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List of the most popular, renowned or famous film directors from Canada. List includes the most notable film directors from Canada, along with photos when available. This list of Canadian film directors is alphabetical, but can be sorted by any column and answers the question ""what famous directors are from Canada?"" You can click on the names of the famous film directors of Canada in order to get more information about each one. This list below has a variety of items, like Aaron James Sorensen and Ziad Touma, in it. You may want to copy this list to build your own just like it, re-rank it to fit your opinions, then publish it to share it on Facebook, Twitter or any other social sites you frequent. (586 Items)

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  1. 1
    Aaron James Sorensen Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Aaron James Sorensen

    Hank Williams First Nation
    United States of America, England, Canada
    Peace River
    Male
  2. 2
    Aaron Seltzer Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Aaron Seltzer

    1974
    Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Date Movie, Vampires Suck, Meet the Spartans, The Biggest Movie of All Time 3D More
    United States of America, Canada
    Mississauga
    Male
  3. 3
    Aaron Woodley Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Aaron Woodley

    1971
    Tennessee, The Entitled, Toronto Stories, The Wager, Rhinoceros Eyes
    Canada
    Toronto
    Male
  4. 4
    Adam Brooks Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Adam Brooks

    1956
    Definitely, Maybe, Almost You, The Invisible Circus, Red Riding Hood
    Canada
    Toronto
    Male
  5. 5
    Adam Reid Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Adam Reid

    1973
    Hello Lonesome
    Canada
    Ottawa
    Male
  7. 6
    Adam Smoluk Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Adam Smoluk

    1980
    Foodland
    Canada
    Winnipeg
    Male
  8. 7
    Aden Young Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Aden Young

    1972
    Canada, Australia
    Toronto
    Male
  9. 8

    Al Christie

    1881
    Charley's Aunt, Almost a Rescue, When the Heart Calls, Her Bridal Nightmare, Half a Sinner, Half a Sinner, A Roman Scandal, The Chemist, Birmingham Black Bottom, An Elephant on His Hands, Going Spanish, Why Husbands Flirt More
    United States of America, Canada
    London
    Male
  10. 9
    Al Waxman Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Al Waxman

    1935
    Tulips, The Diamond Fleece
    Canada
    Toronto
    Male
  11. 10

    Alain Dostie

    1943
    Canada
    Male
  12. 11

    Alan Bunce

    The Wild Puffalumps, Babar: The Movie
    Canada
    Male
  13. 12

    Alan Zweig

    A Hard Name, Stealing Images, Trip Sheet, Vinyl, The Boys
    Canada
    Male
  14. 13

    Alan Zweig

    Lovable, Vinyl, Vinyl: The Alternate Take, A Hard Name, A Hard Name, Stealing Images, I, Curmudgeon, Trip Sheet, The Boys More
    Canada
    Male
  15. 14
    Alanis Morissette Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Alanis Morissette

    1974
    Alanis Morissette: Feast on Scraps, Jagged Little Pill, Live
    United States of America, Canada
    Ottawa
    Female
  16. 15
    Alanis Obomsawin Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Alanis Obomsawin

    1932
    Gene Boy Came Home, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Is the Crown at War with Us? , Rocks at Whiskey Trench, Incident at Restigouche More
    Canada
    Female
  18. 16

    Albert Tessier

    1895
    Canada
    Male
  19. 17

    Alex Chapple

    Mafia Doctor, Shades of Black: The Conrad Black Story, Torso, Diverted, The Passion of John Ruskin More
    Canada
    Dundas, Ontario
    Male
  20. 18

    Ali Kazimi

    1961
    Rex vs Singh, Narmada: A Valley Rises, Shooting Indians: A Journey With Jeffrey Thomas More
    Canada, India
    India
    Male
  21. 19
    Alison Maclean Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Alison Maclean

    1958
    Kitchen Sink, Jesus' Son, Subway Stories, Crush, Persons of Interest
    Canada
    Female
  22. 20
    Allan Dwan Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Allan Dwan

    1885
    Tennessee's Partner, Robin Hood, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Iron Mask, Pearl of the South Pacific, Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler, The Three Musketeers, The River's Edge, Woman They Almost Lynched, The Lie, Back to Life, A Small Town Girl, Bloodhounds of the North, Remember Mary Magdalen, Discord and Harmony, The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf, Accusing Evidence, The Forbidden Room, Enchanted Island, Montana Belle, The Gorilla, Slightly Scarlet, Up in Mabel's Room, Belle Le Grand, Friendly Enemies, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, The Coast of Folly, The Restless Breed, Stage Struck, The Pretty Sister of Jose, Flight Nurse, Wicked, Heidi, Driftwood , Mr. Fix-It, Brewster's Millions, Josette, Tide of Empire, Headin' South, Red Margaret, Moonshiner, Richelieu, Young People, Northwest Outpost , Trail of the Vigilantes , Surrender, One Mile from Heaven, The Good Bad Man, Cattle Queen of Montana, Calamity Anne's Inheritance, Calamity Anne's Vanity, Calamity Anne's Beauty, The Greater Love, Woman's Honor, Her Big Story, Quicksands, Calamity Anne, Heroine, The Girl and the Greaser, The Tale of the Ticker, Unto the Weak, The Menace to Carlotta, Escape to Burma , Passion, Silver Lode, Look Who's Laughing, What a Widow! , Sweethearts on Parade , Human Cargo, Sailor's Lady, I Dream of Jeanie, A Girl of Yesterday, While Paris Sleeps, Wildflower, The End of the Feud, The Honor of the Mounted, Here We Go Again, South Sea Rose, Up in Mabel's Room, Mr. Fix-it, Calamity Anne's Dream, An Innocent Magdalene, Suez, The Tragedy of Whispering Creek, 15 Maiden Lane, The Joy Girl, Rendezvous with Annie , Counsel's Opinion, Zaza, The Hopes of Blind Alley, A Perfect Crime, Panthea , Fifty-Fifty, Woman-Wise, Black Sheep, Hold Back the Night, Hold Back the Night, Calendar Girl, Around the World, High Air, Bound in Morocco, Getting Gertie's Garter, The Sin of Martha Queed , Abroad with Two Yanks, The Unlawful Trade, The Embezzler, The Restless Spirit, The Wild Blue Yonder, Frontier Marshal, American Madness, Manhandled, That I May Live, A Society Scandal, The Inside Story, Angel in Exile, The Forbidden Thing , Rise and Shine, The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch, The Straight Road More
    United States of America, Canada
    Toronto
    Male
  23. 21
    Allan F. Nicholls Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Allan F. Nicholls

    1945
    I Am a Hotel
    Canada
    Montreal
    Male
  24. 22
    Allan King Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Allan King

    1930
    Silence of the North, A Married Couple, Dying at Grace, Termini Station, By Way of the Stars, Warrendale, Come on Children, Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company, Who Has Seen the Wind , Running Away Backwards More
    Canada
    Vancouver
    Male
  25. 23

    Allan Kroeker

    1951
    L5: First City in Space: IMAX, Age Old Friends, Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story More
    Canada
    Winnipeg
    Male
  26. 24
    Allan Moyle Famous Film Directors from Canada Film picture

    Allan Moyle

    1947
    XChange, Weirdsville, Pump Up the Volume, Rubber Gun , Man In The Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story, Empire Records, New Waterford Girl, Say Nothing, Times Square, Jailbait!, The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag, The Rubber Gun More
    Canada
    Shawinigan
    Male
  27. 25

    Alma Duncan

    Canada
    Paris, Ontario
    Female

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