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Not to be confused with Action director.

Action film directors guide the filming and creative elements in action movies, a film genre where action sequences, such as fights, shootouts, stunts, car chases or explosions either take precedence, or, in finer examples of the genre, are used as a form of exposition and character development. Action movie directors may also blend other genres into their films such as romance, science fiction, fantasy, comedy, drama, horror, etc... This genre is closely linked with those of thriller and adventure films.

Notable directors

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Director Action films Ref.
J. J. Abrams Joy Ride (2001), Mission Impossible III (2006), Star Trek (2009), Super 8 (2011), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) [1][2][3][4]
Adil & Bilall Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) [5]
Jon Amiel Entrapment (1999), The Core (2003) [6][7]
Siddharth Anand Bang Bang! (2014), War (2019), Pathaan (2023), Fighter (2024) [8][9]
Paul W. S. Anderson Shopping (1994), Mortal Kombat (1995), Soldier (1998), Resident Evil (2002), Alien vs. Predator (2004), Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), Death Race (2008), Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), The Three Musketeers (2011), Resident Evil: Retribution (2012), Pompeii (2014), Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016), Monster Hunter (2020) [10]
Michael Apted The Squeeze (1977), Extreme Measures (1996), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Enigma (2001 film), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), Unlocked (2017) [11]
Newt Arnold Bloodsport (1988) [12]
David Ayer Harsh Times (2005), Street Kings (2008), End of Watch (2012), Sabotage (2014), Fury (2014), Suicide Squad (2016), Bright (2017),

The Tax Collector (2020),The Beekeeper (2024)

[13][14]
John Badham Blue Thunder (1983), Stakeout (1987), Bird on a Wire (1990), The Hard Way (1991), Point of No Return (1993), Another Stakeout (1993), Drop Zone (1994), Nick of Time (1995) [15][16]
Jose Balagtas Magdaleno Orbos: Sa Kuko ng Mga Lawin (1992) [17]
Andrzej Bartkowiak Romeo Must Die (2000), Exit Wounds (2001), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), Doom (2005), Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009), Maximum Impact (2017), Dead Reckoning (2020) [18][19]
Craig R. Baxley Action Jackson (1988), I Come in Peace (1990), Stone Cold (1991) [20]
Michael Bay Bad Boys (1995), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Bad Boys II (2003), The Island (2005), Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), Pain & Gain (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), 6 Underground (2019), Ambulance (2022) [21][22]
Peter Berg The Rundown (2003), The Kingdom (2007), Hancock (2008), The Losers (2010), Battleship (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), Deepwater Horizon (2016), Patriots Day (2016), Mile 22 (2018), Spenser Confidential (2020) [23][24][25]
Luc Besson La Femme Nikita (1990), Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999),

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010), The Family (2013), Lucy (2014),

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Anna (2019), Dogman (2023)

[26]
Kathryn Bigelow The Loveless (1981), Near Dark (1987), Blue Steel (1990), Point Break (1991), Strange Days (1995), K-19: The Widowmaker (2002),The Hurt Locker (2008), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) [27][28][29]
Neill Blomkamp District 9 (2009), Elysium (2013), Chappie (2015) [30]
Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder (2003), The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2013), Okja (2017) [31][32]
Marco Brambilla Demolition Man (1993) [33]
Tim Burton Batman (1989), Batman Returns (1992), Planet of the Apes (2001) [34]
James Cameron The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), True Lies (1994), Avatar franchise (2009) [35]
Martin Campbell No Escape (1994), GoldenEye (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Vertical Limit (2000), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Casino Royale (2006), Edge of Darkness (2010), Green Lantern (2011), The Foreigner (2017), The Protégé (2021), Memory (2022), Dirty Angels (2024),

Cleaner (2025)

[36][37][38]
Joe Carnahan Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998), Narc (2002), Smokin' Aces (2006), The A-Team (2010), The Grey (2011), Stretch (2014),

Boss Level (2020), Copshop (2021)

[39][40][41]
John Carpenter Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Escape From New York (1981), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), They Live (1988) [42][43]
D. J. Caruso Disturbia (2007), Eagle Eye (2008), I Am Number Four (2011), XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017) [44][45]
Steve Carver The Arena (1974), Big Bad Mama (1974), Capone (1975), Drum (1976), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Bulletproof (1988), River of Death (1989) [46][47]
Enzo G. Castellari Any Gun Can Play (1967), One Dollar Too Many (1968), Johnny Hamlet (1968), Eagles Over London (1969), Street Law (1974), Keoma (1976), The Big Racket (1976), The Heroin Busters (1977), The Inglorious Bastards (1977), Day of the Cobra (1980), The New Barbarians (1983), Escape from the Bronx (1983), Tuareg – The Desert Warrior (1984) [48]
Michael Caton-Jones Memphis Belle (1990), Rob Roy (1995), The Jackal (1997) City by the Sea (2002) [49][50]
Benny Chan A Moment of Romance (1990) Big Bullet (1996), Who Am I? (1998), Gen-X Cops (1999), New Police Story (2004), Divergence (2005),

Rob-B-Hood (2006), Invisible Target (2007), Connected (2008), Shaolin (2011), The White Storm (2013), Call of Heroes (2016),

Raging Fire (2021)

[51][52][53][54]
Gordon Chan Fist Of Legend (1994), Beast Cops (1998), God of War (2017) [55]
Chang Cheh One-Armed Swordsman (1967), Golden Swallow (1968), The Boxer From Shantung (1972), The Blood Brothers (1973), Five Venoms (1978), Five Element Ninjas (1982) [56][57]
Ching Siu-tung Duel to the Death (1982), A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), The Swordsman films (1990–93) [58]
Stephen Chow From Beijing with Love (1994), The God of Cookery (1996), King of Comedy (1999), Shaolin Soccer (2001), Kung Fu Hustle (2004) [59]
Robert Clouse Enter the Dragon (1973), Black Belt Jones (1974), Gymkata (1985), China O'Brien (1990), China O'Brien II (1990) [60][61][62]
Rob Cohen Dragonheart (1996), Daylight (1996), The Fast and the Furious (2001), XXX (2002),Stealth (2005), The Hurricane Heist (2018) [63][64]
Jaume Collet-Sera Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), Run All Night (2015), The Commuter (2018), Black Adam (2022), Carry-On (2024) [65]
Sergio Corbucci Grand Canyon Massacre (1964), Minnesota Clay (1964), Django (1966), Navajo Joe (1966), The Hellbenders (1967), The Great Silence (1968), The Mercenary (1968), The Specialists (1969) [66][67]
George Pan Cosmatos Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985), Cobra (1986), Leviathan (1989), Tombstone (1993) [68]
Andrew Davis Code of Silence (1985), The Package (1989), Under Siege (1992), The Fugitive (1993), Chain Reaction (1996) Collateral Damage (2002) [69][70][71]
Jan de Bont Speed (1994), Twister (1996), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) [72]
Brian De Palma Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), Casualties of War (1989), Mission: Impossible (1996) [73]
Guillermo del Toro Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Pacific Rim (2013) [74]
Jonathan Demme Caged Heat (1974), Married To The Mob (1988), The Manchurian Candidate (2004) [75][76]
Ernest Dickerson Surviving the Game (1994), Bulletproof (1996) [77][78]
Mark DiSalle Kickboxer (1989), The Perfect Weapon (1991) [79]
H. Tjut Djalil Mystics in Bali (1981), Lady Terminator (1989) [80][81]
Roger Donaldson Sleeping Dogs (1977), The Getaway (1994), Species (1995), The Bank Job (2008) [82][83]
Richard Donner Superman (1978), Lethal Weapon films (1987–98), Maverick (1994), Conspiracy Theory (1997), 16 Blocks (2006) [84][85]
Christian Duguay Screamers (1995), The Assignment (1997), The Art of War (2000) [86][87]
Breck Eisner Sahara (2005), The Last Witch Hunter (2015) [88][89]
Roland Emmerich Universal Soldier (1992), Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), The Patriot (2000), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 10,000 BC (2008), 2012 (2009), White House Down (2013), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), Midway (2019), Moonfall (2022) [90]
Jonathan Eusebio Love Hurts (2025) [91]
Gareth Evans Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), The Raid 2 (2014) [21][92]
Jon Favreau Made (2001), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Iron Man films (2008–13), Cowboys & Aliens (2011) [93]
David Fincher Alien 3 (1992), Se7en (1995), Fight Club (1999), Panic Room (2002), The Killer (2023) [94]
Sam Firstenberg Revenge of the Ninja (1983), Ninja III: The Domination (1984), American Ninja (1985), Avenging Force (1986), American Ninja 2: The Confrontation (1987), Riverbend (1989), Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991), Cyborg Cop (1993), Blood Warriors (1993), Cyborg Cop II (1994) [95]
Isaac Florentine Desert Kickboxer (1992), Savate (1995), High Voltage (1997), Bridge of Dragons (1999), Cold Harvest (1999), Special Forces (2003), Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), Ninja (2009), Undisputed III: Redemption (2010), Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2014), Close Range (2015), Acts of Vengeance (2017), Seized (2020), Hounds of War (2024) [96][97][98][99]
John Flynn The Outfit (1973), Rolling Thunder (1977), Defiance (1980), Best Seller (1987), Lock Up (1989), Out for Justice (1991), Protection (2001) [100]
John Ford The Informer (1935), Stagecoach (1939), Fort Apache (1948), 3 Godfathers (1948), Wagon Master (1950), The Sun Shines Bright (1953), Mister Roberts (1955) [101][102][103]
John Frankenheimer The Train (1964), The Iceman Cometh (1973), French Connection II (1975), Black Sunday (1977), Ronin (1998), Reindeer Games (2000) [104][105]
William Friedkin The French Connection (1971), Sorcerer (1977), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Killer Joe (2011) [106]
Kinji Fukasaku Wolves, Pigs and Men (1964), Battles Without Honor and Humanity films (1973–74), Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976), Battle Royale (2000) [107]
Cary Joji Fukunaga No Time to Die (2021) [108]
Stephen Fung Enter the Phoenix (2004), House of Fury (2005),Tai Chi 0 (2012), Tai Chi Hero (2012), The Adventurers (2017) [109][110]
Antoine Fuqua The Replacement Killers (1998), Bait (2000), Training Day (2001), Tears of the Sun (2003), King Arthur (2004),Shooter (2007), Brooklyn's Finest (2009), The Equalizer films (2014–23), Olympus Has Fallen (2013), The Magnificent Seven (2016), Infinite (2021), Emancipation (2022) [111][112]
Christophe Gans Crying Freeman (1995), Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001) [113]
Lewis Gilbert Sink the Bismarck! (1960), You Only Live Twice (1967), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979) [114]
John Glen For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), The Living Daylights (1987), Licence to Kill (1989), Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992) [115][116]
James Glickenhaus The Exterminator (1980), The Soldier (1982), The Protector (1985), Shakedown (1988), McBain (1991), Slaughter of the Innocents (1993) [117]
Menahem Golan Operation Thunderbolt (1977), Enter the Ninja (1981), The Delta Force (1986) [118]
Allan A. Goldstein Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994) [119]
David S. Goyer Blade: Trinity [120]
F. Gary Gray Set It Off (1996),The Italian Job (2003), Law Abiding Citizen (2009), The Fate of the Furious (2016), Lift (2024) [28][121]
Paul Greengrass The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Green Zone (2010), Jason Bourne (2016) [122]
Guy Hamilton The Colditz Story (1955), The Best of Enemies (1961), Goldfinger (1964), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Battle of Britain (1969), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) [123]
Renny Harlin The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane (1990), Die Hard 2 (1990), Cliffhanger (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Deep Blue Sea (1999), The Legend of Hercules (2016), Skiptrace (2016), Legend of the Ancient Sword (2018), The Bricklayer (2023) [28][124][125][126]
Jonathan Hensleigh The Punisher (2004), Kill The Irishman (2011), The Ice Road (2021) [127]
Anthony Hickox Full Eclipse (1993), Submerged (2005) [128]
Walter Hill The Warriors (1979), The Long Riders (1980), Southern Comfort (1981), 48 Hrs. (1982), Streets of Fire (1984), Red Heat (1988), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Last Man Standing (1996) Bullet to the Head (2012), The Assignment (2016), Dead for a Dollar (2022) [129]
Stephen Hopkins Predator 2 (1990), Judgment Night (1993), Blown Away (1994), The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Lost in Space (1998) [130]
King Hu Come Drink with Me (1966), Dragon Inn (1967), A Touch of Zen (1971), Raining in the Mountain (1979) [56][131]
Patrick Hughes Red Hill (2010), The Expendables 3 (2014), The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021), The Man from Toronto (2022) [132]
Peter R. Hunt On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) [133]
Brian G. Hutton Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes (1970) [134]
John Hyams Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012), Dragon Eyes (2012) [135]
Peter Hyams Outland (1981), Running Scared (1986), The Presidio (1988), Narrow Margin (1990), Timecop (1994), Sudden Death (1995), The Musketeer (2001), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009), Enemies Closer (2013) [136]
Patty Jenkins Wonder Woman (2017), Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) [35]

Action stars who have directed their own action movies

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