Martin Scorsese Christopher Nolan Paul Roland Bois Steven Spielberg Denis Villeneuve Greta Gerwig Sofia Coppola Yorgos Lanthimos Wes Anderson Robert Eggers Quentin Tarantino Jonathan Glazer Pedro Almodóvar Luca Guadagnino Steven Soderbergh Lulu Wang Stanley Kubrick Tim Burton Ridley Scott Notable Directors David Lynch Paul Thomas Anderson Female Directors Oscar Nominees Michael Mann Francis Ford Coppola Paul Schrader Peter Jackson George Clooney Darren Aronofsky William Friedkin Ava DuVernay Paul King Todd Haynes Jeff Baena Abel Ferrara Christian Films Mel Gibson David Fincher Wim Wenders Johnny Depp Zack Snyder Mohammad Rasoulof David Yates Craig Gillespie George Miller Films Woody Allen Alexander Payne Clint Eastwood Best Director David Cronenberg Phil Lord and Chris Miller Steve McQueen Spike Lee Sean Durkin John Boorman Reinaldo Marcus Green John Ford Sam Taylor-Johnson Guy Ritchie Paul Feig Hayao Miyazaki James Cameron Bong Joon-ho Kari Jussonen Asian Directors Ken Russell Joe and Anthony Russo Kore-eda Hirokazu James Ivory Sean Baker Emerging Directors François Truffaut Ron Howard André Øvredal Jean-Marc Vallée Scorsese Luc Besson Alfonso Cuarón Ken Loach Horror Directors Justin Long Hirokazu Kore-eda Ethan Hawke John Carney Maura Delpero Jean-Luc Godard Ben Affleck Film Awards Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Audrey Diwan George C. Wolfe Christopher Reeve Justine Triet Michael Keaton Richard Linklater Jeremy Saulnier Ira Sachs Film Directors