List of Jewish film directors
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This is a list of Jewish film directors. The countries listed are those where films were directed.
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A
- Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US[1]
- J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US[2]
- Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US[3]
- Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK[4]
- Michael Addis, US[5]
- Alexandre Aja (born 1978), France[6]
- Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgium[7]
- Corey Allen (1934–2010), US[8]
- Woody Allen (born 1935), US[9]
- Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France[10]
- Broncho Billy Anderson (1880–1971), US[11]
- Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US[12]
- Judd Apatow (born 1968), US[13]
- Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France
- Alan Arkin (1934–2023), US[14]
- Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US[15]
- David Arquette (born 1971), US[16]
- Kevin Asch (born 1975), US[17]
- Olivier Assayas (born 1955), France[18]
- Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden[19]
- Yvan Attal (born 1965), France[20]
- Paul Auster (born 1947), US[21]
- Jon Avnet (born 1949), US[22]
- George Axelrod (1922–2003), US[23]
B
- Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US[24]
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US[25]
- Bob Balaban (born 1945), US[26]
- Uri Barbash, Israel
- Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US[27]
- Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR[28]
- Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US[29]
- Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US[30]
- Michael Bay (born 1965), US[31]
- Henry Bean (born 1945), US[32]
- Jack Bender (born 1949), US[33]
- László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France[34]
- Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US[35]
- Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France[36]
- Robby Benson (born 1956), US[37]
- Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US[38]
- Alan Berliner (born 1956), US[39]
- Andrea Berloff (born 1974), US[40]
- Raymond Bernard (born 1891), France[41]
- Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US[42]
- Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel
- Claude Berri (born 1934), France[43]
- John Berry (born 1917), US, France[44]
- Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US[45]
- Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US[46]
- Mike Binder (born 1958), US[47]
- Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US[48]
- Michel Boujenah (born 1952), France[49]
- Zach Braff (born 1975), US[50][51]
- John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany[42]
- Martin Brest (born 1951), US[52]
- Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US[53]
- Albert Brooks (born 1947), US[54]
- James L. Brooks (born 1940), US[55]
- Mel Brooks (born 1926), US[56]
- Richard Brooks (born 1912), US[57]
- Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina[58]
C
- Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US[59]
- William Castle (born 1914), US[60]
- Gilbert Cates (1934), US[61]
- Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel
- Alain Chabat (born 1958), France[62]
- Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US[63][64]
- Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US[65]
- Joyce Chopra (born 1936), US[66]
- Grigory Chukhray (born 1921), USSR[28]
- Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), France[67]
- Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US[68]
- Larry Cohen (born 1941), US[69]
- Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), US[70]
- Rob Cohen (born 1949), US[71]
- Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey
- Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada
- David Cronenberg (born 1943), Canada[72]
- George Cukor (born 1899), US[73]
- Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary[74]
- Paul Czinner (born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK[75]
D
- Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France[76]
- Maya Deren (1917–1961), US[77]
- Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US[78]
- Howard Deutch (1950–), US[79]
- Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US[80]
- Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR[28]
- Richard Donner (1930–2021), US[81]
- Robert Downey, Sr. (1935–2021), US[82]
- Michel Drach (born 1930), France[83]
- Lena Dunham (born 1986), US[84]
E
- Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary[85]
- Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France[86]
- Morris Engel (born 1918), US[87]
- Nora Ephron (born 1941), US[88]
- Jean Epstein (born 1897), France[89]
- Marie Epstein (born 1899), France[89]
- Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR[85]
F
- Jon Favreau (born 1966), US[90]
- Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US[91]
- Max Fleischer (born 1883), US[91]
- Richard Fleischer (born 1916), US[91]
- Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US[92]
- Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel
- Aleksander Ford (born 1908), Poland[93]
- Péter Forgács (born 1950), Hungary[94]
- James Franco (born 1978), US[95]
- Robert Frank (born 1924), US[96]
- Friz Freleng (born 1906), US[97]
- Sami Frey (born 1937), France[98]
- William Friedkin (born 1935), US[99]
- Samuel Fuller (born 1911), US[100]
G
- Béla Gaál (born 1893), Hungary[85]
- Liz Garbus (born 1970), US[101]
- Jack Garfein (born 1930), US[102]
- Gyula Gazdag (born 1947), Hungary, US[85]
- Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia[85]
- Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany[103]
- Viktor Gertler (born 1901), Hungary[104]
- Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel[105]
- Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK[106]
- Jack Gold (born 1930), UK[107]
- Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US[108]
- Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia[109]
- Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US[110]
- Keith Gordon (born 1961), US[111]
- Michael Gordon (born 1909), US[112]
- Debra Granik (born 1963), US[113]
- James Gray (born 1969), US[114]
- Joseph Green (born 1900), US[85]
- Bud Greenspan (born 1926), US[115]
- Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US[116]
- Robert Greenwald (born 1943), US[117]
- Christopher Guest (born 1948), US[118][119]
- Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US[120]
- Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US[121]
H
- Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia[122]
- Roger Hanin (born 1925), France[123]
- Todd Haynes (born 1961), US[124]
- Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France[125]
- Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US[126]
- Buck Henry (born 1930), US[127]
- János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary[85]
- Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US[128]
- Aleksander Hertz (born 1879), Poland[129]
- Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia[130]
- John Herzfeld, US[131]
- Grant Heslov (born 1963), US[132]
- Arthur Hiller (born 1923), US[133]
- Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland[85]
- Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK, US[134]
- Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US[135]
- Peter Hyams (born 1943), US[136]
J
- Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US[137]
- Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US[138]
- Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US[139]
- Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France[140]
- Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), US[141]
- Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US[141]
- Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK, Chile[142]
- Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada, Ramakrishna U, India[85]
K
- Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US[143]
- Garson Kanin (born 1912), US[144]
- Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US[145]
- Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US[146]
- Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US[147]
- Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary[148]
- Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US[149]
- George S. Kaufman (born 1889), US[150]
- Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US[151]
- Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US[152]
- Tony Kaye (director) (born 1952), US[153]
- Aviva Kempner (born 1946), US[154]
- Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US
- Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR[28]
- Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US[59]
- Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US[155]
- Zalman King (born 1942), US[156]
- Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia, France[157][158]
- Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France[159]
- William Klein (born 1928), France[160]
- Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland[161]
- Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary[162]
- Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary[162]
- Harmony Korine (born 1973), US[163]
- Henry Koster (born 1905), US[164]
- Grigori Kozintsev (born 1905), USSR[28]
- Stanley Kramer (born 1913), US[165]
- Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), US, UK[166]
- Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US[167]
L
- John Landis (born 1950), US[168]
- Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his mother's side[169]
- Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France[170]
- Marc Lawrence (1910 – 2005), US[171][172]
- Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France[173]
- Mimi Leder (born 1952), US[174]
- Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK[175]
- Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US[176]
- Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France[177]
- Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US[178]
- Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), US[179]
- Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US[180]
- Barry Levinson (born 1942), US[181]
- Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland[182]
- Eugene Levy (born 1946) USA[183]
- Shawn Levy (born 1967), US[184]
- Albert Lewin (born 1894), US[185]
- Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US[186]
- Jerry Lewis (born 1925), US[187]
- Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US[188]
- Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France[189]
- Peter Lilienthal (born 1929), Germany[190]
- Doug Liman (born 1965), US[191]
- Jeff Lipsky, US[192][193]
- Lynne Littman (born 1941), US[194]
- Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US[195]
- Mike Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA
- Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US[196]
- Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US[197]
- Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany[198]
- Michael Lucas (born 1972), US[199]
- Sidney Lumet (born 1924), US[200]
- Rod Lurie (born 1962), US[201]
- Henry Lynn (born 1895), US[202]
M
- Norman Mailer (born 1923) USA[203]
- Clara Mamet (born 1994), US[204]
- David Mamet (born 1947), US[205]
- James Mangold (born 1963), US[206]
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US[207]
- Daniel Mann (born 1912), US[208]
- Michael Mann (born 1943), US[209]
- Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK, Hungary[210]
- Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US[211]
- Melina Matsoukas (born 1981), US[212]
- Elaine May (born 1932), US[213]
- Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US[214]
- Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France[215]
- Sam Mendes (born 1965), US, UK[216]
- Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), US[217]
- Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US[218]
- Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania[219]
- Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US[220]
- Bennett Miller (born 1966), US[221]
- Claude Miller (born 1942), France[222]
- Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France[83]
- Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France[83]
- Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia[223]
- Meredith Monk (born 1942), US[224]
- Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland[85]
- Errol Morris (born 1948), US[225]
- Oren Moverman (born 1966), US
- Andrzej Munk (born 1921), Poland[85]
N
- Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US[226]
- Sam Newfield (born 1899), US[227]
- Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel[228]
- Mike Nichols (born 1931), US[229]
- Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US[230]
- Yuriy Norshteyn (born 1941), USSR, Russia[85]
O
- Ken Olin (born 1954), US[231]
- Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US[232]
- Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US[233]
- Gérard Oury (born 1919), France[234]
- Frank Oz (born 1944), US[235]
P
- Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US[236]
- Stacie Passon (born 1969), US[237]
- Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US[238]
- Larry Peerce (born 1930), US[239]
- Arthur Penn (born 1922), US[240]
- Leo Penn (born 1921), US[241]
- Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US[242]
- Boruch Perlowitz, US
- Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US[243]
- Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany
- Lupu Pick (born 1886), Germany[244]
- Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland, US[245][246]
- Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), UK[247]
- Sydney Pollack (born 1934), US[248]
- Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US[249]
- Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US[250]
- Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy
- Natalie Portman (born 1981), US[251]
- Ted Post (born 1918), US[252]
- Otto Preminger (born 1906), US[253]
- Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK[254]
R
- Alfred Radok (born 1917), Czechoslovakia[255]
- Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US[256]
- Sam Raimi (born 1959), US[257]
- Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR[28]
- Harold Ramis (born 1944), US[258]
- Irving Rapper (born 1888), US[259]
- Brett Ratner (born 1969), US[260]
- Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US
- Pierre Rehov, France[261]
- Carl Reiner (born 1922), US[262]
- Rob Reiner (born 1947), US[262]
- Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US[263]
- Jason Reitman (born 1977), US[264]
- Boots Riley (born 1971), US[265]
- Martin Ritt (born 1914), US[266]
- Lilly Rivlin (born 1936), Israel, US[267]
- Jay Roach (born 1957), US[268]
- Brian Robbins (born 1963), US[269]
- Lauren Miller Rogen (born 1982), US[270]
- Seth Rogen (born 1982), US[271]
- Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR[28]
- Abram Room (born 1894), USSR[28]
- Stuart Rosenberg (born 1927), US[272]
- Robert Rossen (born 1908), US[273]
- Eli Roth (born 1972), US[274]
- Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US[59]
- Jan Rybkowski (born 1912), Poland[275]
S
- Fred Savage (born 1976), US[176]
- Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US[276]
- Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US[277]
- Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France[278]
- John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US[279]
- Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US[280]
- David Schwimmer (born 1966), US[281]
- Susan Seidelman (born 1952), US[282]
- Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK, Italy[85]
- Joann Sfar (born 1971), France[283]
- Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US
- Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia[284]
- Esfir Shub (born 1894), USSR[285]
- Don Siegel (born 1912), US[286]
- Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US[287]
- Bryan Singer (born 1965), US[288]
- Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, Germany[289]
- Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany[289]
- Todd Solondz (born 1959), US[290]
- Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953), US[291]
- Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US[292]
- Steven Spielberg (born 1946), US[293]
- Nicole Stéphane (born 1923), France[294][295]
- Ben Stiller (born 1965), US[296]
- Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), US[297]
- Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US[298]
- Steve Suissa (born 1970), France[83]
- István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany[299]
- Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland[300]
- Samy Szlingerbaum (born 1950), Belgium[301]
T
- Danièle Thompson (born 1942), France[234]
- Konrad Tom (born 1887), Poland[85]
- Leonid Trauberg (born 1902), USSR[302]
- Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russia[303]
- Jon Turteltaub (born 1963), US[304]
U
- Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), Russia[305]
V
- Francis Veber (born 1937), France[306]
- Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR[307]
- Charles Vidor (born 1900), US[308]
- Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US[309]
- Josef von Sternberg (born 1894), US, Austria[310]
- Erich von Stroheim (born 1885), US, France, Austria[311]
W
- David Wain (born 1969), US[312]
- Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand, US [313]
- Sam Wanamaker (born 1919), US, UK[314]
- Robin Washington (born 1956), US[315]
- Michał Waszyński (born 1904), Poland, Italy[85]
- Claudia Weill (born 1947), US[59]
- Matthew Weiner (born 1965), US[316]
- Leilah Weinraub (born 1979), US[317]
- Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech Republic[85]
- Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France[318]
- Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US[319]
- Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France[320]
- William Wyler (born 1902), US[321]
Y
- Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US[322]
- Linda Yellen (born 1949), US[323]
- Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR[28]
- Yolande Zauberman, France[83]
Z
- Fred Zinnemann (born 1907), US, Germany[324]
- David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), US[325]
- Edward Zwick (born 1952), US[326]