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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

125

2637

85

2

14

60

1

Hitchcock, Alfred

2

45

64

201

44

6

45

38

22

Curtiz, Michael

20

37

21

29

36

15

Godard, Jean-Luc

12

36

23

Chaplin, Charles

93

35

29

111

34

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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

20

23

32

3

Spielberg, Steven

33

32

40

Eastwood, Clint

76

31

11

89

31

12

84

30

67

697

30

36

Lubitsch, Ernst

122

30

4

Scorsese, Martin

17

30

13

101

30

25

61

28

48

143

28

17

6

28

71

294

28

5

Bergman, Ingmar

16

27

128

1015

27

131

DeMille, Cecil B.

640

27

27

54

26

38

45

26

39

45

25

142

Cline, Edward F.

302

24

60

47

23

34

Minnelli, Vincente

205

23

113

Soderbergh, Steven

516

23

8

24

23

72

von Sternberg, Josef

215

23

129

Hathaway, Henry

1019

22

14

Truffaut, François

13

22

7

Kurosawa, Akira

8

21

28

161

21

340

Méliès, Georges

1205

21

543

2529

21

158

Brown, Clarence

1233

20

9

51

20

96

Chabrol, Claude

263

20

154

De Palma, Brian

710

20

43

Fleming, Victor

45

20

87

56

20

156

Linklater, Richard

389

20

183

412

20

50

85

20

232

510

19

35

81

19

33

81

19

98

Frears, Stephen

355

19

166

671

19

31

Powell, Michael

170

19

133

525

19

107

286

19

73

Wellman, William A.

336

19

44

100

19

49

Almodóvar, Pedro

110

18

90

230

18

46

150

18

75

Mizoguchi, Kenji

75

18

89

Preminger, Otto

273

18

221

1261

18

291

1533

18

32

Zinnemann, Fred

117

18

114

Aldrich, Robert

359

17

425

2055

17

99

Demme, Jonathan

77

17

122

637

17

16

Fellini, Federico

9

17

226

Fleischer, Richard

1300

17

30

Polanski, Roman

27

17

358

Porter, Edwin S.

1293

17

26

1

17

72

55

17

91

425

17

763

2670

16

234

1258

16

97

272

16

19

Coppola, Francis Ford

5

16

223

802

16

45

10

16

446

1673

16

486

1909

16

18

30

16

203

Litvak, Anatole

623

16

79

60

16

112

Pollack, Sydney

255

16

56

78

16

236

Asquith, Anthony

564

15

83

Fassbinder, Rainer Werner

324

15

118

Jewison, Norman

223

15

24

46

15

265

Leisen, Mitchell

936

15

179

550

15

62

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

44

15

84

172

15

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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

74

156

15

219

845

15

274

Stevenson, Robert

554

15

376

1422

15

182

Tavernier, Bertrand

612

15

514

Winterbottom, Michael

1966

15

126

Zemeckis, Robert

366

15

195

282

14

181

633

14

136

Dieterle, William

331

14

189

559

14

242

889

14

244

343

14

81

Mamoulian, Rouben

299

14

102

Milestone, Lewis

253

14

319

Negulesco, Jean

1018

14

58

4

14

141

399

14

37

Stevens, George

171

14

407

1956

14

174

794

14

51

Visconti, Luchino

154

14

65

39

14

155

Bogdanovich, Peter

138

13

476

1719

13

140

Brooks, Richard

670

13

139

Cronenberg, David

692

13

631

Dickson, William K.L.

2670

13

196

Dmytryk, Edward

503

13

281

450

13

735

Fleischer, Dave

2497

13

149

414

13

190

Goulding, Edmund

825

13

152

Jackson, Wilfred

354

13

123

Kiarostami, Abbas

298

13

145

Lester, Richard

128

13

169

Levinson, Barry

397

13

137

Luske, Hamilton

222

13

55

66

13

92

Nolan, Christopher

375

13

384

1075

13

42

37

13

78

Rossellini, Roberto

94

13

108

212

13

119

384

13

86

499

13

759

de Oliveira, Manoel

2451

13

197

340

12

408

Assayas, Olivier

1273

12

52

Bresson, Robert

118

12

238

466

12

82

180

12

138

Frankenheimer, John

123

12

88

178

12

10

Kubrick, Stanley

3

12

162

369

12

285

Marshall, George

615

12

188

522

12

255

888

12

191

Pasolini, Pier Paolo

141

12

54

Pressburger, Emeric

170

12

132

404

12

287

1312

12

85

Schlesinger, John

145

12

266

1188

12

224

Siodmak, Robert

419

12

784

Straub, Jean-Marie

2027

12

61

Tarantino, Quentin

19

12

115

83

12

316

Walters, Charles

1106

12

167

del Toro, Guillermo

149

12

654

Blackton, J. Stuart

2497

11

298

Branagh, Kenneth

951

11

176

107

11

531

Cummings, Irving

2088

11

47

De Sica, Vittorio

7

11

105

297

11

330

Franklin, Sidney

617

11

301

Geronimi, Clyde

1339

11

229

573

11

323

Hallström, Lasse

698

11

529

Hart, William S.

1982

11

143

Hill, George Roy

173

11

263

1247

11

124

Kramer, Stanley

440

11

66

99

11

251

989

11

211

918

11

80

31

11

222

Rivette, Jacques

293

11

541

1119

11

161

321

11

160

Tourneur, Jacques

228

11

164

460

11

168

Verhoeven, Paul

648

11

454

1395

11

103

146

11

101

von Trier, Lars

367

11

248

Akerman, Chantal

165

11

351

495

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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

77

Anderson, Paul Thomas

243

10

207

661

10

41

Antonioni, Michelangelo

32

10

237

Beresford, Bruce

829

10

424

Berkeley, Busby

1475

10

63

Bertolucci, Bernardo

28

10

220

Carpenter, John

454

10

117

Cassavetes, John

325

10

109

Clément, René

96

10

590

2200

10

178

311

10

509

1622

10

253

754

10

254

443

10

399

Donner, Richard

805

10

325

Duvivier, Julien

847

10

59

70

10

434

799

10

743

2272

10

225

417

10

437

1801

10

374

Hou, Hsiao-hsien

1125

10

840

Huillet, Danièle

2027

10

231

630

10

204

290

10

186

Keighley, William

155

10

53

Kieslowski, Krzysztof

124

10

252

572

10

286

Mulligan, Robert

263

10

144

Pakula, Alan J.

148

10

100

97

10

359

1276

10

57

Sturges, Preston

120

10

368

970

10

643

Wiseman, Frederick

1654

10

260

Aronofsky, Darren

795

9

210

Audiard, Jacques

314

9

396

936

9

763

Beaudine, William

1937

9

622

Bellocchio, Marco

1450

9

70

Dreyer, Carl Theodor

67

9

618

1907

9

392

1431

9

341

708

9

1012

2732

9

347

940

9

705

Green, David Gordon

2192

9

302

Greengrass, Paul

1097

9

170

291

9

270

Kaufman, Philip

383

9

282

Kaurismäki, Aki

1155

9

602

Kitano, Takeshi

1679

9

383

Koreeda, Hirokazu

882

9

335

964

9

294

Leconte, Patrice

1240

9

275

Leonard, Robert Z.

903

9

175

634

9

371

1102

9

217

McLeod, Norman Z.

512

9

307

462

9

135

Melville, Jean-Pierre

204

9

664

1931

9

621

2042

9

127

Miyazaki, Hayao

108

9

273

687

9

94

207

9

679

2150

9

595

Ozon, François

2321

9

209

Pabst, Georg Wilhelm

210

9

356

978

9

649

2121

9

508

1647

9

243

188

9

333

Rosi, Francesco

1333

9

314

488

9

292

362

9

326

Sjöström, Victor

659

9

484

1478

9

184

315

9

430

Thompson, J. Lee

1163

9

349

880

9

385

868

8

239

Attenborough, Richard

373

8

773

Barker, Reginald

2367

8

940

2598

8

648

Boetticher, Budd

2111

8

148

233

8

212

353

8

577

Brabin, Charles

1345

8

697

Brenon, Herbert

2021

8

159

196

8

892

2151

8

1019

Cahn, Edward L.

2598

8

121

72

8

771

Cayatte, André

2220

8

391

Clooney, George

552

8

463

1419

8

200

231

8

806

1987

8

334

Dovzhenko, Aleksandr

307

8

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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

69

Eisenstein, Sergei M.

62

8

662

Feyder, Jacques

1725

8

548

1610

8

157

Friedkin, William

133

8

1106

Garrel, Philippe

2709

8

308

244

8

120

Haneke, Michael

345

8

366

1036

8

443

Holland, Agnieszka

719

8

305

458

8

104

10

8

240

Korda, Alexander

572

8

295

La Cava, Gregory

430

8

696

2242

8

561

Macdonald, Kevin

1453

8

527

823

8

322

967

8

192

283

8

601

1584

8

180

144

8

317

Mikhalkov, Nikita

973

8

299

893

8

68

49

8

267

622

8

420

Newmeyer, Fred C.

970

8

945

Nichols, Charles A.

2335

8

357

848

8

116

Payne, Alexander

287

8

451

1770

8

458

Pudovkin, Vsevolod

1378

8

146

Richardson, Tony

230

8

245

Romero, George A.

326

8

235

Russell, David O.

640

8

185

126

8

807

Saville, Victor

2289

8

370

914

8

343

Schlöndorff, Volker

457

8

332

865

8

449

Seiter, William A.

980

8

331

Skolimowski, Jerzy

800

8

482

Sokurov, Aleksandr

1076

8

355

714

8

233

Villeneuve, Denis

857

8

753

Wallace, Richard

1930

8

106

36

8

313

Zeffirelli, Franco

676

8

215

von Stroheim, Erich

246

8

585

Larraín, Pablo

1969

8

525

1364

7

377

Anderson, Michael

769

7

172

342

7

593

Autant-Lara, Claude

1439

7

863

Bardem, Juan Antonio

2435

7

856

1902

7

216

Bigelow, Kathryn

206

7

280

Bruckman, Clyde

111

7

284

135

7

150

Clouzot, Henri-Georges

151

7

327

295

7

246

277

7

516

796

7

653

1956

7

259

Dardenne, Jean-Pierre

875

7

259

875

7

469

Davies, Terence

1310

7

556

Feuillade, Louis

1137

7

241

Flaherty, Robert J.

635

7

888

2240

7

485

Green, Alfred E.

1419

7

398

Greenaway, Peter

1480

7

766

Howard, William K.

2012

7

633

Imamura, Shohei

1438

7

755

1775

7

256

Kasdan, Lawrence

479

7

749

Konchalovsky, Andrei

2119

7

461

Kusturica, Emir

1154

7

847

2190

7

257

305

7

728

2147

7

386

Lelouch, Claude

996

7

974

2637

7

110

35

7

714

2161

7

596

Makhmalbaf, Mohsen

1243

7

95

Malick, Terrence

191

7

1087

2697

7

303

Menzies, William Cameron

572

7

353

683

7

406

1110

7

457

984

7

817

2335

7

315

Park, Chan-wook

327

7

329

Petersen, Wolfgang

284

7

739

Pialat, Maurice

1364

7

320

372

7

296

Redford, Robert

427

7

533

983

7

648

1571

7

202

Schaffner, Franklin J.

308

7

227

Schoedsack, Ernest B.

80

7

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Number Selected

Primary
Country

Primary Language

874

Schumacher, Joel

2363

7

581

1892

7

350

Sembene, Ousmane

1043

7

948

Sutherland, A. Edward

2598

7

365

Szabó, István

663

7

76

Tarkovsky, Andrei

116

7

93

87

7

415

Thorpe, Richard

1435

7

714

Tourneur, Maurice

2214

7

576

Tsai, Ming-liang

1727

7

670

1795

7

575

1024

7

423

Weerasethakul, Apichatpong

1067

7

685

Werker, Alfred L.

1772

7

193

482

7

710

Zanussi, Krzysztof

2017

7

597

Reichardt, Kelly

1724

7

272

317

7

974

Hillyer, Lambert

2637

7

1053

2497

7

400

Sorrentino, Paolo

863

7

815

Petzold, Christian

2077

7

373

Guadagnino, Luca

880

7

613

1695

6

187

Aleksandrov, Grigori

62

6

782

2304

6

1099

Arbuckle, Roscoe 'Fatty'

2637

6

328

240

6

1055

Barbera, Joseph

2355

6

467

Becker, Jacques

1092

6

214

261

6

939

Berlanga, Luis García

2533

6

560

1560

6

694

1898

6

375

1077

6

452

Blier, Bertrand

1213

6

431

Boleslawski, Richard

739

6

534

1638

6

1017

Brownlow, Kevin

2352

6

1020

2511

6

278

421

6

717

1686

6

491

892

6

208

Crichton, Charles

346

6

134

Cuarón, Alfonso

131

6

1086

2552

6

445

Farrelly, Peter

946

6

701

1792

6

715

Fernández, Emilio

1913

6

475

639

6

268

218

6

487

975

6

401

Glenville, Peter

771

6

640

1703

6

586

Hackford, Taylor

1285

6

1055

2355

6

652

Heisler, Stuart

1796

6

1225

Hoffman, Michael

2577

6

173

Iñárritu, Alejandro González

401

6

1096

Jacquot, Benoît

2525

6

899

Jennings, Humphrey

2011

6

436

1464

6

363

Kershner, Irvin

357

6

574

1299

6

387

354

6

566

1559

6

1278

2732

6

111

164

6

1285

2725

6

555

1250

6

258

347

6

147

Mackendrick, Alexander

168

6

421

821

6

610

1454

6

426

681

6

828

Melford, George

2367

6

626

Monicelli, Mario

1522

6

505

1019

6

858

2175

6

470

1282

6

500

1345

6

788

2274

6

786

2087

6

512

1388

6

283

394

6

1284

2587

6

444

Ritchie, Michael

1083

6

1196

2637

6

151

224

6

623

Ruggles, Wesley

1646

6

464

969

6

794

1498

6

842

Seitz, George B.

2174

6

569

Sherman, Vincent

1603

6

360

456

6

312

Stanton, Andrew

658

6

642

1956

6

467

1383

6

269

672

6

674

1245

6

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