Directing

The people shaping a film from script to screen.

People in Directing

20 profiles

Actor

Angelina Jolie

Playing Lara Croft and Maleficent.

Actor

Charlie Chaplin

Creating the bowler-hatted Tramp.

Filmmaker

Akira Kurosawa

Directing Seven Samurai and Rashomon.

Filmmaker

Hayao Miyazaki

Directing Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.

Filmmaker

David Lynch

Creating Twin Peaks and directing Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive.

Actor

Rashida Jones

Playing Ann Perkins in Parks and Recreation and co-directing Quincy.

Actor

Jerry Lewis

Starring in The Nutty Professor and performing with Dean Martin.

Filmmaker

Spike Lee

Directing Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X.

Filmmaker

Quentin Tarantino

Writing and directing Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill.

Filmmaker

Satyajit Ray

Directing the Apu Trilogy and bringing Bengali everyday life to world cinema.

Filmmaker

Orson Welles

Directing and starring in Citizen Kane.

Filmmaker

Mel Brooks

Creating screen comedies including The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

Filmmaker

Alfred Hitchcock

Directing Psycho, Vertigo and carefully controlled suspense.

Filmmaker

Gene Kelly

Turning athletic dance into cinematic storytelling.

Filmmaker

Buster Keaton

Turning dangerous stunts, precise visual jokes and an unchanging expression into silent-film classics.

Filmmaker

Martin Scorsese

Directing Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas, films about ambition, violence and guilt.

Animator

Walt Disney

Building the Disney studio, developing Mickey Mouse and creating Disneyland.

Actor

Jonah Hill

Starring in Superbad and earning Oscar nominations for Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Actor

Denzel Washington

Starring in Malcolm X, Training Day and Glory, with major roles on both screen and stage.

Comedian

Ricky Gervais

Co-creating The Office and playing David Brent, the boss desperate to be liked.