Roman Polanski, 91
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
3
Luc Besson, 66
4
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
5
Louise Le Prince
6
Romain Gavras, 44
7
Leos Carax, 64
8
Roman Coppola, 60
9
Frank Darabont, 66
10
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
11
Alain Chabat, 66
12
William Wyler (1902-1981)
13
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
14
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
15
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
16
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
17
Claire Denis, 79
18
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
19
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
20
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
21
Alexandre Aja, 48
22
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
23
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
24
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
25
Michel Gondry, 62
26
Jonathan Alric, 36
27
FloBer, 34
28
Julia Ducournau, 41
29
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
30
Justine Triet, 47
31
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
32
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
33
Jacques Audiard, 73
34
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
35
Catherine Breillat, 77
36
Geraldine Maillet, 53
37
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
38
Jann Turner, 60
39
Claude Lelouch, 87
40
Claude Sautet (1924-2000)
41
Greg Lansky, 42
42
Loic Prigent, 52
43
Francois Ozon, 57
44
Philippe Garrel, 77
45
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 81
46
Louis Leterrier, 52
47
JC Pieri, 35
48
Directors by Country
Directors by Age
