The Twenties

Ken Russell, director, Metropolis (1927)

The Thirties

Lynda Myles, writer/producer, L'Atalante (1934)

Julien Temple, director, L'Atalante

Nathalie Press, actor, The Wizard of Oz (1939)

David Mackenzie, director, L'Atalante (1934)

The Forties

Leslie Hardcastle, OBE, BFI governor, A Diary for Timothy (1945)

Shami Chakrabarti, CBE, firector of Liberty, BFI governor, A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

Stephen Woolley, producer, Great Expectations (1946)

Terence Davies, director, Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Tanya Seghatchian, producer, A Matter of Life and Death

Margaret Hodge, MBE, MP, A Matter of Life and Death

Adrian Wootton, CEO, Film London, The Third Man (1949)

Amanda Nevill, director, BFI, A Diary For Timothy

Liz Rosenthal, director, Power to the Pixel, A Matter of Life and Death

Patrick Marber, playwright/screenwriter, The Red Shoes (1948)

Stephen Frears, director, The Third Man

Phyllida Law, actor, Ivan the Terrible (1944)

The Fifties

Lord Bragg, writer/broadcaster, The Seventh Seal (1957)

Nitin Sawhney, composer, Pather Panchali (1955)

Philip French, journalist, Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Joanna Hogg, director, Tokyo Story (1953)

Frank Skinner, comedian/writer, The Card (1952)

Sir Ben Kingsley, actor, Never Take No for an Answer (1951)

Trudie Styler, producer/actor, Night of the Hunter (1955)

Nicholas Hytner, artistic director, National Theatre, The Band Wagon (1953)

Lizzie Francke, producer, Vertigo (1958)

Gurinder Chadha, director, Tokyo Story (1953)

Sarah Waters, writer, A Star Is Born (1954)

Lizzie Francke, producer, Vertigo

The Sixties

Barnaby Thompson, head of studio, Ealing Studios, A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Miranda Richardson, actor, The Innocents (1961)

Caroline Michel, literary agent, BFI governor, The Leopard (1963)

Stewart Till, chair, UK Film Council If… (1968)

Thomas Hoegh, CEO, Arts Alliance Media, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Sir Roger Moore, actor, Lawrence of Arabia

David Arnold, composer, West Side Story (1961)

Lisa Ray, actor, 8 ½ (1963)

Tony Robinson, actor, Spartacus (1960)

David Morrissey, actor, Kes (1969)

Pierre Bismuth, artist, Night of the Masterpiece (1963)

Ken Loach, director, Closely Observed Trains (1966)

Rebecca O'Brien, producer, The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Paul Greengrass, director, The Battle of Algiers

Chiwetel Ejiofor, actor, Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

The Seventies

Martha Fiennes, director, Apocalypse Now (1979)

Jaime Winstone, actor, Quadrophenia (1979)

Cate Blanchett, actor, Stalker (1979)

Baz Bamigboye, journalist, The Godfather (1972)

Sigur Ros, musicians, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

Greg Dyke, chair, BFI, Cabaret (1972)

Jane Wright, general manager, BBC Films, Ryan's Daughter (1970)

The Eighties

Juliette Binoche, actor, The Sacrifice (1986)

Diane Abbott, MP, She's Gotta Have It (1986)

Simon Pegg, actor, Raising Arizona (1987)

John Woodward, CEO, UK Film Council, Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Leslie Phillips, CBE ,OBE, actor, Empire of the Sun (1987)

Bill Nighy, actor, Mississippi Burning (1988)

Marc Boothe, director, -B3Media, Do the Right Thing (1989)

Paul Burston, journalist/author The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

Asif Kapadia, director, Raging Bull (1980)

James Christopher, film critic, The Times, Blade Runner (1982)

Lord Puttnam, producer, Local Hero (1983)

Russell Brand, actor/comedian, The Elephant Man (1980)

The Nineties

Noel Clarke, writer/director, Pulp Fiction (1994)

Harry Treadaway, actor, Ratcatcher (1999)

The 2000s

Michael Nyman, composer, Silent Light (2007)

Mark Herbert, producer, Grizzly Man (2005)

Ashley Walters, actor, Adulthood (2008)

Matt Lucas, comedian, Billy Elliot (2000)

Max Minghella, actor, Friday Night Lights (2004)

Jason Solomons, journalist, This is England (2006)

Jess Search, Chief Executive, Channel 4, The Fog of War (2003)

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