[{"n": "Leni Riefenstahl", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/leni-riefenstahl/", "s": "Controversial filmmaker and Nazi propagandist"}, {"n": "Leonard Bernstein", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/leonard-bernstein/", "s": "First American-born conductor to achieve international acclaim, composer of West Side Story, and a tireless ad"}, {"n": "Lillian Gish", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/lillian-gish/", "s": "Silent film star and pioneer of screen acting techniques."}, {"n": "Little Richard", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/little-richard/", "s": "Architect of Rock and Roll"}, {"n": "Lope de Vega", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/lope-de-vega/", "s": "The Phoenix of Wits: Lope de Vega, master of Spain's Golden Age theatre."}, {"n": "Louis de Funès", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/louis-de-fun-s/", "s": "French comic actor known for high-energy performances and expressive face."}, {"n": "Luchino Visconti", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/luchino-visconti/", "s": "Italian filmmaker who directed the 1954 historical melodrama Senso, his first color film."}, {"n": "Luis Buñuel", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/luis-bu-uel/", "s": "Spanish-Mexican filmmaker known for surrealist and satirical cinema."}, {"n": "Lumière brothers", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/lumi-re-brothers/", "s": "French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their motion picture system."}, {"n": "Madhubala", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/madhubala/", "s": "Indian actress, leading star of Hindi cinema's Golden Age."}, {"n": "Marcello Mastroianni", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/marcello-mastroianni/", "s": "Italian actor, stars in Ettore Scola's 1985 comedy-drama Macaroni."}, {"n": "Marlene Dietrich", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/marlene-dietrich/", "s": "German-American actress who played Christine Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)."}, {"n": "Martin Scorsese", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/martin-scorsese/", "s": "American filmmaker and major figure of the New Hollywood era."}, {"n": "Marx Brothers", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/marx-brothers/", "s": "American comedy troupe from vaudeville to film."}, {"n": "Monty Python", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/monty-python/", "s": "1975 British comedy film parodying King Arthur's quest for the Holy Grail."}, {"n": "Orson Welles", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/orson-welles/", "s": "Co-founder of the Mercury Theatre and director of the 1937 stage adaptation of Julius Caesar."}, {"n": "Pedro Calderón de la Barca", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/pedro-calder-n-de-la-barca/", "s": "Spanish Golden Age dramatist and poet, author of La Vida es Sueño."}, {"n": "Peter O'Toole", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/peter-o-toole/", "s": "English and Irish actor; film stardom in 1962 as T. E. Lawrence; eight competitive Oscar nominations without a"}, {"n": "Plácido Domingo", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/pl-cido-domingo/", "s": "Spanish tenor, conductor, and administrator of wide renown."}, {"n": "Raj Kapoor", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/raj-kapoor/", "s": "Indian actor and filmmaker, known as The Greatest Showman of Indian Cinema."}, {"n": "Rajinikanth", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/rajinikanth/", "s": "Indian actor with a career spanning over five decades."}, {"n": "Richard Pryor", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/richard-pryor/", "s": "American stand-up comedian and actor, regarded as one of the greatest and most influential ever."}, {"n": "Robert Bresson", "u": "/e/film-and-theater/robert-bresson/", "s": "French filmmaker known for ascetic, minimalist cinema."}]