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This is a list of notable directors and their first commercial cinematic films, listed chronologically by release date.

Many of the listed filmmakers, including Orson Welles, directed earlier works that were not commercially released, such as film-school projects, movies that failed to find distribution, or others that were never intended for release. Beginning in the 1940s and 1950s, some directors learned their trade in the medium of television, including Robert Altman, Sidney Lumet, and Alfonso Cuarón. Later directors such as Alan Parker and Ridley Scott did their first professional work in commercial television advertising, which became more cinematic in the 1960s and 1970s. The success of MTV and the popularity of music videos from the early 1980s drew first work from David Fincher, Jonathan Glazer, Michel Gondry, and Spike Jonze.

Indicates a director who created other earlier works for television.

# Indicates a director whose earlier work is uncredited.

Indicates a director whose earlier work has not been released in cinemas—for example, film school productions, short films, or music videos.

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1874

1876–1925

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1926–1975

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1976–2025

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2026–present

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Notes

  1. Co-directed with Robert N. Bradbury
  2. As Detlef Sierck
  3. Co-directed with Anthony Hankey
  4. Co-directed with Gunther von Fritsch
  5. Co-directed with Brian Desmond Hurst
  6. Co-directed with Robert Jordan Hill
  7. Co-directed with Yakov Bazelyan
  8. Directed segment Interlude in the Marshland
  9. Co-directed with Abe Levitow
  10. Co-directed with Bradley R. Swirnoff
  11. Co-directed with Wolfgang Reitherman
  12. Co-directed with Bill Melendez
  13. Co-directed with John Lounsbery
  14. Co-directed with Rintaro
  15. Co-directed with Kenneth Tsang
  16. Co-directed with Art Stevens
  17. Co-directed with Don Bluth
  18. Co-directed with Jesse Wells
  19. Co-directed with Frank Lustig
  20. Co-directed with Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells
  21. Co-directed with Joe Johnston
  22. Co-directed with Mike Gabriel
  23. Co-directed with David Van Taylor
  24. Co-directed with Peter Farrelly
  25. Co-directed with Quentin Lee
  26. Co-directed with Simon Wells
  27. Co-directed with Jim Wynorski
  28. Co-directed with Kevin Lima
  29. Co-directed with Eric Goldberg, Pixote Hunt, James Algar and Hendel Butoy
  30. Co-directed with Ralph Zondag
  31. Co-directed with Richard Rich
  32. Co-directed with Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
  33. Co-directed with Richard Rich
  34. Co-directed with David Daniel
  35. Co-directed with Corey Yuen
  36. Co-directed with Norton Virgien
  37. Co-directed with Tim Johnson
  38. Co-directed with Efram Potelle
  39. Co-directed with Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergeron
  40. Co-directed with Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury
  41. Co-directed with Ryan Fleck
  42. Co-directed with Nick Park
  43. Co-directed with Tim Burton
  44. Co-directed with Eric Darnell
  45. Co-directed with James Cameron
  46. Co-directed with Roger Allers
  47. Co-directed with Tim Johnson
  48. Co-directed with John Lasseter
  49. Co-directed with Chris Buck
  50. Co-directed with Brad Bird
  51. Co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud
  52. Co-directed with Steve Hickner
  53. Co-directed with Brian Hooks
  54. Co-directed with Ryan Fleck
  55. Co-directed with Sam Fell
  56. Co-directed with Matthew Robinson
  57. Co-directed with Pete Docter
  58. Co-directed with Byron Howard
  59. Co-directed with Lionel Steketee and Thomas N'Gijol
  60. Co-directed with Stephen Anderson
  61. Co-directed with John Lasseter
  62. Co-directed with Alastair Fothergill
  63. Co-directed with Barry Cook
  64. Co-directed with Brenda Chapman
  65. Co-directed with Chris Renaud
  66. Co-directed with Sam Fell
  67. Co-directed with Peter Lord
  68. Co-directed with Steve Martino
  69. Co-directed with Mike McCoy
  70. Co-directed with Chris Buck
  71. Co-directed with Anthony Stacchi
  72. Co-directed with Guy Jenkin
  73. Co-directed with Jocelyn Towne
  74. Co-directed with Jennifer Yuh Nelson
  75. Co-directed with Chris Renaud
  76. Co-directed with Michael Thurmeier
  77. Co-directed with Mike Mitchell
  78. As Declan Dale
  79. Co-directed with Garth Jennings
  80. Co-directed with Nicholas Stoller
  81. Co-directed with Conrad Vernon
  82. Co-directed with Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
  83. Co-directed with Lee Unkrich
  84. Co-directed with Rich Moore
  85. Co-directed with Yarrow Cheney
  86. Co-directed with Peter Ramsey
  87. Co-directed with Chris Renaud
  88. Co-directed with Jim Cummings
  89. Directed with Sarah Smith
  90. Co-directed with Aaron Horvath
  91. Co-directed with Chris Buck
  92. Co-directed with Chris Renaud
  93. Co-directed with Chris Jenkins
  94. Co-directed with Domee Shi and Adrian Molina
  95. Co-directed with Andrew Stanton
  96. Co-directed with Joel Crawford
  97. Co-directed with Alessandro Carloni
  98. Co-directed with Jason Hand
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