[{"n": "Roman Polanski", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/roman-polanski/", "s": "Award-winning filmmaker and fugitive from U.S. justice."}, {"n": "Satyajit Ray", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/satyajit-ray/", "s": "One of the greatest and most influential film directors in cinema history."}, {"n": "Sergei Eisenstein", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/sergei-eisenstein/", "s": "Pioneer of montage and master of Soviet cinema."}, {"n": "Sidney Poitier", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/sidney-poitier/", "s": "Trailblazing actor and diplomat who broke barriers on screen and in life."}, {"n": "Sophia Loren", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/sophia-loren/", "s": "Italian actress and Golden Age Hollywood icon."}, {"n": "Stanley Kubrick", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/stanley-kubrick/", "s": "Perfectionist American director whose films across many genres became landmarks of cinema."}, {"n": "Vittorio De Sica", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/vittorio-de-sica/", "s": "Italian neorealist director and actor, four-time Oscar winner."}, {"n": "Vivien Leigh", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/vivien-leigh/", "s": "British actress, winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, and above all a stage performer."}, {"n": "Werner Herzog", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/werner-herzog/", "s": "Pioneer of New German Cinema, filmmaker of impossible dreams."}, {"n": "William Wyler", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/william-wyler/", "s": "German-born American director with 12 Oscar nominations, three wins."}, {"n": "Winsor McCay", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/winsor-mccay/", "s": "Pioneer of animation and master of the comic strip."}, {"n": "Wong Kar-wai", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/wong-kar-wai/", "s": "Hong Kong auteur of moody, colour-saturated films such as Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love."}, {"n": "Woody Allen", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/woody-allen/", "s": "Heywood \"Woody\" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, writ"}, {"n": "Yasujirō Ozu", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/yasujir-ozu/", "s": "Japanese director of quiet family dramas, including Late Spring and Tokyo Story."}, {"n": "Samuel Goldwyn", "u": "/e/film-and-theater-icons/samuel-goldwyn/", "s": "Warsaw-born glove salesman who became Hollywood's most successful independent producer."}]