1. Fred Coe (1914)

American Director

Award-winning producer of stage and live television dramas. He created The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, which ran from 1948 until 1955.

2. Frank Corsaro (1924)

American Director

American stage director of opera and theatre whose work includes the Broadway production The Night of the Iguana in 1961. He also directed productions of The Crucible and Faust.

3. Bud Yorkin (1926)

American Director

Director and producer of the Emmy Award-winning TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire.

4. Vincent McEveety (1929)

American Director

Director of Emmy-winning TV shows such as Gunsmoke and Star Trek as well as Disney films The Million Dollar Duck and Herbie Goes Bananas.

5. Michael Schultz (1938)

American Director

Notable for his television and film directing work, he helmed episodes of The Rockford Files, Chicago Hope, and Everwood, and directed films such as Car Wash (1976) and Cooley High...

6. Wes Craven (1939)

American Director

Director who introduced the world to the terrifying Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series and redefined the horror genre with his semi-satirical horror/comedy Scream films. He also directed the horror films The...

7. Rick Rosenthal (1949)

American Director

Worked as a director on many popular TV series including Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville. He also directed two films in the Halloween horror franchise.

8. Vince Gilligan (1967)

American Director

Best known as creator, lead writer and producer of the AMC drama series Breaking Bad starring Bryan Cranston and the show's spin-off Better Call Saul. He initially broke into TV...

9. Melina Matsoukas (1981)

American Director

American director who is known for her work on music videos, television shows, and commercials. She is known for her minimal but unique color aesthetics and for her work with...

10. Rob Marshall (1960)

American Director

Director of the 2002 Academy Award-winning movie musical Chicago. Also a Broadway director and choreographer, he was nominated for Tony Awards for his work on Cabaret, Damn Yankees, She Loves...

11. Edoardo Ponti (1973)

American Director

Sophia Loren's son who made films in Canada, Italy, and the U.S.

12. Brad Bitler (1985)

American Director

Brad Bitler is a music video director and former United States Marine. He is both a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and 2003 graduate of Davis Senior High School. While...

13. George Schaefer (director) (1920)

American Director

George Louis Schaefer was a director of television and Broadway theatre from the 1950s to the 1990s.

14. Kevin Rodney Sullivan (1958)

American Director

Kevin Rodney Sullivan is an American film and television actor and film director.

15. Glenn Jordan (1936)

American Director

Glenn Jordan is an American television director and producer. Born in San Antonio Texas Jordan directed multiple episodes of Family and has helmed numerous television movies several based on real...

16. Ace Norton (1982)

American Director

Ace Norton is a music video and commercial director.

17. Thomas Carter (director) (1953)

American Director

Thomas Carter is an American film and television director known for Swing Kids Save the Last Dance with Julia Stiles and Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. As an actor...

18. Jason Goldwatch (1976)

American Director

Jason Goldwatch is an American music video director and commercial director who is a Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Decon a creative agency and record label based in New...

19. Linda Yellen (1949)

American Director

Linda Yellen is an American director producer and writer of film and television. As a producer some of her credits include Playing for Time The Royal Romance of Charles and...

20. Alan Rowe Kelly (1959)

American Director

Alan Rowe Kelly is an American film actor director writer and producer of independent film specializing in horror movies.

21. James L. Conway (1950)

American Director

James L. Conway is an American film and television director producer and writer studio executive and novelist. Movies Conway directed include The Boogens and Hangar 18. Television series he worked...

22. Anne Bogart (1951)

American Director

Anne Bogart is a prolific and award-winning American theatre and opera director. She is currently one of the Artistic Directors of SITI Company which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi...

23. Jeff Zwart (1955)

American Director

Jeff Zwart is an American commercial film director racer photographer cameraman and author. He is best known for shooting commercial campaigns in collaboration with Porsche BMW Cadillac General Motors Hyundai...

24. Dale Resteghini (1968)

American Director

Dale Anthony Resteghini better known as Rage is a renowned music video director. He is also a film director and music producer. Rage has helmed hundreds of videos for well-known...

25. Sam Irvin (1956)

American Director

Sam Irvin is an award-winning film and television director producer screen writer author and film teacher. His directing credits include Guilty as Charged Oblivion Elvira's Haunted Hills and all the...

26. Paul Lazarus (1954)

American Director

Paul Lazarus is an American director producer and writer of film television and theatre. He graduated from Dartmouth College and apprenticed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in England.

27. Joe Menendez (1969)

American Director

Joe Menendez is American film and television director.

28. Marcos Siega (1969)

American Director

Marcos Siega is a film television commercial and music video director. He has also worked as a producer and a musician. In the late 1980s he helped form the New...

29. Tom Oesch (1980)

American Director

Tom Oesch is a Swiss music video director who works in Hollywood California.

30. Gabriel Hart (1978)

American Director

Gabriel E. Hart is a Motion Picture music video director commercial director and founder of Vietnam Films.

31. Tamarat Makonnen (1972)

American Director

Tamarat Makonnen is an American music video and film director. A graduate of Virginia Union University with a degree in English Language Arts the native New Yorker received his big...

32. Tom Kuntz (1972)

American Director

Tom Kuntz is a filmmaker who is most known for his unique television commercials and music videos which either have colorful settings time-lapse photography or wildly eccentric humans.

33. Michael Sucsy (1973)

American Director

Michael Sucsy is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning film director screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating the HBO film Grey Gardens.

34. Phil Traill (1973)

American Director

Phil Traill is an American television and film director. Although born in the USA Phil was brought up in London England.

35. Steve Hanft (1966)

American Director

Steven P. Hanft more commonly known as Steve Hanft is an American independent film director.

36. Jason Rubin (1970)

American Director

Jason Rubin is a famous American director, who was born on January 6, 1970 in United States. In their 18 years running Naughty Dog, they created fourteen original games including...