American Director
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Abel Ferrara |
July 19, 1951 |
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| Alan Rudolph |
December 18, 1943 |
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| Alexander Payne |
February 10, 1961 |
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| Amy Heckerling |
May 7, 1954 |
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| Andy Wachowski |
December 29, 1967 |
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| Antoine Fuqua |
January 19, 1966 |
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| Barry Levinson |
April 6, 1922 |
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| Bill Condon |
October 22, 1955 |
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| Bill Conti |
April 13, 1943 |
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| Billy Wilder |
June 22, 1906 |
March 27, 2002 |
| Blake Edwards |
July 26, 1922 |
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| Bobby Farrelly |
June 17, 1958 |
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| Brian De Palma |
September 11, 1940 |
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| Bruce Brown |
December 1, 1937 |
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| Bryan Singer |
September 17, 1965 |
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| Busby Berkeley |
November 29, 1895 |
March 14, 1976 |
| Cameron Crowe |
July 13, 1957 |
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| Charles Guggenheim |
March 31, 1924 |
October 9, 2002 |
| Chris Wedge |
March 20, 1957 |
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| Chuck Jones |
September 21, 1912 |
February 22, 2002 |
| Curtis Hanson |
March 4, 1945 |
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| D. W. Griffith |
January 22, 1875 |
July 23, 1948 |
| Darren Aronofsky |
February 12, 1969 |
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| Darryl F. Zanuck |
September 5, 1902 |
December 22, 1979 |
| David Fincher |
May 10, 1962 |
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| David Lynch |
January 20, 1946 |
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| David McNally |
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| David O. Russell |
August 20, 1958 |
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| David R. Ellis |
September 8, 1952 |
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| David Swift |
July 27, 1919 |
December 31, 2001 |
| David Zucker |
October 16, 1947 |
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| Don Cornelius |
September 27, 1936 |
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| Douglas Trumbull |
April 8, 1942 |
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| Ed Wood |
October 10, 1924 |
December 10, 1978 |
| Edward Dmytryk |
September 4, 1908 |
July 1, 1999 |
| Edward Zwick |
October 8, 1952 |
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| Elaine May |
April 21, 1932 |
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| Elia Kazan |
September 7, 1909 |
September 28, 2003 |
| Errol Morris |
February 5, 1948 |
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| Ethan Coen |
September 21, 1957 |
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| Francis Ford Coppola |
April 7, 1939 |
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| Frank Capra |
May 18, 1897 |
September 3, 1991 |
| Frank Darabont |
January 28, 1959 |
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| Fred Zinnemann |
April 29, 1907 |
March 14, 1997 |
| Frederick Wiseman |
January 1, 1930 |
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| George A. Romero |
February 4, 1940 |
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| George Lucas |
May 14, 1944 |
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| George Roy Hill |
December 20, 1921 |
December 27, 2002 |
| George Sidney |
October 4, 1916 |
May 5, 2002 |
| George Stevens |
December 18, 1904 |
March 8, 1975 |
| Godfrey Reggio |
March 29, 1940 |
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| Gower Champion |
June 22, 1919 |
August 25, 1980 |
| Greg Garrison |
February 20, 1924 |
March 25, 2005 |
| Gus Van Sant |
July 24, 1952 |
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| Harmony Korine |
September 1, 1974 |
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| Howard Hawks |
May 30, 1896 |
December 26, 1977 |
| James Broughton |
November 10, 1913 |
May 17, 1999 |
| James Cameron |
August 16, 1954 |
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| James Haven |
May 11, 1973 |
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| Jay Roach |
1957 |
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| Jerry Zucker |
March 11, 1950 |
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| Jim Jarmusch |
January 22, 1953 |
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| Jim Mitchell |
November 30, 1943 |
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| Joe Dante |
November 28, 1946 |
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| Joel Coen |
November 29, 1954 |
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| Joel Schumacher |
August 29, 1939 |
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| John Carpenter |
January 16, 1948 |
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| John Frankenheimer |
February 19, 1930 |
July 6, 2002 |
| John Hughes |
February 18, 1950 |
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| John Huston |
August 5, 1906 |
August 28, 1987 |
| John Lasseter |
January 12, 1957 |
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| John McTiernan |
January 8, 1951 |
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| John Milius |
April 11, 1944 |
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| John Sayles |
September 28, 1950 |
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| John Singleton |
January 6, 1968 |
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| Jonathan Demme |
February 22, 1944 |
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| Joshua Logan |
October 5, 1908 |
July 12, 1988 |
| Judd Apatow |
December 6, 1967 |
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| Julie Taymor |
December 15, 1952 |
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| Kathryn Bigelow |
November 27, 1952 |
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| Ken Burns |
July 29, 1953 |
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| Kevin Smith |
August 2, 1970 |
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| Larry Buchanan |
January 31, 1923 |
December 2, 2004 |
| Larry Cohen |
July 15, 1941 |
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| Larry Wachowski |
June 21, 1965 |
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| Lee Strasberg |
November 17, 1901 |
February 17, 1982 |
| Lloyd Kaufman |
December 30, 1945 |
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| Louis B. Mayer |
July 4, 1882 |
October 29, 1957 |
| M. Night Shyamalan |
August 6, 1970 |
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| Mark Rydell |
March 23, 1934 |
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| Martin Charnin |
November 24, 1934 |
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| Martin Scorsese |
November 17, 1942 |
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| Matthew Bright |
June 8, 1952 |
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| Michael Bay |
February 17, 1965 |
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| Michael Ritchie |
November 28, 1938 |
April 16, 2001 |
| Morgan Spurlock |
November 7, 1970 |
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| Neil LaBute |
March 19, 1963 |
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| Nunnally Johnson |
December 5, 1897 |
March 25, 1977 |
| Oliver Stone |
September 15, 1946 |
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| Paul Schrader |
July 22, 1946 |
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