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.

American theatre director

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.

American theater and opera director, producer and actor

Israeli theatre director

French theatre director

Alexey Granovskiy

Theatre director

Ukrainian theater actor and director, theater teacher

Nugzar Bagration-Georgian

Direct male descendant of the last Georgian king George XII

French theatre director, theatre and film actor

Bulgarian theatre and film director.

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

French opera director

Alexander Bryantsev

Russian actor, theatre director, teacher

Eduards Smilgis

Latvian theater 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

Argentine actor, writer and theatre director

Edward Mitnitsky

Soviet and Ukrainian theatre director

Italian theater director

Armenian and Turkish director, entrepreneur, actor, theater figure

Rachel Crothers

American playwright and theatre director

German opera and theater director

Boris Ravenskih

Soviet theatre director and teacher

Theatre director

Izakin Grinshpun

Soviet theatre director

Chicano artist, writer, theater director and social activist

Opera director, opera manager

Spanish theater and opera director

Russian theatre and film director.

Irina Zilberman

Ukrainian producer and theatre director

Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher

Estonian and Soviet theatre actor and director

Armenian Soviet theatre director, theatre figure

German theater and opera director

Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher

Stanislaw Kozmian

Polish writer, theatre director; grandson of Kajetan Kozmian.

Jerzy Grotowski

Polish theatre director, teacher, theatre theorist

Swiss theatre director

Actor, director, theater

Kazimierz Dejmek

Polish theatre director and actor, politician

Boris Borin-Schwartzman

Soviet theatre director

Jacob Thomas Grein

English theatre figure.

Patrice Chereau

French opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer

American opera director and producer

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

English actor, director, theater teacher and impresario

Hungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter