Directors
Discover renowned celebrities who have made a mark as directors. Explore their influential works, the stories behind their creations, and the impact they have had on the film industry. From acclaimed auteurs to iconic stars who turned their talents behind the camera, our comprehensive list showcases the most influential directors of all time.
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John Dexter
 Great BritainEnglish theater, opera and film director
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Charles Kean
Great Britain English actor and theatre director
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Pavel Bereza-Kudritsky
Ukrainian Soviet actor and theatre director
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Rachel Crothers
 USAAmerican playwright and theatre director
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Angel Gutierrez
 SpainSpanish theatre director, actor, professor at GITIS
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Luis Alfaro
USA Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist
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Calixto Bieito
Spain Spanish theater and opera director
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Oscar Martinez
 ArgentinaArgentine actor, writer and theatre director
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Rimantas Venckus
 LithuaniaLithuanian theatre director and theatre teacher
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Firudin Safarov
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher
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Boris Balaban
Ukrainian Soviet theatre actor and director
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Gotz Friedrich
 GermanyGerman opera and theater director
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Eduards Smilgis
 LatviaLatvian theater director
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Jerzy Grotowski
 PolandPolish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist
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Erwin Axer
Poland Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.
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Boris Ravenskih
Soviet theatre director and teacher
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Valeriy Ahadov
 UzbekistanRussian theatre and film director.
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Jurgen Flimm
Germany German theater and opera director
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Ludwig Chronegk
Germany Theater director and actor
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Alexander Bryantsev
Russian actor, theatre director, teacher
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Dmitriy Aleksidze
Georgian Soviet theatre director
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Andrey Bilous
 UkraineUkrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor
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Alexey Gripich
Soviet theatre director, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
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Martin John Cook
Great Britain British theatre director, actor
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Edward Mitnitsky
Ukraine Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director
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Peter Gothar
 HungaryHungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter
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Augusto Boal
 BrazilBrazilian theatre director, writer and social activist
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Jean Vilar
 FranceFrench theatre actor and director
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Lee Breuer
USA American theatre director
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Yanuariy Bortnik
Ukrainian Soviet theatre director
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Barrie Kosky
 AustraliaAustralian theater and opera director.
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Emil Salimov
Azerbaijan Theater director, playwright, stage designer and teacher
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Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher
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Fortune Gallo
USA American opera director and producer
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Robert Fomin
 BelarusActor, director, theater
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Eugenio Barba
 ItalyItalian theatre director and teacher
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Levan Kalantar
 ArmeniaArmenian Soviet theatre director, theatre figure
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Pippo Delbono
Italy Italian theater director
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Warren Carlyle
Great Britain British director and choreographer
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Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Soviet theatre director
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Mykolas Jatautis
Lithuania Lithuanian Soviet actor and theater director
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Victor Terelya
Ukraine Russian theater and film actor, theater director
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Stanislaw Kozmian
Poland Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.
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Elijah Moshinsky
Australia Australian opera, theatre and television director
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Tito Capobianco
Argentina Argentine opera director
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Roger Blin
France French theatre director, theatre and film actor
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Nugzar Bagration-Georgian
 GeorgiaDirect male descendant of the last Georgian king George XII
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Eino Baskin
 EstoniaEstonian and Soviet theatre actor and director
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Luc Bondy
 SwitzerlandSwiss theatre director
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Walter Felsenstein
 AustriaAustrian opera and drama director
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