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.
Farman Karimzade
Azerbaijani writer, screenwriter and director
Stanley Earl Kramer
USA
USAAmerican producer and director
Bobby Farrelly
USA
USAAmerican director, screenwriter and producer
Sam Peckinpah
USA
USAAmerican film director and screenwriter
Levan Andzhaparidze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian film director and screenwriter.
Gaspar Noe
France
FranceFrench new wave director
Varis Brasla
Latvia
LatviaSoviet and Latvian theatre and film director
Taylor Hackford
USA
USAFilm director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Mosey Berov
Belarus
BelarusSoviet cinematographer and director, artist, documentary filmmaker
Hans Weingartner
Austria
AustriaAustrian film director and producer.
John Michael Frankenheimer
USA
USAAmerican film director
Vagif Behbud oglu Mstafayev
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanSoviet and Azerbaijani director and screenwriter
Alexander Barshak
Russia
RussiaRussian director, older brother of Pavel Barshak.
Werner Schroeter
Germany
GermanyGerman theater and film director
Didier Kaminka
France
FranceFrench director, actor, screenwriter.
Tetsuo Imazawa
Japan
JapanJapanese director.
Pierre-William Glenn
France
FranceFrench cinematographer and director
Alexander Siddig
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish actor and director
Victor Erice
Spain
SpainSpanish film director and screenwriter.
Georgee Hickenlooper
USA
USADirector, screenwriter, producer
Zhak Becker
France
FranceDirector
Levan Koguashvili
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian film director and screenwriter
Robert Bresson
France
FranceFrench film director and screenwriter.
Jean Epstein
France
FranceFrench film director, theorist, critic.
Victor Kisin
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian television director, screenwriter, teacher, professor.
Siddiq Barmak
Afghanistan
AfghanistanAfghan film director, producer and screenwriter.
Jan Wilkowski
Poland
PolandOne of the greatest Polish puppet theatre artists, director and actor.
Victor David Sjostrom
Sweden
SwedenSwedish director and actor
Andre Antoine
France
FranceFrench theater and film director, theater theorist
Adrian Grenier
USA
USAActor, producer, director, screenwriter
Montxo Armendariz
Spain
SpainSpanish film director and screenwriter.
Adolfo M. Aristarain
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine and Spanish film director and screenwriter.
Gadd Apatov
USA
USADirector
Karl Drayer
Denmark
DenmarkInnovative Danish film director
Serdgio Leone
Italy
ItalyItalian director, screenwriter, producer. Known as one of the founders of the spaghetti western genre.
Gianni Amelio
Italy
ItalyItalian film director and screenwriter
Roy Ward Baker
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish director
James Mangold
USA
USAAmerican film director and screenwriter
Hiroko Utsumi
Japan
JapanJapanese anime director, storyboard artist and manga artist
Lynn Shelton
USA
USAAmerican director, screenwriter and producer
Levan Tutberidze
Georgia
GeorgiaGeorgian film director, screenwriter and actor.
Baz Luhrmann
Australia
AustraliaDirector and screenwriter
Brothers Coen
USA
USAAmerican film directors, producers and screenwriters.
J. Michael Hagopian
American director of Armenian descent.
Sebastian Alarcon
Chile
ChileChilean film director and screenwriter
Jim Jarmusch
USA
USAAmerican film director and screenwriter
Frantisek Vlacil
Czech
CzechCzech director
Oksana Bayrak
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian film director, screenwriter, actress and TV presenter.
Vincente Minnelli
USA
USAAmerican Hollywood and theatre director.
Yves Angelo
France
FranceFrench cinematographer, screenwriter and director, three-time winner of the César Award for cinematography.