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
Anatole LitvakAnatole Litvak
21 May 1902
Director, Screenwriter, Producer

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

Sergei EisensteinSergei Eisenstein
22 January 1898
Film director

Timur BekmambetovTimur Bekmambetov
25 June 1961
Director

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

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
Constantin StanislavskiConstantin Stanislavski
17 January 1863
 

Leonid GaidaiLeonid Gaidai
30 January 1923
Director

Sergey Yosifovich ParadzhanovSergey Yosifovich Paradzhanov
09 January 1924
Film Director
Alexei GuermanAlexei Guerman
20 July 1938