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