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.
Maya Deren
USA
USAAmerican independent film director, choreographer, ethnographer
Rod Lurie
USA
USAAmerican director, screenwriter, film critic
Kenneth Branagh
Great Britain
Great BritainActor, director, screenwriter
Paul Wegener
Germany
GermanyGerman actor and director
Roger Vadim
France
FranceFrench director, producer, actor, screenwriter, journalist and writer
Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
Germany
GermanyGerman film director, screenwriter, producer.
German Sidakov
Russia
RussiaRussian director, teacher.
David Belasco
USA
USAAmerican playwright and director
Sam Taylor-Johnson
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish director, screenwriter, producer, actress, photographer and artist
Ruy Guerra
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian film director and actor
Niki Caro
New Zealand
New ZealandDirector, screenwriter, producer
Abdulla Karsakbayev
Kazakhstan
KazakhstanKazakh Soviet film director
Miguel Arteta
USA
USAAmerican film and television director
Romuald Karmakar
Germany
GermanyGerman film director
Kon Ichikawa
Japan
JapanDirector, Screenwriter, Producer, Actor
Joe Wright
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish film director
Norman Frederick Jewison
Canada
CanadaCanadian director, producer and actor
Adrian Lyne
Great Britain
Great BritainCult director
Massimo Troisi
Italy
ItalyItalian actor, film director and poet
Marcel Camus
France
FranceFrench film director, screenwriter and actor
Gregor Jordan
USA
USAAmerican director of Australian origin
Efim Galperin
USA
USASoviet director, film and television screenwriter, producer, journalist, writer.
Christopher Coppola
USA
USAAmerican director and producer
Edward Wood Jr.
USA
USAAmerican director, actor, producer and screenwriter.
Edward Dmytryk
USA
USAAmerican film director of Ukrainian origin
Gus Van Sant, Jr.
USA
USAAmerican film director, screenwriter, photographer, musician and writer
Chris Columbus
USA
USADirector, screenwriter
Christopher Nolan
Great Britain
Great BritainAnglo-American film director
Edward Gordon Kreg
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish director, artist, theater theorist.
Sergei Loznitsa
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian documentary filmmaker
Janusz Majewski
Poland
PolandPolish film director, screenwriter, artist
Joel Schumacher
USA
USADirector
Dan Scanlon
USA
USADirector
Kenny Ortega
USA
USAProducer, director, choreographer and actor
Bigas Luna
Spain
SpainSpanish film director, screenwriter and artist
Gennadiy Bazarov
Kyrgyzstan
KyrgyzstanKyrgyz director
John Dahl
USA
USAAmerican director and screenwriter
Pierre Cardinal
France
FranceFrench writer, director, screenwriter and producer
Abbas Kiarostami
Iran
IranIranian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Tod Browning
USA
USAAmerican film director, actor and screenwriter
Alexander Zhukoff
Austria
AustriaAustrian film director and video artist
Andre De Toth
USA
USAHungarian-American film director
Michelangelo Antonioni
Italy
ItalyOutstanding Italian film director and screenwriter, classic of European arthouse
Daniel Stamm
Germany
GermanyGerman director and screenwriter
Stanley Tucci
USA
USAAmerican director, actor, screenwriter and producer
Shekhar Kapur
India
IndiaIndian film director and producer
Andrey Yakovlev
Ukraine
UkraineDirector
Claire Denis
France
FranceFrench film director and screenwriter
William Paul
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish film director.
Gillian Armstrong
Australia
AustraliaDirector, screenwriter, producer