Martin Scorsese, one of the most prominent filmmakers, issued a statement rejecting quotas.

Out of his three daughters, Anisa Mehdi is the most prominent as an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

His memoirs detail his friendships with many prominent filmmakers and writers.

The festival will usually hold a retrospective to honor a prominent filmmaker, artist, or actor, and will screen a number of their most notable films.

Kurosawa both directed and edited most of his films, which is nearly unique among prominent filmmakers.

Close by, in another neighborhood, an 18-year-old girl and her father, a prominent filmmaker, watched these events unfolding on the evening news and discussed it excitedly.

Maroun Bagdadi was arguably Lebanon's most prominent filmmaker, one whose work has been seen all over the world.

The festival also holds a sidebar retrospective on a prominent Indian filmmaker, actor, or artist.

The awards are given by the jury of five or six members, usually consisting of prominent filmmakers and film critics.

It also acquired rights to several prominent filmmakers' works originally released by other studios through its subsidiaries over the years.