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Here are some of the directors who have appeared on Center Stage with Mark Gordon.

Alan Adelson | The People vs. Agent Orange (2021)
Yuval Adler | Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
Marilyn Agrelo | Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
Jordan Allen | Kiss & Tell (1997)
Kevin Allen | Twin Town (1997)
Karim Aïnouz | Madame Satã (2003)
Jim Akin | The Ocean of Helena Lee (2015)
Christian Alvart | Antibodies (2005)
Denys Arcand | Les invasions barbares (2003) – 2004 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film
Don Argott | Rock School (2005)
Gillian Armstrong | Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Greg ArakiMysterious Skin (2004) Splendor (1999) Nowhere (1997)
Darren Aronofsky | Pi (1998)
Miguel Arteta | Star Maps (1997)
Bille August | Jerusalem (1996)
Mark Bamford | Cape of Good Hope (2004)
Shirley Barrett | Love Serenade (1997)
Bruce Barrisford | Bride of the Wind (2001)
Joshua Beckett | Always Say Goodbye (1997)
Jean-Jacques Beineix | Betty Blue (2017)
Derrick Belcham | If I Sound Happy, That’s Your Mistake (2020)
Bill Bennett | Kiss or Kill (1997)
Amy Berg | Deliver Us from Evil (2006) – “2007 Oscar Nomination “Best Documentary”
Peter Berg | Very Bad Things (1998)
Alain Berliner | Ma vie en rose (1997)
Joe Berlinger | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Jim Bernfield | Me to Play (2022)
Katharina Otto-Bernstein | Absolute Wilson (2006)
Christoffer Boe | Reconstruction (2003)
Darren Lynn Bousman | Death of Me (2020)
Danny Boyle | Trainspotting (1996)
Richard Bracewell | The Gigolos (2006)
Reb Braddock | Curdled (1996)
Tony Bui | Three Seasons (1999)
Edward Burns | She’s the One (1996)
George Butler |Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) | The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition (2000)
Anna Campion | Loaded (1994)
Joe Carnahan | Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)
Keith Cooper | Anything for Jackson (2021)
Frank Cavestani | Operation Last Patrol
Jacob Chase | Come Play (2020)
Lisa Cholodenko | High Art (1998)
Isabel Coixet | My Life Without Me (2003)
Bill Condon | Gods and Monsters (1998) – 1999 Oscar Winner for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Allen Coulter | Hollywoodland (2006)
Paul Cox | Innocence (2000)
Emma-Kate Croghan | Love and Other Catastrophes (1996)
Emanuele Crialese | Respiro (2002)
David Cronenberg | Crash (1996)
Sam Cullman | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Marshall Curry

  • Point and Shoot (2014)
  • If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
  • Street Fight (2005)

Svetlana Cvetko | Show Me What You Got (2020)
Stephen Daldry | Billy Elliot (2000)
Terence Davies | The House of Mirth (2000)
Michael Arlen Davis | The Test and The Art of Thinking (2018)
Marijnke de Jong | M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (2021)
Dominique Deruddere – Everybody’s Famous! (2000)
Raymond De Felitta | Two Family House (2000)Ariana Delawari | We Came Home (2013)
Marcus De Leon – The Big Squeeze (1996)
Richard Dewey | Burden (2016)

César Díaz | Our Mothers (Nuestras Madres)

Kirby Dick

  • The Hunting Ground (2015)
  • The Invisible War (2012)
  • OUTRAGE (2009)
  • TWIST OF FAITH (2004) – 2005 Oscar Nomination “Best Documentary Feature”
  • DERRIDA (2002)
  • Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)

Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck | The Lives of Others (2006) – 2007 – Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Nick Doob | Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
Andrew Douglas | Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2003)
Des Doyle | Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show (2014)
Jared Drake | Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (2022)
Kelly Duda | Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)
Braden Duemmler | WHAT LIES BELOW (2020)
John Dullaghan | Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
Peter Duncan | Children of the Revolution (1996)
Justin Dyck | Anything for Jackson (2021)
Halina Dyrschka | Beyond The Visible – Hilma af Klint (2020)
Atom Egoyan | The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Shlomi Elkabetz | Gett (2014)
Eric Esson | Manito (2002)
Heidi Ewing | The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Deborah Koons Garcia | The Future of Food (2004)
Eytan Fox | Walk on Water (2004)
Keith Fulton | Brothers of the Head (2005)
Chad Gracia | The Russian Woodpecker (2015)<
Ava Gardos | An American Rhapsody (2001)
Leon Gast | When We Were Kings (1996) – 1997 Oscar Winner for“Best Documentary Feature”
Brian Gilbert | Wilde (1997)
Alex Gibney

  • Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
  • Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010)
  • Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
  • Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) – 2006 Oscar Nomination“Best Documentary Feature”

François Girard | The Red Violin (1998)
Richard Glatzer | Quinceañera (2006)
Sandra Goldbacher | The Governess (1998)
Amy Goldstein | The Hooping Life (2014)
Malcolm Goodwin | Be the Light (2020)
Keith Gordon | Waking the Dead (2000)
Marlene Gorris

  • The Luzhin Defence (2000)
  • Antonia’s Line (1995) – 1995 Oscar Winner “Best Foreign Film”

Rachel Grady | The Boys of Baraka (2005)
Paul Greengrass | Bloody Sunday (2002)
Peter Greenaway | The Pillow Book (1996)
Davis Guggenheim | An Inconvenient Truth (2006) – 2007 Oscar Nomination“Best Documentary Feature”
Bence Gyöngyössy | Romani kris – Cigánytörvény (1997)
Philip Haas

  • The Situation (2006)
  • Angels and Insects (1995)

Lasse Hallström | Chocolat (2000)
Hanan Harchol | About a Teacher (2020)
Greg Harrison | Groove (2000)
Curtis Harrington | Night Tide
Mary Harron I I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Hal Hartley – Henry Fool (1997)
Mark Hartley | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Chris Hededus | Al Franken: God Spoke (2006)
Jonathan Hensleigh | The Punisher (2004)
Scott Hicks

  • Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
  • Shine (1996) – 1997 Oscar Nomination for “Best Director”

Agnieska Holland

  • The Third Miracle (1999)
  • Washington Square (1997)

Bobby Houston | Rock the Boat (1998)
Ben Hozie PVT CHAT (2021)
Peter Howitt | Sliding Doors (1998)
Bronwen Hughes | Stander (2003)
Davin Anders Hutchins | The Art of Flight (2005)
Leon Ichasco | Bitter Sugar (1996)
Brett Ingram | Monster Road (2004)
John Irvin | City of Industry (1997)
Henry Jaglom | Déjà Vu (1997)
Andrew Jarecki | Capturing the Friedmans (2003) – 2004 Oscar Nomination“Best Documentary”
Mark Johnston | WINE & WAR (2020)
Robert Jury | Working Man (2020)
Aviva Kempner | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998)
Mathieu Kassovitz | La Haine (1995)
John Kastner | Life with Murder (2010)
Jonathan Kaufer | Bad Manners (1997)
Stephen T. Kay | The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997)
James Keach |Turning Point (2020)
Todd Kellstein | Buffalo Girls (2012)
Sonia Kennebeck | National Bird (2016)
Amanda Kernell | Sami Blood (2017)
Justin Kerrigan | Human Traffic (1999)
Lodge Kerrigan | Keane (2004)
Jonathan King | Black Sheep
Cédric Klapisch | Chacun cherche son chat (1996)
Brian Knappenberger

  • Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017)
  • The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
  • We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)

David Leland | The Land Girls (1998)
Deborah Koons Garcia | The Future of Food (2004)
Harmony Korine

  • Trash Humpers (2009)
  • Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
  • Gummo (1997)

Lisa Krueger | Manny & Lo (1996)
Richard Kwietniowski | Owning Mahowny (2003)
Neil LaBute

  • House of Darkness (2022)
  • In the Company of Men

Iara Lee

  • Modulations (1998)
  • Synthetic Pleasures (1995)

Mike Leigh | Vera Drake (2004) – 2005 Oscar Nomination “Best Director”
Ruth Leitman | Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004)
Robert Lemelson | Bitter Sugar (2014)
Elliott Lester

  • Aftermath (2017)
  • Nightingale (2014)

Mark Levin | Protocols of Zion (2005)
James Longley | Iraq in Fragments (2006) – 2007 Oscar Nomination“Best Documentary Feature”
Dana Lustig | Wedding Bell Blues (1996)
Robin Lutz | M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity (2021)
Bruce McDonald | Dreamland (2020)
Hattie Macdonald | Beautiful Thing (1996)
Gillies Mackinnon| Small Faces (1995)
John Madden | Mrs. Brown (1997)
Eve Marson | Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer? (2016)
Sean Mathias | Bent (1997)
Charles Matthau | The Grass Harp (1995)
David Mamet | The Winslow Boy (1999)
Henriette Mantel | An Unreasonable Man (2006)
Gustavo Graef-Marino | Johnny 100 Pesos (1993)
Robb Marshall | Chicago (2002) – 2003 Oscar Nomination “Best Director”
Joshua Marston | Maria Full of Grace (2004)
Doug McGrath | Emma (1996)
Rick Mckay | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
Timothy Marrinan | Burden (2016)
Ryan Spindell | The Mortuary Collection (2020)
Anthony Minghella

  • The English Patient (1996) – Oscar “Best Director”
  • Cold Mountain (2003)

Bennett Miller | Capote (2005) – 2006 Oscar Nomination for Best Director
Dani Menkin | 39 Pounds of Love (2005)
Jordan Mechner | Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story (2003)
Dominik Moll | With a Friend Like Harry… (2000)
E. Elias Merhige | Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Hettie Macdonald | Beautiful Thing (1996)
Errol Morris

  • The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) – 2004 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
  • Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)

James Moll | The Last Days (1998) | 1999 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
Philippe Mora | Communion (1989)
Ray Mckinnon | Chrystal (2004)
Radu Mihaileanu | Train of Life (1998)
Robb Moss | The Same River Twice (2003)
Shane Meadows | A Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
Stacy Peralta | Riding Giants (2004)
Greg Mottola | The Daytrippers (1996)
Daniel Myrick | The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Gregory Nava | My Family (1995)
Jonathan Nossiter | Sunday (1997)
Phillip Noyce | Catch a Fire (2006)
Trevor Nunn | Twelfth Night or What You Will (1996)
Katharine O’Brien | Lost Transmissions (2020)
Michèle Ohayon | Colors Straight Up (1997) – 1998 Oscar Nomination “Best Documentary Feature”
Ryan O’Nan – Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011)
Chris Paine | Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
Matthew Parkhill | Dot the I (2003)
Goran Paskaljevic – Someone Else’s America (1995)
Louis Pepe | Brothers of the Head (2005)
Nicholas Perry | The Hunting of the President (2004)
Michael Polish

  • For Lovers Only (2011)
  • The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
  • Northfork (2003)
  • Jackpot (2001)

Sally Potter | The Tango Lesson (1997)
Jean-François Pouliot | La grande séduction (2003)
Doug Pray | Art & Copy (2009)
Peter Raymont | Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004)
Iqbal Rashid |Touch of Pink (2004)
Benjamin Ree | Magnus (2016)
Jeff Reichert | Remote Area Medical (2013)
Pierre-Paul Renders | Thomas est amoureux (2000)
Adam Rifkin

  • Giuseppe Makes a Movie (2014)
  • Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)

Franklin Ritch | THE ARTIFICE GIRL (2023)

Guy Ritchie | Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Eli Roth | Hostel: Part II (2007)
Marc Rothemund | Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) – 2006 Oscar Nomination “Best Foreign Film”
Henry Alex Rubin | Murderball (2005) – 2006 Oscar Nomination“Best Documentary Feature”
Allan Rudolph | Afterglow (1997)
Bernardo Ruiz | Kingdom of Shadows (2015)
Stefan Ruzowitzky | The Inheritors (1998)
Gregory Ruzzin | Blue Skies Are a Lie (1996)
Mark Ryan | WINE & WAR (2020)
Ira Sachs | Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
Walter Salles | Central Station (1998)
Angus Sampson | The Mule (2014)
Yann Samuell | Love Me If You Dare (2003)
Chris Sanders | Lilo & Stitch (2002) – 2003 Oscar Nomination “Best Animated Feature”
Jessica Sanders | After Innocence (2005)
Peter Sattler | Camp X-Ray (2014)
Hubert Sauber | Darwin’s Nightmare (2004) – 2006 Oscar Nomination “Best Documentary Feature”
Seth Savoy | Echo Boomers (2020)
Lone Scherfig | Italian For Beginners (2000)<
Matt Schrader | Score (2016)
Louis Schwartzberg | America’s Heart & Soul (2004)
Ridley Scott | Black Hawk Down (2001) – 2002 Oscar Nomination “Best Director”
Tom Shadyac | I AM (2010)
Dana Adam Shapiro | Murderball (2005)
Jon Shear | Urbania (2000)
Harry Shearer | Teddy Bears’ Picnic (2001)
Tom Shepard | Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America (2020)
Steven Siig | Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (2022)<
Harry Sinclair | The Price of Milk (2000)
Bruce Sinofsky | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Susan Skoog | Whatever (1998)
Steve Skrovan | An Unreasonable Man (2006)
Todd Solondz | Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Jill Specker | Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Odette Springer – Some Nudity Required (1998)
Morgan Spurlock | Super Size Me (2004)
Darren Stein | Sparkler (1998)
Josh Sternfeld | Winter Solstice (2004)
Lynne Stopkewich | Kissed
Peter Strickland | The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Jordan Susman | The Anarchist Cookbook (2002)
John Swanbeck | The Big Kahuna (1999)
Harry Thomason | The Hunting of the President (2004)
Daniel Taplitz | Commandments (1997)
Kate Taverna | The People vs. Agent Orange (2021)
Finn Taylor | Dream with the Fishes (1997)
Anand Tucker | Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Thomas Vinterberg | The Celebration (1998)
Tony Vitale | Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Andrucha Waddington | Me You Them (2000)
Wong Kar Wai | Happy Together (1997)
John Walsh | Ed’s Next Move (1996)
Lucy Walker | Blindsight (2006)
Wayne Wang | Chinese Box (1997)
Matthew Warchus | Pride (2014)
Regis Wargnier | East/West (1999)
Deborah Warner | The Last September (1999)
John Waters | Pink Flamingos (1996)
Mark S. Waters | The House of Yes (1997)
Robert B. Weide | Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth (1998) – 1999 Oscar Nomination “Best Documentary Feature”
Daryl Wein | Consumed (2015)
Wash Westmoreland | Quinceañera (2006)
Haskell Wexler | Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
Mark Wexler | Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
Frank Whaley | Joe the King (1999)
Stephen Woolley | Stoned (2005)
Chuck Workman | The Source (1999)
Michael Wranovics | Up for Grabs (2004)
Peter Yates | Don Quixote (2000)
Lance Young | Bliss (1997)
Madison Young | Submission Possible (2020)
Robert M. Young | Caught (1996)
Corey Yung | So Close (2002)
Farihah Zaman | Remote Area Medical (2013)
David Zeiger | Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Leslie Zemeckis | Mabel, Mabel, Tiger Trainer (2018)
Amy Ziering | Derrida (2002)
Marcos Zurinaga | The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1996)

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