These are just folk who interest me (in any combination)
Producers(I don't know this biz very well)
Drew Barrymore
Alan Ball
Michael Grazier (sp? guy w/ the spiky hair)
Ismail Merchant
DirectorsAng Lee
Sam Mendes
James Cameron (C'mon: in pure action, he "King of the World"!)
David Lynch (if it's not too gross)
James Ivory
Tsui Hark (if you've never seen
Peking Opera Blues, you must. Now.)
Ridley Scott
Peter Jackson
Mike Nichols
Julie Taymor
Stephen Frears
Neil Jordan
some Spielberg
Writers
(I don't know 'em near as well as I should)
Callie Khoury (this woman will always be on my list, just for "T&L")
Emma Thompson
Alan Ball
I'll trust everybody else about Amber
Guy behind Memento, whose name escapes me
Rob Tapert and John Schulian, for creating . . . well, y'know.
Actors
Male
Samuel L. Jackson
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ian McKellen
Liam Neeson
Anthony Hopkins
Matt Damon
Gene Hackman
Gary Sinise
Wesley Snipes
Ben Kingsley
Geoffrey Rush
John Malkovich
Johnny Depp
Warren Beattie
Kevin Spacey
Chow Yun Fat
Andreas Katsulas
Female
Gillian Anderson
Naomi Watts
Lucy Lawless
Renee O'Connor
Alfre Woodard
Meryl Streep
Jessica Lange
Judi Dench
Emma Thompson
Salma Hayek
Julianne Moore
Jodie Foster
Sharon Stone
Susan Sarandon
Lena Olin
Juliet Binoche
Cate Blanchett
Judy Davis
CCH Pounder
Michelle Yeoh
Helena Bonham Carter
and
Alyson Hannigan
Amber Benson
GG I'm sure I'll think of more later. Out