Director
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned celebrities who have left their mark as directors in the entertainment industry. Explore the profiles of these talented visionaries and learn about their significant contributions to film, television, and stage.

Konstantin Zhuk
Soviet film director

Mai Elisabeth Zetterling
Great Britain
Great BritainSwedish actress, film director, screenwriter and producer

Rod Daniel
USA
USAAmerican film and television director

Josef Sternberg
USA
USAAmerican director, producer, screenwriter and composer

Segundo de Chomon
France
FranceDirector, screenwriter, actor, cameraman.

Vija Beinerte
Latvia
LatviaSoviet and Latvian film director and journalist.

Umid Malikov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanUzbek director, director of photography

Stuart Gordon
USA
USAAmerican director

Werner Herzog
Germany
GermanyFilm director

Jiang Wen
China
ChinaChinese actor, film director and screenwriter

Marcel Camus
France
FranceFrench film director, screenwriter and actor

Kenneth Anger
USA
USAAmerican underground film director, actor, writer and occultist

Mike Newell
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish director, producer

Vincent Moon
France
FranceIndependent French film director and photographer

Ousmane Sembene
Senegal
SenegalSenegalese film director, screenwriter, actor, writer and communist activist

Antonio Gimenez-Rico
Spain
SpainSpanish film director and screenwriter.

Sarah Maldoror
France
FranceFrench film director, screenwriter

Gore Verbinski
USA
USAAmerican film director and writer

Kiril Tushi
Director

Margarethe Trotta
Germany
GermanyActress, director and playwright

John Singlenton
USA
USADirector, screenwriter and producer

Carroll Ballard
USA
USAAmerican film director

Michael Powell
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor

Nancy Crampton Brophy
USA
USAAmerican writer

Jose Wilker
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian actor and director, producer, journalist

Khwaja Abbas
India
IndiaIndian writer, producer, screenwriter, film director and journalist.

David DeCoteau
USA
USAAmerican and Canadian film director

Terry George
Ireland
IrelandIrish screenwriter and director

Oleg Sentsov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian film director, screenwriter and writer.

Mihail Doller
Soviet film director

Robert Wiene
Germany
GermanyGerman film director

Mikhail Lokshin
USA
USAFilm director and screenwriter

Oshii Mamoru
Japan
JapanOne of the most talented modern anime directors

Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
ItalyOutstanding Italian film director and screenwriter, classic of European arthouse

Luigi Zampa
Italy
ItalyItalian film director, screenwriter and producer

Peter Nestler
Germany
GermanyDocumentary director

Lina Wertmuller
Italy
ItalyItalian film director, screenwriter and playwright.

Alexander Siddig
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish actor and director

Boris Zon
Actor, director, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1934).

Victor Erice
Spain
SpainSpanish film director and screenwriter.

Christian Duguay
Canada
CanadaCanadian film director, cinematographer, producer, composer.

Roman Coppola
USA
USAAmerican film and music video director

Sergey Mikaelyan
Russia
RussiaDirector

Joe Wright
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish film director

Warren Miller
USA
USAAmerican director

Sebastian Alarcon
Chile
ChileChilean film director and screenwriter

Eric Rohmer
France
FranceFrench film director

Levan Andzhaparidze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian film director and screenwriter.

Vicente Aranda
Spain
SpainSpanish director, screenwriter and producer

Philip Kaufman
USA
USAAmerican director and screenwriter