Find out more about the greatest Russian Directors, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Sergei Eisenstein, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Nikita Mikhalkov and Dziga Vertov.

Famous Russian Directors

Danila KozlovskyDanila Kozlovsky
03 May 1985
Actor
Sergei EisensteinSergei Eisenstein
22 January 1898
Film Director

Anatole LitvakAnatole Litvak
21 May 1902
Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Andrei TarkovskyAndrei Tarkovsky
04 April 1932
Film director, Actor, Film editor, Screenwriter,

Timur BekmambetovTimur Bekmambetov
25 June 1961
Director

Andrey ZvyagintsevAndrey Zvyagintsev
06 February 1964
Film director, Actor, Screenwriter
Nikita MikhalkovNikita Mikhalkov
21 October 1945
Filmmaker

Dziga VertovDziga Vertov
02 January 1896
Film director

Sergei BondarchukSergei Bondarchuk
25 September 1920
Actor, Film director, Screenwriter

Alexander SokurovAlexander Sokurov
14 June 1951
Film director, Screenwriter, Writer
Sergei BodrovSergei Bodrov
28 June 1948
Film director, Screenwriter, Writer

Lewis MilestoneLewis Milestone
30 September 1895
Director
Gregory RatoffGregory Ratoff
20 April 1897
Film Director

Leonid GaidaiLeonid Gaidai
30 January 1923
Director

Konstantin StanislavskiKonstantin Stanislavski
17 January 1863
Actor
Theodore KomisarjevskyTheodore Komisarjevsky
23 May 1882
Director

Arkady RaikinArkady Raikin
24 October 1911
Comedian
Sergey Yosifovich ParadzhanovSergey Yosifovich Paradzhanov
09 January 1924
Film Director

Alexei GuermanAlexei Guerman
20 July 1938
 

Yevgeny Bagrationovich VakhtangovYevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov
13 February 1883
Actor