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Season 1

  • S01E01 Alfred Hitchcock

    • July 5, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A profile of Alfred Hitchcock, the Leytonstone-born director who became known as 'the Master of Suspense' with films such as Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho.

  • S01E02 Billy Wilder

    • July 12, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of director Billy Wilder, who dominated Hollywood's Golden Age with films such as Double Indemnity, Some Like It Hot and Sunset Boulevard.

  • S01E03 William Wyler

    • July 19, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and work of William Wyler, the Oscar-winning film director known for such films as Ben Hur and The Best Years of Our Lives.

  • S01E04 Sam Peckinpah

    • July 26, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A portrait of Sam Peckinpah, the controversial, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director known for films like The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs and The Getaway.

  • S01E05 Howard Hawks

    • August 2, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of Howard Hawks, the Academy Award-winning director of Only Angels Have Wings, Scarface, Bringing Up Baby and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

  • S01E06 Fritz Lang

    • August 9, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    An intimate portrait of Austrian-born filmmaker Fritz Lang, one of the most accomplished and enduring directors of the 20th century.

  • S01E07 Cecil B DeMille

    • August 16, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the films of Cecil B DeMille, the director who became a giant of the 20th-century film industry, known for epics such as The Ten Commandments.

  • S01E08 George Cukor

    • August 23, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A fascinating look at the work of George Cukor, who was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and received an Academy Award in 1964 for My Fair Lady.

  • S01E09 Akira Kurosawa

    • August 30, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of Akira Kurosawa, the Japanese filmmaker who won international acclaim with films such as Rashomon, Ikiru and Ran.

  • S01E10 Frank Capra

    • September 6, 2018
    • Sky Arts

    An intimate portrait of Frank Capra, the celebrated Italian-American director known for films such as It's a Wonderful Life and Mr Smith Goes to Washington.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Stanley Kubrick

    • January 17, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and work of Stanley Kubrick, the legendary director whose films include A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket.

  • S02E02 David Lean

    • January 24, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    Movie experts explore the life and word of British director David Lean

  • S02E03 Michael Curtiz

    • January 31, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and work of Michael Curtiz, one of Hollywood's most prolific directors whose films include Angels With Dirty Faces, Casablanca and Mildred Pierce.

  • S02E04 John Ford

    • February 7, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A biographical portrait of John Ford, the Oscar-winning director known for the John Wayne westerns Stagecoach, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and The Searchers.

  • S02E05 John Huston

    • February 14, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    The spotlight falls on golden age great John Huston, whose films include The Maltese Falcon and Oscar-winning classics The Treasure of Sierra Madre and The African Queen.

  • S02E06 Sergei Eisenstein

    • February 21, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A closer look at legendary Soviet film pioneer a montage master and true world cinema great whose hugely influential works include Battleship Potemkin.

  • S02E07 Federico Fellini

    • February 28, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the Italian film maestro and four-time Academy Award-winner whose pioneering movies films include La Strada, La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2.

  • S02E08 Elia Kazan

    • March 7, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront filmmaker the Hollywood genius credited for discovering Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty.

  • S02E09 Fred Zinnemann

    • March 14, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    Documentary exploring four-time Academy Award-winning director Fred Zinnemann, whose movie masterpieces include Oklahoma!, High Noon, Julia and The Day of the Jackal.

  • S02E10 Vincente Minnelli

    • March 21, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of Vincente Minnelli, the Academy Award-winning director of movie musicals Gigi and An American in Paris, and the father of Liza Minnelli.

Season 3

Season 4

  • S04E01 Sydney Pollack

    • Sky Arts

    An in-depth look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose hit films include Out of Africa and They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

  • S04E02 Otto Preminger

    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the director, known for his boundary-pushing films such as The Man with the Golden Arm and the Academy Award-nominated Anatomy of a Murder

  • S04E03 Joseph Mankiewicz

    • Sky Arts

    An exploration of the multiple Academy Award-winning director whose films include All About Eve, A Letter to Three Wives and The Philadelphia

  • S04E04 Robert Altman

    • July 18, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker whose films include Gosford Park, Nashville, MASH and McCabe & Mrs Miller.

  • S04E05 Ernst Lubitsch

    • July 18, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director whose works include Trouble in Paradise, Heaven Can Wait and To Be or Not to Be

  • S04E06 Peter Weir

    • July 16, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    An in-depth look at the life and career of the Oscar-nominated director behind films such as The Truman Show, Witness, Dead Poets Society and Green Card.

  • S04E07 John Schlesinger

    • July 17, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning Midnight Cowboy director.

  • S04E08 Brian De Palma

    • July 16, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and 50-year-long career of the Oscar-nominated director, whose notable films include Scarface, Mission: Impossible and Dressed to Kill

  • S04E09 Victor Fleming

    • July 17, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    Explore the life of the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose most popular films include Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz

  • S04E10 Anthony Mann

    • July 18, 2019
    • Sky Arts

    A glimpse into the life of the director known for his work on many films such as Winchester '73, The Glenn Miller Story and El Cid

Season 5

  • S05E01 Francis Ford Coppola

    • July 2, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Academy Award winning director whose films include The Godfather franchise and Apocalypse Now.

  • S05E02 Ridley Scott

    • July 9, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Hannibal.

  • S05E03 Martin Scorsese

    • July 16, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of the legendary filmmaker, whose films include the Academy Award-winning The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street and Gangs of New York.

  • S05E04 Oliver Stone

    • July 23, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the Academy Award-winning filmmaker's life, career and portfolio of films which includes Scarface, Midnight Express, Platoon and Natural Born Killers.

  • S05E05 Nicolas Roeg

    • July 30, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of the celebrated filmmaker of hits Walkabout, Don't Look Now and Bad Timing. His unique style made him a highly influential filmmaker.

  • S05E06 David Lynch

    • August 6, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director of films including Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and The Elephant Man.

  • S05E07 Preston Sturges

    • August 13, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of the inspirational filmmaker, who won the first-ever Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for his comedy film The Great McGinty.

  • S05E08 Mervyn LeRoy

    • August 20, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Hollywood filmmaker, famous for directing films such as the Academy Award-nominated Blossoms in the Dust and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.

  • S05E09 James L. Brooks

    • August 27, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of the Academy Award-winning director whose work includes Terms of Endearment and multi Emmy Award-winning sitcom The Simpsons.

  • S05E10 Robert Aldrich

    • September 3, 2020
    • Sky Arts

    A glimpse into the life and career of the filmmaker whose portfolio of work includes Vera Cruz, The Big Knife, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Spike Lee

    • January 7, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    The story of Academy Award-winning director Spike Lee, who wowed audiences with gripping films like Malcolm X, Inside Man and BlacKkKlansman.

  • S06E02 Mike Nichols

    • January 14, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and The Graduate.

  • S06E03 Ron Howard

    • January 21, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A deep dive into the life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, whose work includes A Beautiful Mind, Frost/Nixon and Apollo 13.

  • S06E04 William Friedkin

    • January 28, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    The life and career of the Academy Award-winning director, known for his 1973 horror film The Exorcist and his action-thriller The French Connection.

  • S06E05 Kathryn Bigelow

    • February 4, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the director of Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker, the latter of which she won the Oscar for Best Director.

  • S06E06 Quentin Tarantino

    • February 11, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life of one of Hollywood's most successful directors, whose long list of hit films include Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

  • S06E07 J Lee Thompson

    • February 18, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    The life story of the British film director, known both in the UK and across the pond for films such as Ice Cold in Alex and Cape Fear.

  • S06E08 Rob Reiner

    • February 25, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the acclaimed Hollywood director, whose films include Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally...and the Oscar nominated A Few Good Men.

  • S06E09 Stephen Frears

    • March 4, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the career of the Academy Award nominated director, known for his gripping depictions of life stories and characters - such as his acclaimed film The Queen.

  • S06E10 John Carpenter

    • March 11, 2021
    • Sky Arts

    The last episode of the series takes a deep dive into the life and career of John Carpenter l, known for his cult classics such as Dark Star, The Thing and Halloween.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Stephen Spielberg

    • January 23, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    A look into the life and career of the Hollywood director, whose portfolio is filled to the brim with classics like Jaws and Indiana Jones.

  • S07E02 The Coen Brothers

    • February 24, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and careers of the superstar directing duo, known for films such as True Grit and the Oscar-winning Fargo.

  • S07E03 Wes Anderson

    • March 3, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    An insight into the life and career of an Oscar nominated director, responsible for works such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and Fantastic Mr Fox.

  • S07E04 John Singleton

    • March 10, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the late John Singleton, whose name came to prominence with the crime drama Boyz In The Hood.

  • S07E05 Jonathan Demme

    • March 17, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    The man responsible for the crime thriller The Silence of the Lambs, take a look at the life and career of Jonathan Demme.

  • S07E06 Christopher Nolan

    • March 24, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    An iconic director with an iconic portfolio of blockbuster films, explore the life and career of a silver screen genius Christopher Nolan.

  • S07E07 Nora Ephron

    • March 31, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the late Nora Ephron, a celebrated director who made a bang on debut with This Is My Life in 1992.

  • S07E08 Antoine Fuqua

    • April 7, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    Take a look at the life and career of Antoine Fuqua, a highly successful director with films like Training Day and The Equalizer in his portfolio

  • S07E09 Barry Levinson

    • April 14, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    The life and career of Barry Levinson, an Academy Award-winning director, is one of success. Take a look back at his contributions towards the film industry.

  • S07E10 Alexander Payne

    • April 21, 2022
    • Sky Arts

    Explore the life and career of the Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique filmmaking style

Season 8

  • S08E01 James Cameron

    • January 5, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    The life and career of Canadian film-maker James Cameron, whose movies include The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss, Aliens, Titanic and Avatar.

  • S08E02 Stephen Soderbergh

    • January 12, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    The life and work of Stephen Soderbergh, whose films include Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich, and Traffic, for which he won an Academy Award.

  • S08E03 Milos Forman

    • January 19, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of Czechoslovakia's most famous and acclaimed filmmaker, known for 1975's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

  • S08E04 Richard Linklater

    • January 26, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of a pioneer in the independent filmmaking scene of the 1990s, known for Before Sunrise and School of Rock.

  • S08E05 Orson Welles

    • February 2, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of an Academy Award-winning actor and director known for Citizen Kane and more.

  • S08E06 Philip Noyce

    • February 10, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of a celebrated Australian filmmaker, known for The Quiet American, Rabbit-Proof Fence and Dead Calm.

  • S08E07 David Fincher

    • February 16, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    The life and work of American director David Fincher, whose films include Alien 3, Seven, The Game, Fight Club, The Social Network and Gone Girl.

  • S08E08 Nancy Meyers

    • February 23, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of American film-maker Nancy Meyers, known for The Parent Trap, The Holiday and Something's Gotta Give.

  • S08E09 Clint Eastwood

    • March 2, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of actor-turned-director Clint Eastwood, known for Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and American Sniper.

  • S08E10 Ang Lee

    • March 9, 2023
    • Sky Arts

    A look at the life and career of the celebrated Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, known for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi.

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