This is a list of Jewish film directors. The countries listed are those where films were directed.

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* Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US * J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US * Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US * Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK *

Michael Addis Michael Addis is a comedic television and film director who has made his mark in hidden camera comedy and reality-style comedy. Addis' debut feature, ''Poor White Trash'' (starring Jaime Pressly and Sean Young) was an underground hit in 2000 that ...

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Alexandre Aja Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, known professionally as Alexandre Aja, (; born 7 August 1978) is a French filmmaker best known for his work in the horror film, horror genre. He rose to international stardom for his 2003 horror film ''High Tension, Haute ...

(born 1978), France *

Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

(born 1950), Belgium * Corey Allen (1934–2010), US * Woody Allen (born 1935), US * Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France * Broncho Billy Anderson (born 1880), US * Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US * Judd Apatow (born 1968), US * Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France * Alan Arkin (born 1934), US * Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US * David Arquette (born 1971), US * Kevin Asch (born 1975), US *

Olivier Assayas Olivier Assayas (born 25 January 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter and film critic. Assayas is known for his slow-burning period pieces, psychological thrillers, neo-noirs and French comedies. His work has become synonymous with the ...

(born 1955), France * Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden * Yvan Attal (born 1965), France * Paul Auster (born 1947), US * Jon Avnet (born 1949), US * George Axelrod (1922–2003), US

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* Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US * Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US * Bob Balaban (born 1945), US *

Uri Barbash Uri Barbash ( Hebrew: אורי ברבש; born 24 December 1946) is an Israeli film director. He directed the film "Beyond the Walls" (1984 film) written by his brother Benny Barbash and Eran Preis. the film was nominated for the Academy Award f ...

, Israel * Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US * Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR * Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US * Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US *

Michael Bay Michael Benjamin Bay (born February 17, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is best known for making big-budget, high-concept action films characterized by fast cutting, stylistic cinematography and visuals, and extensive use of ...

(born 1965), US * Henry Bean (born 1945), US *

Jack Bender Jack Bender (born September 25, 1949) is an American television and film director, television producer and former actor best known for his work as a director on ''Lost'', ''The Sopranos'' and '' Game of Thrones''. Biography Bender grew up in ...

(born 1949), US * László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France * Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US * Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France * Robby Benson (born 1956), US * Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US * Alan Berliner (born 1956), US *

Andrea Berloff Andrea Berloff (born 1974) is an American screenwriter, actress, director, and producer. Berloff is best known for writing the 2006 Disaster film, disaster Drama (film and television), drama film ''World Trade Center (film), World Trade Center'' ...

(born 1974), US *

Raymond Bernard Raymond Bernard (10 October 1891 – 12 December 1977) was a French film director and screenwriter whose career spanned more than 40 years. He is best remembered for several large-scale historical productions, including the silent films '' Le Mi ...

(born 1891), France * Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US * Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel * Claude Berri (born 1934), France * John Berry (born 1917), US, France * Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US * Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US * Mike Binder (born 1958), US * Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US *

Michel Boujenah Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French- Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter. Life and career Michel Boujenah was born on 3 November 1952 in Tunis, Tunisia. He is the brother of Paul Boujenah, a film d ...

(born 1952), France * Zach Braff (born 1975), US * John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany * Martin Brest (born 1951), US * Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US *

Albert Brooks Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein ; July 22, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's '' Broadcast News'' and was widely praised for his performance as a ...

(born 1947), US *

James L. Brooks James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films. His television and film work includes ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''Taxi'', ''The Simpsons'', '' Broadcast News'', ''As G ...

(born 1940), US * Mel Brooks (born 1926), US * Richard Brooks (born 1912), US * Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina

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* Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US * William Castle (born 1914), US * Gilbert Cates (1934), US * Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel *

Alain Chabat Alain Chabat (; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. He was originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of ''La C ...

(born 1958), France * Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US * Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US *

Joyce Chopra Joyce Chopra (; born October 27, 1936) is an American director. She was married to American stage and screenwriter Tom Cole until his death on February 23, 2009. Life and career Chopra was one of three siblings born in New York City to Abraham ...

(born 1936), US *

Grigory Chukhray Grigory Naumovich Chukhray (russian: Григо́рий Нау́мович Чухра́й; uk, Григорiй Наумович Чухрай; 23 May 1921 – 28 October 2001) was a Ukrainian Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. ...

(born 1921), USSR *

Elie Chouraqui Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked ...

(born 1953), France * Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US * Larry Cohen (born 1941), US * Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), US * Rob Cohen (born 1949), US * Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey * Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada *

David Cronenberg David Paul Cronenberg (born March 15, 1943) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation ...

(born 1943), Canada * George Cukor (born 1899), US * Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary *

Paul Czinner Paul Czinner (30 May 1890 – 22 June 1972) was a Hungarian-born British writer, film director, and producer. Biography Czinner was born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. After studying literature and philosophy at the Universi ...

(born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK

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* Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France * Maya Deren (1917–1961), US * Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US * Howard Deutch (1950–), US * Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US * Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR * Richard Donner (1930–2021), US *

Robert Downey, Sr. Robert John Downey ( Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American filmmaker and actor. He was known for writing and directing the underground film ''Putney Swope'', a satire on the New York Madison Avenue (Manhattan)#Advertising in ...

(1935–2021), US *

Michel Drach Michel Drach (18 October 1930 in Paris – 14 February 1990 in Paris) was a French film director, writer, producer and actor. Life and career Drach was born in Paris, France, the son of Yvonne (Vanderheym) and Maurice Drach. His family was Jewis ...

(born 1930), France * Lena Dunham (born 1986), US

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* Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary * Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France * Morris Engel (born 1918), US * Nora Ephron (born 1941), US *

Jean Epstein Jean Epstein (; 25 March 1897 – 2 April 1953) was a French filmmaker, film theorist, literary critic, and novelist. Although he is remembered today primarily for his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's ''The Fall of the House of Usher'', he directe ...

(born 1897), France * Marie Epstein (born 1899), France * Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR

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Jon Favreau Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993), ''PCU (film), PCU'' (1994), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Very ...

(born 1966), US * Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US * Max Fleischer (born 1883), US *

Richard Fleischer Richard O. Fleischer (; December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director whose career spanned more than four decades, beginning at the height of the Golden Age of Hollywood and lasting through the American New Wave. Though he ...

(born 1916), US * Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US * Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel *

Aleksander Ford Aleksander Ford (born Mosze Lifszyc; 24 November 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire – 4 April 1980 in Naples, Florida, United States, U.S.) was a Polish film director; and head of the Polish People's Army of Poland, People's Army Film Crew in the Sov ...

(born 1908), Poland *

Péter Forgács Péter Forgács (born 1950) is a media artist and independent filmmaker based in Budapest, Hungary. He is best known for his "Private Hungary" series of award winning films based on home movies from the 1930s and 1960s, which document ordinary li ...

(born 1950), Hungary * James Franco (born 1978), US *

Robert Frank Robert Frank (November 9, 1924 – September 9, 2019) was a Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker, who became an American binational. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled ''The Americans'', earned Frank comparisons to a modern-da ...

(born 1924), US *

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

(born 1906), US * Sami Frey (born 1937), France * William Friedkin (born 1935), US *

Samuel Fuller Samuel Michael Fuller (August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997) was an American film director, screenwriter, novelist, journalist, and World War II veteran known for directing low-budget B movie, genre movies with controversial themes, often ...

(born 1911), US

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Béla Gaál Béla Gaál (2 January 1893 – 18 February 1945) was a Hungarian film director. His 1930 film '' Csak egy kislány van a világon'' was the first sound film to be made in Hungary.Cunningham p.28 In 1945 he was interned by the Nazis in Da ...

(born 1893), Hungary * Liz Garbus (born 1970), US * Jack Garfein (born 1930), US *

Gyula Gazdag Gyula Gazdag (born 19 July 1947 in Budapest) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. Filmography Director *''The Long Distance Runner osszú futásodra mindig számíthatunk...' (1969, documentary short) *''The Selection váloga ...

(born 1947), Hungary, US * Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia * Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany *

Viktor Gertler Viktor Gertler (24 August 1901 – 5 July 1969) was a Hungarian film editor and director active between the 1930s and 1960s.Burns p.15 Selected filmography Editor * '' The Three from the Filling Station'' (1930) * '' The Man in Search of His Mu ...

(born 1901), Hungary * Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel * Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK * Jack Gold (born 1930), UK * Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US * Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia * Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US * Keith Gordon (born 1961), US * Michael Gordon (born 1909), US * Debra Granik (born 1963), US *

James Gray James, Jim, or Jimmy Gray may refer to: Politicians * James Gray (Australian politician) (1820–1889), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly * James Gray (British politician) (born 1954), British politician * James Gray (mayor) (1862–1916 ...

(born 1969), US * Joseph Green (born 1900), US *

Bud Greenspan Jonah J. "Bud" Greenspan (September 18, 1926December 25, 2010) was an American film director, writer, and producer known for his sports documentaries. His distinctive appearance in later years included wearing his large, dark-framed glasses atop ...

(born 1926), US * Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US *

Robert Greenwald Robert Greenwald (born August 28, 1945) is an American filmmaker, and the founder of Brave New Films, a nonprofit film and advocacy organization whose work is distributed for free in concert with nonprofit partners and movements in order to educa ...

(born 1943), US * Christopher Guest (born 1948), US * Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US * Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US

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* Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia * Roger Hanin (born 1925), France * Todd Haynes (born 1961), US * Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France * Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US * Buck Henry (born 1930), US * János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary * Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US *

Aleksander Hertz Aleksander Hertz (1879–1928) was a Polish film producer and director. Hertz was an influential figure in early Polish cinema, directing films such as the historical '' Countess Walewska'' in 1914. He founded the "Sfinks" film company. Hertz was ...

(born 1879), Poland * Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia * John Herzfeld, US * Grant Heslov (born 1963), US *

Arthur Hiller Arthur Hiller, (November 22, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Canadian-American television and film director with over 33 films to his credit during a 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later in the U.S. By t ...

(born 1923), US * Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland * Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK, US * Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US * Peter Hyams (born 1943), US

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* Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US * Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US * Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US * Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France *

Andrew Jarecki Andrew Jarecki (born March 24, 1963) is an American filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for the Emmy-winning 2015 documentary series '' The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst''. He is also known for the documentary film ...

(born 1960), US * Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US * Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK, Chile * Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada, Ramakrishna U, India

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* Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US * Garson Kanin (born 1912), US * Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US * Marta Kauffman (born 1956), US * Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US *

George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. ...

(born 1889), US * Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US * Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US *

Tony Kaye (director) Tony Kaye (born 8 July 1952) is an English director of films, music videos, advertisements, and documentaries. He is best known as the director of ''American History X'' (1998). Life and career Kaye was born to an Haredi Jewish family in St ...

(born 1952), US * Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US * Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US * Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary *

Aviva Kempner Aviva Kempner (born December 23, 1946) is a German-born American filmmaker. Her documentaries investigate non-stereotypical images of Jews in history and focus on the untold stories of Jewish people. She is most well known for ''The Life and Time ...

(born 1946), US * Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US * Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR * Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US * Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US * Zalman King (born 1942), US * Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia, France * Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France * William Klein (born 1928), France * Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland * Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary"Variety Club-Jewish Chronicle colour supplement "350 years". ''The Jewish Chronicle''. 15 December 2006. pp. 28–29. * Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary * Harmony Korine (born 1973), US * Henry Koster (born 1905), US *

Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (russian: link=no, Григорий Михайлович Козинцев; 11 May 1973) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 1965 ...

(born 1905), USSR *

Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous "message picture, message films" (he would call his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a libera ...

(born 1913), US *

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick (; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and photographer. Widely considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, his films, almost all of which are adaptations of nove ...

(born 1925), US, UK * Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US

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* John Landis (born 1950), US * Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his mother's side * Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France *

Marc Lawrence Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith; February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. Early life Lawrence w ...

(1910 – 2005), US * Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France * Mimi Leder (born 1952), US * Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK * Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US * Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France * Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US *

Mervyn LeRoy Mervyn LeRoy (; October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987) was an American film director and producer. In his youth he played juvenile roles in vaudeville and silent film comedies. During the 1930s, LeRoy was one of the two great practitioners of ...

(born 1900), US * Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US * Barry Levinson (born 1942), US * Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland *

Eugene Levy Eugene Levy (born December 17, 1946) is a Canadian actor and comedian. From 1976 until 1984, he appeared in the Canadian television sketch comedy series '' SCTV''. He has also appeared in the '' American Pie'' series of films and the Canadian ...

(born 1946) USA * Shawn Levy (born 1967), US * Albert Lewin (born 1894), US * Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US *

Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...

(born 1925), US * Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US * Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France *

Peter Lilienthal Peter Lilienthal (born 27 November 1929) is a German film director, writer, actor and producer. His 1979 film '' David'' won the Golden Bear at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1984 film ''Das Autogramm'' was entered into the 34th ...

(born 1929), Germany * Doug Liman (born 1965), US * Lynne Littman (born 1941), US * Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US *Mike Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA * Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US * Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US * Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany * Michael Lucas (born 1972), US *

Sidney Lumet Sidney Arthur Lumet ( ; June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. He was nominated five times for the Academy Award: four for Best Director for ''12 Angry Men'' (1957), ''Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), ''Network'' (1976), ...

(born 1924), US * Rod Lurie (born 1962), US * Henry Lynn (born 1895), US

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Norman Mailer Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, activist, filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning over six decades, Mailer ...

(born 1923) USA * Clara Mamet (born 1994), US * David Mamet (born 1947), US * James Mangold (born 1963), US * Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US * Daniel Mann (born 1912), US * Michael Mann (born 1943), US * Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK, Hungary * Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US *

Melina Matsoukas Melina Matsoukas (born January 14, 1981) is an American music video, film, commercial and television director. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and four-time MTV Video Music Awards winner for her "We Found Love" and "Formation" music video ...

(born 1981), US *

Elaine May Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American comedian, filmmaker, playwright, and actress. She has received numerous awards including an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Grammy, and a Tony. She made her initial impact in the 1950s with her ...

(born 1932), US * Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US * Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France *

Sam Mendes Sir Samuel Alexander Mendes (born 1 August 1965) is a British film and stage director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2000, Mendes was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 2020 New Year Honour ...

(born 1965), US, UK *

Nicholas Meyer Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945) is an American writer and director, known for his best-selling novel ''The Seven-Per-Cent Solution'', and for directing the films ''Time After Time (1979 film), Time After Time'', two of the ''Star Trek'' ...

(born 1945), US * Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US * Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania * Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US * Bennett Miller (born 1966), US * Claude Miller (born 1942), France * Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France * Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France * Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia * Meredith Monk (born 1942), US * Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland * Errol Morris (born 1948), US * Oren Moverman (born 1966), US *

Andrzej Munk Andrzej Munk (16 October 1921 – 20 September 1961) was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films '' Ma ...

(born 1921), Poland

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* Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US *

Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1899 - November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with d ...

(born 1899), US * Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel * Mike Nichols (born 1931), US * Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US *

Yuriy Norshteyn Yuri Borisovich Norstein, PAR (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts ''Hedgehog in the Fog'' and '' Tale of Tales''. Sin ...

(born 1941), USSR, Russia

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* Ken Olin (born 1954), US * Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US * Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US *

Gérard Oury Gérard Oury (born Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum; 29 April 1919 – 20 July 2006) was a French film director, actor and writer. Life and career Max-Gérard Houry-Tannenbaum was the only son of Serge Tannenbaum, a violinist of Russian-Jewish orig ...

(born 1919), France * Frank Oz (born 1944), US

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* Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US *

Stacie Passon Stacie Passon (born October 1, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer whose debut film ''Concussion'' premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and subsequently won a Teddy Award Jury Prize at the 2013 Berlin Internat ...

(born 1969), US * Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US * Larry Peerce (born 1930), US * Arthur Penn (born 1922), US * Leo Penn (born 1921), US * Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US * Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US * Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany *

Lupu Pick Lupu Pick (2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928. Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian,Hans Morgenst ...

(born 1886), Germany * Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland, US *

Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff (born 1 December 1952) is a British playwright, director and screenwriter. In 2006 Gerard Gilbert of ''The Independent'' described him as the UK's "pre-eminent TV dramatist" who had "inherited Dennis Potter's crown". Early ...

(born 1952), UK *

Sydney Pollack Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 20 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 movies or shows and produced over 44 films. For his film ''Out ...

(born 1934), US * Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US * Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US * Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy * Natalie Portman (born 1981), US * Ted Post (born 1918), US * Otto Preminger (born 1906), US * Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK

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Alfred Radok Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series *Alfred (Arne opera), ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne *Alfred (Dvořák), ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera ...

(born 1917), Czechoslovakia * Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US *

Sam Raimi Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man (2002 film series), ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007) and the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present). He also directed the 1 ...

(born 1959), US * Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR * Harold Ramis (born 1944), US * Irving Rapper (born 1888), US * Brett Ratner (born 1969), US * Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US *

Pierre Rehov Pierre Rehov is the pseudonym of a French–Israeli documentary filmmaker, director and novelist, most known for his movies about the Arab–Israeli conflict and Israeli–Palestinian conflict, its treatment in the media, and about terrorism. Re ...

, France * Carl Reiner (born 1922), US * Rob Reiner (born 1947), US * Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US *

Jason Reitman Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: ...

(born 1977), US * Boots Riley (born 1971), US * Martin Ritt (born 1914), US *

Lilly Rivlin Lilly Rivlin (Hebrew לילי ריבלין) is an American- Israeli journalist, writer, and filmmaker in the genre of documentary/ political films on women's issues. Early life and education A seventh generation Jerusalemite, Rivlin has lived in th ...

(born 1936), Israel, US * Jay Roach (born 1957), US * Brian Robbins (born 1963), US *

Lauren Miller Rogen Lauren Anne Miller Rogen (née Miller; born July 24, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and director. She has appeared in the films ''Superbad'' (2007), ''Zack and Miri Make a Porno'' (2008), and '' 50/50'' (2011). In 2012, s ...

(born 1982), US * Seth Rogen (born 1982), US * Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR * Abram Room (born 1894), USSR *

Stuart Rosenberg Stuart Rosenberg (August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007) was an American film and television director whose motion pictures include '' Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), ''Voyage of the Damned'' (1976), ''The Amityville Horror'' (1979), and ''The Pope of Gree ...

(born 1927), US * Robert Rossen (born 1908), US * Eli Roth (born 1972), US * Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US *

Jan Rybkowski Jan Izydor Rybkowski (4 April 1912 – 29 December 1987) was a Polish film director. He directed 30 films between 1949 and 1984. His 1961 film ''Tonight a City Will Die'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival. Two yea ...

(born 1912), Poland

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* Fred Savage (born 1976), US * Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US * Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US * Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France * John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US * Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US * David Schwimmer (born 1966), US *

Susan Seidelman Susan Seidelman (Born December 11, 1952) is an American film director, producer, and writer. She first came to notice with '' Smithereens'' (1982), the earliest American independent feature to be screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festiva ...

(born 1952), US * Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK, Italy * Joann Sfar (born 1971), France * Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US * Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia *

Esfir Shub Esfir Ilyinichna Shub (Russian: Эсфи́рь Ильи́нична Шуб; 16 March 1894, Surazh, Russian Empire – 21 September 1959, Moscow, Soviet Union), also referred to as Esther Il'inichna Shub, was a pioneering Soviet filmmaker and edit ...

(born 1894), USSR * Don Siegel (born 1912), US * Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US * Bryan Singer (born 1965), US * Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, GermanySiodmak, C. (1997) Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart. Three Rivers Press. * Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany * Todd Solondz (born 1959), US *

Barry Sonnenfeld Barry Sonnenfeld (born April 1, 1953) is an American filmmaker and television director. He originally worked as a cinematographer for the Coen brothers before directing films such as ''The Addams Family'' (1991) and its sequel ''Addams Family Va ...

(born 1953), US * Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US *

Steven Spielberg Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spie ...

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Nicole Stéphane Nicole Stéphane (born Baroness Nicole de Rothschild, 27 May 1923 – 13 March 2007) was a French actress, producer and director. Biography The elder of the two daughters of Baron James-Henri de Rothschild and his first wife, Claude Dupont, Nico ...

(born 1923), France * Ben Stiller (born 1965), US *

Todd Strauss-Schulson Todd Strauss-Schulson (born June 24, 1980) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and cinematographer, best known for directing the comedy film ''A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas'' (2011), the horror comedy film '' The Fi ...

(born 1980), US * Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US * Steve Suissa (born 1970), France * István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany * Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland *

Samy Szlingerbaum Samy Szlingerbaum (1950–1986) was a Belgian screenwriter, actor and film director. Szlingerbaum began his career as a director by co-directing the 1973 film ''Le 15/8'' with Chantal Akerman. Then in 1980 he wrote and directed ''Brussels T ...

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Francis Veber Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writ ...

(born 1937), France * Dylan Verrechia (born 1976), France * Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR *

Charles Vidor Charles Vidor (born Károly Vidor; July 27, 1900June 4, 1959) was a Hungarian film director. Among his film successes are ''The Bridge'' (1929), ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' (1942), ''The Desperadoes'' (1943), ''Cover Girl'' (1944), '' Together A ...

(born 1900), US * Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US *

Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...

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Erich von Stroheim Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, actor and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. H ...

(born 1885), US, France, Austria

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Leilah Weinraub Leilah Weinraub (born 1979) is an American filmmaker, conceptual artist, and the former chief executive officer of the fashion brand Hood By Air. In 2018 she was named a Sundance Institute Art of Nonfiction Fellow. Biography Weinraub was born i ...

(born 1979), US * Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech Republic * Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France * Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US * Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France * William Wyler (born 1902), US

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* Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US * Linda Yellen (born 1949), US * Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR * Yolande Zauberman, France

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Edward Zwick Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker and producer of film and television. He has worked primarily in the comedy drama and historical drama, epic historical film genres, including ''About Last Night (1986 film), About L ...

(born 1952), US

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