Best Movie Directors by Number of Selected Films
1653
2613
1980
2
Japan
Japanese
778
951
2013
2
Canada
Inuktitut
1612
2528
1948
2
USA
English
1510
2376
2009
2
USA
English
1353
2160
1998
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1515
2570
2007
2
USA
English
1101
2184
2000
2
UK
English
1782
2724
2002
2
USA
English
1742
2597
1998
2
USA
English
1688
2653
1958
2
France
French
1615
2636
1939
2
Germany
German
1860
2724
1990
2
UK
English
337
121
1993
2
France
English
1496
2544
1991
2
USA
English
1682
2636
1955
2
Italy
Italian
306
91
1952
2
USA
English
1101
1716
1989
2
Canada
French
1853
2708
1998
2
Australia
English
1396
2215
1992
2
USA
English
1791
2731
2003
2
USA
English
1658
2597
1974
2
USA
English
1742
2685
2010
2
USA
English
569
648
1952
2
USA
English
1204
2097
2003
2
USA
English
1757
2708
1983
2
Brazil
Portuguese
783
1352
1998
2
Germany
English
1549
2613
1978
2
Mexico
Spanish
1011
1961
1986
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
831
1153
1922
2
USA
English
1140
1773
2002
2
USA
English
1865
2764
2003
2
UK
Persian
705
798
2006
2
UK
English
1665
2669
1937
2
USA
English
1497
2377
2006
2
China
Mandarin
800
1071
1929
2
USA
English
1154
1963
1979
2
Hungary
Hungarian
1821
2724
1996
2
USA
English
1088
2044
1934
2
USA
English
816
1062
1983
2
UK
English
1012
1636
1971
2
Hungary
Hungarian
1545
2451
1986
2
USA
English
1782
2724
2005
2
USA
English
1520
2398
1999
2
USA
English
1372
2169
2004
2
USA
English
1452
2528
1943
2
Canada
English
1465
2324
2002
2
UK
English
1643
2597
1995
2
France
French
1317
2092
2002
2
Iran
Persian
1660
2541
1970
2
USA
English
1706
2653
1995
2
UK
English
1534
2597
1976
2
Japan
Japanese
1387
2322
2005
2
USA
English
1872
2742
2012
2
USA
English
1460
2313
2004
2
Norway
Norwegian
1014
1593
1987
2
France
French
1658
2576
2004
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1977
2
USA
English
1369
2368
2002
2
USA
English
1807
2736
1993
2
Canada
French
1791
2731
2006
2
USA
English
1873
2743
1994
2
Canada
English
1439
2313
1959
2
Poland
Polish
930
1615
1984
2
New Zealand
English
1785
2724
2007
2
UK
English
1696
2661
1996
2
Iran
Persian
1549
2613
1965
2
Japan
Japanese
1662
2636
1957
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1665
2669
1966
2
USA
English
1331
2103
2001
2
USA
English
1188
1860
1980
2
USA
English
1427
2280
1965
2
Argentina
Spanish
1237
2062
1985
2
USA
English
607
590
2000
2
USA
English
1757
2669
1983
2
USA
English
1498
2372
1998
2
France
English
1664
2597
2007
2
USA
English
1766
2710
1985
2
UK
English
1613
2416
1995
2
Sweden
Swedish
869
1181
1956
2
USA
English
1481
2460
2005
2
USA
English
1545
2451
1996
2
Ireland
English
1417
2363
1953
2
UK
English
1771
2708
1999
2
UK
English
1387
2232
1986
2
France
French
1774
2704
2000
2
Thailand
Japanese
1774
2704
2000
2
Thailand
Japanese
748
1091
1943
2
UK
English
1106
1809
1912
2
Italy
Italian
1734
2703
2003
2
USA
English
477
340
1942
2
USA
English
1263
1973
2009
2
USA
English
767
922
2003
2
USA
English
1560
2597
1949
2
UK
English
1665
2479
2000
2
USA
English
1034
1868
2002
2
USA
English
1724
2636
1919
2
USA
English
1321
2061
2005
2
France
English
1231
2085
1966
2
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1352
2268
1957
2
USA
English
1190
1913
2012
2
France
French
1746
2708
2008
2
Italy
Italian
1726
2696
1999
2
France
Romanian
1787
2724
2003
2
Canada
English
1534
2597
1963
2
UK
English
519
492
1958
2
USA
English
1719
2669
1991
2
USA
English
1197
1983
1964
2
Italy
Italian
1688
2653
1944
2
Soviet Union
Russian
858
1155
2006
2
USA
English
1565
2552
1986
2
USA
English
432
260
1996
2
France
French
1563
2352
1991
2
India
Tamil
1069
1606
1939
2
USA
English
1472
2465
1937
2
USA
English
1534
2597
1920
2
USA
English
859
1229
1924
2
USA
English
1346
2382
1932
2
Germany
German
1863
2724
1991
2
USA
English
1408
2366
1923
2
USA
English
1642
2597
2008
2
Israel
Arabic
1762
2703
1998
2
Japan
Japanese
1150
1955
1932
2
USA
English
549
509
1995
2
USA
English
1340
2345
1971
2
Peru
Spanish
919
1352
1981
2
UK
English
1664
2597
1933
2
USA
English
1159
2205
2006
2
USA
English
1003
1489
2001
2
USA
English
348
197
1937
2
USA
English
476
365
1934
2
USA
English
1549
2613
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1580
2453
1951
2
USA
English
1167
1816
2008
2
USA
English
997
1576
1972
2
USA
English
1682
2636
1969
2
USA
English
279
340
1941
2
USA
English
1765
2705
2011
2
USA
English
839
1107
2004
2
UK
English
1534
2597
1972
2
France
French
1436
2286
1985
2
Australia
English
1485
2448
1975
2
USA
English
1625
2576
2007
2
USA
English
947
1621
1999
2
USA
English
1364
2286
1964
2
USA
English
1628
2563
2006
2
USA
English
1709
2696
2006
2
Austria
German
1716
2689
1981
2
India
Bengali
1706
2653
1938
2
Germany
German
1701
2665
1998
2
USA
English
1219
1917
1999
2
USA
English
992
1533
1967
2
Soviet Union
Russian
973
1450
1971
2
Soviet Union
Russian
849
1346
1962
2
Japan
Japanese
1766
2710
1985
2
USA
English
1632
2559
2004
2
USA
English
1165
2268
1976
2
USA
English
1177
1955
1967
2
USA
English
1616
2545
1999
2
Australia
English
821
1457
1947
2
Sweden
Swedish
1824
2752
1967
2
Sweden
Swedish
1791
2731
1925
2
USA
English
1336
2366
1914
2
USA
English
1167
1918
1949
2
UK
English
1086
1798
1967
2
USA
English
1397
2308
1959
2
USA
English
1683
2615
1989
2
Canada
English
1237
2062
1990
2
USA
English
1411
2247
1999
2
USA
English
1669
2596
2007
2
USA
English
1413
2268
1950
2
Germany
German
1665
2669
1934
2
USA
English
1684
2653
1940
2
Germany
German
1259
1800
1943
2
USA
English
822
1524
1987
2
USA
English
1019
1660
1968
2
USA
English
1746
2708
1998
2
Poland
Polish
1185
1879
1994
2
Cuba
Spanish
776
946
1989
2
Japan
Japanese
1682
2636
1975
2
USA
English
1317
2199
1952
2
USA
English
1592
2532
1961
2
West Germany
German
1047
1682
1957
2
UK
English
1024
1529
1998
2
USA
English
1878
2764
1992
2
USA
Mandarin
1586
2502
2011
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1964
2
USA
English
885
1527
1992
2
USA
English
1720
2653
1932
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1677
2636
1934
2
Germany
English
1304
2074
1998
2
Japan
Japanese
1073
1621
1998
2
USA
English
1394
2205
2005
2
USA
English
1791
2731
2010
2
USA
English
1684
2653
1936
2
Germany
German
1374
2184
1998
2
Sweden
Swedish
1499
2170
1937
2
UK
English
1569
2597
1989
2
France
French
1550
2453
1971
2
France
French
1664
2585
2008
2
USA
English
1932
2764
1973
2
France
French
1770
2703
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
162
67
1933
2
France
French
1856
2710
1994
2
Germany
German
1726
2696
2007
2
Italy
Italian
513
465
1975
2
USA
English
1491
2368
2005
2
USA
English
865
1601
1995
2
France
French
1711
2665
2006
2
USA
English
1509
2496
1930
2
USA
English
1509
2496
1930
2
USA
English
1668
2576
2003
2
USA
English
1855
2764
1953
2
USA
English
1782
2724
2001
2
USA
English
1728
2679
2004
2
USA
English
1699
2643
1948
2
USA
English
625
867
1960
2
USA
English
795
1153
1927
2
USA
English
1688
2636
1989
2
USA
English
1778
2724
1994
2
USA
English
1812
2743
2006
2
USA
English
1778
2715
2012
2
USA
English
1560
2597
1946
2
Japan
Japanese
792
1409
1939
2
UK
English
1266
2368
1995
2
USA
English
1521
2426
1947
2
Italy
Italian
578
867
1962
2
USA
English
1886
2708
1965
2
Sweden
Swedish
1830
2636
1948
2
China
Mandarin
1647
2576
2008
2
USA
English
698
941
2003
2
France
French
1314
2126
1961
2
France
French
1322
2400
1931
2
USA
English
1801
2731
2011
2
Spain
Spanish
1549
2613
1975
2
Spain
Spanish
796
1084
1995
2
USA
English
1855
2764
1992
2
France
French
1886
2708
2002
2
Spain
Spanish
1271
1947
1967
2
Brazil
Portuguese
1599
2636
1901
2
UK
English
1599
2636
1903
2
UK
English
1694
2636
1961
2
France
French
1631
2636
1905
2
USA
English
1002
1685
2013
2
Austria
Bosnian
1791
2731
1943
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1911
2
Denmark
Danish
1599
2636
1910
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1910
2
USA
English
1408
2366
1912
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1913
2
France
French
1599
2636
1911
2
USA
English
1554
2458
1949
2
USA
English
1554
2458
1950
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1912
2
USA
English
1496
2496
1916
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1911
2
Italy
Italian
1599
2636
1913
2
UK
English
1599
2636
1922
2
USA
English
1631
2636
1914
2
USA
English
1631
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1578
2589
1956
2
USA
English
1585
2589
2004
2
South Korea
Korean
1406
2363
1977
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1943
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1924
2
Germany
German
1791
2731
1958
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1919
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1923
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1959
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1916
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1920
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1922
2
Russia
Russian
1166
1936
1924
2
USA
English
1112
2004
1921
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1941
2
USA
English
1396
2440
2006
2
USA
English
1657
2596
2008
2
USA
English
1419
2248
1922
2
USA
English
1694
2636
1923
2
UK
English
1694
2636
1925
2
France
French
1694
2636
1928
2
USA
English
1408
2366
1936
2
USA
English
1804
2731
2003
2
USA
English
1631
2636
1977
2
USA
English
1775
2669
1986
2
USA
English
1775
2669
1986
2
USA
English
1465
2458
1976
2
USA
English
1473
2467
1989
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1946
2
West Germany
German
1762
2703
2008
2
UK
English
1694
2636
1947
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1948
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1952
2
East Germany
German
1791
2731
1929
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1942
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1953
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1694
2636
1951
2
USA
English
1251
2206
2001
2
UK
English
1665
2636
1952
2
Sweden
Swedish
1694
2636
1942
2
Italy
Italian
1616
2535
2009
2
USA
English
537
485
2009
2
France
French
1717
2665
2002
2
USA
English
1512
2396
2008
2
France
French
1837
2731
2012
2
Austria
English
1599
2636
1958
2
Italy
Italian
1324
2311
2008
2
USA
English
1068
1631
2009
2
Israel
English
1395
2419
2009
2
USA
English
1647
2576
2011
2
USA
English
1551
2597
2009
2
USA
English
1604
2528
2013
2
UK
English
1791
2731
1947
2
USA
English
1791
2731
2008
2
USA
English
1149
2181
2009
2
Spain
Spanish
1694
2636
1964
2
USA
English
1867
2731
2012
2
Ireland
English
1768
2707
2009
2
UK
English
1791
2731
1963
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1944
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1924
2
USA
English
1701
2636
1974
2
USA
English
1535
2544
1971
2
UK
English
1800
2731
2017
2
USA
English
1641
2560
2009
2
UK
English
1792
2724
2012
2
UK
English
899
1248
2001
2
Japan
Japanese
1582
2522
2009
2
Turkey
Turkish
1686
2669
1993
2
USA
English
1587
2576
2010
2
USA
English
1090
1663
2010
2
France
French
1389
2456
1937
2
UK
English
1617
2562
2017
2
USA
English
1557
2500
2001
2
USA
English
1647
2576
2009
2
UK
English
1791
2731
2007
2
USA
English
403
313
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1470
2358
2007
2
France
Hebrew
1553
2544
1973
2
France
French
1630
2544
2012
2
USA
English
1599
2636
1981
2
USA
English
1045
1573
2010
2
USA
English
1778
2724
2009
2
Denmark
Danish
1694
2636
1973
2
Canada
English
1791
2731
1955
2
USA
English
1197
2071
2010
2
Mexico
Spanish
1701
2636
1985
2
USA
English
1780
2717
2009
2
USA
English
1811
2742
2009
2
USA
English
1810
2665
1967
2
Italy
Italian
1347
2131
2012
2
UK
English
1773
2705
2015
2
USA
English
952
1423
1985
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1064
1604
2011
2
USA
English
1659
2599
2014
2
USA
English
1782
2724
2011
2
France
English
1746
2708
2010
2
Italy
Italian
1778
2708
2014
2
Austria
German
1200
2271
2012
2
USA
English
1122
2171
2013
2
Israel
Hebrew
1746
2708
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
1746
2708
2014
2
Hong Kong
Mandarin
1791
2731
1948
2
USA
English
1363
2370
2015
2
UK
English
1791
2731
2014
2
USA
English
1719
2669
2000
2
USA
English
1782
2724
2010
2
USA
English
732
1023
2014
2
USA
English
1770
2703
2012
2
USA
English
1770
2703
2012
2
USA
English
1626
2561
2010
2
Switzerland
French
1728
2679
2009
2
Sweden
Swedish
1269
2386
2008
2
France
English
1764
2708
2010
2
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1663
2596
2012
2
USA
English
1746
2708
2017
2
Greece
Greek
1595
2535
2006
2
China
Mandarin
1435
2528
2011
2
France
English
1476
2528
2013
2
Ireland
English
1791
2731
1932
2
USA
English
1592
2532
2010
2
Greece
Greek
1548
2471
2013
2
USA
English
1863
2724
2016
2
Finland
Finnish
1482
2340
2013
2
France
French
1647
2576
2013
2
USA
English
1746
2700
2015
2
Italy
Italian
1528
2402
2014
2
USA
English
980
1942
2012
2
Ireland
English
1746
2708
2018
2
China
Mandarin
1183
1842
2012
2
Canada
French
908
1378
2014
2
Lebanon
Arabic
1005
1957
2017
2
USA
English
1772
2715
2016
2
USA
English
1488
2343
2009
2
South Korea
Korean
1647
2576
2015
2
USA
English
1849
2724
2011
2
India
Hindi
1813
2669
1982
2
USA
Spanish
1665
2669
1973
2
USA
English
1504
2396
2014
2
UK
English
1105
2100
2014
2
USA
English
1771
2708
2018
2
France
French
1325
2090
2017
2
France
French
1791
2731
1932
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1921
2
USA
English
711
1006
2013
2
UK
English
1434
2525
2012
2
Indonesia
Indonesian
1647
2576
2014
2
USA
English
1492
2561
2014
2
USA
English
1297
2060
2015
2
Saudi Arabia
Arabic
1612
2528
2015
2
UK
English
1228
2098
2014
2
USA
English
1303
2080
2014
2
USA
English
1765
2705
2014
2
USA
English
1782
2724
2013
2
Sweden
Swedish
1791
2731
2016
2
USA
English
1082
1820
2017
2
Denmark
Danish
1141
1768
2015
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1945
2
USA
English
478
729
2014
2
Russia
Russian
1328
2337
2017
2
Spain
Spanish
1588
2553
2018
2
Romania
Romanian
661
870
2018
2
Brazil
Portuguese
1663
2596
2019
2
USA
English
1663
2596
2019
2
USA
English
1333
2424
2013
2
Denmark
Danish
1474
2337
2016
2
USA
English
1605
2521
2016
2
USA
English
1605
2521
2016
2
USA
English
1793
2731
2016
2
USA
English
1301
2069
2015
2
USA
English
1746
2708
2016
2
Italy
Italian
1776
2712
2014
2
Canada
English
1646
2594
2016
2
USA
English
1629
2635
2009
2
USA
English
818
1597
2013
2
Denmark
Indonesian
1875
2768
2015
2
Germany
Arabic
1361
2212
2018
2
USA
English
1809
2742
2014
2
USA
English
1563
2476
2015
2
USA
Hindi
1609
2515
2017
2
USA
English
1746
2708
2016
2
France
French
1746
2708
2016
2
Japan
Japanese
936
1614
2015
2
USA
English
1440
2303
2018
2
UK
English
1328
2350
2016
2
Australia
English
1674
2610
2017
2
USA
English
1649
2596
2016
2
USA
English
1784
2715
2017
2
USA
English
1811
2742
2016
2
Australia
English
1791
2731
2009
2
USA
English
1791
2731
2009
2
USA
English
1374
2419
2016
2
USA
English
1457
2183
2018
2
USA
English
1543
2460
2018
2
UK
English
1724
2700
2020
2
France
Turkish
1718
2690
2018
2
Mexico
Spanish
1791
2731
2020
2
USA
English
1565
2473
2017
2
Hungary
English
1393
2230
2017
2
Colombia
Spanish
1606
2405
2018
2
USA
English
1438
2320
2017
2
USA
English
1535
2410
2019
2
USA
English
1734
2700
2018
2
USA
English
1618
2565
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1618
2565
2018
2
Argentina
Spanish
1802
2690
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
679
816
2019
2
USA
English
679
816
2019
2
USA
English
1778
2715
2017
2
USA
English
632
651
2012
2
Germany
German
1175
2058
2019
2
USA
English
1148
1839
2019
2
USA
Spanish
1923
2766
1999
2
Russia
Russian
1746
2611
1984
2
France
English
1703
2640
2021
2
USA
English
1943
2786
1963
2
Austria
English
1690
2622
1992
2
Chile
Spanish
1287
2039
2018
2
France
French
1791
2731
2018
2
USA
English
1729
2701
2019
2
USA
English
1746
2708
2018
2
France
French
1746
2708
2019
2
Italy
English
1661
2594
2018
2
USA
English
1791
2731
1920
2
USA
English
1719
2669
2003
2
USA
English
1532
2522
2019
2
Spain
Catalan
1780
2710
2020
2
USA
English
1837
2731
2019
2
USA
English
1784
2715
2020
2
USA
English
1632
2548
2019
2
USA
English
1791
2731
2020
2
USA
English
1611
2596
2020
2
USA
English
1257
2130
2020
2
USA
English
940
1470
2020
2
Belgium
Dutch
1809
2742
2021
2
UK
English
1766
2701
2021
2
USA
English
1768
2701
2019
2
Japan
English
1032
1552
2019
2
USA
English
1802
2732
2019
2
USA
English
