Roman Polanski, 91
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
3
Romain Gavras, 43
4
Roman Coppola, 60
5
Alain Chabat, 66
6
Mathieu Kassovitz, 57
7
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
8
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
9
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
10
Luc Besson, 66
11
William Wyler (1902-1981)
12
Frank Darabont, 66
13
Claire Denis, 79
14
FloBer, 33
15
Julia Ducournau, 41
16
Leos Carax, 64
17
Jacques Audiard, 73
18
Alexandre Aja, 47
19
Catherine Breillat, 76
20
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
21
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
22
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
23
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
24
Born in France
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Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
25
Louise Le Prince
26
Sylvain White, 53
27
Justine Triet, 46
28
Michel Gondry, 62
29
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
30
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
31
Claude Lelouch, 87
32
Jonathan Kaplan, 77
33
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
34
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
35
Francois Ozon, 57
36
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
37
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 81
38
Louis Leterrier, 52
39
Patrice Leconte, 77
40
Jonathan Alric, 36
41
Andre Techine, 82
42
Jann Turner, 60
43
Claude Miller (1942-2012)
44
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
45
Loic Prigent, 51
46
Philippe Garrel, 77
47
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
48
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