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Occupation

FILM DIRECTORS

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With 1,581 biographies, Film Directors are the 9th most common occupation in Pantheon, behind Athletes, Musicians, and Religious Figures.

People

Pantheon has 1,819 people classified as film directors born between 1854 and 2000. Of these 1,819, 988 (54.32%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living film directors include Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Hayao Miyazaki. The most famous deceased film directors include Alfred Hitchcock, Akira Kurosawa, and Federico Fellini. As of April 2022, 222 new film directors have been added to Pantheon including Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Yoshiyuki Tomino, and Natacha Rambova.

Living Film Directors

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Deceased Film Directors

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Newly Added Film Directors (2022)

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Places

Most film directors were born in United States (569), France (165), and United Kingdom (151). By city, the most common birth places were New York City (85), Paris (70), and Los Angeles (34).The most common death places of film directors were United States (287), France (117), and Italy (63). By city, these were Los Angeles (80), Paris (56), and Rome (48).

Places Over Time

The earliest biographies classified as film directors in Pantheon are Georges Méliès, William Kennedy Dickson, and Birt Acres.  The concentration of film directors was largest during the Radio & Film Era, which lasted from 1900 to 1949. Some birth or death locations for earlier film directors are unknown, which may account for timeline differences below.

Overlapping Lives

Which Film Directors were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Film Directors since 1700.

Related Occupations

Film Directors are found within the Arts domain which also includes Actors, Singers, Musicians, Painters, and Composers.

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