Directors

These are the richest directors in the world! Here you will find a listing of the highest paid movie directors, past and current. Action, romance, comedy, drama - legends like Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and James Cameron don't just direct the actors and the mis-en-scene. They also command huge mis-en-salaries. Who makes the most out of all of them? Find out at our Top 50 Richest Directors list.

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Ava DuVernay Net Worth

Ava DuVernay Net Worth

Ava DuVernay is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and former publicist who has a net worth of $60 million. Ava DuVernay is the first black woman to win the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival

Taylor Sheridan Net Worth

Taylor Sheridan Net Worth

Taylor Sheridan is an American screenwriter, director and actor who has a net worth of $70 million. Taylor Sheridan first gained renown for his roles on the television series "Sons of Anarchy"

Baz Luhrmann Net Worth

Baz Luhrmann Net Worth

Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director, screenwriter, producer, and former actor who has a net worth of $50 million. Luhrmann began to make a name for himself directing theater productions in Australia, then he shifted his focus to film

Richard Linklater Net Worth

Richard Linklater Net Worth

Richard Linklater is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Linklater first gained widespread notice for his 1990 film "Slacker," which cost $23,000 to make and went on to earn $1.25 million at the box office.

Michael Mann Net Worth

Michael Mann Net Worth

Michael Mann is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $90 million. Michael Mann is best known for his gritty crime dramas.

Mike Nichols Net Worth

Mike Nichols Net Worth

Mike Nichols was a German-born American television, stage and film director, writer, producer and comedian who had a net worth of $100 million.

Cameron Crowe Net Worth

Cameron Crowe Net Worth

Cameron Crowe is an American film director, producer and screenwriter who has a net worth of $45 million. He is most widely recognized for his films, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", "Say Anything", "Singles," "Vanilla Sky," and "Elizabethtown," and the Oscar-winning films,

Lee Daniels Net Worth

Lee Daniels Net Worth

Lee Daniels is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer who has a net worth of $30 million dollars. He has produced such projects as "Monster's Ball", "The Woodsman", "Shadowboxer", "Tennessee", and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire".

Kevin Smith Net Worth

Kevin Smith Net Worth

Kevin Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, director, film producer, and comic book writer who has net worth of $25 million.

Ivan Reitman Net Worth

Ivan Reitman Net Worth

Ivan Reitman was a Czechoslovakian/Canadian film producer, writer and director who had a net worth of $300 million at the time of his death. Ivan Reitman was best known for directing comedy films such as "Meatballs," "Stripes," "Ghostbusters," and "Dave."

Luc Besson Net Worth

Luc Besson Net Worth

Luc Besson Net Worth: Luc Besson is a French film director who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. Luc Besson is also

Peter Bogdanovich Net Worth

Peter Bogdanovich Net Worth

Peter Bogdanovich was an American filmmaker, producer, director actor, writer and critic who had a net worth of $10 million at the time of his death. Peter died on January 6, 2022 at the age of 82.

Kathryn Bigelow Net Worth

Kathryn Bigelow Net Worth

Kathryn Bigelow is an American director and producer who has a net worth of $50 million. She is the first woman ever to win the Directors Guild of America's Best Director Award as well as the Academy Award for Best Directory.

Harold Ramis Net Worth

Harold Ramis Net Worth

Harold Ramis was an American actor, director writer and producer who had a net worth of $90 million at the time of his death. Ramis starred in and wrote some of the most popular comedies of the 80s and 90s.

Bryan Singer Net Worth

Bryan Singer Net Worth

Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. He broke through after directing the critically-acclaimed film "The Usual Suspects" in 1995, following up with the bid-budget superhero flick "X-Men" in 2000.