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20th-century theatre directors

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

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Judge ReinholdPerson · Film memorabiliaEdward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr. (born May 21, 1957) is an American actor.
Judith ColellPerson · Film memorabiliaJudith Colell i Pallarès (Barcelona, July 14, 1968) is a Catalan film director, screenwriter and producer. Since July 2021 she has been president of the Catalan Film Academy.
Judyann ElderPerson · Film memorabiliaJudyann Elder (born Judith Ann Johnson; August 18, 1948) is an American actress, director, and writer. She played Nadine Waters on the Fox sitcom Martin.
Juhan ViidingAuthor · BooksJuhan Viiding (1 June 1948 – 21 February 1995), also known under the pseudonym of Jüri Üdi was an Estonian poet and actor.
Jules DassinPerson · Film memorabiliaJulius "Jules" Dassin (December 18, 1911 – March 31, 2008) was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor.
Kalju KomissarovPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Kalju Komissarov in 2007
Keegan AllenPerson · Film memorabiliaKeegan Phillip Allen (born July 22, 1989) is an American actor, photographer, author and musician known for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh on the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars.
Krystyna AnkwiczPerson · Film memorabiliaKrystyna Ankwicz (4 April 1907 – 6 August 1985) was a Polish film actress.
Krystyna JandaPerson · Film memorabiliaKrystyna Jolanta Janda (lang; born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theatre actress, director, and singer.
Krzysztof JasińskiPerson · Film memorabiliaKrzysztof Jasiński (born July 21, 1943, in Borzechów) is a Polish actor, TV and theatre director.
Lars NorénPerson · Film memorabiliaLars Göran Ingemar Norén (9 April 1944 – 26 January 2021) was a Swedish playwright, novelist and poet.
Laurence OlivierPerson · Film memorabiliaLaurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director.
Lidia WysockaPerson · Film memorabiliaLidia Wysocka (June 24, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was a Polish stage, film and voice actress, singer, cabaret performer and creative director, theatre director and costume designer,…
Lin-Manuel MirandaPerson · Film memorabiliaLin-Manuel Miranda (born January 16, 1980) is an American songwriter, actor, filmmaker, librettist, and producer.
Lluís HomarPerson · Film memorabiliaLluís Homar i Toboso (born 20 April 1957) is a Spanish actor and theater director from Barcelona.
Lorena GalePerson · Film memorabiliaLorena Gale (May 9, 1958 – June 21, 2009) was a Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director. She was active onstage and in films and television since the 1980s.
Lothaire BluteauPerson · Film memorabiliaLothaire Bluteau (born 14 April 1957) is a Canadian actor, active in film, theatre, and television.
Louis-Do de LencquesaingPerson · Film memorabiliaLouis-Do de Lencquesaing (born 25 December 1963) is a French actor and film director. He has a daughter with cinematographer Caroline Champetier, the actress Alice de Lencquesaing.
Luchino ViscontiAuthor · BooksLuchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo (2 November 1906 – 17 March 1976) was an Italian filmmaker, theatre and opera director, and screenwriter.
Lucien BourjeilyPerson · Film memorabiliaLucien Bourjeily is an Emmy-nominated writer and director of both theater and film.
Luděk SobotaAuthor · BooksLuděk Sobota (born 27 May 1943) is a Czech stand-up comedian and actor. He studied at Faculty of Theatre.
Lukas AmmannPerson · Film memorabiliaLukas Ammann (29 September 1912 – 3 May 2017) was a Swiss actor who appeared mainly in German and Swiss films and television shows. He continued to work steadily for over 60 years.
Lukas BärfussAuthor · BooksLukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019.
Magaly AlabauAuthor · BooksMagaly Alabau was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, she has lived in New York since 1966. She co-founded the Spanish-English ensemble Teatro Dúo/Duo Theatre with Man
Marcia RoddPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcia Rodd (July 8, 1938 – December 27, 2025) was an American actress, singer and director.
Marek KondratPerson · Film memorabiliaMarek Tadeusz Kondrat (born 18 October 1950) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor, film director, screenwriter and entrepreneur.
Marius von MayenburgAuthor · BooksMarius von Mayenburg (born 21 February 1972 in Munich) is a German playwright and dramaturg.
Mark ZakharovPerson · Film memorabiliaMark Anatolyevich Zakharov (13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019[2]) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue best known for his fantasy parable movies.
Marthe KellerPerson · Film memorabiliaMarthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon Man (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Martin RittPerson · Film memorabiliaMartin Ritt (March 2, 1914 – December 8, 1990) was an American director, producer, and actor, active in film, theatre, and television.
Martin WuttkePerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Wuttke (born 8 February 1962) is a German actor and director. He has performed on many stages in the German-speaking theatre world, as well as in numerous films and TV series.
Massimo ScaglionePerson · Film memorabiliaMassimo Scaglione (19 September 1931 – 8 October 2015) was an Italian television director, writer and politician.
Meredith MonkPerson · Music memorabiliaMeredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.
Michael LonsdaleArtist · PaintingsMichael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in…
Michael RedgravePerson · Film memorabiliaSir Michael Scudamore Redgrave (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English actor and filmmaker. Beginning his career in theatre, he first appeared in the West End in 1937.
Mike NicholsPerson · Film memorabilia
Mikhail RommPerson · Film memorabiliaMikhail Ilyich Romm (– 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He received the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1950.
Mikk MikiverPerson · Film memorabiliaMikk Mikiver (4 September 1937 – 9 January 2006) was a prominent Estonian stage and film actor and theater director.
Miroslav BenkaDesigner · Modern designUnion of Dramatic Arts of Slovakia, Bratislava State Prize for directing Soft Dreams(1994)
Mohamed FellagPerson · Film memorabiliaMohamed Fellag (born 31 March 1950 in Azeffoun, Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian comedian, writer, humorist, and actor.
Mohan UpretiPerson · Music memorabiliaMohan Upreti (1928–1997) was an Indian theatre director, playwright and a music composer, considered one of the pioneers in Indian theatre music.
Nancy BishopPerson · Film memorabiliaNancy Bishop is an American casting director, who works internationally from offices in London, United Kingdom and Prague, Czech Republic.
Nanni LoyPerson · Film memorabiliaNanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director.
Naum BirmanPerson · Film memorabiliaNaum Borisovich Birman (1924—1989) was a Soviet director of theater and cinema, screenwriter.
Neil HardwickPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Neil Hardwick (born 22 July 1948 in Teversal, Sutton-in-Ashfield, England) is a British-born Finnish theatre and TV director and writer. He was raised in Teversal, near Nottingham.
Nike WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaNike Wagner (born 9 June 1945) is a German dramaturge, arts administrator and author. She directed the festival Kunstfest Weimar, and has been the director of the Beethovenfest from 2014.
Norma AleandroAuthor · BooksNorma Aleandro (born 2 May 1936) is an Argentine actress. She is considered one of the most celebrated and prolific Argentine actresses of all time and is recognized as a cultural icon in…
Nour El-SherifPerson · Film memorabiliaNour El-Sherif (28 April 1946 – 11 August 2015), born Mohamad Geber Mohamad Abd Allah was a prominent Egyptian actor. He has 6 films in the Top 100 Egyptian films list.
Oded KotlerPerson · Film memorabiliaOded Kotler (born 5 May 1937) is an Israeli actor, director, artistic director, and author. Kotler is a recipient of the Israel Prize in the field of Performing Arts (2022).
Otto SchenkPhotographer · PhotographyOtto Schenk (12 June 1930 – 9 January 2025) was an Austrian actor, stage director for plays and opera, and theatre director.
Pablo RagoPerson · Film memorabiliaPablo Rago (born September 24, 1972, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine actor. He has acted in the films The Official Story (as a child actor) and The Secret in Their Eyes;
Pavlo ArieArtist · PaintingsPavlo Valentynovych Alieksieiev (born 16 October 1977) is a Ukrainian playwright, screenwriter, conceptual artist and translator for Polish and German.
Paxton WhiteheadPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancis Edward Paxton Whitehead (17 October 1937 – 16 June 2023) was an English actor and theatre director.
Per SchwabArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Per Schwab
Peter BrookPerson · Film memorabiliaPeter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director.
Peter GreenawayArtist · PaintingsPeter Greenaway (born 5 April 1942) is a British filmmaker and visual artist.
Petr ShelokhonovPerson · Film memorabiliaPetr Illarionovich Shelokhonov, (Piotr Szełochonow; in English also spelled 'Peter' or 'Pyotr' or 'Petr';
Petre GruzinskyAuthor · BooksPetre Gruzinsky (პეტრე გრუზინსკი; 28 March 1920 – 13 August 1984) was a Georgian poet and Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR (1979).
Phyllida LloydPerson · Film memorabiliaPhyllida Christian Lloyd, (born 17 June 1957) is an English film and theatre director and producer.
Piotr SzulkinPerson · Film memorabiliaPiotr Szulkin (26 April 1950 – 3 August 2018) was a Polish film director and writer. He directed over thirty films, both Polish and international productions.
Qëndrim RijaniPerson · Film memorabiliaQëndrim Rijani (english: Chendrim Rijani) is an Albanian director of theatre, film and opera.
Rachel HousePerson · Film memorabiliaRachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House ONZM (born 20 October 1971) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles in the films of Taika Waititi.
Rade ŠerbedžijaAuthor · BooksRade Šerbedžija (born 27 July 1946) is a Croatian and Yugoslav actor, director and musician.
Rainer Werner FassbinderPerson · Film memorabiliaRainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor.
Ramsey NasrAuthor · BooksRamsey Nasr (born 28 January 1974) is a Dutch author and actor of mixed Palestinian and Dutch descent.
Ray McAnallyPerson · Film memorabiliaRay McAnally (30 March 1926 – 15 June 1989) was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (for The…
Richard WilsonPerson · Film memorabiliaRichard Wilson (born Iain Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, broadcaster, and theatre director.
Robert AltmanPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American filmmaker.
Robert DhéryPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Dhéry (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ deʁi]; 27 April 1921 – 3 December 2004) (born Robert Léon Henri Fourrey or Robert Foullcy) was a French comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
Robert MontgomeryPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert Montgomery (born Henry Montgomery Jr.; May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981) was an American actor, director, and producer.
Roberts BlossomAuthor · BooksRoberts Scott Blossom (March 25, 1924July 8, 2011) was an American poet and character actor of theater, film, and television.
Roman PolanskiPerson · Film memorabiliaRaymond Roman Thierry Polański[6] (Liebling; born 18 August 1933) is a Polish[7] and French filmmaker and actor.
Saber AbarPerson · Film memorabiliaSaber Abar (born June 8, 1984) is an Iranian actor, director and writer. He is best known for his performance in About Elly (2008), directed by Academy Award-winning Asghar Farhadi.
Sahim Omar KalifaPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Sahim Omar Kalifa in 2024
Samson SamsonovPerson · Film memorabiliaSamson Iosifovich Samsonov (23 February 1921 – 31 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter, he was granted the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in…
Sándor ZsótérPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Sándor Zsótér, photo by Gáspár Stekovics
Sarah MaldororPerson · Film memorabiliaSarah Maldoror (19 July 1929 − 13 April 2020) was a French filmmaker of European and Guadeloupean descent.
Satyadev DubeyPerson · Film memorabiliaSatyadev Dubey (13 July 1936 – 25 December 2011) was an Indian theatre director, actor, playwright, screenwriter & film director. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1971.
Senne RouffaerPerson · Film memorabiliaFélicien P. I. (Senne) Rouffaer (19 December 1925 – 14 July 2006) was a Flemish actor and film director.
Sergei PuskepalisPerson · Film memorabiliaSergei Vytautovich Puskepalis (15 April 1966 – 20 September 2022) was a Russian actor and theatre director.
Sergey BezrukovAuthor · BooksSergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (born 18 October 1973) is a Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
Shuhrat AbbosovPerson · Film memorabiliaShuhrat Abbosov (16 January 193125 April 2018) was an Uzbek actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Sidney LumetPerson · Film memorabiliaSidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director.
Simon StonePerson · Film memorabiliaSimon Stone (born 1984) is an Australian film and theatre director, writer and actor.
Simona LeviPerson · Film memorabiliaSimona Levi (born July 23, 1966) is a Spanish-Italian theatre director, playwright, activist, technopolitical strategist, cultural manager and curator, and lecturer.
Sony Lab'ou TansiAuthor · BooksSony Lab'ou Tansi (5 July 1947 – 14 June 1995), born Marcel Ntsoni, was a Congolese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet in French language.
Sulabha DeshpandePerson · Film memorabiliaSulabha Deshpande (21 February 1937 – 4 June 2016) was an Indian actress and theatre director.
Tadeusz KantorArtist · SculptureTadeusz Kantor (6 April 1915 – 8 December 1990) was a Polish painter, assemblage and Happenings artist, set designer and theatre director.
Tadeusz ŁomnickiPerson · Film memorabiliaTadeusz Łomnicki (18 July 1927 – 22 February 1992) was a Polish actor, one of the most notable stage and film artists of his time in Poland.
Tania BrugueraArtist · PaintingsTania Bruguera (born 1968 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban artist and activist who focuses on installation and performance art.
Tatyana LioznovaPerson · Film memorabiliaTatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova (20 July 192429 September 2011) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973).
Terry KinneyPerson · Film memorabiliaTerry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor, theater director, and founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry.
Ugo GregorettiPerson · Film memorabiliaUgo Gregoretti (28 September 1930 – 5 July 2019) was an Italian film, television and stage director, actor, screenwriter, author and television host. He directed 20 films during his career.
Ulrich MühePerson · Film memorabiliaFriedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (German pronunciation: [ˈʊlʁɪç ˈmyːə]; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor.
Unshō IshizukaPerson · Film memorabiliaMay 16, 1951 – August 13, 2018 was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui.
Valantina Abu OqsaAuthor · BooksValantina Abu Oqsa is a Palestinian actress, theater director, poet and playwright. She was awarded the 2012 Etel Adnan Award for Women Playwrights announced for her play I Am Free,
Vernel BagnerisPerson · Music memorabiliaVernel Martin Bagneris (born July 31, 1949) is an American playwright, theater director, and entertainer.
Vicky KriepsPerson · Film memorabiliaVicky Krieps (born 4 October 1983) is a Luxembourgish and German actress. She has appeared in a number of American, Luxembourgish, French, and German productions.
Vincente MinnelliPerson · Film memorabiliaVincente Minnelli (born Lester Anthony Minnelli; February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director.
Vitaly SolominPerson · Film memorabiliaVitaly Mefodievich Solomin (Russian: Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 1941 – 27 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr.
Vladimir KhotinenkoDesigner · Modern designVladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (Russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer.
Vladimir VoroshilovArtist · PaintingsVladimir Yakovlevich Voroshilov (Russian: Влади́мир Я́ковлевич Вороши́лов, born name Vladimir Kolmanovich, 18 December 1930 – 10 March 2001) was an author, producer and anchorman of the…
Wieland WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaWieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, and a grandson of Richard Wagner.
Wim OpbrouckIllustrator · IllustrationWim Opbrouck is a Flemish actor and singer from Belgium who is especially known for his work on stage.
Witold SkaruchPerson · Film memorabiliaWitold Skaruch (11 January 1930 – 17 February 2010) was a Polish character actor and director. He appeared in films, television shows and miniseries from 1953 until 2009.
Wolfgang WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Wagner (30 August 191921 March 2010) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed…
Yacine KatebAuthor · BooksKateb Yacine (2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber…
Yevgeny MorgunovPerson · Film memorabiliaYevgeny Alexandrovich Morgunov (April 27, 1927 – June 25, 1999) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, and script writer, Merited Artist of Russian SFSR (1978).[1]
Yō ŌizumiPerson · Film memorabiliaYo Oizumi is a Japanese actor, comedian, television personality and voice actor. He is a member of the theatrical and musical unit Team Nacs, and is represented by Creative Office Cue.
Yuri MaminPerson · Music memorabiliaYuri Mamin is a Soviet and Russian film director, stage director, screenwriter, composer, author and television host.
Yury SolominPerson · Film memorabiliaYury Mefodyevich Solomin (18 June 1935 – 11 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director who was an art director of the Maly Theatre in Moscow from 1988.
Zabou BreitmanPerson · Film memorabiliaZabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger.
Zoe CaldwellPerson · Film memorabiliaZoe Ada Caldwell (14 September 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Australian actress.
Zoltán FábriPerson · Film memorabiliaZoltán Fábri (15 October 1917 – 23 August 1994) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter.

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