Directors

Directors whose films Best Blurays covers, with how many are in 4K and HD. “Complete filmography covered” means we have covered every film they directed.

2,563 directors · page 23 of 129

D. A. Pennebaker

4 films4 in HD

Donn Alan Pennebaker (July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker.

Maurice Pialat

4 films4 in HD

Maurice Pialat  (21 August 1925 – 11 January 2003) was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as being "realist", though many film critics acknowledge that it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.

Edwin S. Porter

4 films

Edwin Stanton Porter was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company. Influenced by both the "Brighton school" and the story films of Georges Méliès, Porter went on to make important shorts su

Kelly Reichardt

4 films1 in 4K3 in HD

Kelly Reichardt (born March 3, 1964 in Miami, Florida) is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for her minimalist-style films closely associated with slow cinema, many of which deal with working class characters in small, rural communities. She made her feature film debut with River of Grass (1994)

Kevin Reynolds

4 films2 in 4K2 in HD

An American film director and screenwriter. Raised as an Air Force brat, Kevin Reynolds' love for cinema inspired him to forsake his law school degree and move to Los Angeles to enroll in the University of Southern California's legendary film school.

Leni Riefenstahl

4 films4 in HD

Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl (22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party. Riefenstah

Glauber Rocha

4 films1 in HD

Glauber de Andrade Rocha (Vitória da Conquista, March 14, 1939 — Rio de Janeiro, August 22, 1981) was a Brazilian filmmaker, considered by critics, specialized journalists and the public as one of the biggest names in the history of Brazilian cinema. Revered as a revolutionary genius, he was one of the founders of the

Gene Roddenberry

4 films3 in HD

Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry, Sr. (August 19, 1921- October 24, 1991) was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police off

Éric Rohmer

4 films4 in HD

Éric Rohmer (March 21, 1920 – January 11, 2010) was a French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter and teacher. A figure in the post-war New Wave cinema, he was a former editor of Cahiers du cinéma. Description above from the Wikipedia article Éric Rohmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of

Phil Rosen

4 films1 in HD

Phil Rosen (8 May 1888 – 22 October 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed 142 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Marienburg, West Prussia (now Malbork, Poland) and died in Hollywood, California. He was one of the founders of the American So

Roy Rowland

4 films2 in HD

Roy Rowland (December 31, 1910 – June 29, 1995) was an American film director. He directed a number of films in the 1950s and 1960s including Our Vines Have Tender Grapes, Meet Me in Las Vegas, Rogue Cop, The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T., and The Girl Hunters. Rowland married Ruth Cummings, the niece of Louis B. Mayer and s

Chuck Russell

4 films4 in 4K

Charles "Chuck" Russell (born May 9, 1958) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the 1980s and '90s, including "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987) and "The Mask" (1994).

Anthony Russo

4 films4 in 4K

Anthony Russo (born February 3, 1970) is an American filmmaker with his brother, Joe Russo, collectively known as the Russo brothers (/ˈruːsoʊ/ ROO-soh). They direct most of their work together. They are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Captain America: The Winter Soldier (201

Joe Russo

4 films4 in 4K

Joe Russo (born July 18, 1971) is an American filmmaker with his brother, Anthony Russo, collectively known as the Russo brothers (/ˈruːsoʊ/ ROO-soh). They direct most of their work together. They are best known for directing four films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014),

John Schlesinger

4 films3 in 4K1 in HD

John Richard Schlesinger, CBE, was an English film and stage director, and actor. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for Midnight Cowboy, and was nominated for two other films (Darling and Sunday Bloody Sunday). Schlesinger was born in London, into a middle class Jewish family. His acting career began in the 19

Ernest B. Schoedsack

4 films3 in HD

Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack (June 8, 1893 – December 23, 1979) was an American motion picture cinematographer, director, and producer. Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Schoedsack is probably best remembered for being the co-director of the 1933 film, King Kong. His eyesight was severely damaged in World War II, yet he co

George Seaton

4 films4 in HD

George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Born George Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, Seaton moved to Detroit after graduating from college to work as an actor on radio station WXYZ.

Ben Sharpsteen

4 films1 in 4K3 in HD

Benjamin Sharpsteen was an American film director and producer for Disney. He was born on 4 November 1895 in Tacoma, Washington. He graduated from an agricultural college but gave up farming to join the Marines during World War II. He became an animator, joining the old International Film Company in New York, but soon

Stephen Sommers

4 films3 in 4K1 in HD

Born and raised in Minnesota, Stephen Sommers went on to attend St. John’s University before transferring to the University of Seville in Spain.  After graduating, he spent the next several years managing rock bands throughout Europe. Relocating to Los Angeles, Sommers enrolled in the University of Southern California