Directors
These are the richest directors in the world! Here you will find a listing of the highest paid movie directors, past and current. Action, romance, comedy, drama - legends like Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and James Cameron don't just direct the actors and the mis-en-scene. They also command huge mis-en-salaries. Who makes the most out of all of them? Find out at our Top 50 Richest Directors list.
Return to Richest Celebrities
/2015/04/GettyImages-905418442.jpg)
Ava DuVernay Net Worth
Ava DuVernay is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and former publicist who has a net worth of $60 million. Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival
/2022/04/Taylor-Sheridan.jpg)
Taylor Sheridan Net Worth
Taylor Sheridan is an American screenwriter, director and actor who has a net worth of $70 million. Taylor Sheridan first gained renown for his roles on the television series "Sons of Anarchy"
/2013/05/baz.jpg)
Baz Luhrmann Net Worth
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor who has a net worth of $50 million. Luhrmann began to make a name for himself directing theater productions in Australia, then he shifted his focus to film
/2014/05/Cole-Hauser.jpg)
Richard Linklater Net Worth
Richard Linklater is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Linklater first gained widespread notice for his 1990 film "Slacker," which cost $23,000 to make and went on to earn $1.25 million at the box office.
/2011/03/Michael-Mann.jpg)
Michael Mann Net Worth
Michael Mann is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $90 million. Michael Mann is best known for his gritty crime dramas.
/2013/12/mike-nichols.jpg)
Mike Nichols Net Worth
Mike Nichols was a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian who had a net worth of $100 million.
/2009/12/Cameron-Crowe.jpg)
Cameron Crowe Net Worth
Cameron Crowe is an American film director, producer and screenwriter who has a net worth of $45 million. He is most widely recognized for his films, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Say Anything", "Singles," "Vanilla Sky," and "Elizabethtown," and the Oscar-winning films,
/2013/09/Lee-Daniels-e1732419556402.jpg)
Lee Daniels Net Worth
Lee Daniels is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer who has a net worth of $30 million dollars. He has produced such projects as "Monster's Ball", "The Woodsman", "Shadowboxer", "Tennessee", and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire".
/2022/02/kevin-smith.png)
Kevin Smith Net Worth
Kevin Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, director, film producer, and comic book writer who has net worth of $25 million.
/2011/03/Ivan-Reitman-1.jpg)
Ivan Reitman Net Worth
Ivan Reitman was a Czechoslovakian/Canadian film producer, writer and director who had a net worth of $300 million at the time of his death. Ivan Reitman was best known for directing comedy films such as "Meatballs," "Stripes," "Ghostbusters," and "Dave."
/2014/08/Luc-Besson.jpg)
Luc Besson Net Worth
Luc Besson Net Worth: Luc Besson is a French film director who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. Luc Besson is also
/2011/09/Peter-Bogdanovich.jpg)
Peter Bogdanovich Net Worth
Peter Bogdanovich was an American filmmaker, producer, director actor, writer and critic who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. Peter died on January 6, 2022 at the age of 82.
/2019/12/bigelow.jpg)
Kathryn Bigelow Net Worth
Kathryn Bigelow is an American director and producer who has a net worth of $50 million. She is the first woman ever to win the Directors Guild of America's Best Director Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Directory.
/2022/01/harold-ramis.jpg)
Harold Ramis Net Worth
Harold Ramis was an American actor, director writer and producer who had a net worth of $90 million at the time of his death. Ramis starred in and wrote some of the most popular comedies of the 80s and 90s.
/2021/12/Bryan-Singer.jpg)
Bryan Singer Net Worth
Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. Bryan Singer's career as a film director began with "Public Access" (1993)