Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Frank Darabont, 66
3
Romain Gavras, 44
4
Louise Le Prince
5
Luc Besson, 66
6
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
7
Alain Chabat, 67
8
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
9
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
10
Jonathan Alric, 36
11
Sylvain White, 53
12
Julia Ducournau, 42
13
FloBer, 34
14
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
15
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
16
Michel Gondry, 62
17
Catherine Breillat, 77
18
Louis Leterrier, 52
19
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
20
Francois Ozon, 58
21
Geraldine Maillet, 53
22
Anthony Finocchiaro, 39
23
Roman Coppola, 60
24
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
25
Claude Lelouch, 88
26
Leos Carax, 65
27
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
28
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
29
Jacques Audiard, 73
30
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
31
Claire Denis, 79
32
William Wyler (1902-1981)
33
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
34
Loic Prigent, 52
35
Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021)
36
Jann Turner, 61
37
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
38
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 72
39
Philippe Garrel, 77
40
Alexandre Aja, 48
41
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
42
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
43
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
44
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
45
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
46
Patrice Leconte, 78
47
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 82
48
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