Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 51
2
Romain Gavras, 45
3
Luc Besson, 67
4
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
5
Louise Le Prince
6
Michel Hazanavicius, 59
7
FloBer, 35
8
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
9
William Wyler (1902-1981)
10
Leos Carax, 65
11
Claude Lelouch, 88
12
Frank Darabont, 67
13
Louis Leterrier, 53
14
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
15
Mathieu Kassovitz, 59
16
Alain Chabat, 67
17
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
18
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
19
Sylvain White, 54
20
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Roman Coppola, 61
21
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
22
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
23
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
24
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
25
Jacques Audiard, 74
26
Catherine Breillat, 78
27
Julia Ducournau, 42
28
Anthony Finocchiaro, 39
29
Claire Denis, 80
30
Djibril Glissant, 54
31
Yann Gonzalez, 49
32
Michel Gondry, 63
33
Jann Turner, 61
34
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 72
35
Philippe Garrel, 78
36
Alexandre Aja, 49
37
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
38
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
39
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
40
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
41
Francois Ozon, 58
42
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
43
Patrice Leconte, 78
44
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
45
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 82
46
Loic Prigent, 53
47
Justine Triet, 48
48
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