Directors, With Every Film Ranked

A to Z

Adam McKay Adam Shankman Adrian Lyne Agnès Varda Akira Kurosawa Alan J. Pakula Alan Parker Alfonso Cuarón Alfred Hitchcock Alice Guy-Blaché Allan Dwan Anatole Litvak André de Toth Andrei Tarkovsky Andrew V. McLaglen Ang Lee Anthony Mann Antoine Fuqua Archie Mayo Arthur Lubin Arthur Penn Barry Levinson Barry Sonnenfeld Ben Sharpsteen Bernardo Bertolucci Billy Wilder Blake Edwards Bob Clark Bong Joon Ho Brad Bird Brett Ratner Brian De Palma Bryan Singer Budd Boetticher Burt Gillett Busby Berkeley Buster Keaton Byron Haskin Camillo Mastrocinque Carl Theodor Dreyer Carol Reed Cecil B. DeMille Charles August Nichols Charley Rogers Charlie Chaplin Chris Columbus Christopher Nolan Chuck Jones Clarence Brown Claude Chabrol Clint Eastwood Clyde Bruckman Clyde Geronimi D.W. Griffith Danny Boyle Dario Argento Darren Aronofsky Dave Fleischer David Ayer David Cronenberg David Fincher David Hand David Lean David Lynch David O. Russell David Yates Delmer Daves Denis Villeneuve Dennis Dugan Dino Risi Don Siegel Donald Petrie Doug Liman Douglas Sirk Dziga Vertov Edgar G. Ulmer Edgar Wright Edmund Goulding Edward Dmytryk Edward F. Cline Edward Zwick Edwin S. Porter Elia Kazan Elio Petri Enzo Barboni Éric Rohmer Erich von Stroheim Ernst Lubitsch F. Gary Gray F. W. Murnau Federico Fellini Ferdinand Zecca Francis Ford Coppola Francis Lawrence Francis Veber François Truffaut Frank Borzage Frank Capra Frank Oz Frank Tashlin Fred C. Newmeyer Fred Guiol Fred Niblo Fred Zinnemann Fritz Lang Friz Freleng G.W. Pabst Garry Marshall George A. Romero George Cukor George Lucas George Marshall George Miller George P. Cosmatos George Roy Hill George Sidney George Stevens Georges Lautner Georges Méliès Gerald Thomas Gérard Oury Gore Verbinski Guillermo del Toro Gus Van Sant Guy Hamilton Guy Ritchie Hal Needham Hal Roach Hamilton Luske Harold Ramis Hayao Miyazaki Henri Verneuil Henri-Georges Clouzot Henry Hathaway Henry King Henry Koster Herbert Ross Howard Hawks Ingmar Bergman Ishirō Honda Ismael Rodríguez Ivan Reitman J. Lee Thompson J.J. Abrams Jack Arnold Jack Hannah Jack King Jack Kinney Jackie Chan Jacques Becker Jacques Tati Jacques Tourneur James Cameron James Gunn James Mangold James Parrott James W. Horne James Wan James Whale James Williamson Jaume Collet-Serra Jay Roach Jean Girault Jean Negulesco Jean Renoir Jean-Jacques Annaud Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Pierre Melville Jim Jarmusch Joe Carnahan Joe Dante Joe Johnston Joel Coen Joel Schumacher John Badham John Boorman John Carpenter John Cassavetes John Cromwell John Ford John Frankenheimer John G. Avildsen John Hughes John Huston John Landis John Lasseter John McTiernan John Schlesinger John Sturges John Woo Jon Favreau Jon M. Chu Jon Turteltaub Jonathan Demme Josef von Sternberg Joseph Barbera Joseph L. Mankiewicz Joseph Losey Jules Bass Jules Dassin Julien Duvivier Justin Lin Kathryn Bigelow Ken Russell Kenji Mizoguchi Kenneth Branagh Kevin Smith King Vidor Krzysztof Kieślowski Lars von Trier Lasse Hallström Lawrence Kasdan Leo McCarey Leonid Gaidai Lewis Gilbert Lewis Milestone Lewis R. Foster Lloyd Bacon Louis Leterrier Louis Malle Luc Besson Luchino Visconti Lucio Fulci Luigi Comencini Luis Buñuel M. Night Shyamalan Mack Sennett Marcel Carné Marcel Pagnol Mario Bava Mario Mattoli Mario Monicelli Mark Robson Mark Sandrich Mark Waters Martin Campbell Martin Ritt Martin Scorsese Masaki Kobayashi Matthew Vaughn Max Ophüls McG Mel Brooks Mervyn LeRoy Michael Anderson Michael Bay Michael Curtiz Michael Mann Michael Powell Michael Ritchie Michael Winner Michelangelo Antonioni Miguel M. Delgado Mike Nichols Miloš Forman Neri Parenti Nicholas Ray Norman Foster Norman Jewison Norman Taurog Norman Z. McLeod Oliver Stone Orson Welles Otto Preminger Paul Feig Paul Schrader Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Verhoeven Paul W. S. Anderson Pedro Almodóvar Peter Berg Peter Farrelly Peter Hyams Peter Jackson Peter Segal Peter Weir Peter Yates Peyton Reed Phil Karlson Phillip Noyce Pier Paolo Pasolini Preston Sturges Quentin Tarantino Raja Gosnell Ralph Bakshi Raoul Walsh René Clair René Clément Renny Harlin Richard Brooks Richard Donner Richard Fleischer Richard Lester Richard Linklater Richard Thorpe Ridley Scott Rob Cohen Rob Marshall Rob Reiner Robert Aldrich Robert Altman Robert Bresson Robert Clampett Robert Florey Robert N. Bradbury Robert Rodriguez Robert Schwentke Robert Siodmak Robert Stevenson Robert Wise Robert Zemeckis Roberto Rossellini Roger Corman Roger Donaldson Roger Spottiswoode Roland Emmerich Roman Polanski Ron Howard Ronald Neame Roscoe Arbuckle Rouben Mamoulian Roy Del Ruth Roy Ward Baker Roy William Neill Ruben Fleischer Sam Mendes Sam Peckinpah Sam Raimi Sam Wood Samuel Fuller Satyajit Ray Scott Derrickson Segundo de Chomón Sergei Eisenstein Sergio Corbucci Sergio Leone Shawn Levy Sidney Lumet Spike Lee Stanley Donen Stanley Kramer Stanley Kubrick Steno Steve Miner Steven Soderbergh Steven Spielberg Sydney Pollack Sylvester Stallone Taylor Hackford Terence Fisher Terry Gilliam Tex Avery Tim Burton Tobe Hooper Tod Browning Todd Phillips Tom Shadyac Tony Scott Victor Fleming Victor Sjöström Vincent Sherman Vincente Minnelli Vittorio De Sica W.S. Van Dyke Walt Disney Walter Hill Walter Lang Werner Herzog Wes Anderson Wes Craven Wilfred Jackson William A. Wellman William Dieterle William Hanna William Keighley William Wyler Wim Wenders Władysław Starewicz Wolfgang Petersen Wolfgang Reitherman Woody Allen Yasujirō Ozu Yorgos Lanthimos Yves Robert Zack Snyder