Andreas Deja, animator
Uwe Boll, film director
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, film director, academy award winner
Doris Dörrie, female film director
Roland Emmerich, film director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), film director
Werner Herzog (born 1942), film director
Oliver Hirschbiegel, film director
Fritz Lang (1890–1976), film director
Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), film director
F.W. Murnau (1888–1931), film director
Wolfgang Petersen (born 1941), film director
Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), female film director
Volker Schlöndorff (born 1939), film director
Andreas Schnaas (born 1968), film director
Tom Tykwer (born 1965), film director
Robert Wiene, film director
Wim Wenders (born 1945), film director