Film directors from San Francisco

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experiences in unarmed fighting and self-defense—as well as eclectic, Zen Buddhist, and Taoist philosophies—as a new school of martial arts thought. With a career spanning Hong Kong and the United States, Lee is regarded as the first global Chinese film star and one of the most influential martial artists in the history of cinema. Known for his roles in five feature-length martial arts films, he is credited with helping to popularize martial arts films in the 1970s and promoting Hong Kong action cinema.

Clinton Eastwood Jr. is an American actor, filmmaker and musician. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, Eastwood rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

American filmmaker (born 1958)

American actor

American actor (born 1946)

American journalist, author, film director and screenwriter (1888-1973)

American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host

American film director

American film director and film editor (1897–1979)

American film director, producer, and screenwriter (1904–1977)

American film director

American film director

American filmmaker (1893–1972)

American pornographic actress

American film director

American actor, screenwriter and film director (1881–1942)

American screenwriter, director and producer (1960–2018)

American actor and director

American animator

American film director and writer

American director and screenwriter

American film director (1880–1964)

American film director, television director

American animator (1935–2023)

American comedian, writer and actor

American journalist (born 1970)

American pornographic actress and writer

American filmmaker (1895-1993)

film director (1889-1974)

American actor, screenwriter and film director (1860-1923)

American film director and restauranteur

American film director and screenwriter (1884–1962)

American film director and screenwriter

American film director (1895-1981)

American actor and screenwriter (1878-1964)

American artist (b. 1954)

graphic designer (1961-2012)

Belgian film director and screenwriter

American visual effects artist

American film director and playwright

American filmmaker (1937-2017)

American actor (1887-1964)

American actor and director

film director

American director

film director (1902 – 1941)

assistant director and director

American film editor and actor (1897-1939)

Asian-American actor and producer

American film director (1892-1943)

American filmmaker

American naturism activist

American film director, screenwriter and film producer

Mexican filmmaker (1943–2024)

Film director; screenwriter (1898-1964)

American film director and screenwriter

American film director, producer and editor

film director, screenwriter, and inventor

American filmmaker, actor, musician (*1970)

American film producer and director