Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd were film directors who helped develop the way we use film. For instance, they devolved the use of physical gags, which were perfect for silent films. These films were able to be spread world wide without the need of translation. Keaton preferred to look into how cameras worked when it came to films, while Chaplin focused in on improvisation and performance, and Lloyd always took stunts too far and preformed the more dangerous acts.

A example of each of their films are:

• Buster Keaton – The Camera Man – 1928
• Charlie Chaplin – The Tramp – 1915
• Harold Lloyd – Safety Last – 1923

The Italian version of Charlie Chaplin was called Toto, while the French version of Chaplin was called Jacques Tati.