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 Bryan Singer 569 2 2 0
2 Joe Wright 560 2 1 0
3 Woody Allen 525 2 2 2
4 Steven Spielberg 521 6 4 0
5 Rian Johnson 207 2 1 1
6 Edward Zwick 195 2 2 0
7 Robert Zemeckis 162 2 2 0
8 Roland Emmerich 149 2 1 0
9 Jeff Wadlow 133 2 1 0
10 Ron Howard 130 4 2 0
11 Destin Daniel Cretton 109 2 2 1
12 Stephen Frears 97 2 2 0
13 Alfonso Gomez-Rejon 72 2 2 0
14 Tim Burton 66 2 1 0
15 James Gray 64 2 1 0
16 Damien Chazelle 61 2 2 0
17 Adam Robitel 60 2 1 0
18 Guy Ritchie 59 3 2 0
19 David Yates 56 3 1 0
20 Niki Caro 53 2 1 0
21 Jeff Nichols 52 2 1 0
22 Jake Kasdan 44 2 1 0
23 Malcolm D. Lee 41 2 1 0
24 Gurinder Chadha 40 2 2 0
25 Clint Eastwood 28 2 1 0
26 Taika Waititi 27 3 1 0
27 Kenneth Branagh 26 3 1 0
28 Todd Haynes 22 2 2 0
29 Baltasar Kormákur 20 2 1 0
30 Tyler Perry 19 3 3 0
31 David Lowery 15 2 1 0
M. Night Shyamalan 15 3 2 0
32 Catherine Hardwicke 14 2 1 0
33 Ali Abbas Zafar 13 2 2 0
34 Jon Gunn 12 2 1 0
35 Patricia Riggen 11 2 1 0
John Krasinski 11 2 1 0
36 Chris Dowling 10 2 1 0
37 Simon Curtis 8 3 1 0
Christopher Landon 8 2 1 0
38 Ryan Coogler 7 2 1 0
George Tillman, Jr. 7 2 1 0
Christopher McQuarrie 7 2 1 0
39 Colin Trevorrow 5 2 1 0
40 Paul King 4 2 1 0
Jon Erwin 4 4 1 0
Bill Condon 4 2 1 0
41 Morgan Neville 3 2 2 0
Sean Anders 3 3 1 0
Peyton Reed 3 2 1 0
Sanjay Leela Bhansali 3 2 1 0
42 Jon Favreau 0 2 0 0
Jon M. Chu 0 3 0 0
Andrew Erwin 0 4 0 0
Anthony Russo 0 3 0 0
David F. Sandberg 0 2 0 0
Cal Brunker 0 2 0 0
Kyle Balda 0 2 0 0
Rawson Marshall Thurber 0 2 0 0
Andy Fickman 0 2 0 0
Rich Moore 0 2 0 0
F. Gary Gray 0 2 0 0
Wes Ball 0 2 0 0
James Bobin 0 2 0 0
J.J. Abrams 0 2 0 0
Travis Knight 0 2 0 0
Johannes Roberts 0 2 0 0
Elizabeth Banks 0 2 0 0
Lasse Hallström 0 2 0 0
William Brent Bell 0 2 0 0
James Wan 0 2 0 0
Ry Russo-Young 0 2 0 0
Zack Snyder 0 2 0 0
Chris Renaud 0 2 0 0
Brad Peyton 0 3 0 0
Joe Russo 0 3 0 0
Genndy Tartakovsky 0 2 0 0
Mike Mitchell 0 2 0 0
Pierre Coffin 0 2 0 0
Jon Watts 0 2 0 0
Yarrow Cheney 0 2 0 0
Ari Sandel 0 2 0 0
Jaume Collet-Serra 0 2 0 0
Rob Letterman 0 2 0 0
Paul Feig 0 2 0 0
S.S. Rajamouli 0 2 0 0
Alastair Fothergill 0 2 0 0
Dean Israelite 0 2 0 0
Harold Cronk 0 3 0 0
Stella Meghie 0 2 0 0
Brad Bird 0 2 0 0
Jun-Soo Park 0 2 0 0
Joachim Rønning 0 2 0 0
Alex Kendrick 0 2 0 0
Michael Dougherty 0 2 0 0
Robert Schwentke 0 2 0 0