Dziga Vertov - Director
Nationality: Russian. Born: Denis Arkadievitch Kaufman in Byalistok, Poland (then annexed to Russia), 2 January 1896.
King Vidor - Director
Nationality: American. Born: King Wallis Vidor in Galveston, Texas, 8 February 1894.
Jean Vigo - Director
Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 26 April 1905, son of anarchist Miguel Alemreyda (Eugène Bonaventure de Vigo).
Luchino Visconti - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Count Don Luchino Visconti di Modrone in Milan, 2 November 1906.
Josef von Sternberg - Director
Nationality: Austrian. Born: Jonas Sternberg in Vienna, 19 May 1894.
Erich von Stroheim - Director
Nationality: Austrian. Born: Erich Oswald Stroheim in Vienna, 22 September 1885; became U.S.
Lars von Trier - Director
Nationality: Danish. Born: Lars Trier, Lyngby, 30 April 1956.
Margarethe von Trotta - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Berlin, 21 February, 1942.
Andrzej Wajda - Director
Nationality: Polish. Born: Suwałki, Poland, 6 March 1926.
Raoul Walsh - Director
Nationality: American. Born: New York City, 11 March 1887 (some sources say 1892).
Vincent Ward - Director
Nationality: New Zealander. Born: Greytown, New Zealand, 16 February 1956.
Andy Warhol - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Andrew Warhola in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 6 August 1928.
John Waters - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Baltimore, Maryland, April 29, 1946.
Lois Weber - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, 1882.
Peter Weir - Director
Nationality: Australian. Born: Peter Lindsay Weir in Sydney, 8 August 1944.
Jiři Weiss - Director
Nationality: Czech. Born: Prague, 29 March 1913.
Orson Welles - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Kenosha, Wisconsin, 6 May 1916.
William Wellman - Director
Nationality: American. Born: William Augustus Wellman in Brookline, Massachusetts, 29 February 1896.
Wim Wenders - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Wilhelm Wenders in Düsseldorf, 14 August 1945.
Lina Wertmuller - Director
Nationality: Italian. Born: Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich in Rome, 14 August 1928.
James Whale - Director
Nationality: British. Born: Dudley, England, 22 July 1889 (some sources state 1896).
Robert Wiene - Director
Nationality: German. Born: Dresden, 1881.
Billy Wilder - Director
Nationality: Born Samuel Wilder in Sucha, Austria (now part of Poland), 22 June 1906; became U.S. citizen, 1934.
Robert Wise - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Winchester, Indiana, 19 September 1914.
Frederick Wiseman - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Boston, 1 January 1930.
John Woo - Director
Nationality: Chinese. Born: Guangzhou, China, 1 May 1946.
Edward D. Wood Jr. - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Edward Davis Wood, Poughkeepsie, NY, 10 October 1924.
William Wyler - Director
Nationality: American. Born: Willy Wyler in Mulhouse (Mülhausen), Alsace-Lorraine, 1 July 1902; became U.S.
Xie Jin - Director
Nationality: Chinese. Born: Shaoxing (province of Zhejiang), China, 1923.
Edward Yang - Director
Nationality: Chinese. Born: Yang Dechang, Shanghai, China, 1947; moved to Taiwan with family, 1949.