ENGLISH FILM DIRECTORS

This is a list of English film directors and television directors who were born in England, or lived and/or worked in England during a significant part of their career. Irish, Scottish, American, and European Directors who have worked for large portions of their career in England are included on this list.


* Babar Ahmed
* Lindsay Anderson
* Michael Anderson (director)
* Michael Apted
* Anthony Asquith
* Richard Attenborough
* Paul WS Anderson
* Keith Boak
* John Boorman
* John Boulting
* Danny Boyle
* Kenneth Branagh
* Henry Cass
* Peter Cattaneo
* Alan Clarke
* Jack Clayton
* Alex Cox
* Charles Crichton
* Richard Curtis
* Stephen Daldry
* Terence Davies
* Basil Dean
* Clive Donner
* Cy Endfield
* Stephen Frears
* Charles Frend
* Lewis Gilbert
* Terry Gilliam (U.S. Born)
* John Glen
* Peter Glenville
* Peter Greenaway
* Val Guest
* John Guillermin
* Paul Greengrass
* Ricky Gervais
* Robert Hamer
* Guy Hamilton
* Will Hay
* Mark Herman
* Alfred Hitchcock
* Mike Hodges
* Hugh Hudson
* Nicholas Hytner
* John Irvin
* Derek Jarman
* Julian Jarrold
* Garth Jennings
* Terry Jones
* Anthony Kimmins
* Bernard Knowles
* Alexander Korda
* Zoltan Korda
* Stanley Kubrick (U.S. Born)
* Simon Langton
* Frank Launder
* David Lean
* Mike Leigh
* Richard Lester
* Phyllida Lloyd
* Ken Loach
* Adrian Lyne
* Jonathan Lynn
* John Madden
* James Marsh
* Neil Marshall
* Steve McQueen (artist)
* Shane Meadows
* Sam Mendes
* Anthony Minghella
* Ronald Neame
* Mike Newell
* Christopher Nolan
* George More O'Ferrall
* Nick Park
* Alan Parker
* Sally Potter
* Michael Powell
* Emeric Pressburger
* Carol Reed
* Karel Reisz
* Tony Richardson
* Guy Ritchie
* Bruce Robinson
* Nicolas Roeg
* Ken Russell
* Geoffrey Sax
* John Schlesinger
* Ridley Scott
* Tony Scott
* Roger Spottiswoode
* Rob Sorrenti
* Gerald Thomas
* Ralph Thomas
* J. Lee Thompson
* Peter Ustinov
* Biju Viswanath
* Matthew Vaughn
* Michael Winner
* Edgar Wright
* Joe Wright
* Michael Winterbottom
* David Yates
* Peter Yates