Joel Schumacher - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York, New York, 29 August 1939.
Ettore Scola - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Trevico, Avellino, 10 May 1931.
Martin Scorsese - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Flushing, New York, 17 November 1942.
Ridley Scott - Director
Nationality: English. Born: South Shields, County Durham, 1939.
Susan Seidelman - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 11 December 1952.
Ousmane Sembene - Director
Nationality: Senegalese. Born: at Ziguinchor, Senegal, 8 January 1923.
Mrinal Sen - Director
Nationality: Indian. Born: East Bengal (now Bangladesh), 4 May 1923.
Mack Sennett - Director
Nationality: Canadian. Born: Mikall (Michael) Sinnott in Danville, Quebec, 17 January 1880.
Coline Serreau - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 29 October 1947; daughter of famed avant-garde theatre director Jean-Marie Serreau and writertranslator Geneviève Serreau.
Larisa Shepitko - Director
Nationality: Russian. Born: Armtervosk, Eastern Ukraine, 1938 (some sources list 1939); first name sometimes spelled "Larissa." Family: Married film director Elem Klimov.
Jim Sheridan - Director
Nationality: Irish. Born: Dublin, 6 February 1949.
Kaneto Shindo - Director
Nationality: Japanese. Born: Hiroshima Prefecture, 28 April 1912.
Masahiro Shinoda - Director
Nationality: Japanese. Born: Gifu Prefecture, 9 March 1931.
Don Siegel - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Chicago, 26 October 1912.
Joan Micklin Silver - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Omaha, Nebraska, 24 May 1935.
John Singleton - Director
Nationality: American. Born: John Daniel Singleton in Los Angeles, California, 6 January 1968.
Robert Siodmak - Director
Nationality: American/German. Born: Memphis, Tennessee, 8 August 1900.
Douglas Sirk - Director
Nationality: German/American. Born: Claus Detlev Sierk in Skagen, Denmark, 26 April 1900.
Alf Sjöberg - Director
Nationality: Swedish. Born: Stockholm, 21 June 1903.
Victor Sjöström - Director
Nationality: Swedish. Born: Victor David Sjöström in Silbodal, Sweden, 20 September 1879; also known as Victor Seastrom.
Jerzy Skolimowski - Director
Nationality: Polish. Born: Warsaw, 5 May 1938.
Kevin Smith - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Highlands, New Jersey, 2 August 1970.
Steven Soderbergh - Director
Nationality: American. Born: 14 January 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fernando E. Solanas and Octavio GETINO - Director
Nationality: Argentinian. Born: Solanas born in Buenos Aires, 16 February 1936; Getino born in Spain, moved to Argentina, 1952.
Humberto Solas - Director
Nationality: Cuban. Born: Havana, December 1942.
Todd Solondz - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Newark, New Jersey, 15 October 1959.
Penelope Spheeris - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, 2 December 1945.
Steven Spielberg - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, 18 December 1947.
John M. Stahl - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 21 January 1886.
Wolfgang Staudte - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Saarbrücken, 9 October 1906.