Arturo Ripstein - Director
Nationality: Mexican. Born: Mexico City, 1943.
Martin Ritt - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 2 March 1902.
Jacques Rivette - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Jacques Pierre Louis Rivette in Rouen, 1 March 1928.
Glauber Rocha - Director
Nationality: Brazilian. Born: Vitoria da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil, 14 March 1938.
Nicolas Roeg - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Nicolas Jack Roeg in London, 15 August 1928.
Alexander Rogozhkin - Director
Nationality: Russian. Born: Leningrad, 3 October 1949.
Eric Rohmer - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer in Nancy, France, 4 April 1920.
George A. Romero - Director
Nationality: American. Born: The Bronx, New York, February 4, 1940.
Jörgen Roos - Director
Nationality: Danish. Born: Gilleleje, Denmark, 14 August 1922.
Francesco Rosi - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Naples, 15 November 1922.
Roberto Rossellini - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Rome, 8 May 1906.
Robert Rossen - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Robert Rosen in New York City, 16 March 1908.
Paul Rotha - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Paul Thompson in London, 3 June 1907.
Jean Rouch - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Jean Pierre Rouch in Paris, 31 May 1917.
Alan Rudolph - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Los Angeles, 18 December 1943, son of actor and film/TV director Oscar Rudolph; sometimes credited as Gerald Cormier.
Raúl Ruiz - Director
Nationality: Chilean. Born: Puerto Montt, Chile, 25 July 1941.
Walter Ruttmann - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Frankfurt am Main, 28 December 1887.
Helma Sanders-Brahms - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Helma Sanders in Emden, Germany, 20 November 1940; added her mother's maiden name to her own to differentiate herself from another New German Cinema filmmaker, Helke Sander.
Mark Sandrich - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Mark R.
Jorge Sanjinés - Director
Nationality: Bolivian. Born: La Paz, Bolivia, 31 July 1936.
Carlos Saura - Director
Nationality: Spanish. Born: Huesca, 4 January 1932.
Claude Sautet - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Montrouge, Paris, 23 February 1924.
John Sayles - Director
Nationality: American. Born: John Thomas Sayles in Schenectady, New York, 28 September 1950.
Franklin J. Schaffner - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Tokyo, 30 May 1920.
Fred Schepisi - Director
Nationality: Australian. Born: Frederic Alan Schepisi in Melbourne, Victoria, 26 December 1939.
John Schlesinger - Director
Nationality: British. Born: John Richard Schlesinger in London, 16 February 1926.
Volker Schlöndorff - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Wiesbaden, 31 March 1939.
Ernest B. Schoedsack - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack in Council Bluffs, Iowa, 8 June 1893.
Paul Schrader - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Grand Rapids, Michigan, 22 July 1946; the brother of screenwriter Leonard Schrader.
Werner Schroeter - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Georgenthal, Thuringia, 7 April 1945.