Are you still searching who are the highest paid directors in Hollywood? If yes, check out this list of top 10 highest paid Hollywood directors of all time.
You might have seen a lot of Hollywood movies but do you know the makers behind it? There always exists a director who makes the movie very passionately to impress the audience.
Directing movies is not only their passion but also a way to earn a handsome amount of money that anyone can ever imagine. There are some Hollywood directors who are making a huge amount of money for the direction of Hollywood movies. These Highest paid Hollywood directors are the best examples of it.
Today we have brought an updated list of the top 10 highest paid Hollywood directors of all time. These Hollywood directors are ranked on the basis of their net worth until now. So, here we go:
Top 10 Highest Paid Hollywood Directors of All Time
10. Gore Verbinski (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Gregor Gore Verbinski is an American film director. He was born on March 16, 1964, in Tennessee, U.S. He is famous for his animated movies for which he has won the Academy Award for Best Animated feature in one of his film “Rango.”
Some of Chris notable work includes “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “The Time Machine”. His total worldwide box office collection is $3.72 billion which make him at 10 highest paid Hollywood director.
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9. Chris Columbus (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Chris Joseph Columbus is an American film director. He was born on September 10, 1958, in Pennsylvania, USA. Before entering into the mysterious world of Hollywood, he was a worker in a factory to pay for his schooling. Later on, he decided to move on and started making films.
In the year 1995, Columbus founded his film production company “1942 Pictures”. Columbus’s notable work includes “The Help,” “Adventures in Babysitting” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.”
Columbus is another richest Hollywood director with a total worldwide box office collection of $3.815 billion.
8. Tim Burton (Highest Paid Director of Hollywood)
Tim Burton is an American film director who was born on August 25, 1958, in California, USA. He is well known for his all-time Hollywood hits quirky fantasy films. He started making without sound short films when he was just 13 years old.
Tim’s first no sound film was “The Island of Doctor Agor.” His notable work includes “Edward Scissorhands.” His total worldwide box office collection is $3.99 billion that make him the highest paid Hollywood director of all time.
7. Robert Zemeckis (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Robert Zemeckis is an American film director with a total worldwide box office collection of $4.06 billion. He was born on May 14, 1952, in Illinois, U.S. He is a man who was told once that it’s not possible for you (Robert) to be a movie director. Later on, Robert has given a lot more Hollywood hit movies then anyone can ever imagine.
Some of his notable work includes “Forest Gump,” and “Romancing the Stone.” The Forrest Gump was another movie directed by Robert for which he has won an Academy Award for Best Director.
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6. Christopher Nolan (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Christopher Nolan is an American-English film director with a total worldwide box office collection of $4.22 billion. He was born on July 30, 1970, in England, U.K. Christopher’s first movie was “Following,” later on, he made lots of good movies including “The Dark Knight Rises,” “Interstellar,” and “Insomnia.”
Christopher’s father was a British and mother was an American due to which he has both British and American citizenship.
5. David Yates (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
David Yates is an English film director. He was born on June 7, 1963, in England, UK. Started his career with just 8mm mother’s gifted camera and becoming mainstream director of Harry Potter series describes David Yates well.
David has also received the Honorary Fellowship for his contribution to the British Film. Some of his outstanding works include “Harry Potter,” “The Legend of Tarzan,” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” David’s total worldwide box office collection is $5.24 billion. This makes him 5th highest paid director of all time in the list.
4. Michael Bay (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Michael Bay is an American film director, famous for his big-budget action films. He was born on February 17, 1965, in California, USA. His mother, Harriet was a bookstore owner and father Jim was a certified public accountant. He was an adopted child of his parent.
Some of his top-rated movies are “The Rock,” “Transformers” and “Armageddon.” His total worldwide collection is $5.76 billion.
3. James Cameron (Highest Paid Director of Hollywood)
“Titanic,”” Avatar” and “The Terminator”….What else you are looking for? James Francis Cameron is a Canadian film director. He was born on August 16, 1954. James other than a director is also an electrical engineer.
Before being a Hollywood, Director Cameron was a truck driver. His life history is full of inspiration. He is a man who started his career with a rented camera lens and now serving the Hollywood nation as among the highest paid director in the world. Cameron’s net worth is $1.79 billion, and his total worldwide box office collection is $6.139. This makes him one of the highest paid Hollywood directors of all time.
2. Peter Jackson (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Peter Jackson or Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand film director. He was born on October 31, 1961, in Wellington, New Zealand. He is having his production company popularly known as Wingnut Films.
Talking about Peter’s career then, he has been awarded for Best Director in 2003 not only this, Golden Globe and Saturn Awards also belongs to him. Some of the top rated movies of Peter are “The Hobbit Trilogy,” “Heavenly Creatures” and “King Kong.”
Peter Jackson’s net worth is $600 million, and his total worldwide box office collection is $6.518 billion.
1. Steven Spielberg (Highest Paid Hollywood Director)
Steven Spielberg is an American film director. Apart from the director, he is also the co-founder of DreamWorks Studios. He was born on 18 December 1946, in Ohio, USA. He belongs to an Orthodox Jewish family in which his father was an electrical engineer and his mother was a restaurateur.
Steven Spielberg is the man behind some of the top rated movies like “Jurassic Park.” Steven Spielberg’s net worth is $3.7 billion. He is at top among the most successful and richest directors in Hollywood. His total worldwide box office collection is $9.246 billion, and due to this, he is at number one in the list.
