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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Augusto Boal
 BrazilBrazilian theatre director, writer and social activist
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Lotfi Mansouri
 IranOpera director, opera manager
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Lorin Latarro
 USABroadway director, choreographer
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Angel Gutierrez
 SpainSpanish theatre director, actor, professor at GITIS
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Jerzy Grotowski
 PolandPolish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist
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Leontiy Dubovik
 UkraineUkrainian Soviet theater director and teacher
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Rimantas Venckus
 LithuaniaLithuanian theatre director and theatre teacher
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Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher
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Pavel Bereza-Kudritsky
Ukrainian Soviet actor and theatre director
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Martin John Cook
 Great BritainBritish theatre director, actor
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Wolfgang Langhoff
 GermanyGerman theatre director, actor, writer
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Walter Felsenstein
 AustriaAustrian opera and drama director
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Iosif Girnyak
USA Ukrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher
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Calixto Bieito
Spain Spanish theater and opera director
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Fortune Gallo
USA American opera director and producer
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Jacob Thomas Grein
Great Britain English theatre figure.
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Marietta Alboni
 ItalyFamous Italian opera singer-contralto
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Firudin Safarov
 AzerbaijanAzerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher
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Eino Baskin
 EstoniaEstonian and Soviet theatre actor and director
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Luis Alfaro
USA Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist
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Andrey Bilous
Ukraine Ukrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor
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John Dexter
Great Britain English theater, opera and film director
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Boris Balaban
Ukrainian Soviet theatre actor and director
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Beno Axionov
Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher
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Eduards Smilgis
 LatviaLatvian theater director
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Eugenio Barba
Italy Italian theatre director and teacher
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Roger Blin
 FranceFrench theatre director, theatre and film actor
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Des McAnuff
USA American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival.
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Patrice Chereau
France French opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer
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Jean Vilar
France French theatre actor and director
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Tadeusz Kantor
Poland Polish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer
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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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Stanislaw Kozmian
Poland Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.
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Albert Carre
France French theater and opera director, actor and librettist
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Jorge Lavelli
France French theatre director
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Dmitriy Aleksidze
Georgian Soviet theatre director
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Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
France French opera director
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Irina Zilberman
Ukraine Ukrainian producer and theatre director
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Helmut Griem
Germany German actor and theatre director.
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Erwin Axer
Poland Polish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.
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Alexey Granovskiy
Theatre director
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Pippo Delbono
Italy Italian theater director
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Mark Lamos
USA American theater and opera director, producer and actor
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Tito Capobianco
 ArgentinaArgentine opera director
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Oscar Martinez
Argentina Argentine actor, writer and theatre director
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Hans Neuenfels
Germany German writer, poet, film producer, theater and opera director, libretto author
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Luc Bondy
 SwitzerlandSwiss theatre director
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Robert Fomin
 BelarusActor, director, theater
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Barrie Kosky
 AustraliaAustralian theater and opera director.
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