English-language film directors

The list English-language film directors includes Ryan Gosling, Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro and Jodie Foster. The list consists of 697 members and 1 sublist.

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Ryan Gosling

Canadian actor and musician

Overview: Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor. Prominent in independent film, he has also worked in blockbuster films of varying genres, and has accrued a worldwide box office gross ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1980

Age: 43

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Eva Mendes (Long-Term)

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21st-century Canadian male musicians 560T

Film directors from Ontario 115T

Canadian documentary film producers 107T
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Jennifer Aniston

American actress (born 1969)

Overview: Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends from 1994 to 2004, which earned her ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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American sitcom actresses 542T

American comedy actresses 409T

American actors with disabilities 265T
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Angelina Jolie

American actress (born 1975)

Overview: Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards ...

Date of birth: 4 June 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century American diarists 6T

American bisexual actresses 154T

American people who self-identify as being of Iroquois descent 5T
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Ben Affleck

American actor and filmmaker (born 1972)

Overview: Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and philanthropist. His accolades include two Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards ...

Date of birth: 15 August 1972

Age: 52

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Television producers from Massachusetts 66T

Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
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John Krasinski

American actor

Overview: John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He has had four Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was named ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1979

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

Partner: Emily Blunt (Married)

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Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Newton South High School alumni 18T

Film producers from Massachusetts 66T
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Zach Braff

American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)

Overview: Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as J. D. on the television series Scrubs (2001–2010), for which he was ...

Date of birth: 6 April 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni 52T

Film producers from New Jersey 105T
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Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

Overview: Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. ( də NEER-roh, born August 17, 1943) is an American actor. Known for his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Tiffany Chen (Dating)

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Robert De Niro 8T

Male actors of Irish descent 682T

Male actors of English descent 380T
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Kevin Costner

American actor and filmmaker (born 1955)

Overview: Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, producer, film director and musician. He has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Pr ...

Date of birth: 18 January 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Jewel (Dating)

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Singer-songwriters from California 964T

Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T
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Jodie Foster

American actress (born 1962)

Overview: Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden ...

Date of birth: 19 November 1962

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Alexandra Hedison (Married)

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American LGBT film directors 276T

American LGBT actresses 43T

American LGBT actors 309T
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George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

Overview: George Timothy Clooney (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter and philanthropist. He is the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards and two Academy Awards, one for ...

Date of birth: 6 May 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Amal Clooney (Married)

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Time 100 250T

Members of the Council on Foreign Relations 379T

Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award 102T
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Clint Eastwood

American actor and director (born 1930)

Overview: Clinton Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American actor, film director and producer. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man ...

Date of birth: 31 May 1930

Age: 94

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners 82T

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

Oakland Technical High School alumni 70T
12.

Barbra Streisand

American singer and actress (born 1942)

Overview: Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, and filmmaker. With a career spanning seven decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment and ...

Date of birth: 24 April 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

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21st-century American singer-songwriters 2,662T

20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,277T

Actors from Flatbush, Brooklyn 18T
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Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

Overview: Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he has received numerous accolades: including an Academy Award, two Tony ...

Date of birth: 25 April 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Golden Raspberry Award winners 272T

Writers from Manhattan 419T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,123T
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Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker (born 1937)

Overview: Henry Warren Beatty (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans over six decades and he has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor ...

Date of birth: 30 March 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Annette Bening (Married)

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AFI Life Achievement Award recipients 47T

Male actors from Richmond, Virginia 19T

Recipients of the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 11T
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Charlie McDowell

American film director and screenwriter (born 1983)

Overview: Charles Malcolm McDowell (born July 10, 1983) is an American film director and writer. He is most known for his film The One I Love.

Date of birth: 10 July 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Lily Collins (Married)

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Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Film directors from Los Angeles, California 286T

American male screenwriters 3,908T
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Linda Harrison

American, Actress

Overview: Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She played Nova in the science fiction film classic Planet of the Apes (1968) and the first sequel, Beneath the Planet ...

Date of birth: 26 July 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses of Irish descent 597T

Actresses of British descent 497T

American women film producers 794T
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Tim Burton

American filmmaker and animator (born 1958)

Overview: Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker, animator, and artist. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990) ...

Date of birth: 25 August 1958

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Monica Bellucci (Dating)

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Postmodernist filmmakers 79T

20th-century American screenwriters 2,308T

21st-century American screenwriters 1,138T
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Sofia Coppola

American filmmaker and actress (born 1971)

Overview: Sofia Carmina Coppola (, born May 14, 1971) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. The daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola, she made her film debut as an infant ...

Date of birth: 14 May 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Thomas Mars (Married)

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Spiegel family 16T

Directors of Golden Lion winners 63T

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners 60T
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Rosanna Arquette

American actress (born 1959)

Overview: Rosanna Lisa Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982), and won the BAFTA Award for Best ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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The American Library (Yinka Shonibare, 2018) people 220T

Film producers from Illinois 159T

Film producers from New York (state) 698T
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Robert Redford

American actor and filmmaker (born 1936)

Overview: Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director, and activist. He is the recipient of various accolades, including; two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three ...

Date of birth: 18 August 1936

Age: 88

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Sibylle Szaggars (Married)

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Directors of Best Picture Academy Award winners 82T

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

Male actors of Scottish descent 224T