List of action film directors
Action film directors guide the filming and creative elements in action movies, a film genre where action sequences, such as fights, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence, or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development. Action movie directors may also blend other genres into their films, such as romance, science fiction, or even comedy (e.g., Rush Hour). This genre is closely linked with those of thriller and adventure films.
Notable directors
- J.J. Abrams
- Jon Amiel
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- Michael Apted
- Newt Arnold
- David Ayer
- John Badham
- Jose Balagtas
- Andrzej Bartkowiak
- Craig R. Baxley
- Michael Bay
- Henry Bean
- Peter Berg
- Luc Besson
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Neil Blomkamp
- Joon Ho-Bong
- Marco Brambilla
- James Cameron
- Martin Campbell
- Joe Carnahan
- John Carpenter
- D.J. Caruso
- Steve Carver
- Enzo G. Castellari
- Benny Chan
- Stephen Chow
- Rob Cohen
- Sergio Corbucci
- George Pan Cosmatos
- Andrew Davis
- Jan De Bont
- Brian De Palma
- Jonathan Demme
- Mark DiSalle
- Roger Donaldson
- Richard Donner
- Breck Eisner
- Roland Emmerich
- Gareth Evans
- Jon Favreau
- Sam Firstenberg
- Isaac Florentine
- John Ford
- John Frankenheimer
- William Friedkin
- Kinji Fukasaku
- Stephen Fung
- Antoine Fuqua
- Christophe Gans
- Lewis Gilbert
- John Glen
- James Glickenhaus
- Menahem Golan
- David S. Goyer
- F. Gary Gray
- Paul Greengrass
- Guy Hamilton
- Tsui Hark
- Renny Harlin
- Jonathan Hensleigh
- Anthony Hickox
- Walter Hill
- Stephen Hopkins
- Patrick Hughes
- Sammo Hung
- Peter R. Hunt
- Brian G. Hutton
- John Hyams
- Peter Hyams
- John Irvin
- Hugh Johnson
- Joe Johnston
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Irvin Kershner
- Jee-woon Kim
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Ted Kotcheff
- Jan Kounen
- Akira Kurosawa
- Robert Kurtzman
- Ringo Lam
- Jess Lapid, Jr.
- Lito Lapid
- Wai-Keung Lau
- Mimi Leder
- Ang Lee
- Daniel Lee
- Danny Lee
- Sergio Leone
- Mark L. Lester
- Richard Lester
- Louis Leterrier
- Sheldon Lettich
- Jonathan Liebesman
- Doug Liman
- Justin Lin
- Dwight H. Little
- William Lustig
- Jennifer Lynch
- Peter MacDonald
- Alan Mak
- Michael Mann
- James Mangold
- Antonio Margheriti
- Baldo Marro
- Nico Mastorakis
- Bruno Mattei
- Sam Mendes
- McG
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- John McTiernan
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Joseph Merhi
- Takashi Miike
- Willie Milan
- John Milius
- George Miller
- Steve Miner
- Cesar Montano
- John Moore
- Pierre Morel
- Russell Mulcahy
- Geoff Murphy
- Chris Nahon
- Neveldine/Taylor
- Christopher Nolan
- Aaron Norris
- Sonny Parsons
- Sam Peckinpah
- Wolfgang Petersen
- Prachya Pinkaew
- Fernando Poe Jr.
- Ted Post
- Albert Pyun
- Sam Raimi
- Brett Ratner
- Spiro Razatoz
- Nicolas Winding Refn
- Kevin Reynolds
- Ronnie Ricketts
- Guy Ritchie
- Eddie Rodriguez
- Robert Rodriguez
- Phillip J. Roth
- Chuck Russell
- Mikael Salomon
- Cirio H. Santiago
- Barbet Schroeder
- Ridley Scott
- Tony Scott
- Dominic Sena
- Jack Sholder
- Don Siegel
- Bryan Singer
- John Singleton
- Ching Siu-tung
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Zack Snyder
- Stephen Sommers
- Steven Spielberg
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Chad Stahelski
- Oliver Stone
- John Sturges
- Lee Tamahori
- Billy Tang
- Quentin Tarantino
- J. Lee Thompson
- Stanley Tong
- Josh Trank
- Pete Travis
- Dante Varona
- Matthew Vaughn
- Paul Verhoeven
- Roi Vinzon
- The Wachowskis (formerly The Wachowski Brothers)
- James Wan
- Marc Webb
- Peter Weir
- Simon West
- Joss Whedon
- Michael Winner
- Tommy Wirkola
- Len Wiseman
- Kirk Wong
- John Woo
- Peter Yates
- Zhang Yimou
- Wilson Yip
- Terence Young
- Ronny Yu
- Corey Yuen
- Joseph Zito
- Edward Zwick
Action stars who have directed their own action movies
- Jackie Chan: The Fearless Hyena (1979), The Young Master (1980), Dragon Lord (1982), Project A (1983), Police Story (1985), Armour of God (1986), Project A Part II (1987), Police Story 2 (1988), Miracles (1989), Armour of God II: Operation Condor (1991)
- Clint Eastwood: High Plains Drifter (1973), The Eiger Sanction (1975), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Firefox (1982), Sudden Impact (1983), Pale Rider (1985), The Rookie (1990)
- Mel Gibson: Braveheart (1995)
- Bruce Lee: Way of the Dragon (1972)
- Jet Li: Born to Defence (1986)
- Dolph Lundgren: The Defender (2004), The Mechanik (2005), Missionary Man (2007), Diamond Dogs (2007), Command Performance (2009), and Icarus (2010)
- Steven Seagal: On Deadly Ground (1994)
- Sylvester Stallone: Rambo (2008), The Expendables (2010)
- Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Quest (1996), Full Love (TBA)
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