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Theatre Directors

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

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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.
Ivan MoskvinPerson · Film memorabiliaIvan Mikhailovich Moskvin (18 June 1874, in Moscow – 16 February 1946, in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet actor and theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1936).
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.
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.
Julian TuwimAuthor · BooksJulian Tuwim (13 September 1894 – 27 December 1953), known also under the pseudonym Oldlen as a lyricist, was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, then part of the Russian Partition.
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.
Leslie HowardPerson · Film memorabiliaLeslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943), better known as Leslie Howard, was an English actor, director, producer, and writer.
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
Marc ConnellyPerson · Film memorabiliaMarcus Cook Connelly (December 13, 1890 – December 21, 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist.
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.
Marko KropyvnytskyiPerson · Music memorabiliaMarko Lukych Kropyvnytskyi (–) was a Ukrainian writer, playwright, composer, theatre actor and director.
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.
Max GülstorffPerson · Film memorabiliaMax Walter Gülstorff (23 March 1882 – 6 February 1947) was a German actor and stage director.
Meredith MonkPerson · Music memorabiliaMeredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.
Michael ChekhovPerson · Film memorabiliaMikhail Aleksandrovich Chekhov (16 August 1891 – 30 September 1955), better known as Michael Chekhov, was a Russian-American actor, director, author, and theatre practitioner.
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.
Mikheil ChiaureliArtist · SculptureMikheil Chiaureli (Mikhail Edisherovich Chiauerli; 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974.
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.
MolièreAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Poquelin (ʒɑ̃ batist pɔklɛ̃; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one…
Mykola VoronyiAuthor · BooksMykola Kindratovych Voronyi (6 December 1871 – 7 June 1938) was a Ukrainian writer, poet, actor, director, and political activist.
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.
Ngaio MarshAuthor · BooksDame Edith Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand writer.
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.
Noël CowardPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Coward in 1972
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;
Panas SaksahanskyPerson · Film memorabiliaPanas Karpovych Tobilevych (– 17 September 1940), better known by the pseudonym of Panas Saksahansky, was a Ukrainian theatre actor, playwright and translator.
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…
Renato SimoniPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Renato Simoni and Emma Gramatica, 1930 ca.
Richard CarlePerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Carle (born Charles Nicholas Carleton; July 7, 1871 – June 28, 1941) was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright, lyricist, and stage director.
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.

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