Just my personal wishing list of directors, artists and creative people whose work and mindset I respect and admire, who I would love to meet, exchange thoughts and visions, collaborate and work with again or even just have material created by them in front of me to play with.
(no special order, just written down, permanently updating, many still missing here):
Anton Corbijn
Depeche Mode
Massive Attack
Foo Fighters
Florence and the Machine
Thom Yorke
Coldplay
Lance Acord
Baran Bo Odar
Ted Lasso
Sebastian Strasser
Charlotte Regan
James F. Coton
Kim Gehrig
Billy Pols
Reynald Gresset √
Alejandro G. Iñarítu √
Ruijchi Sakamoto √
Alva Noto √
Simon Mayer √
Adolfo J. Kolmerer
Chris Columbus
Richard Donner
John Huges
Robert Frank
William Klein
Joshua K. Jackson
Vivian Meyer
Katharina Hingst √
Claas Ortmann √
Eric van den Hoonaard √
Benjamin Brettschneider √
Dorian & Daniel
LeonelRuben
Niclas Larsson
Gustav Johansson
Rune Milton
Mark Romanek
Spike Jonze
Vincent Haycock
Frederico Mazzarisi
Nalle Sjöblad √
Laura Martinova
Nadia Marquard Otzen
Nina Aaldering
Mark Jenkinson
William Armstrong
Kai Kurve √
Matt Lambert √
Bastian Glaessner √
Rob Chiu
Hiro Murai
Miles Jay
Camille Summers-Valli
Martin de Thurah
Ace Norton √
Daniel Wolfe
Jovan Todorovic
Ian Pons Jewell
Henry Schofield
Rollo Jackson
Marcus Söderlund
Maik Schuster
Cliqua
Jonas Lindstroem
Daniel Sannwald
Ben Strebel
Tom Noakes
Samual Bayer
Sam Brown
Emil Nava
Nabil
Emily Kai Bock
Dawn Shadforth √
Mario Clement
Andreas Roth
Marko Roth
Tibor Glage
Jonathan Barber
Dan di Felice
Johan Kramer
Markus Walter
Alex Feil √
Matthäus Bussmann
Sidney van Wichelen
SONDER √
Ben Galster √
Niels Lacroix √
MOM √
Alexander Kühn
Simon Ritzler √
Kay Kienzler √
Malte Goy √
Adam Munnings
Alex Schuchmann
Joschka Laukeninks
Timm Gillner
I am Here
Monica Menez √
Tom Streller
Patrick Jaworek
Ole Westermann
Pascal Thieret
Pantera √
Manjot Bedi √
TRIM Editing
Tom Lindsay
Paul Hardcastle
somesuchandco
Govert Janse
Robert Duffy
Spot Welders
Cabin Edit
Graham Chisholm
Nimiopere
Rüdiger Chmielus √
Marty Schenck √
Nils Landmark
Stefan Essl √
Ana de Mier y Ortuño √
Hans Zimmer
Michael Kadelbach √
Jóhann Jóhannsson
Thomas Newton Howard
Rick Rubin
Jay-Z
Roger Deakins
Chivo √
Hoyte van Hoytema
Steve Annis
Monika Lenczewska
Jalaludin Trautmann √
Christian Huck √
Cezary Zacharewicz √
Khalid Motaseb
Rina Yang
Markus Förderer
Joe Cook
Julian C. Steiner √
Stephan Mühlau √
Tim Bieker
Moritz Carsten √
Antonio Paladino
Manuel Portschy √
CANADA
AB/CD/CD
ANORAK √
Felix Knabel √
Akkurat
Antoni √
Damon Aval √
Le Berg √
Academy Films
LANDIA
LA PAC
TonyPetersenFilm √
Volker Steinmetz √
Tempomedia √
Markenfilm √
Lilly Lipps √
Chunk Films √
Nick Krüger √
27km
Simon&Paul
Nicholas Berglund
Wiedemann & Berg √
Stereo Films √
Soup Film √
Wolfpack Vision √
Modest Department √
David Fincher
Coen Brothers
Steven Spielberg
E.T.
Chewbacca
The Goonies
Ferris Buler
Captain Future
Peter Sellers
David Lean
Jennifer Connelly
Jake Gillenhaul
Denis Villeneuve
Taika Waititi
Edgar Wright
Kathrin Bigelow
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
Marty Scorsese
Joe Walker
Thelma Schoonmaker
Michael Kahn
William Greenberg
Tom Cross
Pietro Scalia
Lee Smith
Matt Haig
Paolo Coelho
...