Allan Arkush is an Emmy-winning television director and executive producer of NBC’s hit series Heroes. Arkush's directing credits also include the Ramones’ cult classic Rock ’n’ Roll High School, which Rolling Stone magazine named as one of the top-10 rock n' roll DVDs of all time.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
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Federico Fellini
1963
139 min
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Breathless
Jean-Luc Godard
1960
90 min
2
If....
UnavailableLindsay Anderson
1969
105 min
3
Young Mr. Lincoln
UnavailableJohn Ford
1939
100 min
4
The Rules of the Game
Jean Renoir
1939
110 min
5
Tokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu
1953
137 min
6
The Lady Eve
UnavailablePreston Sturges
1941
97 min
7
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa
1954
207 min
8
Written on the Wind
Douglas Sirk
1956
99 min
9
Monterey Pop
D. A. Pennebaker
1968
80 min