This is a list of theatre directors, living and dead, who have been active in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Arabic speaking
Fouad Awad Mohammed Al Shanfari
Belarusian speaking
Ihnat Bujnicki Mikalai Khalezin
Bengali speaking
Montazur Rahman Akbar Debesh Chattopadhyay Utpal Dutta Goutam Halder Manoj Mitra Shambhu Mitra Natyaguru Nurul Momen Mamunur Rashid Badal Sarkar Bratya Basu
Chinese speaking
Jiao Juyin Li Liuyi Wang Chong
English speaking
George Abbott Maria Aitken JoAnne Akalaitis Franco Ambriz Threes Anna Libby Appel Steven Atkinson Lucy Bailey Dominic Barber Neil Bartlett John Barton Emjo Basshe Julian Beck Paul Berman David Berthold Etel Billig Carla Blank Anne Bogart Lee Breuer Yvonne Brewster Mark Brokaw Peter Brook Robert Brustein Hazel Joan Bryant Betty Burstall Simon Callow Annie Castledine Joseph Chaikin Rachel Chavkin Ping Chong Harold Clurman Victor Correia Edward Gordon Craig James Dacre Maude Davey Howard Davies Ian Dickens Marcia Milgrom Dodge Declan Donnellan Mehmet Ergen Gale Edwards Tim Etchells Joel Fink Richard Foreman Bob Fosse Bob Frith Frank Galati Patrick Garland Joel Gersmann John Gielgud Katie Mitchell Andre Gregory Tyrone Guthrie Peter Hall Marcia Haufrecht Jeremy Herrin Jack Hofsiss Michael Howard Sophie Hunter John Jesurun Rhodessa Jones Michael Kahn Robert Kalfin Helena Kaut-Howson Elia Kazan Patrick Kinmonth Jim Knipple Jan Kott Wayne Lamb Tina Landau Helen Langworthy (1899–1991) James Lapine Charles Laughton Eddie Lawrence Walter Learning Elizabeth LeCompte Robert Lepage Robert Lewis Tom Littler Joan Littlewood Clare Lizzimore Jamie Lloyd Phyllida Lloyd Joshua Logan Sidney Lumet Rosie Malek-Yonan Judith Malina Joe Mantello Kathleen Marshall Rob Marshall Jackie Maxwell Richard Maxwell Michael Mayer Brad Mays Des McAnuff Simon McBurney Guthrie McClintic Sam Mendes Greta Mendez Jorge Merced Worthington Miner Neil Munro Stephen Murphy Christopher Newton Mike Nichols Trevor Nunn Laurence Olivier Diane Paulus Ralph Pena Robin Phillips Steven Pimlott Harold Prince José Quintero Agustin Reyes Lloyd Richards Martin Ritt Mark Rylance Kate Saxon Franklin Schaffner Richard Schechner Jay Scheib Erica Schmidt Peter Schumann Michael Scott Peter Sellars Andrei Şerban Stephen Shank Eve Shapiro Nathaniel Shaw Hassard Short Leigh Silverman Jeanmarie Simpson Max Stafford-Clark Susan Stroman Rebecca Taichman Julie Taymor Tazewell Thompson Sidney Toler Russell Treyz Craig Walker Sam Wanamaker Matthew Warchus Douglas Turner Ward Deborah Warner David Warren Orson Welles James Whale Bart Whiteman Kate Whoriskey Kip Williams Robert Wilson Lee Wochner George C. Wolfe Robert Woodruff Mary Zimmerman
Filipino speaking
Daisy Avellana Lamberto V. Avellana Joel Lamangan Menchu Lauchengco-Yulo Severino Montano Mario O'Hara Ralph Pena Freddie Santos Rolando Tinio
French speaking
Jean Anouilh André Antoine Antonin Artaud Jean Louis Barrault Gaston Baty Patrice Chéreau Jean Cocteau Armand Eloi Jean Giraudoux Louis Jouvet Jorge Lavelli Robert Lepage Lugné-Poe Ariane Mnouchkine Jeanne Moreau Roger Planchon Jacques Rivette Jerome Savary Stephen Shank Jean Vilar
German speaking
Ruth Berghaus Benno Besson Bertolt Brecht Hans Bunge Frank Castorf Dieter Dorn Erich Engel August Everding Walter Felsenstein Gotz Friedrich Jens-Daniel Herzog Leopold Jessner Fritz Kortner Harry Kupfer Martin Kušej (bilingual German/Slovenian) Corny Littmann Peter Lund Thomas Ostermeier Peter Palitzsch Claus Peymann Erwin Piscator Max Reinhardt Einar Schleef Peter Stein Karl Heinz Stroux Heinz Tietjen Nike Wagner Wieland Wagner Wolfgang Wagner Peter Zadek
Hindi speaking
Ebrahim Alkazi Shamim Azad Ram Gopal Bajaj Manish Joshi Bismil Satyadev Dubey Arvind Gaur Bharatendu Harishchandra Safdar Hashmi Rohini Hattangadi Prithviraj Kapoor B.V. Karanth Mohan Maharishi Prasanna B.M. Shah Om Shivpuri Habib Tanvir Ratan Thiyam Bansi Kaul
Italian speaking
Giorgio Albertazzi Eugenio Barba Orazio Costa Eduardo De Filippo Dario Fo Paolo Grassi Glauco Mauri Renzo Ricci Luca Ronconi Guido Salvini Maurizio Scaparro Luigi Squarzina Giorgio Strehler Aldo Trionfo Luchino Visconti Franco Zeffirelli
Lithuanian speaking
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė Oskaras Koršunovas Eimuntas Nekrošius Juozas Miltinis Rimas Tuminas Jonas Vaitkus Adolfas Večerskis
Nepali speaking
Anup Baral Hari Prasad Rimal Khagendra Lamichhane Sunil Pokharel
Norwegian speaking
Liv Ullmann Tore Vagn Lid Stein Winge
Persian speaking
Bahram Beyzai Hamid Samandarian Ali Nassirian
Polish speaking
Erwin Axer Richard Boleslavsky Kazimierz Dejmek Jerzy Fedorowicz Jerzy Grotowski Adam Hanuszkiewicz Stefan Jaracz Krzysztof Jasiński Tadeusz Kantor Jarosław Kilian Jerzy Markuszewski Stanisława Perzanowska Barbara Sass Leon Schiller Ludwik Solski Włodzimierz Staniewski Józef Szajna Arnold Szyfman Mariusz Treliński Andrzej Wajda Michał Zadara Lidia Zamkow Krzysztof Zanussi Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Aleksander Zelwerowicz Feliks Żukowski
Portuguese speaking
Augusto Boal Sergio Britto Luis Miguel Cintra João Garcia Miguel Jorge Listopad Arlindo Lopes Gerald Thomas
Romanian speaking
Alexandru Arșinel Zaharia Bârsan Radu Beligan Ion Besoiu Toma Caragiu Ion Caramitru Alexandru Dabija Radu Gyr Ion Minulescu Maia Morgenstern Vlad Mugur Amza Pellea Elvira Popescu Vlad Rădescu Victor Rebengiuc Mihail Sadoveanu Zaharia Stancu Silviu Stănculescu Lucia Sturdza-Bulandra Andrei Șerban Gábor Tompa Dorel Vișan George Vraca George Mihail Zamfirescu
Russian speaking
Nikolay Akimov Yevgeny Aryeh Yuri Butusov Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Lev Dodin Anatoly Efros Kama Ginkas Yuri Lyubimov Alexandre Marine Vsevolod Meyerhold Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Nikolai Okhlopkov Lev Shekhtman Konstantin Stanislavsky Alexander Tairov Georgy Tovstonogov Yevgeny Vakhtangov Anatoly Vasiliev Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakharov Yury Zavadsky
Serbo-Croatian speaking
Nebojša Bradić Goran Gajić Branko Gavella Gradimir Gojer Zorica Jevremović Siniša Kovačević Sulejman Kupusović Velimir Živojinović Massuka Dejan Miladinović Ognjenka Milićević Branislav Nušić Vida Ognjenović Tanja Miletić Oručević Haris Pašović Katja Restović Zijah Sokolović Mira Trailović Mirjana Vukomanović Milenko Zablaćanski Stevo Žigon
Spanish speaking
Calixto Bieito Alejandra Boero Antonio Cunill Cabanellas Orestes Caviglia Armando Discépolo Nuria Espert Carlos Gandolfo Victor Garcia Juan Carlos Gené Antonio Larreta Inda Ledesma Cecilio Madanes Jorge Merced Fanny Mikey José Quintero Jesusa Rodríguez José Tamayo Margarita Xirgu China Zorrilla
Slovak speaking
Juraj Nvota Roman Polák
Swedish speaking
Lars Amble Ingmar Bergman Hugo Hansén Olof Molander Stig Olin Peter Oskarson Albert Ranft Alf Sjöberg
Multilingual
Fouad Awad (Arabic, Hebrew, English) Lucien Bourjeily (Arabic, French, English) Chandradasan (English, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Tamil) Mario Kovač (Croatian, English, Italian) Roberto Paci Dalò (English, Italian, German, French, Chinese) Stephen Shank (English, French) Mihai Timofti (English, French, Italian, Romanian, Russia) Rajesh Vedprakash (English, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu)
Other
Lilia Abadjieva (Bulgarian) Kemal Başar (Turkish) Stancho Stanchev (Bulgarian)
References