1. Michel Gondry (1963)

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Screenwriter, producer, and director who wrote and directed the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

2. Anurag Kashyap (1972)

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Indian director and screenwriter who was known for directing Black Friday, a Hindi film about the 1993 bombings in Mumbai.

3. Cecil B. DeMille (1881)

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Director of the epic 1956 film The Ten Commandments, which featured Charlton Heston as Moses. His other well known films include The Sign of the Cross (1932), Cleopatra (1934), Samson and Delilah...

4. Nia DaCosta (1989)

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Nia DaCosta is a famous Film Director, who was born on November 8, 1989 in United States. According to Astrologers, Nia DaCosta's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
DaCosta was born in Brooklyn,...

5. Victor Fleming (1889)

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Director of the classic 1939 films Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz. He received an Academy Award for Best Director for Gone With The Wind.

6. James Whale (1889)

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Director of iconic horror films The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Bride of Frankenstein.

7. Clarence Brown (1890)

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Director of films such as A Free Soul from 1931, The Yearling from 1946, and Angels in the Outfield from 1951.

8. Jean Renoir (1894)

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French film director who made an impact on both the silent and the sound film eras. His work included The Rules of the Game from 1939.

9. Frank Borzage (1894)

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The first person to be honored with an Academy Award for Best Director, which he won for the 1927 film Seventh Heaven.

10. Busby Berkeley (1895)

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Director and choreographer of Hollywood musicals with elaborate dance numbers that utilized showgirls and geometric formation.

11. Frank Capra (1897)

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Celebrated director whose film It Happened One Night became the first film to win all 5 top Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. His other notable films include...

12. Luis Buñuel (1900)

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Spanish-born surrealist filmmaker who first gained attention for directing the silent short film Un Chien Andalou in 1929. His most well known features include Los Olvidados (1950), The Exterminating Angel...

13. Jules White (1900)

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Hungarian-American director who is known for directing short films that starred the popular Three Stooges.

14. Robert Bresson (1901)

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French film director of Diary of a Country Priest from 1951.

15. Max Ophüls (1902)

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German film director of Le Plaisir from 1952, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

16. Yasujirō Ozu (1903)

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Motion picture director who originated during the silent film era and became most recognized for his works Late Spring and Tokyo Story.

17. Carol Reed (1906)

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Academy Award-winning director of the 1969 film Oliver! His other acclaimed works include The Fallen Idol, The Third Man, and Odd Man Out.

18. Fred Zinnemann (1907)

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Director of the 1953 film From Here to Eternity for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Director.

19. John Sturges (1910)

Film Director

Active primarily during the 1940s, '50s, and '60s, he directed such popular films as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Great Escape, and The Magnificent Seven, and was nominated for...

20. Kurt Maetzig (1911)

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German film director who released numerous films from the 1940s through the 1970s. He was considered one of the most respected filmmakers of Germany.

21. Jules Dassin (1911)

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Hollywood director who was blacklisted during the McCarthy era.

22. Keisuke Kinoshita (1912)

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Japanese film director known directing the 1951 film Carmen Comes Home, the first full color feature made in Japan. He directed 49 films during his lifetime.

23. Henry Barakat (1912)

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One of the most famous directors in the history of Egyptian cinema.

24. Samuel Fuller (1912)

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World War II veteran and former journalist who translated his experiences into the provocative 1960s films Shock Corridor and The Naked Kiss.

25. Alexander Mackendrick (1912)

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Scottish director of classic 1950s films, including The Man in the White Suit and The Ladykillers.

26. Daniel Mann (1912)

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Remembered for his work on such 1950s and early 1960s films as The Rose Tattoo, Come Back Little Sheba, and BUtterfield 8, this New York-born director often adapted theatrical productions...

27. Obrad Gluščević (1913)

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Director known for his documentaries and short films, including Covik od svita from 1965 and Goli covik from 1968.

28. Stanley Kramer (1913)

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Academy Award-winning director of such social and political films as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Inherit the Wind.

29. Robert Wise (1914)

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Director of West Side Story and The Sound of Music, the latter earning him the Oscar for Best Director in 1965.

30. Louis Malle (1932)

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New Wave French director, producer, and writer whose film Le Monde du silence won the Palme d'Or and the 1956 Oscar for Best Documentary.

31. Masaki Kobayashi (1916)

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Japanese film director of the critically acclaimed The Human Condition, a trilogy that was nine hours in total length.

32. Richard Fleischer (1916)

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Director of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Doctor Dolittle.

33. Delbert Mann (1920)

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Director of the 1955 film Marty, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Achievement in Directing.

34. Shane Meadows (1972)

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BAFTA-winning director of This is England (2006), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), and Twenty Four Seven (1997).

35. Lewis Gilbert (1920)

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Veteran director of the award-winning film Alfie as well as three James Bond films.

36. Miklós Jancsó (1921)

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Director whose work frequently focused on the abuse of power. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1990.

37. Jack Clayton (1921)

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British New Wave film director who directed the 1959 Oscar-winning film Room at the Top and the 1974 film adaptation of "The Great Gatsby". He was known for directing films...

38. Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922)

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Director of 42 films spanning four decades. He was known especially for socially conscious films like Anari, Anand, and Anokhi Raat.

39. Irvin Kershner (1923)

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Director of the classic science fiction film Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

40. Claude Lanzmann (1925)

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French filmmaker who directed the acclaimed nine-and-a-half hour Holocaust documentary Shoah, which was released in 1985.

41. Robert Altman (1925)

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Unconventional filmmaker who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director on five occasions. His best known films include MASH, Nashville, The Player, Shortcuts, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Short...

42. John Schlesinger (1926)

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English director of Hollywood is an Extraordinary Kind of Temporary Place.

43. George Englund (1926)

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Known for his work on such 1960s and '70s films as The Ugly American, Zachariah, and Snow Job, this cinematic director also worked as a producer on the 1968 screen...

44. Shakti Samanta (1926)

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Indian director who was best known for his films Howrah Bridge and Aradhana. He also founded Shakti Films.

45. Karel Reisz (1926)

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Director best known as the originator of the "free cinema" style of documentary. He also made feature films like 1960's "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning".

46. Herbert Ross (1927)

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Musical theater performer and choreographer who appeared in the 1943 Broadway production of Something for the Boys and choreographed the 1951 Broadway staging of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.

47. Jacques Rivette (1928)

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Member of the French New Wave movement who directed the films Celine and Julie Go Boating and La Belle Noiseuse.

48. Casey Neistat (1981)

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YouTuber who became writer, director, and star of the HBO series The Neistat Brothers. He has released dozens of short films exclusively on the internet, including regular contributions to the New...

49. Menahem Golan (1929)

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Director of films such as Enter the Ninja and Crime and Punishment and producer of comic book films such as Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

50. Věra Chytilová (1929)

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Pioneer of Czech cinema who directed the controversial 1966 film Daisies.