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.

Armenian Soviet theatre director, theatre figure

English theater and opera director

Armenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure

Italian theatre director and teacher

German opera and theater director

French theatre director, choreographer and puppeteer

English actor and theatre director

Tito Capobianco

Argentine opera director

English theater, opera and film director

Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher

Edward Mitnitsky

Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director

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

Boris Ravenskih

Soviet theatre director and teacher

Dmitriy Bogomazov

Ukrainian theater director, theater teacher

Russian theater and film actor, theater director

French theatre director, theatre and film actor

Irina Zilberman

Ukrainian producer and theatre director

Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher

Dmitriy Aleksidze

Georgian Soviet theatre director

German actor and theatre director.

Eduards Smilgis

Latvian theater director

Brazilian theatre director, writer and social activist

Polish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer

Patrice Chereau

French opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer

Israeli theatre director

Theater director, playwright, stage designer and teacher

Izakin Grinshpun

Soviet theatre director

American theatre director

Soviet actor, theatre figure, director

Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.

Estonian and Soviet theatre actor and director

Walter Felsenstein

Austrian opera and drama director

Ukrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor

Russian theatre and film director.

German theater and opera director

Jerzy Grotowski

Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist

Spanish theater and opera director

Boris Borin-Schwartzman

Soviet theatre director

American opera director and producer

Opera director, opera manager

Marietta Alboni

Famous Italian opera singer-contralto

French theatre director

French theater and opera director, actor and librettist

Ukrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher

American theater and opera director, producer and actor

Alexey Granovskiy

Theatre director

Elijah Moshinsky

Australian opera, theatre and television director

German writer, poet, film producer, theater and opera director, libretto author

Firudin Safarov

Azerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher

Martin John Cook

British theatre director, actor