Celebrities Who Are/Were Film Directors

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Abel Ferrara
Born: July 19th 1951 in New York City, United States
Adam Rifkin
Born: December 31st 1966 in Chicago, United States
Adrian Lyne
Born: March 4th 1941 in Peterborough, England
Alan J. Pakula
Born: April 7th 1928 in The Bronx, United States
Albert Hughes
Born: April 1st 1972 in Detroit, United States
Alejandro Monteverde
Born: July 13th 1977 in Tampico, Mexico
Alex Proyas
Born: September 23rd 1963 in Cairo, Egypt
Alexander Payne
Born: February 10th 1961 in Omaha, United States
Alexandre Aja
Born: August 7th 1977 in Paris, France
Alfonso Cuaron
Born: November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico
Alfred Hitchcock
Born: August 13th 1899 in Leytonstone, England
Allen Hughes
Born: April 1st 1972 in Detroit, United States
Amy Heckerling
Born: May 7th 1954 in The Bronx, United States
Andrew Adamson
Born: December 1st 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand
Andrew Davis
Born: November 21st 1946 in Chicago, United States
Andrew Dominik
Born: October 7th 1967 in Wellington, New Zealand
Andrew Stevens
Born: June 10th 1955 in Memphis, United States
Andy Tennant
Born: January 1st 1955 in Chicago, United States
Ang Lee
Born: October 23rd 1954 in Chaochou, Taiwan
Antoine Fuqua
Born: January 19th 1966 in Pittsburgh, United States
Anton Corbijn
Born: May 20th 1955 in Strijen, Netherlands
Ari Aster
Born: July 15th 1986 in New York City, United States
Barry Levinson
Born: April 6th 1942 in Baltimore, United States
Bart Freundlich
Born: January 17th 1970 in New York City, United States
Baz Luhrmann
Born: September 17th 1962 in Sydney, United States
Blake Edwards
Born: July 26th 1922 in Tulsa, United States
Brad Bird
Born: September 24th 1957 in Kalispell, United States
Brad Silberling
Born: September 8th 1963 in Washington, United States
Brett Ratner
Born: March 28th 1969 in Miami Beach, United States
Brian De Palma
Born: September 11th 1940 in Newark, United States
Bruce McDonald
Born: May 28th 1959 in Kingston, Canada
Bruno Nuytten
Born: August 28th 1945 in Melun, France
Carl Reiner
Born: March 20th 1922 in The Bronx, United States
Charlie Chaplin
Born: April 16th 1889 in Walworth, England
Christopher Nolan
Born: July 30th 1970 in Westminster, England
Costa-Gavras
Born: February 12th 1933 in Loutra Iraias, Greece
D.J. Caruso
Born: January 17th 1965 in Norwalk, United States
Damian Chapa
Born: October 29th 1963 in Dayton, United States
Dan Gilroy
Born: June 24th 1959 in Santa Monica, United States
Dan Trachtenberg
Born: May 11th 1981 in Philadelphia, United States
Daniel Kwan
Born: February 10th 1988 in Westborough, United States
Daniel Scheinert
Born: June 7th 1987 in Birmingham, United States
Danny Boyle
Born: October 20th 1956 in Radcliffe, England
Darren Lynn Bousman
Born: January 11th 1979 in Overland Park, United States
David Cronenberg
Born: March 15th 1943 in Toronto, Canada
David Dobkin
Born: June 23rd 1969 in Washington, United States
David Frankel
Born: April 2nd 1959 in New York City, United States
David Gordon Green
Born: April 9th 1975 in Little Rock, United States
David Leitch
Born: November 16th 1975 in Kohler, United States
David O Russell
Born: August 20th 1958 in New York City, United States

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