List of Canadian directors

The following is a list of Canadian film, television and theatre directors, in alphabetical order.

A

 * Jennifer Abbott (documentary)
 * Louise Abbott (documentary film)
 * Sarah Abbott (film)
 * Mark Achbar (film)
 * Steve J. Adams (film)
 * Patrick J. Adams (television)
 * David Acomba
 * Alfons Adetuyi (film, television)
 * Robert Adetuyi (film)
 * Philip Akin (theatre)
 * Atuat Akkitirq (film)
 * Zaynê Akyol (documentary)
 * Geneviève Albert (film)
 * Clint Alberta (documentary film)
 * Kim Albright (film)
 * Martha Allan (theatre)
 * Jennifer Alleyn (film)
 * Paul Almond
 * Joseph Amenta (film)
 * Bonnie Ammaq (film)
 * Janet Amos (theatre)
 * John Murray Anderson (theatre)
 * Robert Anderson (documentary)
 * Irene Angelico (documentary)
 * Catherine Annau (documentary)
 * Denys Arcand (film)
 * Louise Archambault (film)
 * Sylvain Archambault (film, television)
 * Kay Armatage (documentary)
 * Aviva Armour-Ostroff (film, theatre)
 * Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (documentary)
 * Asinnajaq (film)
 * Olivier Asselin (film)
 * Robin Aubert (film)
 * Albéric Aurtenèche (film)
 * Roger Avary (film)
 * Susan Avingaq (film)

B

 * Marina Rice Bader (film)
 * Jennifer Baichwal (documentary)
 * Norma Bailey (film, TV)
 * Paule Baillargeon (film)
 * David Baird (theatre)
 * David Bairstow (documentary)
 * Liza Balkan (theatre)
 * Ara Ball (film)
 * Tanya Ballantyne (documentary)
 * Sofia Banzhaf (film)
 * Manon Barbeau (documentary)
 * Paul Barbeau (film)
 * Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (film)
 * Sarah Baril Gaudet (documentary)
 * Keith Barker (theatre)
 * Rodrigo Barriuso (film)
 * Renny Bartlett (film)
 * Jephté Bastien (film)
 * Jérémie Battaglia (documentary)
 * Michael Bawtree (theatre)
 * Jean Beaudry (film)
 * Renée Beaulieu (film)
 * Guy Beaulne (theatre)
 * Keith Behrman (film, TV)
 * Shane Belcourt (film)
 * Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush (film)
 * Brigitte Berman (film)
 * Zack Bernbaum (film)
 * Attila Bertalan (film)
 * Raoul Bhaneja (television)
 * Julian Biggs (documentary)
 * Vincent Biron (film)
 * Roshell Bissett (film)
 * Matt Bissonnette (film)
 * Roger Blais (documentary)
 * Renée Blanchar (documentary)
 * Jack Blum (theatre)
 * Sofia Bohdanowicz (film)
 * Nicolas Bolduc (film)
 * Peter Boretski (theatre, television)
 * Osmond Borradaile (documentary)
 * Clay Borris (film, television)
 * Miryam Bouchard (film, television)
 * Éric K. Boulianne (film)
 * Luc Bourdon (documentary)
 * Antoine Bourges (film)
 * François Bouvier (film, television)
 * Maureen Bradley (film)
 * Kristof Brandl (film, music video)
 * André Brassard (theatre, film)
 * Jennifer Brewin (theatre)
 * Manon Briand (film)
 * Donald Brittain (documentary)
 * Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (film)
 * Rex Bromfield (film, television)
 * Daniel Brooks (theatre)
 * Amnon Buchbinder (film)
 * Penelope Buitenhuis (film, television)
 * Alex Bulmer (theatre)
 * Paul Buissonneau (theatre)
 * Gary Burns (film)
 * Andrea Bussmann (film)
 * Jason Buxton (film)

C

 * Jean-François Caissy (documentary)
 * Terril Calder (animated film)
 * Jorge Camarotti (film)
 * James Cameron (film)
 * Peg Campbell (film)
 * Sterling Campbell (film)
 * Tamo Campos (documentary)
 * Romeo Candido (film, television, web series)
 * Roger Cantin (film, television)
 * Dominique Cardona (film, television)
 * Mélanie Carrier (documentary)
 * Bruno Carrière (film, television)
 * Peter Carter (film, television)
 * Kirsten Carthew (film)
 * Kate Cayley (theatre)
 * Catherine Chabot (film)
 * Danic Champoux (documentary)
 * Mélanie Charbonneau (film)
 * Lyne Charlebois (film, music video)
 * Miryam Charles (film)
 * Shirley Cheechoo (film)
 * Pier-Philippe Chevigny (film)
 * Aisling Chin-Yee (film)
 * Mary-Colin Chisholm (theatre)
 * Monia Chokri (film)
 * Lloyd Lee Choi (film)
 * Cam Christiansen (animation)
 * Al Christie
 * Charles Christie
 * Milan Chvostek
 * Jerry Ciccoritti (film, stage, television)
 * Chloé Cinq-Mars (film)
 * Sean Cisterna (film)
 * Andrew Cividino (film)
 * Dane Clark (film)
 * Millefiore Clarkes (film, music video)
 * Mike Clattenburg (television)
 * Jim Cliffe (film, television)
 * Sebastian Cluer (television)
 * Egidio Coccimiglio (film)
 * Daniel Cockburn (film)
 * Joy Coghill (theatre)
 * Sidney M. Cohen (television)
 * Laurie Colbert (film)
 * Randall Cole (film)
 * Layne Coleman (film, theatre)
 * Phil Comeau (film, television)
 * Jérémy Comte (film)
 * Jesse Thomas Cook (film)
 * Marilyn Cooke (film)
 * Guy L. Coté (documentary)
 * Marie-Hélène Cousineau (film)
 * Jeanne Crépeau (film)
 * Suzanne Crocker (documentary)
 * Brandon Cronenberg (film)
 * David Cronenberg (film)
 * Seán Cummings (theatre)

D

 * Jamie M. Dagg (film)
 * Zale Dalen (film, television)
 * Tom Daly (documentary)
 * Marie-Julie Dallaire (film)
 * Francis Damberger (film, television)
 * James Buddy Day (film, television, documentary)
 * Deco Dawson (film)
 * Luis De Filippis (film)
 * Guillaume de Fontenay (film)
 * Miranda de Pencier (film)
 * Tracey Deer (television, film, documentary)
 * Winston DeGiobbi (film)
 * Michael Del Monte (documentary)
 * Joshua Demers (film)
 * Mathieu Denis (film)
 * Paul-Émile d'Entremont (documentary)
 * Sophie Deraspe (film)
 * Denys Desjardins (documentary)
 * Richard Desjardins (documentary)
 * Bernard Devlin (documentary)
 * Seán Devlin (film)
 * David Di Giovanni (film, theatre)
 * Chris Di Staulo
 * Guylaine Dionne (film)
 * Xavier Dolan (film)
 * Andrea Donaldson (theatre)
 * Nicole Dorsey (film)
 * Alexandre Dostie (film)
 * Mike Downie (documentary)
 * Michael Downing (film)
 * Michael Dowse (film)
 * Rosvita Dransfeld (documentary)
 * Igor Drljaca (film)
 * Alexa-Jeanne Dubé (film, music video)
 * Félix Dufour-Laperrière (documentary, animation)
 * Christian Duguay
 * Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (film)
 * Danny Dunlop (film)
 * Katrina Dunn (theatre)
 * Stephen Dunn (film)
 * George Dunning (animation, documentary, film)
 * Sophie Dupuis (film)
 * Yves Sioui Durand (film, theatre)
 * Alexis Durand-Brault (film)
 * Jean-Philippe Duval (television, film, documentary)
 * Audrey Dwyer (theatre)
 * Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (film)

E

 * Chris Earle (theatre)
 * Gwaai Edenshaw (film)
 * Guy Édoin (film)
 * Martin Edralin (film)
 * Atom Egoyan (film)
 * Kris Elgstrand (film)
 * Anne Émond (film)
 * Bernard Émond (film)
 * Danishka Esterhazy (film)
 * Jesse Ewles (film)

F

 * Philippe Falardeau (film)
 * Leonard Farlinger (film)
 * Hossein Martin Fazeli
 * Donna Feore (theatre)
 * Lynne Fernie (documentary)
 * Lee Filipovski (film)
 * Thom Fitzgerald (film)
 * Ann Marie Fleming (film)
 * Peter Foldy (film)
 * Sarah Fortin (film)
 * Tori Foster (documentary)
 * Guillaume Fournier (documentary)
 * Martin Fournier (documentary)
 * Yves Christian Fournier
 * Graham Foy (film, music video; a/k/a Fantavious Fritz)
 * Alexandre Franchi (film)
 * Max Fraser (film)
 * James Freer (film)
 * Camelia Frieberg (film)
 * William Fruet (film, theatre)
 * Kevan Funk (film, music video)
 * Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (film)

G

 * Simon Galiero (film)
 * Lorena Gale (theatre)
 * Pierre Gang (film, television)
 * Sean Garrity (film)
 * Connor Gaston (film)
 * Patrick Gazé (film)
 * Fran Gebhard (theatre)
 * Serge Giguère (documentary)
 * Malca Gillson (documentary)
 * Simon Gionet (film)
 * Jacques Giraldeau (documentary)
 * Maxime Giroux (film)
 * Yan Giroux (film)
 * Grace Glowicki (film)
 * Louis Godbout (film)
 * Olivier Godin (film)
 * Brooke Goldstein (film)
 * Noam Gonick (film)
 * Danis Goulet (film)
 * Sophie Goyette (film)
 * Ivan Grbovic (film)
 * Anais Granofsky (film, television)
 * Cynthia Grant (theatre)
 * Philippe Grégoire (film)
 * John Greyson (film)
 * Daniel Grou (film)
 * Paul Gury (film, theatre)

H

 * Brigitte Haentjens (theatre)
 * Paul Haggis (film)
 * Don Haldane (film, television)
 * Meredith Hama-Brown (film)
 * Arthur Hammond (documentary)
 * Rick Hancox (film)
 * Bretten Hannam (film)
 * Matthew Hannam (film)
 * Reginald Harkema (film)
 * Ian Harnarine (film)
 * Alicia K. Harris (film)
 * John Kent Harrison (television)
 * Mary Harron (film)
 * Bobbi Jo Hart (documentary)
 * Gail Harvey (film, television)
 * Kenneth J. Harvey (film)
 * Jeremiah Hayes (documentary film and television)
 * Karl R. Hearne (film)
 * Titus Heckel (film)
 * Kevin Hegge (documentary)
 * Sasha Leigh Henry (film, television)
 * Kathleen Hepburn (film)
 * David Hewlett (film)
 * Federico Hidalgo (film)
 * Olivier Higgins (documentary)
 * Arthur Hiller (film)
 * Mars Horodyski (film, television)
 * Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais (film)
 * Pierre Houle (film, television)
 * John Howe (documentary)
 * Tiffany Hsiung (documentary
 * Rémy Huberdeau (film)
 * Andrew Huculiak (film)
 * Andrew Hull

I

 * Madeline Ivalu (film)
 * Julia Ivanova (documentary)

J

 * Douglas Jackson
 * Michael Jacot
 * Tanja Jacobs (theatre)
 * François Jaros (film, television)
 * Kathleen Jayme (documentary)
 * Katherine Jerkovic (film)
 * Slater Jewell-Kemker (film)
 * Norman Jewison (film)
 * Renuka Jeyapalan (film, television)
 * Brian D. Johnson (documentary)
 * Evan Johnson (film)
 * Galen Johnson (film)
 * Matt Johnson (film, television)
 * Stephanie Joline (film, television)
 * Adam Garnet Jones (film)
 * Ronalda Jones (theatre)
 * Meryam Joobeur (film)
 * Aida Jordão (theatre)
 * Édith Jorisch (film)
 * Chase Joynt (documentary)
 * Marie-Ève Juste (film)

K

 * Zarrar Kahn (film)
 * Yuqi Kang (documentary)
 * Jamie Kastner (film)
 * John Kastner (film)
 * Jillian Keiley (theatre)
 * Olivier Kemeid (theatre)
 * Elza Kephart (film)
 * Sami Khan (film)
 * Gloria Ui Young Kim (film, television)
 * Allan King (film, television)
 * Albert Kish (documentary)
 * Bonnie Sherr Klein (film)
 * Joey Klein (film)
 * Julien Knafo (film)
 * Larysa Kondracki (film)
 * Jules Arita Koostachin (film, television)
 * Ted Kotcheff (film, television)
 * Anthony Kramreither
 * Roman Kroitor (documentary)
 * Carol Kunnuk (documentary)
 * Zacharias Kunuk (film)
 * Julia Kwan (film)
 * Ky Nam Le Duc (film)

L

 * Bruce LaBruce (film)
 * Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis (documentary)
 * Stéphane Lafleur (film)
 * Ian Lagarde (film)
 * Patrice Laliberté (film, television)
 * Jeremy Lalonde (film)
 * Michel Langlois (film)
 * Stéphane Lapointe (film)
 * Martin Laroche (film)
 * Jeremy Larter (film)
 * Hugo Latulippe (documentary)
 * Pier-Luc Latulippe (documentary)
 * Jean-Claude Lauzon (film)
 * Simon Lavoie (film)
 * Elizabeth Lazebnik (film)
 * Walter Learning
 * Jeanne Leblanc (film)
 * Francis Leclerc (film)
 * John L'Ecuyer (film, television)
 * Gerald L'Ecuyer (film, television)
 * Sherren Lee (film, television)
 * Shawn Levy (film, television)
 * Marc-Antoine Lemire (film)
 * Marquise Lepage (film)
 * Robert Lepage (film, theatre)
 * Chloé Leriche (film)
 * Jean-François Lesage (documentary)
 * Philippe Lesage (film)
 * Chandler Levack (film, music video)
 * Richard J. Lewis
 * Yonah Lewis
 * David Lickley (documentary)
 * Desiree Lim
 * Drew Lint (film)
 * Arthur Lipsett (experimental)
 * Jason Loftus (documentary)
 * James Long (theatre)
 * Ariane Louis-Seize (film)
 * Colin Low (documentary)
 * Kate Lushington (theatre)
 * Kate Lynch
 * Peter Lynch
 * Laurie Lynd (film, television)

M

 * Johnny Ma (film)
 * Michael Mabbott (film, television)
 * Guy Maddin (film)
 * Adam MacDonald
 * Shane MacDougall
 * Adriana Maggs (film, television)
 * Michèle Magny (theatre)
 * Gilles Maheu (theatre)
 * Jonah Malak (documentary)
 * Émilie Mannering (film)
 * Julien G. Marcotte (film)
 * Jen Markowitz (film, television)
 * Leon Marr (film, television)
 * Catherine Martin (film)
 * Asghar Massombagi (film)
 * Yasmine Mathurin (film)
 * Samuel Matteau (documentary)
 * Gail Maurice (film)
 * Blake Mawson (film)
 * Jackie Maxwell (theatre)
 * Robert McCallum (documentary)
 * Bruce McDonald (film, television)
 * Molly McGlynn (film, television)
 * Don McKellar (film, television)
 * Ryan McKenna (film)
 * Norman McLaren (film)
 * Chelsea McMullan (film)
 * Isiah Medina (film)
 * Stella Meghie
 * Deepa Mehta (film)
 * Dilip Mehta
 * Richie Mehta (film)
 * André Melançon (film, television)
 * Robert Ménard (film)
 * Constant Mentzas (film)
 * Amy Miller (film)
 * Jacquelyn Mills (documentary)
 * Pat Mills (film)
 * Michelle Mohabeer (film)
 * Andrew Moir (documentary)
 * Robert Monderie (documentary)
 * Pavan Moondi (film, television)
 * Grayson Moore (film)
 * Faran Moradi (film, television)
 * Michel Moreau (documentary)
 * Robert Morin (film)
 * Wendy Morgan (film, television, music video)
 * Nathan Morlando (film)
 * James Motluk (film, television)
 * Jasmin Mozaffari (film)
 * Grant Munro (animation, documentary)
 * Janet Munsil (theatre)

N

 * Kaveh Nabatian (film, music video)
 * Ruba Nadda (film)
 * Shasha Nakhai (film)
 * Darlene Naponse (film)
 * Ariel Nasr (documentary)
 * Vincenzo Natali (film)
 * Sergio Navarretta (film)
 * Aubrey Nealon (film, television)
 * Kim Nguyen (film)
 * Yannick Nolin (documentary)
 * Diane Nyland Proctor (theatre)

O

 * Alanis Obomsawin (documentary)
 * Diane Obomsawin (animation)
 * Hugh O'Connor (documentary)
 * Terrance Odette (film, television)
 * Charles Officer (film)
 * Linda Ohama (film)
 * Randall Okita (film)
 * Sidney Olcott
 * Taylor Olson (film)
 * Rafaël Ouellet (film)
 * Don Owen (documentary, film)

P

 * Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (film, TV)
 * Alisa Palmer (theatre)
 * John Palmer (film, theatre)
 * Ally Pankiw (film, television)
 * Kire Paputts (film)
 * Henri Pardo (film)
 * Sanjay Patel
 * Steve Patry (documentary)
 * Corey Payette (film, theatre)
 * Zoé Pelchat (film)
 * Gabriel Pelletier (film, television)
 * François Péloquin (film, television)
 * Nadine Pequeneza (documentary)
 * Nicolás Pereda (film)
 * Arturo Pérez Torres (film)
 * Ben Petrie (film)
 * Carmine Pierre-Dufour (film)
 * Ileana Pietrobruno
 * Benoît Pilon
 * Sébastien Pilote (film)
 * Noah Pink
 * Pedro Pires
 * Bruce Pittman (film)
 * Pascal Plante (film)
 * Maude Plante-Husaruk (documentary)
 * Maurice Podbrey (theatre)
 * Jeremy Podeswa (film, TV)
 * Sarah Polley (film)
 * Léa Pool (film)
 * Gerald Potterton (animation, film)
 * Paul David Power (theatre)
 * Michel Poulette (film, TV)
 * Brigitte Poupart (film)
 * Jason Priestley
 * Gregory Prest (theatre)
 * Ben Proudfoot (documentary film)
 * Raymonde Provencher (documentary)
 * Alex Pugsley (film)

Q

 * Troy Quane (film)

R

 * Jared Raab (film, television, music video)
 * Tom Radford (documentary film and television)
 * Matthew Rankin (film)
 * Mort Ransen (film)
 * Benjamin Ratner (film)
 * Ryan Redford (film)
 * Samir Rehem (film, television)
 * Kim Renders (theatre)
 * Vincent René-Lortie (film, music video)
 * Ivan Reitman (film)
 * Jason Reitman (film)
 * Boyce Richardson (documentary)
 * Kyle Rideout (film)
 * Velcrow Ripper (documentary film)
 * Diane Roberts (theatre)
 * Bill Robertson (film)
 * Daniel Roby (film)
 * Lina Rodriguez (film)
 * Daniel Roher (documentary)
 * Sophy Romvari (film)
 * Les Rose (film, television)
 * Sébastien Rose (film)
 * Patricia Rozema (film)
 * Baņuta Rubess (theatre)
 * Lisa Rubin (theatre)
 * Su Rynard (documentary)
 * Matthieu Rytz (documentary)

S

 * Louis Saia (film, television, theatre)
 * Jeffrey St. Jules (film)
 * Annie St-Pierre (film)
 * Nathalie Saint-Pierre (film)
 * Claire Sanford (film)
 * Brigitte Sauriol (film)
 * Mark Sawers (film, television)
 * Shelley Saywell (documentary)
 * Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux (film, music video)
 * David Secter (film)
 * Mack Sennett (film)
 * Paul Shapiro (film, television)
 * Kathryn Shaw (theatre)
 * Bashar Shbib (film)
 * Donald Shebib (film)
 * Domee Shi (film)
 * Anthony Shim (film)
 * Albert Shin (film)
 * Paul Shkordoff (film)
 * Albert Shin (film, television)
 * Aidan Shipley (film)
 * Mina Shum (film)
 * Anne-Marie Sirois (film)
 * Lenin M. Sivam
 * Dylan Akio Smith (film)
 * Scott Smith (film)
 * Adam Smoluk
 * Jonathan Sobol (film)
 * Frances-Anne Solomon (film)
 * Warren P. Sonoda (film, television)
 * Christian Sparkes (film)
 * Roger Spottiswoode (film, television)
 * John Spotton (documentary)
 * Lib Spry (theatre)
 * Robin Spry (documentary, film)
 * Yael Staav (film, television)
 * Tank Standing Buffalo (animation)
 * John Stark (film, theatre)
 * Linsey Stewart (film)
 * Lynne Stopkewich (film, television)
 * Brett Story (documentary)
 * Chris Strikes (film)
 * Sudz Sutherland (film, television)
 * Michèle Stephenson (film)
 * Ginny Stikeman
 * Danièle J. Suissa (film, television)
 * Oana Suteu Khintirian (documentary)
 * Matthew Swanson (film)
 * Bruce Sweeney (film)

T

 * Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (film)
 * Katie Tallo (film, television)
 * Jonathan Tammuz
 * Paul Tana (film)
 * Jordan Tannahill (film, theatre)
 * Amanda Tapping (television)
 * Emmanuel Tardif (film)
 * Henry Tarvainen (theatre)
 * Éric Tessier (film, television)
 * Calvin Thomas (film)
 * Madison Thomas (film)
 * Paul Thompson
 * Kelly Thornton (theatre)
 * Vincent Toi (film)
 * Paul Tom (documentary)
 * Thyrone Tommy (film)
 * Laurie Townshend (film, documentary)
 * Aren X. Tulchinsky
 * Marie-Hélène Turcotte (film)
 * André Turpin (film)
 * Terry Tweed (theatre)
 * Charlie Tyrell (film, music video)

U

 * David Uloth (film)
 * Natar Ungalaaq (film)
 * Allan Ungar

V

 * Esther Valiquette (documentary)
 * Jean-Marc Vallée (film)
 * John Varszegi (film, theatre)
 * Ingrid Veninger (film)
 * Rhayne Vermette (film)
 * Robert Verrall (documentary)
 * Myriam Verreault (film)
 * Denis Villeneuve (film)
 * Martin Villeneuve (film)
 * Salomé Villeneuve (film)
 * Mary Vingoe (theatre)
 * Clement Virgo (film)
 * Wiebke von Carolsfeld (film)

W

 * Kristina Wagenbauer (film)
 * John Walker (documentary)
 * Cole Walliser (commercial, music video)
 * Wayne Wapeemukwa (film)
 * Darrell Wasyk (film)
 * Ross Weber (film)
 * Lulu Wei (documentary)
 * Jeth Weinrich (music video, documentary)
 * Aerlyn Weissman (documentary)
 * David Wellington (film)
 * Peter Wellington (film)
 * Ron Weyman (documentary, television)
 * Anne Wheeler (film)
 * Maureen White (theatre)
 * Sherry White (film, television)
 * Nigel Shawn Williams (theatre)
 * Jennie Williams (documentary)
 * Rich Williamson (film)
 * David Winning (film, television)
 * Joyce Wong (film, television)

Y

 * Gary Yates
 * Michael Yerxa (documentary)
 * Aleysa Young (television)
 * Asia Youngman (film, television)

Z

 * John Zaritsky (documentary)
 * Joseph Ziegler (theatre)
 * Aziz Zoromba (film)
 * Svetlana Zylin (theatre)