The Directory
The filmmakers behind the threads.
Every director in the Atlas — the auteurs whose influence runs through world cinema. Search by name or country, or browse by region.
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Abderrahmane Sissako
Mauritania
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Abel Ferrara
USA
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
India
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Alain Guiraudie
France
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Alfred Hitchcock
UK
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Andrew Haigh
UK
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Thailand
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Asghar Farhadi
Iran
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Bahram Beyzai
Iran
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Barry Levinson
USA
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Bong Joon-ho
South Korea
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Carlos Reygadas
Mexico
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Catherine Breillat
France
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Cauleen Smith
USA
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Christopher Nolan
UK
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Claire Denis
France
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Cristian Mungiu
Romania
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Céline Sciamma
France
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David Cronenberg
Canada
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David Gordon Green
USA
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David Lynch
USA
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Edward Yang
Trung Quốc
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Ellen Kuras
USA
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexico
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Hlynur Pálmason
Iceland
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Hou Hsiao-hsien
China
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Jacques Audiard
France
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Jafar Panahi
Iran
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Jak Hutchcraft
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Jane Campion
New Zealand
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Jean Eustache
France
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Jia Zhangke
China
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Joachim Trier
Denmark
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Kevin Smith
USA
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Kira Muratova
Kingdom of Romania [now Moldova]
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Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazil
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Lav Diaz
Philippines
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Lisandro Alonso
Argentina
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Lodge Kerrigan
USA
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Lucrecia Martel
Argentina
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Lynne Ramsay
UK
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Marco Bellocchio
Italy
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Martin Scorsese
USA
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Mati Diop
France
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Maurice Pialat
France
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Mike Leigh
UK
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Mira Nair
India
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Nathan Silver
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Neo Sora
New York
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Nicolas Winding Refn
Denmark
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Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey
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Paul Schrader
USA
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Payal Kapadia
India
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Pedro Almodóvar
Spain
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Quentin Tarantino
USA
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Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Japan
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Satyajit Ray
British India [now India]
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Sean Baker
USA
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Sergei Parajanov
USSR [now Republic of Georgia]
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Sheron R. Dayoc
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Souleymane Cissé
Mali
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Stanley Kubrick
USA
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Stephen Frears
UK
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Sébastien Laudenbach
France
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Thomas Vinterberg
Danmark
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Tsai Ming-liang
Malaysia
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Werner Herzog
Germany
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Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong
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Zeinabu irene Davis
USA
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