Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Claire Denis, 79
3
Luc Besson, 66
4
Frank Darabont, 66
5
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
6
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
7
Louise Le Prince
8
Alexandre Aja, 48
9
Roman Coppola, 60
10
William Wyler (1902-1981)
11
Julia Ducournau, 41
12
Romain Gavras, 44
13
Leos Carax, 64
14
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
15
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
16
FloBer, 34
17
Jann Turner, 60
18
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
19
Alain Chabat, 66
20
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
21
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
22
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
23
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
24
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
25
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
26
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
27
Michel Gondry, 62
28
Jonathan Alric, 36
29
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
30
Justine Triet, 47
31
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
32
Geraldine Maillet, 53
33
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
34
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 72
35
Claude Lelouch, 87
36
Claude Sautet (1924-2000)
37
Greg Lansky, 42
38
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
39
Loic Prigent, 52
40
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
41
Jacques Audiard, 73
42
Francois Ozon, 57
43
Philippe Garrel, 77
44
Catherine Breillat, 77
45
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 81
46
Louis Leterrier, 52
47
JC Pieri, 35
48
Directors by Country
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