List of film directors

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This is a list of the 600 best-known film directors, ranked by reach: how many Wikipedia languages and sister sites have a page about each one.

#	Name	Age
1	Charlie ChaplinEnglish actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)	1889–1977
2	Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor and businessman (1847–1931)	1847–1931
3	Rabindranath TagoreBengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)	1861–1941
4	Salvador DalíSpanish artist (1904–1989)	1904–1989
5	Walt DisneyAmerican animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)	1901–1966
6	Ernest HemingwayAmerican author and journalist (1899–1961)	1899–1961
7	Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate (1927–2014)	1927–2014
8	MadonnaAmerican singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1958)	68
9	Roald AmundsenNorwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)	1872–1928
10	Alfred HitchcockBritish filmmaker (1899–1980)	1899–1980
11	John LennonBritish musician (1940–1980)	1940–1980
12	Bob DylanAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1941)	85
13	Andy WarholAmerican artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)	1928–1987
14	Akira KurosawaJapanese filmmaker (1910–1998)	1910–1998
15	Steven SpielbergAmerican filmmaker (born 1946)	79
16	Bruce LeeHong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)	1940–1973
17	Ingmar BergmanSwedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)	1918–2007
18	Federico FelliniItalian filmmaker (1920–1993)	1920–1993
19	Jackie ChanHong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)	72
20	Stanley KubrickAmerican filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)	1928–1999
21	Woody AllenAmerican filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)	90
22	Scarlett JohanssonAmerican actress (born 1984)	41
23	Bertolt BrechtGerman poet, playwright, and theatre director (1898–1956)	1898–1956
24	Arnold SchwarzeneggerAustrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)	79
25	Paul McCartneyEnglish musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)	84
26	Johnny DeppAmerican actor (born 1963)	63
27	Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker (1898–1948)	1898–1948
28	Stephen KingAmerican novelist and writer (born 1947)	79
29	Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)	1928–2014
30	Sean ConneryScottish actor (1930–2020)	1930–2020
31	Emma WatsonEnglish actress (born 1990)	36
32	Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)	1921–1992
33	Václav HavelCzech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011)	1936–2011
34	Alain DelonFrench actor (1935–2024)	1935–2024
35	Robert De NiroAmerican actor (born 1943)	83
36	Samuel BeckettIrish writer (1906–1989)	1906–1989
37	Natalie PortmanIsraeli-American actress (born 1981)	45
38	Tom HanksAmerican actor and film producer (born 1956)	70
39	Will SmithAmerican actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968)	58
40	Al PacinoAmerican actor (born 1940)	86
41	Bradley CooperAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1975)	51
42	Clint EastwoodAmerican actor and film director (born 1930)	96
43	Kate WinsletEnglish actress (born 1975)	51
44	Cate BlanchettAustralian actor and producer (born 1969)	57
45	George LucasAmerican filmmaker and philanthropist (born 1944)	82
46	Gwyneth PaltrowAmerican actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972)	54
47	Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)	1936–2025
48	Christina AguileraAmerican singer, songwriter and actress	45
49	Jack NicholsonAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1937)	89
50	Sandra BullockAmerican actress and film producer	62
51	George ClooneyAmerican-French actor and filmmaker (born 1961)	65
52	Jennifer AnistonAmerican actress (born 1969)	57
53	Morgan FreemanAmerican actor and producer (born 1937)	89
54	Steven SeagalAmerican actor, martial artist, and film producer	74
55	Tom CruiseAmerican actor and film producer (born 1962)	64
56	Sylvester StalloneAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1946)	80
57	Toshirō MifuneJapanese actor (1920–1997)	1920–1997
58	George HarrisonEnglish musician and member of the Beatles (1943–2001)	1943–2001
59	Russell CroweNew Zealand actor	62
60	Keanu ReevesCanadian actor and musician (born 1964)	62
61	Vladimir MayakovskyRussian and Soviet poet (1893–1930)	1893–1930
62	Quentin TarantinoAmerican filmmaker and actor (born 1963)	63
63	Anthony HopkinsWelsh actor (born 1937)	88
64	Jean CocteauFrench writer and film director (1889–1963)	1889–1963
65	John WayneAmerican actor (1907–1979)	1907–1979
66	Jennifer LawrenceAmerican actress and producer (born 1990)	36
67	Nicolas CageAmerican actor (born 1964)	62
68	CherAmerican musician, singer, actress and television personality (born 1946)	80
69	Halle BerryAmerican actress (born 1966)	60
70	Jet LiChinese-Singaporean martial artist and actor	63
71	Penélope CruzSpanish actress (born 1974)	52
72	James CameronCanadian filmmaker and explorer (born 1954)	72
73	Mel GibsonAmerican actor, director, producer and screenwriter (born 1956)	70
74	Jodie FosterAmerican actress and filmmaker (born 1962)	63
75	Chris PineAmerican actor (born 1980)	46
76	Josh DuhamelAmerican actor and former model (born 1972)	53
77	Martin ScorseseAmerican filmmaker (born 1942)	83
78	Demi MooreAmerican actress and producer (born 1962)	63
79	Harold PinterBritish playwright (1930–2008)	1930–2008
80	Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmaker (1915–1985)	1915–1985
81	Robert Downey Jr.American actor (born 1965)	61
82	Ben AffleckAmerican film actor, director and screenwriter (born 1972)	54
83	PrinceAmerican musician (1958–2016)	1958–2016
84	Tina TurnerAmerican-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)	1939–2023
85	Hayao MiyazakiJapanese animator, filmmaker, and mangaka (born 1941)	born 1941
86	Kevin CostnerAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1955)	71
87	Roman PolanskiFrench-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)	93
88	Barbra StreisandAmerican singer and actress (born 1942)	84
89	Eddie MurphyAmerican actor and comedian (born 1961)	65
90	Frank ZappaAmerican musician (1940–1993)	1940–1993
91	Heath LedgerAustralian actor (1979–2008)	1979–2008
92	Jason BatemanAmerican actor (born 1969)	57
93	Yukio MishimaJapanese author (1925–1970)	1925–1970
94	BjörkIcelandic singer (born 1965)	60
95	Paul NewmanAmerican actor (1925–2008)	1925–2008
96	Whoopi GoldbergAmerican actress, comedian, author and television personality (born 1955)	70
97	Bruce SpringsteenAmerican rock singer (born 1949)	77
98	Christopher NolanEnglish and American filmmaker (born 1970)	56
99	Salma HayekMexican and American actress (born 1966)	60
100	Vin DieselAmerican actor (born 1967)	59