Find out more about the greatest 21st Century Film Directors, including Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg and Natalie Portman.
Kirk Douglas09 December 1916, American
Actor
Brie Larson01 October 1989, American
Actress
Robert De Niro17 August 1943, American
Actor
Bong Joon-ho14 September 1969, South Korean
Film Director
Keanu Reeves02 September 1964, Canadian, Lebanese
Actor
Roman Polanski18 August 1933, French, Polish
French-Polish Film Director
Clint Eastwood31 May 1930, American
Actor
Quentin Tarantino27 March 1963, American
Fimmaker
Sam Mendes01 August 1965, British
Film Director
Natalie Portman09 June 1981, Israeli, American
Actress, Producer, Director
Sylvester Stallone06 July 1946, American
Actor, Director
Karen Gillan28 November 1987, British
Actress
John Krasinski20 October 1979, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Steven Spielberg18 December 1946, American
Filmmaker
Ben Affleck15 August 1972, American
Actor
Vin Diesel18 July 1967, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Jack Nicholson22 April 1937, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Courteney Cox15 June 1964, American
Actress
Danny DeVito17 November 1944, American
George Lucas14 May 1944, American
Film Director
Mel Gibson03 January 1956, American
Actor
Antonio Banderas10 August 1960, Spanish
Actor, Director
Steve Carell16 August 1962, American
Actor
Matthew Perry19 August 1969, American
Actor
Ron Howard01 March 1954, American
Actor
James Franco19 April 1978, American
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Teacher
Emilio Estevez12 May 1962, American
Actor
Eugene Levy17 December 1946, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Producer, Director
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968, British
Filmmaker & Businessman
Jason Bateman14 January 1969, American
Actor, Director & Producer
Andy Serkis20 April 1964, British
Actor
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George Clooney06 May 1961, American
Actor
Mélanie Laurent21 February 1983, French
Actress, Director
Christopher Nolan30 July 1970, British
Director
Bill Paxton17 May 1955, American
Ralph Fiennes22 December 1962, British
Actor
Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Jodie Foster19 November 1962, American
Actress & Director
Zach Braff06 April 1975, American
Actor, Director
James Cameron16 August 1954, Canadian
Filmmaker
Laura Dern10 February 1967, American
Actress, Director
Werner Herzog05 September 1942, German
Actor, Director
Lupita Nyong'o01 March 1983, Kenyan, Mexican
Actress
Seth Rogen15 April 1982, Canadian, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Producer, Director
Sean Penn17 August 1960, American
Actor
Don Cheadle29 November 1964, American
Actor
Elizabeth Banks10 February 1974, American
Actress
Wes Anderson01 May 1969, American
Director, Producer, Actor
Meg Ryan19 November 1961, American
Actress
Bryan Cranston07 March 1956, American
Actor, Director
Aamir Khan14 March 1965, Indian
Actor
Michael Bay17 February 1965, American
Film Director, Producer
Giancarlo Esposito26 April 1958, Danish, American
Actor
Billy Bob Thornton04 August 1955, American
Actor, Director, Singer-songwriter
Joseph Gordon-Levitt17 February 1981, American
Actor, Director
Alan Alda28 January 1936, American
Actor
Martin Scorsese17 November 1942, American
Director, Producer
David Lynch20 January 1946, American
Filmmaker
Mel Brooks28 June 1926, American
American Film Director, Comedian, Actor & Producer
Milo Ventimiglia08 July 1977, American
Actor
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Steven Seagal10 April 1952, American
Actor & Martial Artist
Banksy1974 AD, British
Graffiti Artist
Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960, British
Actor, Director
Liev Schreiber04 October 1967, American
Actor
Tim Burton25 August 1958, American
Director
Kathy Bates28 June 1948, American
Actress and film director
Tim Matheson31 December 1947, American
Actor
Neil Patrick Harris15 June 1973, American
Actor
Ethan Hawke06 November 1970, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Louis C.K.12 September 1967, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Francis Ford Coppola07 April 1939, American
Kiefer Sutherland21 December 1966, Canadian, British
Actor, Director, Producer, Voice Actor
James Caan26 March 1940, American
Actor
Sidney Poitier20 February 1927, Bahamian, American
Stuart Townsend15 December 1972, Irish
Actor, Director
Robert Duvall05 January 1931, American
Actor, Director
Mike Myers25 May 1963, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film Producer, Film
Tommy Lee Jones15 September 1946, American
Actor, Director
Dolph Lundgren03 November 1957, Swedish
Actor
Lucy Liu02 December 1968, American
Actress
David Furnish25 October 1962, Canadian
Filmmaker
Matthew Gray Gubler09 March 1980, American
Actor, Director, Model, Painter
Frank Oz25 May 1944, American
Hayao Miyazaki05 January 1941, Japanese
Film director
Spike Lee20 March 1957, American
Ridley Scott30 November 1937, British
Film Producer, Director
Tom Hooper01 October 1972, British
Director
Guillermo del Toro09 October 1964, Mexican
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Peter Billingsley16 April 1971, American
Actor
Tim Daly01 March 1956, American
Actor
Casey Affleck12 August 1975, American
Actor, Director
Charles Dance10 October 1946, British
Actor
Paul Thomas Anderson26 June 1970, American
Director