Comedy Film Directors

Clicking on a name will open that performer Internet Movie Database (IMDb) file.
S/M refers to reviews from Senses of Cinema (SC) and the Musuem of Broadcast Communication (MB)

Key to Listed Website Contents
B = Biography   F = Filmography   N = News and Reviews   P = Pictures    S = Sale Items    L = Links

Director

Selected films

S/M

Websites

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 F

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Jim Abrahams,
David
& Jerry Zucker

Airplane (‘70) / Ruthless People (‘86) /
The Naked Gun (‘88)

 

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Woody Allen

Sleeper (‘73) / Annie Hall (‘77) / Match Point (‘05)

SC

WoodyAllen.com

 

 

x

 

 

 

Robert Altman

M*A*S*H (‘70) / The Player (‘92)

SC

Official Website

 

v

x

 

 

 

Hal Ashby Harold & Maude (1972) / Being There (1979)
SC
Wikipedia
           

Albert Brooks

Lost in America (‘85) / Mother (‘96)

 

Official Website

 

 

x

 

 

 

Mel Brooks

The Producers (‘68) / Blazing Saddles (‘74)

 

Fan Site

 

 

x

 

 

 

James L. Brooks

Terms of Endearment (‘83) / Broadcast News (‘87)

MB

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Tim Burton

Beetlejuice (‘88) / Batman (‘89) / Big Fish (2002)

SC

Official Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Capra

It Happened One Night (‘34) / Meet John Doe (‘41)

 

Reel Classics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Chaplin

City Lights (‘31) / The Great Dictator (‘41)

 

Official Website

 

v

 

 

 

 

Joel & Ethan Coen

Fargo (‘96) / O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? (’00)

SC

Coenesque

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Crichton

Lavender Hill Mob ('51) / A Fish Called Wanda ('88)

 

Screen Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

George Cukor

The Philadelphia Story (‘40) / My Fair Lady (‘64)

SC

American Masters

 

 

 
 
 

 

Blake Edwards

The Pink Panther (‘63) / Victor/Victoria (‘82)

SC

Official Website

 
 
 
 
 
 

Nora Ephron

Sleepless in Seattle (‘93) / You’ve Got Mail (‘98)

 

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Bobby & Peter Farrelly

There’s Something About Mary (‘98) / Shallow Hal ('01)

 

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Terry Gilliam

Time Bandits ('81) / Brazil (‘85) / The Fisher King (‘91)

SC

Screen Online

 

 

 

 

 

 

Howard Hawks

Bringing Up Baby (‘38) / His Girl Friday (‘40)

SC

Reel Classics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Buster Keaton

Sherlock, Jr. (‘24) / The General (‘25)

SC

B. Keaton Society

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Lewis

The Bellboy (‘60) / The Nutty Professor (’63)

SC

Official Website

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harold Lloyd

The Freshman (‘25) / The Kid Brother (‘27)

 

Official Website

 

 
 
 

 

 

Ernst Lubistch

Ninotchka (‘39) / To Be or Not to Be (‘42)

 

Cinema of E.L.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Penny Marshall

Big (‘88) / A League of Their Own (‘92)

 

Wikipedia

 

  

 
 
 

 

Garry Marshall

Pretty Woman (‘90); Runaway Bride (‘99)

 

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Leo McCarey

Duck Soup (‘33) / The Awful Truth (‘37)

SC

Reel Classics

 

 
 
 
 

 

Joseph Mankiewicz

All About Eve (‘50) / Guys and Dolls (‘55)

SC

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Vincent Minnelli

Father of the Bride (‘50) / Gigi (‘58)

SC

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Mike Nichols

The Graduate (‘67) / Working Girl (‘88)

SC

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Harold Ramis

Caddyshack (‘80) / Groundhog Day (‘93)

 

Official Website

 
 
 
 
 
 

Carl Reiner

Where’s Poppa (‘70) / The Jerk (‘79)

MB

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Rob Reiner

This is Spinal Tap (‘84) / When Harry Met Sally (‘89)

 

Wikipedia

 

 

 
 
 

 

Mack Sennett

Tillie’s Punctured Romance (‘14) / Girl Crazy (‘29)

 

NorthernStars

 

 

   
   
   

 

Kevin Smith

Clerks (‘94) / Chasing Amy (‘97) / Dogma (‘99)

 

Official Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preston Sturges

Sullivan’s Travels (‘41) / The Lady Eve (‘41)

SC

Official Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacques Tati Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) / Mon Oncle (1958)
SC
Official Website
           

John Waters

Polyester (‘81) / Hairspray (‘88)

SC

Fan Site

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Wilder

Some Like it Hot (‘59) / The Apartment (’60)

SC

Reel Classics

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Zemeckis

Back to the Future (‘85) / Roger Rabbit (‘88)

 

Wikipedia