Mel Brooks, 98
Director
1
Sofia Coppola, 54
2
JJ Abrams, 58
3
Woody Allen, 89
4
Martin Scorsese, 82
5
Rob Reiner, 78
6
John Carpenter, 77
7
Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)
8
Christopher Guest, 77
9
Michael O'Keefe, 70
10
Chris Wedge, 68
11
Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021)
12
Michael Cimino (1939-2016)
13
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
14
Oliver Stone, 78
15
Joss Whedon, 60
16
Chris Bell, 52
17
Rod Serling (1924-1975)
18
Damien Leone, 43
19
George A. Romero (1940-2017)
20
Ken Burns, 71
21
James Foley (1953-2025)
22
Vashtie Kola, 44
23
Garry Marshall (1934-2016)
24
Born in New York
Most Popular Directors
Vincent Gallo, 64
25
Mariama Diallo, 31
26
Ari Aster, 38
27
Bryan Singer, 59
28
Hype Williams, 54
29
Darren Aronofsky, 56
30
Amy Heckerling, 71
31
Bennett Miller, 58
32
Jack Coyne, 34
33
Jonathan Demme (1944-2017)
34
David Silverman, 68
35
Rob Cohen, 76
36
David O. Russell, 66
37
Marion Davies (1897-1961)
38
Stanley Kramer (1913-2001)
39
Richard Donner (1930-2021)
40
Errol Morris, 77
41
John Wilson, 38
42
Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)
43
Bill Condon, 69
44
Noah Baumbach, 55
45
Sean S. Cunningham, 83
46
Todd Phillips, 54
47
Benny Safdie, 39
48
Directors by State
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