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Ranker's Top 30 Greatest Directors in Movie History

Cinema is possibly the most complete artistic expression, encompassing many artistic pillars and fascinating interpretations of great actors. But in the absence of the director, nothing would be possible. They are the ones who analyze, guide and organize the sets. Here are the 30 greatest movie directors of all time, according to popular opinion.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
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Orson Welles
Orson Welles
3
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
4
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
5
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
6
John Ford
John Ford
7
David Lean
David Lean
8
Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
9
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
10
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini
11
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
12
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
13
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
14
Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
15
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
16
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
17
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
18
William Wyler
William Wyler
19
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
20
John Huston
John Huston
21
Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
22
Jean Renoir
Jean Renoir
23
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
24
Sergei Eisenstein
Sergei Eisenstein
25
Andrei Tarkovsky
Andrei Tarkovsky
26
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
27
David Lynch
David Lynch
28
Fritz Lang
Fritz Lang
29
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
30
James Cameron
James Cameron
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