Best Movie Directors by Number of Selected Films
125
2637
1948
85
USA
English
64
201
1913
44
USA
English
22
20
1941
37
USA
English
21
29
1991
36
USA
English
15
12
1978
36
France
French
23
93
1924
35
USA
English
29
111
1925
34
USA
English
20
23
1942
32
Germany
German
40
76
1997
31
USA
English
11
89
1946
31
USA
English
12
84
1961
30
USA
English
67
697
1942
30
USA
English
36
122
1929
30
USA
English
13
101
1945
30
USA
English
25
61
1939
28
USA
English
48
143
1935
28
USA
English
17
6
1940
28
France
French
71
294
1939
28
USA
English
5
16
1965
27
Sweden
Swedish
128
1015
1930
27
USA
English
131
640
1929
27
USA
English
27
54
1983
26
USA
English
38
45
1938
26
USA
English
39
45
1947
25
USA
English
142
302
1926
24
USA
English
60
47
1991
23
West Germany
German
34
205
1953
23
USA
English
113
516
2008
23
USA
English
72
215
1933
23
USA
English
129
1019
1950
22
USA
English
14
13
1970
22
France
French
7
8
1963
21
Japan
Japanese
28
161
1976
21
USA
English
340
1205
1903
21
France
French
543
2529
1990
21
USA
English
158
1233
1934
20
USA
English
9
51
1957
20
France
French
95
263
1978
20
France
French
154
710
1986
20
USA
English
43
45
1938
20
USA
English
87
56
2000
20
USA
English
156
389
2007
20
USA
English
183
412
1992
20
UK
English
50
85
2000
20
USA
English
232
510
1992
19
UK
English
35
81
2002
19
USA
English
33
81
2002
19
USA
English
98
355
2000
19
UK
English
166
671
1953
19
USA
English
31
170
1947
19
UK
English
133
525
1981
19
France
French
107
286
1935
19
USA
English
73
336
1939
19
USA
English
44
100
1959
19
USA
English
49
110
2001
18
Spain
Spanish
90
230
1996
18
UK
English
46
150
1973
18
France
French
75
75
1944
18
Japan
Japanese
89
273
1955
18
USA
English
221
1261
1954
18
USA
English
291
1533
1954
18
USA
English
32
117
1954
18
USA
English
114
359
1965
17
USA
English
425
2055
1937
17
USA
English
99
77
1992
17
USA
English
122
637
1973
17
USA
English
16
9
1965
17
Italy
Italian
226
1300
1961
17
USA
English
30
27
1983
17
USA
English
358
1293
1904
17
USA
English
72
55
1994
17
West Germany
German
91
425
1936
17
USA
English
763
2670
1948
16
USA
English
234
1258
2001
16
USA
English
97
272
1936
16
France
French
223
802
1941
16
USA
English
45
10
1960
16
USA
English
446
1673
1932
16
USA
English
486
1909
1953
16
USA
English
203
623
1944
16
USA
English
79
60
1985
16
USA
English
112
255
1984
16
USA
English
236
564
1944
15
UK
English
83
324
1975
15
West Germany
German
118
223
1977
15
USA
English
24
46
1954
15
USA
English
265
936
1940
15
USA
English
179
550
1964
15
UK
English
62
44
1956
15
USA
English
84
172
1955
15
USA
English
74
156
1969
15
France
French
219
845
1992
15
USA
English
274
554
1955
15
USA
English
376
1422
1954
15
USA
English
182
612
1994
15
France
French
514
1966
2003
15
UK
English
126
366
1998
15
USA
English
195
282
1938
14
USA
English
181
633
1935
14
USA
English
136
331
1939
14
USA
English
189
559
2000
14
USA
English
242
889
1949
14
USA
English
244
343
1928
14
USA
English
81
299
1941
14
USA
English
102
253
1940
14
USA
English
319
1018
1950
14
USA
English
58
4
1945
14
Japan
Japanese
141
399
1968
14
USA
English
37
171
1946
14
USA
English
407
1956
1944
14
USA
English
174
794
2001
14
USA
English
51
154
1961
14
Italy
Italian
65
39
1999
14
China
Mandarin
155
138
1981
13
USA
English
476
1719
1967
13
USA
English
140
670
1963
13
USA
English
139
692
1997
13
USA
English
631
2670
1895
13
USA
English
196
503
1953
13
USA
English
281
450
1999
13
Canada
English
735
2497
1938
13
USA
English
149
414
1960
13
USA
English
190
825
1937
13
USA
English
152
354
1945
13
USA
English
123
298
1991
13
Iran
Persian
145
128
1970
13
UK
English
169
397
1992
13
USA
English
137
222
1952
13
USA
English
55
66
1991
13
USA
English
384
1075
1929
13
USA
English
42
37
1965
13
India
Bengali
78
94
1953
13
Italy
Italian
108
212
1967
13
USA
English
119
384
1995
13
USA
English
86
499
1987
13
USA
English
759
2451
1993
13
Portugal
Portuguese
197
340
1954
12
USA
English
408
1273
2010
12
France
French
52
118
1965
12
France
French
238
466
1928
12
USA
English
82
180
2001
12
USA
English
138
123
1971
12
USA
English
88
178
2006
12
New Zealand
English
285
615
1943
12
USA
English
188
522
1997
12
Australia
English
255
888
1964
12
UK
English
96
375
2009
12
USA
English
191
141
1967
12
Italy
Italian
54
170
1947
12
UK
English
132
404
1995
12
USA
English
287
1312
1976
12
USA
English
85
145
1974
12
UK
English
266
1188
1995
12
USA
English
224
419
1946
12
USA
English
784
2027
1984
12
France
German
61
19
2005
12
USA
English
115
83
1974
12
Poland
Polish
316
1106
1954
12
USA
English
167
149
2009
12
USA
English
654
2497
1907
11
USA
English
298
951
2005
11
UK
English
176
107
1995
11
Australia
English
531
2088
1936
11
USA
English
47
7
1959
11
Italy
Italian
105
297
2007
11
USA
English
330
617
1931
11
USA
English
301
1339
1949
11
USA
English
229
573
1993
11
UK
English
323
698
1999
11
USA
English
529
1982
1917
11
USA
English
143
173
1973
11
USA
English
263
1247
1949
11
USA
English
124
440
1962
11
USA
English
66
99
2002
11
USA
English
163
369
1998
11
USA
English
251
989
1978
11
USA
English
211
918
1985
11
USA
English
80
31
1968
11
USA
English
222
293
1985
11
France
French
541
1119
1990
11
France
French
161
321
1952
11
USA
English
160
228
1948
11
USA
English
164
460
1982
11
France
French
168
648
1994
11
Netherlands
Dutch
454
1395
1997
11
USA
English
103
146
1934
11
USA
English
101
367
2002
11
Denmark
English
248
165
1985
11
Belgium
French
351
495
2005
10
Italy
Italian
77
243
2009
10
USA
English
207
661
2010
10
USA
English
41
32
1962
10
Italy
Italian
237
829
1990
10
USA
English
424
1475
1941
10
USA
English
63
28
1981
10
Italy
Italian
220
454
1984
10
USA
English
117
325
1972
10
USA
English
109
96
1954
10
France
French
590
2200
1987
10
USA
English
178
311
1957
10
USA
English
509
1622
1951
10
USA
English
253
754
1955
10
UK
English
254
443
2003
10
France
French
399
805
1988
10
UK
English
325
847
1939
10
France
French
59
70
1980
10
USA
English
434
799
1941
10
USA
English
743
2272
2002
10
France
Hebrew
225
417
2004
10
USA
English
437
1801
1985
10
USA
English
374
1125
1994
10
Taiwan
Mandarin
840
2027
1987
10
France
German
231
630
2001
10
USA
English
204
290
1999
10
UK
English
186
155
1938
10
USA
English
53
124
1988
10
Poland
French
252
572
1942
10
UK
English
286
263
1965
10
USA
English
144
148
1979
10
USA
English
100
97
1970
10
USA
English
359
1276
2000
10
USA
English
57
120
1943
10
USA
English
368
970
1926
10
USA
English
643
1654
1994
10
USA
English
260
795
2011
9
USA
English
210
314
2011
9
France
French
396
936
2014
9
USA
English
763
1937
1941
9
USA
English
622
1450
2000
9
Italy
Italian
70
67
1934
9
Denmark
Danish
618
1907
1999
9
USA
English
392
1431
1967
9
UK
English
341
708
2006
9
USA
English
1012
2732
1945
9
USA
English
347
940
1972
9
UK
English
705
2192
2009
9
USA
English
302
1097
2010
9
USA
English
170
291
1985
9
UK
English
270
383
1983
9
USA
English
282
1155
2002
9
Finland
Finnish
602
1679
2000
9
Japan
Japanese
383
882
2009
9
Japan
Japanese
335
964
1982
9
USA
English
294
1240
1997
9
France
French
275
903
1933
9
USA
English
175
634
1959
9
USA
English
371
1102
2011
9
USA
English
217
512
1936
9
USA
English
307
462
2014
9
UK
English
135
204
1961
9
France
French
664
1931
2007
9
UK
English
621
2042
1955
9
USA
English
127
108
2001
9
Japan
Japanese
273
687
1998
9
USA
English
93
207
1947
9
France
French
679
2150
1993
9
USA
English
595
2321
2010
9
France
French
209
210
1931
9
Germany
German
356
978
2008
9
Iran
Persian
649
2121
1944
9
USA
English
508
1647
1942
9
USA
English
243
188
1980
9
USA
English
333
1333
1972
9
Italy
Italian
314
488
1982
9
Spain
Spanish
292
362
2006
9
USA
English
326
659
1919
9
USA
English
484
1478
1937
9
USA
English
184
315
1963
9
USA
English
430
1163
1958
9
USA
English
349
880
1998
9
USA
English
385
868
1957
8
USA
English
239
373
1982
8
UK
English
773
2367
1917
8
USA
English
940
2598
1985
8
USA
English
648
2111
1958
8
USA
English
148
233
1982
8
USA
English
212
353
2006
8
UK
English
577
1345
1923
8
USA
English
697
2021
1922
8
USA
English
159
196
1976
8
USA
English
892
2151
1941
8
USA
English
1019
2598
1946
8
USA
English
121
72
1947
8
France
French
771
2220
1959
8
France
French
391
552
2014
8
USA
English
463
1419
1963
8
USA
English
200
231
1970
8
France
French
806
1987
1928
8
USA
English
334
307
1936
8
Soviet Union
Russian
69
62
1935
8
Soviet Union
Russian
662
1725
1929
8
France
French
548
1610
1962
8
USA
English
157
133
1987
8
USA
English
1106
2709
1999
8
France
French
308
244
1965
8
UK
English
120
345
2002
8
Austria
French
366
1036
1970
8
USA
English
443
719
2001
8
Germany
German
305
458
1960
8
Japan
Japanese
104
10
1960
8
USA
English
240
572
1936
8
UK
English
295
430
1931
8
USA
English
696
2242
2008
8
USA
English
561
1453
2009
8
UK
English
527
823
1997
8
USA
English
322
967
1960
8
USA
English
192
283
1959
8
USA
English
601
1584
1937
8
USA
English
180
144
2008
8
USA
English
317
973
1988
8
France
Russian
299
893
2004
8
USA
English
68
49
1926
8
Germany
German
267
622
1996
8
UK
English
420
970
1923
8
USA
English
945
2335
1951
8
USA
English
357
848
1937
8
France
French
116
287
2008
8
USA
English
451
1770
1971
8
USA
English
458
1378
1930
8
Soviet Union
Russian
146
230
1963
8
UK
English
245
326
1989
8
USA
English
235
640
2005
8
USA
English
185
126
1938
8
USA
English
807
2289
1938
8
UK
English
370
914
1991
8
Australia
English
343
457
1985
8
France
German
332
865
1956
8
USA
English
449
980
1933
8
USA
English
331
800
1991
8
UK
English
482
1076
1999
8
Russia
Russian
355
714
1948
8
USA
English
233
857
2014
8
USA
English
753
1930
1934
8
USA
English
106
36
1998
8
Hong Kong
Cantonese
313
676
1978
8
Italy
English
215
246
1923
8
USA
English
585
1969
2018
8
Chile
Spanish
525
1364
2011
7
Germany
German
377
769
1964
7
USA
English
172
342
1974
7
USA
English
593
1439
1951
7
France
French
863
2435
1956
7
Spain
Spanish
856
1902
2005
7
USA
English
216
206
2005
7
USA
English
280
111
1928
7
USA
English
284
135
1998
7
China
Mandarin
150
151
1951
7
France
French
327
295
2011
7
USA
English
246
277
1974
7
France
French
516
796
1926
7
USA
English
653
1956
1925
7
USA
English
259
875
2005
7
Belgium
French
259
875
2005
7
Belgium
French
469
1310
2004
7
UK
English
556
1137
1916
7
France
French
241
635
1935
7
USA
English
888
2240
2011
7
USA
English
485
1419
1931
7
USA
English
398
1480
1990
7
UK
English
766
2012
1932
7
USA
English
633
1438
1979
7
Japan
Japanese
755
1775
1960
7
USA
English
256
479
1991
7
USA
English
749
2119
1979
7
Soviet Union
Russian
461
1154
1993
7
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
847
2190
2002
7
USA
English
257
305
1997
7
USA
English
728
2147
1950
7
UK
English
386
996
1982
7
France
French
974
2637
1947
7
USA
English
110
35
1984
7
USA
English
714
2161
2000
7
Canada
English
596
1243
1994
7
Iran
Persian
94
191
1999
7
USA
English
1087
2697
2010
7
Italy
Italian
303
572
1939
7
USA
English
353
683
2002
7
India
Hindi
406
1110
1994
7
Australia
English
457
984
1975
7
Japan
Japanese
817
2335
1953
7
USA
English
315
327
2008
7
South Korea
Korean
329
284
1992
7
West Germany
German
739
1364
1979
7
France
French
320
372
1949
7
USA
English
296
427
1994
7
USA
English
533
983
1990
7
USA
English
648
1571
1990
7
USA
English
202
308
1969
7
USA
English
227
80
1935
7
USA
English
874
2363
1994
7
USA
English
581
1892
1982
7
Italy
Italian
350
1043
1981
7
Senegal
French
948
2598
1934
7
USA
English
365
663
1988
7
Hungary
Hungarian
76
116
1974
7
Soviet Union
Russian
92
87
1959
7
France
French
415
1435
1950
7
USA
English
714
2214
1918
7
USA
English
576
1727
2001
7
Taiwan
Mandarin
670
1795
1962
7
France
French
575
1024
1965
7
USA
English
423
1067
2008
7
Thailand
Thai
685
1772
1940
7
USA
English
193
482
1977
7
USA
English
710
2017
1983
7
Poland
Polish
597
1724
2013
7
USA
English
272
317
2013
7
South Korea
Korean
974
2637
1924
7
USA
English
1053
2497
1930
7
USA
English
400
863
2013
7
Italy
Italian
815
2077
2014
7
Germany
German
373
880
2018
7
Italy
English
613
1695
2012
6
USA
English
187
62
1933
6
Soviet Union
Russian
782
2304
2011
6
USA
English
1099
2637
1918
6
USA
English
328
240
1983
6
USA
English
1055
2355
1948
6
USA
English
467
1092
1951
6
France
French
214
261
1984
6
USA
English
939
2533
1956
6
Spain
Spanish
560
1560
1996
6
France
English
694
1898
2006
6
Denmark
Danish
375
1077
2009
6
USA
English
452
1213
1981
6
France
French
431
739
1934
6
USA
English
534
1638
1989
6
USA
English
1017
2352
1987
6
UK
English
1020
2511
2001
6
USA
English
278
421
1968
6
UK
English
717
1686
1996
6
Australia
English
491
892
1986
6
USA
English
208
346
1956
6
UK
English
134
131
2006
6
USA
Spanish
1086
2552
1989
6
Australia
English
445
946
2003
6
USA
English
701
1792
1949
6
USA
English
715
1913
1946
6
Mexico
Spanish
475
639
1994
6
USA
English
268
218
1929
6
France
French
487
975
1963
6
Italy
Italian
401
771
1961
6
USA
English
640
1703
1961
6
UK
English
586
1285
1991
6
USA
English
1055
2355
1948
6
USA
English
652
1796
1944
6
USA
English
1225
2577
2000
6
USA
English
173
401
2008
6
USA
English
1096
2525
2003
6
France
French
899
2011
1943
6
UK
English
436
1464
2016
6
USA
English
363
357
1973
6
USA
English
574
1299
2004
6
South Korea
Korean
387
354
1943
6
USA
English
566
1559
1978
6
USA
English
1276
2732
1939
6
USA
English
111
164
1969
6
Italy
English
1283
2725
2012
6
USA
English
555
1250
1968
6
USA
English
258
347
2008
6
Australia
English
147
168
1953
6
UK
English
421
821
1971
6
France
French
610
1454
2009
6
UK
English
426
681
2011
6
USA
English
828
2367
1923
6
USA
English
626
1522
1964
6
Italy
Italian
505
1019
1993
6
Italy
Italian
858
2175
1957
6
Japan
Japanese
470
1282
1965
6
USA
English
500
1345
1923
6
USA
English
788
2274
1916
6
USA
English
786
2087
1998
6
UK
English
512
1388
1979
6
USA
English
283
394
1971
6
UK
English
1282
2587
2007
6
USA
English
444
1083
1976
6
USA
English
1196
2637
1926
6
USA
English
151
224
1975
6
UK
English
623
1646
1934
6
USA
English
464
969
1975
6
USA
English
794
1498
1997
6
USA
English
842
2174
1928
6
USA
English
569
1603
1944
6
USA
English
360
456
2003
6
USA
English
312
658
2010
6
USA
English
642
1956
1962
6
USA
English
467
1383
1982
6
Sweden
Swedish
269
672
2007
6
USA
English
674
1245
1973
6
UK
English
