# List of British film directors

This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career. Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.

## A

* Babar Ahmed
* Lewis Allen
* Lindsay Anderson
* Michael Anderson
* Michael Apted
* Andrea Arnold
* Amma Asante
* Anthony Asquith
* Richard Attenborough
* Paul WS Anderson
* Jane Arden
* Michael Armstrong
* Shona Auerbach
* Richard Ayoade

## B

* Roy Ward Baker
* Leedham Bantock
* Geoffrey Barkas
* Sacha Bennett
* Daniel Birt
* Terry Bishop
* Farren Blackburn
* Keith Boak
* John Boorman
* John Boulting
* Danny Boyle
* Kenneth Branagh
* Alan Bridges
* Adrian Brunel
* Paul Bryers
* Clio Barnard
* Jack Bond
* Peter Brook

## C

* Danny Cannon
* Ben Caron
* Henry Cass
* Peter Cattaneo
* Charlie Chaplin
* Alan Clarke
* Noel Clarke
* Jack Clayton
* Alex Cox
* Charles Crichton
* Richard Curtis
* Alex Chandon
* Elaine Constantine
* Paddy Considine
* Mark Cousins

## D

* Stephen Daldry
* Desmond Davis
* Terence Davies
* Rowan Deacon
* Basil Dean
* Basil Dearden
* Clive Donner
* Bill Douglas

## E

* Sean Ellis
* Cy Endfield
* Rupert Everett

## F

* Terence Fisher
* Bill Forsyth
* Freddie Francis
* Stephen Frears
* Charles Frend
* Bryan Forbes
* Stephen Fry
* Albert Finney

## G

* Lewis Gilbert
* Terry Gilliam
* John Gilling
* Jonathan Glazer
* Peter Greenaway
* Val Guest
* Paul Greengrass
* Jack Gold

## H

* Robert Hamer
* Guy Hamilton
* John Harlow
* Tom Harper
* Will Hay
* Stuart Hazeldine
* Mark Herman
* David Hewlett (British born Canadian)
* Alfred Hitchcock
* Mike Hodges
* Seth Holt
* Tom Hooper
* Peter Howitt
* Hugh Hudson
* Nicholas Hytner
* Joanna Hogg
* Andrew Haigh

## I

* Ian Emes
* John Irvin
* Armando Iannucci

## J

* Derek Jarman
* Julian Jarrold
* Garth Jennings
* Vicky Jewson
* Terry Jones
* Duncan Jones

## K

* Patrick Keiller
* Beeban Kidron
* Anthony Kimmins
* Bernard Knowles
* Alexander Korda
* Zoltan Korda
* Suri Krishnamma
* Stanley Kubrick (U.S. Born)

## L

* Simon Langton
* Frank Launder
* David Lean
* Malcolm Le Grice
* Mike Leigh
* David Leland
* Richard Lester
* Phyllida Lloyd
* Ken Loach
* Adrian Lyne
* Jonathan Lynn
* Kim Longinotto
* Richard Loncraine
* Charles Laughton

## M

* John Madden
* James Marsh
* Neil Marshall
* Mary McGuckian
* Steve McQueen
* Shane Meadows
* Sam Mendes
* Anthony Minghella
* Martin McDonagh
* Norman McLaren
* Gillies MacKinnon
* Alexander Mackendrick
* Carol Morley

## N

* Ronald Neame
* Roy William Neill
* Mike Newell
* Christopher Nolan

## O

* George More O'Ferrall

## P

* Nick Park
* Alan Parker
* Sally Potter
* Michael Powell
* Emeric Pressburger

## R

* Lynne Ramsay
* Carol Reed
* Michael Reeves
* Karel Reisz
* Lis Rhodes
* Tony Richardson
* Guy Ritchie
* Bruce Robinson
* Nicolas Roeg
* Bernard Rose
* Ken Russell

## S

* Charles Saunders
* Geoffrey Sax
* John Schlesinger
* Stefan Schwartz
* Ridley Scott
* Tony Scott
* Francis Searle
* Christopher Smith
* Roger Spottiswoode
* Rob Sorrenti
* Paul L. Stein
* Robert Stevenson
* Peter Strickland

## T

* Amanda Tapping (British born Canadian)
* Gerald Thomas
* Ralph Thomas
* J. Lee Thompson
* Pete Travis

## U

* Peter Ustinov

## V

* Biju Viswanath
* Matthew Vaughn

## W

* John Walsh
* Peter Watkins
* James Whale
* Kanchi Wichmann
* Georgina Willis
* Michael Winner
* Arthur B. Woods
* Edgar Wright
* Joe Wright
* Michael Winterbottom
* Simon West
* Ben Wheatley
* Harry Wootliff

## Y

* David Yates
* Peter Yates
* Terence Young