Mel Brooks, 99
Director
1
Sofia Coppola, 55
2
Woody Allen, 90
3
Rob Reiner (1947-2025)
4
Martin Scorsese, 83
5
JJ Abrams, 59
6
Benny Safdie, 40
7
Christopher Guest, 78
8
Chris Wedge, 69
9
Michael O'Keefe, 71
10
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
11
John Carpenter, 78
12
Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021)
13
Chris Bell, 53
14
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
15
Bryan Singer, 60
16
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
17
Vincent Gallo, 65
18
Joss Whedon, 61
19
George A. Romero (1940-2017)
20
Born in New York
Most Popular Directors
Oliver Stone, 79
21
David Silverman, 69
22
Ari Aster, 39
23
Rod Serling (1924-1975)
24
Damien Leone, 44
25
Tod Williams, 57
26
Tim Van Patten, 66
27
Ken Burns, 72
28
Michael Cimino (1939-2016)
29
Jack Coyne, 35
30
Rob Cohen, 77
31
Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
32
Noah Baumbach, 56
33
Ed Wood (1924-1978)
34
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
35
Vashtie Kola, 45
36
Emma Tammi, 44
37
James Foley (1953-2025)
38
David O. Russell, 67
39
Bennett Miller, 59
40
John Schultz, 62
41
Anthony Stark (1961-2011)
42
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998)
43
Stanley Kramer (1913-2001)
44
Josh Safdie, 42
45
Mariama Diallo, 32
46
Peter Berg, 64
47
Herbert Ross (1927-2001)
48
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