Directors
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Alex Garland
★ 6.8
5 films
Alexander Medawar Garland (born 26 May 1970) is an English author, screenwriter, and director. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). ...
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William Friedkin
★ 6.8
12 films
William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was clos...
Sean Ellis
★ 6.8
5 films
Sean Ellis (born 1970) is a British film director, writer, producer and fashion photographer. He is best known for his films Cashback (2004), The Brok...
Scott Hicks
★ 6.8
5 films
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is a film director from Australia. He is best known as the screenwriter and director of Shine, the Oscar-winnin...
John Lee Hancock
★ 6.8
8 films
John Lee Hancock Jr. (born December 15, 1956) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the films The Rookie (2002), The Alamo (2004), ...
Toshio Masuda
★ 6.8
8 films
Tom Hooper
★ 6.8
5 films
Thomas George Hooper (born 5 October 1972) is a British-Australian filmmaker.
Hooper began making short films as a teenager and had his first profess...
George A. Romero
★ 6.8
6 films
George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian film director, screenwriter and editor, best known for his gruesome a...
Martin Ritt
★ 6.8
5 films
Gabriele Muccino
★ 6.8
7 films
Gabriele Muccino is an Italian film director. He is the elder brother of actor Silvio Muccino, who often appears in his brother's films.
Born in Rome...
Oliver Stone
★ 6.8
17 films
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s...
Jon Watts
★ 6.8
6 films
Jonathan Watts (born June 28, 1981) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the Spider-Man films with...
Gareth Evans
★ 6.7
5 films
Gareth Huw Evans (born April 6, 1980) is a Welsh film director, screenwriter, editor, and action choreographer. He is best known for the Indonesian ac...
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Mike Leigh
★ 6.7
8 films
Scott Waugh
★ 6.7
6 films
Scott Waugh (born 1970) is an American film director, producer, and former stunt performer, best known for directing the 2012 war film Act of Valor wi...
Ronny Yu
★ 6.7
10 films
Ronny Yu Yan-Tai (born 1950) is a Hong Kong director, producer, and movie writer. Yu was born in Hong Kong and graduated from Ohio University. He has ...
Xue Xiaolu
★ 6.7
5 films
Leos Carax
★ 6.7
5 films
Leos Carax (born November 22, 1960) is a French-born film director, critic, and writer. Carax is noted for his poetic style and his tortured depiction...
Jia Zhangke
★ 6.7
15 films
Jia Zhangke (Chinese: 贾樟柯; pinyin: Jiǎ Zhāngkē, born 24 May 1970; Fenyang) is a Chinese film and television director, screenwriter, producer, actor an...
Lau Kar-Leung
★ 6.7
14 films
Lau Kar-Leung (Chinese: 劉家良, 28 July 1934 – 25 June 2013), also known as Liu Chia-Liang, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor, filmmaker, choreographer...