List of Jewish film directors

This is a list of Jewish film directors. The countries listed are those where films were directed.

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US^[1]
• J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US^[2]
• Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US^[3]
• Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK^[4]
• Michael Addis, US^[5]
• Alexandre Aja (born 1978), France^[6]
• Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgium^[7]
• Corey Allen (1934–2010), US^[8]
• Woody Allen (born 1935), US^[9]
• Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France^[10]
• Broncho Billy Anderson (born 1880), US^[11]
• Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US^[12]
• Judd Apatow (born 1968), US^[13]
• Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France
• Alan Arkin (born 1934), US^[14]
• Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US^[15]
• David Arquette (born 1971), US^[16]
• Kevin Asch (born 1975), US^[17]
• Olivier Assayas (born 1955), France^[18]
• Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden^[19]
• Yvan Attal (born 1965), France^[20]
• Paul Auster (born 1947), US^[21]
• Jon Avnet (born 1949), US^[22]
• George Axelrod (1922–2003), US^[23]

B

• Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US^[24]
• Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US^[25]
• Bob Balaban (born 1945), US^[26]
• Uri Barbash, Israel
• Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US^[27]
• Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR^[28]
• Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US^[29]
• Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US^[30]
• Michael Bay (born 1965), US^[31]
• Henry Bean (born 1945), US^[32]
• Jack Bender (born 1949), US^[33]
• László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France^[34]
• Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US^[35]
• Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France^[36]
• Robby Benson (born 1956), US^[37]
• Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US^[38]
• Alan Berliner (born 1956), US^[39]
• Andrea Berloff (born 1974), US^[40]
• Raymond Bernard (born 1891), France^[41]
• Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US^[42]
• Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel
• Claude Berri (born 1934), France^[43]
• John Berry (born 1917), US, France^[44]
• Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US^[45]
• Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US^[46]
• Mike Binder (born 1958), US^[47]
• Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US^[48]
• Michel Boujenah (born 1952), France^[49]
• Zach Braff (born 1975), US^[50][51]
• John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany^[42]
• Martin Brest (born 1951), US^[52]
• Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US^[53]
• Albert Brooks (born 1947), US^[54]
• James L. Brooks (born 1940), US^[55]
• Mel Brooks (born 1926), US^[56]
• Richard Brooks (born 1912), US^[57]
• Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina^[58]

C

• Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US^[59]
• William Castle (born 1914), US^[60]
• Gilbert Cates (1934), US^[61]
• Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel
• Alain Chabat (born 1958), France^[62]
• Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US^[63][64]
• Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US^[65]
• Joyce Chopra (born 1936), US^[66]
• Grigory Chukhray (born 1921), USSR^[28]
• Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), France^[67]
• Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US^[68]
• Larry Cohen (born 1941), US^[69]
• Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), US^[70]
• Rob Cohen (born 1949), US^[71]
• Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey
• Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada
• David Cronenberg (born 1943), Canada^[72]
• George Cukor (born 1899), US^[73]
• Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary^[74]
• Paul Czinner (born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK^[75]

D

• Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France^[76]
• Maya Deren (1917–1961), US^[77]
• Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US^[78]
• Howard Deutch (1950–), US^[79]
• Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US^[80]
• Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR^[28]
• Richard Donner (1930–2021), US^[81]
• Robert Downey, Sr. (1935–2021), US^[82]
• Michel Drach (born 1930), France^[83]
• Lena Dunham (born 1986), US^[84]

E

• Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary^[85]
• Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France^[86]
• Morris Engel (born 1918), US^[87]
• Nora Ephron (born 1941), US^[88]
• Jean Epstein (born 1897), France^[89]
• Marie Epstein (born 1899), France^[89]
• Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR^[85]

F

• Jon Favreau (born 1966), US^[90]
• Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US^[91]
• Max Fleischer (born 1883), US^[91]
• Richard Fleischer (born 1916), US^[91]
• Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US^[92]
• Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel
• Aleksander Ford (born 1908), Poland^[93]
• Péter Forgács (born 1950), Hungary^[94]
• James Franco (born 1978), US^[95]
• Robert Frank (born 1924), US^[96]
• Friz Freleng (born 1906), US^[97]
• Sami Frey (born 1937), France^[98]
• William Friedkin (born 1935), US^[99]
• Samuel Fuller (born 1911), US^[100]

G

• Béla Gaál (born 1893), Hungary^[85]
• Liz Garbus (born 1970), US^[101]
• Jack Garfein (born 1930), US^[102]
• Gyula Gazdag (born 1947), Hungary, US^[85]
• Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia^[85]
• Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany^[103]
• Viktor Gertler (born 1901), Hungary^[104]
• Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel^[105]
• Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK^[106]
• Jack Gold (born 1930), UK^[107]
• Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US^[108]
• Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia^[109]
• Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US^[110]
• Keith Gordon (born 1961), US^[111]
• Michael Gordon (born 1909), US^[112]
• Debra Granik (born 1963), US^[113]
• James Gray (born 1969), US^[114]
• Joseph Green (born 1900), US^[85]
• Bud Greenspan (born 1926), US^[115]
• Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US^[116]
• Robert Greenwald (born 1943), US^[117]
• Christopher Guest (born 1948), US^[118][119]
• Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US^[120]
• Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US^[121]

H

• Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia^[122]
• Roger Hanin (born 1925), France^[123]
• Todd Haynes (born 1961), US^[124]
• Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France^[125]
• Max Hechtman (born 1997), US^{[126][127][128][129]}
• Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US^[130]
• Buck Henry (born 1930), US^[131]
• János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary^[85]
• Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US^[132]
• Aleksander Hertz (born 1879), Poland^[133]
• Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia^[134]
• John Herzfeld, US^[135]
• Grant Heslov (born 1963), US^[136]
• Arthur Hiller (born 1923), US^[137]
• Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland^[85]
• Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK, US^[138]
• Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US^[139]
• Peter Hyams (born 1943), US^[140]

J

• Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US^[141]
• Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US^[142]
• Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US^[143]
• Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France^[144]
• Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), US^[145]
• Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US^[145]
• Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK, Chile^[146]
• Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada, Ramakrishna U, India^[85]

K

• Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US^[147]
• Garson Kanin (born 1912), US^[148]
• Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US^[149]
• Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US^[150]
• George S. Kaufman (born 1889), US^[151]
• Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US^[152]
• Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US^[153]
• Tony Kaye (director) (born 1952), US^[154]
• Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US^[155]
• Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US^[156]
• Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary^[157]
• Aviva Kempner (born 1946), US^[158]
• Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US
• Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR^[28]
• Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US^[59]
• Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US^[159]
• Zalman King (born 1942), US^[160]
• Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia, France^[161][162]
• Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France^[163]
• William Klein (born 1928), France^[164]
• Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland^[165]
• Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary^[166]
• Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary^[166]
• Harmony Korine (born 1973), US^[167]
• Henry Koster (born 1905), US^[168]
• Grigori Kozintsev (born 1905), USSR^[28]
• Stanley Kramer (born 1913), US^[169]
• Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), US, UK^[170]
• Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US^[171]

L

• John Landis (born 1950), US^[172]
• Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his mother's side^[173]
• Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France^[174]
• Marc Lawrence (1910 – 2005), US^[175][176]
• Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France^[177]
• Mimi Leder (born 1952), US^[178]
• Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK^[179]
• Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US^[180]
• Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France^[181]
• Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US^[182]
• Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), US^[183]
• Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US^[184]
• Barry Levinson (born 1942), US^[185]
• Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland^[186]
• Eugene Levy (born 1946) USA^[187]
• Shawn Levy (born 1967), US^[188]
• Albert Lewin (born 1894), US^[189]
• Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US^[190]
• Jerry Lewis (born 1925), US^[191]
• Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US^[192]
• Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France^[193]
• Peter Lilienthal (born 1929), Germany^[194]
• Doug Liman (born 1965), US^[195]
• Jeff Lipsky, US^[196][197]
• Lynne Littman (born 1941), US^[198]
• Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US^[199]
• Mike Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA
• Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US^[200]
• Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US^[201]
• Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany^[202]
• Michael Lucas (born 1972), US^[203]
• Sidney Lumet (born 1924), US^[204]
• Rod Lurie (born 1962), US^[205]
• Henry Lynn (born 1895), US^[206]

M

• Norman Mailer (born 1923) USA^[207]
• Clara Mamet (born 1994), US^[208]
• David Mamet (born 1947), US^[209]
• James Mangold (born 1963), US^[210]
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US^[211]
• Daniel Mann (born 1912), US^[212]
• Michael Mann (born 1943), US^[213]
• Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK, Hungary^[214]
• Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US^[215]
• Melina Matsoukas (born 1981), US^[216]
• Elaine May (born 1932), US^[217]
• Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US^[218]
• Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France^[219]
• Sam Mendes (born 1965), US, UK^[220]
• Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), US^[221]
• Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US^[222]
• Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania^[223]
• Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US^[224]
• Bennett Miller (born 1966), US^[225]
• Claude Miller (born 1942), France^[226]
• Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France^[83]
• Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France^[83]
• Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia^[227]
• Meredith Monk (born 1942), US^[228]
• Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland^[85]
• Errol Morris (born 1948), US^[229]
• Oren Moverman (born 1966), US
• Andrzej Munk (born 1921), Poland^[85]

N

• Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US^[230]
• Sam Newfield (born 1899), US^[231]
• Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel^[232]
• Mike Nichols (born 1931), US^[233]
• Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US^[234]
• Yuriy Norshteyn (born 1941), USSR, Russia^[85]

O

• Ken Olin (born 1954), US^[235]
• Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US^[236]
• Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US^[237]
• Gérard Oury (born 1919), France^[238]
• Frank Oz (born 1944), US^[239]

P

• Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US^[240]
• Stacie Passon (born 1969), US^[241]
• Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US^[242]
• Larry Peerce (born 1930), US^[243]
• Arthur Penn (born 1922), US^[244]
• Leo Penn (born 1921), US^[245]
• Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US^[246]
• Boruch Perlowitz, US
• Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US^[247]
• Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany
• Lupu Pick (born 1886), Germany^[248]
• Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland, US^[249][250]
• Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), UK^[251]
• Sydney Pollack (born 1934), US^[252]
• Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US^[253]
• Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US^[254]
• Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy
• Natalie Portman (born 1981), US^[255]
• Ted Post (born 1918), US^[256]
• Otto Preminger (born 1906), US^[257]
• Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK^[258]

R

• Alfred Radok (born 1917), Czechoslovakia^[259]
• Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US^[260]
• Sam Raimi (born 1959), US^[261]
• Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR^[28]
• Harold Ramis (born 1944), US^[262]
• Irving Rapper (born 1888), US^[263]
• Brett Ratner (born 1969), US^[264]
• Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US
• Pierre Rehov, France^[265]
• Carl Reiner (born 1922), US^[266]
• Rob Reiner (born 1947), US^[266]
• Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US^[267]
• Jason Reitman (born 1977), US^[268]
• Boots Riley (born 1971), US^[269]
• Martin Ritt (born 1914), US^[270]
• Lilly Rivlin (born 1936), Israel, US^[271]
• Jay Roach (born 1957), US^[272]
• Brian Robbins (born 1963), US^[273]
• Lauren Miller Rogen (born 1982), US^[274]
• Seth Rogen (born 1982), US^[275]
• Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR^[28]
• Abram Room (born 1894), USSR^[28]
• Stuart Rosenberg (born 1927), US^[276]
• Robert Rossen (born 1908), US^[277]
• Eli Roth (born 1972), US^[278]
• Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US^[59]
• Jan Rybkowski (born 1912), Poland^[279]

S

• Fred Savage (born 1976), US^[180]
• Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US^[280]
• Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US^[281]
• Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France^[282]
• John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US^[283]
• Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US^[284]
• David Schwimmer (born 1966), US^[285]
• Susan Seidelman (born 1952), US^[286]
• Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK, Italy^[85]
• Joann Sfar (born 1971), France^[287]
• Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US
• Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia^[288]
• Esfir Shub (born 1894), USSR^[289]
• Don Siegel (born 1912), US^[290]
• Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US^[291]
• Bryan Singer (born 1965), US^[292]
• Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, Germany^[293]
• Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany^[293]
• Todd Solondz (born 1959), US^[294]
• Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953), US^[295]
• Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US^[296]
• Steven Spielberg (born 1946), US^[297]
• Nicole Stéphane (born 1923), France^[298][299]
• Ben Stiller (born 1965), US^[300]
• Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), US^[301]
• Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US^[302]
• Steve Suissa (born 1970), France^[83]
• István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany^[303]
• Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland^[304]
• Samy Szlingerbaum (born 1950), Belgium^[305]

T

• Danièle Thompson (born 1942), France^[238]
• Konrad Tom (born 1887), Poland^[85]
• Leonid Trauberg (born 1902), USSR^[306]
• Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russia^[307]
• Jon Turteltaub (born 1963), US^[308]

U

• Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), Russia^[309]

V

• Francis Veber (born 1937), France^[310]
• Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR^[311]
• Charles Vidor (born 1900), US^[312]
• Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US^[313]
• Josef von Sternberg (born 1894), US, Austria^[314]
• Erich von Stroheim (born 1885), US, France, Austria^[315]

W

• David Wain (born 1969), US^[316]
• Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand, US ^[317]
• Sam Wanamaker (born 1919), US, UK^[318]
• Robin Washington (born 1956), US^[319]
• Michał Waszyński (born 1904), Poland, Italy^[85]
• Claudia Weill (born 1947), US^[59]
• Matthew Weiner (born 1965), US^[320]
• Leilah Weinraub (born 1979), US^[321]
• Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech Republic^[85]
• Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France^[322]
• Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US^[323]
• Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France^[324]
• William Wyler (born 1902), US^[325]

Y

• Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US^[326]
• Linda Yellen (born 1949), US^[327]
• Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR^[28]
• Yolande Zauberman, France^[83]

Z

• Fred Zinnemann (born 1907), US, Germany^[328]
• David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), US^[329]
• Edward Zwick (born 1952), US^[330]