Andrew Haigh worked as an assistant editor on Hollywood blockbusters, including Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, before striking out on his own to make more personal films, including his breakthrough 2011 love story, Weekend.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
L’avventura
Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
144 min
2
Five Easy Pieces
UnavailableBob Rafelson
1970
98 min
3
Black Narcissus
Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1947
100 min
4
Fanny and Alexander: Theatrical Version
Ingmar Bergman
1982
188 min
5
Cries and Whispers
Ingmar Bergman
1972
95 min
6
Au revoir les enfants
Louis Malle
1987
105 min
7
Ratcatcher
Lynne Ramsay
1999
94 min
8
The Last Picture Show
UnavailablePeter Bogdanovich
1971
119 min
9
Cléo from 5 to 7
Agnès Varda
1962
90 min
10
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Nicolas Roeg
1976
139 min