Roman Polanski, 93
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 51
2
Romain Gavras, 45
3
Luc Besson, 67
4
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
5
Leos Carax, 65
6
Louise Le Prince
7
Claude Lelouch, 88
8
Mathieu Kassovitz, 59
9
Alain Chabat, 67
10
Geraldine Maillet, 54
11
William Wyler (1902-1981)
12
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 73
13
Catherine Breillat, 78
14
FloBer, 35
15
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
16
JC Pieri, 36
17
Frank Darabont, 67
18
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
19
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
20
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Greg Lansky, 43
21
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
22
Roman Coppola, 61
23
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
24
Louis Leterrier, 53
25
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
26
Michel Hazanavicius, 59
27
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
28
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
29
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
30
Julia Ducournau, 42
31
Sylvain White, 54
32
Anthony Finocchiaro, 40
33
Claire Denis, 80
34
Djibril Glissant, 54
35
Yann Gonzalez, 49
36
Michel Gondry, 63
37
Jann Turner, 61
38
Philippe Garrel, 78
39
Alexandre Aja, 49
40
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
41
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
42
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
43
Francois Ozon, 58
44
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
45
Patrice Leconte, 78
46
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
47
Jacques Audiard, 74
48
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