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Film directors of Australia and New Zealand
564 directors with at least two films that have a page here. A–Z by surname; the number is films directed.
Most prolific
Ken G. Hall 1928–195744Raymond Longford 1911–193438Alfred Rolfe 1911–191832W. J. Lincoln 1911–191622Paul Cox 1976–201525Beaumont Smith 1917–193420William Sterling 1957–196438Brian Trenchard-Smith 1973–201420Lee Robinson 1946–196921Peter Jackson 1976–201818Donald Crombie 1966–200034Henri Safran 1961–199023Rolf de Heer 1984–202216Charles Chauvel 1926–195515John Gavin 1910–192816Tim Burstall 1959–198837Yoram Gross 1974–199717Bruce Beresford 1965–201816Patrick Barton 1962–196821Christopher Muir 1957–196724
A
Aash Aaron2Shane Abbess3Luigi Acquisto2Sally Aitken3Mark Albiston2Dominic Allen2Louise Alston4Pino Amenta7Stephen Amis4Michael Anderson3Lindsay Anderson2Robin Anderson3Mario Andreacchio19Peter Andrikidis7Ken Annakin2Ray Argall8Neil Armfield5Gillian Armstrong16Daniel Armstrong5Frank Arnold4James Ashcroft2Darren Ashton2Igor Auzins9Tony Ayres7
B
Clarence G. Badger2David Baker6Roy Ward Baker2Joseph Barbera2Franklyn Barrett17Shirley Barrett5Ian Barry9Patrick Barton21Geoff Beak2Susan Beak2Stuart Beattie2Brian Bell2Bill Bennett14Geoff Bennett4Hamish Bennett2Bruce Beresford16Bruce Best2Wayne Blair3Michael Blakemore3Cate Blanchett2Jamie Blanks2Neill Blomkamp2James Bogle5Harry Booth2Craig Boreham3Daniel Borgman2Costa Botes4Roy Boulting2Terry Bourke8Antony J. Bowman3David Bradbury5Gabrielle Brady2Kenneth Brampton3Gil Brealey14Pietra Brettkelly2Alan Bridges2Sue Brooks9Mende Brown3Dru Brown2Louise Potiki Bryant2Michael Budd3Nigel Buesst9Kasimir Burgess3Alan Burke25Alan Burke5Tim Burstall37Tim Burton2Alexander Butler2Peter Butt12Sean Byrne2
C
David Caesar12David Cahill5Cameron Cairnes3Colin Cairnes3Ken Cameron13Jane Campion14Paul Campion2Kevin Carlin4Adrian Carr2Michael Carreras2Michael Carson10Robert Carter3Michael Caulfield2Don Chaffey3Pauline Chan4Charles Chauvel15Belinda Chayko4Davyd Cherkaskyi2Marvin J. Chomsky2Lawrence Gordon Clark2Evan Clarry2James Clayden3Jack Clayton2Noel Cleary3Jemaine Clement2Jub Clerc2Jon Cohen2Beck Cole2Wayne Coles-Janess4Geoff Collins10Arthur Greville Collins2Geoff Collins2Peter Collinson2Robert Connolly12Bob Connolly6Kevin Connor2Gary Conway2Anton Corbijn2Ian Coughlan3Amiel Courtin-Wilson3Dean Covell3Tom Cowan5Brendan Cowell2Paul Cox25Emma-Kate Croghan3Donald Crombie34Russell Crowe2Phillip Cullen2John Curran3Dena Curtis2Richard Curtis2Ricard Cussó8
D
Jeff Daniels3Ian Darling6Roy Darling2Eddie Davis3Garth Davis2Norman Dawn3Dominic Deacon3Bentley Dean2Colin Dean8Bert Deling4Ross Dimsey2John Dingwall2John Dixon5Khoa Do4Kevin Dobson4Kevin James Dobson3Jerzy Domaradzki2Roger Donaldson5Stanley Donen2Paul Drane2Matt Drummond3John Duigan13Peter Duncan6
E
Clint Eastwood3Nash Edgerton4Joel Edgerton2Colin Eggleston8David Elfick5Adam Elliot4Stephan Elliott6Bob Ellis4Ted Emery8Luke Eve2
F
Murray Fahey5Kim Farrant3David Farrier2Paul Fenech3Anthony Field2Paul Field3Michael Firth5Chris Fitchett3Claude Flemming4Clive Fleury2Bryan Forbes2Abe Forsythe4Mirrah Foulkes2Freddie Francis4Dean Francis6Richard Frankland4Richard Franklin8Toa Fraser4Stephen Frears3Marc Furmie2
G
Alex Galvin3Damon Gameau3John Gavin16Matthew George3Robert Gibson2Warwick Gilbert10Lewis Gilbert3Benjamin Gilmour2Clay Glen3Will Gluck3Jack Gold3Paul Goldman6Marc Gracie8Fergus Grady2Chris Graham2Rhys Graham2Richard Gray2Kitty Green2Mark Grentell2Alister Grierson3Samuel Van Grinsven2Wayne Groom2Yoram Gross17Val Guest2Lawrence Guterman2
H
Florian Habicht4Ken G. Hall44Lasse Hallström2Glenda Hambly4Guy Hamilton2Pat Hanna2William Hanna2Ken Hannam10Brian Hannant22Rod Hardy4Renny Harlin2Paul Harmon2Lawson Harris4Mark Hartley5A.R. Harwood8Stanley Hawes4Anthony Hayes2Gerald M. Hayle3Rudall Hayward7Simon Heath2Rolf de Heer16Jonathan auf der Heide2Frank Heimans7Duke Hendrix2Jon Hewitt5Scott Hicks19Arthur Higgins2Zak Hilditch2Nathan Hill2John Hillcoat2P. J. Hogan5Cecil Holmes13Matthew Holmes4Stephen Hopkins2Jason Lei Howden2Oliver Howes18Ben Howling2Frank Howson5Megan Simpson Huberman2Patrick Hughes3Peter R. Hunt2Corinna Hunziker2Frank Hurley9John Huston2Sophie Hyde4
I
Glendyn Ivin3
J
Peter Jackson18Steve Jacobs3Clayton Jacobson5Tom Jeffrey3Christine Jeffs2Michael Jenkins8Norman Jewison2Steve Jodrell4Mark Joffe10Stephen Johnson3Michael Jonathan2Gregor Jordan4Neil Jordan2
K
Tearepa Kahi5Rupert Kathner7Brian Kavanagh3Stavros Kazantzidis4Haydn Keenan2Martyn Keith2Chris Kennedy4Jennifer Kent3Anthony Kimmins2Jonathan King2Ana Kokkinos6Nick Kozakis2Tony Krawitz5Daniel Krige2Justin Kurzel4
L
Craig Lahiff8Grant Lahood3John Laing8Susan Lambert6John D. Lamond8Mark Lamprell3Andrew Lancaster7Ned Lander5Samantha Lang5Chris Langman3Michael Laughlin2Clara Law3Denny Lawrence7Ben Lawrence3Ray Lawrence3Josh Lawson2Carlo Ledesma2Gerard Lee2Jack Lee2Brett Leonard2Ben Lewin8Mark Lewis6Roseanne Liang2W. J. Lincoln22J.A. Lipman2Stanley Long2Raymond Longford38Richard Lowenstein10Alan Lowery2Wilfred Lucas3Baz Luhrmann6Monte Luke4Robert Luketic2Lottie Lyell2
M
Alice Maio Mackay6Yvonne Mackay11John Mackenzie2Alison Maclean4Charles MacMahon2Brendan Maher7Renae Maihi2Giorgio Mangiamele4Anthony Maras4Robert Marchand5Lex Marinos5George Marlow2Quentin Masters2J. E. Mathews4Paul Maunder4Peter Maxwell12Garth Maxwell3Russ Mayberry2Claire McCarthy4T.O. McCreadie3Paulette McDonagh4Stuart McDonald3Jackie McKimmie6Dee McLachlan2Greg McLean4Don McLennan6Chisholm McTavish6Raymond Menmuir16Janet Merewether2Gaston Mervale10David Michôd8Paul Middleditch4Lynn-Maree Milburn4Christopher Miles2Catherine Millar4Kathryn Millard5George Miller12George T. Miller9Samuel Miller2Alec Mills2Anthony Mir2Roger Mirams3Craig Monahan3Noel Monkman8Vince Monton3Jocelyn Moorhouse3Philippe Mora4Kim Mordaunt2Alec Morgan6Royston Morley2Bruce Morrison2Granaz Moussavi2Christopher Muir24Jon Muir2Russell Mulcahy4Ian Mune6Ian Munro12Dean Murphy7Geoff Murphy10Maurice Murphy5John B. Murray3Carmelo Musca2
N
Ralph Nelson2Daniel Nettheim4Maya Newell2Fred Niblo2Alex Nicholas2Arch Nicholson30Chris Noonan15Leslie Norman2Cherie Nowlan5Phillip Noyce17
O
Jesse O'Brien2Morgan O'Neill2Dennis O'Rourke4John O'Shea4George Ogilvie10Jonathan Ogilvie2Nicolás Onetti2Eva Orner2
P
Greg Page2Stephen Page2David Parker2Larry Parr4Steve Pasvolsky2Scott Patterson3Michael Pattinson8Barry Peak4Sam Peckinpah2Jennifer Peedom4Justin Pemberton2Rachel Perkins6Joseph Perry5Michael Petroni2Brad Peyton2Danny Philippou2Michael Philippou2Sam Pillsbury7Leanne Pooley3Eric Porter3Michael Powell2John Power14Adrian Powers2Gaylene Preston8Julian Pringle7Ian Pringle4Alex Proyas5
Q
Steven Quale2
R
Michael Radford2Yolanda Ramke2P.J. Ramster12Kararaina Rangihau2Daina Reid3John Reid3Rob Reiner2Kimble Rendall5Scott Reynolds3Molly Reynolds3James Ricketson11Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche2Guy Ritchie2Kiah Roache-Turner3James Napier Robertson4Michael Robertson7John Robins2Lee Robinson21Ted Robinson16Franc Roddam2Melanie Rodriga3Nicolas Roeg3Alfred Rolfe32Virginia Rouse2Michael James Rowland4John Ruane8Howard Rubie14Richard Ryan2Michael Rymer3
S
Henri Safran23Fiona Samuel2Robert Sarkies4Matthew Saville5Fred Schepisi10Carl Schultz12Sandra Sciberras2Grant Scicluna2Shawn Seet4Ivan Sen11Yahoo Serious3Anupam Sharma3Jim Sharman3Don Sharp2Ian Sharp2John Sheedy2Frank Shields6Arthur Shirley2Cate Shortland8Jeremy Sims4Harry Sinclair3Rob Sitch3Jerzy Skolimowski2Tim Slade2Richard Slapczynski11Ralph Smart5Beaumont Smith20Burleigh Smith6Noel Smyth2John V. Soto4Harry Southwell6Luke Sparke3Steven Spielberg2Michael Spierig4Peter Spierig4Sarah Spillane2Alexs Stadermann6John Stainton2Glenn Standring2Kriv Stenders11William Sterling38Arthur W. Sterry2David Stevens4Rob Stewart7Alex Stitt2Goran Stolevski4Simon Stone2Esben Storm9David Stubbs2Jason Stutter4Chris Sun3Louis Sutherland2Peter Sykes2
T
Lee Tamahori3Tusi Tamasese3Nadia Tass7John Tatoulis4Enzo Tedeschi2Julien Temple2Peter Templeman3Jonathan Teplitzky5Gerald Thomas5Ralph Thomas2Albie Thoms3Chris Thomson8Michael Thornhill11Warwick Thornton10Francis William Thring9Tony Tilse7Ant Timpson2Maria Tran2Andrew Traucki4Brian Trenchard-Smith20Richard Trueblood2Alkinos Tsilimidos6Sophia Turkiewicz6Ann Turner5
U
James Upshaw4Andrew Upton2
V
W
Lana Wachowski4Lilly Wachowski4Taika Waititi10Jeffrey Walker7Pete Walker2Stephen Wallace12Phil K. Walsh2James Wan2Vincent Ward6Rachel Ward4Harry Watt3Sarah Watt2Dunstan Webb4Christopher Weekes2Peter Weir18Peter Wells2George Whaley6Leigh Whannell2Claude Whatham3Oscar Whitbread10Alan White2Keith Wilkes2Charles Williams2R. Maslyn Williams4George Willoughby2Simon Wincer11Rowan Woods4Tim Worrall2Geoffrey Wright5
Y
George Young5Bill Young2