Directors Matthew McConaughey Has Worked With
by KalKenobi83 | created - 21 Sep 2014 | updated - 21 Sep 2014 | Public
1. Richard Linklater
Director | Waking Life
Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...
David Wooderson- Dazed And Confused
Danny Buck Davidson- Bernie
2. Jean-Marc Vallée
Director | C.R.A.Z.Y.
Jean-Marc Vallée was a Canadian filmmaker, editor and screenwriter from Montreal. He directed Black List, C.R.A.Z.Y., The Young Victoria, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club, Los Locos, Loser Love and Café de Flore. He also created the HBO shows Big Little Lies and Sharp Objects. He was married to Chantal ...
Ron Woodroof- Dallas Buyers Club(Oscar Winning Role)
3. Kim Henkel
Writer | The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Kim Henkel was born on January 19, 1946 in Virginia, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Texas Chainsaw (2013).
Vilmer Slaughter-Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
4. Joel Schumacher
Director | The Phantom of the Opera
Joel Schumacher was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and fashion designer from New York City. He rose to fame in the 1980s for directing the coming-of-age drama "St. Elmo's Fire" (1985), and the vampire-themed horror film "The Lost Boys" (1987). In the 1990s, he worked on two ...
Jake Brigance- A Time To Kill
5. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
Roger Sherman Baldwin- Amistad
6. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
Palmer Joss- Contact
7. Ron Howard
Producer | Arrested Development
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.
Howard ...
Edward "Ed" Pekurny- EDtv
8. Jonathan Mostow
Director | Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Jonathan Mostow was born on November 28, 1961 in Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Breakdown (1997) and U-571 (2000). He has been married to Laurie Sandell since October 7, 2018.
Lieutenant Andrew Tyler-U 571
9. Adam Shankman
Producer | Hairspray
Adam Shankman was born on November 27, 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Hairspray (2007), A Walk to Remember (2002) and Disenchanted (2022).
Dr. Steven James 'Steve/Eddie' Edison- The Wedding Planner
10. Tom Dey
Director | Shanghai Noon
Tom Dey, born in New England, graduated from Brown University in 1987, and then went to study film in Paris at the Centre des Etudes Critiques. In 1990 he moved to Los Angeles and began attending the American Film Institute (AFI). He became a writer for American Cinematographer magazine. He ...
Trip- Failure to Launch
11. Donald Petrie
Director | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Donald Petrie was born on April 2, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and actor, known for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Miss Congeniality (2000) and Grumpy Old Men (1993).
Benjamin Barry- How to Lose a Guy n 10 Days
12. Andy Tennant
Director | Fool's Gold
Andy Tennant was born on June 15, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Hitch (2005) and Sweet Home Alabama (2002). He has been married to Sharon Johnson since February 13, 1993. They have four children.
Ben 'Finn' Finnegan- Fools Gold
13. Mark Waters
Producer | (500) Days of Summer
Mark Waters grew up in South Bend, Indiana, USA. His first film, The House of Yes, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 1997. He is a director and producer, known for Mean Girls (2004), 500 Days of Summer (2009) and He's All That (2021). He has been married to Dina Spybey-Waters since November ...
Connor 'Dutch' Mead- Ghost Of Girlfriends Past
14. Brad Furman
Director | The Lincoln Lawyer
Brad Furman is known for The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), The Infiltrator (2016) and City of Lies (2018).
Mickey Haller- The Lincoln Lawyer
15. William Friedkin
Director | To Live and Die in L.A.
Friedkin's mother was an operating room nurse. His father was a merchant seaman, semi-pro softball player and ultimately sold clothes in a men's discount chain. Ultimately, his father never earned more than $50/week in his whole life and died indigent. Eventually young Will became infatuated with ...
"Killer " Joe Cooper
16. Lee Daniels
Producer | Precious
Lee Daniels gave his parents an early Christmas present when he entered the world on December 24, 1959; unfortunately, the Philadelphia native was to have a difficult relationship with his police officer father who later reacted violently to his son's sexuality. Despite the brutality of his ...
Ward Jansen- The Paperboy
17. Jeff Nichols
Writer | Take Shelter
Jeff Nichols was born on December 7, 1978 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012) and Midnight Special (2016).
Mud- Mud(2012)
18. Steven Soderbergh
Director | Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steven Andrew Soderbergh was born on January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, the second of six children of Mary Ann (Bernard) and Peter Soderbergh. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother was of Italian ancestry. While he was still at a very young age, his family moved to ...
Dallas - Magic Mike
19. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
Mark Hanna- The Wolf Of Wall Street
20. Breck Eisner
Director | The Crazies
Breck Eisner was born on December 24, 1970 in California, USA. He is a director and producer, known for The Crazies (2010), The Expanse (2015) and Sahara (2005). He has been married to Georgia Irwin Eisner since June 24, 2006.
Dirk Pitt- Sahara
21. Ben Stiller
Producer | Tropic Thunder
Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York City, New York, to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. His father was of Austrian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent, and his mother was of Irish Catholic descent (she converted to Judaism).
His parents made no real...
Rick "Pecker" Peck- Tropic Thunder
22. Bill Paxton
Actor | Aliens
Bill Paxton was born on May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of Mary Lou (Gray) and John Lane Paxton, a businessman and actor (as John Paxton). Bill moved to Los Angeles, California at age eighteen, where he found work in the film industry as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World ...
Fenton Meiks/Adam Meiks- Frailty
23. William Dear
Director | Harry and the Hendersons
William Dear was born on November 30, 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and writer, known for Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Rocketeer (1991) and Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982).
Ben Williams- Angels in The Outfield
24. Rob Bowman
Director | Reign of Fire
Rob Bowman was born on May 15, 1960 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Reign of Fire (2002), The X Files (1998) and The X-Files (1993). He has been married to Dusty Dawn Bowman since October 5, 2006. They have two children.
Denton Van Zan- Reign Of Fire
25. McG
Director | Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
McG was born on August 9, 1968 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009) and The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020).
Jack Lengyel- We Are Marshall
26. Matthew McConaughey
Actor | Interstellar
American actor and producer Matthew David McConaughey was born in Uvalde, Texas. His mother, Mary Kathleen (McCabe), is a substitute school teacher originally from New Jersey. His father, James Donald McConaughey, was a Mississippi-born gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business. He is ...
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