Find out more about the greatest 21st Century Film Directors, including Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg and Natalie Portman.
Keanu Reeves02 September 1964, Canadian, Lebanese
Actor
Jason Bateman14 January 1969, American
Actor
Clint Eastwood31 May 1930, American
Actor
John Krasinski20 October 1979, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Sylvester Stallone06 July 1946, American
Actor, Director
Vin Diesel18 July 1967, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Robert De Niro17 August 1943, American
Actor
Natalie Portman09 June 1981, Israeli, American
Actress, Producer, Director
Roman Polanski18 August 1933, French, Polish
French-Polish Film Director
Quentin Tarantino27 March 1963, American
Fimmaker
Ben Affleck15 August 1972, American
Actor
Mel Gibson03 January 1956, American
Actor
Steve Carell16 August 1962, American
Actor
Christopher Nolan30 July 1970, British
Director
Steven Spielberg18 December 1946, American
Filmmaker
Courteney Cox15 June 1964, American
Actress
Brie Larson01 October 1989, American
Actress
Philip Seymour Hoffman23 July 1967, American
Actor
Bill Paxton17 May 1955, American
Matthew Perry19 August 1969, American
Actor
James Franco19 April 1978, American
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Teacher
Jack Nicholson22 April 1937, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Aamir Khan14 March 1965, Indian
Actor
Eugene Levy17 December 1946, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Producer, Director
Karen Gillan28 November 1987, British
Actress
Sean Penn17 August 1960, American
Actor
Jodie Foster19 November 1962, American
Actress & Director
Martin Scorsese17 November 1942, American
Film director
Ron Howard01 March 1954, American
Actor
George Clooney06 May 1961, American
Actor
Danny DeVito17 November 1944, American
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Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Tommy Wiseau03 October 1955, Polish, American
Actor, Director, Filmmaker
Elizabeth Banks10 February 1974, American
Actress
Spike Lee20 March 1957, American
Film director
Ralph Fiennes22 December 1962, British
Actor
Zach Braff06 April 1975, American
Actor, Director
Laura Dern10 February 1967, American
Actress, Director
Meg Ryan19 November 1961, American
Actress
Bryan Cranston07 March 1956, American
Actor, Director
Joseph Gordon-Levitt17 February 1981, American
Actor, Director
Emilio Estevez12 May 1962, American
Actor
Bong Joon-ho14 September 1969, South Korean
Film Director
Steven Seagal10 April 1952, American
Actor
James Cameron16 August 1954, Canadian
Filmmaker
Seth Rogen15 April 1982, Canadian, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Producer, Director
Banksy1974 AD, British
Graffiti Artist
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968, British
Filmmaker & Businessman
Bob Odenkirk22 October 1962, American
Actor
Kiefer Sutherland21 December 1966, Canadian, British
Actor, Director, Producer, Voice Actor
Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960, British
Actor, Director
Kirk Douglas09 December 1916, American
Actor
David Lynch20 January 1946, American
Filmmaker
Giancarlo Esposito26 April 1958, Danish, American
Actor
Dolph Lundgren03 November 1957, Swedish
Actor
Ethan Hawke06 November 1970, American
Actor
Richard Harris01 October 1930, Irish
Actor
Mel Brooks28 June 1926, American
American Film Director, Comedian, Actor & Producer
Milo Ventimiglia08 July 1977, American
Actor
Christopher Guest05 February 1948, American
Director
Liev Schreiber04 October 1967, American
Actor
Matthew Gray Gubler09 March 1980, American
Actor, Director, Model, Painter
Billy Bob Thornton04 August 1955, American
Actor, Director, Singer-songwriter
George Lucas14 May 1944, American
Filmmaker
Hayao Miyazaki05 January 1941, Japanese
Film director
Wes Anderson01 May 1969, American
Director, Producer, Actor
Louis C.K.12 September 1967, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Tim Burton25 August 1958, American
Director
Antonio Banderas10 August 1960, Spanish
Actor
Rhea Seehorn12 May 1972, American
Actress
Neil Patrick Harris15 June 1973, American
Actor
Sam Mendes01 August 1965, British
Film Director
Andy Serkis20 April 1964, British
Actor
Francis Ford Coppola07 April 1939, American
Robert Duvall05 January 1931, American
Actor, Director
Tommy Lee Jones15 September 1946, American
Actor
Lucy Liu02 December 1968, American
Actress
Jake Johnson28 May 1978, American
Actor
James Caan26 March 1940, American
Actor
Rob Schneider31 October 1963, American
Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter
Ridley Scott30 November 1937, British
Film Producer, Director
Sidney Poitier20 February 1927, Bahamian, American
Mike Myers25 May 1963, Canadian
Actor
Paul Thomas Anderson26 June 1970, American
Director
Casey Affleck12 August 1975, American
Actor, Director
Max Greenfield04 September 1980, American
Actor
Lupita Nyong'o01 March 1983, Kenyan, Mexican
Actress
Josh Radnor29 July 1974, American
Actor
Henry Winkler30 October 1945, American
Actor
Louis Theroux20 May 1970, British, American
Documentary Filmmaker
Paul Dano19 June 1984, American
Actor
Tosca Musk20 July 1974, Canadian, South African
Filmmaker, Entrepreneur
Don Cheadle29 November 1964, American
Actor