Best Movie Directors by Number of Selected Films
1672
2597
2013
2
USA
English
1889
2764
1979
2
USA
English
1371
2261
1971
2
USA
English
1654
2613
1980
2
Japan
Japanese
779
951
2013
2
Canada
Inuktitut
1613
2528
1948
2
USA
English
1511
2376
2009
2
USA
English
1354
2160
1998
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1516
2570
2007
2
USA
English
1102
2184
2000
2
UK
English
1784
2724
2002
2
USA
English
1744
2597
1998
2
USA
English
1690
2653
1958
2
France
French
1616
2636
1939
2
Germany
German
1862
2724
1990
2
UK
English
337
121
1993
2
France
English
1497
2544
1991
2
USA
English
1684
2636
1955
2
Italy
Italian
306
91
1952
2
USA
English
1102
1716
1989
2
Canada
French
1855
2708
1998
2
Australia
English
1397
2215
1992
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2003
2
USA
English
1659
2597
1974
2
USA
English
1744
2685
2010
2
USA
English
570
648
1952
2
USA
English
1205
2097
2003
2
USA
English
1759
2708
1983
2
Brazil
Portuguese
784
1352
1998
2
Germany
English
1550
2613
1978
2
Mexico
Spanish
1012
1961
1986
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
832
1153
1922
2
USA
English
1141
1773
2002
2
USA
English
1867
2764
2003
2
UK
Persian
706
798
2006
2
UK
English
1666
2669
1937
2
USA
English
1498
2377
2006
2
China
Mandarin
801
1071
1929
2
USA
English
1155
1963
1979
2
Hungary
Hungarian
1823
2724
1996
2
USA
English
1089
2044
1934
2
USA
English
817
1062
1983
2
UK
English
1013
1636
1971
2
Hungary
Hungarian
1546
2451
1986
2
USA
English
1784
2724
2005
2
USA
English
1521
2398
1999
2
USA
English
1373
2169
2004
2
USA
English
1453
2528
1943
2
Canada
English
1466
2324
2002
2
UK
English
1644
2597
1995
2
France
French
1318
2092
2002
2
Iran
Persian
1661
2541
1970
2
USA
English
1708
2653
1995
2
UK
English
1535
2597
1976
2
Japan
Japanese
1388
2322
2005
2
USA
English
1874
2742
2012
2
USA
English
1461
2313
2004
2
Norway
Norwegian
1015
1593
1987
2
France
French
1659
2576
2004
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1977
2
USA
English
1370
2368
2002
2
USA
English
1809
2736
1993
2
Canada
French
1793
2731
2006
2
USA
English
1875
2743
1994
2
Canada
English
1440
2313
1959
2
Poland
Polish
931
1615
1984
2
New Zealand
English
1787
2724
2007
2
UK
English
1698
2661
1996
2
Iran
Persian
1550
2613
1965
2
Japan
Japanese
1663
2636
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1666
2669
1966
2
USA
English
1332
2103
2001
2
USA
English
1189
1860
1980
2
USA
English
1428
2280
1965
2
Argentina
Spanish
1238
2062
1985
2
USA
English
608
590
2000
2
USA
English
1759
2669
1983
2
USA
English
1499
2372
1998
2
France
English
1665
2597
2007
2
USA
English
1768
2710
1985
2
UK
English
1614
2416
1995
2
Sweden
Swedish
870
1181
1956
2
USA
English
1482
2460
2005
2
USA
English
1546
2451
1996
2
Ireland
English
1418
2363
1953
2
UK
English
1773
2708
1999
2
UK
English
1388
2232
1986
2
France
French
1776
2704
2000
2
Thailand
Japanese
1776
2704
2000
2
Thailand
Japanese
749
1091
1943
2
UK
English
1107
1809
1912
2
Italy
Italian
1736
2703
2003
2
USA
English
478
340
1942
2
USA
English
1264
1973
2009
2
USA
English
768
922
2003
2
USA
English
1561
2597
1949
2
UK
English
1666
2479
2000
2
USA
English
1035
1868
2002
2
USA
English
1726
2636
1919
2
USA
English
1322
2061
2005
2
France
English
1232
2085
1966
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1353
2268
1957
2
USA
English
1191
1913
2012
2
France
French
1748
2708
2008
2
Italy
Italian
1728
2696
1999
2
France
Romanian
1789
2724
2003
2
Canada
English
1535
2597
1963
2
UK
English
519
492
1958
2
USA
English
1721
2669
1991
2
USA
English
1198
1983
1964
2
Italy
Italian
1690
2653
1944
2
Soviet Union
Russian
859
1155
2006
2
USA
English
1566
2552
1986
2
USA
English
432
260
1996
2
France
French
1564
2352
1991
2
India
Tamil
1070
1606
1939
2
USA
English
1473
2465
1937
2
USA
English
1535
2597
1920
2
USA
English
860
1229
1924
2
USA
English
1347
2382
1932
2
Germany
German
1865
2724
1991
2
USA
English
1409
2366
1923
2
USA
English
1643
2597
2008
2
Israel
Arabic
1764
2703
1998
2
Japan
Japanese
1151
1955
1932
2
USA
English
550
509
1995
2
USA
English
1341
2345
1971
2
Peru
Spanish
920
1352
1981
2
UK
English
1665
2597
1933
2
USA
English
1160
2205
2006
2
USA
English
1004
1489
2001
2
USA
English
348
197
1937
2
USA
English
477
365
1934
2
USA
English
1550
2613
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1581
2453
1951
2
USA
English
1168
1816
2008
2
USA
English
998
1576
1972
2
USA
English
1684
2636
1969
2
USA
English
279
340
1941
2
USA
English
1767
2705
2011
2
USA
English
840
1107
2004
2
UK
English
1535
2597
1972
2
France
French
1437
2286
1985
2
Australia
English
1486
2448
1975
2
USA
English
1626
2576
2007
2
USA
English
948
1621
1999
2
USA
English
1365
2286
1964
2
USA
English
1629
2563
2006
2
USA
English
1711
2696
2006
2
Austria
German
1718
2689
1981
2
India
Bengali
1708
2653
1938
2
Germany
German
1703
2665
1998
2
USA
English
1220
1917
1999
2
USA
English
993
1533
1967
2
Soviet Union
Russian
974
1450
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
850
1346
1962
2
Japan
Japanese
1768
2710
1985
2
USA
English
1633
2559
2004
2
USA
English
1166
2268
1976
2
USA
English
1178
1955
1967
2
USA
English
1617
2545
1999
2
Australia
English
822
1457
1947
2
Sweden
Swedish
1826
2752
1967
2
Sweden
Swedish
1793
2731
1925
2
USA
English
1337
2366
1914
2
USA
English
1168
1918
1949
2
UK
English
1087
1798
1967
2
USA
English
1398
2308
1959
2
USA
English
1685
2615
1989
2
Canada
English
1238
2062
1990
2
USA
English
1412
2247
1999
2
USA
English
1670
2596
2007
2
USA
English
1414
2268
1950
2
Germany
German
1666
2669
1934
2
USA
English
1686
2653
1940
2
Germany
German
1260
1800
1943
2
USA
English
823
1524
1987
2
USA
English
1020
1660
1968
2
USA
English
1748
2708
1998
2
Poland
Polish
1186
1879
1994
2
Cuba
Spanish
777
946
1989
2
Japan
Japanese
1684
2636
1975
2
USA
English
1318
2199
1952
2
USA
English
1593
2532
1961
2
West Germany
German
1048
1682
1957
2
UK
English
1025
1529
1998
2
USA
English
1880
2764
1992
2
USA
Mandarin
1587
2502
2011
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1964
2
USA
English
886
1527
1992
2
USA
English
1722
2653
1932
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1679
2636
1934
2
Germany
English
1305
2074
1998
2
Japan
Japanese
1074
1621
1998
2
USA
English
1395
2205
2005
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2010
2
USA
English
1686
2653
1936
2
Germany
German
1375
2184
1998
2
Sweden
Swedish
1500
2170
1937
2
UK
English
1570
2597
1989
2
France
French
1551
2453
1971
2
France
French
1665
2585
2008
2
USA
English
1934
2764
1973
2
France
French
1772
2703
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
162
67
1933
2
France
French
1858
2710
1994
2
Germany
German
1728
2696
2007
2
Italy
Italian
513
465
1975
2
USA
English
1492
2368
2005
2
USA
English
866
1601
1995
2
France
French
1713
2665
2006
2
USA
English
1510
2496
1930
2
USA
English
1510
2496
1930
2
USA
English
1669
2576
2003
2
USA
English
1857
2764
1953
2
USA
English
1784
2724
2001
2
USA
English
1730
2679
2004
2
USA
English
1701
2643
1948
2
USA
English
626
867
1960
2
USA
English
796
1153
1927
2
USA
English
1690
2636
1989
2
USA
English
1780
2724
1994
2
USA
English
1814
2743
2006
2
USA
English
1780
2715
2012
2
USA
English
1561
2597
1946
2
Japan
Japanese
793
1409
1939
2
UK
English
1267
2368
1995
2
USA
English
1522
2426
1947
2
Italy
Italian
579
867
1962
2
USA
English
1888
2708
1965
2
Sweden
Swedish
1832
2636
1948
2
China
Mandarin
1648
2576
2008
2
USA
English
699
941
2003
2
France
French
1315
2126
1961
2
France
French
1323
2400
1931
2
USA
English
1803
2731
2011
2
Spain
Spanish
1550
2613
1975
2
Spain
Spanish
797
1084
1995
2
USA
English
1857
2764
1992
2
France
French
1888
2708
2002
2
Spain
Spanish
1272
1947
1967
2
Brazil
Portuguese
1600
2636
1901
2
UK
English
1600
2636
1903
2
UK
English
1696
2636
1961
2
France
French
1632
2636
1905
2
USA
English
1003
1685
2013
2
Austria
Bosnian
1793
2731
1943
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1911
2
Denmark
Danish
1600
2636
1910
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1910
2
USA
English
1409
2366
1912
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1913
2
France
French
1600
2636
1911
2
USA
English
1555
2458
1949
2
USA
English
1555
2458
1950
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1912
2
USA
English
1497
2496
1916
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1911
2
Italy
Italian
1600
2636
1913
2
UK
English
1600
2636
1922
2
USA
English
1632
2636
1914
2
USA
English
1632
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1579
2589
1956
2
USA
English
1586
2589
2004
2
South Korea
Korean
1407
2363
1977
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1943
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1924
2
Germany
German
1793
2731
1958
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1919
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1923
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1959
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1920
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1922
2
Russia
Russian
1167
1936
1924
2
USA
English
1113
2004
1921
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1941
2
USA
English
1397
2440
2006
2
USA
English
1658
2596
2008
2
USA
English
1420
2248
1922
2
USA
English
1696
2636
1923
2
UK
English
1696
2636
1925
2
France
French
1696
2636
1928
2
USA
English
1409
2366
1936
2
USA
English
1632
2636
1977
2
USA
English
1777
2669
1986
2
USA
English
1777
2669
1986
2
USA
English
1466
2458
1976
2
USA
English
1474
2467
1989
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1946
2
West Germany
German
1764
2703
2008
2
UK
English
1696
2636
1947
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1948
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1952
2
East Germany
German
1793
2731
1929
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1942
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1953
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1696
2636
1951
2
USA
English
1252
2206
2001
2
UK
English
1666
2636
1952
2
Sweden
Swedish
1696
2636
1942
2
Italy
Italian
1617
2535
2009
2
USA
English
538
485
2009
2
France
French
1719
2665
2002
2
USA
English
1513
2396
2008
2
France
French
1839
2731
2012
2
Austria
English
1600
2636
1958
2
Italy
Italian
1325
2311
2008
2
USA
English
1069
1631
2009
2
Israel
English
1396
2419
2009
2
USA
English
1648
2576
2011
2
USA
English
1552
2597
2009
2
USA
English
1605
2528
2013
2
UK
English
1793
2731
1947
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2008
2
USA
English
1150
2181
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
1696
2636
1964
2
USA
English
1869
2731
2012
2
Ireland
English
1770
2707
2009
2
UK
English
1793
2731
1963
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1944
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1924
2
USA
English
1703
2636
1974
2
USA
English
1536
2544
1971
2
UK
English
1802
2731
2017
2
USA
English
1642
2560
2009
2
UK
English
1794
2724
2012
2
UK
English
900
1248
2001
2
Japan
Japanese
1583
2522
2009
2
Turkey
Turkish
1688
2669
1993
2
USA
English
1588
2576
2010
2
USA
English
1091
1663
2010
2
France
French
1390
2456
1937
2
UK
English
1618
2562
2017
2
USA
English
1558
2500
2001
2
USA
English
1648
2576
2009
2
UK
English
1793
2731
2007
2
USA
English
403
313
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1471
2358
2007
2
France
Hebrew
1554
2544
1973
2
France
French
1631
2544
2012
2
USA
English
1600
2636
1981
2
USA
English
1046
1573
2010
2
USA
English
1780
2724
2009
2
Denmark
Danish
1696
2636
1973
2
Canada
English
1793
2731
1955
2
USA
English
1198
2071
2010
2
Mexico
Spanish
1703
2636
1985
2
USA
English
1782
2717
2009
2
USA
English
1813
2742
2009
2
USA
English
1812
2665
1967
2
Italy
Italian
1348
2131
2012
2
UK
English
1775
2705
2015
2
USA
English
953
1423
1985
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1065
1604
2011
2
USA
English
1660
2599
2014
2
USA
English
1784
2724
2011
2
France
English
1748
2708
2010
2
Italy
Italian
1780
2708
2014
2
Austria
German
1201
2271
2012
2
USA
English
1123
2171
2013
2
Israel
Hebrew
1748
2708
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
1748
2708
2014
2
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1793
2731
1948
2
USA
English
1364
2370
2015
2
UK
English
1793
2731
2014
2
USA
English
1721
2669
2000
2
USA
English
1784
2724
2010
2
USA
English
733
1023
2014
2
USA
English
1813
2742
2017
2
USA
English
1772
2703
2012
2
USA
English
1772
2703
2012
2
USA
English
1627
2561
2010
2
Switzerland
French
1730
2679
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1270
2386
2008
2
France
English
1766
2708
2010
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1664
2596
2012
2
USA
English
1748
2708
2017
2
Greece
Greek
1596
2535
2006
2
China
Mandarin
1436
2528
2011
2
France
English
1477
2528
2013
2
Ireland
English
1793
2731
1932
2
USA
English
1593
2532
2010
2
Greece
Greek
1549
2471
2013
2
USA
English
1865
2724
2016
2
Finland
Finnish
1483
2340
2013
2
France
French
1648
2576
2013
2
USA
English
1748
2700
2015
2
Italy
Italian
1529
2402
2014
2
USA
English
981
1942
2012
2
Ireland
English
1748
2708
2018
2
China
Mandarin
1184
1842
2012
2
Canada
French
909
1378
2014
2
Lebanon
Arabic
1006
1957
2017
2
USA
English
1774
2715
2016
2
USA
English
1489
2343
2009
2
South Korea
Korean
1648
2576
2015
2
USA
English
1851
2724
2011
2
India
Hindi
1815
2669
1982
2
USA
Spanish
1666
2669
1973
2
USA
English
1505
2396
2014
2
UK
English
1106
2100
2014
2
USA
English
1773
2708
2018
2
France
French
1326
2090
2017
2
France
French
1793
2731
1932
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1921
2
USA
English
712
1006
2013
2
UK
English
1435
2525
2012
2
Indonesia
Indonesian
1648
2576
2014
2
USA
English
1802
2731
2019
2
USA
English
1493
2561
2014
2
USA
English
1298
2060
2015
2
Saudi Arabia
Arabic
1613
2528
2015
2
UK
English
1229
2098
2014
2
USA
English
1304
2080
2014
2
USA
English
1767
2705
2014
2
USA
English
1784
2724
2013
2
Sweden
Swedish
1793
2731
2016
2
USA
English
1083
1820
2017
2
Denmark
Danish
1142
1768
2015
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1945
2
USA
English
1329
2337
2017
2
Spain
Spanish
1589
2553
2018
2
Romania
Romanian
662
870
2018
2
Brazil
Portuguese
1664
2596
2019
2
USA
English
1664
2596
2019
2
USA
English
1334
2424
2013
2
Denmark
Danish
1475
2337
2016
2
USA
English
1606
2521
2016
2
USA
English
1606
2521
2016
2
USA
English
1795
2731
2016
2
USA
English
1302
2069
2015
2
USA
English
1748
2708
2016
2
Italy
Italian
1778
2712
2014
2
Canada
English
1647
2594
2016
2
USA
English
1630
2635
2009
2
USA
English
819
1597
2013
2
Denmark
Indonesian
1877
2768
2015
2
Germany
Arabic
1362
2212
2018
2
USA
English
1811
2742
2014
2
USA
English
1564
2476
2015
2
USA
Hindi
1610
2515
2017
2
USA
English
1748
2708
2016
2
France
French
1748
2708
2016
2
Japan
Japanese
937
1614
2015
2
USA
English
1441
2303
2018
2
UK
English
1329
2350
2016
2
Australia
English
1676
2610
2017
2
USA
English
1650
2596
2016
2
USA
English
1786
2715
2017
2
USA
English
1813
2742
2016
2
Australia
English
1793
2731
2009
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2009
2
USA
English
1375
2419
2016
2
USA
English
1458
2183
2018
2
USA
English
1544
2460
2018
2
UK
English
1726
2700
2020
2
France
Turkish
1720
2690
2018
2
Mexico
Spanish
1793
2731
2020
2
USA
English
1566
2473
2017
2
Hungary
English
1394
2230
2017
2
Colombia
Spanish
1607
2405
2018
2
USA
English
1439
2320
2017
2
USA
English
1536
2410
2019
2
USA
English
1736
2700
2018
2
USA
English
1619
2565
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1619
2565
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1804
2690
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
680
816
2019
2
USA
English
680
816
2019
2
USA
English
1780
2715
2017
2
USA
English
633
651
2012
2
Germany
German
1176
2058
2019
2
USA
English
1149
1839
2019
2
USA
Spanish
1925
2766
1999
2
Russia
Russian
1748
2611
1984
2
France
English
1705
2640
2021
2
USA
English
1945
2786
1963
2
Austria
English
1692
2622
1992
2
Chile
Spanish
1288
2039
2018
2
France
French
1793
2731
2018
2
USA
English
1731
2701
2019
2
USA
English
1748
2708
2018
2
France
French
1748
2708
2019
2
Italy
English
1662
2594
2018
2
USA
English
1793
2731
1920
2
USA
English
1721
2669
2003
2
USA
English
1533
2522
2019
2
Spain
Catalan
1782
2710
2020
2
USA
English
1839
2731
2019
2
USA
English
1786
2715
2020
2
USA
English
1633
2548
2019
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2020
2
USA
English
1612
2596
2020
2
USA
English
1258
2130
2020
2
USA
English
941
1470
2020
2
Belgium
Dutch
1811
2742
2021
2
UK
English
1768
2701
2021
2
USA
English
