Profiles Of Today's Most Acclaimed Hollywood Directors

The British-born director Adrian Lyne cut his teeth professionally in TV commercials and would later incorporate many of that genre's stylistic techniques into his films. In the 1980s he struck box-office gold with his masterful direction of several sexually-charged psychological dramas and continues to prove himself as a highly influential filmmaker. His stunning motion pictures include Flashdance, Nine 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction, Jacob's Ladder, Indecent Proposal and Lolita. Interviewed actors who offer their insight into Levinson's work include Danny Aiello, Anne Archer, Jennifer Beals, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Irons, Frank Langella and Tim Robbins.