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.
Leonid Menker
Russia
RussiaRussian film director, screenwriter
Rob Cohen
USA
USAFilm director, screenwriter and producer
Ivan Reitman
Canada
CanadaCanadian film director and producer
James Rolfe
USA
USAAmerican film director, actor, YouTuber
Ivan Efremov
Soviet actor, director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1943)
Konstantin Zhuk
Soviet film director
Vasiliy Amashukeli
Russian and Georgian film director
Heinz Butler
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss documentary filmmaker
Peter Care
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish director of music videos, commercials and films
Jafar Panahi
Iran
IranIranian film director and screenwriter
Bruno Delbonnel
France
FranceFrench cinematographer and director
Dario Argento
Italy
ItalyItalian film director.
Jon Favreau
USA
USADirector
Kazimierz Karabasz
Poland
PolandPolish film director
Yan Machulski
Poland
PolandPolish film director and actor (<All-in>).
Petr Slonim
USA
USAUkrainian educational and cultural figure, director of children's theaters
Yanush Yuzefovich
Poland
PolandPolish director, choreographer and producer
Nikolay Khomeriki
Russia
RussiaDirector, Screenwriter
Eiji Tsuburaya
Japan
JapanJapanese special effects director
Nikolay Kalinin
Soviet film director
Kazimierz Kutz
Poland
PolandPolish director and screenwriter
Eriks Lacis
Latvia
LatviaSoviet and Latvian director.
Clair Rene
France
FranceThe most important French film director of the 1920s and 1930s.
Giulio Questi
Italy
ItalyItalian film director and screenwriter
Stephen Daldry
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish director and producer
Lynne Ramsay
Great Britain
Great BritainScottish director, screenwriter, producer and writer
Kenji Mizoguchi
Japan
JapanDirector
Robert Glinski
Poland
PolandPolish film director.
Jane Campion
New Zealand
New ZealandNew Zealand and Australian director, screenwriter
Alan Ball
USA
USAAmerican writer, screenwriter, director, actor and producer
Sheldon Leonard
USA
USAAmerican director, producer, screenwriter and actor
Jean Eustache
France
FranceFrench film director
Ben Strebel
Young Swedish-British director and designer
Aleksey Mizgirev
Russia
RussiaDirector
Stuart Gordon
USA
USAAmerican director
Jaume Balaguere
Spain
SpainSpanish film director
Panna Rittikrai
Thailand
ThailandThai stunt coordinator, director, screenwriter and actor
Sarunas Bartas
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter.
Doris Dorrie
Germany
GermanyDirector, screenwriter.
Jim Fall
USA
USAAmerican producer and director
Anders Thomas Jensen
Denmark
DenmarkDanish film director and screenwriter.
James Gunn
USA
USAAmerican film director, screenwriter, actor, musician and animator.
Fernando Meirelles
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian film director
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
France
FranceFrench film director and screenwriter.
Mikhail Lokshin
USA
USAFilm director and screenwriter
Maksim Papernik
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian film director, producer and music video maker.
Michael Almereyda
USA
USAAmerican film director, screenwriter, and representative of independent cinema.
Gore Verbinski
USA
USAAmerican film director and writer
Kevin Smith
USA
USAAmerican director, actor and screenwriter, founder of the film company View Askew Productions.
Kevin Lima
USA
USAAmerican director