Charles Burnett - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1944.
Tim Burton - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Burbank, California, 1958.
Michael Cacoyannis - Director
Nationality: Greek. Born: Limassol, Cyprus, 11 June 1927.
James Cameron - Director
Nationality: American. Born: James Francis Cameron in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada, 26 August, 1954; moved to the United States in 1971.
Jane Campion - Director
Nationality: New Zealander. Born: Wellington, 30 April 1954.
Frank Capra - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Bisaquino, Sicily, 18 May 1897; emigrated with family to Los Angeles, 1903.
Léos Carax - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Alexandre Oscar Dupont in Suresnes, France, 22 November 1960.
Marcel Carné - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Batignolles, Paris, 18 August 1909.
John Carpenter - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Carthage, New York, 16 January 1948.
John Cassavetes - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 9 December 1929.
Renato Castellani - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Finale Ligure (Savona), 4 September 1913.
Alberto Cavalcanti - Director
Nationality: Brazilian. Born: Alberto de Almeida Cavalcanti in Rio de Janeiro, 6 February 1897.
Claude Chabrol - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 24 June 1930.
Youssef Chahine - Director
Nationality: Egyptian. Born: Alexandria, 25 January 1926; name also spelled "Shahin." Education: Victoria College, and Alexandria University; studied acting at Pasadena Playhouse, California, 1946–48.
(Sir) Charles (Charlie) Chaplin - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, 16 April 1889.
Chen Kaige - Director
Nationality: Chinese. Born: Beijing, 12 August 1952; son of film director Chen Huai'ai.
Benjamin Christensen - Director
Nationality: Danish. Born: Viborg, Denmark, 28 September 1879.
Věra Chytilová - Director
Nationality: Czech. Born: Ostrava, 2 February 1929.
Michael Cimino - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York, 1940.
Souleymane Cissé - Director
Nationality: Malian. Born: Bamako, 21 April 1940; lived in Dakar during his adolescence until the Senegalese-Mali Federation broke up in 1960, at which point he moved back to Mali.
René Clair - Director
Nationality: French. Born: René Chomette in Paris, 11 November 1898.
Shirley Clarke - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Shirley Brimberg in New York City, 1925.
Jack Clayton - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Brighton, Sussex, 1 March 1921.
René Clément - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Bordeaux, 18 March 1913.
Henri-Georges Clouzot - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Niort, 20 November 1907.
Jean Cocteau - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Maisons-Lafitte, near Paris, 5 July 1889.
Joel Coen - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Minneapolis, 1955.
Martha Coolidge - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New Haven, Connecticut, 17 August 1946.
Francis Ford Coppola - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Detroit, Michigan, 7 April 1939.
Roger Corman - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Roger William Corman in Detroit, Michigan, 5 April 1926.