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.

Russian theater and film actor, theater director

Actor, director, theater

French theater and opera director, actor and librettist

Italian theater director

Italian theatre director and teacher

Ludwig Chronegk

Theater director and actor

Martin John Cook

British theatre director, actor

Dmitriy Aleksidze

Georgian Soviet theatre director

Eduards Smilgis

Latvian theater director

American theatre director

Argentine actor, writer and theatre director

English theater and opera director

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

English actor, director, theater teacher and impresario

Opera director, opera manager

Izakin Grinshpun

Soviet theatre director

Ukrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher

Stanislaw Kozmian

Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.

Estonian and Soviet theatre actor and director

French theatre director, theatre and film actor

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

French opera director

American theater and opera director, producer and actor

French theatre director

English actor and theatre director

Australian theater and opera director.

Jerzy Grotowski

Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist

Alexey Granovskiy

Theatre director

Irina Zilberman

Ukrainian producer and theatre director

German 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

Austrian opera and drama director

Marietta Alboni

Famous Italian opera singer-contralto

Firudin Safarov

Azerbaijani, Uzbek musician, director, music teacher

German actor and theatre director.

Israeli theatre director

Nugzar Bagration-Georgian

Direct male descendant of the last Georgian king George XII

Bulgarian theatre and film director.

Ukrainian theatre director, theatre teacher, actor

Imants Krenbergs

Soviet and Latvian actor, theater and film director

Brazilian theatre director, writer and social activist

Dmitriy Bogomazov

Ukrainian theater director, theater teacher

Edward Mitnitsky

Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director

Armenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure

Rachel Crothers

American playwright and theatre director

German opera and theater director

Theatre director

Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist

Spanish theater and opera director

Russian theatre and film director.

Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher