Rashaad Ernesto Green was born in the Bronx, New York, and has made two feature films, Gun Hill Road (2011) and Premature (2020). At the Independent Spirit Awards this year, he won the Someone to Watch Award and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award.
Biography via Criterion.
The List
1
The Red Balloon
Albert Lamorisse
1956
34 min
2
Do the Right Thing
UnavailableSpike Lee
1989
120 min
3
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo
1966
122 min
4
Black Orpheus
Marcel Camus
1959
100 min
5
Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray
1955
125 min
6
Tokyo Story
Yasujiro Ozu
1953
137 min
7
Seven Samurai
Akira Kurosawa
1954
207 min
8
Midnight Cowboy
UnavailableJohn Schlesinger
1969
113 min
9
A Man Escaped
Robert Bresson
1956
101 min
10
Fish Tank
UnavailableAndrea Arnold
2009
123 min