About Film II: The Filmmakers

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A list of notable documentaries about filmmakers, such as directors, producers, composers, et al.

Criteria: 50+ votes and 6.0+ rating on Imdb -or- I have seen it and recommend it (usually for newer documentaries).

See also:

About Film: Recommended Movie-Themed Documentaries
http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+recommended+movie-themed+documentaries/moviedearest/

About Film III: The Actors:
http://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+iii+the+actors/moviedearest/

About Film IV: Classic Movies:
https://www.icheckmovies.com/lists/about+film+iv+classic+movies/moviedearest/

Please feel free to make suggestions for additions to or deletions from this list in the comments section.

Last updated: February 7, 2019.

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  1. 1 -

    Le grand Méliès

    1952, in 0 top lists Check
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    World of Comedy

    1962, in 0 top lists Check
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    Buster Keaton Rides Again

    1965, in 1 top list Check
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    Directed by John Ford

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

    1973, in 1 top list Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: William A. Wellman

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lightning Over Water

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    Wie de Waarheid Zegt Moet Dood

    1981 — a.k.a. Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die, in 0 top lists Check
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    Before the Nickelodeon: The Early Cinema of...

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
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    Unknown Chaplin

    1983, in 1 top list Check
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    George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

    1984, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    1985, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Masters: Directed by William Wyler

    1986, in 0 top lists Check
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    Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Regi Andrej Tarkovskij

    1988 — a.k.a. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, in 1 top list Check
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    John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
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    Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Masters: D.W. Griffith: Father of Film

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Die Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl

    1993 — a.k.a. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, in 1 top list Check
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    George Stevens: D-Day to Berlin

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Frank and Ollie

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr.

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    L'univers de Jacques Demy

    1995 — a.k.a. The World of Jacques Demy, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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    Divine Trash

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Harryhausen Chronicles

    1998, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
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    Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

    1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check
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    Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films...

    2004, in 0 top lists Check
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    Great Performances: Chuck Jones: Extremes and...

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Constant Forge

    2000, in 1 top list Check
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    The Man on Lincoln's Nose

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dario Argento: An Eye for Horror

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the...

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    American Masters: Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Walt: The Man Behind the Myth

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Kid Stays in the Picture

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Lost in La Mancha

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    The Magic of Fellini

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
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    Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Overnight

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bergman och filmen, Bergman och teatern,...

    2004 — a.k.a. Bergman Island, in 1 top list Check
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