Film Directors
34 entries in the Film Directors compendium.
Sydney PollackAmerican director, producer, and actor of acclaimed studio films.Tade OgidanNigerian filmmaker and founder of OGD Pictures.Takashi MiikeProlific Japanese filmmaker known for extreme violence and genre diversity.Takeshi KitanoJapanese comedian, actor, and filmmaker known for deadpan style.Terence DaviesEnglish filmmaker of autobiographical works and literary adaptations.Terrence MalickAmerican filmmaker known for philosophical, visually striking films.Theo AngelopoulosGreek filmmaker known for long takes and political cinema.Tim BurtonAmerican filmmaker known for gothic fantasy and dark whimsy.Tod BrowningAmerican horror film director known for Dracula and Freaks.Tom HooperBritish-Australian filmmaker and Academy Award-winning director.Tony RichardsonEnglish director of kitchen sink realism and Oscar-winning Tom Jones.Tran Anh HungVietnamese-born French filmmaker of the acclaimed Vietnam trilogy.Tsai Ming-liangMalaysian-born Taiwanese filmmaker known for slow, minimalist cinema.Victor FlemingDirected two of cinema's most enduring classics in 1939.Victor SjöströmPioneering Swedish silent film director and actor.Vincente MinnelliAmerican director known for sophisticated musical films.Víctor EriceSpanish director known for The Spirit of the Beehive.William JoyceAmerican-born Nazi broadcaster executed for treason in the UK.Wim WendersGerman filmmaker and photographer, key figure of New German Cinema.Xie JinChinese Third Generation director of popular and award-winning films.Yevgeni BauerRussian silent film director and pioneer of cinematic artistry.Youssef ChahineEgyptian director of autobiographical films and international acclaim.Yu Hyun-mokSouth Korean director of Obaltan, repeatedly voted best Korean film.Yılmaz GüneyKurdish filmmaker and activist who won the Palme d'Or.Zhang YimouChinese filmmaker and Fifth Generation director.Zheng JunliChinese actor and director of classic films, persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.Éric RohmerLast established French New Wave director and Cahiers editor.Émile CohlFrench caricaturist and animator, called 'The Father of the Animated Cartoon.'Baz LuhrmannAustralian auteur known for stylized films and musical soundtracks.George Miller (filmmaker)Australian filmmaker who created the Mad Max franchise.James WanCo-creator of Saw and Insidious; creator of The Conjuring Universe.Jane CampionNew Zealand filmmaker known for The Piano and The Power of the Dog.Ken BurnsAmerican documentary filmmaker of U.S. history and culture.Mack SennettCanadian-American film pioneer known as the 'King of Comedy'.
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