Directors of Golden Lion winners

Japanese filmmaker (1910–1998)

Indian filmmaker and writer (1921–1992)

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)

French and Swiss film director (1930–2022)

Spanish filmmaker (born 1949)

Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)

English actor and director (1907–1989)

Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954)

Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–2007)

German filmmaker (born 1945)

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.

Japanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)

Russian film director, writer, producer and actor (born 1945)

Italian director (1906–1976)

French film director and screenwriter (1894–1979)

American filmmaker (1925–2006)

Italian film director (1906–1977)

Mexican filmmaker (born 1961)

Polish film director and screenwriter (1941–1996)

American filmmaker (born 1971)

Sir Tom Stoppard was a British playwright and screenwriter. He wrote for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covered the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical bases of society. Stoppard, a playwright of the Royal National Theatre, was one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation and was critically compared with William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre in 1997 and awarded the Order of Merit in 2000.

South Korean film director (1960–2020)

French film director (1922-2014)

American film director, screenwriter and actor

Chloé Zhao is a Chinese filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films. For her film Nomadland (2020), Zhao became the second woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director.

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

Danish film director (1889–1968)

Iranian film director

American filmmaker (born 1969)

highest prize given to a film at the Venice Film Festival

Chinese filmmaker

French film director (1920-2010)

French film director, screenwriter, and producer (1932-1995)

Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter (1929–1989)

American filmmaker

Russian film director, screenwriter and actor (born 1964)

Mira Nair is an Indian-American filmmaker. She has received two prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and four from the Venice Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe, and two César Awards.

Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010)

Italian film director (1922–2015)

Russian film director (born 1951)

Yorgos Lanthimos is a Greek filmmaker and theatre director. Often described as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation, he has received multiple accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Lion, as well as nominations for six Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

French film director, screenwriter and producer (1907–1977)

English writer and director (born 1943)

French film director and screenwriter (1913–1996)

Swedish film director and screenwriter

Polish producer and film director

German film director (born 1942)

Italian film director (1931–2018)

German writer, philosopher, academic and film director (1932–2026)

Irish filmmaker and fiction writer

Italian film director (1919–2006)

Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1947)

Chinese film director and screenwriter (born 1970)

French film director (1909–1989)

Italian film director (born 1945)

American documentary film director and producer (born 1964)

Italian film director and screenwriter (1926–1982)

Macedonian-American film director

Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker (born 1957)

British actor, filmmaker and socialist