Schools

The main schools, movements and national cinemas that connected the filmmakers.

Early and Pioneering Cinema1890s – 1920s12 directors German Expressionism1920s7 directors Soviet Montage1920s7 directors Visual Comedy1910s – 1970s6 directors Scandinavian Cinema1910s – 1980s164 directors Classical Hollywood1910s – 1950s118 directors French Poetic Realism and Classical Cinema1930s – 1950s24 directors British Cinema1940s – today155 directors Italian Neorealism and After1940s – 1960s38 directors Spaghetti Western1960s3 directors Commedia all'Italiana1950s – 1970s8 directors Japanese Golden Age1950s29 directors Japanese New WaveLate 1950s – 1970s17 directors Indian Parallel Cinema1950s88 directors French New WaveLate 1950s – 1960s24 directors New HollywoodLate 1960s – 1970s69 directors New German Cinema1960s – 1980s32 directors Taiwan New Cinema1980s – 2000s10 directors Surrealism and the Avant-Garde1920s – today8 directors Spanish Cinema1960s – today71 directors Latin American Cinema1950s – today192 directors Soviet Poetic Cinema1960s – 1980s53 directors Polish Cinema1950s – 1990s40 directors Balkan Cinema1950s – today155 directors Turkish Cinema1950s – today74 directors Slow and Contemplative Cinema1960s – today20 directors Women Directors1960s – today61 directors Horror and the Uncanny1920s – today25 directors Contemporary European Art Cinema1990s – today545 directors Iranian New Wave1990s – today62 directors American Independent Cinema1980s – today189 directors Chinese Fifth Generation1980s – 1990s21 directors Contemporary Asian Cinema1980s – today423 directors Blockbuster Auteurs1970s – today24 directors Israeli and Palestinian Cinema1980s – today52 directors Brazilian Cinema1960s – today52 directors Popular Indian Cinema1940s – today7 directors Canadian Cinema1980s – today59 directors African Cinema1960s – today127 directors Postwar European Realism1945 – 1960s6 directors Political and Investigative Cinema1960s – today32 directors Documentary and Essay Film1920s – today105 directors Czechoslovak New Wave1960s17 directors Australian New Wave1970s – 1980s9 directors Animation and Puppet Film1920s – today44 directors