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
Brie Larson01 October 1989, American
Actress
Quentin Tarantino27 March 1963, American
Fimmaker
Clint Eastwood31 May 1930, American
Actor
Roman Polanski18 August 1933, French
French-Polish film director
Sylvester Stallone06 July 1946, American
Actor, Director
Karen Gillan28 November 1987, British
Actress
Natalie Portman09 June 1981, Israeli, American
Actress, Producer, Director
Ethan Hawke06 November 1970, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Jack Nicholson22 April 1937, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Vin Diesel18 July 1967, American
Actor, Filmmaker
Robert De Niro17 August 1943, American
Actor
John Krasinski20 October 1979, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Kirk Douglas09 December 1916, American
Actor
Kevin Costner18 January 1955, American
Actor
Elizabeth Banks10 February 1974, American
Actress, Producer and Director
Matthew Perry19 August 1969, American
Actor
Seth Rogen15 April 1982, Canadian, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Producer, Director
Courteney Cox15 June 1964, American
Actress
Ben Affleck15 August 1972, American
Actor
Kiefer Sutherland21 December 1966, Canadian, British
Actor, Director, Producer, Voice Actor
Mel Gibson03 January 1956, American
Actor
Danny DeVito17 November 1944, American
George Clooney06 May 1961, American
Actor
James Cameron16 August 1954, Canadian
Filmmaker
Steve Carell16 August 1962, American
Actor, Comedian, Director
Steven Spielberg18 December 1946, American
Filmmaker
James Franco19 April 1978, American
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director, Teacher
Ron Howard01 March 1954, American
Actor
Jodie Foster19 November 1962, American
Actress & Director
Bill Paxton17 May 1955, American
Ralph Fiennes22 December 1962, British
Actor, Director, Producer
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Meg Ryan19 November 1961, American
Actress
Milo Ventimiglia08 July 1977, American
Actor
Christopher Nolan30 July 1970, British
Film Director
Sean Penn17 August 1960, American
Academy Award Winning Actor
Jason Priestley28 August 1969, Canadian, American
Actor, Director
Laura Dern10 February 1967, American
Actress, Director
Dolph Lundgren03 November 1957, Swedish
Actor
James Gunn05 August 1966, American
Filmmaker
Aamir Khan14 March 1965, Indian
Actor, Director, Producer
Charles Dance10 October 1946, British
Actor
Don Cheadle29 November 1964, American
Actor
Lucy Liu02 December 1968, American
Actress
Bryan Cranston07 March 1956, American
Actor, Director
Tommy Lee Jones15 September 1946, American
Actor, Director
Louis C.K.12 September 1967, American
Stand-up Comedian, Actor, Writer, Producer
Emilio Estevez12 May 1962, American
Actor, Director, Screenwriter
Mel Brooks28 June 1926, American
American Film Director, Comedian, Actor & Producer
Mark Ruffalo22 November 1967, American
Actor
Guy Ritchie10 September 1968, British
Filmmaker & Businessman
Martin Scorsese17 November 1942, American
Director, Producer
Steven Seagal10 April 1952, American
Actor & Martial Artist
Neil Patrick Harris15 June 1973, American
Actor
Henry Winkler30 October 1945, American
Actor
Jason Bateman14 January 1969, American
Actor, Director & Producer
Eugene Levy17 December 1946, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Producer, Director
Kenneth Branagh10 December 1960, British
Actor, Director
Liev Schreiber04 October 1967, American
Actor
Antonio Banderas10 August 1960, Spanish
Actor, Director
Billy Bob Thornton04 August 1955, American
Actor, Director, Singer-songwriter
Tim Burton25 August 1958, American
Film Director, Producer, Writer, Artist
Joseph Gordon-Levitt17 February 1981, American
Actor, Director
Charlie McDowell10 July 1983, American
Film Director
Guillermo del Toro09 October 1964, Mexican
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
Chad Stahelski20 September 1968, American
Film Director, Stuntman
David Lynch20 January 1946, American
Filmmaker
Mike Myers25 May 1963, Canadian
Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film Producer, Film
Jeff Baena29 June 1977, American
Screenwriter, Director
Rob Zombie12 January 1965, American
Musician & Filmmaker
Banksy1974 AD, British
Graffiti Artist
Scott Foley15 July 1972, American
Actor
Robert Duvall05 January 1931, American
Actor, Director
Francis Ford Coppola07 April 1939, American
Conor Woodman21 March 1974, Irish
Film Director
Danny Boyle20 October 1956, British
Film Director, Screenwriter, Film Producer
Hayao Miyazaki05 January 1941, Japanese
Film director
Alan Alda28 January 1936, American
Actor
Ridley Scott30 November 1937, British
Film Producer, Director
Casey Affleck12 August 1975, American
Actor, Director
George Lucas14 May 1944, American
Film Director
Sam Shepard05 November 1943, American
Actor
Brad Falchuk1971 AD, American
Screenwriter, Director
Rob Schneider31 October 1963, American
Actor, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter
Paul Thomas Anderson26 June 1970, American
Director
Andy Serkis20 April 1964, British
Actor
Seth Green08 February 1974, American
Steve-O13 June 1974, Canadian, British, American
Actor
Jerry Lewis16 March 1926, American
Comedian, Actor, Singer, Film Director
Sidney Poitier20 February 1927, Bahamian, American
Wes Anderson01 May 1969, American
Director, Producer, Actor
Jake Johnson28 May 1978, American
Actor
Spike Lee20 March 1957, American
Martin McDonagh26 March 1970, Irish, British
Playwright, Screenwriter, Filmmaker
Fran Drescher30 September 1957, American
Actress
Sondra Locke28 May 1944, American
Actress