Directors

All 619 filmmakers, A to Z.

Abbas KiarostamiIranAbdellatif KechicheFrance (born in Tunisia)Abderrahmane SissakoMauritania / MaliAbel FerraraUSAAbel GanceFranceAdemir KenovićBosnia and HerzegovinaAdina PintilieRomaniaAdoor GopalakrishnanIndiaAgnès VardaFranceAgnieszka HollandPolandAki KaurismäkiFinlandAkira KurosawaJapanAlain GomisFrance / SenegalAlain ResnaisFranceAlain TannerSwitzerlandAlan BridgesUKAlan J. PakulaUSAAlan ParkerUKAlberto LattuadaItalyAlejandro G. IñárrituMexicoAlejandro JodorowskyChile / FranceAleksandar PetrovićYugoslavia (Serbia)Aleksei GermanUSSR / RussiaAlexander DovzhenkoUSSRAlexander KlugeGermanyAlexander MackendrickUK / USAAlexander NanauRomaniaAlexander PayneUSAAlexander SokurovRussiaAlf SjöbergSwedenAlfonso CuarónMexicoAlfred HitchcockUK / USAAli AbbasiIran / Denmark / SwedenAli ÖzelTurkeyAlice Guy-BlachéFrance / USAAlice RohrwacherItalyAmanda KernellSwedenAmjad Abu AlalaSudanAmos GitaiIsraelAndrea ArnoldUKAndrei KonchalovskyUSSR / RussiaAndrei TarkovskyUSSRAndrey ZvyagintsevRussiaAndré CayatteFranceAndrzej WajdaPolandAndrzej ŻuławskiPoland / FranceAng LeeTaiwan / USAAnn HuiHong KongAnselmo DuarteBrazilAnurag KashyapIndiaAparna SenIndiaApichatpong WeerasethakulThailandAri FolmanIsraelArnaud DesplechinFranceArne MattssonSwedenArthur PennUSAArturo RipsteinMexicoAsghar FarhadiIranAthina Rachel TsangariGreeceAtom EgoyanCanadaAtıf YılmazTurkeyAudrey DiwanFranceAva DuVernayUSAAzra Deniz OkyayTurkeyBahram BeyzaieIranBarry JenkinsUSABarry LevinsonUSABaz LuhrmannAustraliaBen AffleckUSABen SharpsteenUSABenjamin ChristensenDenmarkBernardo BertolucciItalyBertrand TavernierFranceBéla TarrHungaryBill ForsythUKBille AugustDenmarkBilly WilderUSABinka ZhelyazkovaBulgariaBlerta BasholliKosovoBo WiderbergSwedenBob FosseUSABob RafelsonUSABodil IpsenDenmarkBong Joon-hoSouth KoreaBrady CorbetUSABrian De PalmaUSABrillante MendozaPhilippinesBruno DumontFranceBuster KeatonUSACanan GeredeTurkeyCarl Theodor DreyerDenmarkCarla SimónSpainCarlos ReygadasMexicoCarlos SauraSpainCarol ReedUKCatherine BreillatFranceCălin Peter NetzerRomaniaCecil B. DeMilleUSACéline SciammaFranceCésar Fernández ArdavínSpainChaitanya TamhaneIndiaChantal AkermanBelgiumCharlie ChaplinUK / USAChen KaigeChinaChetan AnandIndiaChloé ZhaoUSA (born in China)Chris MarkerFranceChristian PetzoldGermanyChristopher NolanUK / USAClaire DenisFranceClaude ChabrolFranceClaude LanzmannFranceClaude LelouchFranceClaudia LlosaPeruCorneliu PorumboiuRomaniaCosta-GavrasFrance / GreeceCristi PuiuRomaniaCristian MungiuRomaniaCristian NemescuRomaniaÇiğdem VitrinelTurkeyD.W. GriffithUSADag Johan HaugerudNorwayDalibor MatanićCroatiaDamián SzifronArgentinaDamien ChazelleUSADanis TanovićBosnia and HerzegovinaDanny BoyleUKDario ArgentoItalyDariush MehrjuiIranDarren AronofskyUSADavid CronenbergCanadaDavid FincherUSADavid HareUKDavid LeanUKDavid LynchUSADeepa MehtaCanada / IndiaDelbert MannUSADenis VilleneuveCanadaDennis HopperUSADerek JarmanUKDerviş ZaimTurkeyDiao YinanChinaDino RisiItalyDjibril Diop MambétySenegalDon SiegelUSADouglas SirkGermany / USADušan MakavejevYugoslavia (Serbia)Dziga VertovUSSREdgar ReitzGermanyEdward BennettUKEdward BergerGermanyEdward DmytrykUSA (born in Canada)Edward YangTaiwanEdwin S. PorterUSAElem KlimovUSSRElia KazanUSAElia SuleimanPalestineElio PetriItalyEmilio FernándezMexicoEmilio Martínez-LázaroSpainEmin AlperTurkeyEmir KusturicaSerbia (born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia)Erdem TepegözTurkeyErden KıralTurkeyEric RohmerFranceErich von StroheimAustria / USAErmanno OlmiItalyErnst LubitschGermany / USAErtem EğilmezTurkeyEttore ScolaItalyEva LibertadSpainF.W. MurnauGermanyFatih AkinGermanyFederico FelliniItalyFeo AladagGermany (born in Austria)Fernando BirriArgentinaFernando MeirellesBrazilFernando PérezCubaFernando SolanasArgentinaFerzan ÖzpetekTurkeyFérid BoughedirTunisiaFlora GomesGuinea-BissauFrancesco RosiItalyFranci SlakSloveniaFrancis Ford CoppolaUSAFrançois TruffautFranceFrank CapraUSAFranklin J. SchaffnerUSAFrantišek ČápCzechoslovakia / YugoslaviaFred ZinnemannAustria / USAFrederick WisemanUSAFridrikh ErmlerUSSRFritz LangGermanyG. AravindanIndiaG.W. PabstAustriaGaston KaboréBurkina FasoGavin HoodSouth AfricaGene KellyUSAGeorge A. RomeroUSAGeorge CukorUSAGeorge LucasUSAGeorge Roy HillUSAGeorges MélièsFranceGian Luigi PolidoroItalyGianfranco RosiItaly (born in Eritrea)Gianni AmelioItalyGillian ArmstrongAustraliaGillo PontecorvoItalyGints ZilbalodisLatviaGiuseppe De SantisItalyGiuseppe TornatoreItalyGlauber RochaBrazilGleb PanfilovUSSR / RussiaGoran MarkovićSerbia (Yugoslavia)Goran PaskaljevićSerbia (Yugoslavia)Govind NihalaniIndiaGreta GerwigUSAGuillermo del ToroMexicoGuru DuttIndiaGus Van SantUSAGuy MaddinCanadaGuy RitchieUKHaile GerimaEthiopia / USAHal AshbyUSAHal HartleyUSAHalit RefiğTurkeyHans-Jürgen SyberbergGermanyHany Abu-AssadPalestineHarmony KorineUSAHarold LloydUSAHayao MiyazakiJapanHenri ColpiFranceHenri-Georges ClouzotFranceHéctor BabencoArgentina / BrazilHirokazu Kore-edaJapanHiroshi InagakiJapanHiroshi TeshigaharaJapanHong Sang-sooSouth KoreaHou Hsiao-hsienTaiwanHoward HawksUSAHumberto SolásCubaIdrissa OuédraogoBurkina FasoIldikó EnyediHungaryIngmar BergmanSwedenIsa QosjaKosovo (born in Montenegro)Isao TakahataJapanIstván SzabóHungaryİlker ÇatakGermanyJacques AudiardFranceJacques BeckerFranceJacques CousteauFranceJacques DemyFranceJacques RivetteFranceJacques TatiFranceJafar PanahiIranJames AlgarUSAJames CameronCanada / USAJames WhaleUK / USAJan ŠvankmajerCzech Republic (Czechoslovakia)Jan TroellSwedenJane CampionNew ZealandJanez BurgerSloveniaJasmila ŽbanićBosnia and HerzegovinaJean CocteauFranceJean DelannoyFranceJean RenoirFranceJean VigoFranceJean-Luc GodardFranceJean-Marie StraubFranceJean-Paul Le ChanoisFranceJean-Pierre BekoloCameroonJean-Pierre JeunetFranceJean-Pierre MelvilleFranceJerry SchatzbergUSAJerzy SkolimowskiPolandJia ZhangkeChinaJim JarmuschUSAJim SheridanIrelandJiří MenzelCzechoslovakiaJoachim TrierNorwayJoaquim Pedro de AndradeBrazilJohn CarpenterUSAJohn CassavetesUSAJohn FordUSAJohn HustonUSAJohn SchlesingerUKJohn WooHong Kong / USAJohnnie ToHong KongJordan PeeleUSAJorge SanjinésBoliviaJosef von SternbergAustria / USAJoseph CedarIsraelJoseph L. MankiewiczUSAJoseph LoseyUSA / UKJosé Luis García SánchezSpainJosé PadilhaBrazilJuan Antonio BardemSpainJulia DucournauFranceJulien DuvivierFranceJulio MedemSpainJustine TrietFranceJuzo ItamiJapanKamen KalevBulgariaKaneto ShindoJapanKaouther Ben HaniaTunisiaKarel ReiszUK (born in Czechoslovakia)Karim AïnouzBrazilKathryn BigelowUSAKatsuhiro OtomoJapanKeisuke KinoshitaJapanKelly ReichardtUSAKen LoachUKKenji MizoguchiJapanKenneth BranaghUK (born in Northern Ireland)Kim Ki-dukSouth KoreaKing VidorUSAKira MuratovaUSSR / UkraineKleber Mendonça FilhoBrazilKon IchikawaJapanKrzysztof KieślowskiPolandKrzysztof ZanussiPolandKujtim ÇashkuAlbaniaKumar ShahaniIndiaKunle AfolayanNigeriaKutluğ AtamanTurkeyLadj LyFranceLarisa ShepitkoUSSRLars von TrierDenmarkLau Lauritzen Jr.DenmarkLaura PoitrasUSALaurent CantetFranceLav DiazPhilippinesLawrence KasdanUSALee Chang-dongSouth KoreaLemohang Jeremiah MoseseLesothoLeo McCareyUSALeopold LindtbergSwitzerland (born in Austria)Leopoldo Torre NilssonArgentinaLeos CaraxFranceLev KuleshovUSSRLina WertmüllerItalyLindsay AndersonUKLisandro AlonsoArgentinaLois WeberUSALordan ZafranovićYugoslavia (Croatia)Lorenzo VigasVenezuelaLouis FeuilladeFranceLouis LumièreFranceLouis MalleFranceLuchino ViscontiItalyLucian PintilieRomaniaLucrecia MartelArgentinaLuigi ComenciniItalyLuis BuñuelSpain / MexicoLuis García BerlangaSpainLukas DhontBelgiumLukas MoodyssonSwedenLütfi Ömer AkadTurkeyLynne RamsayUKMack SennettUSA (born in Canada)Mahamat-Saleh HarounChadMaja MilošSerbiaMajid MajidiIranMakoto ShinkaiJapanMani KaulIndiaMani RatnamIndiaManoel de OliveiraPortugalMarc CaroFranceMarcel CamusFranceMarcel CarnéFranceMarco BellocchioItalyMarco FerreriItalyMaren AdeGermanyMargarethe von TrottaGermanyMario BavaItalyMario CamusSpainMario MonicelliItalyMark Dornford-MaySouth Africa / UKMartin ScorseseUSAMaryam TouzaniMoroccoMasahiro ShinodaJapanMasaki KobayashiJapanMati DiopFrance / SenegalMatteo GarroneItalyMaurice PialatFranceMauritz StillerSweden (born in Finland)Max OphülsGermany / FranceMay el-ToukhyDenmark (Egyptian-Danish)Márta MészárosHungaryMed HondoMauritania / FranceMehboob KhanIndiaMemduh ÜnTurkeyMerzak AllouacheAlgeriaMetin ErksanTurkeyMetod PevecSloveniaMichael CacoyannisGreece (born in Cyprus)Michael CiminoUSAMichael CurtizHungary / USAMichael HanekeAustriaMichael MooreUSAMichael RadfordUKMichael WinterbottomUKMichel HazanaviciusFranceMichelangelo AntonioniItalyMike LeighUKMike NewellUKMike NicholsUSA (born in Germany)Mikhail KalatozovUSSRMikio NaruseJapanMiklós JancsóHungaryMilčo MančevskiNorth MacedoniaMiloš FormanCzechoslovakia / USAMira NairIndia / USAMohamed DiabEgyptMohammad RasoulofIranMohammed Lakhdar-HaminaAlgeriaMohsen MakhmalbafIranMoufida TlatliTunisiaMrinal SenIndiaMuzaffer ArslanTurkeyNabil AyouchMorocco / FranceNadav LapidIsraelNadine LabakiLebanonNagisa OshimaJapanNanni MorettiItalyNaomi KawaseJapanNecmi SancakTurkeyNeil JordanIrelandNeill BlomkampSouth Africa / CanadaNejat SaydamTurkeyNelson Pereira dos SantosBrazilNicholas RayUSANicolas PhilibertFranceNicolas RoegUKNikita MikhalkovRussiaNouri BouzidTunisiaNuri Bilge CeylanTurkeyOliver StoneUSAOlivier AssayasFranceOnur ÜnlüTurkeyOrson WellesUSAOscar MicheauxUSAOtar IosselianiGeorgia / FranceOusmane SembèneSenegalÖmer KavurTurkeyPablo LarraínChilePablo TraperoArgentinaPantelis VoulgarisGreecePaolo SorrentinoItalyPark Chan-wookSouth KoreaPatrice ChéreauFrancePatricio GuzmánChilePaul GreengrassUKPaul LeniGermany / USAPaul Thomas AndersonUSAPaul WegenerGermanyPaweł PawlikowskiPolandPayal KapadiaIndiaPedro AlmodóvarSpainPedro CostaPortugalPeter BogdanovichUSAPeter GreenawayUKPeter JacksonNew ZealandPeter LilienthalGermanyPeter MullanUKPeter WeirAustraliaPhilippe GarrelFrancePhilippe LioretFrancePier Paolo PasoliniItalyPietro GermiItalyPowell & PressburgerUKPreston SturgesUSAQuentin TarantinoUSARadu JudeRomaniaRadu MihăileanuRomania / FranceRadu MunteanRomaniaRainer SimonGermany (GDR)Rainer Werner FassbinderGermanyRaj KapoorIndiaRalitza PetrovaBulgariaRamata-Toulaye SySenegal / FranceRamin MatinTurkeyRangel VulchanovBulgariaRaoul WalshUSARaúl RuizChile / FranceReha ErdemTurkeyReinhard HauffGermanyRenato CastellaniItalyRené ClairFranceRené ClémentFranceRichard AttenboroughUKRichard LesterUSA / UKRichard LinklaterUSARichard PearceUSARidley ScottUKRitwik GhatakIndiaRobert AltmanUSARobert BressonFranceRobert SiodmakGermany / USARobert WieneGermanyRobert ZemeckisUSARoberto RosselliniItalyRoland JofféUKRoman PolanskiPoland / FranceRoy AnderssonSwedenRuben ÖstlundSwedenRuy GuerraMozambique / BrazilRyusuke HamaguchiJapanSafi FayeSenegalSam MendesUKSam PeckinpahUSASamuel FullerUSASamuel MaozIsraelSarah MaldororFrance / AngolaSarah PolleyCanadaSatoshi KonJapanSatyajit RayIndiaSean BakerUSASeijun SuzukiJapanSemih KaplanoğluTurkeySerdar AkarTurkeySeren YüceTurkeySergei EisensteinUSSRSergei ParajanovUSSR (Armenia / Georgia / Ukraine)Sergio CorbucciItalySergio LeoneItalySergio SollimaItalySeyfettin TokmakTurkeyShadi Abdel SalamEgyptShohei ImamuraJapanShyam BenegalIndiaSidney LumetUSASinan ÇetinTurkeySofia CoppolaUSASohrab Shahid-SalessIran / GermanySouleymane CisséMaliSpike LeeUSASrdjan DragojevićSerbiaSrđan KaranovićSerbia (Yugoslavia)Stanley KramerUSAStanley KubrickUSA / UKStanley KwanHong KongStephen DaldryUKStephen FrearsUKSteve McQueenUKSteven SoderberghUSASteven SpielbergUSAŞerif GörenTurkeyTadashi ImaiJapanTakashi MiikeJapanTakeshi KitanoJapanTayfun PirselimoğluTurkeyTed KotcheffCanadaTeinosuke KinugasaJapanTengiz AbuladzeGeorgiaTeona Strugar MitevskaNorth MacedoniaTerence DaviesUKTerrence MalickUSAThe Coen BrothersUSAThe Dardenne BrothersBelgiumThe Taviani BrothersItalyTheo AngelopoulosGreeceThomas VinterbergDenmarkTim BurtonUSATobe HooperUSATod BrowningUSATodd HaynesUSATodd PhillipsUSATolga KaraçelikTurkeyTom StoppardUK (born in Czechoslovakia)Tomás Gutiérrez AleaCubaTomás MuñozSpainTrần Anh HùngFrance / VietnamTsai Ming-liangTaiwan (born in Malaysia)Tunç BaşaranTurkeyTunç OkanTurkeyTunde KelaniNigeriaUğur YücelTurkeyUlrich SeidlAustriaÜmit KörekenTurkeyValerio ZurliniItalyVeljko BulajićYugoslavia (Croatia)Victor FlemingUSAVictor SjöströmSwedenVincente MinnelliUSAVishal BhardwajIndiaVittorio De SicaItalyVíctor EriceSpainVolker SchlöndorffGermanyVsevolod PudovkinUSSRWalter RuttmannGermanyWalter SallesBrazilWang BingChinaWang Quan'anChinaWanuri KahiuKenyaWerner HerzogGermanyWerner SchroeterGermanyWes AndersonUSAWes CravenUSAWilfred JacksonUSAWilliam FriedkinUSAWilliam WylerUSAWim WendersGermanyWojciech HasPolandWong Kar-waiHong KongWoody AllenUSAXavier DolanCanadaXie FeiChinaYasujiro OzuJapanYavuz ÖzkanTurkeyYorgos LanthimosGreeceYousry NasrallahEgyptYoussef ChahineEgyptYusuf KurçenliTurkeyYılmaz DuruTurkeyYılmaz GüneyTurkeyZeki DemirkubuzTurkeyZeki ÖktenTurkeyZeresenay Berhane MehariEthiopiaZhang YimouChinaZoya AkhtarIndiaŽelimir ŽilnikSerbia (Yugoslavia)Živojin PavlovićYugoslavia (Serbia)