Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Luc Besson, 66
3
Romain Gavras, 44
4
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
5
Louise Le Prince
6
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
7
FloBer, 34
8
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
9
Michel Gondry, 62
10
Jacques Audiard, 73
11
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
12
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
13
Frank Darabont, 66
14
Leos Carax, 64
15
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
16
Roman Coppola, 60
17
Claire Denis, 79
18
Alain Chabat, 66
19
Julia Ducournau, 41
20
Catherine Breillat, 77
21
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
22
Loic Prigent, 52
23
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
24
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
William Wyler (1902-1981)
25
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
26
Alexandre Aja, 48
27
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
28
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 72
29
Jann Turner, 60
30
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
31
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
32
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
33
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
34
Claude Lelouch, 87
35
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
36
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
37
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
38
Justine Triet, 47
39
Francois Ozon, 57
40
Philippe Garrel, 77
41
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 82
42
Louis Leterrier, 52
43
JC Pieri, 36
44
Geraldine Maillet, 53
45
Patrice Leconte, 77
46
Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021)
47
Jonathan Alric, 36
48
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