Find out more about the greatest 21st Century Film Directors, including Sylvester Stallone, Keanu Reeves, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg and Natalie Portman.
Brie Larson01 October 1989, American
Actress
Keanu Reeves02 September 1964, Canadian, Lebanese
Actor
Robert De Niro17 August 1943, American
Actor
Clint Eastwood31 May 1930, American
Actor
Sylvester Stallone06 July 1946, American
Actor, Director
Natalie Portman09 June 1981, Israeli, American
Actress, Producer, Director
Karen Gillan28 November 1987, British
Actress
Kirk Douglas09 December 1916, American
Actor
Roman Polanski18 August 1933, French, Polish
French-Polish Film Director
John Krasinski20 October 1979, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Danny DeVito17 November 1944, American
Jack Nicholson22 April 1937, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Quentin Tarantino27 March 1963, American
Fimmaker
Elizabeth Banks10 February 1974, American
Actress
Matthew Perry19 August 1969, American
Actor
Courteney Cox15 June 1964, American
Actress
Ben Affleck15 August 1972, American
Actor
James Cameron16 August 1954, Canadian
Filmmaker
George Lucas14 May 1944, American
Film Director
Werner Herzog05 September 1942, German
Actor, Director
Steven Spielberg18 December 1946, American
Filmmaker
Vin Diesel18 July 1967, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Steve Carell16 August 1962, American
Actor
James Franco19 April 1978, American
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Teacher
Ron Howard01 March 1954, American
Actor
Mel Gibson03 January 1956, American
Actor
Billy Bob Thornton04 August 1955, American
Actor, Director, Singer-songwriter
George Clooney06 May 1961, American
Actor
Tim Burton25 August 1958, American
Film Director, Producer, Writer, Artist
Jodie Foster19 November 1962, American
Actress & Director
Meg Ryan19 November 1961, American
Actress
Christopher Nolan30 July 1970, British
Director
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Antonio Banderas10 August 1960, Spanish
Actor, Director
Seth Rogen15 April 1982, Canadian, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Producer, Director
Aamir Khan14 March 1965, Indian
Actor, Director, Producer
Ralph Fiennes22 December 1962, British
Actor
Laura Dern10 February 1967, American
Actress, Director
James Gunn05 August 1966, American
Filmmaker
Charles Dance10 October 1946, British
Actor
Don Cheadle29 November 1964, American
Actor
Banksy1974 AD, British
Graffiti Artist
Mélanie Laurent21 February 1983, French
Actress, Director
Milo Ventimiglia08 July 1977, American
Actor
Bryan Cranston07 March 1956, American
Actor, Director
Lucy Liu02 December 1968, American
Actress
Sean Penn17 August 1960, American
Academy Award Winning Actor
Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Emilio Estevez12 May 1962, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Eugene Levy17 December 1946, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Producer, Director
Francis Ford Coppola07 April 1939, American
Bill Paxton17 May 1955, American
Joseph Gordon-Levitt17 February 1981, American
Actor, Director
Mel Brooks28 June 1926, American
American Film Director, Comedian, Actor & Producer
Martin Scorsese17 November 1942, American
Director, Producer
Neil Patrick Harris15 June 1973, American
Actor
Steven Seagal10 April 1952, American
Actor & Martial Artist
Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960, British
Actor, Director
Liev Schreiber04 October 1967, American
Actor
Kiefer Sutherland21 December 1966, Canadian, British
Actor, Director, Producer, Voice Actor
Alan Arkin26 March 1934, American
Actor and Director
Ethan Hawke06 November 1970, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Kathy Bates28 June 1948, American
Actress and film director
Alan Alda28 January 1936, American
Actor
James Caan26 March 1940, American
Actor
Jason Bateman14 January 1969, American
Actor, Director & Producer
Charlie McDowell10 July 1983, American
Film Director
David Lynch20 January 1946, American
Filmmaker
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968, British
Filmmaker & Businessman
Andy Serkis20 April 1964, British
Actor
Dolph Lundgren03 November 1957, Swedish
Actor
Sam Mendes01 August 1965, British
Film Director
Mike Myers25 May 1963, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film Producer, Film
Rob Zombie12 January 1965, American
Musician & Filmmaker
Chad Stahelski20 September 1968, American
Film Director, Stuntman
Tommy Lee Jones15 September 1946, American
Actor, Director
Louis C.K.12 September 1967, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Robert Duvall05 January 1931, American
Actor, Director
Michael Bay17 February 1965, American
Film Director, Producer
Jeff Baena29 June 1977, American
Screenwriter, Director
Guillermo del Toro09 October 1964, Mexican
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Frank Oz25 May 1944, American
Scott Foley15 July 1972, American
Actor
Sidney Poitier20 February 1927, Bahamian, American
Lake Bell24 March 1979, American
Actress
Conor Woodman21 March 1974, Irish
Film Director
Henry Winkler30 October 1945, American
Actor
Rob Schneider31 October 1963, American
Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter
Wes Anderson01 May 1969, American
Director, Producer, Actor
Ridley Scott30 November 1937, British
Film Producer, Director
Casey Affleck12 August 1975, American
Actor, Director
Paul Thomas Anderson26 June 1970, American
Director
Jake Johnson28 May 1978, American
Actor
David Boreanaz16 May 1969, American
Hayao Miyazaki05 January 1941, Japanese
Film director
Sam Shepard05 November 1943, American
Actor
Tommy Wiseau03 October 1955, Polish, American
Actor, Director, Filmmaker