This is a list of film directors and television directors who were born in the United Kingdom, or lived and/or worked in the UK for a significant part of their career. Some Irish, American and European directors who have spent large portions of their career working in the UK are included on this list.

A

• Babar Ahmed
• Lewis Allen
• Lindsay Anderson
• Michael Anderson
• Michael Apted
• Andrea Arnold
• Amma Asante
• Anthony Asquith
• Richard Attenborough
• Paul WS Anderson
• Jane Arden
• Michael Armstrong
• Richard Ayoade

B

• Roy Ward Baker
• Leedham Bantock
• Geoffrey Barkas
• Sacha Bennett
• Daniel Birt
• Terry Bishop
• Farren Blackburn
• Keith Boak
• John Boorman
• John Boulting
• Danny Boyle
• Kenneth Branagh
• Alan Bridges
• Adrian Brunel
• Paul Bryers
• Clio Barnard
• Jack Bond
• Peter Brook

C

• Danny Cannon
• Ben Caron
• Henry Cass
• Peter Cattaneo
• Charlie Chaplin
• Alan Clarke
• Noel Clarke
• Jack Clayton
• Alex Cox
• Charles Crichton
• Richard Curtis
• Alex Chandon
• Elaine Constantine
• Paddy Considine
• Mark Cousins

D

• Stephen Daldry
• Desmond Davis
• Terence Davies
• Rowan Deacon
• Basil Dean
• Basil Dearden
• Clive Donner
• Bill Douglas
• Daniel Kobby Erskine

E

• Sean Ellis
• Cy Endfield
• Rupert Everett

F

• Terence Fisher
• Bill Forsyth
• Freddie Francis
• Stephen Frears
• Charles Frend
• Bryan Forbes
• Stephen Fry
• Albert Finney

G

• Lewis Gilbert
• Terry Gilliam
• John Gilling
• Jonathan Glazer
• Peter Greenaway
• Val Guest
• Paul Greengrass
• Jack Gold

H

• Robert Hamer
• Guy Hamilton
• John Harlow
• Will Hay
• Stuart Hazeldine
• Mark Herman
• David Hewlett (British born Canadian)
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Mike Hodges
• Seth Holt
• Tom Hooper
• Peter Howitt
• Hugh Hudson
• Nicholas Hytner
• Joanna Hogg
• Andrew Haigh

I

• Ian Emes
• John Irvin
• Armando Iannucci

J

• Derek Jarman
• Julian Jarrold
• Garth Jennings
• Vicky Jewson
• Terry Jones
• Duncan Jones

K

• Patrick Keiller
• Beeban Kidron
• Anthony Kimmins
• Bernard Knowles
• Alexander Korda
• Zoltan Korda
• Suri Krishnamma
• Stanley Kubrick (U.S. Born)

L

• Simon Langton
• Frank Launder
• David Lean
• Malcolm Le Grice
• Mike Leigh
• David Leland
• Richard Lester
• Phyllida Lloyd
• Ken Loach
• Adrian Lyne
• Jonathan Lynn
• Kim Longinotto
• Richard Loncraine
• Charles Laughton

M

• John Madden
• James Marsh
• Neil Marshall
• Mary McGuckian
• Steve McQueen
• Shane Meadows
• Sam Mendes
• Anthony Minghella
• Martin McDonagh
• Norman McLaren
• Gillies MacKinnon
• Alexander Mackendrick
• Carol Morley

N

• Ronald Neame
• Roy William Neill
• Mike Newell
• Christopher Nolan

O

• George More O'Ferrall

P

• Nick Park
• Alan Parker
• Sally Potter
• Michael Powell
• Emeric Pressburger

R

• Lynne Ramsay
• Carol Reed
• Michael Reeves
• Karel Reisz
• Lis Rhodes
• Tony Richardson
• Guy Ritchie
• Bruce Robinson
• Nicolas Roeg
• Bernard Rose
• Ken Russell

S

• Charles Saunders
• Geoffrey Sax
• John Schlesinger
• Stefan Schwartz
• Ridley Scott
• Tony Scott
• Francis Searle
• Christopher Smith
• Roger Spottiswoode
• Rob Sorrenti
• Paul L. Stein
• Robert Stevenson

T

• Amanda Tapping (British born Canadian)
• Gerald Thomas
• Ralph Thomas
• J. Lee Thompson
• Pete Travis

U

• Peter Ustinov

V

• Biju Viswanath
• Matthew Vaughn

W

• John Walsh
• Peter Watkins
• James Whale
• Kanchi Wichmann
• Georgina Willis
• Michael Winner
• Arthur B. Woods
• Edgar Wright
• Joe Wright
• Michael Winterbottom
• Simon West
• Ben Wheatley

Y

• David Yates
• Peter Yates
• Terence Young

See also

• Cinema of the United Kingdom

References

External links

• Directors Guild of Great Britain website
• British Academy of Film and Television Arts
• Brit Movie Archive
• 100 Years of British Film
• Lions of British Cinema --Focus on Directors
• British Film Institute
• Britmovie|Home of British Films