Jacques Becker - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 15 September 1906.
Jean-Jacques Beineix - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, France, 8 October, 1946.
Marco Bellocchio - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Piacenza, 9 November 1939.
Maria Luisa Bemberg - Director
Nationality: Argentinian. Born: Buenos Aires, 1925.
Shyam Benegal - Director
Nationality: Indian. Born: Alwal, near Hyderabad, 14 December 1934.
Robert Benton - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Robert Douglas Benton in Waxahachie, Texas, 29 September 1932.
Bruce Beresford - Director
Nationality: Australian. Born: 1940.
Ingmar Bergman - Director
Nationality: Swedish. Born: Ernst Ingmar Bergman in Uppsala, Sweden, 14 July 1918.
Busby Berkeley - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Busby Berkeley William Enos in Los Angeles, 29 November 1895.
Claude Berri - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Claude Berel Langmann in Paris, 1 July 1934.
Bernardo Bertolucci - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Parma, Italy, 16 March 1940.
Luc Besson - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 18 March 1959.
Kathryn Bigelow - Director
Nationality: American. Born: San Francisco, 1953.
Fernando Birri - Director
Nationality: Argentinian. Born: In Santa Fe, 13 March 1925.
Bertrand Blier - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 14 March 1939.
August Blom - Director
Nationality: Danish. Born: 26 December 1869.
Budd Boetticher - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Oscar Boetticher Jr., in Chicago, 29 July 1916.
Peter Bogdanovich - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Kingston, New York, 30 July 1939.
John Boorman - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Shepperton, Middlesex, 18 January 1933.
Lizzie Borden - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Detroit, 3 February 1958.
Frank Borzage - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Salt Lake City, Utah, 23 April 1893.
Roy Boulting and John - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Twins, in Bray, Berkshire, 21 November 1913.
Stan Brakhage - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Kansas City, Missouri, 14 January 1933.
Kenneth Branagh - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland, 10 December 1960; family moved to Reading, England, 1969.
Catherine Breillat - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Bressuire, France, 13 July 1948.
Robert Bresson - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Bromont-Lamothe (Puy-de-Dome), France, 25 September 1907.
Albert Brooks - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Albert Einstein, 22 July 1947, Beverly Hills, California; son of Harry (a radio comedian; professional name, Parkyakarkus) and Thelma (a singer; maiden name, Leeds) Einstein; brother of Bob Einstein (a comedy writer under his own name and a comedy performer under the name Super Dave Osborne).
Mel Brooks - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Melvin Kaminsky in Brooklyn, New York, 28 June 1926.
Tod Browning - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Charles Albert Browning in Louisville, Kentucky, 12 July 1880.
Luis Buñuel - Director
Nationality: Spanish. Born: Calanda, province of Teruel, Spain, 22 February 1900.