Esta es una lista de directores destacados y sus primeras películas comerciales, ordenadas cronológicamente por fecha de estreno.
Muchos de los cineastas mencionados, incluido Orson Welles , dirigieron trabajos anteriores que no se estrenaron comercialmente, como proyectos de escuelas de cine, películas que no lograron distribución u otras que nunca se concibieron para su lanzamiento. A partir de las décadas de 1940 y 1950, algunos directores aprendieron su oficio en el medio televisivo, como Robert Altman , Sidney Lumet y Alfonso Cuarón . Directores posteriores, como Alan Parker y Ridley Scott, realizaron sus primeros trabajos profesionales en publicidad televisiva comercial, que se volvió más cinematográfica en las décadas de 1960 y 1970. El éxito de MTV y la popularidad de los videos musicales a principios de la década de 1980 impulsaron los primeros trabajos de David Fincher , Jonathan Glazer , Michel Gondry y Spike Jonze .
♦ Indica un director que creó otros trabajos anteriores para televisión.
# Indica un director cuyo trabajo anterior no aparece acreditado.
† Indica que se trata de un director cuyas obras anteriores no se han estrenado en cines; por ejemplo, producciones de escuelas de cine, cortometrajes o vídeos musicales.
Antes de 1876
1874
1876–1925
1926–1975
1976–2025
2026–present
See also
Notes
- ↑Co-directed with Robert N. Bradbury
- ↑Co-directed with Anthony Hankey
- ↑Co-directed with Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen, and David D. Hand
- ↑Co-directed with Gunther von Fritsch
- ↑Co-directed with Brian Desmond Hurst
- ↑Co-directed with Robert Jordan Hill
- ↑Co-directed with Yakov Bazelyan
- ↑Co-directed with Abe Levitow
- ↑Co-directed with Bradley R. Swirnoff
- ↑Co-directed with Wolfgang Reitherman
- ↑Co-directed with Bill Melendez
- ↑Co-directed with John Lounsbery
- ↑Co-directed with Rintaro
- ↑Co-directed with Kenneth Tsang
- ↑Co-directed with Art Stevens
- ↑Co-directed with Don Bluth
- ↑Co-directed with Jesse Wells
- ↑Co-directed with Frank Lustig
- ↑Co-directed with Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells
- ↑Co-directed with Joe Johnston
- ↑Co-directed with Mike Gabriel
- ↑Co-directed with David Van Taylor
- ↑Co-directed with Peter Farrelly
- ↑Co-directed with Quentin Lee
- ↑Co-directed with Simon Wells
- ↑Co-directed with Jim Wynorski
- ↑Co-directed with Kevin Lima
- ↑Co-directed with Eric Goldberg, Pixote Hunt, James Algar and Hendel Butoy
- ↑Co-directed with Ralph Zondag
- ↑Co-directed with Richard Rich
- ↑Co-directed with Richard Rich
- ↑Co-directed with Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly
- ↑Co-directed with David Daniel
- ↑Co-directed with Corey Yuen
- ↑Co-directed with Norton Virgien
- ↑Co-directed with Tim Johnson
- ↑Co-directed with Efram Potelle
- ↑Co-directed with Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergeron
- ↑Co-directed with Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury
- ↑Co-directed with Nick Park
- ↑Co-directed with Tim Burton
- ↑Co-directed with Eric Darnell
- ↑Co-directed with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
- ↑Co-directed with James Cameron
- ↑Co-directed with Roger Allers
- ↑Co-directed with Tim Johnson
- ↑Co-directed with John Lasseter
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Buck
- ↑Co-directed with Brad Bird
- ↑Co-directed with Steve Hickner
- ↑Co-directed with Brian Hooks
- ↑Co-directed with Ryan Fleck
- ↑Co-directed with Sam Fell
- ↑Co-directed with Matthew Robinson
- 12Co-directed with Pete Docter
- ↑Co-directed with Byron Howard
- ↑Co-directed with Lionel Steketee and Thomas N'Gijol
- ↑Co-directed with Stephen Anderson
- ↑Co-directed with John Lasseter
- ↑Co-directed with Alastair Fothergill
- ↑Co-directed with Barry Cook
- ↑Co-directed with Brenda Chapman
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Renaud
- ↑Co-directed with Sam Fell
- ↑Co-directed with Peter Lord
- ↑Co-directed with Steve Martino
- ↑Co-directed with Mike McCoy
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Buck
- ↑Co-directed with Anthony Stacchi
- ↑Co-directed with Guy Jenkin
- ↑Co-directed with Jocelyn Towne
- ↑Co-directed with Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Renaud
- ↑Co-directed with Michael Thurmeier
- ↑Co-directed with Mike Mitchell
- ↑As Declan Dale
- ↑Co-directed with Garth Jennings
- ↑Co-directed with Nicholas Stoller
- ↑Co-directed with Conrad Vernon
- ↑Co-directed with Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda
- ↑Co-directed with Lee Unkrich
- ↑Co-directed with Rich Moore
- ↑Co-directed with Yarrow Cheney
- ↑Co-directed with Peter Ramsey
- ↑Co-directed with Peter Chelsom, Fernando Eimbcke, Dennis Gansel, Dani Levy, Josef Rusnak, Til Schweiger, and Massy Tadjedin
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Renaud
- ↑Co-directed with Jim Cummings
- ↑Directed with Sarah Smith
- ↑Co-directed with Aaron Horvath
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Buck
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Renaud
- ↑Co-directed with Chris Jenkins
- ↑Co-directed with Domee Shi and Adrian Molina
- ↑Co-directed with Andrew Stanton
- ↑Co-directed with Joel Crawford
- ↑Co-directed with Alessandro Carloni
- ↑Co-directed with Jason Hand and Fawn Veerasunthorn
- ↑Co-directed with Jennifer Lee
- ↑Co-directed with Eric Guillon and Jonathan Del Val
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