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.