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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

492

892

6

493

Wertmüller, Lina

1037

4

494

Gordon, Michael

1203

4

495

McTiernan, John

604

3

496

868

5

497

511

2

498

Tandan, Loveleen

353

1

499

Schroeder, Barbet

878

5

500

356

1

501

1345

6

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

502

Machatý, Gustav

617

4

503

DaCosta, Morton

783

2

504

1371

3

505

Beineix, Jean-Jacques

655

2

506

1363

4

507

436

3

508

1647

9

509

1622

10

510

1333

5

511

1294

3

512

1388

6

513

Wadleigh, Michael

465

2

514

Winterbottom, Michael

1966

15

515

387

1

516

796

7

517

Satrapi, Marjane

485

3

518

Sherman, Lowell

584

3

519

Polonsky, Abraham

492

2

520

799

5

521

1331

4

522

1514

5

523

Cornelius, Henry

856

3

524

661

4

525

1364

7

526

Östlund, Ruben

1229

3

527

823

8

528

2349

21

529

Cattaneo, Peter

429

2

530

Hart, William S.

1982

11

531

Teshigahara, Hiroshi

405

1

531

1332

5

532

Cummings, Irving

2088

11

533

748

4

534

983

7

535

1638

6

536

1081

5

536

1081

5

537

Benedek, László

753

4

538

500

2

539

Paronnaud, Vincent

485

2

540

Wilcox, Fred M.

899

3

541

Shyamalan, M. Night

580

4

542

1119

11

543

597

2

544

Garrone, Matteo

1000

4

545

738

4

546

Kobayashi, Masaki

890

4

547

Cooper, Bradley

1006

2

548

1610

8

549

Lewis, Joseph H.

649

2

550

Hranitzky, Ágnes

742

2

551

Robinson, Phil Alden

509

2

552

811

4

553

Armstrong, Gillian

849

4

554

1094

4

555

1250

6

556

Feuillade, Louis

1137

7

557

1039

5

558

Nemes, László

547

3

559

Singleton, John

608

4

560

1560

6

561

Macdonald, Kevin

1453

8

562

813

3

563

Hall, Alexander

744

4

564

620

2

565

502

3

566

1559

6

567

Jancsó, Miklós

862

3

568

Adamson, Andrew

655

3

569

Sherman, Vincent

1603

6

570

Makavejev, Dusan

764

4

571

Blystone, John G.

842

4

572

Reitherman, Wolfgang

1066

4

573

1345

5

574

1299

6

575

1024

7

576

Tsai, Ming-liang

1727

7

577

Brabin, Charles

1345

8

578

Téchiné, André

943

5

579

Kechiche, Abdellatif

592

3

580

Zanuck, Darryl F.

868

2

581

1892

7

582

1102

4

583

955

4

584

1021

3

585

Larraín, Pablo

1969

8

586

Hackford, Taylor

1285

6

587

Marshall, Penny

1316

3

588

1399

3

589

Lee, Rowland V.

1072

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

590

2200

10

591

Amenábar, Alejandro

1050

3

592

Vasilyev, Dmitri

508

1

593

Autant-Lara, Claude

1439

7

594

Hazanavicius, Michel

514

1

595

Ozon, François

2321

9

596

Makhmalbaf, Mohsen

1243

7

597

Reichardt, Kelly

1724

7

598

700

3

599

Franju, Georges

670

4

599

1115

2

600

1040

4

601

1584

8

602

Kitano, Takeshi

1679

9

603

Gowariker, Ashutosh

527

1

604

685

4

605

Bondarchuk, Sergei

534

1

606

Alea, Tomás Gutiérrez

953

3

607

636

3

608

952

5

609

591

2

610

1454

6

611

601

2

612

Benigni, Roberto

551

1

613

1695

6

614

839

4

615

696

2

616

Baker, Roy Ward

693

3

617

912

3

618

1907

9

619

Heckerling, Amy

1056

2

620

564

1

621

2042

9

622

Bellocchio, Marco

1450

9

623

Ruggles, Wesley

1646

6

624

Cissé, Souleymane

571

1

625

572

1

625

572

1

626

Gilliat, Sidney

1059

4

626

Monicelli, Mario

1522

6

627

Wicki, Bernhard

868

2

628

655

2

629

Ceylan, Nuri Bilge

1557

5

629

1833

4

630

694

3

631

Dickson, William K.L.

2671

13

632

Morrissey, Paul

1024

3

633

Cantet, Laurent

1344

4

633

Imamura, Shohei

1438

7

634

652

2

635

Kinugasa, Teinosuke

894

4

636

Inagaki, Hiroshi

1892

5

637

Pennebaker, D.A.

1069

5

638

716

2

639

Kopple, Barbara

1267

3

640

1703

6

641

684

2

642

1956

6

643

Wiseman, Frederick

1654

10

644

1116

5

645

601

1

646

609

1

647

793

4

648

Boetticher, Budd

2111

8

648

1571

7

649

2121

9

650

Hammid, Alexander

699

2

651

1006

5

652

Heisler, Stuart

1796

6

653

1956

7

654

Blackton, J. Stuart

2497

11

655

Cacoyannis, Michael

1297

5

655

699

2

656

1182

4

657

Furie, Sidney J.

906

4

658

Mambéty, Djibril Diop

788

3

659

1055

4

660

853

3

661

786

3

Bosnia-Herzegovina

662

Feyder, Jacques

1725

8

662

Sluizer, George

645

1

663

Filho, Kleber Mendonça

871

2

664

1931

9

665

Hytner, Nicholas

1186

4

666

Becker, Wolfgang

650

1

667

Chung, Lee Isaac

843

3

668

1220

5

668

Tian, Zhuangzhuang

1165

3

669

Cammell, Donald

768

2

670

1795

7

671

Kleiser, Randal

822

3

672

Kosinski, Joseph

1041

3

673

Reisner, Charles

844

3

674

1245

6

675

904

3

676

793

3

677

1336

4

678

667

1

679

2150

9

680

1720

4

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

681

817

2

681

Scheinert, Daniel

817

2

682

Campanella, Juan José

790

2

682

1084

5

683

1579

5

684

1176

4

685

Werker, Alfred L.

1772

7

686

1062

3

687

1790

5

688

Marquand, Richard

993

3

689

997

3

690

1092

2

691

Harvey, Anthony

759

2

691

872

3

692

1934

5

692

1934

5

693

1483

3

694

1898

6

695

Dickinson, Thorold

1524

4

696

2242

8

697

Brenon, Herbert

2021

8

698

1398

5

699

1589

3

700

942

2

701

1792

6

702

1100

3

703

Marshall, Garry

1278

3

704

1190

4

705

Green, David Gordon

2192

9

706

798

2

707

Farrelly, Bobby

1276

5

707

799

2

708

1831

5

709

732

2

710

Zanussi, Krzysztof

2017

7

711

1670

5

711

Robinson, Bruce

733

1

712

1045

3

713

1007

2

714

2161

7

714

Tourneur, Maurice

2214

7

715

Fernández, Emilio

1913

6

716

1700

4

717

1686

6

718

Chytilová, Vera

834

2

719

Chéreau, Patrice

1568

5

719

Nugent, Elliott

1971

5

720

Kaufman, Charlie

1252

3

721

Ôtomo, Katsuhiro

836

2

722

Washington, Denzel

1460

3

723

De Toth, André

1224

3

724

760

1

725

1368

5

726

1521

4

727

Dayton, Jonathan

855

3

727

855

3

728

2147

7

729

1756

4

730

1834

6

731

2019

5

732

1044

3

733

777

1

734

1024

2

735

1012

4

735

Fleischer, Dave

2497

13

736

787

1

737

Rodriguez, Robert

2109

5

738

Rademakers, Fons

1003

3

739

Pialat, Maurice

1364

7

740

Radford, Michael

1088

3

741

Ballard, Carroll

1240

4

742

2059

5

743

2272

10

743

801

1

744

1303

3

745

813

1

745

Montgomery, Robert

1207

3

746

2366

6

747

1808

4

748

Kassovitz, Mathieu

889

2

749

Arnfred, Morten

827

1

749

Konchalovsky, Andrei

2119

7

749

1214

3

750

Pascal, Gabriel

1092

2

751

1428

4

752

1510

4

753

Wallace, Richard

1930

8

754

833

1

755

1775

7

756

Giordana, Marco Tullio

1112

3

757

2226

6

758

1879

4

759

de Oliveira, Manoel

2451

13

760

Fukasaku, Kinji

1242

2

761

Hamaguchi, Ryûsuke

973

3

762

1288

3

763

2671

16

763

Beaudine, William

1937

9

764

Chomet, Sylvain

924

2

765

Pearce, Richard

1337

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

766

Howard, William K.

2012

7

767

Fennell, Emerald

919

2

768

Guillermin, John

1745

5

769

Peirce, Kimberly

923

2

770

1537

3

771

Cayatte, André

2220

8

772

1489

3

773

Barker, Reginald

2367

8

774

Jodorowsky, Alejandro

1161

3

774

Moodysson, Lukas

1668

5

775

Arzner, Dorothy

1512

4

776

Gorris, Marleen

1279

3

777

1472

4

778

947

2

779

Kunuk, Zacharias

952

2

780

Martel, Lucrecia

1835

4

781

2304

6

782

Abu-Assad, Hany

1134

2

783

Straub, Jean-Marie

2027

12

784

1353

2

785

2087

6

786

898

1

787

2274

6

788

Dominik, Andrew

1035

3

789

1577

4

790

1170

3

791

1610

5

792

Gillespie, Craig

1805

4

793

1498

6

793

1410

2

794

Cholodenko, Lisa

1230

2

795

Zeller, Florian

1109

3

796

Beauvois, Xavier

1248

4

796

Dunning, George

905

1

797

1154

2

798

1085

2

799

Seidelman, Susan

1301

3

800

de Broca, Philippe

2178

6

801

Barton, Charles

1381

5

802

1072

2

803

Holofcener, Nicole

2277

5

804

1016

2

805

Cabanne, Christy

1345

4

805

1647

4

806

1987

8

807

1174

3

807

Saville, Victor

2289

8

808

938

1

808

938

1

809

Mackenzie, David

1379

3

810

Verhoeven, Michael

942

1

811

1356

3

812

Verbinski, Gore

1839

5

813

Annaud, Jean-Jacques

1852

3

814

954

1

815

Petzold, Christian

2077

7

816

1764

3

817

2335

7

818

Mackenzie, John

1063

2

819

Van Peebles, Melvin

968

1

820

Oppenheimer, Joshua

1598

2

821

Youngson, Robert

2543

6

822

Iannucci, Armando

1862

3

823

1458

2

824

Streisand, Barbra

1525

2

825

Abrahamson, Lenny

1258

3

826

1956

5

827

1293

3

828

Melford, George

2367

6

829

Mizrahi, Moshé

1812

5

830

1311

3

831

Fisher, Terence

1149

2

832

Refn, Nicolas Winding

1555

5

833

1838

5

833

1154

2

834

1715

5

835

999

1

836

Badger, Clarence G.

1644

4

837

1826

5

838

Rasoulof, Mohammad

1122

2

839

Huillet, Danièle

2027

10

840

1108

2

841

Seitz, George B.

2174

6

842

Hancock, John Lee

2036

5

843

Reggio, Godfrey

1022

1

844

1025

1

844

Sánchez, Eduardo

1025

1

845

1315

5

846

2190

7

847

1029

1

848

Narizzano, Silvio

1030

1

849

1032

1

850

Shindô, Kaneto

1347

2

851

Emmerich, Roland

1476

5

852

1140

2

853

2216

6

854

Manchevski, Milcho

1052

1

Rep of N Macedonia

855

1902

7

856

1777

4

857

2175

6

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Rank

Primary
Country

Primary Language

858

1952

3

859

Berman, Shari Springer

1156

2

859

Pulcini, Robert

1156

2

860

1230

2

861

von Trotta, Margarethe

1956

5

862

Bardem, Juan Antonio

2435

7

862

Girard, François

1291

2

862

1071

1

863

1689

4

864

1641

3

865

1718

3

866

Wargnier, Régis

1602

2

866

Sissako, Abderrahmane

1150

3

867

Donaldson, Roger

1971

5

867

2163

5

868

Tucker, George Loane

2163

5

869

Bhansali, Sanjay Leela

1080

1

870

Nyby, Christian

1182

2

871

1788

4

872

Kozintsev, Grigori

1534

4

873

Schumacher, Joel

2363

7

874

1089

1

874

Shumlin, Herman

1089

1

875

Castellani, Renato

2044

5

876

1137

2

877

1447

2

877

Vallée, Jean-Marc

1875

4

878

Jones, Tommy Lee

1202

2

879

1546

3

880

2035

5

881

Humberstone, H. Bruce

1956

5

882

1626

5

883

1833

3

884

Schertzinger, Victor

1614

4

884

1107

1

885

1110

1

885

1110

1

886

Tolkin, Michael

1528

2

887

2240

7

888

1111

1

889

Chukraj, Grigori

1113

1

890

1114

1

891

2151

8

892

2043

5

893

1121

1

894

1648

2

895

Bourguignon, Serge

1124

1

896

1244

3

897

Yang, Fengliang

1128

1

897

2338

5

898

Jennings, Humphrey

2011

6

899

Schell, Maximilian

1699

4

900

1249

2

901

1414

3

902

McNaughton, John

1358

3

903

2028

3

904

1383

3

905

2024

4

906

Del Carmen, Ronaldo

1152

1

907

1154

1

908

Kenton, Erle C.

1916

5

909

1379

2

910

Campillo, Robin

1158

1

911

1653

5

912

Bouchareb, Rachid

1609

3

913

Beaumont, Harry

2222

4

913

2271

4

914

Fitzmaurice, George

1762

5

915

Douglas, Gordon

2269

5

916

1397

3

917

1540

3

918

1810

4

919

1834

2

920

1353

2

921

1876

4

922

Chukhraj, Pavel

1180

1

923

1401

2

924

Hurst, Brian Desmond

1612

2

925

Tacchella, Jean Charles

1184

1

925

Blomkamp, Neill

1184

1

926

Hill, George W.

1754

2

927

1496

3

927

1188

1

928

Jarecki, Andrew

1307

2

929

Bennett, Compton

1638

2

930

1812

2

931

1616

2

932

Bekmambetov, Timur

1425

3

933

1921

5

934

Jones, F. Richard

1785

3

935

1210

1

936

2284

4

937

Melfi, Theodore

1615

2

938

Berlanga, Luis García

2534

6

938

1430

2

939

2599

8

940

1501

3

941

1471

2

942

Lelio, Sebastián

1687

4

943

2049

3

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