This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the world of
film and television production. Included are directors, producers and screenwriters. Not included are the cast, who are instead listed with the
famous actors and actresses.
| Name | Details | Total |
|---|
| Abrahams | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Abrahamson | 1 director | 1 |
| Abrams | 1 director | 1 |
| Aćimović | 1 director | 1 |
| Affleck | 1 director | 1 |
| Akad | 1 director | 1 |
| Akerman | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Alasya | 1 director | 1 |
| Aldrich | 1 director | 1 |
| Alexie | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Allen | 1 director | 1 |
| Almodóvar | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Aloni | 1 director | 1 |
| Altman | 1 director | 1 |
| Anand | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Anderson | 2 directors, 1 director/screenwriter | 3 |
| Angelopoulos | 1 director | 1 |
| Annaud | 1 director | 1 |
| Antonioni | 1 director | 1 |
| Apatow | 1 director | 1 |
| Arau | 1 director | 1 |
| Arcand | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Argento | 2 directors | 2 |
| Aronofsky | 1 director | 1 |
| Arriaga | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Asante | 1 director | 1 |
| Attal | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Attenborough | 1 director | 1 |
| Audiard | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Avati | 1 director | 1 |
| Avery | 1 director | 1 |
| Avildsen | 1 director | 1 |
| Badham | 1 director | 1 |
| Baggot | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Baker | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Bakshi | 1 director | 1 |
| Baldoni | 1 director | 1 |
| Banville | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Barbera | 1 director | 1 |
| Bat-Adam | 1 director | 1 |
| Bay | 1 director | 1 |
| Beatty | 1 director | 1 |
| Benioff | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Benjamin | 1 director | 1 |
| Benton | 1 director | 1 |
| Beresford | 1 director | 1 |
| Bergman | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Bertolucci | 1 director | 1 |
| Besson | 1 director | 1 |
| Bier | 1 director | 1 |
| Bigelow | 1 director | 1 |
| Bird | 1 director | 1 |
| Blatty | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Blum | 1 producer | 1 |
| Blumberg | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Bluth | 1 director | 1 |
| Boal | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Bogdanovich | 1 director | 1 |
| Bong | 1 director | 1 |
| Boomer | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Boorman | 1 director | 1 |
| Borzage | 1 director | 1 |
| Boughedir | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Boyle | 1 director | 1 |
| Brass | 1 director | 1 |
| Breitman | 1 director | 1 |
| Brešan | 1 director | 1 |
| Bresson | 1 director | 1 |
| Brook | 1 director | 1 |
| Brooks | 2 directors | 2 |
| Bruckheimer | 1 producer | 1 |
| Bulajić | 1 director | 1 |
| Buñuel | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Burns | 1 director | 1 |
| Burton | 1 director | 1 |
| Butterworth | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Bykov | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Cameron | 1 director | 1 |
| Camon | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Campion | 1 director | 1 |
| Capra | 1 director | 1 |
| Carpenter | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Cassavetes | 2 directors | 2 |
| Ceylan | 1 director | 1 |
| Chabrol | 1 director | 1 |
| Chaplin | 1 director | 1 |
| Chazelle | 1 director | 1 |
| Chokheli | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Cholodenko | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Chytilová | 1 director | 1 |
| Cimino | 1 director | 1 |
| Clair | 1 director | 1 |
| Cody | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Coen | 2 directors | 2 |
| Collet | 1 director | 1 |
| Collins | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Columbus | 1 director | 1 |
| Coninx | 1 director | 1 |
| Coogler | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Coppola | 2 directors, 1 director/screenwriter | 3 |
| Corbet | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Costner | 1 director | 1 |
| Craven | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Cronenberg | 1 director | 1 |
| Cronin | 1 director | 1 |
| Crowe | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Cuarón | 1 director | 1 |
| Cukor | 1 director | 1 |
| Curtiz | 1 director | 1 |
| Dağtekin | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Darabont | 1 director | 1 |
| Dayan | 1 director | 1 |
| de Bont | 1 director | 1 |
| De Laurentiis | 1 producer | 1 |
| del Toro | 1 director | 1 |
| de Medeiros | 1 director | 1 |
| DeMille | 1 director | 1 |
| Demme | 1 director | 1 |
| De Palma | 1 director | 1 |
| Derek | 1 director | 1 |
| De Sica | 1 director | 1 |
| Disney | 1 producer | 1 |
| Dolan | 1 director | 1 |
| Donner | 1 director | 1 |
| Doueiri | 1 director | 1 |
| Dreyer | 1 director | 1 |
| Eastwood | 1 director | 1 |
| Edwards | 1 director | 1 |
| Eggers | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Egoyan | 1 director | 1 |
| Eisenstein | 1 director | 1 |
| Emmerich | 1 director | 1 |
| Enyedi | 1 director | 1 |
| Farahani | 1 director | 1 |
| Fargeat | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Farhadi | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Farmiga | 1 director | 1 |
| Farrelly | 2 directors | 2 |
| Fassbinder | 1 director | 1 |
| Favreau | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Feige | 1 producer | 1 |
| Fellini | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Field | 1 director | 1 |
| Fincher | 1 director | 1 |
| Finos | 1 producer | 1 |
| Fleming | 1 director | 1 |
| Forbes | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Ford | 1 director | 1 |
| Forman | 1 director | 1 |
| Fosse | 1 director | 1 |
| Frears | 1 director | 1 |
| Friedkin | 1 director | 1 |
| Fulci | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Furie | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Gallo | 1 director | 1 |
| Gavras | 1 director | 1 |
| Geffen | 1 producer | 1 |
| Gerwig | 1 director | 1 |
| Gibson | 1 director | 1 |
| Gilbert | 1 director | 1 |
| Gilliam | 1 director | 1 |
| Gluščević | 1 director | 1 |
| Godard | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Goldwyn | 1 producer | 1 |
| Golik | 1 director | 1 |
| González | 1 director | 1 |
| Gören | 1 director | 1 |
| Greenaway | 1 director | 1 |
| Griffith | 1 director | 1 |
| Grlić | 1 director | 1 |
| Groening | 1 producer | 1 |
| Guadagnino | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Guest | 1 director | 1 |
| Gunn | 1 director | 1 |
| Hackford | 1 director | 1 |
| Hadžić | 1 director | 1 |
| Hallström | 1 director | 1 |
| Haneke | 1 director | 1 |
| Hanna | 1 director | 1 |
| Hawks | 1 director | 1 |
| Hazanavicius | 1 director | 1 |
| Heckerling | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Hellman | 1 director | 1 |
| Henreid | 1 director | 1 |
| Henry | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Henson | 1 director | 1 |
| Herzog | 1 director | 1 |
| Heslov | 1 producer | 1 |
| Heyman | 1 producer | 1 |
| Hill | 3 directors | 3 |
| Hillenburg | 1 director | 1 |
| Hilton | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Hitchcock | 1 director | 1 |
| Holland | 1 director | 1 |
| Holst | 1 director | 1 |
| Hondo | 1 director | 1 |
| Hooper | 1 director | 1 |
| Howard | 1 director | 1 |
| Hughes | 1 director, 1 screenwriter | 2 |
| Hunter | 1 director | 1 |
| Hussain | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Huston | 1 director | 1 |
| Iannucci | 1 director/producer/screenwriter | 1 |
| Iñárritu | 1 director | 1 |
| Ingram | 1 director | 1 |
| Ivgy | 1 director | 1 |
| Jackson | 1 director | 1 |
| Jarmusch | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Jenkins | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Jewison | 1 director | 1 |
| Jhabvala | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Jodorowsky | 1 director | 1 |
| Johnson | 2 directors | 2 |
| Jones | 3 directors | 3 |
| Jonze | 1 director | 1 |
| Jordan | 1 director | 1 |
| Judge | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Julian | 1 director | 1 |
| Kani | 1 director | 1 |
| Kapoor | 1 producer | 1 |
| Kasdan | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Katzenberg | 1 producer | 1 |
| Kaushik | 1 director | 1 |
| Kazan | 1 director | 1 |
| Kedar | 1 director | 1 |
| Kennedy | 1 producer | 1 |
| Kiarostami | 1 director | 1 |
| Kieślowski | 1 director | 1 |
| King | 1 director | 1 |
| Kirkland | 1 director | 1 |
| Kitano | 1 director | 1 |
| Klos | 1 director | 1 |
| Klugman | 1 director | 1 |
| Koolhoven | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Kotcheff | 1 director | 1 |
| Krabbé | 1 director | 1 |
| Kubrick | 1 director | 1 |
| Kunuk | 1 director | 1 |
| Kurosawa | 1 director | 1 |
| Kusturica | 1 director | 1 |
| Landau | 1 producer | 1 |
| Landis | 1 director, 1 director/screenwriter | 2 |
| Lang | 1 director | 1 |
| Lanthimos | 1 director | 1 |
| Lasseter | 1 director | 1 |
| Latimer | 1 director | 1 |
| Lean | 1 director | 1 |
| Lear | 1 producer/screenwriter | 1 |
| Lee | 2 directors | 2 |
| Leigh | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Lelio | 1 director | 1 |
| Leone | 1 director | 1 |
| Lespert | 1 director | 1 |
| Levinson | 1 director | 1 |
| Levy | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Lindelof | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Linder | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Linklater | 1 director | 1 |
| Lister | 1 director | 1 |
| Lizzani | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Lloyd | 1 director, 1 director/producer | 2 |
| Loach | 1 director | 1 |
| Lommel | 1 director | 1 |
| Lubitsch | 1 director | 1 |
| Lucas | 1 director | 1 |
| Lumet | 1 director | 1 |
| Lupino | 1 director | 1 |
| Lustig | 1 producer | 1 |
| Lvovsky | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Lynch | 1 director | 1 |
| Maas | 1 director | 1 |
| Malick | 1 director | 1 |
| Mangold | 1 director | 1 |
| Mankiewicz | 1 director | 1 |
| Mann | 2 directors | 2 |
| Marischka | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Marks | 1 director | 1 |
| Marshall | 2 directors | 2 |
| Matanić | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| May | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Mayer | 1 producer | 1 |
| McCarey | 1 director | 1 |
| McKay | 1 director | 1 |
| McQueen | 1 director | 1 |
| McTiernan | 1 director | 1 |
| Meirelles | 1 director | 1 |
| Méliès | 1 director | 1 |
| Melville | 1 director | 1 |
| Mendes | 1 director | 1 |
| Menshov | 1 director | 1 |
| Merchant | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Milchan | 1 producer | 1 |
| Milestone | 1 director | 1 |
| Miller | 2 directors | 2 |
| Mimica | 1 director | 1 |
| Minghella | 1 director | 1 |
| Minnelli | 1 director | 1 |
| Miyazaki | 1 director | 1 |
| Mizoguchi | 1 director | 1 |
| Mizrahi | 1 director | 1 |
| Modiri | 1 director | 1 |
| Moore | 1 director | 1 |
| Moverman | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Murnau | 1 director | 1 |
| Nelson | 1 director, 1 screenwriter | 2 |
| Newell | 1 director | 1 |
| Niblo | 1 director | 1 |
| Nichols | 1 director | 1 |
| Nolan | 1 screenwriter, 1 director/screenwriter | 2 |
| Nosseck | 1 director | 1 |
| Oliver | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Östlund | 1 director | 1 |
| Ouédraogo | 1 director | 1 |
| Õunpuu | 1 director | 1 |
| Oz | 1 director | 1 |
| Ozu | 1 director | 1 |
| Papić | 1 director | 1 |
| Parajanov | 1 director | 1 |
| Park | 1 director | 1 |
| Parker | 2 directors | 2 |
| Pasolini | 1 director | 1 |
| Passer | 1 director | 1 |
| Pawlikowski | 1 director | 1 |
| Payne | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Pearson | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Peele | 1 director | 1 |
| Perry | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Petersen | 1 director | 1 |
| Petrie | 1 director | 1 |
| Podemski | 1 producer | 1 |
| Polanski | 1 director | 1 |
| Poliakoff | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Pollack | 1 director | 1 |
| Ponti | 1 producer | 1 |
| Prawer | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Preminger | 1 director | 1 |
| Preston | 1 director | 1 |
| Quine | 1 director | 1 |
| Raimi | 1 director | 1 |
| Ramis | 1 director | 1 |
| Ratner | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Ray | 1 director | 1 |
| Redford | 1 director | 1 |
| Reed | 1 director | 1 |
| Rees | 1 director | 1 |
| Reiner | 1 director | 1 |
| Reitman | 1 director | 1 |
| Renoir | 1 director | 1 |
| Resnais | 1 director | 1 |
| Rey | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Reynolds | 1 producer | 1 |
| Rhimes | 1 producer | 1 |
| Richards | 1 director | 1 |
| Richardson | 1 director | 1 |
| Riefenstahl | 1 director | 1 |
| Riklis | 1 director | 1 |
| Ritchie | 1 director | 1 |
| Roach | 1 producer/screenwriter | 1 |
| Robbins | 1 director | 1 |
| Roddenberry | 1 producer | 1 |
| Rodriguez | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Roeg | 1 director | 1 |
| Rohmer | 1 director | 1 |
| Roshan | 1 director | 1 |
| Rossellini | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Rudin | 1 producer | 1 |
| Russell | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Russo | 2 directors | 2 |
| Sanders | 1 director | 1 |
| Saura | 1 director | 1 |
| Schaffner | 1 director | 1 |
| Schlesinger | 1 director | 1 |
| Schmidt | 1 director | 1 |
| Schnabel | 1 director | 1 |
| Schram | 1 director | 1 |
| Schumacher | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Schweiger | 1 director | 1 |
| Schweighöfer | 1 director | 1 |
| Scorsese | 1 director | 1 |
| Scott | 2 directors | 2 |
| Sedlar | 1 director | 1 |
| Seidler | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Selznick | 1 producer | 1 |
| Sennett | 1 director | 1 |
| Serra | 1 director | 1 |
| Shepitko | 1 director | 1 |
| Sheridan | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Shyamalan | 1 director | 1 |
| Siegel | 1 director | 1 |
| Simon | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Singer | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Sirk | 1 director | 1 |
| Sjöström | 1 director | 1 |
| Smith | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Snyder | 1 director | 1 |
| Soderbergh | 1 director | 1 |
| Sombogaart | 1 director | 1 |
| Sommers | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Song | 1 director | 1 |
| Sonnenfeld | 1 director | 1 |
| Sorkin | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Spielberg | 1 director | 1 |
| Spurlock | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Stahl | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Stanislavski | 1 director | 1 |
| Stanton | 1 director | 1 |
| Stevens | 2 directors | 2 |
| Stone | 1 director, 1 producer | 2 |
| Sturges | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Szulkin | 1 director | 1 |
| Takahata | 1 director | 1 |
| Tarantino | 1 director | 1 |
| Tarkovsky | 1 director | 1 |
| Tati | 1 director | 1 |
| Taurog | 1 director | 1 |
| Taylor | 3 directors | 3 |
| Teague | 1 director | 1 |
| Thalberg | 1 producer | 1 |
| Toom | 1 director | 1 |
| Towne | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Truffaut | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Trumbo | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Turner | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Turteltaub | 1 director | 1 |
| Vadim | 1 director | 1 |
| van de Sande Bakhuyzen | 1 director | 1 |
| van de Velde | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Van Dormael | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| van Gogh | 1 director | 1 |
| van Houweninge | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| van Kooten | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Van Sant | 1 director | 1 |
| van Warmerdam | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Varda | 1 director | 1 |
| Vardalos | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Vaughn | 1 director | 1 |
| Veljača | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Verbinski | 1 director | 1 |
| Verhoeven | 1 director | 1 |
| Vertov | 1 director | 1 |
| Vidor | 1 director/producer/screenwriter | 1 |
| Villeneuve | 1 director | 1 |
| Visconti | 1 director | 1 |
| Vláčil | 1 director | 1 |
| von Stroheim | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| von Trier | 1 director | 1 |
| von Wangenheim | 1 director | 1 |
| Vrdoljak | 1 director | 1 |
| Wachowski | 2 director/screenwriters | 2 |
| Wahab | 1 director | 1 |
| Waititi | 1 director | 1 |
| Wajda | 1 director | 1 |
| Wan | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Ward | 1 producer | 1 |
| Wayans | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Weinstein | 1 producer | 1 |
| Weintraub | 1 producer | 1 |
| Weir | 1 director | 1 |
| Welles | 1 director | 1 |
| Wenders | 1 director | 1 |
| Whannell | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Whedon | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Wiig | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Wilder | 1 director | 1 |
| Wilson | 1 director | 1 |
| Winkelmann | 1 director/producer | 1 |
| Wise | 1 director | 1 |
| Wolfe | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Woo | 1 director | 1 |
| Wood | 1 director | 1 |
| Wyler | 1 director | 1 |
| Young | 1 screenwriter | 1 |
| Young Deer | 1 director | 1 |
| Zafranović | 1 director | 1 |
| Zaim | 1 director | 1 |
| Zanuck | 1 producer | 1 |
| Zanussi | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Zeffirelli | 1 director | 1 |
| Zeitlin | 1 director | 1 |
| Zemeckis | 1 director | 1 |
| Zetterling | 1 director | 1 |
| Zhang | 1 director | 1 |
| Zhao | 1 director | 1 |
| Zilbalodis | 1 director | 1 |
| Zinnemann | 1 director | 1 |
| Zombie | 1 director/screenwriter | 1 |
| Zucker | 2 director/screenwriters | 2 |
| Zukor | 1 producer | 1 |
| Żuławski | 1 director | 1 |
| Zvyagintsev | 1 director | 1 |