The list of the world’s richest film directors has now been published.
Fortunately, George Lucas didn’t listen to the critics when he was young, but made his first Star Wars film. The vision paid off, as it made him a billionaire. PDO
The world’s richest film directors are listed according to their current income. NMEmagazine has gathered together the 20 richest directors, and the top ten of the list will not surprise consumers of classic films at least.
According to the list, the most productive film ensemble is Star Wars saga, which now includes several films and a few different spin-off series, such as the one that started in 2019 The Mandalorian.
The Star Wars series, which began in the 70s, has brought their screenwriter and director George Lucas, 79, a sizeable fortune of 10 billion dollars, or about 9 billion euros. Lucas has also produced the popular originals Indiana Jones movies. In 2012, Lucas sold the rights to his production company LucasFilm to Disney.
Steven Spielberg can smile, because the award-winning director has a significantly large income compared to many of his colleagues. Photo from the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. Stella Pictures
The second richest blockbuster director is Steven Spielberg, 76, who has earned his 7 billion euro fortune through several favorite films. The director’s most famous films include, among others Killer shark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List mixed ET.
In terms of income, Lucas and Spielberg are at the top of NME’s list, as the income level of the third richest director drops dramatically. In third place is Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit -trilogies director Peter Jackson61, who has earned an income of around 1.4 billion euros through the films in question and their related products.
Peter Jackson managed to commercialize JRR Tolkien’s fantasy books so well that he has become a millionaire through the film versions. PDO
With its revenue of 750 million euros, it comes fourth in the listing Avatar- and Titanic-supervisor James Cameronwhich shares the same income level as the director-actor mentioned in the cast list Tyler Perry’s with.
You can see the entire list of the 20 richest directors with their income below. The income has been converted from dollars to euros and rounded to the nearest even number.
1. George Lucas, 9 billion euros
2. Steven Spielberg, 7 billion euros
3. Peter Jackson, 1.4 billion euros
4. James Cameron, 750 million euros
5. Tyler Perry, 750 million euros
6. Michael Bay, 400 million euros
7. Mel Gibson, 400 million euros
8. Francis Ford Coppola, 400 million euros
9. Ridley Scott, 400 million euros
10. Ivan Reitman, 300 million euros
11. JJ Abrams, 300 million euros
12. Christopher Nolan, 250 million euros
13. Frank Marshall, 250 million euros
14. The Wachowskis, 200 million euros
15. Alfred Hitchcock, 200 million euros
16. Martin Scorsese, 200 million euros
17. Rob Reiner, 200 million euros
18. Roland Emmerich, 200 million euros
19. Ron Howard, 200 million euros
20. Todd Phillips, 200 million euros
The listing shows that long-time directors have accumulated considerable wealth with their years of experience. For example, current favorite director Christopher Nolan (right) is only 12th on the list. PDO
Source: NME