American LGBTQ film directors

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards. Films in which she has appeared have grossed over $6.9 billion worldwide. She has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. As a performer, she is known for her versatility. She has received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Honorary Palme d'Or.

American actress (born 1975)

Kevin Spacey Fowler is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards as well as nominations for twelve Emmy Awards.

British-American actor (1899–1962)

American film director and producer (1899–1983)

Anthony Perkins was an American actor. Born in Manhattan, he began his acting career as a teenager in summer stock theatre, and appeared in films prior to his Broadway debut. His first film role was in The Actress (1953). That same year, he debuted on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy, a performance for which he received critical acclaim.

American film director, producer, photographer and musician (born 1952)

American film directors, screenwriters, and producers

American director, screenwriter, and producer (1939–2020)

American film director, writer and producer

American film director (1911-1979)

American Internet personality (born 1988)

American fashion designer and filmmaker (born 1961)

American film director

American pornographic actress (born 1959)

American filmmaker, actor, comedian and writer (born 1946)

Ryan Patrick Murphy is an American writer, director, and producer, working mainly in television. He has often been described as "the most powerful man" in modern television and signed the largest development deal in television history with Netflix. Murphy is noted for having created a shift in inclusive storytelling that "brought marginalised characters to the masses." His accolades include six Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, a Tony Award, four Producers Guild of America Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, including the honorary Carol Burnett Award.

American film director and screenwriter (born 1961)

American actress

American director, producer, and screenwriter

American screenwriter

American actor, director, choreographer and dancer (born 1964)

American singer and actor

American screenwriter, director, and producer (born 1965)

American actor, writer and director

American film director and film editor (1897–1979)

American film director

American filmmaker (1927–2023)

American actor

American pornographic actress

American television and film director, producer, choreographer

American musician and actress

American film director and animator

American screenwriter, director and producer

American sex educator and artist (born 1954)

American television writer and producer

American writer, actor and director

American singer, musician, poet, writer, and actor

American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and director

American actor, screenwriter, film producer and director

American actress and photographer

American film director and screenwriter, born in New Caledonia

American artist (born 1934)

American film director (1898-1972)

American actor, comedian, producer, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter

American film director

American screenwriter and director (born 1964)

American actress and director

American-British film director

Film director, screenwriter

American film director and screenwriter

American actress and writer

American filmmaker (1965–2020)

American film director and choreographer (1911-1982)

American filmmaker (born 1965)

American filmmaker (1939-2019)

American actress and director (born 1966)

American actor and director