Filmmaker Graves & Memorials

Edward S. Porter

1848–1902 (age 54)

Cave Hill Cemetery

Edward S. Porter (1848-1902) was an early American filmmaker and pioneer of motion picture production.

Alexander Drankov

1879–1949 (age 70)

Colma

Alexander Drankov (1879-1949) was a Russian filmmaker and pioneer of early cinema.

Edwin Stanton Porter

1870–1941 (age 71)

Kensico Cemetery

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer credited with developing narrative filmmaking techniques in early cine...

D. W. Griffith

1875–1948 (age 73)

Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard

D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) was a Crestwood resident and pioneering filmmaker buried at Mount Tabor Methodist Church Grav...

William Girdler

1947–1978 (age 31)

Cave Hill Cemetery

William Girdler (1947-1978) was a Louisville native laid to rest at Cave Hill Cemetery.

Hal Roach, Jr.

1918–1972 (age 54)

Calvary Cemetery

Hal Roach, Jr. was a Los Angeles-based film industry professional who lived from 1918 to 1972 and was buried at Calvary ...

David Maysles

1931–1987 (age 56)

Sharon Memorial Park

David Maysles was an American documentary filmmaker and pioneer of cinema vérité.

Coleman Francis

1919–1973 (age 54)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Coleman Francis (1919–1973) of Greer County was an American actor, writer, director, and producer remembered for his c...

Winston Hibler

1910–1976 (age 66)

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Winston Hibler, Harrisburg-born Disney filmmaker who narrated and produced numerous projects, passed in 1976 and is buri...

Billy Wilder

1906–2002 (age 96)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Sucha Beskidzka-born Billy Wilder (1906–2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker celebrated for classics like "Some Li...

Anatoly Eiramdzhan

1937–2014 (age 77)

Miami

Anatoly Eiramdzhan (1937–2014) hailed from Baku and is buried in Miami.

David Lynch

1946–2025 (age 79)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

David Lynch, the Missoula-born filmmaker acclaimed for his surrealist cinema and television works, is noted here as pass...

Seijun Suzuki

1923–2017 (age 94)

Saizō-in Temple

Seijun Suzuki was a Japanese filmmaker born in Nihonbashi-ku in 1923 who died in 2017 and was buried at Saizō-in Temple...