# List of Jewish film directors

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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
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This is a list of Jewish film directors. The countries listed are those where films were directed.

## A

* Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US
* J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US
* Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US
* Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK
* Michael Addis, US
* Alexandre Aja (born 1978), France
* Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgium
* Corey Allen (1934–2010), US
* Woody Allen (born 1935), US
* Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France
* Broncho Billy Anderson (born 1880), US
* Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US
* Judd Apatow (born 1968), US
* Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France
* Alan Arkin (born 1934), US
* Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US
* David Arquette (born 1971), US
* Kevin Asch (born 1975), US
* Olivier Assayas (born 1955), France
* Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden
* Yvan Attal (born 1965), France
* Paul Auster (born 1947), US
* Jon Avnet (born 1949), US
* George Axelrod (1922–2003), US

## B

* Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US
* Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US
* Bob Balaban (born 1945), US
* Uri Barbash, Israel
* Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US
* Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR
* Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US
* Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US
* Michael Bay (born 1965), US
* Henry Bean (born 1945), US
* Jack Bender (born 1949), US
* László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France
* Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US
* Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France
* Robby Benson (born 1956), US
* Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US
* Alan Berliner (born 1956), US
* Andrea Berloff (born 1974), US
* Raymond Bernard (born 1891), France
* Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US
* Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel
* Claude Berri (born 1934), France
* John Berry (born 1917), US, France
* Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US
* Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US
* Mike Binder (born 1958), US
* Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US
* Michel Boujenah (born 1952), France
* Zach Braff (born 1975), US
* John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany
* Martin Brest (born 1951), US
* Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US
* Albert Brooks (born 1947), US
* James L. Brooks (born 1940), US
* Mel Brooks (born 1926), US
* Richard Brooks (born 1912), US
* Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina

## C

* Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US
* William Castle (born 1914), US
* Gilbert Cates (1934), US
* Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel
* Alain Chabat (born 1958), France
* Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US
* Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US
* Joyce Chopra (born 1936), US
* Grigory Chukhray (born 1921), USSR
* Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), France
* Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US
* Larry Cohen (born 1941), US
* Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), US
* Rob Cohen (born 1949), US
* Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey
* Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada
* David Cronenberg (born 1943), Canada
* George Cukor (born 1899), US
* Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary
* Paul Czinner (born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK

## D

* Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France
* Maya Deren (1917–1961), US
* Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US
* Howard Deutch (1950–), US
* Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US
* Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR
* Richard Donner (1930–2021), US
* Robert Downey, Sr. (1935–2021), US
* Michel Drach (born 1930), France
* Lena Dunham (born 1986), US

## E

* Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary
* Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France
* Morris Engel (born 1918), US
* Nora Ephron (born 1941), US
* Jean Epstein (born 1897), France
* Marie Epstein (born 1899), France
* Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR

## F

* Jon Favreau (born 1966), US
* Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US
* Max Fleischer (born 1883), US
* Richard Fleischer (born 1916), US
* Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US
* Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel
* Aleksander Ford (born 1908), Poland
* Péter Forgács (born 1950), Hungary
* James Franco (born 1978), US
* Robert Frank (born 1924), US
* Friz Freleng (born 1906), US
* Sami Frey (born 1937), France
* William Friedkin (born 1935), US
* Samuel Fuller (born 1911), US

## G

* Béla Gaál (born 1893), Hungary
* Liz Garbus (born 1970), US
* Jack Garfein (born 1930), US
* Gyula Gazdag (born 1947), Hungary, US
* Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia
* Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany
* Viktor Gertler (born 1901), Hungary
* Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel
* Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK
* Jack Gold (born 1930), UK
* Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US
* Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia
* Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US
* Keith Gordon (born 1961), US
* Michael Gordon (born 1909), US
* Debra Granik (born 1963), US
* James Gray (born 1969), US
* Joseph Green (born 1900), US
* Bud Greenspan (born 1926), US
* Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US
* Robert Greenwald (born 1943), US
* Christopher Guest (born 1948), US
* Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US
* Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US

## H

* Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia
* Roger Hanin (born 1925), France
* Todd Haynes (born 1961), US
* Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France
* Max Hechtman (born 1997), US
* Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US
* Buck Henry (born 1930), US
* János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary
* Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US
* Aleksander Hertz (born 1879), Poland
* Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia
* John Herzfeld, US
* Grant Heslov (born 1963), US
* Arthur Hiller (born 1923), US
* Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland
* Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK, US
* Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US
* Peter Hyams (born 1943), US

## J

* Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US
* Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US
* Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US
* Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France
* Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), US
* Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US
* Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK, Chile
* Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada, Ramakrishna U, India

## K

* Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US
* Garson Kanin (born 1912), US
* Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US
* Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US
* George S. Kaufman (born 1889), US
* Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US
* Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US
* Tony Kaye (director) (born 1952), US
* Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US
* Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US
* Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary
* Aviva Kempner (born 1946), US
* Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US
* Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR
* Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US
* Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US
* Zalman King (born 1942), US
* Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia, France
* Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France
* William Klein (born 1928), France
* Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland
* Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary
* Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary
* Harmony Korine (born 1973), US
* Henry Koster (born 1905), US
* Grigori Kozintsev (born 1905), USSR
* Stanley Kramer (born 1913), US
* Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), US, UK
* Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US

## L

* John Landis (born 1950), US
* Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his mother's side
* Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France
* Marc Lawrence (1910 – 2005), US
* Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France
* Mimi Leder (born 1952), US
* Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK
* Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US
* Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France
* Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US
* Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), US
* Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US
* Barry Levinson (born 1942), US
* Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland
* Eugene Levy (born 1946) USA
* Shawn Levy (born 1967), US
* Albert Lewin (born 1894), US
* Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US
* Jerry Lewis (born 1925), US
* Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US
* Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France
* Peter Lilienthal (born 1929), Germany
* Doug Liman (born 1965), US
* Jeff Lipsky, US
* Lynne Littman (born 1941), US
* Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US
* Mike Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA
* Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US
* Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US
* Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany
* Michael Lucas (born 1972), US
* Sidney Lumet (born 1924), US
* Rod Lurie (born 1962), US
* Henry Lynn (born 1895), US

## M

* Norman Mailer (born 1923) USA
* Clara Mamet (born 1994), US
* David Mamet (born 1947), US
* James Mangold (born 1963), US
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US
* Daniel Mann (born 1912), US
* Michael Mann (born 1943), US
* Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK, Hungary
* Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US
* Melina Matsoukas (born 1981), US
* Elaine May (born 1932), US
* Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US
* Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France
* Sam Mendes (born 1965), US, UK
* Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), US
* Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US
* Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania
* Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US
* Bennett Miller (born 1966), US
* Claude Miller (born 1942), France
* Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France
* Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France
* Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia
* Meredith Monk (born 1942), US
* Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland
* Errol Morris (born 1948), US
* Oren Moverman (born 1966), US
* Andrzej Munk (born 1921), Poland

## N

* Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US
* Sam Newfield (born 1899), US
* Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel
* Mike Nichols (born 1931), US
* Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US
* Yuriy Norshteyn (born 1941), USSR, Russia

## O

* Ken Olin (born 1954), US
* Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US
* Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US
* Gérard Oury (born 1919), France
* Frank Oz (born 1944), US

## P

* Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US
* Stacie Passon (born 1969), US
* Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US
* Larry Peerce (born 1930), US
* Arthur Penn (born 1922), US
* Leo Penn (born 1921), US
* Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US
* Boruch Perlowitz, US
* Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US
* Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany
* Lupu Pick (born 1886), Germany
* Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland, US
* Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), UK
* Sydney Pollack (born 1934), US
* Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US
* Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US
* Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy
* Natalie Portman (born 1981), US
* Ted Post (born 1918), US
* Otto Preminger (born 1906), US
* Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK

## R

* Alfred Radok (born 1917), Czechoslovakia
* Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US
* Sam Raimi (born 1959), US
* Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR
* Harold Ramis (born 1944), US
* Irving Rapper (born 1888), US
* Brett Ratner (born 1969), US
* Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US
* Pierre Rehov, France
* Carl Reiner (born 1922), US
* Rob Reiner (born 1947), US
* Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US
* Jason Reitman (born 1977), US
* Boots Riley (born 1971), US
* Martin Ritt (born 1914), US
* Lilly Rivlin (born 1936), Israel, US
* Jay Roach (born 1957), US
* Brian Robbins (born 1963), US
* Lauren Miller Rogen (born 1982), US
* Seth Rogen (born 1982), US
* Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR
* Abram Room (born 1894), USSR
* Stuart Rosenberg (born 1927), US
* Robert Rossen (born 1908), US
* Eli Roth (born 1972), US
* Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US
* Jan Rybkowski (born 1912), Poland

## S

* Fred Savage (born 1976), US
* Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US
* Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US
* Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France
* John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US
* Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US
* David Schwimmer (born 1966), US
* Susan Seidelman (born 1952), US
* Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK, Italy
* Joann Sfar (born 1971), France
* Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US
* Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia
* Esfir Shub (born 1894), USSR
* Don Siegel (born 1912), US
* Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US
* Bryan Singer (born 1965), US
* Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, Germany
* Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany
* Todd Solondz (born 1959), US
* Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953), US
* Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US
* Steven Spielberg (born 1946), US
* Nicole Stéphane (born 1923), France
* Ben Stiller (born 1965), US
* Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), US
* Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US
* Steve Suissa (born 1970), France
* István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany
* Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland
* Samy Szlingerbaum (born 1950), Belgium

## T

* Danièle Thompson (born 1942), France
* Konrad Tom (born 1887), Poland
* Leonid Trauberg (born 1902), USSR
* Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russia
* Jon Turteltaub (born 1963), US

## U

* Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), Russia

## V

* Francis Veber (born 1937), France
* Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR
* Charles Vidor (born 1900), US
* Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US
* Josef von Sternberg (born 1894), US, Austria
* Erich von Stroheim (born 1885), US, France, Austria

## W

* David Wain (born 1969), US
* Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand, US
* Sam Wanamaker (born 1919), US, UK
* Robin Washington (born 1956), US
* Michał Waszyński (born 1904), Poland, Italy
* Claudia Weill (born 1947), US
* Matthew Weiner (born 1965), US
* Leilah Weinraub (born 1979), US
* Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech Republic
* Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France
* Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US
* Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France
* William Wyler (born 1902), US

## Y

* Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US
* Linda Yellen (born 1949), US
* Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR
* Yolande Zauberman, France

## Z

* Fred Zinnemann (born 1907), US, Germany
* David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), US
* Edward Zwick (born 1952), US