List of French film directors

Last updated September 17, 2025

A–B
C–E
F–J
K–M
N–R
S–Z
See also
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This is a list of French film directors.

A–B

C–E

F–J

K–M

S–Z

External links

Some notes on each director

v t e Cinema of France
Culture of France World cinema
Films by year (Films (A–Z))	1892–1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Production companies and studios	Action Synthese Ariane Films Billancourt Studios Celluloid Dreams Ciby 2000 Def2shoot EuropaCorp Les Films du Losange Folimage Francoeur Studios Francinex Gaumont Honkytonk Films Les Films du Poisson Joinville Studios Pan-Européenne Pathé PMMP Réalisation d'art cinématographique Sciapode Sofracima Star Film Company StudioCanal Victorine Studios Wild Bunch
Awards	César Awards Lumière Awards Globe de Cristal Awards French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards Louis Delluc Prize Prix Romy Schneider Prix Patrick Dewaere (formerly Prix Jean Gabin) Prix Jacques Prévert du Scénario Prix Jean Vigo Prix Suzanne Bianchetti René Clair Award
Personnel	Actors Animators Directors Cinematographers Critics Editors Production designers Screenwriters Producers Score composers
Movement	Cinéma du look Cinéma pur French impressionist cinema French New Wave New French Extremity Poetic realism Surrealist cinema
Other	Most expensive films Box office Film festivals Cinema chains Unifrance

Lists of European film directors

Sovereign states

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States with limited
recognition

Abkhazia
Kosovo
Northern Cyprus
South Ossetia
Transnistria

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List of French film directors

Contents

A–B

C–E

F–J

K–M

N–R

S–Z

See also

External links