List of British film directors

This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career. Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.

A

 * Babar Ahmed
 * Lewis Allen
 * Lindsay Anderson
 * Michael Anderson
 * Michael Apted
 * Andrea Arnold
 * Amma Asante
 * Anthony Asquith
 * Richard Attenborough
 * Paul WS Anderson
 * Jane Arden
 * Michael Armstrong
 * Shona Auerbach
 * Richard Ayoade

B

 * Roy Ward Baker
 * Leedham Bantock
 * Geoffrey Barkas
 * Sacha Bennett
 * Daniel Birt
 * Terry Bishop
 * Farren Blackburn
 * Keith Boak
 * John Boorman
 * John Boulting
 * Danny Boyle
 * Kenneth Branagh
 * Alan Bridges
 * Adrian Brunel
 * Paul Bryers
 * Clio Barnard
 * Jack Bond
 * Peter Brook

C

 * Danny Cannon
 * Ben Caron
 * Henry Cass
 * Peter Cattaneo
 * Charlie Chaplin
 * Alan Clarke
 * Noel Clarke
 * Jack Clayton
 * Alex Cox
 * Charles Crichton
 * Richard Curtis
 * Alex Chandon
 * Elaine Constantine
 * Paddy Considine
 * Mark Cousins

D

 * Stephen Daldry
 * Desmond Davis
 * Terence Davies
 * Rowan Deacon
 * Basil Dean
 * Basil Dearden
 * Clive Donner
 * Bill Douglas

E

 * Sean Ellis
 * Cy Endfield
 * Rupert Everett

F

 * Terence Fisher
 * Bill Forsyth
 * Freddie Francis
 * Stephen Frears
 * Charles Frend
 * Bryan Forbes
 * Stephen Fry
 * Albert Finney

G

 * Lewis Gilbert
 * Terry Gilliam
 * John Gilling
 * Jonathan Glazer
 * Peter Greenaway
 * Val Guest
 * Paul Greengrass
 * Jack Gold

H

 * Robert Hamer
 * Guy Hamilton
 * John Harlow
 * Tom Harper
 * Will Hay
 * Stuart Hazeldine
 * Mark Herman
 * David Hewlett (British born Canadian)
 * Alfred Hitchcock
 * Mike Hodges
 * Seth Holt
 * Tom Hooper
 * Peter Howitt
 * Hugh Hudson
 * Nicholas Hytner
 * Joanna Hogg
 * Andrew Haigh

I

 * Ian Emes
 * John Irvin
 * Armando Iannucci

J

 * Derek Jarman
 * Julian Jarrold
 * Garth Jennings
 * Vicky Jewson
 * Terry Jones
 * Duncan Jones

K

 * Patrick Keiller
 * Beeban Kidron
 * Anthony Kimmins
 * Bernard Knowles
 * Alexander Korda
 * Zoltan Korda
 * Suri Krishnamma
 * Stanley Kubrick (U.S. Born)

L

 * Simon Langton
 * Frank Launder
 * David Lean
 * Malcolm Le Grice
 * Mike Leigh
 * David Leland
 * Richard Lester
 * Phyllida Lloyd
 * Ken Loach
 * Adrian Lyne
 * Jonathan Lynn
 * Kim Longinotto
 * Richard Loncraine
 * Charles Laughton

M

 * John Madden
 * James Marsh
 * Neil Marshall
 * Mary McGuckian
 * Steve McQueen
 * Shane Meadows
 * Sam Mendes
 * Anthony Minghella
 * Martin McDonagh
 * Norman McLaren
 * Gillies MacKinnon
 * Alexander Mackendrick
 * Carol Morley

N

 * Ronald Neame
 * Roy William Neill
 * Mike Newell
 * Christopher Nolan

O

 * George More O'Ferrall

P

 * Nick Park
 * Alan Parker
 * Sally Potter
 * Michael Powell
 * Emeric Pressburger

R

 * Lynne Ramsay
 * Carol Reed
 * Michael Reeves
 * Karel Reisz
 * Lis Rhodes
 * Tony Richardson
 * Guy Ritchie
 * Bruce Robinson
 * Nicolas Roeg
 * Bernard Rose
 * Ken Russell

S

 * Charles Saunders
 * Geoffrey Sax
 * John Schlesinger
 * Stefan Schwartz
 * Ridley Scott
 * Tony Scott
 * Francis Searle
 * Christopher Smith
 * Roger Spottiswoode
 * Rob Sorrenti
 * Paul L. Stein
 * Robert Stevenson
 * Peter Strickland

T

 * Amanda Tapping (British born Canadian)
 * Gerald Thomas
 * Ralph Thomas
 * J. Lee Thompson
 * Pete Travis

U

 * Peter Ustinov

V

 * Biju Viswanath
 * Matthew Vaughn

W

 * John Walsh
 * Peter Watkins
 * James Whale
 * Kanchi Wichmann
 * Georgina Willis
 * Michael Winner
 * Arthur B. Woods
 * Edgar Wright
 * Joe Wright
 * Michael Winterbottom
 * Simon West
 * Ben Wheatley
 * Harry Wootliff

Y

 * David Yates
 * Peter Yates
 * Terence Young