Directory of Black Directors

This directory highlights influential Black filmmakers from the United States, Africa, and the global diaspora whose works have shaped the language of cinema and the politics of representation.

  1. Amma Asante
  2. Anike Bay
  3. Anita W. Addison
  4. Anthony Hemingway
  5. Antoine Fuqua
  6. Ayoka Chenzira
  7. Barbara McCullough
  8. Benny Boom
  9. Bridgett M. Davis
  10. Bruce W. Smith
  11. Carl Franklin
  12. Camille Billops
  13. Cauleen Smith
  14. Charles Burnett
  15. Charles Stone III
  16. Cheryl Dunye
  17. Darnell Martin
  18. David 'Tosh' Gitonga
  19. Debbie Allen
  20. Ernest R. Dickerson
  21. F. Gary Gray
  22. Frances-Anne Solomon
  23. Hype Williams
  24. Idrissa Ouedraogo
  25. Jacqueline Shearer
  26. Jeffrey W. Byrd
  27. John Singleton
  28. Julie Dash
  29. Kasi Lemmons
  30. Kevin Bray
  31. Kevin Hooks
  32. LeVar Burton
  33. Leslie Harris
  34. LisaGay Hamilton
  35. Madeline Anderson
  36. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
  37. Malcolm D. Lee
  38. M.K. Asante
  39. Martin Mhando
  40. Michael Schultz
  41. Millicent Shelton
  42. Neema Barnette
  43. Ngozi Onwurah
  44. Omowale Akintunde
  45. Paris Barclay
  46. Rashaad Ernesto Green
  47. Rasselas Lakew
  48. Reggie Rock Bythewood
  49. Richard Brooks
  50. Rick Famuyiwa
  51. Salim Akil
  52. S. Torriano Berry
  53. Shola Lynch
  54. Spike Lee
  55. Steve McQueen
  56. Sylvia Sweeney
  57. Tanya Hamilton
  58. Tim Story
  59. Tyler Perry
  60. Troy Byer
  61. Wyatt Bardouille
  62. Yvonne Welbon
  63. Zeinabu irene Davis