Here are some notable film directors who are 80 or older and have directed at least one theatrical film.
Penelope Spheeris (December 2, 1945, 80, The Decline of Western Civilization; Wayne’s World)
Most recent film: Ball to the Walls (2011)
Most recent directing: The Real St. Nick (2012)- TV movie
Kôhei Oguri (October 29, 1945, 80, Muddy River; The Sting of Death)
Most recent film: Foujita (2015)
Aparna Sen (October 25, 1945, 80, 36 Chowringhee Lane; Paromitar Ek Din)
Most recent film: The Rapist (2021)
David S. Ward (October 25, 1945, 80, Cannery Row; Major League)
Most recent film: Down Periscope (1996)
Paul Flaherty (September 19, 1945, 80, 18 Again!; Who’s Harry Crumb?)
Most recent directing: Mad TV (2005)- TV episode
Most recent film: Clifford (1994)
Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945, 80, Bull Durham; White Men Can’t Jump)
Most recent film: Just Getting Started (2017)
Willard Huyck (September 8, 1945, 80, Messiah of Evil; Howard the Duck)
Most recent film: Howard the Duck (1986)
Bruno Nuytten (August 28, 1945, 80, Camille Claudel; Albert souffre)
Most recent directing: Emergence (2018)- short
Most recent film: Passionnément (2000)
Gary Sherman (August 28, 1945, 80, Death Line; Dead & Buried)
Most recent directing: Amy’s Book Hunt with Amy Brent (2018)- TV special
Most recent film: 39: A Film by Carroll McKane (2006)
Bob Balaban (August 16, 1945, 80, Parents; The Last Good Time)
Most recent directing: Graves (2022)- TV episode
Most recent film: Bernard and Doris (2006)
Wim Wenders (August 14, 1945, 80, Paris, Texas; Wings of Desire)
Most recent directing: Die Schlüssel zur Freiheit (2025)- short
Most recent film: Perfect Days (2023)
Neal Israel (July 27, 1945, 80, Bachelor Party; Moving Violations)
Most recent directing: I Didn’t Do It (2015)- TV episodes
Most recent film: Surf Ninjas (1993)
Stan Lathan (July 8, 1945, 80, Save the Children; Amazing Grace)
Most recent directing: Chappelle’s Home Team: Donnell Rawlings – A New Day (2024)
Most recent film: Beat Street (1984)
Donna Deitch (June 8, 1945, 80, Desert Hearts; Criminal Passion)
Most recent directing: Greenleaf (2016)- TV episode
Most recent film: Angel on My Shoulder (1998)
Kazuo Hara (June 8, 1945, 80, Goodbye CP; The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On)
Most recent film: Minamata Mandala (2020)
Jack Sholder (June 8, 1945, 80, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge; The Hidden)
Most recent directing: 12 Days of Terror (2004)- TV movie
Most recent film: Beeper (2002)
George Miller (March 3, 1945, 80, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior; Mad Max: Fury Road)
Most recent film: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Andrew Bergman (February 20, 1945, 80, The Freshman; Honeymoon in Vegas)
Most recent film: Isn’t She Great (2000)
Christine Edzard (February 15, 1945, 80, Tales from a Flying Trunk; Little Dorrit)
Most recent film: The Good Soldier Schwejk (2018)
Roger Spottiswoode (January 5, 1945, 80, Terror Train; Under Fire)
Most recent film: Either Side of Midnight (2021)
Taylor Hackford (December 31, 1944, 80, An Officer and a Gentleman; Ray)
Most recent film: The Comedian (2016)
Upcoming film: Signal Hill (post-production)
Jeff Kanew (December 16, 1944, 81, Revenge of the Nerds; Natural Enemies)
Most recent directing: Beyond Hope 2020 (2020)- TV series
Most recent film: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus (2011)
Jeroen Krabbé (December 5, 1944, 81, Left Luggage)
Most recent film: The Discovery of Heaven (2001)
Gregory Hoblit (November 27, 1944, 81, Primal Fear; Frequency)
Most recent film:A Look Through His Lens (2024) directed with Matthew Berkowitz
Takashi Koizumi (November 6, 1944, 81, After the Rain; Letters from the Mountain)
Most recent film: Yuki no Hana: Tomo ni Arite (2024)
James Toback (November 23, 1944, 81, Fingers; Tyson)
Most recent film: An Imperfect Murder (2017)
Danny DeVito (November 17, 1944, 81, Throw Momma from the Train; The War of the Roses)
Most recent directing: Curmudgeons (2016)- short
Most recent film: Duplex (2003)
Peter Weir (August 21, 1944, 81, Dead Poets Society; The Truman Show)
Most recent film: The Way Back (2010)
Frank Oz (May 25, 1944, 81, Little Shop of Horrors; The Score)
Most recent film: Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself (2020)
George Lucas (May 14, 1944, 81, American Graffiti; Star Wars)
Most recent film: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Charles Burnett (April 13, 1944, 81, Killer of Sheep; To Sleep with Anger)
Most recent film: After the LockDown: Black in LA (2021) dir. with Jonathan Burnett and Joy Shannon
John Milius (April 11, 1944, 81, Big Wednesday; Red Dawn)
Most recent directing: Rough Riders (1997)- TV miniseries
Most recent film: Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Lamberto Bava (April 3, 1944, 81, Macabre; Demons)
Most recent film: Twins (2018)
Jacques Doillon (March 15, 1944, 81, The Little Gangster; Ponette)
Most recent film: Third Grade (2021)
Roger Christian (February 25, 1944, 81, Nostradamus; Battlefield Earth)
Most recent film: Galaxy Built on Hope (2022)
Harry Shearer (December 23, 1943, 81, Teddy Bears’ Picnic)
Most recent directing: What’s with Honey Poo Poo? (2013)- video short
Most recent film: The Big Uneasy (2010)
Alan Rudolph (December 18, 1943, 82, Choose Me; Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle)
Most recent film: Ray Meets Helen (2017)
Arturo Ripstein (December 13, 1943, 82, The Place Without Limits; The Beginning and the End)
Most recent film: Devil Between the Legs (2019)
Terrence Malick (November 30, 1943, 82, Days of Heaven; The Tree of Life)
Most recent film: A Hidden Life (2019)
Upcoming film: Untitled Terrence Malick Film
Christopher Cain (October 29, 1943, 82, The Stone Boy; Young Guns)
Most recent film: Deep in the Heart (2012)
Martin Campbell (October 24, 1943, 82, GoldenEye; Casino Royale)
Most recent film: Memory (2022)
Upcoming film: Cleaner and Dirty Angels
Jan de Bont (October 22, 1943, 82, Speed; Twister)
Most recent film: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003)
Mick Jackson (October 4, 1943, 82, L.A. Story; The Bodyguard)
Most recent film: Denial (2016)
Pat O’Connor (October 3, 1943, 82, A Month in the Country; Circle of Friends)
Most recent film: Private Peaceful (2012)
Jean-Jacques Annaud (October 1, 1943, 82, Quest for Fire; The Name of the Rose)
Most recent film: Notre-Dame on Fire (2022)
Jacques Nolat (August 31, 1943, 82, L’arrière pays; Porn Theatre)
Most recent film: Before I Forget (2007)
Robert De Niro (August 17, 1943, 82, A Bronx Tale)
Most recent film: The Good Shepherd (2006)
Bill Norton (August 13, 1943, 82, Cisco Pike; More American Graffiti)
Most recent film: Three for the Road (1987)
Most recent directing: Lincoln Heights (2009)- TV series episode
Peter Hyams (July 26, 1943, 82, Capricorn One; 2010: The Year We Make Contact)
Most recent film: Enemies Closer (2013)
Walter Murch (July 12, 1943, 82)
Only film: Return to Oz (1985)
Most recent directing: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011), TV episode
Tom Holland (July 11, 1943, 82, Fright Night; Child’s Play)
Most recent film: Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017)
Most recent directing: The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021) original material
Tony Maylam (May 26, 1943, 82, White Rock; The Burning)
Most recent film: Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)
Jean-Pierre Gorin (April 17, 1943, 82, Tout va bien; Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still, both with Jean-Luc Godard)
Most recent film: My Crasy Life (1992)
Most recent directing: Letter to Peter, on Saint François d’Assise by Olivier Messiaen (1992)
Jonathan Lynn (April 3, 1943, 82, Clue; My Cousin Vinny)
Most recent film: Wild Target (2010)
Most recent directing: Yes, Prime Minister (2013)- TV series episodes
Roy Andersson (March 31, 1943, 82, Songs from the Second Floor; You, the Living)
Most recent film: About Endlessness (2019)
Richard Eyre (March 28, 1943, 82, Iris; Notes on a Scandal)
Most recent film: Allelujah (2022)
Paul Michael Glaser (March 25, 1943, 82, The Running Man; The Cutting Edge)
Most recent film: Kazaam (1996)
Most recent directing: Criminal Minds (2008)- TV series episode
David Cronenberg (March 15, 1943, 82, Videodrome; Dead Ringers)
Most recent film: The Shrouds (2024)
André Téchiné (March 13, 1943, 82, Wild Reeds; Being 17)
Most recent film: My New Friends (2024)
Bill Duke (February 26, 1943, 82, Deep Cover; Hoodlum)
Most recent film: Created Equal (2017)
Most recent directing: Bill Duke Presents… Insights (2021)- video
Mike Leigh (February 20, 1943, 82, Naked; Secrets & Lies)
Most recent film: Hard Truths (2024)
Michael Mann (February 5, 1943, 82, Manhunter; Heat)
Most recent film: Ferrari (2023)
Richard Pearce (January 25, 1943, 82, Heartland; The Long Walk Home)
Most recent film: A Family Thing (1996)
Most recent directing: Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)- TV movie
Larry Clark (January 19, 1943, 1943, 82, Kids; Bully)
Most recent film:Marfa Girl 2 (2018)
Most recent directing: A Day in a Life (2022), directed with Jonathan Velasquez- short
Martin Bell (January 16, 1943, 82, Streetwise; American Heart)
Most recent film: Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell (2016)
Most recent directing: Streetwise Revisited: Rat (2021)- short
Martin Scorsese (November 17, 1942, 83, Taxi Driver; Raging Bull)
Most recent film: Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Graeme Clifford (September 27, 1942, 83, Frances; Burke & Wills)
Most recent film: Deception (1992)
Most recent directing: Write and Wrong (2007)- TV movie
Werner Herzog (September 5, 1942, 83, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo)
Most recent film: Theatre of Thought (2022)
Mike Kuchar (August 31, 1942, 83, Sins of the Fleshapoids; The Craven Sluck)
Most recent film: Adam’s Apple (2014, short)
Upcoming film: Daytime Dreamers (short)
Fei Xie (August 14, 1942, 83, A Girl from Hunan; Black Snow)
Most recent film: Yeshe Dolma (2000)
David Steinberg (August 9, 1942, 83, Paternity; Going Berserk)
Most recent film: The Wrong Guy (1997)
Most recent directing: Curb Your Enthusiasm (2017)- TV series episode
Giancarlo Giannini (August 1, 1942, 83, The Numbers Game)
Most recent film: The Gambler Who Wouldn’t Die (2013)
Ulrike Ottinger (June 6, 1942, 83, Ticket of No Return; Joan of Arc of Mongolia)
Most recent film: Paris Calligrammes (2020)
Barbra Streisand (April 24, 1942, 83, Yentl; The Prince of Tides)
Most recent film: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Most recent directing: Barbra Streisand: Don’t Lie to Me (2018)- music video
Barry Levinson (April 6, 1942, 83, Diner; Rain Man)
Most recent film: Alto Knights (2025)
Peter Greenaway (April 5, 1942, 83, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover; The Pillow Book)
Most recent film: Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Most recent directing: Luther and His Legacy (2017)- documentary short
Upcoming film: Walking to Paris
Mike Newell (March 28, 1942, 83, Enchanted April; Four Weddings and a Funeral)
Most recent film: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Most recent directing: One Red Nose and a Wedding (2019)- TV short
Upcoming film: The Ambassadors
Michael Haneke (March 23, 1942, 83, The Piano Teacher; Amour)
Most recent film: Happy End (2017)
Margarethe von Trotta (February 21, 1942, 83, The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum; Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness)
Most recent film: Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey Into the Desert (2023)
Joel Zwick (January 11, 1942, 83, My Big Fat Greek Wedding)
Most recent film: Fat Albert (2004)
Most recent directing: K.C. Undercover (2018), TV episode
Walter Hill (January 10, 1942, 83, The Driver; The Warriors)
Most recent film: Dead for a Dollar (2022)
Sean S. Cunningham (December 31, 1941, 83, Friday the 13th; Spring Break)
Most recent film: Trapped Ashes, segment “Jibaku” (2006)
Most recent directing: The Connection (2022)- short
John Hough (November 21, 1941, 84, Twins of Evil; The Legend of Hell House)
Most recent film: Bad Karma (2001)
Jim McBride (September 16, 1941, 84, David Holzman’s Diary; Breathless [1983])
Most recent film:The Informant (1997)
Most recent directing: My Son’s Wedding to My Sister-in-Law (2009)- documentary short
Barbet Schroeder (August 26, 1941, 84, Barfly; Reversal of Fortune)
Most recent film: Ricardo et la peinture (2023)
Patricio Guzmán (August 11, 1941, 84, The Battle of Chile; Nostalgia for the Light)
Most recent film: My Imaginary Country (2022)
Seijirō Kōyama (July 16, 1941, 84, Hometown; Hachi-ko)
Most recent film: Toki no kouro (2020)
Denys Arcand (June 25, 1941, 84, The Decline of the American Empire; The Barbarian Invasions)
Most recent film: Testament (2023)
Floyd Mutrux (June 25, 1941, 84, Dusty and Sweets McGee; American Hot Wax)
Most recent film: There Goes My Baby (1994)
Lynn Hershman Leeson (June 17, 1941, 84, Teknolust; !Women Art Revolution)
Most recent film: Tania Libre (2017)
Most recent directing: The Electronic Diaries of Lynn Hershman Leeson 1984-2019 (2019)
Stephen Frears (June 20, 1941, 84, The Grifters; The Queen)
Most recent film: The Lost King (2022)
Most recent directing: The Regime (2024)- TV series episodes
Roman Balayan (April 15, 1941, 84, Biryuk; Flights in Dreams and in Reality)
Most recent film: We Are Here We Are Close (2020)
Adrian Lyne (March 4, 1941, 84, Fatal Attraction; Jacob’s Ladder)
Most recent film: Deep Water (2022)
Hayao Miyazaki (January 5, 1941, 84, Princess Mononoke; Spirited Away)
Most recent film: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Terry Gilliam (November 22, 1940, 85, Time Bandits; Brazil)
Most recent film: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
Chris Menges (September 15, 1940, 85, A World Apart; Second Best)
Most recent film: The Lost Son (1999)
Brian De Palma (September 11, 1940, 85, Carrie; Scarface)
Most recent film: Domino (2019)
Upcoming film: Sweet Vengeance
Dario Argento (September 7, 1940, 85, Deep Red; Suspiria)
Most recent film: Dark Glasses (2022)
Upcoming film: Longinus
Tony Bill (August 23, 1940, 85, My Bodyguard; A Home of Our Own)
Most recent film: Flyboys (2006)
Most recent directing: Leverage (2009)- TV episode
Bruce Beresford (August 16, 1940, 85, Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy)
Most recent film: Ladies in Black (2018)
Michael Sarne (August 6, 1940, 85, Joanna; Myra Breckinridge)
Most recent film: Glastonbury: The Movie in Flashback (1995)
Víctor Erice (June 30, 1940, 85, The Spirit of the Beehive; El Sur)
Most recent film: Close Your Eyes (2023)
Luis Valdez (June 26, 1940, 85, Zoot Suit; La Bamba)
Most recent film: La Bamba (1987)
Most recent directing: The Cisco Kid (1994)- TV movie
James L. Brooks (May 9, 1940, 85, Broadcast News; As Good as It Gets)
Most recent film: How Do You Know (2010)
Upcoming film: Ella McCay
John Irvin (May 7, 1940, 85, Raw Deal; Hamburger Hill)
Most recent film: Mandela’s Gun (2016)
Upcoming film: Water from an Ancient Well
Michael Lindsay-Hogg (May 5, 1940, 85, Let It Be; The Object of Beauty)
Most recent film: Guy (1996)
Most recent directing: Tinsel’s Town (2018)- TV series episode
Al Pacino (April 25, 1940, 85, Looking for Richard; Chinese Coffee)
Most recent film: Salomé (2013)
Godfrey Reggio (March 29, 1940, 85, Koyaanisqatsi; Powaqqatsi)
Most recent film: Visitors (2013)
Most recent directing: Once Within a Time (2023), co-dir. Jon Kane- 52 mins.
Aleksandr Proshkin (March 25, 1940, 85, The Cold Summer of 1953; Russkiy bunt)
Most recent film: Nazad v step to sarmatians (2020)
David Seltzer (February 12, 1940, 85, Lucas; Punchline)
Most recent film: Nobody’s Baby (2001)
Most recent directing: Sabine and the Two-Headed Baby (2004)- short
Harry Kümel (January 27, 1940, 85, Daughters of Darkness; The Legend of Doom House)
Most recent film: Europe – 99euro-films 2 (2003)- segment “Sorry of a Metamorphosis”
Trevor Nunn (January 14, 1940, 85, Hedda; Twelfth Night)
Most recent film: Prisoner C33 (2022)
Fred Schepisi (December 26, 1939, 85, Roxanne; Six Degrees of Separation)
Most recent film: Words and Pictures (2013)
Marco Bellocchio (November 9, 1939, 86, Fists in the Pocket; Vincere)
Most recent film: Kidnapped (2023)
Most recent directing: Se Posso Permettermi Capitolo II (2024)- short
Martin Davidson (November 7, 1939, 86, The Lords of Flatbush; Eddie and the Cruisers)
Most recent film: Looking for an Echo (2000)
John Badham (August 25, 1939, 86, Saturday Night Fever; Short Circuit)
Most recent film: Incognito (1997)
Most recent directing: Meatballs (short, 2022), directed with McKenna Thurber
Krzysztof Zanussi (June 17, 1939, 86, The Illumination; Camouflage)
Most recent film: Liczba doskonala (2022)
Francis Ford Coppola (April 7, 1939, 86, The Godfather; Apocalypse Now)
Most recent film: Megalopolis (2024)
Volker Schlöndorff (March 31, 1939, 86, Young Törless; The Tin Drum)
Most recent film: The Forest Maker (2022)
Robert Shaye (March 4, 1939, 86, Book of Love; The Last Mimzy)
Most recent film: Ambition (2019)
John D. Hancock (February 12, 1939, 86; Let’s Scare Jessica to Death; Bang the Drum Slowly)
Most recent film: The Girls of Summer (2020)
Bob Giraldi (January 17, 1939, 86, Movie Madness; Hiding Out)
Most recent film: Dinner Rush (2000)
Most recent directing: The Book Signing (2024, short)
Bahram Beyzaie (December 26, 1938, 86, Death of Yazdgerd; Bashu, the Little Stranger)
Most recent film: When We Are All Sleep (2009)
Liv Ullmann (December 16, 1938, 87, Sofie; Faithless)
Most recent film: Miss Julie (2014)
Waris Hussein (December 9, 1938, 87, A Touch of Love; Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx)
Most recent film: Sixth Happiness (1997)
Most recent directing: Great Performances: “Sarah” (2022)- TV series episode
Michael Schultz (November 10, 1938, 87, Cooley High; Car Wash)
Most recent film: Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004)
Most recent directing: Found (2025)- TV episode
Ralph Bakshi (October 29, 1938, 87, Fritz the Cat; Wizards)
Most recent film: Last Days of Coney Island (short, 2015)
Enzo G. Castellari (July 29, 1938, 87, Kill Them All and Come Back Alone; The Inglorious Bastards)
Most recent film: Caribbean Basterds (2010)
Paul Verhoeven (July 18, 1938, 87, RoboCop; Total Recall)
Most recent film: Benedetta (2021)
Upcoming project: Bel Ami– TV miniseries)
Helena Solberg (June 17, 1938, 87, Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business; Vida de Menina)
Most recent film: Meu Corpo, Minha Vida (2017)
Tommy Chong (May 24, 1938, 87, Cheech and Chong’s Next Movie; Nice Dreams)
Most recent film: Far Out Man (1990)
Richard Benjamin (May 22, 1938, 87, My Favorite Year; The Money Pit)
Most recent film: Marci X (2003)
Most recent directing: A Little Thing Called Murder (2005)- TV movie
Jerzy Skolimowski (May 5, 1938, 87, Deep End; Moonlighting)
Most recent film: EO (2022)
Lewis Teague (March 8, 1938, 87, Cujo; The Jewel of the Nile)
Most recent film: Charlotta-TS (2010)
István Szabó (February 18, 1938, 87, Mephisto; Sunshine [1999])
Most recent film: Final Report (2020)
Anthony Hopkins (December 31, 1937, 87, August)
Most recent film: Slipstream (2007)
Peter Medak (December 24, 1937, 87, The Ruling Class; The Changeling)
Most recent film: The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018)
Ridley Scott (November 30, 1937, 88, Alien; Blade Runner)
Most recent film: Gladiator II (2024)
Claude Lelouch (October 30, 1937, 88, A Man and a Woman; The Crook)
Most recent film: Finalement (2024)
Carroll Ballard (October 14, 1937, 88, The Black Stallion; Fly Away Home)
Most recent film: Duma (2005)
Luc Moullet (October 14, 1937, 88, The Smugglers; Anatomy of a Relationship)
Most recent directing: Assemblée générale (2014)- short
Most recent film: Earth Madness (2009)
Don Bluth (September 13, 1937, 88, The Secret of NIMH; An American Tail)
Most recent directing: Gift of the Hoopoe (short, 2009)
Most recent film: Titan A.E. (2000) dir. with Gary Goldman
Andrey Konchalovskiy (August 20, 1937, 88, Siberiade; Runaway Train)
Most recent film: Homo Sperans (2020)
Upcoming directing: Khroniki russkoy revolyutsii– TV series episode
Dustin Hoffman (August 8, 1937, 88)
Only film: Quartet (2012)
Francis Veber (July 28, 1937, 88, The Fugitives; Le Dîner de Cons)
Most recent film: A Pain in the Ass (2008)
Meir Zarchi (June 3, 1937, 88, I Spit on Your Grave; Don’t Mess with My Sister!)
Most recent film: I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu (2019)
Morgan Freeman (June 1, 1937, 88)
Only film: Bopha! (1993)
Jack Nicholson (April 22, 1937, 88, Drive, He Said; Goin’ South)
Most recent film: The Two Jakes (1990)
Warren Beatty (March 30, 1937, 88, Reds; Dick Tracy)
Most recent film: Rules Don’t Apply (2016)
Vanessa Redgrave (January 30, 1937, 88)
Only film: Sea Sorrow (2017)
Peter Davis (January 2, 1937, 88, Hearts and Minds)
Most recent film: Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986)
Most recent directing: Nelson Mandela: Prisoner to President (1994), short
Joyce Chopra (October 27, 1936, 89, Smooth Talk; The Lemon Sisters)
Most recent film: Wild Ones (2016)
Philip Kaufman (October 23, 1936, 89, Invasion of the Body Snatchers; The Right Stuff)
Most recent film: Twisted (2004)
Most recent directing: Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012)
Dick Richards (July 9, 1936, 89, The Culpepper Cattle Co.; Farewell, My Lovely)
Most recent film: Heat (1986)
Ken Loach (June 17, 1936, 89, Kes; The Wind That Shakes the Barley)
Most recent film: The Old Oak (2023)
Alan Alda (January 28, 1936, 89, The Four Seasons; New Liberty)
Most recent film: Betsy’s Wedding (1990)
Woody Allen (November 30, 1935, 90, Annie Hall; Manhattan)
Most recent film: Coup de chance (2023)
Anthony Page (September 21, 1935, 90, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden; Absolution)
Most recent film: Forbidden (1984)
Most recent directing: My Zinc Bed (2008)- TV movie
Costas Ferris (April 18, 1935, 90, The Murderess; Rembetiko)
Most recent film: Oneirou Ellas (2008)- TV series episode
Most recent directing: Oneirou Ellas (2008, TV series)
Jane Wagner (February 26, 1935, 90)
Only film: Moment by Moment (1978)
Kwon-taek Im (December 8, 1934, 91, The Surrogate Woman; Painted Fire)
Most recent film: Hwajang (2014)
Nadine Trintigrant (November 11, 1934, 91, Mon amour Mon amour; It Only Happens to Others)
Most recent film: Fugueuses (1995)
Most recent directing: Marie Trintignant: Tes rêves brisés (2022)- TV movie
Jan Svankmajer (September 4, 1934, 91, Alice; Greedy Guts)
Most recent film: Kunstkamera (2022)
Claude Zidi (July 25, 1934, 91, My New Partner; The Jackpot!)
Most recent film: Ripoux 3 (2003)
Most recent directing: Ripoux anonymes (2011)- TV episode
Shirley MacLaine (April 24, 1934, 91, The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir dir. with Claudia Weill)
Most recent and only other film: Bruno (2000)
Lou Adler (December 13, 1933, 92, Up in Smoke)
Most recent film: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Roman Polanski (August 18, 1933, 92, Rosemary’s Baby; Chinatown)
Most recent film: The Palace (2023)
Tinto Brass (March 26, 1933, 92, Madam Kitty; Caligula)
Most recent film: Monamour (2005)
Most recent directing: Hotel Courbet (2009)- short
Robert Young (March 16, 1933, 92, Splitting Heirs; Fierce Creatures [with Fred Schepisi])
Most recent film: Curse of the Phoenix (2014)
Sidney J. Furie (February 28, 1933, 92, The Ipcress File; Lady Sings the Blues)
Most recent film: Drive Me to Vegas and Mars (2018)
Upcoming film: Finding Hannah (completed)
Yoko Ono (February 18, 1933, 92, Match; Smile)
Most recent directing: Walking on Thin Ice (2016)- music video
Costa-Gavras (February 12, 1933, 92, Z; Missing)
Most recent film: The Last Breath (2024)
Jack Hill (January 28, 1933, 92, Spider Baby; Foxy Brown)
Most recent film: Sorceress (1982)
John Boorman (January 18, 1933, 92, Point Blank; Deliverance)
Most recent film: Queen and Country (2014)
Liliana Cavani (January 12, 1933, 92, The Night Porter; Francesco)
Most recent film: The Order of Time (2023)
William Fruet (January 1, 1933, 92, Wedding in White; The House by the Lake)
Most recent film: Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray (2011)
Edgar Reitz (November 1, 1932, 93, Table for Love; Stunde Null)
Most recent film: Home from Home: Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Most recent directing: Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)- segment
Upcoming film: Filmstunde_23, with Jörg Adolph
Fernando Arrabal (August 11, 1932, 93, Long Live Death; I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse)
Most recent film: Jorge Luis Borges: Una vita di poesia (1998)
Anna Claire Poirier (June 6, 1932, 93, Le temps de l’avant; A Scream from Silence)
Most recent film: You Cried: Let Me Go (1997)
John Glen (May 15, 1932, 93, For Your Eyes Only; Octopussy)
Most recent film: The Point Men (2001)
Elaine May (April 21, 1932, 93, A New Leaf; The Heartbreak Kid)
Most recent film: Ishtar (1987)
Most recent directing: American Masters– “Mike Nichols” (2016)- TV series episode
Jean-Paul Rappeneau (April 8, 1932, 93, Cyrano de Bergerac; Bon Voyage)
Most recent film: Families (2015)
Jerzy Hoffman (March 15, 1932, 93; The Deluge; The Quack)
Most recent film: Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)
Richard Lester (January 19, 1932, 93, A Hard Day’s Night; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum)
Most recent film: Paul McCartney’s Get Back (1991)
Alfonso Arau (January 11, 1932, 93, Like Water for Chocolate; A Walk in the Clouds)
Most recent film: L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo (2010)
Upcoming film: The Crime of Love (in production)
Romolo Guerrieri (December 5, 1931, 94, Johnny Yuma; The Police Serve the Citizens?)
Most recent film: The Final Executioner (1984)
Most recent directing: Due vite, un destion (1993)- TV movie
Márta Mészáros (September 19, 1931, 94, Adoption; Diary for My Children)
Most recent film: Aurora Borealis: Northern Light (2017)
Most recent directing: Mészáros: László emlékére (2023)- documentary short
Alain Cavalier (September 14, 1931, 94, Heartbeat; Thérèse)
Most recent film: L’amitié (2022)
Yôji Yamada (September 13, 1931, 94, Where Spring Comes Late; The Yellow Handkerchief)
Most recent film: Mom, Is That You? (2023)
Ruy Guerra (August 22, 1931, 94, The Guns; Of Gods and the Undead)
Most recent film: Aos Pedaços (2020)
Upcoming film: A Fúria (in production) with Luciana Mazzotti
Jan Troell (July 23, 1931, 94, The Emigrants; Everlasting Moments)
Most recent film: The Last Sentence (2012)
Jürgen Böttcher (July 8, 1931, 94, Martha; Born in ’45)
Most recent film: Konzert im Freien (2001)
Antun Vrdoljak (June 5, 1931, 94, When You Hear the Bells; The Pine Tree in the Mountain)
Most recent film: General (2019)
Most recent directing: General (2020)- TV miniseries
Irwin Winkler (May 28, 1931, 94, Guilty by Suspicion; Night and the City)
Most recent film: Home of the Brave (2006)
Héctor Olivera (April 5, 1931, 94, Rebellion in Patagonia; Funny Dirty Little War)
Most recent film: El mural (2010)
William Shatner (March 22, 1931, 94, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
Most recent film: The Captains (2011)
Most recent co-directing: William Shatner War Chronicles (2015)- TV series episode, with Gary Laird
Robert Duvall (January 5, 1931, 94, The Apostle; Assassination Tango)
Most recent film: Wild Horses (2015)
Larry Yust (November 3, 1930, 95, Trick Baby; Homebodies)
Most recent film: Say Yes (1986)
M.S. Sathyu (July 3, 1930, 95, Garm Hava; Bara)
Most recent film: Ijjodu (2010)
Most recent directing: The Right to Live (2012)
Clint Eastwood (May 31, 1930, 95, Unforgiven; Million Dollar Baby)
Most recent film: Juror #2 (2024)
William Grefé (May 17, 1930, 95, Stanley; Mako: The Jaws of Death)
Most recent film: Whiskey Mountain (1977)
Most recent directing: Thumbs (2019)- short
Larry Peerce (April 19, 1930, 95, Goodbye, Columbus; One Potato, Two Potato)
Most recent film: Wired (1989)
Most recent directing: Touch by an Angel (2003)- TV series episode
Bernard Launois (April 8, 1930, 95, Lâchez les chiennes; Pigalle Story)
Most recent film: Devil Story (1986)
Frederick Wiseman (January 1, 1930, 95, Titicut Follies; Welfare)
Most recent film: Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros (2023)
Eric Till (November 24, 1929, 96, Hot Millions; Improper Channels)
Most recent film: Chekhov and Maria (2007)
Most recent directing: The Secret of the Nutcracker (2007)- TV movie
Mark Rydell (March 23, 1929, 96, The Cowboys; On Golden Pond)
Most recent film: Even Money (2006)
Most recent directing: Masters of Science Fiction (2007)- TV series episode, 2007
Alejandro Jodorowsky (February 17, 1929, 96, El Topo, The Holy Mountain)
Most recent film: Psychomagic, a Healing Art (2019)
Chang-hwa Jeong (November 1, 1928, 97, A Sunny Field; Five Fingers of Death)
Most recent film: Broken Oath (1977)
Lana Gogoberidze (October 13, 1928, 97, Dges game utenebia; The Waltz on the Petschora)
Most recent film: Deda-Shvili an ghame ar aris arasodes bolomde bneli (2024)
Susumu Hani (October 10, 1928, 97, Bad Boys; Nanami: The Inferno of First Love)
Most recent film: History: The Age of the Nuclear Chaos (1983)
Harold Becker (September 25, 1928, 97, Taps; Sea of Love)
Most recent film: Domestic Disturbance (2001)
Most recent directing: Masters of Science Fiction (2007)- TV series episode
Serge Bourguignon (September 3, 1928, 97, Sundays and Cybele; The Reward)
Most recent film: The Fascination (1985)
Most recent directing: Impressions d’Extrême-océan (1992)- TV miniseries episodes
James B. Harris (August 3, 1928, 97, The Bedford Incident; Cop)
Most recent film: Boiling Point (1993)
James Ivory (June 7, 1928, 97, A Room with a View; The Remains of the Day)
Most recent film: A Cooler Climate (2022) with Giles Gardner
Bruce Bilson (May 19, 1928, 97, The North Avenue Irregulars)
Most recent film: Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984)
Most recent directing: Journey Below the Line: Lost – The Cinematography Team (2007)- video
Joseph McGrath (March 28, 1928, 97, The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom; The Magic Christian)
Most recent film: Rising Damp (1980)
Most recent directing: Night Train to Murder (1984)- TV movie
Toshio Masuda (October 5, 1927, 98, Rusty Knife; Tora! Tora! Tora!)
Most recent film: Tengoku no Taizai (1992)
Most recent directing: Shinsengumi keppuhroku (1998)- TV series episode
Jerry Schatzberg (June 26, 1927, 98, The Panic in Needle Park; Scarecrow)
Most recent film: The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000)
Allen Baron (April 14, 1927, 98, Blast of Silence; Terror in the City)
Most recent film: Foxfire Light (1983)
Most recent directing: Fortune Dane (1986)- TV series episode
Pere Portabella (February 11, 1927, 98, Warsaw Bridge; The Silence Before Bach)
Most recent film: General Report II. The New Abduction of Europe (2015)
Everett Chambers (August 19, 1926, 99, Run Across the River)
Most recent film: The Lollipop Cover (1965)
Most recent directing: Peyton Place (1969)- TV series episodes
Mel Brooks (June 28, 1926, 99, Blazing Saddles; Young Frankenstein)
Most recent film: Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Horst Hächler (March 12, 1926, 99, Liebe; As the Sea Rages)
Most recent film: Lass das – ich hass das (1983)
Lee Grant (October 31, 1925, 100, Tell Me a Riddle)
Most recent film: Staying Together (1989)
Most recent directing: … A Father… A Son… Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005)- TV movie documentary
Manos Zacharias (July 9, 1922, 103, Lovtsy gubok; Karatel)
Most recent film: Psevdonim: Lukach (1977)- co-directed by Sándor Köõ
Edgar Morin (July 8, 1921, 104)
Only film: Chronicle of a Summer (1961) directed with Jean Rouch
Francis Rigaud (March 22, 1920, 105, Les nouveaux aristocrates; Les gros bras)
Most recent film: Des vacances en or (1970)
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