#!/usr/bin/env python

# from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
import lxml.etree as ET

movie_data = [
    ('Jaws', 'Spielberg, Stephen'),
    ('Vertigo', 'Alfred Hitchcock'),
    ('Blazing Saddles', 'Brooks, Mel'),
    ('Princess Bride', 'Reiner, Rob'),
    ('Avatar', 'Cameron, James'),
]

movies = ET.Element('movies')

for name, director in movie_data:
    movie = ET.SubElement(movies, 'movie', name=name)
    ET.SubElement(movie, 'director').text = director

print(ET.tostring(movies, pretty_print=True).decode())

doc = ET.ElementTree(movies)

doc.write('movies.xml')