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Directors starting with the letter 'J'
J. Lee Thompson directed Evil That Men Do (1984)
J. Lee Thompson directed Cape Fear (1991)
J. Mills Goodloe directed A Gentleman's Game (2001)
Jack Bender directed Killing Mr. Griffin (1997)
Jack Clayton directed Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
Jack Cutting, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi and Dick Rickard directed Wind in the Willows (1996)
Jacques Dorfmann and Pierre Magny directed Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
Jacques Tourneur, Robert Wise and Gunther von Fritsch directed Appointment with Death (1988)
James Foley directed After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
James Foley directed The Chamber (1996)
James Ivory directed Quartet (1981)
James Ivory directed Heat and Dust (1982)
James Ivory directed The Bostonians (1984)
James Ivory directed Room With a View (1986)
James Ivory directed Maurice (1987)
James Ivory directed Slaves of New York (1989)
James Ivory directed Howard's End (1992)
James Ivory directed A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
James Ivory directed The Golden Bowl (2000)
James Ivory directed Divorce, Le (2003)
James L. Brooks directed Terms of Endearment (1983)
James Marshall (III), Tony Westman, Milan Cheylov and David Straiton directed Almost Dead (1994)
James Marshall (III), Tony Westman, Milan Cheylov and David Straiton directed Dead Babies (2000)
James McTeigue directed V for Vendetta (2006)
James Tucker directed The Lunatic (1991)
Jan Egleson directed A Shock to the System (1990)
Jan Svankmajer directed Alice (2006)
Jane Anderson (II) directed The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio (2005)
Jane Campion directed Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Jane Campion directed In the Cut (2003)
Jason Freeland directed Brown's Requiem (1998)
Jason Reitman directed Thank You for Smoking (2005)
Jay Craven directed Where the Rivers Flow North (1993)
Jay Craven directed Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
Jay Russell directed My Dog Skip (2000)
Jay Russell directed Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Jean-Jacques Annaud directed The Name of the Rose (1986)
Jean-Jacques Annaud directed Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Jean-Jacques Beineix directed Diva (1981)
Jeannot Szwarc directed Somewhere In Time (1980)
Jefery Levy directed S.F.W. (1994)
Jeff Kanew directed V. I. Warshawski (1991)
Jeff Osborne directed The Feud (1989)
Jeffrey Bloom directed Flowers in the Attic (1987)
Jeffrey Obrow directed The Servants of Twilight (1991)
Jeremiah S. Chechik directed Diabolique (1996)
Jeremy Kagan directed The Chosen (1981)
Jeremy Thomas directed All the Little Animals (1998)
Jerry Jameson directed Raise the Titanic (1980)
Jessica Bendinger directed Stick (1985)
Jessica Sharzer directed Speak (2004)
Jim Gillespie directed I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Jim Goddard directed Shanghai Surprise (1986)
Jim McBride directed Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
Jim Sharman directed The Treatment (2006)
Jim Sheridan directed In the Name of the Father (1993)
Joan Micklin Silver directed Loverboy (2005)
Jocelyn Moorhouse directed How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Jocelyn Moorhouse directed A Thousand Acres (1997)
Joe Chappelle directed Phantoms (1998)
Joe Dante directed The Howling (1980)
Joe Johnston directed Jurassic Park (1993)
Joe Johnston directed Jumanji (1995)
Joe Johnston directed Lost World (1997)
Joe Johnston directed The Lost World (1998)
Joe Johnston directed October Sky (1999)
Joe Pytka directed Let It Ride (1989)
Joe Roth directed Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Joe Roth directed Freedomland (2006)
Joel Schumacher directed Dying Young (1991)
Joel Schumacher directed The Client (1994)
Joel Schumacher directed A Time to Kill (1996)
John Boorman directed Excalibur (1981)
John Carpenter directed Christine (1983)
John Carpenter directed Vampires (1998)
John Cassavetes directed Big Trouble (2002)
John Curran (II) directed The Painted Veil (2006)
John Dahl directed The Great Raid (2005)
John Duigan directed Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
John Duigan directed The Journey of August King (1995)
John Erman directed Stella (1990)
John Frankenheimer directed The Holcroft Covenant (1985)
John Frankenheimer directed 52 Pick-Up (1986)
John Frankenheimer directed Year of the Gun (1991)
John Frankenheimer directed The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
John G. Avildsen directed The Power of One (1992)
John Glen (II) directed The Point Men (2001)
John Harrison directed Tales From the Dark Side: The Movie (1990)
John Hough directed The Incubus (1981)
John Huston directed Under the Volcano (1984)
John Huston directed Prizzi's Honor (1985)
John Huston directed Victory (1995)
John Huston, Joseph H. Lewis and Edward Dmytryk directed The Set Up (1995)
John Irvin directed The Dogs of War (1980)
John Irvin directed Ghost Story (1981)
John Irvin directed The Fourth Angel (2001)
John Mackenzie directed The Fourth Protocol (1987)
John Madden directed Ethan Frome (1993)
John Madden directed Killshot (2006)
John McTiernan directed Die Hard (1988)
John McTiernan directed The Hunt for Red October (1990)
John Milius directed Farewell to the King (1989)
John Milius directed Flight of the Intruder (1991)
John N. Smith directed Dangerous Minds (1995)
John N. Smith directed A Cool, Dry Place (1998)
John Ruane directed That Eye, The Sky (1994)
John Schlesinger directed The Believers (1987)
John Schlesinger directed Eye for an Eye (1996)
John Schultz directed Drive Me Crazy (1999)
John Woo directed Paycheck (2003)
Johnny Depp directed The Brave (1997)
Jon Avnet directed Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Jon Favreau directed Zathura (2005)
Jonathan Demme directed Clara's Heart (1988)
Jonathan Demme directed The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Jonathan Demme directed Beloved (1998)
Jonathan Hensleigh directed The Punisher (2004)
José Luis Cuerda directed Butterfly (1981)
Josef Rusnak directed The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed No Way Out (1987)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz directed Mrs. Munck (1995)
Joseph Ruben directed Sleeping With the Enemy (1991)
Joszef Gemes directed The Princess and the Goblin (1993)
Jules Bass directed Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
Julian Amyes directed Jane Eyre (1996)
Julian Fellowes directed Separate Lies (2005)
Julie Taymor directed Frida (2002)
Julien Duvivier directed Anna Karenina (1997)
Julien Temple directed Absolute Beginners (1986)