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The oldest living directors
The oldest living directors - the longest-running careers in the field.
Horst Hächler
Directors
2nd100 · born 1926
Manos Zacharias
Directors
1st104 · born 1922
Pier Ludovico Pavoni
Directors
3rd100 · born 1926
Manos Zacharias tops this list.
Age: 104, ahead of Horst Hächler at 100.
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryAge
10th, falling
Hans Noever
GermanyDirectors98born 192811th, risingZdenka DeitchováDirectors98born 192812th, falling
James Ivory
United StatesDirectors98born 192813th, stable
Fulvio Lucisano
ItalyDirectors98born 192814th, falling
James B. HarrisUnited StatesDirectors98born 192815th, falling
Franco E. ProsperiDirectors98born 192816th, stable
Harold BeckerUnited StatesDirectors98born 192817th, rising
Lana GogoberidzeDirectors97born 192818th, risingJeong Chang-hwa
South KoreaDirectors97born 192819th, falling
Shin Young-kyunSouth KoreaDirectors97born 192820th, fallingGianfranco BaldanelloItalyDirectors97born 192821st, stableGiovanni NarzisiDirectors97born 192922nd, fallingAllan MillerUnited StatesDirectors97born 192923rd, falling
Alejandro JodorowskyDirectors97born 192924th, falling
Mark RydellUnited StatesDirectors97born 192925th, stableFrancisco NordenDirectors96born 1929Among people with a sourced birth date who clear our fame threshold.
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