British comedy film directors

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both accolade and controversy.

American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940)

English filmmaker

British comedian

British-American actor (1890–1965)

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

English and American director, actor, and puppeteer

British author, actor, comedian and director (1934–1982)

British director and producer (born 1942)

British film director, screenwriter and producer

British animator and filmmaker (born 1958)

English film director (1905-1990)

Canadian-British film director

British actor, satirist, writer and comedian (1937-1995)

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, known professionally as Christopher Guest, is an American and British actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Guest has written, directed, and starred in his series of comedy films shot in mockumentary style. He co-wrote and acted in the rock satire This Is Spinal Tap (1984), and later directed a string of satirical mockumentary films such as Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). He also acted in the films Death Wish (1974), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), The Princess Bride (1987), and A Few Good Men (1992); and was a regular cast member on the 10th season of Saturday Night Live.

British comedian and actor (1952–2013)

British film director, film editor, screenwriter and film producer (1910-1999)

American-born Scottish film director and screenwriter (1912-1993)

Canadian-British animator (1933–2019)

Irish film director, film producer, music video director

British film director and screenwriter

British film director

British-American filmmaker

British film director (1911–1971)

British comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director

English filmmaker

screenwriter and film director (1893-1977)

British actor, film director and screenwriter (1887-1956)

American director

British comedian and screenwriter

British television director (born 1930)

British actor and film director (1896-1984)

British film director, film editor and film producer (1920–1993)

British film director, writer and producer (1904–1983)

British film and television director

English film director

British film director, producer and writer (1906–1997)

British directory and screenwriter

English film director, editor and producer (1942–2021)

British artist (1910-1970)

British film director (1873-1957)

Scottish actor and director (1925–2002)

British director (1915–1979)

English film producer, director, editor and screenwriter (1923-2007)

British animator

British actor

British film producer

British television director

British film director, producer and writer (1923–1977)

British film director (1901–1964)