Alma Maters of Directors

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Andy Wachowski (The Matrix trilogy, Speed Racer): Emerson College (Boston, MA)

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Chris Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight, Memento): University College London
Clint Eastwood (Invictus, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby): Seattle University (Seattle, WA)
David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Eraserhead): Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz): Bournemouth Arts College
Ethan Coen (True Grit, No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski) : Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)

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Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Outsiders) : Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY)

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George Lucas (The Star Wars films) : University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Gus Van Sant (Milk, Good Will Hunting, Finding Forrester): Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
Joel Coen (True Grit, No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski) : New York University (New York, NY)

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John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off): Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

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Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Dogma): Vancouver Film School (Vancouver, British Columbia, CN)
Lana (formerly Larry) Wachowski (The Matrix trilogy, Speed Racer): Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
Martin Scorsese (Shutter Island, Goodfellas, Taxi Driver) : New York University (New York, NY)

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Michael Moore (Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine, Roger and Me): University of Michigan — Flint (Flint, MI)

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Richard Linklater (Fast Food Nation, A Scanner Darkly, Slacker): Austin Community College (Austin, TX)
Rob Reiner (The Bucket List, The American President, Sleepless in Seattle): University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Robert Rodriguez (Machete, Sin City, the Spy Kids films): The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Polar Express): University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13): University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey): CUNY — City College (New York, NY)
Steven Spielberg (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, E.T.: The Extraterrestrial): California State University — Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Terry Gilliam (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Twelve Monkeys, Monty Python and the Holy Grail): Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas): California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)
Zack Snyder (Sucker Punch, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead): Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA)

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You walk through the world framing shots and analyzing the light. You were born to be a director. These famous alumni were too.

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