Trending Film Directors of all time
The 99 most-viewed film directors of all time on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul McCartney.
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Ranked
2,333,267
Total Views (of all time)
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Paul McCartney
English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)
191,972
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2
Ed Harris
American actor and director (born 1950)
87,940
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3
Steven Spielberg
American filmmaker (born 1946)
72,665
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4
Keanu Reeves
Canadian actor and musician (born 1964)
58,147
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views
5
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
57,030
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views
6
Taylor Sheridan
American screenwriter and director
50,574
views
views
7
Byron Allen
American businessman and comedian
43,140
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views
8
James Stewart
American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
38,001
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views
9
Mariska Hargitay
American actress, producer, and philanthropist (born 1964)
34,145
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views
10
Gillian Anderson
American actress (born 1968)
33,680
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views
11
Viggo Mortensen
American actor
32,023
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views
12
Michael B. Jordan
American actor (born 1987)
31,766
views
views
13
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
31,384
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views
14
Robert Downey Jr.
American actor (born 1965)
31,006
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views
15
Joaquin Phoenix
American actor
29,825
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views
16
Billy Bob Thornton
American actor, filmmaker, and musician
29,203
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views
17
Channing Tatum
American actor, dancer and model (born 1980)
28,682
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views
18
Giancarlo Esposito
American actor
28,359
views
views
19
Alec Baldwin
American actor (born 1958)
28,008
views
views
20
Dustin Hoffman
American actor (born 1937)
27,381
views
views
21
Alexander Skarsgård
Swedish actor
26,173
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views
22
Lena Headey
British actress (born 1973)
26,131
views
views
23
Shia LaBeouf
American actor
26,070
views
views
24
Maude Apatow
American actress (born 1997)
23,917
views
views
25
Vincent D'Onofrio
American actor and filmmaker (born 1959)
23,551
views
views
26
Mayim Bialik
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
23,175
views
views
27
Tracey Ullman
British-American actress, comedian, singer, dancer, screenwriter, producer and director
23,084
views
views
28
Sheryl Crow
American musician (born 1962)
22,709
views
views
29
Judi Dench
English actress (born 1934)
22,576
views
views
30
Zach Cregger
American actor and film director (born 1981)
22,228
views
views
31
Mindy Kaling
American actress, writer, and comedian
22,003
views
views
32
Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
21,917
views
views
33
Molly Gordon
American actress
21,915
views
views
34
Samara Weaving
Australian actress and model (born 1992)
21,762
views
views
35
Lucille Ball
American actress (1911–1989)
21,617
views
views
36
Rosario Dawson
American actress (born 1979)
21,076
views
views
37
Na Hong-jin
South Korean film director and screenwriter
20,459
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views
38
Michael Angarano
American actor
20,414
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views
39
Bill Murray
American actor and comedian
19,740
views
views
40
Eden Sher
American actress (born 1991)
19,687
views
views
41
Michael Landon
American actor and filmmaker (1936–1991)
19,337
views
views
42
Guillaume Canet
French actor, film director, and screenwriter (born 1973)
19,033
views
views
43
David Fincher
American film director
19,024
views
views
44
Donald Glover
American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker (born 1983)
18,992
views
views
45
Ashley Judd
American actress
18,921
views
views
46
B. J. Novak
American actor
18,791
views
views
47
M. G. Ramachandran
film actor, chief minister of Tamil Nadu (1917 – 1987)
18,701
views
views
48
Richard Burton
Welsh actor (1925–1984)
18,327
views
views
49
Alfred Hitchcock
British filmmaker (1899–1980)
18,306
views
views
50
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
American actor and filmmaker (born 1981)
18,273
views
views
51
Peter Jackson
New Zealand film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (born 1961)
18,106
views
views
52
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
17,797
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views
53
Hayao Miyazaki
Japanese animator, film director, and mangaka (born 1941)
17,783
views
views
54
Sofia Coppola
American filmmaker (born 1971)
17,490
views
views
55
Charlotte Gainsbourg
French and British actress and singer (born 1971)
17,383
views
views
56
Richard Harris
Irish actor, singer, film director and writer (1930–2002)
17,324
views
views
57
Brian Cox
Scottish actor
17,315
views
views
58
Don Johnson
American actor and singer (born 1949)
17,263
views
views
59
Glenn Close
American actress
16,863
views
views
60
Rob Schneider
American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
16,714
views
views
61
Jason Biggs
American actor
16,665
views
views
62
Angela Bassett
American actress (born 1958)
16,617
views
views
63
Sam Neill
New Zealand actor (born 1947)
16,585
views
views
64
Charlie McDermott
American actor (born 1990)
16,569
views
views
65
Sean Astin
American actor (born 1971)
16,431
views
views
66
Christoph Waltz
Austrian and German actor
16,083
views
views
67
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
16,077
views
views
68
Jonny Lee Miller
British actor
15,406
views
views
69
Bob Dolman
Canadian screenwriter, actor, director and producer (born 1949)
15,393
views
views
70
Lin-Manuel Miranda
American songwriter and composer (born 1980)
15,373
views
views
71
John Cassavetes
Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989)
15,304
views
views
72
Michael Imperioli
American actor
15,263
views
views
73
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
15,234
views
views
74
Timothy Busfield
American actor and writer
15,061
views
views
75
Tyler Perry
American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, producer, author, and songwriter
14,770
views
views
76
Lorraine Bracco
American actress
14,753
views
views
77
Tom Morello
American guitarist and musician
14,693
views
views
78
Ray Romano
American stand-up comedian
14,643
views
views
79
Artus
French actor, director and comedian (born 1987)
14,557
views
views
80
Angela White
Australian pornographic actress, pornographic director, and model (born 1985)
14,538
views
views
81
Paul Reubens
American actor and comedian (1952–2023)
14,409
views
views
82
Faye Dunaway
American actress
13,800
views
views
83
Rick Moranis
Canadian actor, comedian and musician (born 1953)
13,762
views
views
84
Zach Braff
American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
13,759
views
views
85
Tim Allen
American actor and comedian
13,694
views
views
86
John Turturro
American actor (born 1957)
13,545
views
views
87
Arun Matheswaran
Indian film director and screenwriter
13,481
views
views
88
Dev Patel
British actor (born 1990)
13,439
views
views
89
Casey Affleck
American actor
13,191
views
views
90
Talia Shire
American actress
13,109
views
views
91
Craig Ferguson
British actor
13,018
views
views
92
Christina Grimmie
singer (1994 - 2016)
12,843
views
views
93
Ricky Gervais
British comedian
12,761
views
views
94
Jennifer Esposito
American actress
12,528
views
views
95
Bill Lawrence
American screenwriter, producer, and director
12,167
views
views
96
Mark Duplass
American actor and director
11,864
views
views
97
Park Chan-wook
South Korean filmmaker (born 1963)
11,831
views
views
98
Cuba Gooding Jr.
American actor
11,699
views
views
99
Anjelica Huston
American actress (born 1951)
11,474
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