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.
Ambrose Buchma
Ukrainian Soviet actor, theater and film director, theater teacher
Levan Kalantar
Armenia
ArmeniaArmenian Soviet theatre director, theatre figure
Jurgen Flimm
Germany
GermanyGerman theater and opera director
Beno Axionov
Soviet and Moldovan actor, director, screenwriter, theater teacher
Luc Bondy
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss theatre director
Kazimierz Dejmek
Poland
PolandPolish theatre director and actor, politician
Boris Borin-Schwartzman
Soviet theatre director
Jacob Thomas Grein
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish theatre figure.
Patrice Chereau
France
FranceFrench opera, film and theatre director, actor and producer
Fortune Gallo
USA
USAAmerican opera director and producer
Peter Gothar
Hungary
HungaryHungarian theatre and film director, screenwriter
John Dexter
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish theater, opera and film director
Mykolas Jatautis
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian Soviet actor and theater director
Yanuariy Bortnik
Ukrainian Soviet theatre director
Alexey Gripich
Soviet theatre director, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
Wolfgang Langhoff
Germany
GermanyGerman theatre director, actor, writer
Tadeusz Kantor
Poland
PolandPolish theatre director, painter, graphic artist, stage designer
Philippe Genty
France
FranceFrench theatre director, choreographer and puppeteer
Rimantas Venckus
Lithuania
LithuaniaLithuanian theatre director and theatre teacher
Jean Vilar
France
FranceFrench theatre actor and director
Erwin Axer
Poland
PolandPolish theatre director, theatre teacher, theatre figure.
Roman Izyaev
Israel
IsraelArtistic director, actor, screenwriter
Lorin Latarro
USA
USABroadway director, choreographer
David Gutman
Soviet actor, theatre figure, director
Angel Gutierrez
Spain
SpainSpanish theatre director, actor, professor at GITIS
Warren Carlyle
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish director and choreographer
Pavel Bereza-Kudritsky
Ukrainian Soviet actor and theatre director
Leontiy Dubovik
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet theater director and teacher
Elijah Moshinsky
Australia
AustraliaAustralian opera, theatre and television director
Derenik Martirosyan
Armenia
ArmeniaSoviet and Armenian actor and director of the puppet theater
Boris Balaban
Ukrainian Soviet theatre actor and director
Des McAnuff
USA
USAAmerican-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival.
Tito Capobianco
Argentina
ArgentinaArgentine opera director
Shamsi Badalbeyli
Azerbaijan
AzerbaijanAzerbaijani theatre director
Irina Keruchenko
Belarus
BelarusRussian theatre director
Tadej Evstakhovich
Ukraine
UkraineSoviet and Ukrainian theatre director
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
France
FranceFrench opera director