British film directors

The list British film directors includes Avan Jogia, Jude Law, Rupert Friend, Guy Ritchie and Plan B. The list consists of 762 members and 13 sublists.

Films by British directors
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- Famous Fred
Film directors from Northern Ireland
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Scottish film directors
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Welsh film directors
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British animated film directors
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British documentary film directors
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British horror film directors
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British LGBT film directors
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English film directors
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Italian British film directors
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British pornographic film directors
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British women film directors
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British film director stubs
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1.

Avan Jogia

Canadian actor (born 1992)

Overview: Avan Tudor Jogia (born February 9, 1992) is a Canadian actor, singer, writer, and activist. He is best known for his television roles Beck Oliver in Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious, Danny Desai in ABC Family ...

Date of birth: 9 February 1992

Age: 32

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Halsey (Engaged)

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Asian-Canadian filmmakers 61T

21st-century Canadian male singers 536T

Male actors of English descent 380T
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Jude Law

English actor

Overview: David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFTA Film Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and two Tony Awards. In 2007 ...

Date of birth: 29 December 1972

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Phillipa Coan (Married)

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César Honorary Award recipients 87T

English male Shakespearean actors 251T

Empire Hero Award winners 5T
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Rupert Friend

British actor

Overview: Rupert William Anthony Friend (born 9 October 1981) is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for playing CIA operative Peter Quinn in the Showtime political thriller series ...

Date of birth: 1 October 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Aimee Mullins (Married)

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English male screenwriters 563T

21st-century British male actors 272T

21st-century English male actors 1,293T
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Guy Ritchie

British film director

Overview: Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer, writer, and businessman. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes franchise.

Date of birth: 10 September 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Jacqui Ainsley (Married)

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English practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu 32T

English male judoka 36T

English male karateka 21T
5.

Plan B

Musician and actor

Overview: Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew (born 22 October 1983), better known by his stage name Plan B, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter actor, film director and producer. He first emerged as a rapper releasing ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1983

Age: 40

Nationality: British

Occupation: Rapper

Gender: Male

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British hip hop singers 42T

English male guitarists 868T

English male singer-songwriters 639T
6.

Peter Medak

Hungarian-British film and television director (b. 1937)

Overview: Peter Medak (born Medák Péter, 23 December 1937) is a Hungarian-born film director and television director of British and American productions.

Date of birth: 23 December 1937

Age: 86

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Stephanie Zimbalist (Dating)

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21st-century Hungarian Jews 8T

20th-century Hungarian Jews 39T

21st-century British Jews 42T
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Simon Monjack

English screenwriter, film director and producer (1970–2010)

Overview: Simon Mark Monjack (9 March 1970 – 23 May 2010) was an English screenwriter, film director, film producer and make-up artist. He was the husband of American actress Brittany Murphy.

Date of birth: 9 March 1970

Date of death: 23 May 2010

Age: 40 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

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English male screenwriters 563T

English Jewish writers 159T

British Jewish writers 145T
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Simon MacCorkindale

British actor (1952–2010)

Overview: Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale (12 February 1952 – 14 October 2010) was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. He spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father serving ...

Date of birth: 23 February 1952

Date of death: 14 October 2010

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Arabian breeders and trainers 32T

British male screenwriters 411T

Male actors from Cambridgeshire 30T
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Kingsman: The Secret Service

2015 film by Matthew Vaughn

Overview: Kingsman: The Secret Service is a 2014 action spy comedy film directed and produced by Matthew Vaughn. The screenplay, written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman, is based on Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons's comic ...

Release date: 29 January 2015

Genre: Thriller, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Adrian Quinton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Jonno Davies, Jack Davenport, Alex Nikolov

Producer: Adam Bohling, Dave Gibbons

Writer: Jane Goldman, Matthew Vaughn

A spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency's training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

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Apocalypticism in fiction 3T

2010s English-language films 5,174T

American spy action films 56T
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Ben Cura

International Actor

Overview: Ben Cura (born 30 September 1988) is a British-Argentine actor and director of film, television and theatre.

Date of birth: 30 September 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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British male screenwriters 357T

Male actors from London 1,398T

British male film actors 778T
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Simon Curtis

British film director and producer

Overview: Simon Curtis (born 11 March 1960) is a British film director and producer. He has directed various theatre productions and the television dramas David Copperfield and Cranford. His feature films include ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Partner: Elizabeth McGovern (Married)

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Film directors from London 168T

British film producers 421T

1960 births 15,349T
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Richard Ayoade

English comedian

Overview: Richard Ellef Ayoade (born 23 May 1977) is an English comedian, film director, screenwriter, television presenter, actor, and author best known for his role as the socially awkward IT technician Maurice ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Lydia Fox (Married)

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21st-century English male writers 486T

20th-century English male writers 1,328T

Actors from Ipswich 17T
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Martin McDonagh

English screenwriter

Overview: Martin Faranan McDonagh (born 26 March 1970) is an Irish-British playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, the son of Irish parents, he is considered among the most ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Engaged)

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Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 37T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 95T

British male dramatists and playwrights 268T
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Keith Allen

Entertainer

Overview: Keith Howell Charles Allen (born 2 September 1953) is a Welsh actor and television presenter. He is the father of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen, and brother of actor and director Kevin Allen ...

Date of birth: 2 June 1953

Age: 71

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Male actors from Swansea 31T

British male musicians 83T
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Christopher Nolan

Film director and producer

Overview: Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directorial efforts have grossed more than US$5.1billion worldwide, garnered 34 Oscar ...

Date of birth: 30 July 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Emma Thomas (Married)

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British film production company founders 14T

Superhero film directors 65T

21st-century American male writers 3,233T
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Matthew Vaughn

British film director

Overview: Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn (born 7 March 1971) is an English film producer, director, and screenwriter. He has produced films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) and Snatch (2000), and ...

Date of birth: 7 March 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film/TV Producer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Superhero film directors 65T

Action film directors 107T

English male screenwriters 563T
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Stephen Hopkins

British director and producer

Overview: Stephen Hopkins is a Jamaican-born British-Australian director and producer of film and television. He directed Predator 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, Blown Away, The Life and Death ...

Date of birth: 1 January 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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British horror film directors 55T

Science fiction film directors 157T

Primetime Emmy Award winners 1,866T
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Sean Mathias

British actor

Overview: Sean Gerard Mathias (born 14 March 1956) is a Welsh-born theatre director, film director, writer and actor, known for directing the film Bent and for directing highly acclaimed theatre productions in ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Welsh

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Partner: Paul Mathias (Married)

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Male actors from Swansea 30T

20th-century British male actors 472T

British male film actors 778T
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Ridley Scott

British film director and producer (born 1937)

Overview: Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. He is best known for directing the science fiction horror film Alien (1979), the neo-noir dystopian film Blade Runner ...

Date of birth: 30 November 1937

Age: 86

Nationality: English

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Giannina Facio (Married)

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Postmodernist filmmakers 73T

Ridley Scott 4T

BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award 38T
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Alex De Rakoff

British film director

Overview: Alex De Rakoff (born 13 November 1970) is a British writer, producer, and director.

Date of birth: 13 November 1970

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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English male screenwriters 563T

British male screenwriters 357T

Film directors from London 168T