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