Highest Paid Film Directors

1

Steven Spielberg

Munich, War of the Worlds, War Horse, The Terminal,
Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A.I.,
Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Jurassic Park,
The Lost World, Hook, Always, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Empire of the Sun,
The Color Purple, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jaws

$8.440 Million

$422 Million

2

James Cameron

Avatar, Titanic, Aliens of the Deep, The Abyss, The Terminator, Terminator 2, Aliens

$6.201 Million

$868 Million

3

Peter Jackson

Bad Taste, Braindead (film), Heavenly Creatures, The Frighteners,
The Lord of the Rings (film series), King Kong (2005), The Lovely Bones,
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

$4.612 Million

$576 Million

4

Robert Zemeckis

Beowulf, The Polar Express, Cast Away,
What Lies Beneath, Contact, Forrest Gump,
Death Becomes Her,
Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III,
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Romancing the Stone, Used Cars

$4.094 Million

$127.4 Million

5

Chris Columbus

Rent, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,
Bicentennial Man, Stepmom, Nine Months,
Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,
Only the Lonely, Heartbreak Hotel, Adventures in Babysitting

$3.852 Million

$119.4 Million

6

Michael Bay

Transformers 2, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon

$3.849 Million

$205.4 Million

7

Tim Burton

Batman, Alice in Wonderland, Beetlejuice,
Batman Forever, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

$3.766 Million

$108.7 Million

8

Ron Howard

The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man, The Missing,
A Beautiful Mind, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, EDtv,
Ransom, Apollo 13, The Paper,
Far and Away, Backdraft, Parenthood,
Willow, Gung Ho, Cocoon,
Splash, Night Shift

$3.622 Million

$90.3 Million

9

Gore Verbinski

Mouse Hunt, The Mexican, The Time Machine,
The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl The Weather Man Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Rango

$3.591 Million

$399 Million

10

Christopher Nolan

Following, Memento, Insomnia,
Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Dark Knight Rises

$3.551 Million

$443 Million