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20th-century theatre directors

234 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolfo MarsillachPerson · Film memorabiliaAdolfo Marsillach Soriano (January 25, 1928 – January 21, 2002) was a Spanish actor, playwright and theatre director. He was born in Barcelona.
Adriana AltarasPerson · Film memorabiliaAdriana Altaras (born 6 April 1960) is a German actress, theatre director and author.
Agnes de MilleAuthor · BooksAgnes George de Mille (September 18, 1905 – October 7, 1993) was an American dancer and choreographer.
Aina ClotetPerson · Film memorabiliaAina Clotet Fresquet (born 23 September 1982) is a Catalan actress and director known mainly for her participation in numerous series of the Catalan channel TV3 among which Estació d'enllaç…
Alex van WarmerdamArtist · PaintingsAlex van Warmerdam (born 14 August 1952) is a Dutch screenwriter, film director, and actor. He is also a painter.
Alexander AfinogenovAuthor · BooksAlexander Nikolayevich Afinogenov (4 April 1904, – 29 October 1941) was a Russian and Soviet playwright.
Alexander KargaltsevPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander "Sasha" Kargaltsev (born 1985) is a Russian-born American artist, writer, photographer, actor and film director.
Alexander UstyugovPerson · Music memorabiliaAleksandr Sergeevich Ustyugov (born 17 October 1976) is a Russian actor, film director and musician.
Alfredo MarquerieAuthor · BooksAlfredo Marqueríe (17 January 1907 - 31 July 1974) was a Spanish writer who received his doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1928, but it was through his passion for literature that he made his…
Algis ArlauskasPerson · Film memorabiliaAlgis Iozasovich Arlauskas Pinedo (born 7 August 1957) is a Soviet-born Spanish actor, director and theater teacher.
Amaliya PanahovaPerson · Film memorabiliaAmaliya Alish gizi Panahova (Amaliya Əliş qızı Pənahova; 15 June 1945 – 8 November 2018) was an Azerbaijani film and stage actress. She was a People's Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Andrei KonchalovskyPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky (né Mikhalkov; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer.[1] His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in…
Andrei TarkovskyPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Russian origin.
Andrzej SzczytkoPerson · Film memorabiliaAndrzej Szczytko (9 October 1955 – 11 June 2021) was a Polish actor and stage director.
Anisia UzeymanPerson · Film memorabiliaShe is most noted as codirector with Saul Williams of the 2021 film Neptune Frost. She was born in Gihindamuyaga in Mbazi, Rw
Anja BreienPerson · Film memorabiliaAnja Breien (12 July 1940 – 10 May 2026) was a Norwegian film director and screenwriter.
Anthony NewleyPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Newley (24 September 1931 – 14 April 1999) was an English actor, director, comedian, singer, and composer.
Antoine VitezPhotographer · PhotographyAntoine Vitez (ɑ̃twan vitɛz; 20 December 1930 – 30 April 1990) was a French actor, director, and poet.
Anton PetersPerson · Film memorabiliaAnton Peters (2 October 1923 – 2 September 1989) was a Belgian actor.
Antonia San JuanPerson · Film memorabiliaAntonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.
Arkady RaikinPerson · Film memorabiliaArkady Isaakovich Raikin (24 October 1911 – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, stage and film actor, theater director, screenwriter and satirist.
Arthur PennPerson · Film memorabilia
Athol FugardPerson · Film memorabiliaHarold Athol Lanigan Fugard (11 June 19328 March 2025) was a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director.
Axel CortiPerson · Film memorabiliaAxel Corti (born Axel Fuhrmanns; 7 May 1933 – 29 December 1993) was an Austrian screenwriter, film director and radio host.
Ben CrossPerson · Film memorabiliaHarry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of…
Besim SahatçiuPerson · Film memorabiliaBesim Sahatçiu (bɛˈsim sahatˈtʃiu; 2 October 193520 October 2005) was a Kosovo Albanian director of theatre and film.
Bobby ToddPerson · Film memorabiliaBobby Todd (22 June 1904 – 7 September 1980) was a German film actor. He appeared in 34 films between 1926 and 1961.
Boris LivanovPerson · Film memorabiliaBoris Nikolayevich Livanov (25 April – 22 September 1972) was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre director. People's Artist of the USSR (1948).
Brian YorkeyPerson · Music memorabiliaBrian Yorkey is an American playwright and lyricist. His works often explore dark and controversial subject matter such as mental illness, grief, the underbelly of suburbia, and ethics in…
Burghart KlaußnerPerson · Film memorabiliaBurghart Klaußner (born 13 September 1949) is a German film actor. He received acting training at the Max-Reinhardt-Schule für Schauspiel in Berlin.
Calane da SilvaAuthor · BooksRaúl Alves Calane da Silva (20 October 1945 – 29 January 2021) was a Mozambican writer, journalist, and poet.
Charles BerlingPerson · Film memorabiliaCharles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter.
Charles RégnierPerson · Film memorabiliaKarl Friedrich Anton Hermann "Charles" Régnier (22 July 1914 – 13 September 2001) was a German actor, director and translator. He appeared in more than 135 films between 1949 and 2000.
Christoph SchlingensiefPerson · Film memorabiliaChristoph Maria Schlingensief (24 October 1960 – 21 August 2010) was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker.
Clifford OdetsPerson · Film memorabiliaClifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963)[1] was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor.
Conor McPhersonPerson · Film memorabiliaConor McPherson (born 6 August 1971) is an Irish playwright, screenwriter, and director of stage and film.
Cy FeuerPerson · Music memorabiliaCyrus "Cy" Feuer (born Seymour Arnold Feuerman; January 15, 1911 – May 17, 2006) was an American theatre producer, director, composer, musician, and half of the celebrated producing duo…
Daniel MesguichPerson · Film memorabiliaDaniel Mesguich (born 15 July 1952) is a French actor and director in theater and opera, and professor of stage acting school.
Daniel SchmidPerson · Film memorabiliaDaniel Schmid (26 December 1941 – 6 August 2006) was a Swiss film and opera director and screenwriter.
David HarePerson · Film memorabiliaHe was born in St Leonards.
Del CloseAuthor · BooksDel Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999) was an American actor, writer, and teacher who coached many of the best-known comedians and comic actors of the late twentieth century.
Denis PodalydèsAuthor · BooksDenis Podalydès (born 22 April 1963) is a French actor, scriptwriter, and theatre director. Podalydès has appeared in more than 140 films and television shows since 1989.
Dennis PotterPerson · Film memorabiliaDennis Christopher George Potter (17 May 1935 – 7 June 1994) was an English television dramatist, screenwriter and journalist.
Dexter FletcherPerson · Film memorabiliaDexter Fletcher (born 31 January 1966) is an English film director and actor. He has appeared in Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, as well as in television shows such as…
Dieter WedelPerson · Film memorabiliaDieter Karl Cäsar Wedel known as Dieter Wedel (lang; 12 November 1939 – 13 July 2022) was a German director.
Dirk BenedictPerson · Film memorabiliaDirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American actor and author.
Don ScardinoPerson · Film memorabiliaDonald Joseph Scardino (born February 17, 1949) is an American television director, producer, and retired actor.
Drew DenbaumPerson · Film memorabiliaDrew Denbaum (born December 12, 1949, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American writer, actor, director, and educator, with credits in theater, film, and television.
Driss RoukhePerson · Film memorabiliaDriss Roukhe (born July 5, 1968) is a Moroccan actor and director.
Egor DruzhininPerson · Film memorabiliaEgor Vladislavovich Druzhinin (born 12 March 1972) is а Russian actor, film director and choreographer.
Elia KazanPerson · Film memorabiliaElias Kazantzoglou (iˈli.as kazanˈdzoɣlu; September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003), known as Elia Kazan, was a Greek-American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor,…
Ellen Albertini DowPerson · Film memorabiliaEllen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach.
Ellen GeerPerson · Film memorabiliaEllen Geer (born 1941 or 1942) is an American actress, theatre director, and professor.
Ellen StewartDesigner · FashionEllen Stewart (November 7, 1919 – January 13, 2011) was an American theatre director and producer and the founder of La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
Els DottermansPerson · Film memorabilia
Enda WalshPerson · Film memorabiliaEnda Walsh (born 1967) is an Irish playwright. After growing up in a large family in Dublin, Walsh worked as a film editor and theatre actor before debuting his first play, Disco Pigs in…
Eric de KuyperPerson · Film memorabiliaEric de Kuyper (born 2 September 1942) is a Flemish-Belgian and Dutch writer, semiologist, art critic, and experimental film director.
Ernst SchröderPerson · Film memorabiliaErnst Schröder (27 January 1915 – 26 July 1994) was a popular German theatre, film and TV actor.
Fabio SonzogniDesigner · DesignFabio Sonzogni (born 1963) is an Italian film and theatre director and actor.
Francesco PasinettiPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancesco Pasinetti (1911–1949) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known largely for his documentaries.
Francis HusterPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancis Huster (born 8 December 1947) is a French stage, film and television actor, director and scriptwriter.
Francisco Martínez SoriaPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancisco Martínez Soria (December 18, 1902 – February 26, 1982) better known as Paco Martínez Soria was a Spanish actor. He was born in Tarazona, Zaragoza, Aragon.
Fritz DiezPerson · Film memorabiliaFritz Diez (27 February 1901 – 19 October 1979) was a German actor, producer, director and theater manager.
George Roy HillPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor.
Gerald FreedmanPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Alan Freedman (June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) was an American theatre director, librettist, and lyricist, and a college dean.
Geraldine FitzgeraldPerson · Film memorabiliaGeraldine Mary Wilma Fitzgerald (November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005) was an Irish American actress.
Gerardo VeraDesigner · Modern designGerardo Vera Perales (10 March 194720 September 2020) was a Spanish costume and set designer, opera director, actor, and film and theatre director.
Gertrud LeuteneggerAuthor · BooksGertrud Leutenegger (7 December 1948 – 20 June 2025) was a Swiss poet, novelist and playwright who wrote in German. Her first novel, Vorabend, appeared in 1975.
Gil Scott-HeronPerson · Music memorabiliaGilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American jazz poet, singer, musician and author, known for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gillian LynnePerson · Film memorabiliaDame Gillian Barbara Lynne (née Pyrke; 20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choreographer, actress, and theatre-television director, noted for her theatre…
Grigoriy DobryginPerson · Film memorabiliaGrigoriy Eduardovich Dobrygin (also trans. Grigory; born 17 February 1986) is a Russian film and theatre actor, director and producer.
Gunnel LindblomPerson · Film memorabiliaGunnel Märtha Ingegärd Lindblom (18 December 1931 – 24 January 2021) was a Swedish film actress and director.
H. C. PotterPerson · Film memorabiliaHenry Codman Potter (sometimes II or Jr.; November 13, 1904 – August 31, 1977) was an American theatrical producer and director as well as film director.
Hamid SamandarianPerson · Film memorabiliaHamid Samandarian (May 6, 1931 – July 12, 2012) was an Iranian film and theater director and translator.
Hans MosessonPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Kristoffer Mosesson (1 August 1944 – 25 October 2023) was a Swedish actor and musician.
Hans WollschlägerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Wollschläger (17 March 1935, in Minden – 19 May 2007, in Bamberg) was a German writer, translator, historian, and editor of German literature.
Harold PinterPerson · Film memorabiliaHarold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Hassan BastaniDesigner · Modern designHassan Bastani; born January 19, 1962) is an Iranian researcher, playwright, designer, theater director and screenwriter.
Helene WeigelPerson · Film memorabiliaHelene Weigel (12 May 19006 May 1971) was an Austrian actress and artistic director. She was the second and last wife of Bertolt Brecht until his death in 1956;
Herman van VeenArtist · PaintingsHermannus Jantinus van Veen (born 14 March 1945) is a Dutch stage performer, actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician and painter.
Hideaki TakizawaPerson · Film memorabiliaHideaki Takizawa, also known professionally as Tackey, is a Japanese businessman, record producer and former singer and actor. He is the president of the Japanese talent agency Tobe.
Ian McDiarmidPerson · Film memorabiliaIan McDiarmid (born 11 August 1944) is a Scottish actor and director of stage and screen. He is best known internationally for portraying Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars franchise.
Igor KvashaPerson · Film memorabiliaIgor Vladimirovich Kvasha (4 February 1933 — 30 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was a leading actor of Sovremennik Theater.
Ildikó PécsiPerson · Film memorabilia
Ilya ReznikAuthor · BooksIllustration — Reznik in 2013
Ingmar BergmanPerson · Film memorabiliaErnst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker and theatre director.
Isabelle NantyPerson · Film memorabiliaIsabelle Marie-Josée Nanty (izabɛl nɑ̃ti; born 21 January 1962) is a French actress, film and theatre director and screenwriter.
Israel HorovitzPerson · Film memorabiliaIsrael Horovitz (March 31, 1939 – November 9, 2020) was an American playwright, director, actor and co-founder of the Gloucester Stage Company in 1979.
Ivano MarescottiPerson · Film memorabiliaIvano Marescotti (4 February 1946 – 26 March 2023) was an Italian actor and theatre director.
Jack GarfeinPerson · Film memorabiliaJakob Garfein (July 2, 1930 – December 30, 2019) was an American film and theatre director, acting teacher, and a key figure of the Actors Studio.
Jack SmightPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Ronald Smight (March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television director.
Jaco Van DormaelPerson · Film memorabiliaJaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright.
Jacques GamblinPerson · Film memorabilia
James GammonPerson · Film memorabiliaJames Richard Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous films and television series.
James ThiérréePerson · Film memorabiliaJames Spencer Henry Edmond Marcel Thierrée (born 2 May 1974) is a Swiss-French circus performer, violinist, actor and director who is best known for his theatre performances which blend…
Jan BucquoyPerson · Film memorabiliaJan Bucquoy (Harelbeke, 16 November 1945) is a Belgian anarchist who has worked in various media (film, comics writing, painting, sculptures, museums).
Jan EliasbergAuthor · BooksYale University (MFA) MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson in Fiction (1996)
Jan EnglertPerson · Film memorabiliaJan Aleksander Englert (born 11 May 1943) is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1957.
Jan FabreArtist · SculptureJan Fabre (born 14 December 1958) is a Belgian artist known for his contributions to theater, literature, and visual arts.
Jan KačerPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Kačer (3 October 1936 – 24 May 2024) was a Czech actor and theatrical director. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1960 onwards.
Janos NyiriAuthor · BooksJános Nyíri (9 November 193223 October 2002) was a theatre director, journalist and writer.
Janysh KulmambetovPerson · Film memorabiliaJanysh Osmonovich Kulmambetov (Kyrgyz and Russian: Жаныш Осмонович Кулмамбетов) (born 1955) is a Kyrgyz writer-screenwriter, playwright, stage and film director, screenwriter, producer,…
Jean GasconAuthor · BooksJean Gascon (December 21, 1920 – April 13, 1988) was a Canadian opera director, actor, and administrator.
Jean MaraisArtist · SculptureJean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (lang), was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer…
Jean-Pierre PonnelleDesigner · Modern designJean-Pierre Ponnelle (19 February 1932 – 11 August 1988) was a French opera director, set and costume designer.
Jerry MitchellPerson · Film memorabilia
Jillian ArmenantePerson · Film memorabiliaJillian Armenante (born July 5, 1964) is an American television and film actress, known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on the TV show Judging Amy.
Joe MantelloPerson · Film memorabiliaJoseph Mantello (born December 27, 1962) is an American actor and director known for his work on stage and screen.
John KachoyanPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Kachoyan is an Armenian-Australian director, writer, and dramaturg. He is a co-founder of Iron Bark, a theatre company in London, specialising in new Australian plays, and the former…
John MaddenPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Philip Madden (born 8 April 1949) is an English director of stage, film, television, and radio.
John MegnaPerson · Film memorabiliaJohn Anthony Megna (November 9, 1952 – September 5, 1995) was an American actor, director and teacher. His best-known role is that of Dill in the film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
John RubinsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.
John SavagePerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Smeallie Youngs (born August 25, 1949), known professionally as John Savage, is an American actor.
John WardleyDesigner · Modern designJohn Richard Wardley (born 6 June 1950) is a British developer for theme parks, particularly dark rides and roller coasters.
Jonathan MillerAuthor · BooksSir Jonathan Wolfe Miller CBE (21 July 1934 – 27 November 2019) was an English theatre and opera director, actor, author, television presenter, comedian and physician.
Jordi CussàAuthor · BooksJordi Cussà (Berga, 18 January 1961 – 11 July 2021) was a Spanish Catalan-language writer.
Jorge de JuanPerson · Film memorabiliaJorge de Juan García (born 6 June 1961) is a Spanish film and theatre actor, producer and director, known artistically as Jorge de Juan.
José FerrerPerson · Film memorabiliaJosé Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992) was a Puerto Rican actor and director of stage, film and television.
Joseph AnthonyPerson · Film memorabiliaJoseph Anthony (born Joseph Deuster; May 24, 1912 – January 20, 1993) was an American playwright, actor, and director.
Juan MargalloPerson · Film memorabiliaJuan Francisco Margallo Rivera (24 September 1940 – 2 March 2025) was a Spanish actor, theatre director and dramaturge.

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