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.
Monte Himmelman
USA
USAAmerican film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and editor
Jan Kidawa-Blonski
Poland
PolandDirector
Marshall Herskovitz
USA
USAAmerican film director, writer and producer, president of the Producers Guild of America
Lui Feyad
France
FranceFrench director, screenwriter and producer
Yakov Baselyan
Russian film director
Dmitry Zavigelskyi
Russia
RussiaRussian documentary film director
Murad Aliyev
Turkmenistan
TurkmenistanActor, director
Ben Younger
USA
USADirector-screenwriter
Arthur Hiller
Canada
CanadaCanadian and American film and television director, actor and producer.
Nicolas Guillen Landrian
Cuba
CubaCuban artist, documentary filmmaker, human rights activist
Mohammad Mohammadian
Iran
IranIranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and producer
Mario Van Peebles
USA
USAAmerican director, actor, producer and screenwriter
Pupi Avati
Italy
ItalyItalian film director, producer and screenwriter.
Claude Goretta
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss film director and screenwriter
Henrik Galeen
Germany
GermanyGerman filmmaker of the silent film era
Roman Liberov
Russia
RussiaRussian director
Eldar Shibanov
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh film director
Paul Morrissey
USA
USAAmerican film director
Tom DiCillo
USA
USAAmerican independent film director, screenwriter and cinematographer
Sam Simon
USA
USAAmerican television director, producer, screenwriter
Franklin James Schaffner
USA
USAAmerican film director
Eugeny Mezentsev
Russia
RussiaDirector, cameraman
Kwak Jae-yong
South Korea
South KoreaSouth Korean film director and screenwriter
Horst Seemann
Germany
GermanyGerman film director
Arman Chilingaryan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian director, screenwriter and producer
Alexander Abaryan
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian Soviet director.
Riva Bisnovataya
Soviet film figure, sound engineer.
Lindsay Gordon Anderson
France
FranceBritish film, television and theatre director, film critic
Dzyudo Itami
Japan
JapanJapanese director
Malik Bendjelloul
Sweden
SwedenSwedish documentary director, Oscar winner.
Jack Smith
USA
USAAmerican film director and actor
Evgeniy Kryzhanovskiy
Belarus
BelarusBelarusian comedian, actor and director
Mario Landi
Italy
ItalyItalian film director and screenwriter.
Jon Amiel
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish film director
Sandy Collora
USA
USAAmerican film director and designer
David Nutter
USA
USAAmerican film and television director and producer
Sergey Krutin
Ukraine
UkraineDirector
Anatol Litvak
France
FranceFrench and American director
Peter Brock
Great Britain
Great BritainDirector, creator of many talented performances and films.
Leonid Golovnya
Russia
RussiaSoviet film director and screenwriter.
Georg Genoux
Germany
GermanyGerman director, actor
Mihail Doller
Soviet film director
Vladimir Kozlov
Belarus
BelarusDirector, screenwriter.
Luis Bunuel
Spain
SpainOne of the greatest directors in the history of world cinema
Vitautas Landsbergis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian poet, novelist, playwright, film director and film producer
Dominique Delouche
France
FranceFrench director
Wes Anderson
USA
USADirector, writer and producer of commercial and short films
Igor Yakovlev
Latvia
LatviaSoviet and Latvian filmmaker
Michael Ritchie
USA
USAAmerican film director
Franz Seitz
Germany
GermanyGerman film director, actor and screenwriter.