Roman Polanski, 92
Director
1
Thomas Astruc, 50
2
Jonathan Kaplan (1947-2025)
3
Luc Besson, 66
4
Louise Le Prince
5
Georges Melies (1861-1938)
6
Roman Coppola, 60
7
Frank Darabont, 66
8
Romain Gavras, 44
9
Leos Carax, 64
10
Alexandre Aja, 48
11
Alain Resnais (1922-2014)
12
Alain Chabat, 66
13
Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)
14
Robert Bresson (1901-1999)
15
Louis Malle (1932-1995)
16
Mathieu Kassovitz, 58
17
Gilda de Abreu (1904-1979)
18
William Wyler (1902-1981)
19
Claire Denis, 79
20
Francois Truffaut (1932-1984)
21
Michel Hazanavicius, 58
22
Roger Vadim (1928-2000)
23
Jean Renoir (1894-1979)
24
Born in France
Most Popular Directors
Jacques Tati (1907-1982)
25
Michel Gondry, 62
26
Jonathan Alric, 36
27
FloBer, 34
28
Jacques Rivette (1928-2016)
29
Justine Triet, 47
30
Claude Chabrol (1930-2010)
31
Jacques Audiard, 73
32
Claude Lanzmann (1925-2018)
33
Jean-Jacques Beineix (1946-2022)
34
Catherine Breillat, 77
35
Geraldine Maillet, 53
36
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 71
37
Jann Turner, 60
38
Julia Ducournau, 41
39
Claude Lelouch, 87
40
Claude Sautet (1924-2000)
41
Greg Lansky, 42
42
Loic Prigent, 52
43
Francois Ozon, 57
44
Philippe Garrel, 77
45
Jean-Jacques Annaud, 81
46
Louis Leterrier, 52
47
JC Pieri, 35
48
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