Lidhja e ngusht: Hollywoodi dhe Ebrenjte

[Homer]

Gjithmon kam pas qef te hapi i teme te tille. Per ata qe se din, kam qef tju tregoj supremacin çifute ne Hollywood. Thjesht historia e industris Hollywoodit asht histori çifute. Studiot e fameshme te kinemas si MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount ose Twentieth Century Fox jan kriju nga imigrant çifut t'ardhun nga Europa e Lidjes. Vllerzerit Warner, Samuel Goldwyn, Louis B. Mayer dhe Adolphe Zukor jan origjina e kater pionierve ma te medhej amerikan.

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Warner Bros. Pictures Inc, bo pjes tek pioniert e industris kinematografike. U kriju ne 1903 nga [Warner.jpg] kater vllezer me origjin nga Polonia: Harold (i madhi, 1881-1958), Jack (1892-1978), Albert (1883-1967) dhe Sam (1884-1927) Warner. Kompania fillo te shfrytezoj sallat e kinemas. Ne 1912, vllezerit vendosi te prodhojn filmin e tyre. Sam bahet drejtori teknik i studjos, Albert merret me shperndarjen, Harry merr ne dor financen dhe Jack produksionin. Studjoja krijohet ne 1923. Ne 1925, Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. asht leader ne biznesin e filmave te heshtur.

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Paramount. Lind ne Hungari, Adolph Zukor (1873–1976), zbulo kineman ne moshe 20 vjeçare. Fillo te shperndaj disa filma dhe ve re [Adolph Zukor.jpg] mungesen e metrazheve te gjate. I kthehet produksionit me mikun e tij çifut, Daniel Frohman, produktor spektakli. Bashk hapin studjon e produksionit: Famous Players. Qellimi i tyre ishte te terhiqnin aktor te njohun teatri per ti kthy drejt artit te shtate. Ne 1917, Zukor mbledh studio te tjera produksioni dhe krijojn Paramount Pictures.

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Twentieth Century Fox. Produktori William (Fuchs) Fox, (1879–1952), me origjine nga Hungaria, hy me 1904 ne profesion duke ble teatrin e tij te pare. Instalo nji prozhektor kinemaje dhe zgjero sallat ne gjith ameriken. Gjith kjo ne 1915 e ço ne presidencen e Fox Film dhe Fox Theater Corporations. Ne 1935, 20th lind nga fuzioni i Fox Film dhe Twentieth Century Pictures, kriju ne 1933 nga Joseph Schenck (1878-1961) çifut tjeter me origjin nga Rusia, ish president i United Artists.


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M.G.M. Ne 1913, Samuel Goldfish (1882–1974) me origjin nga Polonia, hy ne industrin e kinemas. Dy vjet ma von lidhet me Edgar dhe Archibald Selwyn per te kriju Goldwyn Pictures Corporation, (kriju nga Goldfish dhe Selwyn). Samuel Goldfish si perfundim adopto kyt emer (ma shum chic dhe ma pak çifut). Periudha spektakulare e tij hapet ne 1923, ku fillo te baj filma indipendent. Nji vit ma von, fusion me Mayer dhe Metro pour tu bo studjoja e fameshme Metro Goldwyn Mayer (M.G.M.)

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Nga ana e tij, me origjin nga Bjellrusia, Louis Burt Mayer (1885-1957) fillo karrieren duke ble ne 1907 nji teater ne shtetin e Massachusetts dhe prozhekto ca filma. Se shpejti ble gjith teatrat e qytetit te Haverhill. Vendoset ne Lost Angeles ne 1916. Fale sallave te kinemas, bohet shperndares dhe si perfundim produktor me kompanin e tij Lous B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. Fuzion societen e tij me M.G.M ne 1924. Louis B. Mayer emerohet zevendes-president dhe bahet drejtor i produksionit deri ne 1951.

Ne M.G.M. gjith responsablet e studjos jan çifut si drejtori Marcus Loew ose responsable i produksionit Irving Thalberg. M.G.M kontribo ne kohen e arte te kinemas amerikane. Ma te medhejt punojn: Leslie Caron, Cyd Charisse, Ava Gardner, Laurence Olivier, Alfred Hitchcock. M.G.M do jet simboli i vertet i hegjemonise kinematografike amerikane dhe industris te spektaklit.

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Kurse, David Oliver Selznick (1902-1965), nuk krijoj studjo por u bo nji nga produktoret ma te medhej te hollywoodit. Filloj si assistent produksioni tek Westernt ne studjot M.G.M. Shpejt hyp ne rangun te pare te produktoreve Hollywoodian. Puno per Paramount pastaj per societen e produksionit te pavarun R.K.O. Prodho King Kong. Kthehet tek M.G.M si zevend-president dhe financon suksesin e Gone with the Wind (1940), filmi ma i kushtushem i asaj kohe, Rebecca (1940), A Star is Born (1954). David Selznick zbulo dhe nxjerr shum star: Fred Astaire, Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Vivien Leigh. Ne karrieren e tij asht zgjedh 10 vjet rresht, produktori ma i mir.

Emigrant, duke ik miserjes dhe persekucioneve, kta vizionar kan kriju industrin e endrave. Hollywoodi, histori çifute.

[Jack Watson]

Jo vetëm kaq, në Amerikë janë 5-6 milion hebrej dhe po ti lexosh biografitë e aktorëve të Hollivudit gati gjysma e tyre kanë diçka hebreje, o noi gjyshe, o noi gjysh, o të konvertum, o komplet hebrej. Shum në disproporcion me nr e popullsisë që hebrejt zënë në ShBA. Kam idenë që këto shpitë e filmit tu qenë me themelus cifut i katapultojnë dhe ndihmojnë më shumë aktorët ose "filmaxhijtë" me background hebre, m'duket se kan politikë të tyren. I kam zili kta cifutet, i grusht njerzisht dhe kane carë e bërë histori në gjithë botën.

[SERAFIM DILO]

"Eshte popull i poshter"......Merren vetem me; art,shkence,ekonomi.

[Xhuxhumaku]

"Eshte popull i poshter"......Merren vetem me; art,shkence,ekonomi.

edhe punim "toke"....lol

[SERAFIM DILO]

edhe punim "toke"....lol

Me ate, meren te gjithe.....

[Homer]

Jo vetëm kaq, në Amerikë janë 5-6 milion hebrej dhe po ti lexosh biografitë e aktorëve të Hollivudit gati gjysma e tyre kanë diçka hebreje, o noi gjyshe, o noi gjysh, o të konvertum, o komplet hebrej. Shum në disproporcion me nr e popullsisë që hebrejt zënë në ShBA. Kam idenë që këto shpitë e filmit tu qenë me themelus cifut i katapultojnë dhe ndihmojnë më shumë aktorët ose "filmaxhijtë" me background hebre, m'duket se kan politikë të tyren. I kam zili kta cifutet, i grusht njerzisht dhe kane carë e bërë histori në gjithë botën.

Kam shum admiracion per kyt rrace, pa hy ne politik ose opinjon fetar, thjesht nga ana intelektuale si dhe lidhjet e forta qe kan ndermjet tyne, jan per tu marr shembull. Asht per tu habit, ne çdo fush dominojn, perveç ne sport ngaqe zdo tru. lol

Ja i list i artistave, aktoreve, regjizoreve çifut ose me origjin çifute. Marr Ketu

Actors

1980s
* Jonathan Ahdout (1989–), actor (House of Sand and Fog, 24)
* Justin Baldoni (1984–), actor (Everwood)
* Rachel Bilson (1981–), film/television actress (The O.C., The Last Kiss)
* Amanda Bynes (1986–), film star and former show host on Nickelodeon (She's the Man)
* Lizzy Caplan (1982–), film/TV actress (Mean Girls, Cloverfield)
* Matt Cohen (1982–), film/television actor
* John Francis Daley (1985–), actor/director (Freaks and Geeks)
* Kat Dennings (1986–), film/TV actress
* Zac Efron (1987–), teen idol/actor (High School Musical, Hairspray)
* Jesse Eisenberg (1983–), film actor (The Squid and the Whale, The Social Newtwork)
* Ben Feldman (1980–), film/TV actor
* Sean Flynn-Amir (1989–), television actor (Zoey 101)
* Ben Foster (1980–), film actor (X-Men: The Last Stand)
* Melanie Laurent (1983–) French (Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas, Inglourious Basterds)
* Jon Foster (1984–), film/television actor (Stay Alive)
* Shayna Fox (1984–), voice actress
* Gideon Glick (1988–), actor
* Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981–), film/TV actor ( Inception )
* Max Greenfield (1980–), film/TV actor
* Zena Grey (1988–), film actress (Max Keeble's Big Move)
* Jake Gyllenhaal (1980–), film star (Brokeback Mountain, Donnie Darko, Zodiac)
* Jonah Hill (1983–), film actor
* Scarlett Johansson (1984–), film actress
* Ariana Jollee (1982–), pornographic actress and pornographic film director
* Mila Kunis (1983–), television actress (That '70s Show)
* Shia LaBeouf (1986–), TV/film actor (Even Stevens, Holes,Disturbia,Transformers)
* Adam Lamberg (1984–), actor (Lizzie McGuire)
* Samm Levine (1982–), film/TV actor
* Margarita Levieva (1980–) actress and professional gymnast
* Alex D. Linz (1989–), actor (Home Alone 3, Max Keeble's Big Move)
* Jessica Manley, acclaimed actress (Anne Frank: The Whole Story).
* Eli Marienthal (1986–), film actor (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen)
* Scott Mechlowicz (1981–), film actor (EuroTrip, Mean Creek)
* Sara Paxton (1988–), actress (Darcy's Wild Life, Aquamarine)
* Josh Peck (1986–), actor (Drake & Josh)
* Ashley Peldon (1984–), film/television actress
* Courtney Peldon (1981–), film/television actress
* Alisan Porter (1981–), film and stage actress and singer
* Natalie Portman (1981–) Israeli-born film star (V for Vendetta)
* Laura Prepon (1980–), film/TV actress (That '70s Show). .
* Nikki Reed (1988–), film actress/screenwriter (Thirteen)
* Daphne Rosen (1982–) Israeli/American adult film actress and adult movie producer
* Emmy Rossum (1986–) actress, singer, and songwriter
* Jason Schwartzman (1980–) known from Rushmore, Spun, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, Marie Antoinette, and for being a member of the predominantly Jewish band Phantom Planet, of which the track "California" became the theme song for the Fox TV series, The O.C.
* Jason Segel (1980–), film/TV actor
* Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981–), television actress (The Sopranos)
* Marla Sokoloff (1980–), film/television actress (Big Day)
* Shoshannah Stern (1980–), television actress
* Margo Stilley (1983–), film actress (9 Songs)
* Lauren Storm (1987–), television actress (Flight 29 Down)
* Khleo Thomas (1989–), film actor (Holes)
* Ashley Tisdale (1985–), actress and singer (High School Musical)
* Michelle Trachtenberg (1985–), film/television actress, who was born to two devout Jewish parents and whose grandparents live in Israel
* Joseph Trohman (1984–), musician (Fall Out Boy)Joe Trohman
* Raviv (Ricky) Ullman (1986–) Israeli-born actor, teen idol (Phil of the Future)
* Anneliese van der Pol (1984 – ) Dutch/American actress (That's So Raven)
* Mara Wilson (1987–), film actress (Matilda)
* Evan Rachel Wood (1987–), film actress (Thirteen, The Upside of Anger)
* Mario Yedidia (1984–), former child actor (Warriors of Virtue)
* Anton Yelchin (1989–) Russian-born film/television actor
* Joey Zimmerman (1986–), film/TV actor (Halloweentown)



1970s
* Shiri Appleby (1978–) Israeli/American film/television actress (Roswell)
* David Arquette (1971–), film actor
* Elizabeth Banks (1974–), film actress (Invincible)
* Justin Bartha (1978–), film actor (National Treasure,The Hangover)
* Amber Benson (1977–), actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
* Elizabeth Berkley (1972–), television, film, and stage actress
* Mayim Bialik (1975–), actress (Blossom)
* Sacha Baron Cohen (1971–) British comedian/actor (Ali G, Borat, Brüno)
* Rachel Weisz (1971–) British Actress, Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning, BAFTA-nominated
* Michael Ian Black (1971–), actor, comedian and comedy writer
* Selma Blair (real name Selma Bleitner) (1972–), film actress, who was raised with a strong Jewish identity that included Jewish day school (Cruel Intentions)
* Alex Borstein (1971–), actress, writer and comedian
* Caprice Bourret (1971–),/English fashion model and actress, often known by her first name
* Zach Braff (1975–), television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer (Scrubs, Garden State)
* Tamara Braun (1971–), soap opera actress
* Adam Brody (1979–), actor (The O.C.)
* Adrien Brody (1973–), film actor (The Pianist)
* Sarah Brown (1975–), actress
* Brooke Burke (1971–), television personality and model
* Scott Caan (1976–), film actor, son of James Caan
* Josh Charles (1971–), stage, film and television actor
* Emmanuelle Chriqui (1977–), film and television actress
* Jennifer Connelly (1970–), film actress
* Erin Daniels (1973–), actress
* Dustin Diamond (1977–), actor (Saved by the Bell)
* Nicole Eggert (1972–), actress who was raised in a traditional Jewish household, and who is well known for playing Summer Quinn in the hit TV Series Baywatch and Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge
* Oded Fehr (1970–) Israeli/American actor (The Mummy)
* Corey Feldman (1971–), film actor, 1980s teen idol
* James Franco (1978–), film actor (James Dean, Spider-Man, Flyboys)
* Soleil Moon Frye (1976–), actress and director (Punky Brewster)
* Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977–), actress, writer, director, film maker, comedian, singer (Buffy Summers)
* Elon Gold (1970–), comedian, television actor, writer and producer
* Missy Gold (1970–), actress on TV show Benson
* Adam Goldberg (1970–), film actor
* Ginnifer Goodwin (1978 – ), film/television actress (Big Love)
* Seth Green (1974–), actor, writer, and television producer.
* Bryan Greenberg (1978–), film/television actor (Prime)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977–) Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Corey Haim (1971–2010) Canadian born Film actor known as being one of the "two Coreys" of 80's film fame.
* Chelsea Handler (1975–), actress/comedian
* Alyson Hannigan (1974–), actress ( Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Date Movie)
* Danielle Harris (1977 – ), actress
* Samantha Harris (1973 – ), actress and TV presenter
* Cole Hauser (1975–), film actor
* Jason Hervey (1972–), actor known for his role on The Wonder Years
* Kate Hudson (1979–), film actress (Almost Famous, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days)
* Oliver Hudson (1976–), film/television actor
* Rashida Jones (1976–), actress, writer, model, and musician (The Office)
* Chris Kattan (1970–), comedian (Saturday Night Live)
* Mia Kirshner (1975–) Israeli/American actress and author born to two devout Jewish parents, known for her portrayal of Jenny Schecter on Showtime's The L Word. Mia Kirshner is the granddaughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors.
* Alla Korot (1970–) Ukrainian-born actress
* Lisa Kushell (1971–), comedic actress (MADtv, co-host of Dinner and a Movie)
* David Krumholtz (1978–), actor (NUMB3RS)
* Adam Levine (1979–), musician (Maroon 5)Adam Levine
* Aaron Lewis (1972–) Lead singer of post-grunge band Staind.
* Jenny Lewis (1976–), musician and former child actress
* Michael Lucas (1972–) Russian-born porn star
* Jamie Luner (1971–), actress (Melrose Place)
* Natasha Lyonne (1979–), film/television actress (American Pie)
* Gabriel Macht (1972–), film actor
* Kellie Martin (1975–), actress who is known for her roles as the charismatic Rebecca Thatcher on Life Goes On, Christy Huddleston in Christy, and as Lucy Knight on ER.
* Idina Menzel (1971–), actress, singer and songwriter
* Seth Meyers (1973–), actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
* Gwyneth Paltrow (1972–), actress and singer
* Adam Pascal (1970–), actor (Rent)
* Amanda Peet (1972–), film actress
* Joaquin Phoenix (1974–), film actor (Gladiator, Two Lovers, The Village, Walk the Line)
* Rain Phoenix (1973–), actress/musician
* River Phoenix (1970–1993), film actor
* Summer Phoenix (1978–), actress and model
* Pink (1979–), singer and actress
* Josh Radnor (1976–), actor (How I Met Your Mother)
* Michael Rapaport (1970–), film and television actor
* Leah Remini (1970–), actress (The King of Queens)
* Simon Rex (1974–), actor and model
* Michael Rosenbaum (1972–), film and television actor (Smallvile)
* Tracee Ellis Ross (1972–), actress, daughter of singer Diana Ross
* Eli Roth (1972–), film actor, director, producer and writer
* Maya Rudolph (1972–), actress/comedian, cast member of Saturday Night Live
* Keri Russell (1976–), actress and dancer (Felicity, The Upside of Anger)
* Winona Ryder (1971–) (real name Winona Horowitz), film actress
* Sarah Saltzberg (1976–), Broadway theater actress
* Andy Samberg (1977–), comedian. Part of the group The Lonely Island and a Saturday Night Live cast member.
* Fred Savage (1976–), actor and television director known best for role on Wonder Years
* Josh Saviano (1976–) known best for role on Wonder Years
* Miriam Shor (1971–), film/television actress (Big Day)
* Sarah Silverman (1970–), stand-up comedian, actress, and writer
* Alicia Silverstone (1976–), actress and former fashion model (Clueless, Batman and Robin)
* Ione Skye (1971–) English-born actress
* Lindsay Sloane (1977–), actress
* Bahar Soomekh (1975–) Iranian-born actress (Crash)
* Tori Spelling (1973–), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
* Jordana Spiro (1977–), television actress (My Boys)
* Matt Stone (1971–), animator, film director, screenwriter, actor, voice actor, and creator of South Park
* Danny Strong (1974–), film/television actor
* Jonathan Togo (1977 – ), actor (CSI: Miami, Mystic River)
* Mageina Tovah (1979 – ), actress
* Kevin Weisman (1970–), film/television actor
* Jennifer Westfeldt (1971–), actress and writer (Kissing Jessica Stein)
* Marissa Jaret Winokur (1973–), film, television and stage actress (Hairspray stage version)
* Noah Wyle (1971–), film/television actor
* Nikki Ziering (1971–), model and actress
* Ethan Zohn (1973–) Survivor: Africa winner and actor
* Arianne Zuker (1974–), soap opera actress



1960s
* Paula Abdul (1962–), singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, and prominent choreographer
* Steven Adler (1965–), musician, songwriter, drummer (Guns N' Roses)
* Patricia Arquette (1968–) Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Hank Azaria (1964–) acclaimed Ladino (Sephardic Jewish language) speaking film and television actor, director, comedian and voice artist, who is one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons, and is known from films such as The Birdcage among others.
* David Alan Basche (1968–), actor
* Randall Batinkoff (1968–), film/television actor (For Keeps?)
* Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), voice actress (South Park)
* Troy Beyer (1964–), film director, screenwriter and actress
* Craig Bierko (1964–), film/television actor (Cinderella Man)
* Jack Black (1969–), film actor and musician (King Kong, Shallow Hal, Tropic Thunder)
* Yasmine Bleeth (1968–), television/film actress (Baywatch)
* Lisa Bonet (1967–), film/television actress (The Cosby Show)
* Matthew Broderick (1962–), film and stage actor (Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers)
* Gabrielle Carteris (1961–), actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
* Max Casella (1967–), actor Doogie Howser
* Scott Cohen (1964–), film/television actor
* Mindy Cohn (1966–), television actress (The Facts of Life)
* David Cross (1964–), actor/comedian
* Embeth Davidtz,(1965–) acclaimed actress known from films such as Schindler’s List, and Matilda, among others.
* Dean Devlin (1962–) former actor, now producer and screenwriter
* Don Diamont (1961–), soap opera actor (The Young and the Restless)
* Robert Downey Jr. (1965–), actor and musician (Iron Man)[208]
* David Duchovny (1960–), television and film actor (The X-Files)
* Lisa Edelstein (1967–), actress (House)
* Jon Favreau (1966–), actor/director (Iron Man)
* Dan Futterman (1967–), actor and screenwriter
* Jeff Garlin (1962–), comic actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
* Brad Garrett (1960–), actor and comedian
* Gina Gershon (1962–), film actress
* Jami Gertz (1965–), film/television actress
* Melissa Gilbert (1964–), former child actress, served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild
* Judy Gold (1962–), stand-up comedian and actress
* Tracey Gold (1969–), actress who appeared on TV show Growing Pains and sister of Missy
* Bill Goldberg (1966–) Currently inactive wrestler that wrestled for both World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and film/television actor
* Kerri Green (1967–) acclaimed actress, screenwriter, producer, and 80s teen icon, known for her role as the cheerleader-turned-adventurer “Andy” in The Goonies, and for the 1986 film Lucas, among others
* Jennifer Grey (1960–), actress, and dancer (Dirty Dancing)
* Arye Gross (1960–), film/television actor
* Greg Grunberg (1966–), film/television actor (Heroes)
* Annabelle Gurwitch (1961–), comedic actress, hostess of TBS's Dinner and a Movie
* Daryl Hannah (1960–), film actress (Splash)
* Jessica Hecht (1965–), film/stage actress
* Monica Horan (1963–), television actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
* Sean Kanan (1966–), soap opera actor (General Hospital)
* Lesli Kay (real name Lesli Pushkin), actress, known from "As the World Turns", who had the first individual girl's bat mitzvah in the state of West Virginia.
* Heather Paige Kent (1969–), television actress
* Marc Kudisch (1966–), stage actor
* Lisa Kudrow (1963–), actress (Friends)
* Juliet Landau (1965–), actress, daughter of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain
* John Lehr (1967–), actor/comedian (10 Items or Less)
* Jennifer Jason Leigh (1962–) Hollywood film actress
* Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961–), actress (Seinfeld)
* Joshua Malina (1966–), film and stage actor
* Camryn Manheim (1961–), actress (The Practice)
* Cindy Margolis (1965–), actress/model, included in 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as a result of being the "most downloaded" person in 1999
* Julianna Margulies (1966–), film/television actress (ER)
* Brett Marx (1964–), actor who is the great nephew of the Marx Brothers and best known for his performance in The Bad News Bears
* Marlee Matlin (1965–), actress (Children of a Lesser God)
* Debra Messing (1968–), actress (Will & Grace)
* Dina Meyer (1968–), film/television actress (Saw films)
* Ari Meyers (1969–), actress (Kate & Allie)
* Rob Morrow (1962–), actor (Northern Exposure, Numb3rs)
* Sarah Jessica Parker (1965–) Golden Globe, Emmy-winning actress
* Sean Penn (1960–), film actor
* Jeremy Piven (1965–), actor (Entourage)
* Rain Pryor (1969–), actress and comedian, daughter of Richard Pryor
* Ted Raimi (1965–), actor, brother of Spider-Man director Sam Raimi
* Adam Rich (1968–), child actor best known for his role in Eight is Enough
*Paul Rudd (1969–), actor and screenwriter, who is the son of two devout Jewish immigrants from England
* Adam Sandler (1966–), actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician
* Rob Schneider (1963–), actor, comedian, and screenwriter
* Bitty Schram (1968–) Golden Globe-nominated actress
* Liev Schreiber (1967–), actor
* Scott Schwartz (1968–), child actor who played in A Christmas Story and The Toy
* David Schwimmer (1966–) Emmy-nominated actor and director (Friends)
* Sam Seder (1966–) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director
* Kyra Sedgwick (1965–) Emmy-nominated actress
* Ally Sheedy (1962–), screen and stage actress ("Brat Pack" films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire)
* Jonathan Silverman (1966–), film/television actor
* Helen Slater (1963–), film actress and singer-songwriter, who is known among other things, for playing the infamous title role in the 1984 film Supergirl
* Robert Smigel (1960–) Comedian, actor, writer; known for being the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog and for Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse cartoon shorts, who also contributed to the Jewish album "The Jewish Songbook: The Heart and Humor of a People". He is the son of two devout Jewish parents, and was raised with a strong Jewish identity, which included Jewish day school, travels to Israel, and Jewish summer camps.
* Rena Sofer (1968–), actress born to two Orthodox Jewish parents, and whose father is an Orthodox Jewish rabbi. She is a descendent of preeminent mystical rabbi and philosopher Baal Shem Tov
* Jon Stewart (1962–), stand-up comedian, actor, author, who is the host, head writer, and producer of The Daily Show
* Ben Stiller (1965–), comedian, actor, and film director
* Michael Vartan (1968–) French-born film/television actor (Monster-in-Law)
* Steven Weber (1961–), film/television actor ("Wings")
* Scott Wolf (1968–), actor (Party of Five)
* Ian Ziering (1964–), actor (Beverly Hills 90210)



1950s
* Caroline Aaron (1957–), actress and producer
* Jason Alexander (1959–), actor, comedian, writer, director known for playing the iconic George Costanza and directing episodes on Seinfeld
* Adam Arkin (1956–), television, film, and stage actor
* Rosanna Arquette (1959–), actress, film director, and film producer
* Ellen Barkin (1954–), actress
* Robby Benson (1956–), actor, former teen idol
* Mike Binder (1958–), screenwriter, film director and actor
* Kate Capshaw (1953–), actress (Indiana Jones)
* Katie Couric (1957–), media personality, appeared in Shark Tale
* Ian Mitchell (1958 – ) Musician, Bay City Rollers, former teen idol
* Jamie Lee Curtis (1958–) Golden Globe-winning film actress, successful writer of books for children
* Tovah Feldshuh (1952–), actress, singer, and playwright
* Harvey Fierstein (1954–), actor, author, and singer)
* Carrie Fisher (1956–), film actress, novelist (Star Wars)
* Al Franken (1951–), comedian, actor, author, screenwriter, political commentator and radio host
* Jeff Goldblum (1952–), film actor
* Steve Guttenberg (1958–), actor
* Mary Hart (1950–), former actress and television personality (Entertainment Tonight)
* Amy Irving (1953–), actress
* Toni Kalem (1956–), film, television actress, screenwriter and director
* Carol Kane (1952–), actress
* Julie Kavner (1950–), film/television actress (voice of Marge on The Simpsons)
* Richard Kind (1956–), actor
* John Landis (1950–), actor, director, writer, and producer
* Carol Leifer (1956–), comedienne and actress
* Joan Lunden (1950–), broadcaster (Good Morning America), has also acted
* Melanie Mayron (1952–), actress and director (Thirtysomething)
* Larry Miller (1953–), stand-up comedian, actor
* Don Most (1953–), actor (Happy Days)
* Judd Nelson (1959–), actor famous for his role in The Breakfast Club
* Bebe Neuwirth (1958–), theater, television, and film actress
* Laraine Newman (1952–), comedienne and actress
* Daniel Day-Lewis (1957–), actor
* Ken Olin (1954–), actor, director and producer
* Mandy Patinkin (1952–), actor of stage and screen, and seminal singer/interpreter of Yiddish songs, among others
* Lorna Patterson (1956–), film, stage and television actress
* Scott Patterson (1958–), actor (Gilmore Girls)
* David Paymer (1954–), character actor
* Ron Perlman (1950–) film/television actor (Hellboy)
* Kevin Pollak (1957–), actor, impressionist and comedian
* Paul Reiser (1957–), actor, author and stand-up comedian (Mad About You)
* Paul Reubens (1952–) aka Peewee Herman
* Tanya Roberts (1954–), actress (Charlie's Angels)
* Alan Rosenberg (1950–), actor, 24th president of the Screen Actors Guild
* Katey Sagal (1954–), actress, singer, and writer (Married... with Children)
* Bob Saget (1956–), actor, stand-up comedian and game show host
* Richard Schiff (1955–), actor (The West Wing)
* Steven Seagal (1951–), action movie actor, producer, writer, director and singer
* Jerry Seinfeld (1954–), comedian, actor, and writer
* Jane Seymour (1951 – ) English-born film/television actress
* Wendie Jo Sperber (1958–2005), television/movie actress
* Annie Sprinkle (1954–) infamous stripper, porn film star/producer, porn magazine editor/writer, turned into an artist, cable television host
* Howard Stern (1954–), radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor and author
* Stephen Tobolowsky (1951–), actor
* Robert Trebor (1953–), actor (Hercules, Xena)
* Debra Winger (1955–), actress born to two Orthodox Jewish parents and who was raised with a strong Jewish identity that included trips to kibbutzim in Israel, and who is known, among other things, for playing the role of Wonder Girl in the Wonder Woman television series
* Mare Winningham (1959–), film and television actress



1940s
* Bob Balaban (1945–), actor and director
* Richard Belzer (1944–), stand up comedian, writer and actor
* Lewis Black (1948–) stand up comedian and actor
* Albert Brooks (1947–), stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, actor
* James Caan (1940–), film, stage and television actor
* Nell Carter (1948–2003), singer and film, stage, and television actress
* Peter Coyote (1941–), actor and author
* Billy Crystal (1947–), actor, writer, producer, comedian and film director
* Larry David (1947–) Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Michael Douglas (1944–), actor and producer (Jewish father)
* Richard Dreyfuss (1947–), actor
* Bob Dylan (1941–) singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet, also appeared in several films
* Bob Einstein (1942–), writer and comedian known as Super Dave.
* Richard Elfman (1949–), film director, writer and actor
* Harrison Ford (1942–), actor
* Bonnie Franklin (1944–), actress
* Art Garfunkel (1941–), singer & songwriter
* Paul Michael Glaser (1943–), actor (Starsky & Hutch)
* Scott Glenn (1941–), actor
* Christopher Guest (1948–) comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, film director, actor, and Spinal Tap member
* Goldie Hawn (1945–), film actress, director and producer
* Dan Hedaya (1940–), character actor
* Barbara Hershey (1948–), actress, known for her many film roles
* Ricky Jay (1948–) is an professional sleight-of-hand artist, actor, and author
* Madeline Kahn (1942–1999), actress of film, television, and theater
* Gabe Kaplan (1945–), actor, comedian, and professional poker player
* Andy Kaufman (1949–1984) Avant-garde comedian
* Judy Kaye (1948–), singer and actress
* Lainie Kazan (1940–), actress and singer
* Robert Klein (1942–), stand-up comedian and occasional actor
* Kevin Kline (1947–), stage and film actor
* Richard Kline (1944–), actor and television director
* Sherry Lansing (1944–), former CEO of Paramount Studios and actress
* Michael Lembeck (1948–), actor and director
* Richard Lewis (1947–), comedian and actor
* Judith Light (1949–), actress best known for her role on Who's the Boss?
* Peggy Lipton (1947–), television actress and socialite (The Mod Squad)
* Stephen Macht (1942–), actor
* Richard Masur (1948–), actor
* Bette Midler (1945–), singer, actress, and comedian, also known as The Divine Miss M
* Frank Oz (1944–) real name Richard Frank Oznowicz, acclaimed English-born film director, actor and puppeteer. As a puppeteer his characters have included Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle on The Muppet Show, and Grover, Cookie Monster and Bert on Sesame Street, and most notably Yoda (who he realized as a puppet, voiced and controlled)
* David Proval (1942–), actor (The Sopranos)
* Gilda Radner (1946–1989), comedian and actress (Saturday Night Live)
* Harold Ramis (1944–), director, actor, writer, and producer
* Rob Reiner (1947–) actor, director, producer, writer, political and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner, who directed and co-wrote the classic and acclaimed “mockumentary” film This Is Spinal Tap (together with fellow Jewish screenwriters and Spinal Tap members Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest), and who is acclaimed for his films Stand by Me, When Harry Met Sally..., and A Few Good Men.
* Peter Riegert (1947–), film/television actor
* Garry Shandling (born 1949), comedian and actor
* Wallace Shawn (born 1943), actor and writer
* Harry Shearer (born 1943), actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author and radio host. He is known for his long-running role on The Simpsons, his work on Saturday Night Live, and for being a founding member the comedy band Spinal Tap
* Paul Simon (born 1941), singer, songwriter
* Brent Spiner (born 1949), actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
* Barbra Streisand (born 1942) singer, songwriter, actress, and film director.
* Jeffrey Tambor (born 1944), film/television actor (Hellboy, Arrested Development)
* Jessica Walter (born 1941), film/television actress (Arrested Development)
* Zoë Wanamaker (born 1949),-born English actress
* Lesley Ann Warren (born 1946), stage, film and television actress
* Anson Williams (born 1949), actor (Happy Days)
* Henry Winkler (born 1945), actor, director, producer and author (Happy Days)



1930s
* Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking film director, writer, actor, musician and stand-up comedian who was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family
* Alan Arkin (born 1934), film actor, director
* Barbara Barrie (born 1931), actress and author of children's books
* Richard Benjamin (born 1938), actor/film director
* Dyan Cannon (born 1937), film and television actress, editor, producer and director
* Eddie Carmel (1936–1972) entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant"
* Jerry Douglas (born 1932), television actress (The Young and the Restless)
* Elliott Gould (born 1938), film/television actor
* Charles Grodin (born 1935), actor and former cable talk show host
* Estelle Harris (born 1932), actress (Seinfeld)
* Judd Hirsch (born 1935), actor (Taxi, NUMB3RS)
* Dustin Hoffman (born 1937) two-time Oscar winning actor
* Tony Jay (1933–2006) English/American actor
* Harvey Keitel (born 1939), actor
* Walter Koenig (born 1936), actor, writer, teacher and director (appeared in original Star Trek)
* Yaphet Kotto (born 1937) African-American actor (son of Cameroonian Crown Prince), best known for his role in Alien
* Martin Landau (born 1931) American film and television actor
* Michael Landon (1936–1991) actor, producer and director who starred in three NBC TV series that spanned three decades
* Louise Lasser (born 1939), stage/film/television actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman)
* Piper Laurie (born 1932), actress
* Linda Lavin (born 1937), stage, film and television actress
* Steve Lawrence (born 1935), singer and actor on The Carol Burnett Show
* Shari Lewis (1933–1998), ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, popular during the 1960s
* Hal Linden (born 1931), actor and television director
* Tina Louise (born 1934), model, singer, and film and television actress
* Jackie Mason (born 1931), stand-up comedian/actor
* Paul Mazursky (born 1930), film director and actor
* Barry Newman (born 1931), actor
* Leonard Nimoy (born 1931) Yiddish speaking son of Orthodox Jewish parents, who is a acclaimed film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer, who wrote and directed on the Star Trek films and series (in which he also played Spock) among other films
* Suzanne Pleshette (1937–2008), actress known for her role in The Bob Newhart Show
* Ron Rifkin (born 1939), actor, director
* Joan Rivers (born 1933), comedienne, actress, talk show host, and celebrity
* George Segal (born 1934), film and stage actor
* Seymour Schwartzman (1930–2009), opera singer and cantor.
* Susan Strasberg (1938–1999) an actress known for her performance in the risque In Praise of Older Women
* Dame Elizabeth Taylor (born 1932) Oscar-winning English / American film actress & sex symbol
* Gene Wilder (born 1933), actor and comedian



1920s
* Marty Allen (born 1922), stand-up comedian and actor
* Ed Ames (born 1927), singer and actor
* Beatrice Arthur (1925–2009), actress
* Ed Asner (born 1929), actor
* Lauren Bacall (born 1924), film and stage actress
* Julian Beck (1925–1985), actor, director, poet, and painter
* Shelley Berman (born 1926), comedian, writer, teacher, and actor
* Herschel Bernardi (1923–1986), film, Broadway and television actor
* Theodore Bikel (born 1924) character actor, folk singer and musician
* Larry Blyden (1925–1975), actor
* Tom Bosley (born 1927), film/television actor (Happy Days)
* Mel Brooks (born 1926) director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian, who pioneere comedy style and genre of mixing comedy with real historic events
* Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) Stand-up comedian, writer, social critic, satirist
* Susan Cabot (1927–1986), actress
* Sid Caesar (born 1922), comic actor and writer
* Robert Clary (born 1926) French-born actor, published author, and lecturer
* Tony Curtis (born 1925), film star
* Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004), comedian and actor
* Sammy Davis, Jr. (1925–1990) (Converted to Judaism) entertainer, member of the "Rat Pack"
* Peter Falk (born 1927), actor
* Fyvush Finkel (born 1923), actor
* Eddie Fisher (born 1928), singer and father of Carrie Fisher
* Lee Grant (born 1927), theater, film and television actress, and film director
* Buddy Hackett (1924–2003) Stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and producer, who used a lot of Jewish humor in his act, and who also served with an anti-aircraft unit during World War II, and set up the Singita Animal Sanctuary in the San Fernando Valley, California
* Monty Hall (born 1921) Canadian-born actor, singer and sportscaster (Let's Make a Deal)
* Laurence Harvey (1928–1973) Lithuanian-born actor, achieved fame in British and American films
* Steven Hill (born 1922), film and television actor
* Judy Holliday (1921–1965), actress, singer
* Werner Klemperer (1920–2000) comedic actor
* Jack Klugman (born 1922), actor
* Harvey Korman (1927–2008), actor
* Al Lewis (1920–2006), actor best known as Grandpa Munster
* Jerry Lewis (born 1926) Comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian, known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in his own classic films such as The Ladies Man (1961), The Errand Boy (1961), The Patsy (1964) and The Nutty Professor (1963), among many others
* Bill Macy (born 1922), actor
* Ross Martin (1920–1981) [Jewish family] Polish-born TV and film actor (Wild Wild West)
* Walter Matthau (1920–2000), actor
* Anne Meara (born 1929), comedienne and actress, partner and wife of Jerry Stiller
* Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer and model
* Vic Morrow (1929–1982), actor
* Paul Newman (1925–2008) Academy Award-winning actor and film director, philanthropist, founder of "Newman's Own"
* Charlotte Rae (born 1926), actress from The Facts of Life
* Tony Randall (1920–2004), comic actor
* Carl Reiner (born 1922), actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian
* Regina Resnik (born 1922), opera singer and actress
* Don Rickles (born 1926) Stand-up comedian, actor; pioneer of insult comedy
* Mort Sahl (born 1927) Stand-up comedian and actor, who is credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, and Dick Gregory among many others, and who also wrote jokes for speeches delivered by President John F. Kennedy.
* Fred Sadoff (1926–1994) Actor in South Pacific
* Rod Serling (1924–1975), screenwriter and actor (The Twilight Zone)
* Simone Signoret (1921–1985) Academy Award-winning French actress
* Jerry Stiller (born 1927), comedian and actor
* Mel Tormé (1925–1999), actor, musician, widely known as "The Velvet Fog", acclaimed and virtuosic jazz singer and songwriter, and who wrote over 400 songs including the song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire).
* Abe Vigoda (born 1921), film/television actor (The Godfather)Vigoda
* Jack Warden (1920–2006) Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated actor
* Shelley Winters (1920–2006) two-time Academy Award-winning actress



1910s
* Mason Adams (1919–2005), character actor
* Martin Balsam (1919–1996) was an actor who won an Academy Award for A Thousand Clowns
* John Banner (1910–1973) Austrian/American actor
* Red Buttons (1919–2006) Academy Award-winning comedian and actor
* Lee J. Cobb (1911–1976) Academy Award-nominated film actor
* Kirk Douglas (born 1916), actor, Hollywood film star (Spartacus)
* John Garfield (1913–1952), actor, 1940s film star
* Paulette Goddard (1910–1999), born, Oscar-nominated film and theatre actress
* Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910–2007), singer, actress, and spokeswoman for the arts
* Danny Kaye (1913–1987), film actor, singer and comedian
* Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000) (real name Hedwig Kiesler), renown and iconic actress, the daughter of two Jewish immigrants, who is revered as much for her classically Jewish good looks as for being an important scientist and inventor who invented an early form of spread spectrum communications technology, a key to modern wireless communication.
* Marc Lawrence (1910–2005), character actor
* Zero Mostel (1915–1977), stage and film actor
* Jan Murray (1916–2006), stand-up comedian, actor
* Luise Rainer (1910–) German-born (later American) two-time Academy Award-winning film actress
* Lillian Roth (1910–1980), singer and actress, noted performer on Broadway
* Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer and actress
* Sylvia Sidney (1910–1999), film actress
* Phil Silvers (1911–1985), entertainer and comedy actor
* Harold J. Stone (1913–2005), film and television character actor
* Mike Wallace (born 1918), journalist, briefly acted during the 1940s
* Eli Wallach (born 1915), film, TV and stage actor
* Sam Wanamaker (1919–1993), actor and director
* Keenan Wynn (1916–1986), character actor



1900s
* Stella Adler (1901–1992) legendary actress, and innovative acting teacher widely regarded as America's foremost acting teacher
* Jack Albertson (1907–1981), actor best known for his role on Chico and the Man
* Leon Askin (1907–2005) Austrian (later American) actor
* Milton Berle (1908–2002) Comedian and actor, who pioneered the vaudeville and stand-up comedy art forms
* Joe Besser (1907–1988), comedian (Three Stooges)
* Mel Blanc (1908–1989), voice actor and comedian, widely known as "The Man of a Thousand Voices”, known for creating the voices of such well-known characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester the Cat, Beaky Buzzard, Tweety Bird, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely, and hundreds of others.
* Ben Blue (1901–1975) Canadian (later American) actor and comedian
* Howard Da Silva (1909–1986), film actor
* Melvyn Douglas (1901–1981), actor, won all three of the entertainment industries' highest awards (two Oscars, a Tony and an Emmy)
* Larry Fine (1902–1975), comedian and actor (Three Stooges)
* John Houseman (1902–1988) was an actor who won an Academy Award for The Paper Chase
* Curly Howard (1903–1952), one of the Three Stooges
* Sam Levene (1905–1980) Russian/American stage and film actor
* Peter Lorre (1904–1964) born in Austria-Hungary (later American) stage and screen actor
* Zeppo Marx (1901–1979), member of the Marx Brothers
* Sandy Meisner, (1905–1997) Actor and acting coach who developed the acting methodology, now known as the "Meisner Technique".
* Ritz Brothers (Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, 1901–1965, 1904–1985, 1907–1986) legendary Jewish comedy team
* Natalie Schafer (1900–1991) was an actress best known for her role in Gilligan's Island
* Lee Strasberg (1901–1982) renown actor, director, and one of the most respected and best-known acting teachers in American theater and film, who according to many people, including acting author Mel Gussow, "revolutionized the art of acting and had a influence on performance in American theater and movies”
* Semour Schwartzman (1929–2009) Jewish, Baritone ,Opera Singer "New York City Opera "Rigoletto" and World famous Cantor "Hassan" Beth Shalom, Phila. Pa. Frank Lloyd Wright



1890s
* Jack Benny (1894–1974) Comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, film actor,who was a foundational influence on the situation comedy television show genre.
* Gertrude Berg (1899–1966), radio and television actress
* Fanny Brice (1891–1951), comedian, singer, and entertainer
* George Burns (1896–1996), comedian and actor
* Eddie Cantor (1892–1964), comedian, singer, actor, songwriter, one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. in the early and middle 20th century
* Ricardo Cortez (1899–1977) Austrian-born (later American) silent film star, known as a "Latin lover" type
* Hermione Gingold (1897–1987),[475] British actress
* Moe Howard (1897–1975) the "leader" of the Three Stooges
* Shemp Howard (1895–1955), born, part of the Three Stooges comedy team
* Sam Jaffe (1891–1984) Academy Award-nominated film and stage actor
* Irving Kaufman (1890–1976), singer, recording artist and Vaudeville performer
* Francis Lederer (1899–2000) Czech-born (later American) actor
* Philip Loeb (1892–1955), stage, film, and television actor
* Paul Lukas (1895–1971) Hungarian (later American) film actor
* Groucho Marx (1890–1977), comedian, working both with his siblings, the Marx Brothers, and on his own
* Gummo Marx (1893–1977), one of the Marx Brothers
* Paul Muni (1895–1967) Austrian-born (later American) Academy Award and Tony Award-winning actor from the Golden Age of Hollywood
* Carmel Myers (1899–1980), silent film actress
* Molly Picon (1898–1992), star of stage, screen and television
* Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), stage and film actor
* Mae West (1893–1980), actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol



1880s
* Broncho Billy Anderson (1880–1971), actor, writer, director, and producer, perhaps best-known as the first star of the Western film genre
* Theda Bara (1885–1955), silent film actress, known as the first screen "Vamp"
* Douglas Fairbanks (real name Douglas Ullman) (1883–1939) legendary actor, screenwriter, director and producer known for his innovative silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro in which he starred himself
* Al Jolson (1886–1950), singer and actor
* Chico Marx (1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers
* Harpo Marx (1888–1964), one of the Marx Brothers
* Sophie Tucker (1884–1966), actress, singer and comedienne
* Erich von Stroheim (1885–1957) Austrian-born (later American) filmmaker and actor
* Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), star character actor in silent films during 1920s; also appeared on stage and early sound films (All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930)
* Ed Wynn (1886–1966), comedian and actor



Pre–1880s
* Alla Nazimova (1879–1945), theater and film actress, scriptwriter, and producer
* Boris Thomashefsky (1868–1939) acclaimed Ukrainian-born (later American) singer, actor, and Yiddish theatre icon
* Jacob Pavlovitch Adler (1855–1926) Russian-born (later American) actor, a star of the Yiddish theatre
* Adah Isaacs Menken (1835–1868), actress, dancer, painter and poet who converted to Judaism upon marrying the first of her four husbands

Film directors

* Jim Abrahams, parody director (Hot Shots)
* J.J. Abrams, writer and director (Lost, Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek)
* Woody Allen (born 1935) Yiddish speaking Academy Award-winning film director, writer, actor, and comedian and musician
* Judd Apatow (born 1968) screenwriter, television/film producer
* Alan Arkin (born 1934) Academy Award-nominated film actor, director
* Jack Arnold, director
* Darren Aronofsky (born 1969) film director, screenwriter and producer (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler)
* George Axelrod, director, producer and screenwriter
* Ralph Bakshi, Israeli-born animation film director, screenwriter, and animator.
* Bob Balaban, director and producer
* Richard Benjamin (born 1938) actor/film director
* Andrew Bergman, director
* Edward Bernds, director of Three Stooges and Blondie films
* Curtis Bernhardt, German-born director and producer
* Peter Bogdanovich, director (Jewish mother)
* Zach Braff (born 1975) television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
* Kevin Bright, director, screenwriter, and executive producer
* James L. Brooks, Oscar-winning director, writer, producer
* Mel Brooks, director, writer, actor, producer, composer, lyricist, and stand-up comedian
* Richard Brooks, director
* Edward Cahn, director of Our Gang from 1939–1943
* William Castle, director
* Larry Clark, independent film director, writer, producer, and photographer.
* Ethan & Joel Coen (AKA the Coen brothers) directors, screenwriters & producers (Fargo, No Country for Old Man)
* Rob Cohen, director, producer
* Ricardo Cortez, director and actor; brother of Stanley Cortez
* David Cronenberg, film maker, director, screenwriter, and actor.(A History of Violenc, Eastern Promises, eXistenZ)
* George Cukor, Oscar-winning director.
* Michael Curtiz, Oscar-winning director.
* Paul Czinner, Hungarian-born director.
* Jules Dassin, director
* Larry David, Emmy-winning writer, director, comedian, actor, producer, co-creator of Seinfeld and creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm
* Andrew Davis, director
* Cecil B. DeMille, Academy Award-winning film director and producer
* Maya Deren, director
* Henri Diamant-Berger, French-born director, producer and screenwriter
* Stanley Donen, legendary film director and choreographer
* Richard Elfman, director
* Nora Ephron, acclaimed film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, author
* Douglas Fairbanks (real name Douglas Ullman), film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
* Max Fleischer, animator, director, producer, inventor, and a major pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon who served as the head of Fleischer Studios
* Richard Fleischer, director; son of animator Max Fleischer
* Victor Fleming, legendary Oscar-winning film director, cinematographer, and producer
* Isaac Florentine, director
* Miloš Forman film director, screenwriter, actor and professor
* Carl Foreman, director, producer and screenwriter
* William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, producer
* Samuel Fuller, director
* Lee Grant (born 1927) Academy Award-winning theater, film and television actress, and film director
* Christopher Guest (born 1948) Lord Haden-Guest, actor, writer, director, composer, musician, and founding Spinal Tap member
* Charles Guggenheim, Oscar-winning documentary director
* Todd Haynes, director
* Amy Heckerling, director and screenwriter
* Peter Hyams, director
* Spike Jonze, (real name Adam Spiegel), director and producer of film, television, and music videos
* Garson Kanin, director, screenwriter and playwright
* Lawrence Kasdan, director
* Jeffrey Katzenberg (born 1950) film producer, director and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG
* Philip Kaufman, director, screenwriter
* Tony Kaye, director of films, music videos and documentaries, who directed the much praised film American History X
* Irvin Kershner, film director
* Zalman King, director
* Harmony Korine, independent film director, screenwriter, producer
* Henry Koster, director
* Stanley Kramer, director
* Stanley Kubrick, legendary film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer of films
* John Landis (born 1950) movie actor, director, writer, and producer
* Fritz Lang, film director, screenwriter, and producer
* Norman Lear, creator, head screenwriter and producer
* Mimi Leder, director
* Mervyn LeRoy, legendary Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, and producer
* Richard Lester, director
* Barry Levinson, Oscar-winning director
* Shuki Levy, singer-songwriter, composer, television writer, director, and executive producer
* Jerry Lewis (born 1926) comedian, singer, actor, film director, writer, film producer, and humanitarian
* Anatole Litvak, Russian-born director
* Siegmund Lubin, director
* Ernst Lubitsch, director
* Sidney Lumet, director
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Oscar-winning director
* Tom Mankiewicz, director and screenwriter; son of Joseph L. Mankiewicz
* Daniel Mann, director
* Michael Mann, legendary film director, screenwriter, producer (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans, Ali, Collateral )
* Stuart Margolin, director and actor
* Elaine May, director, actress and screenwriter
* Paul Mazursky (born 1930) director, producer and actor
* Albert and David Maysles, documentary filmmakers
* Sam Mendes, filmmaker, director, producer (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road, Jarhead)
* Nancy Meyers, director, screenwriter
* Lewis Milestone, Oscar-winning director
* Bennett Miller, Oscar-nominated director ("Capote")
* Sam Newfield, TV & film director
* Mike Nichols (born 1931) Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning film and stage director
* Leonard Nimoy, film director, actor, writer, singer, songwriter, poet, and photographer
* Ken Olin (born 1954) actor, director and producer
* Marcel Ophüls, director; son of director Max Ophüls
* Richard Oswald, German-born director and producer
* Alan J. Pakula, Oscar-winning director, producer
* Arthur Penn, director
* Leo Penn, director
* Abraham Polonsky, director
* Sydney Pollack, Oscar-winning director, actor, producer
* Otto Preminger, director
* Sam Raimi, director (Trilogji Evil Dead, Spider-man, The Quick and the Dead, Drag me to Hell)
* Harold Ramis, director, writer, producer, actor
* Irving Rapper (1898–1999) British-born film director
* Brett Ratner, director (Red Dragon, Rush Hour)
* Carl Reiner, director and actor; father of Rob Reiner
* Rob Reiner (born 1947) actor, director, producer, writer, political and anti-tobacco activist; son of Carl Reiner
* Ron Rifkin (born 1939) actor, director
* Martin Ritt, director
* Jay Roach, director
* Jerome Robbins, Oscar-winning director, and one of the most innovative and influential choreographers and filmmakers in history
* Herbert Ross, director
* Robert Rossen, director, screenwriter
* Eli Roth (born 1972) film actor, director, producer and writer (Hostel, Inglourious Basterds)
* Joe Roth, director, producer and executive
* Joel Schumacher, director (Jewish mother)
* Sam Seder (born 1966) actor, comedian, writer, producer, director
* Susan Seidelman, director
* Adam Shankman, director, choreographer
* George Sidney (1916–2002) American film director, known for MGM films
* Don Siegel, director
* Bryan Singer, director and producer (X-Men, The Usual Suspects, Valkyrie)
* Robert Siodmak, German-born director
* Todd Solondz, director
* Roman Polanski, director (The Pianist)
* Barry Sonnenfeld, director
* Steven Spielberg, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, producer
* Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born director (The Blue Angel)
* Oliver Stone, Oscar-winning film director and screenwriter
* Paul Strand, documentary director
* Erich von Stroheim, film director, pro-auteur, and actor of the silent age as well as the later eras.
* James Toback, director, screenwriter and producer
* Edgar G. Ulmer, director
* Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, director brothers best known for American Pie
* Billy Wilder, Oscar-winning director, screenwriter, and producer, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films
* Irwin Winkler, director
* Robert Wise, film director, producer, sound effects editor, film editor. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s.
* Frederick Wiseman, documentary director
* William Wyler, Oscar-winning director
* Boaz Yakin, director
* Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born Oscar-winning director
* David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (1950–) parody directors, producers (Trilogji The Naked Gun)
* Edward Zwick, director, producer (The Last Samurai, Blood Diamond, Legends of the Fall)
* Terry Zwigoff, director
* Jerry Bruckheimer, producer

Special guests

* David Copperfield, world renown Israeli/American illusionist
* Bob Dylan, singer, songwriter who revolutionized folk music with songs like Blowin' in the Wind and Like a Rolling Stone
* Jakob Dylan, Bob Dylan’s son, lead singer, songwriter of the predominantly Jewish Grammy Award winning rock band The Wallflowers
* Danny Elfman, lead singer and chief songwriter of the new-wave band Oingo Boingo, and later a much praised film/TV composer; his scores include The Simpsons Theme, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Batman Returns, and the scores to other Tim Burton films
* Guns N' Roses, Jewish members include Slash (lead guitarist, songwriter, real name Saul Hudson), Ron Thal aka "Bumblefoot" (lead guitarist, songwriter, producer), and Steven Adler (songwriter, drummer).
* James Horner, composer and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and has won two Academy Awards for his score and song compositions for the film Titanic in 1997, which includes his already classic survival anthem My Heart Will Go On. His other scores include An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Casper (1995). Aliens (1986, earning his first Academy Award nomination), A Beautiful Mind, among many others
* Alan Menken, musical theatre, film composer and pianist, who has won eight Academy Awards as well as ten additional nominations. His compositions include Little Shop of Horrors (Oscar Nominee), The Little Mermaid (Oscar Winner), Beauty and the Beast (Oscar Winner), Newsies, Aladdin (Oscar Winner) (1992), A Christmas Carol (1994 Broadway musical and 2004 TV movie), Pocahontas (Oscar Winner) (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 and 1999 German musical), Hercules (Oscar Nominee) (1997), King David (1997), among many others
* Randy Newman, prolific singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his innovative, mordant, satirical, and often melodically sophisticated pop songs, as well for his many film scores (such as the Toy Story soundtrack). His classc songs include Short People, I Love L.A., Rednecks, God’s Song, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear, You've Got a Friend in Me, In Germany Before the War, among many others.
* Pink, singer and songwriter
* Elvis Presley's great-great-grandmother was Jewish. Elvis personally had a Star of David carved into his mother's grave. He also learned the Hebrew alphabet, donated to Jewish charities, had a Rabbi as his spiritual teacher, and he routinely wore a Chai necklace (meaning “Life/Living” in Hebrew) in order to celebrate his Jewish heritage.
* Lou Reed, lead singer, composer, lyricist, often imitated avant-garde guitarist who with his band The Velvet Underground broke down many taboo barriers of what was possible or acceptable in rock music, both musically and lyrically, and thereby laid down the groundwork of all modern indie or DIY (Do it yourself) music. His songs include the anthemic "Perfect Day", "Venus in Furs", "Pale
* Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), actress, singer and model