Rankings by country

Each filmmaker is attributed to a home metro, and each metro to a country; a country's score is the sum over everyone it raised. 90 countries scored.

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United States

People3129Metros321Leading figureSteven Spielberg

18122.8

Score

United Kingdom

People702Metros81Leading figureAlfred Hitchcock

4122.5

Score

Canada

People123Metros29Leading figureJames Cameron

641.4

Score

France

People132Metros34Leading figureWilliam Wyler

559.1

Score

Italy

People104Metros37Leading figureFederico Fellini

478.1

Score

Australia

People70Metros13Leading figureCate Blanchett

425.9

Score

Germany

People68Metros20Leading figureErnst Lubitsch

383.3

Score

Austria

People27Metros5Leading figureFred Zinnemann

231.3

Score

Sweden

People26Metros8Leading figureIngrid Bergman

221.9

Score

Ireland

People51Metros10Leading figureBarry Fitzgerald

214.4

Score

Japan

People36Metros11Leading figureAkira Kurosawa

186.2

Score

Poland

People19Metros10Leading figureBilly Wilder

184.8

Score

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1	United States	18122.8	3129	321	Steven Spielberg
2	United Kingdom	4122.5	702	81	Alfred Hitchcock
3	Canada	641.4	123	29	James Cameron
4	France	559.1	132	34	William Wyler
5	Italy	478.1	104	37	Federico Fellini
6	Australia	425.9	70	13	Cate Blanchett
7	Germany	383.3	68	20	Ernst Lubitsch
8	Austria	231.3	27	5	Fred Zinnemann
9	Sweden	221.9	26	8	Ingrid Bergman
10	Ireland	214.4	51	10	Barry Fitzgerald
11	Japan	186.2	36	11	Akira Kurosawa
12	Poland	184.8	19	10	Billy Wilder
13	Mexico	174.6	35	16	Alfonso Cuarón
14	New Zealand	151.7	18	5	Peter Jackson
15	Spain	134.3	24	15	Luis Buñuel
16	China	102.2	48	30	Chloé Zhao
17	Hungary	90.5	20	7	Michael Curtiz
18	Russia	82.4	17	8	George Sanders
19	South Africa	80.2	13	3	Charlize Theron
20	Switzerland	72.2	9	7	Jean-Luc Godard
21	Ukraine	64.6	17	11	Paul Muni
22	Puerto Rico	54.1	5	2	José Ferrer
23	Romania	51.1	11	6	Arthur Caesar
24	Czech Republic	48.1	7	5	Miloš Forman
25	Israel	47.4	11	4	Natalie Portman
26	India	46.8	14	8	Satyajit Ray
27	Brazil	44.2	11	3	Marshall Brickman
28	Belgium	42	3	2	Audrey Hepburn
29	Denmark	41.9	17	4	Joachim Trier
30	Moldova	41.5	2	2	Lewis Milestone
31	Greece	40.7	6	3	Costa-Gavras
32	Argentina	38.1	14	3	Nicolás Giacobone
33	Taiwan	36.8	3	2	Ang Lee
34	Norway	36.6	7	4	Liv Ullmann
35	Netherlands	33.5	12	5	Paul Verhoeven
36	South Korea	29.1	6	3	Bong Joon-ho
37	Vietnam	25.8	4	2	Ke Huy Quan
38	Egypt	25.6	6	2	Julian Fellowes
39	Iran	25	10	4	Asghar Farhadi
40	Kenya	24.7	5	1	Lupita Nyong'o
41	Bahamas	24.5	1	1	Sidney Poitier
42	Hong Kong	22.7	12	1	Andy Lau
43	Malaysia	20	4	3	Michelle Yeoh
44	Lithuania	19.1	3	3	Sonya Levien
45	Costa Rica	14.2	1	1	Gore Verbinski
46	Slovakia	14.2	2	2	Cornel Wilde
47	Cuba	13.1	3	1	Andy Garcia
48	Benin	9.2	1	1	Djimon Hounsou
49	Nigeria	8.9	2	2	Hugo Weaving
50	Serbia	8.5	1	1	Steve Tesich
51	Georgia	8.3	1	1	Akim Tamiroff
52	Turkey	7.5	4	4	Magali Noël
53	Cyprus	7	1	1	Michalis Cacoyannis
54	Jersey	7	1	1	Henry Cavill
55	Pakistan	6.5	4	4	Kumail Nanjiani
56	Finland	6	2	2	Renny Harlin
57	Bulgaria	5.6	2	2	Maria Bakalova
58	Morocco	4.5	1	1	Jean Reno
59	Tunisia	4.4	1	1	Claudia Cardinale
60	Bosnia-Herzegovina	4.3	2	2	Otto Lang
61	Dominica	4	1	1	Henry Wilcoxon
62	Colombia	3.9	3	2	Sofía Vergara
63	Latvia	3.8	2	1	Mikhail Baryshnikov
64	Guatemala	3.7	1	1	Oscar Isaac
65	Guyana	3.6	1	1	Letitia Wright
66	Croatia	3.6	2	2	Branko Lustig
67	New Caledonia	3.2	1	1	Colin Higgins
68	Tahiti	3.2	1	1	Jocelyne LaGarde
69	Algeria	3.2	2	2	Marcel Moussy
70	Eswatini	3.1	1	1	Richard E. Grant
71	Ethiopia	3	1	1	Ruth Negga
72	Somalia	3	1	1	Barkhad Abdi
73	Bermuda	3	1	1	Lena Headey
74	Belarus	3	1	1	Sam Mintz
75	Monaco	2.8	1	1	Danièle Thompson
76	Philippines	2.7	1	1	Ronnie del Carmen
77	US Virgin Islands	2.5	1	1	Kelsey Grammer
78	Malta	2.2	1	1	Joseph Calleia
79	Jamaica	2	1	1	Madge Sinclair
80	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	Juan Fernández de Alarcón
81	Trinidad & Tobago	2	2	1	Nicki Minaj
82	Azerbaijan	1.9	1	1	John M. Stahl
83	Thailand	1.9	2	1	Giovanna Galletti
84	Guernsey	1.6	1	1	Karen Dotrice
85	Uganda	1.1	1	1	Florence Kasumba
86	Yemen	1.1	1	1	Suzy Eddie Izzard
87	Lebanon	1.1	1	1	Lee Majdoub
88	Portugal	1	1	1	Joaquim Dos Santos
89	Venezuela	0.9	1	1	Patricia Velásquez
90	Sri Lanka	0.5	1	1	Colin Gordon