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.

Russian theater and film actor, theater director

Dmitriy Bogomazov

Ukrainian theater director, theater teacher

Martin John Cook

British theatre director, actor

Wolfgang Langhoff

German theatre director, actor, writer

Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist

Marietta Alboni

Famous Italian opera singer-contralto

Theatre director

English theater and opera director

Imants Krenbergs

Soviet and Latvian actor, theater and film director

British director and choreographer

French theatre actor and director

Tadej Evstakhovich

Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director

French theatre director, choreographer and puppeteer

Soviet theatre director, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

Italian theatre director and teacher

Kazimierz Dejmek

Polish theatre director and actor, politician

Bulgarian theatre and film director.

Broadway director, choreographer

Mykolas Jatautis

Lithuanian Soviet actor and theater director

Boris Borin-Schwartzman

Soviet theatre director

English theater, opera and film director

Irina Keruchenko

Russian theatre director

Izakin Grinshpun

Soviet theatre director

Polish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer

Italian theater director

American theater and opera director, producer and actor

Artistic director, actor, screenwriter

Angel Gutierrez

Spanish theatre director, actor, professor at GITIS

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

French opera director

Alexander Bryantsev

Russian actor, theatre director, teacher

Alexey Granovskiy

Theatre director

Hungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter

French theatre director, theatre and film actor

Actor, director, theater

Rimantas Venckus

Lithuanian theatre director and theatre teacher

American theatre director

French theater and opera director, actor and librettist

Jerzy Grotowski

Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist

Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.

Derenik Martirosyan

Soviet and Armenian actor and director of the puppet theater

French theatre director

Firudin Safarov

Azerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher

Theater director, playwright, stage designer and teacher

Spanish theater and opera director

Elijah Moshinsky

Australian opera, theatre and television director

Boris Ravenskih

Soviet theatre director and teacher

American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival.

Brazilian theatre director, writer and social activist

Leontiy Dubovik

Ukrainian Soviet theater director and teacher

German theater and opera director