D
Master
De Sica, Vittorio
(1901-1974)
- A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Umberto D. (1952)
- The Roof (1956)
Master
Dardenne, Jean-Pierre & Luc
(1951/1954-)
- La promesse (1996)
- Rosetta (1999)
- The Kid with a Bike (2011)
- Young Ahmed (2019)
- Tori and Lokita (2022)
Master
Denis, Claire
(1946-)
- Chocolat (1988)
- White Material (2009)
- Bastards (2013)
- High Life (2018)
- Fire (2022)
Master
Demy, Jacques
(1931-1990)
- Lola (1961)
- The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
- Donkey Skin (1970)
Great Director
De Palma, Brian
(1940-)
- Dressed to Kill (1980)
- Blow Out (1981)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- Carlito’s Way (1993)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Redacted (2007)
Great Director
Dumont, Bruno
(1958-)
- La vie de Jesus (1997)
- L’humanite (1999)
- Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017)
Great Director
Demme, Jonathan
(1944-2017)
- Something Wild (1986)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Rachel Getting Married (2008)
Great Director
Del Toro, Guillermo
(1964-)
- Cronos (1992)
- The Devil’s Backbone (2001)
- Hellboy (2004)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- The Shape of Water (2017)
- Pinocchio (2022)
Great Director
De Leon, Mike
(1947-)
- The Rites of May (1976)
- Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)
- Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980)
- Kisapmata (1981)
- Batch ’81 (1982)
- Sister Stella L. (1984)
- Third World Hero (1999)
Director-to-Follow
Dutta, Amit
(1977-)
- Ramkhind (2001)
- Nainsukh (2010)
- Sonchidi (2011)
- The Seventh Walk (2013)
Director-to-Follow
Docter, Pete
(1968-)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Up (2009)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Soul (2020)
Director-to-Follow
Diao, Yi’nan
(1969-)
- Night Train (2007)
- Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
- The Wild Goose Lake (2019)
Director-to-Follow
Dolan, Xavier
(1989-)
- Heartbeats (2010)
- Laurence Anyways (2012)
- Tom at the Farm (2013)
- Mommy (2014)
- It’s Only the End of the World (2016)
- Matthias & Maxime (2019)
E
Legend
Eisenstein, Sergei
(1898-1948)
- Strike (1925)
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927)
Great Director
Eastwood, Clint
(1930-)
- Mystic River (2003)
- Changeling (2008)
- Gran Torino (2008)
- Invictus (2009)
- Hereafter (2010)
- J. Edgar (2011)
- American Sniper (2014)
- Sully (2016)
- Richard Jewell (2019)
Director-to-Follow
Eggers, Robert
(1983-)
- The Witch (2015)
- The Lighthouse (2019)
- The Northman (2022)
F
Legend
Fassbinder, R.W.
(1945-1982)
- Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
- Katzelmacher (1969)
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
- Effi Briest (1974)
- Fox and His Friends (1975)
- Satan’s Brew (1976)
- Chinese Roulette (1976)
- The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
- In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
- The Third Generation (1979)
- Lola (1981)
- Veronika Voss (1982)
Legend
Fellini, Federico
(1920-1993)
- The White Sheik (1952)
- La strada (1954)
- Nights of Cabiria (1957)
- 8½ (1963)
- Fellini Satyricon (1969)
- Amarcord (1973)
Great Director
Fincher, David
(1962-)
- Se7en (1995)
- The Game (1997)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Zodiac (2007)
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- The Social Network (2010)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Mank (2020)
- The Killer (2023)
Great Director
Farhadi, Asghar
(1972-)
- Beautiful City (2004)
- Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
- About Elly (2009)
- A Separation (2011)
- The Salesman (2016)
- Everybody Knows (2018)
- A Hero (2021)
Great Director
Forman, Milos
(1932-2018)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
- Amadeus (1984)
- The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Director-to-Follow
Fukunaga, Cary
(1977-)
- Sin Nombre (2009)
- Jane Eyre (2011)
- Beasts of No Nation (2015)
- No Time to Die (2021)
Eternality Tan 