Top 50 Richest Directors

Action! Cut! This is how all classic blockbusters like Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Titanic starts and ends. What do blockbusters make? Loads of money! You only need to look at the great bank balance of great directors like George Lucas, James Cameron and Steve Spielberg to see that's true. Also take a look at other great directors' in the Top 50 Richest Directors list that will make an excellent motion picture!
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    Steven Spielberg

    Steven Spielberg Net Worth

    $9.5 Billion
    Steven Spielberg is an American director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $9.5 billion. Steven Spielberg's net worth makes him the richest celebrity on the planet, just ahead of good buddy and fellow director/producer George Lucas' net worth.
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    George Lucas

    George Lucas Net Worth

    $8 Billion
    George Lucas is a director, writer, producer and businessman who has a net worth of $8 billion. He is best known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises which have generated north
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    Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson Net Worth

    $1.5 Billion
    Peter Jackson is a New Zealand-born director, writer, and producer who has a net worth of $1.5 billion. Peter Jackson is most widely recognized for his multi-award winning film adaption
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    Tyler Perry

    Tyler Perry Net Worth

    $850 Million
    Tyler Perry is an American actor, director, playwright and producer who has a net worth of $850 million. Tyler Perry is, far and away, one of the most financially successful directors in the entertainment industry. Over the course of his career, he has directed and produced more than 30 movies, 20 stage productions, and eight TV shows. Every year, he personally earns between $200 and $250 million from his sprawling entertainment empire.
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    James Cameron

    James Cameron Net Worth

    $800 Million
    James Cameron is a Canadian-born director who has a net worth of $800 million. James Cameron is the creative force behind films such as The Terminator, Aliens, Rambo II, The Abyss, Terminator 2, True Lies, Titanic and Avatar.
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    Michael Bay

    Michael Bay Net Worth

    $450 Million
    Michael Bay net worth: Michael Bay is an American director and film producer who has a net worth of $450 million. Michael Bay is most famous for directing
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    Mel Gibson

    Mel Gibson Net Worth

    $425 Million
    Mel Gibson net worth: Mel Gibson is an Australian/American actor, screenwriter, director, producer and investor who has a net worth of $425 million. Mel Gibson
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    Francis Ford Coppola

    Francis Ford Coppola Net Worth

    $400 Million
    Francis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter who has a net worth of $400 million. He has won multiple Academy Awards, both for directing and writing but Coppola is perhaps best known for creating The Godfather movie trilogy.
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    Ridley Scott

    Ridley Scott Net Worth

    $400 Million
    Ridley Scott Net Worth: Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer who has a net worth of $400 million. Ridley Scott was born
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    Frank Marshall

    Frank Marshall Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Frank Marshall net worth: Frank Marshall is an American film producer and director who has a net worth of $300 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife since 1987
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    Ivan Reitman

    Ivan Reitman Net Worth

    $300 Million
    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."
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    J.J. Abrams

    J.J. Abrams Net Worth

    $300 Million
    JJ Abrams Net Worth: J.J. Abrams is an American film and television producer, screenwriter, director, actor and composer who has a net worth of $300 million. J.J. Abrams is most widely recognized
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    Christopher Nolan

    Christopher Nolan Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Christopher Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $250 million dollars.
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    The Wachowskis

    The Wachowskis Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Lana and Lilly Wachowski, formerly known as the Wachowski Brothers – Larry and Andy Wachowski – are American film directors, screenwriters, and producers. Lana and Lilly Wachowski have a combined net worth of $225 million.
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    Alfred Hitchcock

    Alfred Hitchcock Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Alfred Hitchcock net worth: Alfred Hitchcock was an English director and producer who had a net worth of
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    Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Martin Scorsese is an American director, writer and producer who has a net worth of $200 million. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest living American filmmakers.
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    Rob Reiner

    Rob Reiner Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Rob Reiner net worth and salary: Rob Reiner is an American actor, director, and producer who has a net worth of $200 million dollars. After starting out as a sitcom
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    Roland Emmerich

    Roland Emmerich Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Roland Emmerich net worth: Roland Emmerich is a director, film producer and screenwriter who has a net worth of $200 million. Roland Emmerich
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    Ron Howard

    Ron Howard Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Ron Howard Net Worth and Salary: Ron Howard is an American actor, director, and producer who has a net worth of $200 million. He first rose
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    Todd Phillips

    Todd Phillips Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Todd Phillips is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who has a net worth of $200 million. He is best-known for movies like "Joker", "Old School" and "The Hangover" franchise.
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    Tony Scott

    Tony Scott Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Tony Scott net worth: Tony Scott was an English film director and producer who had a net worth of $200 million at the time of his death in 2012. Tony Scott
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    Coen Brothers

    Coen Brothers Net Worth

    $160 Million
    The Coen Brothers net worth: The Coen Brothers are an American team of two comedic screenwriters, Joel and Ethan Coen, who have a combined net worth of $160 million. Joel Coen's $100 million net worth is larger than Ethan Coen's $60 million net worth thanks to his marriage to Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand.
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    Judd Apatow

    Judd Apatow Net Worth

    $160 Million
    Judd Apatow Net Worth and Salary: Judd Apatow is a film director, producer, and writer who has a net worth of $160 million. As the founder of Apatow Productions, he has produced countless films and television shows.
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    Barry Levinson

    Barry Levinson Net Worth

    $150 Million
    Barry Levinson net worth: Barry Levinson is an American writer, producer, actor, and director who has a net worth of $150 million dollars. Barry Levinson
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    Guy Ritchie

    Guy Ritchie Net Worth

    $150 Million
    Guy Ritchie is a British screenwriter and director who has a net worth of $150 million. He is probably most famous for directing a number of British gangster films, although he also reached considerable notoriety with the Sherlock Holmes film franchise.
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    John Hughes

    John Hughes Net Worth

    $150 Million
    John Hughes Net Worth: John Hughes was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter who had a net worth of $150 million dollars. John Hughes
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    John Landis

    John Landis Net Worth

    $150 Million
    John Landis net worth and salary: John Landis is an American director, actor, producer, and screenwriter who has a net worth of $150 million. Landis has earned his net worth through his work on many films, music videos, and television series.
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    Rian Johnson

    Rian Johnson Net Worth

    $150 Million
    Rian Johnson Net Worth and Salary: Rian Johnson is an American writer, director, and producer who has a net worth of $150 million. Rian Johnson has written and directed the films "Brick" (2005), "The Brothers Bloom"
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    Woody Allen

    Woody Allen Net Worth

    $140 Million
    Woody Allen Net Worth: Woody Allen is a famous American screenwriter, film director, actor, comedian, musician, and playwright who has a net worth of $140 million.
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    Gore Verbinski

    Gore Verbinski Net Worth

    $130 Million
    Gore Verbinski Net Worth: Gore Verbinski is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and musician who has a net worth of $130 million. Gore Verbinski is best known for directing the horror film "The Ring"
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    Quentin Tarantino

    Quentin Tarantino Net Worth

    $120 Million
    Quentin Tarantino is an American writer, producer, director and actor known for writing/directing and producing some of the most-unique dramatic/action movies of the last three decades. As of this writing, Quentin Tarantino's net worth is $120 million.
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    Bryan Singer

    Bryan Singer Net Worth

    $100 Million
    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.
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    David Fincher

    David Fincher Net Worth

    $100 Million
    David Fincher net worth: David Fincher is an American film director and music video director who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. David Andrew Leo Fincher
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    Dude Perfect

    Dude Perfect Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Dude Perfect net worth channel earnings: Dude Perfect is a sports and comedy entertainment brand who has a net worth of $100 million.
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    Frank Darabont

    Frank Darabont Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Frank Darabont net worth: Frank Darabont is an Hungarian-American director, producer, and writer, who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. Frank Darabont
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    Irwin Winkler

    Irwin Winkler Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Irwin Winkler net worth and career earnings: Irwin Winkler is an American Film producer and director who has a net worth of $100 million. Irwin Winkler has produced numerous Oscar-winning films, including the 1976 Best Picture winner "Rocky." He also produced
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    Jay Roach

    Jay Roach Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Jay Roach net worth and salary: Jay Roach is an American feature film director who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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    Jim Henson

    Jim Henson Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Jim Henson net worth: Jim Henson was an American puppeteer, screenwriter, film director and producer who had a net worth of $20 million. Born on September 24th 1936
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    Joel Coen

    Joel Coen Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Joel Coen net worth: Joel Coen is an American director, writer and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife of nearly
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    John Lasseter

    John Lasseter Net Worth

    $100 Million
    John Lasseter Net Worth and salary: John Lasseter is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. John Lasseter
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    Joss Whedon

    Joss Whedon Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Joss Whedon net worth: Joss Whedon is an American screenwriter and filmmaker who has a net worth of $100 million. Joss Whedon got his start as the creator
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    Luc Besson

    Luc Besson Net Worth

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

    Mike Nichols Net Worth

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

    Tim Burton Net Worth

    $100 Million
    Tim Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer, poet, and stop motion artist who has a net worth of $100 million dollars. He is most widely recognized for his films "Beetlejuice", "Edward Scissorhands", "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", and "Corpse Bride".
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    Chris Columbus

    Chris Columbus Net Worth

    $90 Million
    Chris Columbus net worth and salary: Chris Columbus is an American filmmaker who has a net worth of
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    Harold Ramis

    Harold Ramis Net Worth

    $90 Million
    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.
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    Michael Mann

    Michael Mann Net Worth

    $90 Million
    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.
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    Brett Ratner

    Brett Ratner Net Worth

    $85 Million
    Brett Ratner Net Worth: Brett Ratner is an American director and producer who has a net worth of $85 million. Brett Ratner has enjoyed considerable success in the film industry and has directed and or produced
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    Joel Schumacher

    Joel Schumacher Net Worth

    $80 Million
    Joel Schumacher net worth: Joel Schumacher is an American director, screenwriter, and producer who has a net worth of $80 million dollars.
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    M. Night Shyamalan

    M. Night Shyamalan Net Worth

    $80 Million
    M. Night Shyamalan Net Worth and Salary: M. Night Shyamalan is an Indian-American director, screenwriter, producer, and filmmaker who has a net worth of $80 million. M. Night Shyamalan is best known for directing thrillers with interesting plot twists.