The film directors in this list have made films that were deemed to be notable art films by prominent critics, film festivals, and/or by authors of books on the history of film.

A

Eduard Abalov Dodo Abashidze Vadim Abdrashitov Aktan Abdykalykov John Abraham Lenny Abrahamson Maren Ade Bas Jan Ader Percy Adlon Roland af Hällström Ashim Ahluwalia Eija-Liisa Ahtila Chantal Akerman Fatih Akin Grigori Aleksandrov Tomas Alfredson Adolfo Alix Jr. Khalik Allah Woody Allen Pedro Almodóvar Lisandro Alonso Usama Alshaibi Robert Altman Alejandro Amenábar Ana Lily Amirpour Laurie Anderson Lindsay Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson Wes Anderson Roy Andersson Theo Angelopoulos Kenneth Anger Urszula Antoniak Michelangelo Antonioni Shinji Aoyama Gregg Araki G. Aravindan Denys Arcand Cam Archer Jane Arden Dario Argento Artur Aristakisyan Morten Arnfred Andrea Arnold Martin Arnold Darren Aronofsky Grigori Aronov Fernando Arrabal Dinara Asanova Hal Ashby Don Askarian Walter D. Asmus Olivier Assayas Ari Aster Jacques Audiard Bille August Ilya Averbakh Tex Avery Nurith Aviv Gabriel Axel Richard Ayoade Hideaki Anno

B

Jamie Babbit Héctor Babenco Frédéric Back Emir Baigazin Bruce Baillie Sean Baker Ralph Bakshi'Crumb' - The Washington Post Aleksei Balabanov Roman Balayan Robert Banks Scott Barley Siddiq Barmak Boris Barnet Matthew Barney Claude Barras Jiří Barta Šarūnas Bartas Svetlana Baskova Michal Bat-Adam Yevgeni Bauer Noah Baumbach Pina Bausch Henry Bean Xavier Beauvois Jean Becker Jean-Jacques Beineix Marco Bellocchio Rémy Belvaux Carmelo Bene James Benning Ingmar Bergman Wallace Berman Bernardo Bertolucci Luc Besson Frank Beyer Bi Gan Susanne Bier Kathryn Bigelow Albert Birney Stig Björkman David Blair Les Blair Bertrand Blier John G. Blystone Lidia Bobrova Hynek Bočan Sergei Bodrov Gábor Bódy Christoffer Boe Peter Bogdanovich Patrick Bokanowski Sergei Bondarchuk Bertrand Bonello Bong Joon-ho André Bonzel John Boorman Ole Bornedal Walerian Borowczyk Vladimir Bortko Stan Brakhage Kenneth Branagh Catherine Breillat Robert Bresson Vinko Brešan Matthew Bright Tricia Brock Lino Brocka Peter Brook James Broughton Clyde Bruckman Günter Brus Zbyněk Brynych Luis Buñuel Andrew Bujalski Charles Burnett Rama Burshtein Tim Burton Steve Buscemi Jayro Bustamante Brian Patrick Butler Rolan Bykov Yuri Bykov

C

Michael Cacoyannis Mike Cahill Robin Campillo Jane Campion António Campos Laurent Cantet Leos Carax Henning Carlsen Marcel Carné Heiner Carow Jean-Claude Carrière Shane Carruth Carlos Casas John Cassavetes'A Woman Under the Influence' - The Power of Female Leads - Films With A Cause Lucien Castaing-Taylor Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani Liliana Cavani Nuri Bilge Ceylan Claude Chabrol Youssef Chahine Jack Chambers Charlie Chaplin Chen Kaige Lisa Cholodenko Sylvain ChometThe Unique Art of French Animation: A Primer|LBBOnline Benjamin Christensen Grigory Chukhray Pavel Chukhray Věra Chytilová Derek Cianfrance Michael Cimino Souleymane Cissé Jean-Paul Civeyrac René Clair Larry Clark Alan Clarke Shirley Clarke René Clément Edward F. Cline Henri-Georges Clouzot Jean Cocteau Joel and Ethan Coen Isabel Coixet Bruce Conner Tony Conrad Francis Ford Coppola Sofia Coppola Anton Corbijn Alain Corneau Panos CosmatosTrippy horror/fantasy Beyond the Black Rainbow gets DVD/Blu-ray release date - JoBlo Pedro Costa Saverio Costanzo David Cronenberg John Crowley Sally Cruikshank Alfonso Cuarón Jonás Cuarón Michael Cuesta Chris Cunningham

D

Stephen Daldry Mircea Daneliuc Georgiy Daneliya Serge Daney Dardenne brothers Hajir Darioush Buddhadeb Dasgupta Charlotte Dauphin Terence Davies Assi Dayan Rolf de Heer Storm de Hirsch Brian De Palma Vittorio De Sica Benoît Delépine François Delisle André Delvaux Zeki Demirkubuz Jacques Demy Claire Denis Maya Deren Virginie Despentes Arnaud Desplechin Michel Deville Mohamed Diab Diao Yinan Lav Diaz Tom DiCillo Vivienne Dick Walt Disney Audrey Diwan Xavier Dolan Andrew Dominik Gianmarco Donaggio Marian Dora Ziad Doueiri Bill Douglas Alexander Dovzhenko Robert Downey Sr. Srđan Dragojević Andreas Dresen Carl Theodor Dreyer Anselmo Duarte Fabrice Du Welz Marcel Duchamp Julia Ducournau Michaël Dudok de Wit Slatan Dudow Germaine Dulac Piotr Dumała Bruno Dumont Lena Dunham Jay Duplass Mark Duplass Marguerite Duras Guru Dutt Sergey Dvortsevoy Ivan Dykhovichny

E

Viking Eggeling Robert Eggers Atom Egoyan Fernando Eimbcke Sergei Eisenstein Ronit Elkabetz Shlomi Elkabetz Adam Elliot Morris Engel Ildikó Enyedi Jean Epstein Reha Erdem Anna Eriksson Víctor Erice Benedikt Erlingsson Pelin Esmer Jean Eustache Valie Export Richard Eyre

F

Zoltán Fábri Asghar Farhadi Harun Farocki Forugh Farrokhzad Rainer Werner Fassbinder Aleksey Fedorchenko Federico Fellini Abel Ferrara Marco Ferreri Louis Feuillade Todd Field Mike Figgis David Fincher Nora Fingscheidt Oskar Fischinger Benedek Fliegauf Ari FolmanThe Criterion Channel's July 2021 Lineup Includes Wong Kar Wai, Neo-Noir, Art-House Animation & More|The Film Stage Frédéric Fonteyne John Ford Tom Ford Miloš Forman Mira Fornay Marc Forster Bob Fosse James Fotopoulos Michelangelo Frammartino Hollis Frampton Robert Frank John Frankenheimer Ron Fricke Gabríela Friðriksdóttir Friðrik Þór Friðriksson William Friedkin Su Friedrich Dmitrii Frolov Shozin Fukui Samuel Fuller

G

Savi Gabizon Vincent Gallo Nisha Ganatra Abel Gance Anand Gandhi Erik Gandini Rodrigo García Philippe Garrel Matteo Garrone Tony Gatlif Costa-Gavras Saša Gedeon Jean Genet Aleksei Alekseivich German Aleksei Yuryevich German Valeriya Gai Germanika Pietro Germi Greta Gerwig Ritwik Ghatak Bahman Ghobadi Goutam Ghose Rituparno Ghosh Terry Gilliam Milton Moses Ginsberg François Girard Amos Gitai Jonathan Glazer Crispin Glover Jean-Luc Godard Lana Gogoberidze Dana Goldberg Flora Gomes Miguel Gomes Rita Azevedo Gomes Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Michel Gondry Alejandro González Iñárritu Adoor Gopalakrishnan Hideo Gosha Philippe Grandrieux Debra Granik James Gray William Greaves David Gordon Green Eugène Green Peter Greenaway John Greyson D. W. Griffith Iveta Grófová Kristina Grozeva Luca Guadagnino José Luis Guerín Ciro Guerra Alain Guiraudie David Gurfinkel Tomás Gutiérrez Alea Amos Guttman Alice Guy-Blaché Patricio Guzmán

H

Alexandr Hackenschmied Andrew Haigh Szabolcs Hajdu Ryusuke Hamaguchi Dušan Hanák Michael Haneke Susumu Hani Mia Hansen-Løve Hal Hartley Wojciech Has Jessica Hausner Howard Hawks Todd HaynesPulling Focus: Safe (1995) — Taste of Cinema Michel Hazanavicius Jalmari Helander Ladislav Helge Piero Heliczer Veit Helmer John Huston Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Don Hertzfeldt Juraj Herz Werner Herzog Tomer Heymann John Hillcoat Damien Hirst Alfred Hitchcock Joanna Hogg Agnieszka Holland Hong Sang-soo Christophe Honoré Harry Hook Dennis Hopper Hou Hsiao-hsien Hu Bo Ágnes Hranitzky Huang Jianxin Ann Hui Karim Hussain Eva Husson Zoltán Huszárik

I

Armando Iannucci Kon Ichikawa Yuri Ilyenko Im Kwon-taek Im Sang-soo Shōhei Imamura Hiroshi Inagaki Otar Iosseliani Gakuryū Ishii Katsuhito Ishii Teruo Ishii Isidore Isou Juzo Itami James Ivory Shunji Iwai

J

Ken Jacobs Peter Jackson Andrzej Jakimowski Juraj Jakubisko Miklós Jancsó Derek Jarman Jim Jarmusch Vojtěch Jasný Anders Thomas Jensen Jeffrey Jeturian Jean-Pierre Jeunet Norman Jewison Jia Zhangke Jaromil Jireš Akio Jissoji Alejandro Jodorowsky Roland Joffé Antti Jokinen Matt Johnson Chuck Jones G. B. Jones Terry Jones Spike Jonze Neil Jordan Nana Jorjadze Jon Jost Radu Jude Miranda July Pavel Juráček

K

Karel Kachyňa Ján Kadár Alexander Kaidanovsky Mikheil Kalatozishvili Mikhail Kalatozov Tom Kalin Vitali Kanevsky Semih Kaplanoğlu Dagur Kári Alex Karpovsky Dome Karukoski Shaji N. Karun Anurag Kashyap Mathieu Kassovitz Sunao Katabuchi Jacques Katmor Charlie Kaufman Mani Kaul Aki Kaurismäki Mika Kaurismäki Yoshiaki Kawajiri Jerzy Kawalerowicz Kihachirō Kawamoto Naomi Kawase Elia Kazan Buster Keaton Abdellatif Kechiche Dorota Kędzierzawska Patrick Keiller Fred Kelemen Jennifer Kent Richard Kern Amanda Kernell Lodge Kerrigan Gustave Kervern Aharon Keshales Rustam Khamdamov Mariam Khatchvani Nikolay Khomeriki Vladimir Khotinenko Marlen Khutsiev Abbas Kiarostami Krzysztof Kieślowski Kim Jee-woon Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-duk Kim Ki-young Keisuke Kinoshita Teinosuke Kinugasa Dimitri Kirsanoff Takeshi Kitano William Klein Elem Klimov Elmar Klos Alexander Kluge Masaki Kobayashi Dorota Kobiela Eran Kolirin Jan Komasa Satoshi Kon Andrei Konchalovsky Jenni Konner Tadeusz Konwicki Hirokazu Kore-eda Harmony Korine20 Worst Hipster Movies of All Time - LA Weekly John Korty Marek Koterski Alexander Kott Petri Kotwica Panos H. Koutras András Kovács Grigori Kozintsev Robert Kramer Andrei Kravchuk Jiří Krejčík Kurt Kren Grzegorz Królikiewicz Václav Krška Peter Kubelka Stanley Kubrick George Kuchar Lev Kuleshov Lev Kulidzhanov Dea Kulumbegashvili Kazuo Kuroki Akira Kurosawa Kiyoshi Kurosawa Justin Kurzel Emir Kusturica Kazimierz Kutz Stanley Kwan

L

Nadine Labaki Bruce LaBruce Edvin Laine René Laloux Albert Lamorisse Fritz Lang Yorgos Lanthimos Claude Lanzmann Nadav Lapid Pablo Larraín Charles Laughton Jean-Claude Lauzon Standish Lawder David Lean Patrice Leconte Ang Lee Lee Chang-dong Spike Lee Robin Lefevre Xavier Legrand C. S. Leigh Mike Leigh Sebastián Lelio Claude Lelouch Karl Lemieux Jan Lenica Sergio Leone Philippe Lesage Jørgen Leth Hagai Levi Don Levy Li Yang Jens Lien Tobias Lindholm Richard Linklater Michael Lindsay-Hogg Jody Lee Lipes Miguel Littín Renata Litvinova Carlo Lizzani Ken Loach Barbara Loden Ram Loevy Kenneth Lonergan Konstantin Lopushansky Joseph Losey Marie Losier Emil Loteanu Aku Louhimies Richard Lowenstein David Lowery Sergei Loznitsa Ernst Lubitsch Sidney Lumet Lumière brothers Pavel Lungin Ladj Ly Len Lye David Lynch

M

Gustav Machatý Jodie Mack Guy Maddin Kurt Maetzig Maïwenn Lech Majewski Majid Majidi Dušan Makavejev Hana Makhmalbaf Mohsen Makhmalbaf Samira Makhmalbaf Terrence Malick Louis MalleThe 25 best arthouse films: which omissions leave you breathless?|Drama films|The Guardian Djibril Diop Mambéty David Mamet Milcho Manchevski Joseph L. Mankiewicz Samuel Maoz Václav Marhoul Chris Marker Gregory Markopoulos Joshua Marston Lucrecia Martel Raya Martin Francesco Maselli Vladimir Maslov Yasuzo Masumura Yoshihiko Matsui Toshio Matsumoto Elaine May John Maybury Tom McCarthy John Michael McDonagh Martin McDonagh Ross McElwee Norman McLaren Conor McPherson Steve McQueen Julio Medem Aleksandr Medvedkin Dariush Mehrjui Ursula Meier Fernando Meirelles Jonas Mekas Georges Méliès Anna Melikian Jean-Pierre Melville Sam Mendes Brillante Mendoza Marie Menken Jiří Menzel E. Elias Merhige Natalya Merkulova Dmitry Meskhiev Márta Mészáros Radley Metzger Takashi Miike Nikita Mikhalkov Bennett Miller Aleksandr Mindadze Vincente Minnelli Kenji Misumi David Robert Mitchell John Cameron Mitchell Katie Mitchell Alexander Mitta Cătălin Mitulescu Gorō Miyazaki Hayao Miyazaki Kenji Mizoguchi Moshé Mizrahi Jean-Pierre Mocky Hans Petter Moland Mario Monicelli Ivor Montagu João César Monteiro Lukas Moodysson Michael Moore Tomm Moore Nanni Moretti Jon Moritsugu Bill Morrison Phil Morrison Paul Morrissey Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese Granaz Moussavi Oren Moverman Otto Muehl Peter Mullan Matthias Müller Milagros Mumenthaler Kornél Mundruczó