Mel Brooks, 99
Director
1
Sofia Coppola, 54
2
JJ Abrams, 59
3
Woody Allen, 89
4
Martin Scorsese, 82
5
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
6
John Carpenter, 77
7
Rob Reiner, 78
8
Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021)
9
Chris Wedge, 68
10
Christopher Guest, 77
11
Michael O'Keefe, 70
12
Rod Serling (1924-1975)
13
Vincent Gallo, 64
14
Michael Cimino (1939-2016)
15
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
16
Mariama Diallo, 31
17
Ari Aster, 39
18
Chris Bell, 52
19
Joss Whedon, 61
20
George A. Romero (1940-2017)
21
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
22
Oliver Stone, 78
23
Ken Burns, 71
24
Born in New York
Most Popular Directors
Darren Aronofsky, 56
25
Damien Leone, 43
26
Bryan Singer, 59
27
Todd Phillips, 54
28
Hype Williams, 55
29
Vashtie Kola, 44
30
Rick Rosenthal, 76
31
James Foley (1953-2025)
32
F. Gary Gray, 55
33
David O. Russell, 66
34
Bennett Miller, 58
35
Benny Safdie, 39
36
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
37
Steven Brill, 63
38
Jonathan Demme (1944-2017)
39
Bill Condon, 69
40
Jonathan Levine, 49
41
Amy Heckerling, 71
42
John Wilson, 38
43
Tod Williams, 56
44
Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)
45
Sean S. Cunningham, 83
46
Richard Donner (1930-2021)
47
Josh Safdie, 41
48
Directors by State
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