Famous theatrical directors

person overseeing the mounting of a theatre production

332 people

All Alive Deceased
Molière

Molière

1622 – 1673 · Age 51
Deceased
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

1813 – 1883 · Age 69
Deceased
Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

1918 – 2007 · Age 89
Deceased
Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

1898 – 1956 · Age 58
Deceased
Federico García Lorca

Federico García Lorca

1898 – 1936 · Age 38
Deceased
Vladimir Mayakovsky

Vladimir Mayakovsky

1893 – 1930 · Age 36
Deceased
Mikhail Bulgakov

Mikhail Bulgakov

1891 – 1940 · Age 48
Deceased
Harold Pinter

Harold Pinter

1930 – 2008 · Age 78
Deceased
Roman Polanski

Roman Polanski

1933 · Age 92
Alive
Dario Fo

Dario Fo

1926 – 2016 · Age 90
Deceased
Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima

1925 – 1970 · Age 45
Deceased
Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

1933 – 2021 · Age 88
Deceased
Andrei Tarkovsky

Andrei Tarkovsky

1932 – 1986 · Age 54
Deceased
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

1927 – 2022 · Age 94
Deceased
Judi Dench

Judi Dench

1934 · Age 91
Alive
Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

1907 – 1989 · Age 82
Deceased
Alan Rickman

Alan Rickman

1946 – 2016 · Age 69
Deceased
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Philip Seymour Hoffman

1967 – 2014 · Age 46
Deceased
Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

1933 – 2004 · Age 71
Deceased
Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey

1959 · Age 66
Alive
Anthony van Dyck

Anthony van Dyck

1599 – 1641 · Age 42
Deceased
Constantine Stanislavsky

Constantine Stanislavsky

1863 – 1938 · Age 75
Deceased
Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

1946 · Age 79
Alive
Elia Kazan

Elia Kazan

1909 – 2003 · Age 94
Deceased
Ethan Hawke

Ethan Hawke

1970 · Age 55
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q3387717