Gallery: 10 Black Filmmakers Who Brought You Your Favorite Movies Over The Years

Do you ever wonder who the person behind your favorite movie is? We always associate classic films with the actors and actresses who star in them, but the movie starts with the filmmaker behind the camera. The vision is just as important as the actors you see on screen. 

It's not easy to get a film greenlit, particularly if it's a Black film. Our hats are off to filmmakers who have stayed on their grind and continued to hustle even when they couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. These are pioneers, legends, icons today.

To thank them, we curated this list of black filmmakers to break down some of the visionaries who have brought us some pretty amazing films all while putting their signature stamps all over Hollywood. Here is our top 10 list...there's so many more though. This is just the tip of the iceberg...