Directors

Directors work with actors, cinematographers, editors, and craftspeople to bring the script to the screen. From sets and props to pace and expression, the director determines the detail of every scene. The final edit of the film is rarely up to the director — the studio has final cut. Directors also may lack veto power over product placement. Directors in these rankings worked on at least two top-grossing films since 2002.

Rank Director Score Films With smoking With brands
1 Greg Tiernan 1058 2 1 0
Conrad Vernon 1058 3 1 0
2 Todd Phillips 1042 2 2 1
3 Shane Black 909 2 2 1
4 Andy Muschietti 855 2 2 3
5 Greta Gerwig 670 2 2 3
6 Peter Jackson 625 2 2 1
7 Bryan Singer 569 2 2 0
8 Woody Allen 525 2 2 2
9 Stephen Gaghan 489 2 1 2
10 Dexter Fletcher 469 2 2 1
11 Deon Taylor 441 5 2 3
12 Luca Guadagnino 432 2 2 2
13 Antoine Fuqua 409 2 2 0
14 Robert Zemeckis 373 2 2 1
15 Ridley Scott 351 3 3 0
16 David Leitch 340 4 2 1
17 Chad Stahelski 315 2 2 0
18 Steven Spielberg 295 5 3 0
19 James Mangold 291 3 3 0
20 Guy Ritchie 210 4 3 0
21 Rian Johnson 207 2 1 1
22 Ruben Fleischer 205 2 2 1
23 Christopher Nolan 204 2 1 0
24 Todd Haynes 189 3 3 0
25 Jeff Nichols 183 2 1 1
26 Craig Gillespie 176 3 1 0
27 Michael Bay 160 2 2 1
28 Enrique Begne 153 2 2 0
29 Fede Alvarez 151 2 2 0
30 Lorene Scafaria 149 2 2 1
Roland Emmerich 149 2 1 0
31 Jeff Wadlow 133 2 1 0
32 Tom Hooper 126 2 1 0
33 Ron Howard 121 3 1 0
34 Robert Eggers 113 3 1 0
35 Destin Daniel Cretton 109 2 2 1
36 Stephen Frears 97 2 2 0
37 Nacho G. Velilla 93 2 2 0
38 Luc Besson 86 2 1 0
39 Tyler Perry 73 5 5 0
40 James Wan 70 3 1 0
41 Jordan Peele 68 2 2 0
42 Tim Burton 66 2 1 0
43 Ari Aster 65 2 1 0
44 James Gray 64 2 1 0
45 Clint Eastwood 63 4 3 0
46 David Gordon Green 62 2 2 0
47 Damien Chazelle 61 2 2 0
48 Adam Robitel 60 2 1 0
49 Martin Campbell 57 2 2 1
50 David Yates 56 3 1 0
51 Yorgos Lanthimos 52 2 2 0
D.J. Caruso 52 2 2 0
52 Jake Kasdan 51 2 1 0
53 Jonathan Levine 49 2 2 0
54 Tim Story 46 4 1 0
55 Denis Villeneuve 45 2 1 0
56 Gavin O'Connor 44 2 2 0
Matthew Vaughn 44 2 1 0
57 Malcolm D. Lee 41 3 1 0
Ben Wheatley 41 2 1 0
58 Gurinder Chadha 40 2 2 0
59 Michael Spierig 39 2 2 0
Peter Spierig 39 2 2 0
60 Jason Reitman 38 2 0 1
61 Tyler Gillett 37 2 2 0
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin 37 2 2 0
62 Doug Liman 36 2 1 0
Steven Soderbergh 36 2 2 0
63 Tate Taylor 34 2 2 0
64 Gary Ross 31 2 2 0
65 Josh Safdie 28 2 2 0
Morgan Neville 28 3 2 0
Benny Safdie 28 2 2 0
66 James Gunn 27 2 0 0
Taika Waititi 27 3 1 0
67 Kenneth Branagh 26 2 1 0
68 Alex Garland 22 2 0 0
69 Peter Berg 19 3 1 0
70 Will Gluck 18 2 1 0
71 Tim Miller 16 2 1 0
Dean Devlin 16 2 1 0
72 David Lowery 15 3 1 0
Johannes Roberts 15 4 1 0
Bill Condon 15 2 1 0
Miguel Arteta 15 2 1 0
73 Ali Abbas Zafar 13 2 2 0
74 John Krasinski 11 3 1 0
Gabriela Cowperthwaite 11 2 1 0
Babak Najafi 11 2 1 0
75 Ang Lee 9 2 2 0
James Foley 9 2 1 0
Mike Flanagan 9 2 1 0
76 M. Night Shyamalan 8 3 1 0
Greg McLean 8 2 1 0
Christopher Landon 8 2 1 0
77 Michael Chaves 7 2 1 0
78 Jon Lucas 6 3 1 0
Scott Moore 6 3 1 0
Michael Showalter 6 2 2 2
79 Michael Moore 5 2 1 0
80 Jon Erwin 4 3 1 0
81 Jim Jarmusch 3 2 2 0
Marc Forster 3 2 0 0
Eli Roth 3 3 1 0
Dallas Jenkins 3 2 1 0
82 Andrew Hyatt 1 2 0 0
83 Jon Watts 0 2 0 0
Leigh Whannell 0 2 0 0
David F. Sandberg 0 3 0 0
Ben Falcone 0 2 0 0
Anthony Russo 0 3 0 0
Cal Brunker 0 2 0 0
Yarrow Cheney 0 2 0 0
Jeff Fowler 0 2 0 0
Travis Knight 0 2 0 0
Paul Feig 0 3 0 0
Rich Moore 0 2 0 0
Andrew Erwin 0 3 0 0
James Bobin 0 2 0 0
Brad Peyton 0 2 0 0
Lasse Hallström 0 2 0 0
Stella Meghie 0 2 0 0
Ry Russo-Young 0 2 0 0
Zack Snyder 0 2 0 0
Jun-Soo Park 0 3 0 0
Joe Russo 0 3 0 0
Sean Anders 0 2 0 0
Jon M. Chu 0 3 0 0
Chris Renaud 0 2 0 0
Jaume Collet-Serra 0 2 0 0
Harold Cronk 0 3 0 0
Jon Favreau 0 2 0 0
Mike Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Danny Boyle 0 2 0 0
William Brent Bell 0 2 0 0
F. Gary Gray 0 2 0 0
Rawson Marshall Thurber 0 2 0 0
Nicholas Stoller 0 2 0 0
Simon Curtis 0 2 0 0
Joachim Rønning 0 2 0 0