Directors and producers of action and adventure films

Notable action and adventure film directors from the 1960's and 1970's include Sam Peckinpan for his 1969 western The Wild Bunch which was controversial for it's bloody violence and ninilist tone. James Cameron (director of Terminator, Aliens and True Lies) and John Woo (director of Hard Target and Mission: Impossible II) were two of the influential and popular directors from the 1980's to 2000's. Many others are John McTiernan (director of Die Hard and Predator); Ridley Scott (director of Black Hawk Down); The Wachawski Brothers (The Matrix Trilogy) and Micheal Bay (Bad Boys Two and Transformers). Many notable action and adventure producers include;

• Ari Lerner



• Boaz Davidson



• Don Simpson



• Harrey Weinstein



• Jerry Bruckheimer



• Jerry Weintraub



• Joel Silver



• Menahem Golan



• The Wachawski Brothers