1000 Facts About Film Directors

Martin Scorsese was at death's door when he was making Raging Bull due to a cocaine addiction.
Quentin Tarantino can only type with one finger at a time.
Robert Rodriguez's children are called Rocket, Racer, Rebel, Rogue and Rhiannon.
Ridley Scott has never won an Oscar for Best Director.
Mel Brooks defused land mines in World War II.
Christopher Nolan can't see red or green.
Stanley Kubrick thought his best movie was Eyes Wide Shut.
Tim Burton has a phobia of chimpanzees.
George Lucas said that Darth Vader was inspired from Doctor Doom from the Marvel Comics.
Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped in the early 1990s. James Cameron paid off the ransom of $1 million.
Joss Whedon's cult show, Firefly, was supposed to run for seven seasons.
Edgar Wright shot the Klingon scene in Star Trek: Into Darkness
David Fincher's favourite book is Dracula.
Charlie Chaplin has an asteroid named after him.
M. Night Shymalan wrote Stuart Little.
Alfred Hitchcock had a phobia of eggs.