The Directors
The Directors: Season 5

Air Date

July 2, 2020

Episodes

10 episodes

The Directors

Season 5

Episodes

Francis Ford Coppola

1. Francis Ford Coppola

July 2, 2020
45 min

A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include The Godfather franchise and Apocalypse Now.

Ridley Scott

2. Ridley Scott

July 9, 2020
45 min

A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Hannibal.

Martin Scorsese

3. Martin Scorsese

July 16, 2020
45 min

A look at the life of the legendary filmmaker, whose films include the Academy Award-winning The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street and Gangs of New York.

Oliver Stone

4. Oliver Stone

July 23, 2020
45 min

A look at the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's life, career and portfolio of films which includes Scarface, Midnight Express, Platoon and Natural Born Killers.

Nicolas Roeg

5. Nicolas Roeg

July 30, 2020
45 min

A look at the life of the celebrated filmmaker of hits Walkabout, Don't Look Now and Bad Timing. His unique style made him a highly influential filmmaker.

David Lynch

6. David Lynch

August 6, 2020
45 min

A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director of films including Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man.

Preston Sturges

7. Preston Sturges

August 13, 2020
45 min

A look at the life of the inspirational filmmaker, who won the first-ever Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his comedy film The Great McGinty.

Mervyn LeRoy

8. Mervyn LeRoy

August 20, 2020
45 min

A look at the life and career of the Hollywood filmmaker, famous for directing films such as the Academy Award-nominated Blossoms in the Dust and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.

James L Brooks

9. James L Brooks

August 27, 2020
45 min

A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director whose work includes Terms of Endearment and multi Emmy Award-winning sitcom The Simpsons.

Robert Aldrich

10. Robert Aldrich

September 3, 2020
45 min

A glimpse into the life and career of the filmmaker whose portfolio of work includes Vera Cruz, The Big Knife, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard.

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