Film Directors
Jim Abrahams Abiola Abrams J. J. Abrams Tengiz Abuladze Andrew Adamson Herbert Achternbusch Percy Adlon Alejandro Agresti Aqeel Ahmed Alexandre Aja Chantal Akerman Fatih Akin Moustapha Akkad Timothy Albee Barbara Albert Robert Aldrich Irwin Allen Woody Allen Sherman Alexie Robert Altman Gianni Amelio Lindsay Anderson Michael Anderson Mitch Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Paul W.S. Anderson Wes Anderson Roy Andersson Kostas Andritsos Theo Angelopoulos Kenneth Anger Jean-Jacques Annaud Threes Anna Hideaki Anno Arnold Antonin Juan Antonio Bayona Michelangelo Antonioni Judd Apatow Michael Apted Gregg Araki Alfonso Arau Denys Arcand Jane Arden Asia Argento Dario Argento Gillian Armstrong Andrea Arnold Jack Arnold Darren Aronofsky Fernando Arrabal Miguel Arteta Dorothy Arzner Hal Ashby Anthony Asquith Carlos Atanes Richard Attenborough Jacques Audiard Bille August Claude Autant-Lara Roger Avary Pupi Avati Tex Avery John G. Avildsen Nabil Ayouch Chris Barfoot Bharathiraja India Biju Viswanath Hector Babenco Lloyd Bacon John Badham Bae Yong-Kyun King Baggot Roy Ward Baker Mohammad Bakri Ralph Bakshi Aleksei Balabanov Carroll Ballard Clive Barker Tom Barman Boris Barnet Matthew Barney Drew Barrymore Mario Bava Michael Bay Kidist Bayelegne Warren Beatty Jacques Becker Josh Becker Wolfgang Becker Jean-Jacques Beineix Marco Bellocchio Maria Luisa Bemberg Jack Bender Shyam Benegal Roberto Benigni Robert Benton Bruce Beresford Ingmar Bergman Busby Berkeley Luis Garcia Berlanga Ishmael Bernal Curtis Bernhardt Claude Berri Bernardo Bertolucci Luc Besson Frank Beyer Susanne Bier Kathryn Bigelow Brad Bird Nicola Black Alessandro Blasetti Bertrand Blier Neill Blomkamp Don Bluth Budd Boetticher Peter Bogdanovich Richard Boleslawski Mauro Bolognini Fyodor Bondarchuk Sergei Bondarchuk Bong Joon-ho Jan De Bont John Boorman Walerian Borowczyk Frank Borzage John and Roy Boulting Lucien Bourjeily Danny Boyle Stan Brakhage Kenneth Branagh Catherine Breillat Robert Bresson Vinko Breaan Martin Brest Lino Brocka Peter Brook Albert Brooks James L. Brooks Mel Brooks Richard Brooks Nick Broomfield James Broughton Clarence Brown Tod Browning Detlev Buck Jan Bucquoy John Carl Buechler Andrew Bujalski Charles Burnett Edward Burns Tim Burton Jeff Celentano Enrique Carreras Michael Cacoyannis James Cameron Donald Cammell Martin Campbell Jane Campion Michael Cacoyannis Frank Capra Leos Carax Niki Caro John Carpenter D.J. Caruso John Cassavetes Nick Cassavetes William Castle Nuri Bilge Ceylan Claude Chabrol Don Chaffey Youssef Chahine Fruit Chan Jackie Chan Peter Chan Charlie Chaplin Kaige Chen Abigail Child Ching Siu-Tung Samson Chiu Yash Chopra Chor Yuen Stephen Chow Benjamin Christensen Rich Christiano Christian-Jaque Grigori Chukhrai Peter Chung Michael Cimino Bob Clark Larry Clark Jack Clayton George Clooney Henri-Georges Clouzot Enrico Cocozza Jean Cocteau Coen Brothers Larry Cohen Keri Collins Mary Collins Chris Columbus Luigi Comencini Bill Condon Bruce Conner Jack Conway Merian C. Cooper Francis Ford Coppola Sofia Coppola Roger Corman Alain Corneau Don Coscarelli George Pan Cosmatos Pedro Costa Ricardo Costa Manny Coto Costa-Gavras Kevin Costner Alex Cox Paul Cox Wes Craven Charles Crichton Michael Crichton John Cromwell David Cronenberg Alan Crosland Matthew Crouch Cameron Crowe George Cukor Sean S. Cunningham Richard Curtis Michael Curtiz David Dhavan Joe D'Amato John Dahl Frank Daniel Joe Dante Frank Darabont Jules Dassin Byambasuren Davaa Delmer Daves Alki David Terence Davies Andrew Davis Tamra Davis J. Searle Dawley Jonathan Dayton Philippe de Broca Rolf de Heer Alex De La Iglesia Jean Delannoy Roy Del Ruth Guillermo Del Toro Cecil B. DeMille Jonathan Demme Ted Demme Jacques Demy Claire Denis Ruggero Deodato Brian De Palma Maya Deren Scott Derrickson Giuseppe de Santis Vittorio De Sica Danny DeVito Michel Deville Carlos Diegues Walt Disney William Dieterle Djibril Diop Mambety Edward Dmytryk Jacques Doillon Andrew Dominik Roger Donaldson Stanley Donen Richard Donner Mark Donskoi Robert Dornhelm Aleksandr Dovzhenko Polly Draper Carl Theodor Dreyer Marcel Duchamp Troy Duffy Dennis Dugan Joshua Dugdale Bruno Dumont Marguerite Duras Richard Dutcher Guru Dutt Julien Duvivier Igor Dymkov Allan Dwan Clint Eastwood Uli Edel Blake Edwards Atom Egoyan Sergei Eisenstein Richard Elfman Stephan Elliott Maurice Elvey Roland Emmerich Cy Endfield Robert Enrico Nora Ephron Jean Epstein Victor Erice Jean Eustache Marc Evans Chris Eyre Richard Eyre Peter Faiman Valerie Faris Farrelly brothers John Farrow Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fei Mu Federico Fellini Emilio Fernandez Abel Ferrara Marco Ferreri Louis Feuillade Jacques Feyder Todd Field Jorge Fons Mike Figgis David Fincher Terence Fisher Robert J. Flaherty Richard Fleischer Victor Fleming Benedek Fliegauf John Ford Miloa Forman Willi Forst Marc Forster Bill Forsyth Bob Fosse Jodie Foster Eytan Fox Coleman Francis Georges Franju John Frankenheimer Sidney Franklin Stephen Frears Morgan Freeman Mark Freiburger Ron Fricke Fridrik Thor Fridriksson Lionel Friedberg William Friedkin Su Friedrich Kinji Fukasaku Lucio Fulci Sam Fuller Antoine Fuqua Manish Gupta Leonid Gaidai Harry Gamboa Jr. Abel Gance Christophe Gans Carla Garapedian Tay Garnett Philippe Garrel William Garwood Louis J. Gasnier Tony Gatlif Nils Gaup Jean Genet Alexei German Pietro Germi Clyde Geronimi Subhash Ghai Ritwik Ghatak Bahman Ghobadi Mel Gibson Lewis Gilbert Terry Gilliam Pavel Giroud Amos Gitai Jonathan Glazer Theo van Gogh Jean-Luc Godard Menahem Golan Bobcat Goldthwait Michel Gondry Adoor Gopalakrishnan Stuart Gordon Hideo Gosha Edmund Goulding William A. Graham F. Gary Gray David Gordon Green Peter Greenaway Paul Greengrass John Grierson Jean Gremillon John Greyson D. W. Griffith Murray Grigor Christopher Guest Val Guest John Guillermin Sacha Guitry Hrafn Gunnlaugsson Taylor Hackford Tala Hadid Lucile Hadzihalilovic Piers Haggard Bent Hamer John D. Hancock Michael Haneke Curtis Hanson Catherine Hardwicke Renny Harlin Jack Harris Mary Harron Hal Hartley Herk Harvey Henry Hathaway Howard Hawks Will Hay Salma Hayek David Hayman Todd Haynes Brian Helgeland Monte Hellman Frank Henenlotter Jim Henson Perry Henzell Werner Herzog Jared Hess Jerusha Hess Scott Hicks Jack Hill George Roy Hill Walter Hill Arthur Hiller Art Hindle Ryuichi Hiroki Alfred Hitchcock Ho Ping Mike Hodges Michael Hoffman Jack Hofsiss Clive Holden Savage Steve Holland Agnieszka Holland Seth Holt Tobe Hooper Stephen Hopkins Dennis Hopper Hsiao-Hsien Hou Ron Howard King Hu L. Ron Hubbard Chris Hudson Howard Hughes John Hughes Ann Hui John Huston Brian G. Hutton Peter Hyams Nicholas Hytner Kon Ichikawa Im Kwon-Taek Hiroshi Inagaki Rex Ingram Juzo Itami Joris Ivens James Ivory Peter Jackson Sarah Jacobson Henry Jaglom Steve James Jim Jarmusch Jang Jun-hwan Derek Jarman Jia Zhangke Jiang Wen Humphrey Jennings Risto Jarva Patty Jenkins Norman Jewison Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jia Zhangke Jaromil Jirea Phil Joanou Alejandro Jodorowsky Clark Johnson Joe Johnston Terry Jones Chuck Jones Spike Jonze Bong Joon-ho Neil Jordan Jon Jost Mike Judge Miranda July Kamal Haasan Karel KachyHa Mauricio Kagel Kamal Zacharias Kunuk Raj Kapoor Shekhar Kapur Pekka Karjalainen Roman Karmen Lawrence Kasdan Mithaq Kazimi Ras Kassa Suzy Kassem Mathieu Kassovitz Aaron Katz Lloyd Kaufman Philip Kaufman Jerzy Kawalerowicz Tony Kaye Elia Kazan Buster Keaton Gene Kelly Richard Kelly Alex Kendrick James Kerwin William Kennedy Dickson Abbas Kiarostami Krzysztof Kie[lowski Kim Ki-duk Max W. Kimmich Henry King Stephen King Teinosuke Kinugasa Ryuhei Kitamura Takeshi Kitano Elem Klimov Vincent Kok Satoshi Kon Alexander Korda Zoltan Korda Hirokazu Koreeda Harmony Korine Henry Koster Jan Kounen Stanley Kramer Stanley Kubrick George Kuchar Roger Kumble Akira Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurosawa Emir Kusturica Stanley Kwan Nadine Labaki Neil LaBute Ringo Lam John Landis Fritz Lang Walter Lang Claude Lanzmann Janez Lapajne John Lasseter Jeffrey Lau Marc Lawrence J. F. Lawton David Lean Patrice Leconte Ang Lee Lee Cheol-ha Lee Lik-Chi Spike Lee Mike Leigh Danny Leiner Michael Lehmann Claude Lelouch Umberto Lenzi Sergio Leone Robert Lepage Mervyn LeRoy Richard Lester Barry Levinson Jerry Lewis Li Han-Hsiang Li Tie Li Yang Doug Liman Max Linder Willy Lindwer Richard Linklater Frank Lloyd Lo Wei Ken Loach Ulli Lommel Robert Longo Del Lord Lou Ye Ernst Lubitsch George Lucas Baz Luhrmann Sidney Lumet Leopold Lummerstorfer Ida Lupino Rod Lurie David Lynch Jennifer Lynch Liam Lynch Adrian Lyne Jonathan Lynn Mani Ratnam India Kevin Macdonald Gustav Machaty Alexander Mackendrick David Mackenzie Gillies MacKinnon Guy Maddin Duaan Makavejev Mohsen Makhmalbaf Sundeep Malani William Malone Bam Margera Louis Malle Terrence Malick David Maloney Henrik Malyan Manakis brothers Milcho Manchevski Luis Mandoki Joseph Leo Mankiewicz Sandeep Marwah Anthony Mann Daniel Mann Delbert Mann Michael Mann Sophie Marceau Chris Marker Frank Marshall Garry Marshall George Marshall Neil Marshall Penny Marshall Marco Martins Nico Mastorakis Yasuzo Masumura Arknas Matelis Sean Mathias Brad Mays Leo McCarey Paul McGuigan John McKay Lucky McKee Norman McLaren John McNaughton John McTiernan Shane Meadows Jonas Mekas Sam Mendes Chris Menges Deepa Mehta Dariush Mehrjui Fernando Meirelles E. Elias Merhige Saul Metzstein Russ Meyer Leah Meyerhoff Oscar Micheaux Roger Michell Takashi Miike Lewis Milestone John Milius Frank Miller George Miller Kara Miller Vincente Minnelli Anthony Minghella John Cameron Mitchell Hayao Miyazaki Kenji Mizoguchi Cesar Montano Lukas Moodysson Michael Moore Robert Moore Jacobo Morales Nanni Moretti Anders Morgenthaler Errol Morris Greg Mottola Allan Moyle Russell Mulcahy Robert Mulligan Geoff Murphy Ryan Murphy F. W. Murnau Daniel Myrick Amir Naderi Mira Nair Hideo Nakata Mikio Naruse Vincenzo Natali Gregory Nava Laura Neri Mike Newell Lionel Ngakane Fred Niblo Andrew Niccol Mike Nichols Jack Nicholson Rob Nilsson Marcus Nispel Christopher Nolan Syed Noor Matt Norman Jehane Noujaim Phillip Noyce Bruno Nuytten Chris O'Dea Kingsley Ogoro Izu Ojukwu Kihachi Okamoto Sidney Olcott Manoel de Oliveira Gunnar Olsson Mamoru Oshii Nagisa Oshima Richard Oswald Katsuhiro Otomo Ulrike Ottinger Idrissa Ouedraogo Cheick Oumar Sissoko Frank Oz Fran¯›¯›ois Ozon Yasujiro Ozu Georg Wilhelm Pabst P. Padmarajan Alan J. Pakula Pang Ho-Cheung Park Chan-Wook Sergei Parajanov K-Michel Parandi Alan Parker Trey Parker Dean Parisot Reza Parsa Gabriel Pascal Goran Paskaljevic Pier Paolo Pasolini Ivan Passer Anand Patwardhan Alexander Payne Raoul Peck Sam Peckinpah Arthur Penn Sean Penn Ivan Perestiani Lester James Peries Wolfgang Petersen Elio Petri Daniel Petrie Maurice Pialat Andy Picheta Lucian Pintilie Puttanna Kanagal Roman Polanski Sydney Pollack Kay Pollak Ted Post Michael Powell Sally Potter Rosa von Praunheim Otto Preminger Emeric Pressburger Sarah Price Alex Proyas Vsevolod Pudovkin Brothers Quay Richard Quine Peer Raben Michael Radford Bob Rafelson Sam Raimi Yvonne Rainer Harold Ramis Mani Ratnam Brett Ratner Man Ray Nicholas Ray Satyajit Ray Rick Ray Eric Red Robert Redford Carol Reed Matt Reeves Nicolas Winding Refn Godfrey Reggio Carl Reiner Rob Reiner Karel Reisz Jean Renoir Alain Resnais Ivan Reitman Jason Reitman Carlos Reygadas John Rich Tony Richardson Hans Richter W. D. Richter Leni Riefenstahl Arturo Ripstein Guy Ritchie Martin Ritt Jacques Rivette Saeed Rizvi Jay Roach Alain Robbe-Grillet Jerome Robbins Tim Robbins Bruce Robinson Phil Alden Robinson Mark Robson Glauber Rocha Robert Rodriguez John Roecker Nicolas Roeg George A. Romero Mikhail Romm Mickey Rooney Bernard Rose Stuart Rosenberg Rick Rosenthal Herbert Ross Robert Rossen Roberto Rossellini Eli Roth Patricia Rozema Pavel Ruminov Richard Rush David O. Russell Ken Russell Stefan Ruzowitzky Zbigniew RybczyDski Mark Rydell Bob Saget Sooraj R. Barjatya Walter Salles Anja Salomonowitz Shakti Samanta Scott Sanders Nelson Pereira dos Santos Richard C. Sarafian Hubert Sauper Claude Sautet Geoffrey Sax John Sayles John Scagliotti Ettore Scola Martin Scorsese Leigh Scott Ridley Scott Tony Scott Franklin Schaffner Frank Scheffer Fred Schepisi Kyle Schickner Thomas Schlamme John Schlesinger Christoph Schlingensief Julian Schnabel Renen Schorr Barbet Schroeder Werner Schroeter Alexander Schukoff Joel Schumacher George Seaton Ulrich Seidl Henry Selick Selvaraghavan S. Shankar Ousmane Sembene Mrinal Sen Mack Sennett Tom Shadyac Jim Sharman William Shatner Scott Shaw Ron Shelton Larisa Shepitko Jim Sheridan Gary Sherman Cate Shortland M. Night Shyamalan George Sidney Don Siegel Yves Simoneau Bryan Singer Manmohan Singh Tarsem Singh John Singleton Robert Siodmak Douglas Sirk Jerzy Skolimowski Yannis Smaragdis Harry Smith Kevin Smith Adam Smoluk Michael Snow Zack Snyder Michele Soavi Steven Soderbergh Todd Solondz Stephen Sommers Barry Sonnenfeld Shion Sono Aleksandr Sokurov Penelope Spheeris Steven Spielberg Alejandro Springall John M. Stahl Sylvester Stallone Ladislas Starevich J.A. Steel Josef von Sternberg George Stevens Robert Stevenson Ben Stiller Mauritz Stiller Whit Stillman Oliver Stone Jean-Marie Straub Barbra Streisand Erich von Stroheim John Sturges Preston Sturges Sun Yu Arne Sucksdorff Seijun Suzuki Khady Sylla Elia Suleiman Rachel Talalay Patrick Tam Lee Tamahori Alain Tanner Danis Tanovic Andrei Tarkovsky Quentin Tarantino Frank Tashlin Jacques Tati Norman Taurog Bertrand Tavernier Don Taylor Lewis Teague Julien Temple Suzie Templeton Andy Tennant J. Lee Thompson Richard Thorpe Tian Zhuangzhuang George Tillman Johnnie To James Toback Norman Tokar Giuseppe Tornatore Jacques Tourneur Maurice Tourneur David Trainer Pablo Trapero Scott Treleaven Lars von Trier Jan Troell Margarethe von Trotta Ming-liang Tsai Peter Tscherkassky Tsui Hark Shinya Tsukamoto Jon Turteltaub Tom Tykwer Jeff Tremaine Upendra Edgar G. Ulmer Ron Underwood Kinka Usher Peter Ustinov Roger Vadim Luis Valdez Mike van Diem Erik Van Looy Melvin Van Peebles Gus Van Sant Ram Gopal Varma Vijayakrishnan Gore Verbinski Paul Verhoeven Dziga Vertov Charles Vidor King Vidor Ric Viers Robert G. Vignola Jean Vigo Thomas Vinterberg Luchino Visconti Jurgen Vsych Wachowski brothers Michael Wadleigh Wai Ka-Fai Andrzej Wajda Randall Wallace Raoul Walsh James Wan Wan brothers Sam Wanamaker Wang Xiaoshuai Wang Quan'an Vincent Ward Andy Warhol Denzel Washington Darrell Wasyk John Waters Peter Watkins Sean Weathers Apichatpong Weerasethakul Hans Weingartner Peter Weir Chris Weitz Paul Weitz Orson Welles Wim Wenders Lina Wertmueller James Whale Bo Widerberg Virgil Widrich Michael Winterbottom Billy Wilder Adim Williams Richard Williams William Witney Henry Winkler Simon Wincer Michael Winner David Winning Michael Winterbottom Robert Wise Frederick Wiseman Len Wiseman Doris Wishman Wong Jing Kar-wai Wong John Woo Edward D. Wood Jr. Sam Wood James Wong Edgar Wright William Wyler W2 Xie Jin Boaz Yakin Edward Yang Ruby Yang David Yates Peter Yates Derek Yee Wilson Yip Yaky Yosha Yamada Youji Yuen Woo-ping Brian Yuzna Krzysztof Zanussi Franco Zeffirelli Robert Zemeckis Zhang Yang Zhang Yimou Zhang Yuan Zheng Junli Maheen Zia Howard Zieff Zelimir Zilnik Fred Zinnemann Rob Zombie Erick Zonca Zucker brothers Edward Zwick Terry Zwigoff Hisham Zreiq