American film directors

• Alan J. Pakula
• 
  Woody Allen
• Category:American film directors by ethnic or national origin
• Anthony Stacchi
• Antoine Fuqua
• Arthur Penn
• Ava DuVernay

• 
  Ben Stiller
• Bill Duke
• Billy Wilder
• Bob Fosse
• Bob Rafelson
• Bobby Farrelly
• Brad Furman
• Brett Ratner
• 
  Burt Reynolds

• Charles Burnett
• Chris Miller (animator)
• 
  Chris Stuckmann

• Damien Chazelle
• Dan Kuenster
• 
  Danny Glover
• Danny Dare
• 
  Darren Aronofsky
• 
  David Duchovny
• David Gordon Green
• David Kellogg
• 
  David Lynch
• David Michael Latt
• Don Siegel
• Douglas Fairbanks

• 
  Elaine May
• Elia Kazan

• F. Gary Gray
• Category:Films by American directors
• Category:Films directed by Yoram Gross
• 
  David Fincher
• Frank Capra
• Franklin J. Schaffner
• Fred Zinnemann

• George Roy Hill
• George Scribner
• George Stevens
• George Tillman Jr.
• Gina Prince-Bythewood
• 
  Gore Verbinski
• 
  Guillermo del Toro
• Gus Van Sant

• Harold Pinter
• Howard Hawks
• Hughes brothers

• Irwin Winkler
• Ivan Dixon

• Jack Garfein
• 
  James Cameron
• James Haven
• 
  James Ivory
• James Mangold
• 
  Jason Momoa
• 
  Jerry Lewis
• Jerry Schatzberg
• Joe Carnahan
• Joe Mantegna
• John Cassavetes
• John Frankenheimer
• 
  John G. Avildsen
• John Landis
• 
  John Lasseter
• John Parker
• 
  John Schlesinger
• 
  John Singleton
• John Sturges
• 
  John Wayne

• Kasi Lemmons
• Kathryn Bigelow
• 
  Kevin Costner
• 
  Kevin Spacey
• 
  Kirk Douglas

• Lee Daniels
• 
  David Leitch

• Malcolm D. Lee
• 
  Martin Lawrence
• 
  Martin Scorsese
• 
  Sean McKittrick
• Melvin Van Peebles
• Michael Cimino
• Michael Curtiz

• Nicholas Ray
• Nick Cassavetes
• Norman Jewison

• Paul Schrader
• 
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Pete Docter
• Peter Bogdanovich
• 
  Peyton Reed

• 
  Rian Johnson
• Rick Famuyiwa
• 
  Robert Aldrich
• 
  Robert Altman
• 
  Robert De Niro
• Robert Longo
• 
  Robert Mulligan
• 
  Robert Wise
• Russ Meyer
• Ryan Coogler

• Sam Peckinpah
• Samuel Fuller
• 
  Fred Savage
• Scott Sanders
• 
  Sean Penn
• 
  Amy Seimetz
• Sidney Lumet
• Sofia Coppola
• Stanley Donen
• Stanley Kramer
• Steve Hickner
• 
  Steven Spielberg
• Stuart Rosenberg

• Terry Gilliam
• The Coen Brothers
• The Russo Brothers
• 
  Thomas Carter
• Tim Hill (director)
• Tim Johnson (film director)
• Tim Story
• Tobe Hooper
• 
  Tom Hanks
• Tom Holland (director)
• 
  Tommy Wiseau
• 
  Tony Goldwyn
• 
  Tyler Perry

• Vincente Minnelli

• 
  Orson Welles
• 
  William A. Wellman
• William Friedkin
• Wolfgang Petersen

• Zack Snyder