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.

Lee Breuer
Lee Breuer
USA
American theatre director
Walter Felsenstein
Walter Felsenstein
Austria
Austrian opera and drama director
Marietta Alboni
Marietta Alboni
Italy
Famous Italian opera singer-contralto
Firudin Safarov
Firudin Safarov
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher
Helmut Griem
Helmut Griem
Germany
German actor and theatre director.
Mark Lamos
Mark Lamos
USA
American theater and opera director, producer and actor
Evgeniy Aryeh
Evgeniy Aryeh
Israel
Israeli theatre director
Jorge Lavelli
Jorge Lavelli
France
French theatre director
Alexey Granovskiy
Alexey Granovskiy
Theatre director
Iosif Girnyak
Iosif Girnyak
USA
Ukrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher
Nugzar Bagration-Georgian
Nugzar Bagration-Georgian
Georgia
Direct male descendant of the last Georgian king George XII
Roger Blin
Roger Blin
France
French theatre director, theatre and film actor
Yavor Gyrdev
Yavor Gyrdev
Bulgaria
Bulgarian theatre and film director.
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
France
French opera director
Alexander Bryantsev
Alexander Bryantsev
Russian actor, theatre director, teacher
Eduards Smilgis
Eduards Smilgis
Latvia
Latvian theater director
Andrey Bilous
Andrey Bilous
Ukraine
Ukrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor
Imants Krenbergs
Imants Krenbergs
Latvia
Soviet and Latvian actor, theater and film director
Augusto Boal
Augusto Boal
Brazil
Brazilian theatre director, writer and social activist
Dmitriy Bogomazov
Dmitriy Bogomazov
Ukraine
Ukrainian theater director, theater teacher
Oscar Martinez
Oscar Martinez
Argentina
Argentine actor, writer and theatre director
Edward Mitnitsky
Edward Mitnitsky
Ukraine
Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director
Pippo Delbono
Pippo Delbono
Italy
Italian theater director
Akop Vardovyan
Akop Vardovyan
Turkey
Armenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure
Rachel Crothers
Rachel Crothers
USA
American playwright and theatre director
Gotz Friedrich
Gotz Friedrich
Germany
German opera and theater director
Boris Ravenskih
Boris Ravenskih
Soviet theatre director and teacher
Willi Decker
Willi Decker
USA
Theatre director
Izakin Grinshpun
Izakin Grinshpun
Soviet theatre director
Luis Alfaro
Luis Alfaro
USA
Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist
Lotfi Mansouri
Lotfi Mansouri
Iran
Opera director, opera manager
Calixto Bieito
Calixto Bieito
Spain
Spanish theater and opera director
Valeriy Ahadov
Valeriy Ahadov
Uzbekistan
Russian theatre and film director.
Irina Zilberman
Irina Zilberman
Ukraine
Ukrainian producer and theatre director
Ambrose Buchma
Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher
Eino Baskin
Eino Baskin
Estonia
Estonian and Soviet theatre actor and director
Levan Kalantar
Levan Kalantar
Armenia
Armenian Soviet theatre director, theatre figure
Jurgen Flimm
Jurgen Flimm
Germany
German theater and opera director
Beno Axionov
Beno Axionov
Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher
Stanislaw Kozmian
Stanislaw Kozmian
Poland
Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.
Jerzy Grotowski
Jerzy Grotowski
Poland
Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist
Luc Bondy
Luc Bondy
Switzerland
Swiss theatre director
Robert Fomin
Robert Fomin
Belarus
Actor, director, theater
Kazimierz Dejmek
Kazimierz Dejmek
Poland
Polish theatre director and actor, politician
Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Soviet theatre director
Jacob Thomas Grein
Jacob Thomas Grein
Great Britain
English theatre figure.
Patrice Chereau
Patrice Chereau
France
French opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer
Fortune Gallo
Fortune Gallo
USA
American opera director and producer
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Great Britain
English actor, director, theater teacher and impresario
Peter Gothar
Peter Gothar
Hungary
Hungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter