne Collection 4 of 5 watched
California Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Clerks Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Conjuring Collection 2 of 3 watched
Cube Collection 2 of 3 watched
Dolemite Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Fast and the Furious Collection 7 of 9 watched
Female Prisoner Scorpion Collection 3 of 4 watched
Flying Guillotine Collection 2 of 3 watched
Ghostbusters Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Hannibal Lecter Collection 2 of 3 watched
Indiana Jones Collection 3 of 4 watched
Infernal Affairs Collection 2 of 3 watched
Iron Man Collection 2 of 3 watched
James Bond Collection 25 of 26 watched
The Kingdom 2 of 3 watched
King Kong Collection 3 of 4 watched
Kingsman Collection 2 of 3 watched
Kung Fu Panda Collection 2 of 3 watched
Lone Wolf and Cub Collection 5 of 6 watched
Mad Max Collection 3 of 4 watched
Mariachi Collection 2 of 3 watched
The Matrix Collection 3 of 4 watched
National Lampoon's Vacation Collection 3 of 4 watched
Outrage Collection 2 of 3 watched
Planet of the Apes (Reboot) Collection 2 of 3 watched
Robinson Trilogy 2 of 3 watched
Spider-Man Collection 2 of 3 watched
Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection 3 of 4 watched
Star Wars Collection 8 of 9 watched
The Terminator Collection 5 of 6 watched
Thor Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Three Mothers Collection 2 of 3 watched
Wallace & Gromit Collection 3 of 4 watched
The Wolverine Collection 2 of 3 watched
World of Tomorrow Collection 2 of 3 watched
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Stars
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Directors
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Crew & studios
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Co-Directors
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Producers
Scott Rudin 57
Tim Bevan 39
Eric Fellner 37
Stan Lee 28
Jack Rollins 27
Tessa Ross 26
Kevin Feige 25
John Sloss 25
Bruce Berman 25
Jeff Skoll 24
Brad Pitt 23
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Writers
Woody Allen 31
Agnès Varda 28
Joel Coen 21
Ethan Coen 20
Ian Fleming 18
Ni Kuang 17
Jim Jarmusch 15
Stephen King 14
David Mamet 14
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Editors
Michael Kahn 28
Paul Hirsch 18
Joel Coen 15
Joe Bini 15
Ethan Coen 14
Stuart Baird 14
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Cinematography
Dean Cundey 19
Sven Nykvist 18
Robby Müller 17
Tak Fujimoto 17
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Production Design
David Wasco 18
Jess Gonchor 15
Wynn Thomas 15
Jack Fisk 13
Judy Becker 13
Rick Carter 12
Arthur Max 12
Carol Spier 12
Peter Lamont 12
Ken Adam 11
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Art Direction
Tom Warren 16
Hans Dreier 14
Hal Pereira 12
Keith Pain 12
Brad Ricker 10
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Set Decoration
Nancy Haigh 27
Gene Serdena 17
Jay Hart 15
Robert Gould 13
Peter Howitt 13
Anna Pinnock 12
Marvin March 11
Sam Comer 11
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Visual Effects
John Knoll 17
Craig Barron 16
Brian Adler 12
Allan Magled 12
Phil Tippett 11
Peter Hjorth 11
Dennis Muren 10
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Composers
Hans Zimmer 45
Howard Shore 44
Danny Elfman 43
John Barry 24
James Horner 22
Mark Isham 21
Brian Tyler 19
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Sound
Skip Lievsay 65
Andy Nelson 43
Leslie Shatz 38
Ron Bartlett 37
David Parker 33
Lee Dichter 32
Robert Hein 32
Tom Johnson 31
Anna Behlmer 30
Paul Massey 29
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Costumes
Edith Head 27
Mary Zophres 26
Mark Bridges 25
Sandy Powell 22
Ann Roth 19
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Make-Up
Donald Mowat 28
Fern Buchner 24
Rick Baker 20
Ben Nye 20
Judy Chin 20
Sian Grigg 20
Ve Neill 19
Gordon Bau 19
Bill Corso 17
Paul Engelen 16
Bud Westmore 15
Naomi Donne 15
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Studios
Paramount 203
20th Century Fox 153
Canal+ 138
Miramax 87
CNC 76
Toho 65
StudioCanal 64
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Producers
Adam Donaghey 5.0
Daniel Hammond 5.0
Gabriel Hammond 5.0
Victor Moyers 5.0
Jon Davison 5.0
Daniel Melnick 5.0
Danny DeVito 4.8
Tooru Hara 4.8
Ben Barenholtz 4.8
Ben Wheatley 4.8
Sol C. Siegel 4.8
Pere Portabella 4.8
Barbara De Fina 4.5
Charlie Woebcken 4.5
Christoph Fisser 4.5
Kenneth Utt 4.5
Abigail Disney 4.5
Taro Maki 4.5
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Writers
Nicholas Pileggi 5.0
John Landis 4.8
Panos Cosmatos 4.8
Brunello Rondi 4.8
Rudy Wurlitzer 4.8
John Patrick 4.8
Bert Haanstra 4.8
Stanley Kubrick 4.7
Pavel Juráček 4.5
Kim Krizan 4.5
Simon Pegg 4.5
David Giler 4.5
Adolph Green 4.5
Betty Comden 4.5
Tom Stoppard 4.5
Peter Weir 4.5
Alvin Sargent 4.5
Lucrecia Martel 4.5
Walter Bernstein 4.5
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Editors
Rehman Nizar Ali 5.0
Ray Lovejoy 4.8
James Y. Kwei 4.8
Tina Hirsch 4.8
Tsuyoshi Imai 4.8
Jodie Mack 4.5
David Lynch 4.5
Azusa Yamazaki 4.5
Mary Sweeney 4.5
John Jympson 4.5
Robert L. Wolfe 4.5
Monique Bonnot 4.5
Peter Watkins 4.5
Stuart Gilmore 4.5
Theo Anthony 4.5
Franco Piavoli 4.5
Gladys Joujou 4.5
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Cinematography
Robert Paynter 4.8
Jost Vacano 4.8
Jamie Anderson 4.8
Alexander Hammid 4.8
Jan Čuřík 4.8
Hisao Shirai 4.7
Victor Milner 4.5
Jeff Cronenweth 4.5
Allen Daviau 4.5
James Crabe 4.5
Harold Rosson 4.5
Peter Smokler 4.5
Leon Shamroy 4.5
Lee Mo-gae 4.5
Bruce Torbet 4.5
Sam Leavitt 4.5
Vincent Rosinec 4.5
Lee Daniel 4.3
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Production Design
Rick Heinrichs 4.7
Roy Walker 4.7
George Jenkins 4.7
Harley Jessup 4.5
William Chang 4.5
Giancarlo Basili 4.5
Akira Naitô 4.5
Kristi Zea 4.3
John J. Lloyd 4.3
Stephen Altman 4.3
Cristina Casali 4.3
Katia Wyszkop 4.3
Mel Bourne 4.2
Barbara Ling 4.2
Tom Walker 4.2
Fletcher Chancey 4.2
Alfred Junge 4.2
Lilly Kilvert 4.2
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Art Direction
John Dexter 4.8
Gayle Simon 4.8
Robert F. Boyle 4.5
Agata Maliauka 4.5
Angelo P. Graham 4.5
Roger Christian 4.5
Ken Court 4.5
David L. Snyder 4.5
John Warnke 4.5
John Fenner 4.5
Pamela Marcotte 4.5
Marco Niro 4.5
Bernard Herzbrun 4.5
Cedric Gibbons 4.4
Kazuo Oga 4.3
Hilyard M. Brown 4.3
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Set Decoration
Robert Gould 4.7
Edwin B. Willis 4.7
Cho Won-woo 4.5
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer 4.5
Mary Pike 4.5
Frank R. McKelvy 4.5
Cristina Acuña 4.5
Simon Wakefield 4.5
Philip Blackburn 4.5
Robert J. Franco 4.5
Sam J. Jones 4.5
Meryl Cronin 4.3
Daniel Bradford 4.2
Sally Thornton 4.2
Lisa Brennan 4.2
Matt Hancock 4.2
Lee Gi-seok 4.2
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Visual Effects
Jeremy Hattingh 4.8
Fred Sersen 4.7
Douglas Trumbull 4.5
Andrea D'Amico 4.5
Robert Skotak 4.5
Yoshiharu Sato 4.5
Kenichi Konishi 4.5
Al Magliochetti 4.5
Chris Walas 4.3
Martin Body 4.3
Hong Jeong-ho 4.2
Park Hwon 4.2
Scott Mitchell 4.2
Balthazar Sahel 4.2
Martin Pélissier 4.2
Dale Newton 4.2
Richard McBride 4.2
Dennis Muren 4.2
Manda Cheung 4.2
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Composers
Marvin Hamlisch 4.8
Oscar Peterson 4.8
Michael Small 4.7
David Shire 4.5
John Cale 4.5
David Julyan 4.5
David Lynch 4.5
Patrick Doyle 4.5
Harry Shearer 4.5
Michael McKean 4.5
Lisa Gerrard 4.5
Pieter Bourke 4.5
Gus Russo 4.5
Carles Santos 4.5
Edgar Froese 4.4
Tangerine Dream 4.4
Dimitri Tiomkin 4.4
Yosuke Inagaki 4.4
Victor Young 4.3
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Sound
David Evans 5.0
Stuart Morton 4.8
Howard Beals 4.8
Phil Benson 4.8
Larry Kemp 4.8
Robin O'Donoghue 4.8
Shigeharu Shiba 4.8
Van Allen James 4.8
John Poyner 4.8
Walter Oberst 4.8
Frank Graziadei 4.5
Eliza Paley 4.5
Robert Pritchard 4.5
Tsui Ping-Kwong 4.5
Jane Tattersall 4.5
Frederick Howard 4.5
Gary S. Gerlich 4.5
H.L. Bird 4.5
Colin C. Mouat 4.5
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Costumes
John Dunn 4.8
Walter Plunkett 4.8
Marit Allen 4.5
Susan Becker 4.5
Erick Martinez 4.5
Edward Stevenson 4.5
William Chang 4.5
Dawn Y. Line 4.5
Ellen Lens 4.5
Amanda Needham 4.5
Hassan Zahidi 4.5
Sukari McGill 4.5
Irene 4.5
Helen Rose 4.5
Tom Macdonald 4.3
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Make-Up
Jack H. Young 4.8
Georges Bouban 4.8
Rob Bottin 4.7
Wu Hsu-Ching 4.5
Ilona Herman 4.5
Don L. Cash 4.5
Guy Pearce 4.5
Jack Kevan 4.5
František Čížek 4.5
Václav Volk 4.5
William Turner 4.5
Joe DiBella 4.5
Poon Man-Wa 4.5
Al Greenway 4.5
Franco Freda 4.4
Nicola Buck 4.3
Greg Funk 4.3
Robert Sidell 4.3
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Studios
Barunson E&A 5.0
Zero Trans Fat Productions 5.0
Jersey Films 4.8
Légende Films 4.8
Circle Films 4.8
Les Productions Fox Europa 4.8
Bitters End 4.5
Scarlet Films 4.5
Parkes/MacDonald Productions 4.5
De Fina-Cappa 4.5
Concordia Studio 4.5
HBO Europe 4.5
Ascent Film 4.5
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