Famous Directors

The list Famous Directors includes Jo Green, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Edgar Wright, Jay Grdina and Spike Jonze. The list consists of 10,652 members.

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Jo Green

British, Director

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

Partner: Hugh Laurie (Married)

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Jeff Baena

American, Director

Overview: Jeffrey Lance Baena (June 29, 1977 – January 3, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote and directed Life After Beth (2014), Joshy (2016), The Little Hours (2017), Horse Girl (2020) ...

Date of birth: 29 June 1977

Date of death: 3 January 2025

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Screenwriters from California 1,197T

Film directors from Los Angeles, California 338T

American male screenwriters 4,778T
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Paul Soriano

Filipino filmmaker, film director, and producer

Overview: Paul David Soriano (born October 17, 1981) is a Filipino commercial and film director and producer.

Date of birth: 17 October 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: Filipino

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Partner: Toni Gonzaga (Married)

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Santa Clara University alumni 246T

Filipino film directors 139T

De Anza College alumni 16T
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Sam Taylor-Johnson

British film director

Overview: Samantha Louise Taylor-Johnson, OBE (née Taylor-Wood, born 4 March 1967) is an English filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the ...

Date of birth: 4 March 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: British

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Female

Partner: Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Married)

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Photographers from London 268T

21st-century women photographers 411T

20th-century women photographers 594T
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Vanessa Vadim

American, Director

Date of birth: 28 September 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

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Edgar Wright

English film and television director

Overview: Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter and producer, known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive utilization of expressive ...

Date of birth: 18 April 1974

Age: 51

Nationality: British

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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21st-century English male writers 486T

21st-century British screenwriters 112T

Action film directors 107T
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Katerina Mongio

Italian, Director

Nationality: Italian

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

Partner: Mehmet Günsür (Married)

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Marco Garibaldi

Brazilian, Director

Date of birth: 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Brazilian

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Spike Jonze

American filmmaker (born 1969)

Overview: Adam Spiegel (born October 22, 1969), known professionally as Spike Jonze (pronounced as "Jones"), is an American filmmaker, photographer, musician, and actor, whose work includes film, television, music ...

Date of birth: 22 October 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Male actors of Scottish descent 224T

Male actors of English descent 380T

Spiegel family 18T
10.

Dave McCary

American comedian, writer, and director (born 1985)

Overview: David Lawrence McCary is an American comedian, writer, and director. From 2013 to 2018, he served as a segment director for Saturday Night Live and was also the main director for the first two seasons ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

Partner: Emma Stone (Married)

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Comedians from San Diego 17T

Comedy film directors 246T

American male television writers 2,362T
11.

Sawyer Hartman

American, Director

Date of birth: 4 May 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Angelique Cooper (Married)

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Beatriz Sanchís

Spanish, Director

Date of birth: 1976

Age: 48

Nationality: Spanish

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

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Tolga Karaçelik

Turkish, Director

Nationality: Turkish

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Henry Joost

American film director

Overview: Henry Joost (born October 30, 1982) is a German-born American filmmaker and occasional actor, best known for directing such films with Ariel Schulman as Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity ...

Date of birth: 30 October 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Partner: Sofia Black-D'Elia (Married)

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American male actors 1,993T

Date of birth missing (living people) 2,589T

American filmmakers 566T
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Cary Joji Fukunaga

American filmmaker (born 1977)

Overview: Cary Joji Fukunaga (born July 10, 1977) is an American filmmaker and television director.

Date of birth: 10 July 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Screenwriters from California 1,115T

James Bond film directors 19T

American male screenwriters 4,157T
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Scott Speer

American filmmaker (born 1982)

Overview: Scott Speer (born June 5, 1982) is an American filmmaker, music video director, television director and novelist.

Date of birth: 5 June 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Writers from San Diego, California 122T

Director videographies 32T

American young adult novelists 156T
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Bev Land

American, Director

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Dania Ramirez (Married)

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Anthony Byrne

Irish, Director

Date of birth: 9 September 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Michael Polish

American twin filmmakers

Overview: Mark Polish and Michael Polish (born October 30, 1970), known informally as the Polish brothers, are American twin screenwriters and film producers. Michael usually directs their films, and Mark often ...

Date of birth: 30 October 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

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Screenwriters from California 1,055T

Sibling filmmakers 54T

Film producers from California 661T
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James Wan

Australian filmmaker

Overview: James Wan (born 26 February 1977; Chinese: 溫子仁, pinyin: Wēn Zǐrén) is a Malaysian-born Australian film director, screenwriter, producer, and comic book writer. He rose to prominence as co-creator of the ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Director

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Ingrid Bisu (Married)

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Superhero film directors 65T

People educated at Lake Tuggeranong College 1T

Malaysian comics writers 1T