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.

Victor Terelya
Ukraine
UkraineRussian theater and film actor, theater director

Robert Fomin
Belarus
BelarusActor, director, theater

Albert Carre
France
FranceFrench theater and opera director, actor and librettist

Pippo Delbono
Italy
ItalyItalian theater director

Eugenio Barba
Italy
ItalyItalian theatre director and teacher

Ludwig Chronegk
Germany
GermanyTheater director and actor

Martin John Cook
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish theatre director, actor

Dmitriy Aleksidze
Georgian Soviet theatre director

Eduards Smilgis
Latvia
LatviaLatvian theater director

Lee Breuer
USA
USAAmerican theatre director

Oscar Martinez
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine actor, writer and theatre director

Jonathan Kent
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish theater and opera director

Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish actor, director, theater teacher and impresario

Lotfi Mansouri
Iran
IranOpera director, opera manager

Izakin Grinshpun
Soviet theatre director

Iosif Girnyak
USA
USAUkrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher

Stanislaw Kozmian
Poland
PolandPolish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.

Eino Baskin
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian and Soviet theatre actor and director

Roger Blin
France
FranceFrench theatre director, theatre and film actor

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
France
FranceFrench opera director

Mark Lamos
USA
USAAmerican theater and opera director, producer and actor

Jorge Lavelli
France
FranceFrench theatre director

Charles Kean
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish actor and theatre director

Barrie Kosky
Australia
AustraliaAustralian theater and opera director.

Jerzy Grotowski
Poland
PolandPolish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist

Alexey Granovskiy
Theatre director

Irina Zilberman
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian producer and theatre director

Hans Neuenfels
Germany
GermanyGerman writer, poet, film producer, theater and opera director, libretto author

Alexander Bryantsev
Russian actor, theatre director, teacher

Boris Ravenskih
Soviet theatre director and teacher

Walter Felsenstein
Austria
AustriaAustrian opera and drama director

Marietta Alboni
Italy
ItalyFamous Italian opera singer-contralto

Firudin Safarov
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher

Helmut Griem
Germany
GermanyGerman actor and theatre director.

Evgeniy Aryeh
Israel
IsraelIsraeli theatre director

Nugzar Bagration-Georgian
Georgia
GeorgiaDirect male descendant of the last Georgian king George XII

Yavor Gyrdev
Bulgaria
BulgariaBulgarian theatre and film director.

Andrey Bilous
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor

Imants Krenbergs
Latvia
LatviaSoviet and Latvian actor, theater and film director

Augusto Boal
Brazil
BrazilBrazilian theatre director, writer and social activist

Dmitriy Bogomazov
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian theater director, theater teacher

Edward Mitnitsky
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian theatre director

Akop Vardovyan
Turkey
TurkeyArmenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure

Rachel Crothers
USA
USAAmerican playwright and theatre director

Gotz Friedrich
Germany
GermanyGerman opera and theater director

Willi Decker
USA
USATheatre director

Luis Alfaro
USA
USAChicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist

Calixto Bieito
Spain
SpainSpanish theater and opera director

Valeriy Ahadov
Uzbekistan
UzbekistanRussian theatre and film director.

Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher