List of Jewish film directors

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

A

 * Jim Abrahams (born 1944), US
 * J. J. Abrams (born 1966), US
 * Ivan Abramson (born 1869), US
 * Lenny Abrahamson (born 1966), Ireland, UK
 * Michael Addis, US
 * Alexandre Aja (born 1978), France
 * Chantal Akerman (born 1950), Belgium
 * Corey Allen (1934–2010), US
 * Woody Allen (born 1935), US
 * Mathieu Amalric (born 1965), France
 * Broncho Billy Anderson (born 1880), US
 * Eleanor Antin (born 1935), US
 * Judd Apatow (born 1968), US
 * Alexandre Arcady (born 1947), France
 * Alan Arkin (born 1934), US
 * Darren Aronofsky (born 1969), US
 * David Arquette (born 1971), US
 * Kevin Asch (born 1975), US
 * Olivier Assayas (born 1955), France
 * Ari Aster (born 1987/1988), US, Sweden
 * Yvan Attal (born 1965), France
 * Paul Auster (born 1947), US
 * Jon Avnet (born 1949), US
 * George Axelrod (1922–2003), US

B

 * Héctor Babenco (born 1946), Brazil, US
 * Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), US
 * Bob Balaban (born 1945), US
 * Uri Barbash, Israel
 * Amir Bar-Lev (born 1972), US
 * Boris Barnet (born 1902), USSR
 * Daniel Barnz (born 1970), US
 * Noah Baumbach (born 1969), US
 * Michael Bay (born 1965), US
 * Henry Bean (born 1945), US
 * Jack Bender (born 1949), US
 * László Benedek (born 1905), US, Germany, France
 * Richard Benjamin (born 1938), US
 * Jean Benoît-Lévy (born 1888), France
 * Robby Benson (born 1956), US
 * Andrew Bergman (born 1945), US
 * Alan Berliner (born 1956), US
 * Andrea Berloff (born 1974), US
 * Raymond Bernard (born 1891), France
 * Curtis Bernhardt (born 1899), Germany, France, UK, US
 * Assaf Bernstein (born 1970), Israel
 * Claude Berri (born 1934), France
 * John Berry (born 1917), US, France
 * Herbert Biberman (born 1900), US
 * Susanne Bier (born 1960), Denmark, Sweden, UK, US
 * Mike Binder (born 1958), US
 * Peter Bogdanovich (born 1939), US
 * Michel Boujenah (born 1952), France
 * Zach Braff (born 1975), US
 * John Brahm (born 1893), UK, US, Italy, Germany
 * Martin Brest (born 1951), US
 * Marshall Brickman (born 1939), US
 * Albert Brooks (born 1947), US
 * James L. Brooks (born 1940), US
 * Mel Brooks (born 1926), US
 * Richard Brooks (born 1912), US
 * Daniel Burman (born 1973), Argentina

C

 * Dyan Cannon (born 1937), US
 * William Castle (born 1914), US
 * Gilbert Cates (1934), US
 * Joseph Cedar (born 1968), Israel
 * Alain Chabat (born 1958), France
 * Lionel Chetwynd (born 1940), US
 * Lisa Cholodenko (born 1964), US
 * Joyce Chopra (born 1936), US
 * Grigory Chukhray (born 1921), USSR
 * Elie Chouraqui (born 1953), France
 * Shirley Clarke (born 1919), US
 * Larry Cohen (born 1941), US
 * Joel Coen (born 1954) and Ethan Coen (born 1957), US
 * Rob Cohen (born 1949), US
 * Hubert Cornfield (born 1929), Turkey
 * Brandon Cronenberg (born 1980), Canada
 * David Cronenberg (born 1943), Canada
 * George Cukor (born 1899), US
 * Michael Curtiz (born 1886), US, Hungary
 * Paul Czinner (born 1890), Austria, Germany, UK

D

 * Jules Dassin (1911–2008), US, France
 * Maya Deren (1917–1961), US
 * Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), US
 * Howard Deutch (1950–), US
 * Stanley Donen (1924–2019), US
 * Mark Donskoy (1901–1981), USSR
 * Richard Donner (1930–2021), US
 * Robert Downey, Sr. (1935–2021), US
 * Michel Drach (born 1930), France
 * Lena Dunham (born 1986), US

E

 * Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungary
 * Gad Elmaleh (born 1971), France
 * Morris Engel (born 1918), US
 * Nora Ephron (born 1941), US
 * Jean Epstein (born 1897), France
 * Marie Epstein (born 1899), France
 * Fridrikh Ermler (born 1898), USSR

F

 * Jon Favreau (born 1966), US
 * Dave Fleischer (born 1894), US
 * Max Fleischer (born 1883), US
 * Richard Fleischer (born 1916), US
 * Ruben Fleischer (born 1974), US
 * Ari Folman (born 1962), Israel
 * Aleksander Ford (born 1908), Poland
 * Péter Forgács (born 1950), Hungary
 * James Franco (born 1978), US
 * Robert Frank (born 1924), US
 * Friz Freleng (born 1906), US
 * Sami Frey (born 1937), France
 * William Friedkin (born 1935), US
 * Samuel Fuller (born 1911), US

G

 * Béla Gaál (born 1893), Hungary
 * Liz Garbus (born 1970), US
 * Jack Garfein (born 1930), US
 * Gyula Gazdag (born 1947), Hungary, US
 * Aleksei Yuryevich German (born 1938), USSR, Russia
 * Kurt Gerron (born 1897), Germany
 * Viktor Gertler (born 1901), Hungary
 * Amos Gitai (born 1950), Israel
 * Jonathan Glazer (born 1965), UK
 * Jack Gold (born 1930), UK
 * Evan Goldberg (born 1982), US
 * Marina Goldovskaya (born 1941), USSR, US, Russia
 * Akiva Goldsman (born 1962), US
 * Keith Gordon (born 1961), US
 * Michael Gordon (born 1909), US
 * Debra Granik (born 1963), US
 * James Gray (born 1969), US
 * Joseph Green (born 1900), US
 * Bud Greenspan (born 1926), US
 * Maggie Greenwald (born 1955), US
 * Robert Greenwald (born 1943), US
 * Christopher Guest (born 1948), US
 * Charles Guggenheim (born 1924), US
 * Davis Guggenheim (born 1963), US

H

 * Hugo Haas (born 1901), Czechoslovakia
 * Roger Hanin (born 1925), France
 * Todd Haynes (born 1961), US
 * Michel Hazanavicius (born 1967), France
 * Amy Heckerling (born 1954), US
 * Buck Henry (born 1930), US
 * János Herskó (born 1926), Hungary
 * Marshall Herskovitz (born 1952), US
 * Aleksander Hertz (born 1879), Poland
 * Juraj Herz (born 1934), Czechoslovakia
 * John Herzfeld, US
 * Grant Heslov (born 1963), US
 * Arthur Hiller (born 1923), US
 * Jerzy Hoffman (born 1932), Poland
 * Agnieszka Holland (born 1948), Poland, West Germany, France, UK, US
 * Nicole Holofcener (born 1960), US
 * Peter Hyams (born 1943), US

J

 * Lee Jaffe (born 1950), US
 * Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), US
 * Henry Jaglom (born 1938), US
 * Agnès Jaoui (born 1964), France
 * Andrew Jarecki (born 1960), US
 * Eugene Jarecki (born 1964), US
 * Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), France, Mexico, US, UK, Chile
 * Ján Kadár (born 1918), Slovakia, Czech Republic, US, Canada, Ramakrishna U, India

K

 * Jeremy Paul Kagan (born 1945), US
 * Garson Kanin (born 1912), US
 * Nicole Kassell (born 1972), US
 * Marta Kauffman (born 1956), US
 * Charlie Kaufman (born 1958), US
 * George S. Kaufman (born 1889), US
 * Lloyd Kaufman (born 1945), US
 * Moises Kaufman (born 1963), US
 * Tony Kaye (director) (born 1952), US
 * Jake Kasdan (born 1975), US
 * Lawrence Kasdan (born 1949), US
 * Peter Kassovitz (born 1938), France, Hungary
 * Aviva Kempner (born 1946), US
 * Irvin Kershner (born 1923), US
 * Iosif Kheifits (born 1905), USSR
 * Beeban Kidron (born 1961), UK, US
 * Simon Kinberg (born 1973), US
 * Zalman King (born 1942), US
 * Dimitri Kirsanoff (1899–1957), Estonia, France
 * Cédric Klapisch (born 1961), France
 * William Klein (born 1928), France
 * Jan Jakub Kolski (born 1956), Poland
 * Alexander Korda (born 1893), UK, Hungary
 * Zoltan Korda (born 1895), UK, Hungary
 * Harmony Korine (born 1973), US
 * Henry Koster (born 1905), US
 * Grigori Kozintsev (born 1905), USSR
 * Stanley Kramer (born 1913), US
 * Stanley Kubrick (born 1925), US, UK
 * Alex Kurtzman (born 1973), US

L

 * John Landis (born 1950), US
 * Fritz Lang (born 1890), on his mother's side
 * Claude Lanzmann (1925 – 2018), France
 * Marc Lawrence (1910 – 2005), US
 * Mélanie Laurent (born 1983), France
 * Mimi Leder (born 1952), US
 * Mike Leigh (born 1943), UK
 * Paul Lieberstein (born 1967), US
 * Claude Lelouch (born 1937), France
 * Paul Leni (born 1885), Germany, US
 * Mervyn LeRoy (born 1900), US
 * Jonathan Levine (born 1976), US
 * Barry Levinson (born 1942), US
 * Dani Levy (born 1957), Switzerland
 * Eugene Levy (born 1946) USA
 * Shawn Levy (born 1967), US
 * Albert Lewin (born 1894), US
 * Ben Lewin (born 1946), Australia, UK, France, US
 * Jerry Lewis (born 1925), US
 * Joseph H. Lewis (born 1907), US
 * Sébastien Lifshitz (born 1968), France
 * Peter Lilienthal (born 1929), Germany
 * Doug Liman (born 1965), US
 * Lynne Littman (born 1941), US
 * Anatole Litvak (born 1902), Germany, France, US
 * Mike Yechiel Lichtman (born 1981) USA
 * Jennie Livingston (born 1962), US
 * Arthur Lubin (born 1898), US
 * Ernst Lubitsch (born 1894), US, Germany
 * Michael Lucas (born 1972), US
 * Sidney Lumet (born 1924), US
 * Rod Lurie (born 1962), US
 * Henry Lynn (born 1895), US

M

 * Norman Mailer (born 1923) USA
 * Clara Mamet (born 1994), US
 * David Mamet (born 1947), US
 * James Mangold (born 1963), US
 * Joseph L. Mankiewicz (born 1909), US
 * Daniel Mann (born 1912), US
 * Michael Mann (born 1943), US
 * Andrew Marton (born 1904), Austria, Germany, US, UK, Hungary
 * Rudolph Maté (born 1898), US
 * Melina Matsoukas (born 1981), US
 * Elaine May (born 1932), US
 * Paul Mazursky (born 1930), US
 * Jean-Pierre Melville (born 1917), France
 * Sam Mendes (born 1965), US, UK
 * Nicholas Meyer (born 1945), US
 * Nancy Meyers (born 1949), US
 * Radu Mihăileanu (born 1958), France, Romania
 * Lewis Milestone (born 1895), US
 * Bennett Miller (born 1966), US
 * Claude Miller (born 1942), France
 * Michel Mitrani (born 1930), France
 * Moshé Mizrahi (born 1931), Israel, France
 * Serge Moati (born 1958), France, Tunisia
 * Meredith Monk (born 1942), US
 * Janusz Morgenstern (born 1922), Poland
 * Errol Morris (born 1948), US
 * Oren Moverman (born 1966), US
 * Andrzej Munk (born 1921), Poland

N

 * Tim Blake Nelson (born 1964), US
 * Sam Newfield (born 1899), US
 * Avi Nesher (born 1952), Israel
 * Mike Nichols (born 1931), US
 * Leonard Nimoy (born 1931), US
 * Yuriy Norshteyn (born 1941), USSR, Russia

O

 * Ken Olin (born 1954), US
 * Marcel Ophuls (born 1927), France, West Germany, US
 * Max Ophüls (born 1902) Germany, France, US
 * Gérard Oury (born 1919), France
 * Frank Oz (born 1944), US

P

 * Alan J. Pakula (born 1928), US
 * Stacie Passon (born 1969), US
 * Joe Pasternak (born 1901), US
 * Larry Peerce (born 1930), US
 * Arthur Penn (born 1922), US
 * Leo Penn (born 1921), US
 * Vadim Perelman (born 1963), US
 * Alex Ross Perry (born 1984), US
 * Irving Pichel (born 1891), US, Germany
 * Lupu Pick (born 1886), Germany
 * Roman Polanski (born 1933), France, Poland, US
 * Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952), UK
 * Sydney Pollack (born 1934), US
 * Abraham Polonsky (born 1910), US
 * Gabe Polsky (born 1979), US
 * Gillo Pontecorvo (born 1919), Italy
 * Natalie Portman (born 1981), US
 * Ted Post (born 1918), US
 * Otto Preminger (born 1906), US
 * Emeric Pressburger (born 1902), UK

R

 * Alfred Radok (born 1917), Czechoslovakia
 * Bob Rafelson (born 1933), US
 * Sam Raimi (born 1959), US
 * Yuli Raizman (born 1903), USSR
 * Harold Ramis (born 1944), US
 * Irving Rapper (born 1888), US
 * Brett Ratner (born 1969), US
 * Gregory Ratoff (born 1893), US
 * Pierre Rehov, France
 * Carl Reiner (born 1922), US
 * Rob Reiner (born 1947), US
 * Ivan Reitman (born 1946), Canada, US
 * Jason Reitman (born 1977), US
 * Boots Riley (born 1971), US
 * Martin Ritt (born 1914), US
 * Lilly Rivlin (born 1936), Israel, US
 * Jay Roach (born 1957), US
 * Brian Robbins (born 1963), US
 * Lauren Miller Rogen (born 1982), US
 * Seth Rogen (born 1982), US
 * Mikhail Romm (born 1901), USSR
 * Abram Room (born 1894), USSR
 * Stuart Rosenberg (born 1927), US
 * Robert Rossen (born 1908), US
 * Eli Roth (born 1972), US
 * Stephanie Rothman (born 1936), US
 * Jan Rybkowski (born 1912), Poland

S

 * Fred Savage (born 1976), US
 * Akiva Schaffer (born 1977), US
 * Jerry Schatzberg (born 1927), US
 * Suzanne Schiffman (born 1929), France
 * John Schlesinger (born 1926), UK, US
 * Julian Schnabel (born 1951), US
 * David Schwimmer (born 1966), US
 * Susan Seidelman (born 1952), US
 * Steve Sekely (born 1899), Germany, Hungary, US, UK, Italy
 * Joann Sfar (born 1971), France
 * Vincent Sherman (born 1906), US
 * Cate Shortland (born 1968), Australia
 * Esfir Shub (born 1894), USSR
 * Don Siegel (born 1912), US
 * Joan Micklin Silver (born 1935), US
 * Bryan Singer (born 1965), US
 * Curt Siodmak (born 1902), US, Germany
 * Robert Siodmak (born 1900), US, Germany
 * Todd Solondz (born 1959), US
 * Barry Sonnenfeld (born 1953), US
 * Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), US
 * Steven Spielberg (born 1946), US
 * Nicole Stéphane (born 1923), France
 * Ben Stiller (born 1965), US
 * Todd Strauss-Schulson (born 1980), US
 * Barbra Streisand (born 1942), US
 * Steve Suissa (born 1970), France
 * István Szabó (born 1938), Hungary, Germany
 * Henryk Szaro (born 1900), Poland
 * Samy Szlingerbaum (born 1950), Belgium

T

 * Danièle Thompson (born 1942), France
 * Konrad Tom (born 1887), Poland
 * Leonid Trauberg (born 1902), USSR
 * Slava Tsukerman (born 1940), Russia
 * Jon Turteltaub (born 1963), US

U

 * Alexei Uchitel (born 1951), Russia

V

 * Francis Veber (born 1937), France
 * Dylan Verrechia (born 1976), France
 * Dziga Vertov (born 1896), USSR
 * Charles Vidor (born 1900), US
 * Jordan Vogt-Roberts (born 1984), US
 * Josef von Sternberg (born 1894), US, Austria
 * Erich von Stroheim (born 1885), US, France, Austria

W

 * David Wain (born 1969), US
 * Taika Waititi (born 1975), New Zealand, US
 * Sam Wanamaker (born 1919), US, UK
 * Robin Washington (born 1956), US
 * Michał Waszyński (born 1904), Poland, Italy
 * Claudia Weill (born 1947), US
 * Matthew Weiner (born 1965), US
 * Leilah Weinraub (born 1979), US
 * Jiří Weiss (born 1913), Czechoslovakia, West Germany, Czech Republic
 * Billy Wilder (born 1906), US, France
 * Irwin Winkler (born 1931), US
 * Frederick Wiseman (born 1930), US, France
 * William Wyler (born 1902), US

Y

 * Boaz Yakin (born 1966), US
 * Linda Yellen (born 1949), US
 * Sergei Yutkevich (born 1904), USSR
 * Yolande Zauberman, France

Z

 * Fred Zinnemann (born 1907), US, Germany
 * David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (born 1950), US
 * Edward Zwick (born 1952), US