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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Tadeusz Kantor
 PolandPolish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer
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Dmitriy Aleksidze
Georgian Soviet theatre director
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Augusto Boal
 BrazilBrazilian theatre director, writer and social activist
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Andrey Bilous
 UkraineUkrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor
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Eugenio Barba
 ItalyItalian theatre director and teacher
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Wolfgang Langhoff
 GermanyGerman theatre director, actor, writer
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Beno Axionov
Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher
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Dmitriy Bogomazov
Ukraine Ukrainian theater director, theater teacher
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Erwin Axer
Poland Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.
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Charles Kean
 Great BritainEnglish actor and theatre director
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Warren Carlyle
Great Britain British director and choreographer
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Lee Breuer
 USAAmerican theatre director
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Angel Gutierrez
 SpainSpanish theatre director, actor, professor at GITIS
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Martin John Cook
Great Britain British theatre director, actor
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Firudin Safarov
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher
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Robert Fomin
 BelarusActor, director, theater
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Luis Alfaro
USA Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist
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Gotz Friedrich
Germany German opera and theater director
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Stanislaw Kozmian
Poland Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.
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Emil Salimov
Azerbaijan Theater director, playwright, stage designer and teacher
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Roger Blin
 FranceFrench theatre director, theatre and film actor
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Oscar Martinez
 ArgentinaArgentine actor, writer and theatre director
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Akop Vardovyan
 TurkeyArmenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure
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David Gutman
Soviet actor, theatre figure, director
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Philippe Genty
France French theatre director, choreographer and puppeteer
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Rachel Crothers
USA American playwright and theatre director
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Jean Vilar
France French theatre actor and director
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Valeriy Ahadov
 UzbekistanRussian theatre and film director.
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John Dexter
Great Britain English theater, opera and film director
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Marietta Alboni
Italy Famous Italian opera singer-contralto
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Patrice Chereau
France French opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer
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Derenik Martirosyan
 ArmeniaSoviet and Armenian actor and director of the puppet theater
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Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
France French opera director
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Eduards Smilgis
 LatviaLatvian theater director
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Jonathan Kent
Great Britain English theater and opera director
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Rimantas Venckus
 LithuaniaLithuanian theatre director and theatre teacher
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Boris Ravenskih
Soviet theatre director and teacher
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Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Soviet theatre director
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Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher
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Roman Izyaev
 IsraelArtistic director, actor, screenwriter
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Jerzy Grotowski
Poland Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist
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Evgeniy Aryeh
Israel Israeli theatre director
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Pavel Bereza-Kudritsky
Ukrainian Soviet actor and theatre director
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Eino Baskin
 EstoniaEstonian and Soviet theatre actor and director
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Helmut Griem
Germany German actor and theatre director.
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Kazimierz Dejmek
Poland Polish theatre director and actor, politician
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Alexander Bryantsev
Russian actor, theatre director, teacher
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Mark Lamos
USA American theater and opera director, producer and actor
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Leontiy Dubovik
Ukraine Ukrainian Soviet theater director and teacher
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Peter Gothar
 HungaryHungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter
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