Who are some currently famous Catholic directors?

Answer 1

• Jim Calviezel played Jesus in The Passion of the Christand is a very devout Catholic.
• Mel Gibson, director of Passion of the Christ, is Traditionalist Catholic- doesn't accept the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
• Nicole Kidman star of the film The Golden Compass, which is said to have a basis in Christianity and which some people are calling anti-Catholic, was raised Catholic and returned to her Catholic roots after divorcing Scientologist Tom Cruise.
• Mary Pickford, producer, actress and star of over one hundred movies between 1909 and 1933 was raised Catholic but converted to Christian Science in later life.
• Bridget Bardot, blonde bombshell and star of And God Created Woman is Catholic and had publically lamented the downward slide of practising Catholics in France.
• Actor and singer Dean Martin was Catholic.
• Carmen Miranda was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household.
• Award winning actor and star of the thriller Silence of the Lambs Sir Anthony Hopkins is Catholic.`
• Star of the Witches of Eastwick, Susan Sarandon was raised in a large Catholic family and attended the Catholic University in Washington DC.
• Ever popular actor Will Smith was born in a Baptist house, went to a Catholic school and is now a Scientologist.
• Alfred Hitchcock was raised a strict Catholic and despite the macabre theme of his movies he did incorporate much religious imagery in them.
• Brooke Shields is a Catholic although she did recently come under some harsh criticism for her choice to have an IVF baby.
• Actor Sean Penn is a Catholic and was raised by a devout Catholic mother and a lapsed Jewish father.
• Star of the film The Devil's Advocate, Al Pacino is Catholic.
• Bill Murray was raised in a Catholic family and his sister, a Dominican Sister, made headlines with her one-woman show on Saint Catherine of Sienna.
• Sophia Lauren was Catholic and caused a scandal in Italy when she married a divorcee.
• Ben Afleck, star of the movie Dogma, was raised by a Protestant father and a Catholic mother.
• Antonio Banderas was raised Catholic but now describes himself as agnostic.
• Director, producer and actor Martin Scorcese once considered entering the priesthood but is now a lapsed Catholic.
• Nicolas Cage, who stars as a Catholic policeman in The Wicker Man, was raised Catholic.
• Sylvester Stallone was raised a Catholic and has recently heavily returned to the faith after a period which he describes as being lost in The Temptations of the modern world.
• Bela Lugosi, renowned for his work in horror movies and in particular as Dracula, was raised a Catholic.

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Answer 2

Actors:

George Clooney, Chad Allen, Mel Gibson, Al Pacino, Dan Ackroyd, Martin Sheen, Javier Bardem, Nicholas Cage, Jim Calviezel, Steve Carrell, Darren Criss, Mike O'Malley, Alec Baldwin, Daniel Baldwin, William Baldwin, Adamo Ruggiero, Dominic Monaghan, John Voight, Maximilian Schell, Rupert Grint

Actresses:

Nicole Kidman, Taylor Momsen, Angelina Jolie, Eva Longoria Parker, Penelope Cruz, Saoirse Ronan, Susan Sarandon, Brook Shields, Jane Lynch, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Lopez, Fergie, Christina Aguilera, Vanessa Minillo, Jessica Alba, Evanna Lynch, Lindsay Lohan, Kathy Hilton, Paris Hilton, Kristin Scott Thomas

Answer 3

Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Mel Gibson, Jim Sheridan...

Deceased-Robert Altman, John Ford, Frank Capra, Eric Rohmer, Luis Bunuel, Alfred Hitchcock and John Heuston (also deceased) were also Catholic.