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
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
J
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
O
P
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
V
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
See also
References
External links
- Directors UK
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- British Film Institute
- Britmovie|Home of British Films
