Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
3
Luc Besson, 66
4
Claire Denis, 79
5
Roman Coppola, 60
6
Frank Darabont, 66
7
Louise Le Prince
8
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
9
Alexandre Aja, 48
10
Romain Gavras, 44
11
Jann Turner, 60
12
Julia Ducournau, 41
13
FloBer, 34
14
Leos Carax, 64
15
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
16
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
17
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
18
Alain Chabat, 66
19
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
20
William Wyler (1902-1981)
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 Chabrol (1930-2010)
32
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
33
Geraldine Maillet, 53
34
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
35
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
36
Claude Lelouch, 87
37
Claude Sautet (1924-2000)
38
Greg Lansky, 42
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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