Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US^[102][1]
J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US^[104][2]
Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US^[106][3]
Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK^[108][4]
Michael Addis, US^[110][5]
Alexandre Aja (born 1978), France^[112][6]
Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgium^[114][7]
Corey Allen (1934–2010), US^[116][8]
Woody Allen (born 1935), US^[118][9]
Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France^[120][10]
Broncho Billy Anderson (born 1880), US^[122][11]
Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US^[124][12]
Judd Apatow (born 1968), US^[126][13]
Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France
Alan Arkin (born 1934), US^[129][14]
Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US^[131][15]
David Arquette (born 1971), US^[133][16]
Kevin Asch (born 1975), US^[135][17]
Olivier Assayas (born 1955), France^[137][18]
Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden^[139][19]
Yvan Attal (born 1965), France^[141][20]
Paul Auster (born 1947), US^[143][21]
Jon Avnet (born 1949), US^[145][22]
George Axelrod (1922–2003), US^[147][23]
Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US^[150][24]
Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US^[152][25]
Bob Balaban (born 1945), US^[154][26]
Uri Barbash, Israel
Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US^[157][27]
Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR^[159][28]
Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US^[161][29]
Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US^[163][30]
Michael Bay (born 1965), US^[165][31]
Henry Bean (born 1945), US^[167][32]
Jack Bender (born 1949), US^[169][33]
László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France^[171][34]
Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US^[173][35]
Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France^[175][36]
Robby Benson (born 1956), US^[177][37]
Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US^[179][38]
Alan Berliner (born 1956), US^[181][39]
Andrea Berloff (born 1974), US^[183][40]
Raymond Bernard (born 1891), France^[185][41]
Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US^[187][42]
Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel
Claude Berri (born 1934), France^[190][43]
John Berry (born 1917), US, France^[192][44]
Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US^[194][45]
Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US^[196][46]
Mike Binder (born 1958), US^[198][47]
Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US^[200][48]
Michel Boujenah (born 1952), France^[202][49]
Zach Braff (born 1975), US^[204][50]^[205][51]
John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany^[207][42]
Martin Brest (born 1951), US^[209][52]
Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US^[211][53]
Albert Brooks (born 1947), US^[213][54]
James L. Brooks (born 1940), US^[215][55]
Mel Brooks (born 1926), US^[217][56]
Richard Brooks (born 1912), US^[219][57]
Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina^[221][58]
Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US^[224][59]
William Castle (born 1914), US^[226][60]
Gilbert Cates (1934), US^[228][61]
Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel
Alain Chabat (born 1958), France^[231][62]
Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US^[233][63]^[234][64]
Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US^[236][65]
Joyce Chopra (born 1936), US^[238][66]
Grigory Chukhray (born 1921), USSR^[240][28]
Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), France^[242][67]
Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US^[244][68]
Larry Cohen (born 1941), US^[246][69]
Joel Coen (born 1954) and [248]Ethan Coen (born 1957),
49][70]
Rob Cohen (born 1949), US^[251][71]
Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey
Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada
David Cronenberg (born 1943), Canada^[255][72]
George Cukor (born 1899), US^[257][73]
Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary^[259][74]
Paul Czinner (born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK^[261][75]
Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France^[264][76]
Maya Deren (1917–1961), US^[266][77]
Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US^[268][78]
Howard Deutch (1950–), US^[270][79]
Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US^[272][80]
Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR^[274][28]
Richard Donner (1930–2021), US^[276][81]
Robert Downey, Sr. (1935–2021), US^[278][82]
Michel Drach (born 1930), France^[280][83]
Lena Dunham (born 1986), US^[282][84]
Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary^[285][85]
Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France^[287][86]
Morris Engel (born 1918), US^[289][87]
Nora Ephron (born 1941), US^[291][88]
Jean Epstein (born 1897), France^[293][89]
Marie Epstein (born 1899), France^[295][89]
Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR^[297][85]
Jon Favreau (born 1966), US^[300][90]
Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US^[302][91]
Max Fleischer (born 1883), US^[304][91]
Richard Fleischer (born 1916), US^[306][91]
Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US^[308][92]
Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel
Aleksander Ford (born 1908), Poland^[311][93]
Péter Forgács (born 1950), Hungary^[313][94]
James Franco (born 1978), US^[315][95]
Robert Frank (born 1924), US^[317][96]
Friz Freleng (born 1906), US^[319][97]
Sami Frey (born 1937), France^[321][98]
William Friedkin (born 1935), US^[323][99]
Samuel Fuller (born 1911), US^[325][100]
Béla Gaál (born 1893), Hungary^[328][85]
Liz Garbus (born 1970), US^[330][101]
Jack Garfein (born 1930), US^[332][102]
Gyula Gazdag (born 1947), Hungary, US^[334][85]
Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia^[336][85]
Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany^[338][103]
Viktor Gertler (born 1901), Hungary^[340][104]
Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel^[342][105]
Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK^[344][106]
Jack Gold (born 1930), UK^[346][107]
Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US^[348][108]
Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia^[350][109]
Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US^[352][110]
Keith Gordon (born 1961), US^[354][111]
Michael Gordon (born 1909), US^[356][112]
Debra Granik (born 1963), US^[358][113]
James Gray (born 1969), US^[360][114]
Joseph Green (born 1900), US^[362][85]
Bud Greenspan (born 1926), US^[364][115]
Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US^[366][116]
Robert Greenwald (born 1943), US^[368][117]
Christopher Guest (born 1948), US^[370][118]^[371][119]
Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US^[373][120]
Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US^[375][121]
Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia^[378][122]
Roger Hanin (born 1925), France^[380][123]
Todd Haynes (born 1961), US^[382][124]
Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France^[384][125]
Max Hechtman (born 1997),
86][126]^[387][127]^[388][128]^[389][129]
Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US^[391][130]
Buck Henry (born 1930), US^[393][131]
János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary^[395][85]
Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US^[397][132]
Aleksander Hertz (born 1879), Poland^[399][133]
Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia^[401][134]
John Herzfeld, US^[403][135]
Grant Heslov (born 1963), US^[405][136]
Arthur Hiller (born 1923), US^[407][137]
Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland^[409][85]
Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK,
11][138]
Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US^[413][139]
Peter Hyams (born 1943), US^[415][140]
Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US^[418][141]
Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US^[420][142]
Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US^[422][143]
Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France^[424][144]
Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), US^[426][145]
Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US^[428][145]
Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK,
^[430][146]
Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada,
rishna U, India^[432][85]
Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US^[435][147]
Garson Kanin (born 1912), US^[437][148]
Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US^[439][149]
Marta Kauffman (born 1956), US
Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US^[442][150]
George S. Kaufman (born 1889), US^[444][151]
Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US^[446][152]
Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US^[448][153]
Tony Kaye (director) (born 1952), US^[450][154]
Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US^[452][155]
Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US^[454][156]
Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary^[456][157]
Aviva Kempner (born 1946), US^[458][158]
Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US
Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR^[461][28]
Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US^[463][59]
Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US^[465][159]
Zalman King (born 1942), US^[467][160]
Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia,
e^[469][161]^[470][162]
Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France^[472][163]
William Klein (born 1928), France^[474][164]
Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland^[476][165]
Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary^[478][166]
Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary^[480][166]
Harmony Korine (born 1973), US^[482][167]
Henry Koster (born 1905), US^[484][168]
Grigori Kozintsev (born 1905), USSR^[486][28]
Stanley Kramer (born 1913), US^[488][169]
Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), US, UK^[490][170]
Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US^[492][171]
John Landis (born 1950), US^[495][172]
Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his [497]mother's side^[498][173]
Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France^[500][174]
Marc Lawrence (1910 – 2005), US^[502][175]^[503][176]
Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France^[505][177]
Mimi Leder (born 1952), US^[507][178]
Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK^[509][179]
Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US^[511][180]
Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France^[513][181]
Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US^[515][182]
Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), US^[517][183]
Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US^[519][184]
Barry Levinson (born 1942), US^[521][185]
Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland^[523][186]
Eugene Levy (born 1946) USA^[525][187]
Shawn Levy (born 1967), US^[527][188]
Albert Lewin (born 1894), US^[529][189]
Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US^[531][190]
Jerry Lewis (born 1925), US^[533][191]
Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US^[535][192]
Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France^[537][193]
Peter Lilienthal (born 1929), Germany^[539][194]
Doug Liman (born 1965), US^[541][195]
Lynne Littman (born 1941), US^[543][196]
Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US^[545][197]
Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA
Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US^[547][198]
Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US^[549][199]
Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany^[551][200]
Michael Lucas (born 1972), US^[553][201]
Sidney Lumet (born 1924), US^[555][202]
Rod Lurie (born 1962), US^[557][203]
Henry Lynn (born 1895), US^[559][204]
Norman Mailer (born 1923) USA^[562][205]
Clara Mamet (born 1994), US^[564][206]
David Mamet (born 1947), US^[566][207]
James Mangold (born 1963), US^[568][208]
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US^[570][209]
Daniel Mann (born 1912), US^[572][210]
Michael Mann (born 1943), US^[574][211]
Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK,
ry^[576][212]
Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US^[578][213]
Melina Matsoukas (born 1981), US^[580][214]
Elaine May (born 1932), US^[582][215]
Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US^[584][216]
Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France^[586][217]
Sam Mendes (born 1965), US, UK^[588][218]
Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), US^[590][219]
Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US^[592][220]
Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania^[594][221]
Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US^[596][222]
Bennett Miller (born 1966), US^[598][223]
Claude Miller (born 1942), France^[600][224]
Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France^[602][83]
Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France^[604][83]
Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia^[606][225]
Meredith Monk (born 1942), US^[608][226]
Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland^[610][85]
Errol Morris (born 1948), US^[612][227]
Oren Moverman (born 1966), US
Andrzej Munk (born 1921), Poland^[615][85]
Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US^[618][228]
Sam Newfield (born 1899), US^[620][229]
Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel^[622][230]
Mike Nichols (born 1931), US^[624][231]
Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US^[626][232]
Yuriy Norshteyn (born 1941), USSR, Russia^[628][85]
Ken Olin (born 1954), US^[631][233]
Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US^[633][234]
Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US^[635][235]
Gérard Oury (born 1919), France^[637][236]
Frank Oz (born 1944), US^[639][237]
Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US^[642][238]
Stacie Passon (born 1969), US^[644][239]
Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US^[646][240]
Larry Peerce (born 1930), US^[648][241]
Arthur Penn (born 1922), US^[650][242]
Leo Penn (born 1921), US^[652][243]
Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US^[654][244]
Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US^[656][245]
Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany
Lupu Pick (born 1886), Germany^[659][246]
Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland,
61][247]^[662][248]
Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), UK^[664][249]
Sydney Pollack (born 1934), US^[666][250]
Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US^[668][251]
Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US^[670][252]
Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy
Natalie Portman (born 1981), US^[673][253]
Ted Post (born 1918), US^[675][254]
Otto Preminger (born 1906), US^[677][255]
Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK^[679][256]
Alfred Radok (born 1917), Czechoslovakia^[682][257]
Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US^[684][258]
Sam Raimi (born 1959), US^[686][259]
Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR^[688][28]
Harold Ramis (born 1944), US^[690][260]
Irving Rapper (born 1888), US^[692][261]
Brett Ratner (born 1969), US^[694][262]
Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US
Pierre Rehov, France^[697][263]
Carl Reiner (born 1922), US^[699][264]
Rob Reiner (born 1947), US^[701][264]
Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US^[703][265]
Jason Reitman (born 1977), US^[705][266]
Boots Riley (born 1971), US^[707][267]
Martin Ritt (born 1914), US^[709][268]
Lilly Rivlin (born 1936), Israel, US^[711][269]
Jay Roach (born 1957), US^[713][270]
Brian Robbins (born 1963), US^[715][271]
Lauren Miller Rogen (born 1982), US^[717][272]
Seth Rogen (born 1982), US^[719][273]
Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR^[721][28]
Abram Room (born 1894), USSR^[723][28]
Stuart Rosenberg (born 1927), US^[725][274]
Robert Rossen (born 1908), US^[727][275]
Eli Roth (born 1972), US^[729][276]
Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US^[731][59]
Jan Rybkowski (born 1912), Poland^[733][277]
Fred Savage (born 1976), US^[736][180]
Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US^[738][278]
Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US^[740][279]
Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France^[742][280]
John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US^[744][281]
Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US^[746][282]
David Schwimmer (born 1966), US^[748][283]
Susan Seidelman (born 1952), US^[750][284]
Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK,
^[752][85]
Joann Sfar (born 1971), France^[754][285]
Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US
Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia^[757][286]
Esfir Shub (born 1894), USSR^[759][287]
Don Siegel (born 1912), US^[761][288]
Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US^[763][289]
Bryan Singer (born 1965), US^[765][290]
Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, Germany^[767][291]
Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany^[769][291]
Todd Solondz (born 1959), US^[771][292]
Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953), US^[773][293]
Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US^[775][294]
Steven Spielberg (born 1946), US^[777][295]
Nicole Stéphane (born 1923), France^[779][296]^[780][297]
Ben Stiller (born 1965), US^[782][298]
Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), US^[784][299]
Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US^[786][300]
Steve Suissa (born 1970), France^[788][83]
István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany^[790][301]
Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland^[792][302]
Samy Szlingerbaum (born 1950), Belgium^[794][303]
Danièle Thompson (born 1942), France^[797][236]
Konrad Tom (born 1887), Poland^[799][85]
Leonid Trauberg (born 1902), USSR^[801][304]
Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russia^[803][305]
Jon Turteltaub (born 1963), US^[805][306]
Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), Russia^[808][307]
Francis Veber (born 1937), France^[811][308]
Dylan Verrechia (born 1976), France^[813][309]
Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR^[815][310]
Charles Vidor (born 1900), US^[817][311]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US^[819][312]
Josef von Sternberg (born 1894), US, Austria^[821][313]
Erich von Stroheim (born 1885), US, France, Austria^[823][314]
David Wain (born 1969), US^[826][315]
Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand, US ^[828][316]
Sam Wanamaker (born 1919), US, UK^[830][317]
Robin Washington (born 1956), US^[832][318]
Michał Waszyński (born 1904), Poland, Italy^[834][85]
Claudia Weill (born 1947), US^[836][59]
Matthew Weiner (born 1965), US^[838][319]
Leilah Weinraub (born 1979), US^[840][320]
Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech
lic^[842][85]
Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France^[844][321]
Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US^[846][322]
Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France^[848][323]
William Wyler (born 1902), US^[850][324]
Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US^[853][325]
Linda Yellen (born 1949), US^[855][326]
Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR^[857][28]
Yolande Zauberman, France^[859][83]
Fred Zinnemann (born 1907), US, Germany^[862][327]
David Zucker & [864]Jerry Zucker (born 1950), US^[865][328]
Edward Zwick (born 1952), US^[867][329]