Movie Directors and Producers
- Frank Borzage (1893–1962), film director and actor famed for his mystical romanticism
- Albert R. Broccoli (1909–1996), producer of all but one of the first 17 James Bond movies
- Barbara Broccoli (1960 - ), producer, daughter of producer Albert R. Broccoli
- Nicolas Cage actor, director and producer
- Frank Capra (1897–1991), film director and a major creative force behind a number of highly popular films of the 1930s and 1940s
- David Chase (1945 - ), creator of The Sopranos
- Michael Cimino (1939 - ), film director - The Deer Hunter
- Francis Ford Coppola (1939 - ), five time Academy Award winning film director, producer, and screenwriter
- Roman Coppola (1965 - ), film and music video director
- Sofia Coppola (1971 - ), director, actress, producer
- Frank Coraci (1966 - ), film director
- Gerard Damiano (1928 - ), former adult film director
- Brian De Palma (1940 - ), movie director
- Tom DeSanto (1968 - ), film producer
- Danny DeVito (1944 - ), actor, director, and Oscar-nominated producer
- Denise Di Novi (1956 - ), film producer
- Abel Ferrara (1951 - ), film director
- Vincent Gallo (1962 - ), movie actor and director starring in a number of independent movies. Gallo is also a recognized painter, male fashion model, musician, motorcycle racer and breakdancer
- Gregory La Cava (1892–1952), film director of the 1930s
- John R. Leonetti, director, cinematographer
- Matthew F. Leonetti, cinematographer
- Michael Polcino, animation director
- Robert Pulcini, film director
- Guido Quaroni, computer modeler and computer animation maker at Pixar Animation Studios
- Frank Renzulli, actor, writer and producer
- Lou Romano, member of the Art Department in Pixar Animation Studios
- Damon Santostefano
- Martin Scorsese (1942 - ), iconic Academy Award-winning film director
- Tina Sinatra (1948 - ), movie producer and former actress
- Quentin Tarantino (1963 - ), film director, actor, and Oscar-winning screenwriter
- Stanley Tucci (1960 - ), actor, writer, film producer and film director
- Maurizio Vasco (1955 - ), director, writer, independent producer
- Thomas Vitale, Senior Vice President of Programming & Original Movies for the Sci Fi Channel
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