Martin Scorsese Paul Roland Bois Christopher Nolan Steven Spielberg Denis Villeneuve Greta Gerwig Sofia Coppola Yorgos Lanthimos Wes Anderson Robert Eggers Jonathan Glazer Quentin Tarantino Luca Guadagnino Pedro Almodóvar Tim Burton Lulu Wang Steven Soderbergh Stanley Kubrick Ridley Scott Notable Directors Paul Thomas Anderson Peter Jackson Paul King Female Directors Francis Ford Coppola Ava DuVernay Oscar Nominees Paul Schrader David Lynch George Clooney Michael Mann Darren Aronofsky William Friedkin Jeff Baena Christian Films Abel Ferrara Best Director David Fincher Zack Snyder David Cronenberg Mohammad Rasoulof Films Woody Allen Alexander Payne Phil Lord and Chris Miller Craig Gillespie Johnny Depp Clint Eastwood Wim Wenders Thomas Vinterberg Steve McQueen Sean Durkin Bong Joon Ho Women Directors John Boorman Spike Lee John Ford Mel Gibson Reinaldo Marcus Green Sam Taylor-Johnson Guy Ritchie Oliver Stone Paul Feig James Cameron Hayao Miyazaki George Miller David Yates Todd Haynes 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 John Carney Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Maura Delpero Jean-Luc Godard Ben Affleck Film Awards George C. Wolfe Audrey Diwan Justine Triet Michael Keaton Ethan Hawke Richard Linklater