Percy Adlon - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Munich, 1 June 1935; great-grandson of founder of the famed Hotel Adlon, Berlin.
Chantal Akerman - Director
Nationality: Belgian. Born: Brussels, June 1950.
Robert Aldrich - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Cranston, Rhode Island, 9 August 1918.
Woody Allen - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York, 1 December 1935.
Pedro Almodóvar - Director
Nationality: Spanish. Born: Calzada de Clatrava, La Mancha, Spain, 1951 (some sources say 1947).
Robert Altman - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Kansas City, Missouri, 20 February 1925.
Santiago Alvarez - Director
Nationality: Cuban. Born: Havana, 1919.
Lindsay Anderson - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Lindsay Gordon Anderson in Bangalore, South India, 17 April 1923.
Theodoros Angelopoulos - Director
Nationality: Greek. Born: Athens, 27 April 1935; surname also spelled Anghelopoulos.
Kenneth Anger - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Santa Monica, California, 1930.
Michelangelo Antonioni - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Ferrara, Italy, 29 September 1912.
Michael Apted - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Aylesbury, England, 10 February 1941; son of Ronald William and Frances Amelia (Thomas) Apted.
Gregg Araki - Director
Nationality: American. Education: Attended college in Santa Barbara, California.
Denys Arcand - Director
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Deschambault, Quebec, 25 June 1941.
Gillian Armstrong - Director
Nationality: Australian. Born: Melbourne, 18 December 1950.
Dorothy Arzner - Director
Nationality: American. Born: San Francisco, 3 January 1900.
Timothy Asch - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Southampton, New York, 16 July 1932.
Hal Ashby - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Ogden, Utah, 1932.
Alexandre Astruc - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 13 July 1923.
Richard Attenborough - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Richard Samuel Attenborough, Cambridge, England, 29 August 1923; full title, Lord Attenborough, Baron of Richmond upon Thames (from 1993).
Bille August - Director
Nationality: Danish. Born: Copenhagen, 9 November 1948.
Claude Autant-Lara - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Luzarches (Seine-et-Oize), 5 August 1903.
Lloyd Bacon - Director
Nationality: American. Born: San Jose, California, 16 January 1890.
John Badham - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Luton, Bedfordshire, England, 25 August, 1939; son of English actress Mary Hewitt; moved to U.S., 1945; grew up in Alabama, stepson of U.S.
Bruce Baillie - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Aberdeen, South Dakota, 24 September 1931.
Juan Antonio Bardem - Director
Nationality: Spanish. Born: Juan Antonio Bardem-Munoz in Madrid, 2 July 1922.
Boris Barnet - Director
Nationality: Russian. Born: Moscow, 1902, grandson of an English settler.
Paul Bartel - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Brooklyn, New York, 6 August 1938.
Evgeni Bauer - Director
Nationality: Russian. Born: Evgeni Frantsevich Bauer, 1865.
Mario Bava - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: San Remo, Italy, 31 July 1914; son of cinematographer Eugenio Bava.