Directors Born in New York

1

Woody Allen, 87

2

Martin Scorsese, 80

3

Mel Brooks, 96

4

JJ Abrams, 56

5

Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

6

Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021)

7

John Carpenter, 74

8

Penny Marshall (1943-2018)

9

Sofia Coppola, 51

10

Michael Cimino (1939-2016)

11

Garry Marshall (1934-2016)

12

Rod Serling (1924-1975)

13

Rob Reiner, 75

14

Darren Aronofsky, 53

15

Joss Whedon, 58

16

Bennett Miller, 55

17

George A. Romero (1940-2017)

18

David O. Russell, 64

19

Vincent Gallo, 61

20

Vashtie Kola, 41

21

Chris Bell, 50

22

Bryan Singer, 57

23

Mariama Diallo, 29

24

Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)

25

Richard Donner (1930-2021)

26

Ken Burns, 69

27

Oliver Stone, 76

28

Todd Phillips, 51

29

Hal Roach (1892-1992)

30

Christopher Guest, 74

31

Peter Berg, 60

32

Ed Wood (1924-1978)

33

Greg Mottola, 58

34

Joel Schumacher (1939-2020)

35

Patty Jenkins, 51

36

Jonathan Demme (1944-2017)

37

Noah Baumbach, 53

38

Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)

39

Sean S. Cunningham, 80

40

Josh Safdie, 38

41

Amy Heckerling, 68

42

Benny Safdie, 36

43

Barry Sonnenfeld, 69

44

Bill Condon, 67

45

Tod Williams, 54

46

Meagan Cignoli, 41

47

Luke Greenfield, 50

48

Marion Davies (1897-1961)