Famous Directors - Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

• Gary Oldman

  Director

  New Cross, United Kingdom

• Henrik Ibsen

  Playwright

  Norway

• Spike Lee

  Director

  Georgia, United States of America

• Rudolf Nureyev

  Ballet Dancer

  Russia

• Robert Rossen

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Matthew Gray Gubler

  Actor

  Nevada, United States of America

• Roman Polanski

  Director

  Île-de-France, France

• Casey Affleck

  Actor

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Seth Rogen

  Actor

  British Columbia, Canada

• Samuel Beckett

  Novelist

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• James Franco

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Vincent Gallo

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Zach Braff

  Director

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Emilio Estevez

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Federico Fellini

  Film Director

  Rimini, Italy

• George Lucas

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Antonio Banderas

  Director

  Málaga, Spain

• William Hanna

  Cartoonist

  New Mexico, United States of America

• Billy Bob Thornton

  Director

  Arkansas, United States of America

• Natalie Portman

  Actress

  Israel

• Victor Fleming

  Director

  California, United States of America

• LeVar Burton

  Director

  Kaiserslautern, Germany

• Elizabeth Banks

  Actress

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Howard Hughes

  Aviator

  Texas, United States of America

• Elia Kazan

  Director

  Istanbul, Turkey

• Werner Herzog

  Director

  Bavaria, Germany

• Tim Burton

  Artist

  California, United States of America

• Chris Rock

  Comedian

  South Carolina, United States of America

• Dave Grohl

  Musician

  Ohio, United States of America

• Mike Judge

  Animator

  Guayas, Ecuador

• Jodie Foster

  Actress

  California, United States of America

• Neil Young

  Singer

  Ontario, Canada

• Louis Lumiere

  Chemist

  Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

• Leo McCarey

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Paul Rand

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Harold Ramis

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Charles Walters

  Choreographer

  California, United States of America

• Robert Duvall

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Thomas Bangalter

  Musician

  Île-de-France, France

• Eddie Murphy

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Francis Ford Coppola

  Director

  Michigan, United States of America

• George Seaton

  Screenwriter

  Indiana, United States of America

• Hayao Miyazaki

  Director

  Kant?, Japan

• John Ratzenberger

  Actor

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Robert Rodriguez

  Director

  Texas, United States of America

• Franco Zeffirelli

  Director

  Tuscany, Italy

• Anjelica Huston

  Actress

  California, United States of America

• Drew Barrymore

  Actress

  California, United States of America

• George Takei

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Anne Heche

  Actress

  Ohio, United States of America

• Jon Cryer

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Joss Whedon

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Michael Crichton

  Author

  Illinois, United States of America

• Tom Hanks

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Alan Arkin

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Robert De Niro

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Robert Wise

  Film Director

  Indiana, United States of America

• Martin Ritt

  Film Director

  New York, United States of America

• Sean Penn

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Jose Ferrer

  Actor

  Puerto Rico, United States of America

• Jerome Robbins

  Choreographer

  New York, United States of America

• Robert Redford

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Richard Attenborough

  Filmmaker

  England, United Kingdom

• Mel Brooks

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Sylvester Stallone

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Kathy Bates

  Film director

  Tennessee, United States of America

• Henry Hathaway

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Jean Renoir

  Actor

  Île-de-France, France

• Sir David Lean

  Director

  London, United Kingdom

• Peter Jackson

  Film Director

  New Zealand

• Forest Whitaker

  Actor

  Texas, United States of America

• Harold Pinter

  Actor

  London, United Kingdom

• Rob Schneider

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Johnny Depp

  Actor

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Ethan Hawke

  Actor

  Texas, United States of America

• John Krasinski

  Actor

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• George Clooney

  Actor

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Leonard Nimoy

  Author

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Mike Myers

  Actor

  Ontario, Canada

• Mervyn LeRoy

  Film Director

  California, United States of America

• Maximilian Schell

  Actor

  Vienna, Austria

• Jack Cardiff

  Cinematographer

  England, United Kingdom

• Allan Dwan

  Director

  Ontario, Canada

• Justin Theroux

  Actor

  United States of America

• Guy Hamilton

  Director

  France

• Robert Z. Leonard

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Richard Wagner

  Composer

  Liepzig, Germany

• Edward Dmytryk

  Film Director

  British Columbia, Canada

• Balaji Mohan

  Director

  Tamil Nadu, India

• Michelangelo Antonioni

  Film Director

  Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy

• Bala Pazhanisaamy

  Director

  Tamil Nadu, India

• Abel Ferrara

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Christopher Nolan

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Olivia Wilde

  Actress

  New York, United States of America

• Adrian Grenier

  Actor

  New Mexico, United States of America

• Alfred Hitchcock

  Director

  London, United Kingdom

• Anatole Litvak

  Director

  Ukraine

• W. S. Van Dyke

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Stanley Kramer

  Film Director

  New York, United States of America

• Michael Curtiz

  Film Director

  Hungary

• Bruce Beresford

  Film Director

  New South Wales, Australia

• Delbert Mann

  Film Director

  Kansas, United States of America

• Cecil Blount DeMille

  Director

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• John Richard Schlesinger

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• John Eliot Sturges

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Burt Reynolds

  Actor

  Michigan, United States of America

• John Hughes

  Director

  Michigan, United States of America

• Joshua Lockwood Logan

  Director

  Texas, United States of America

• Clint Eastwood

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Mrinalini Sarabhai

  Choreographer

  Kerala, India

• Laura Dern

  Actress

  California, United States of America

• Ryan Lewis

  DJ

  Washington, United States of America

• Ron Howard

  Actor

  Oklahoma, United States of America

• Matt Dillon

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Wes Craven

  Director

  Ohio, United States of America

• Robert Siodmak

  Director

  Saxony, Germany

• Steve Carell

  Actor

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• James Cameron

  Filmmaker

  Ontario, Canada

• Sidney Poitier

  Actor

  Florida, United States of America

• Kirk Douglas

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Tony Richardson

  Director

  West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

• Kiefer Sutherland

  Actor

  London, United Kingdom

• Steven Spielberg

  Filmmaker

  Ohio, United States of America

• Steve Buscemi

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• George Roy Hill

  Film Director

  Minnesota, United States of America

• Ralph Fiennes

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Ken Russell

  Film Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Akira Kurosawa

  Director

  Kanto, Japan

• Walter Lang

  Director

  Tennessee, United Kingdom

• Steven Seagal

  Artist

  Michigan, United States of America

• Bharathan

  Director

  Kerala, India

• Mel Gibson

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Alan Cumming

  Actor

  Perthshire, United Kingdom

• Debbie Allen

  Choreographer

  Texas, United States of America

• Rainn Wilson

  Actor

  Washington, United States of America

• Jerry Lewis

  Film Director

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Kevin Costner

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Kenneth Branagh

  Actor

  Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

• Matt Stone

  Actor

  Texas, United States of America

• John Wayne

  Actor

  Iowa, United States of America

• Matthew Broderick

  Actor

  New York City, United States of America

• David Fincher

  Director

  Colorado, United States of America

• Orson Welles

  Actor

  Wisconsin, United States of America

• Michael Bay

  Film Director

  California, United States of America

• Jason Bateman

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Luis Bunuel

  Filmmaker

  Teruel, Spain

• Michael Mann

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Ray Manzarek

  Musician

  Illinois, United States of America

• Fred Zinnemann

  Director

  Vienna, Austria

• Frank Capra

  Film Director

  Sicily, Italy

• Warren Beatty

  Actor

  Virginia, United States of America

• Vittorio De Sica

  Actor

  Frosinone, Italy

• Gary Sinise

  Actor

  Illinois, United States of America

• Howard Hawks

  Director

  Indiana, United States of America

• John Waters

  Director

  Maryland, United States of America

• Karl Lagerfeld

  Director

  Germany

• Carol Reed

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Alfonso Cuaron

  Director

  Mexico

• John Edgar Hoover

  Politician

  United States of America

• Stanley Kubrick

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Wes Anderson

  Director

  Texas, United States of America

• Wesley Ruggles

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Alexander Payne

  Director

  Nebraska, United States of America

• William Desmond Taylor

  Director

  Leinster, Republic of Ireland

• Frank Borzage

  Director

  Utah, United States of America

• John Landis

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Ethan Coen

  Director

  Minnesota, United States of America

• George Cukor

  Film Director

  New York, United States of America

• William A. Wellman

  Director

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Guru Dutt

  Director

  Karnataka, India

• Barry Levinson

  Director

  Maryland, United States of America

• Gus Van Sant

  Director

  Kentucky, United States of America

• Jane Campion

  Screenwriter

  North Island, New Zealand

• Richard Linklater

  Filmmaker

  Texas, United States of America

• Blake Edwards

  Filmmaker

  Oklahoma, United States of America

• Mike Nichols

  Film Director

  Berlin, Germany

• John Ford

  Director

  Maine, United States of America

• Sidney Lumet

  Director

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Ralph Bakshi

  Director

  Israel

• Martin Scorsese

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

  Director

  Mexico

• Shane Lee Dawson (nee Yaw)

  Social Media

  California, United States of America

• William Dieterle

  Actor

  Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

• John Huston

  Actor

  Missouri, United States of America

• Michael Keaton

  Actor

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Keanu Reeves

  Actor

  Lebanon

• Oliver Stone

  Film Director

  New York, United States of America

• Guy Ritchie

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Henry Koster

  Director

  Berlin, Germany

• Gregory La Cava

  Film Director

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Josef von Sternberg

  Film Director

  Vienna, Austria

• Seth MacFarlane

  Actor

  Connecticut, United States of America

• Benny Chan

  Film director

  Hong Kong

• Sydney Pollack

  Actor

  Indiana, United States of America

• Norman Taurog

  Film Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Rob Reiner

  Activist

  New York, United States of America

• Nora Ephron

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• John Farrow

  Director

  New South Wales, Australia

• Ken Burns

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Danny Boyle

  Director

  Manchester, United Kingdom

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Julie Taymor

  Artist

  Massachusetts, United States of America

• Billy Wilder

  Director

  Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

• Trey Parker

  Actor

  Colorado, United States of America

• Sam Shepard

  Actor

  Illinois, United States of America

• Brett Ratner

  Director

  Florida, United States of America

• Steve McQueen

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Penny Marshall

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Ang Lee

  Director

  Pingtung, Taiwan

• Jon Favreau

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Jason Reitman

  Director

  Québec, Canada

• Ridley Scott

  Director

  Durham, United Kingdom

• Ava DuVernay

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Samantha Morton

  Actress

  England, United Kingdom

• Spike Jonze

  Producer

  Maryland, United States of America

• Benh Zeitlin

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Sam Raimi

  Director

  Michigan, United States of America

• Peter Hall

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Charles Burnett

  Actor

  Mississippi, United States of America

• Anthony Minghella

  Director

  Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

• John Singleton

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Wim Wenders

  Director

  North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

• Mike Leigh

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Julie Delpy

  Actress

  Île-de-France, France

• Carlos Saura

  Director

  Aragon, Spain

• Raj Kapoor

  Actor

  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

• Lee Daniels

  Director

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Samuel West

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Pedro Almodovar

  Director

  Spain

• Lana Wachowski

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Peter Bogdanovich

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Cameron Crowe

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Preston Sturges

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• Paul Greengrass

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Jacques Tati

  Director

  Île-de-France, France

• Brian De Palma

  Director

  New Jersey, United States of America

• Morten Tyldum

  Director

  Hordaland, Norway

• David Schwimmer

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Joe Papp

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Jon Stewart

  Comedian

  New York, United States of America

• F.W. Murnau

  Director

  Ostwestfalen-Lippe, Germany

• George Abbott

  Producer

  New York, United States of America

• Ted Demme

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Tony Scott

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Paul Thomas Anderson

  Filmmaker

  California, United States of America

• John Madden

  Director

  Hampshire, Portsmouth

• Milos Forman

  Director

  Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

• Lasse Hallström

  Director

  Stockholm, Sweden

• Julian Schnabel

  Artist

  New York, United States Of America

• William Wyler

  Director

  Haut-Rihn, France

• Ben Gazzara

  TV Actor

  New York, United States Of America

• Luchino Visconti

  Director

  Lombardy, Italy

• Charles Nelson Reilly

  Actor

  New York, United States Of America

• Cindy Sherman

  Director

  New Jersey, United States Of America

• Edwin S. Porter

  Director

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Peter Ustinov

  Academic

  England, United Kingdom

• Frank Oz

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• John Carpenter

  Director

  New York, United States Of America

• Jean-Luc Godard

  Director

  Île-de-France, France

• Eric Stoltz

  Actor

  California, United States Of America

• Chuck Jones

  Artist

  Washington, United States Of America

• D.W. Griffith

  Film Actor

  Kentucky, United States Of America

• Jean Vigo

  Director

  ?Île-de-France, France

• Lilly Wachowski

  Filmmaker

  Illinois, United States Of America

• James L. Brooks

  Director

  New York, United States Of America

• Stephen Daldry

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Roberto Rossellini

  Director

  Lazio, Italy

• David O. Russell

  Director

  New York, United States Of America

• Cecil B. DeMille

  Actor

  Massachusetts, United States Of America

• Rene Balcer

  Screenwriter

  Quebec, Canada

• Jim Sheridan

  Director

  Leinster, Ireland

• Jose Quintero

  Director

  Bay County, Panama

• Luis Valdez

  Director

  California, United States of America

• Fritz Lang

  Director

  Vienna, Austria

• Fernando Arrabal

  Director

  Spain

• George S. Kaufman

  Critic

  Pennsylvania, United States of America

• Anthony Quayle

  Actor

  England, United Kingdom

• Costa Gavras

  Director

  Peloponnese, Greece

• Francois Truffaut

  Director

  Île-de-France, France

• Michael Apted

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Ismail Merchant

  Director

  Maharashtra, India

• Garson Kanin

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• James Lapine

  Director

  Ohio, United States of America

• Dalton Trumbo

  Activist

  Colorado, United States of America

• Sam Peckinpah

  Actor

  California, United States of America

• Vincente Minnelli

  Director

  Illinois, United States of America

• David Cronenberg

  Director

  Ontario, Canada

• John Turturro

  Actor

  New York, United States of America

• Dick Powell

  Actor

  Arkansas, United States of America

• Hal Roach

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• John Gielgud

  Actor

  London, United Kingdom

• Louis Malle

  Director

  Lille, France

• Gordon Parks

  Director

  Kansas, United States of America

• Ed Wood

  Director

  New York, United States of America

• Alma Reville

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• David Mamet

  Director

  Illinois, United States Of America

• Bernardo Bertolucci

  Director

  Emilia - Romagna, Italy

• Jim Jarmusch

  Director

  Ohio, United States Of America

• Joseph L. Mankiewicz

  Director

  Pennsylvania, United States Of America

• Jean-Louis Barrault

  Film Actor

  Ile-de-France, France

• Sam Mendes

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Ida Lupino

  Actress

  England, United Kingdom

• Ingmar Bergman

  Director

  Uppsala, Sweden

• Larry Clark

  Director

  Oklahoma, united states of America

• Woody Allen

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Melvin Van Peebles

  Actor

  Illinois, united states of America

• Busby Berkeley

  Actor

  California, united states of America

• Dennis Hopper

  Actor

  Kansas, united states of America

• Christopher Guest

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Garry Marshall

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Julien Temple

  Director

  England, United Kingdom

• Sofia Coppola

  Actress

  New York, united states of America

• Kathryn Bigelow

  Director

  California, united states of America

• Steven Soderbergh

  Actor

  Georgia, United States

• Ivan Reitman

  Director

  Nitra, Slovakia

• Keenen Ivory Wayans

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Michael Moore

  Director

  Michigan, united states of America

• Robert Zemeckis

  Director

  Illinois, United States

• Joel Coen

  Director

  Minnesota, united states of America

• John Cassavetes

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Guillermo del Toro

  Director

  Jalisco, Mexico

• Franklin J Schaffner

  Director

  Kant?, Japan

• Dorothy Arzner

  Director

  California, united states of America

• Jules Dassin

  Director

  Connecticut, united states of America

• George Stevens

  Director

  California, united states of America

• Otto Preminger

  Director

  Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine

• Bob Fosse

  Choreographer

  Illinois, united states of America

• Roger Corman

  Actor

  Michigan, united states of America

• Carl Reiner

  Actor

  New York, united states of America

• Adriana Barraza

  Actress

  Mexico, Mexico

• Robert Altman

  Director

  Missouri, United States

• Terrence Malick

  Director

  Ottawa