Please support Greatest Films and This Banner Sponsor by Clicking Here. The Film 100 Web site has ranked the one hundred most influential people in the history of the movies.
Names appear in order of influence.
The authors of the Film 100 gathered a list of film's most important visionaries, collecting only the names of those whose work and techniques have been felt by millions of moviegoers. Their list below celebrates individuals who produced effects that directly or indirectly created changes in the way films were made, seen, distributed, and preserved. By that criteria, they traced back the ripples of influence to their originators, and give credit where credit was due. Then, they limited the list to one hundred names and started a long and difficult elimination process, before assigning the final ranked positions. Consequently, many popular persons are not listed in their compilation.