A documentary focusing on seventeen maverick directors who were not afraid to break the rules of filmmaking to advance their art. Among the classic directors profiled are D.W. Griffith, Josef von Sternberg, Erich Von Stroheim, and Preston Sturges up until more current filmmakers like David Lynch, Robert Altman, and Martin Scorsese..
Todd McCarthy
Writer
Florence Dauman
Director
Dale Ann Stieber
Director
Michael Henry Wilson
Writer

Robert Altman
Self

Peter Bogdanovich
Self

Francis Ford Coppola
Self

Robert De Niro
Self

David Lynch
Self

Gena Rowlands
Self (archive footage)

Alan Rudolph
Self

Paul Schrader
Self

Martin Scorsese
Self
Directed by John Ford70%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Above Majestic73%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Room 23761%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return67%
McQueen74%
The Class of ‘9271%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Love, Marilyn66%
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends71%
The Skywalker Legacy78%
Cameraperson67%
180° South72%
Being James Bond77%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%