List of Film Directors with Statues

This list of statues of film directors is a list of public art statues around the world depicting film directors.
Europe
;Woody Allen:A bronze statue of Woody Allen was erected in Oviedo, Spain in 2002 after Allen was honoured with a Prince of Asturias cultural award from the city.
;Luis Bunuel:In Calanda, Spain a large bust of the head of Luis Bunuel is on display at the Centro Bunuel Calanda, a museum devoted to the director.
;Charlie Chaplin:A statue of Charlie Chaplin was made by John Doubleday, to stand in Leicester Square in London, United Kingdom. It was unveiled by Sir Ralph Richardson in 1981.
;Jacques Tati:A 2 metre high bronze statue of Tati stands in Saint-Marc-sur-Mer in France, overlooking the beach where he filmed Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot.
A second bronze statue of Tati as Monsieur Hulot talking to a boy, in a pose echoing the movie poster for Mon Oncle stands in Saint Maur, France, where the film was shot.
;Laurence Olivier:A statue of Olivier stands outside of the Royal National Theatre on the South Bank of the river Thames in London, United Kingdom. It was created by sculptor Angela Conner and unveiled in September 2007.
;Andrei Tarkovsky: At the enterance to the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow, Russia there is a monument that includes statues of Tarkovsky, Gennady Shpalikov and Vasily Shukshin.
North America
;John Huston: A statue of Huston, sitting in his directorial chair (pictured below), stands in Plaza John Huston Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. Huston's association with the city stems from the fact that The Night of the Iguana, although actually filmed at La Jolla, helped to stimulate the economic fortunes of the town with all of the business that the film brought in during production, in part because of the off-screen activities of the film's stars, Richard Burton and Ava Gardner, and Elizabeth Taylor in the city which attracted the attention of the Hollywood and international gossip columnists.
;John Ford: A statue of Ford, sitting in his director's chair with a pipe in his hand with his legs crossed, was unveiled on the 12th of July 1998 at Gorham's Corner in Portland, Maine, United State, as part of a celebration of Ford that was later to include renaming the auditorium of Portland High School the John Ford Auditorium. The statue was made by New York sculptor George M. Kelly and commissioned by Louisiana philanthropst Linda Noe Laine. Surrounding the statue are granite pillars with expository notices that talk about six of the films that he directed: The Grapes of Wrath, The Informer, December 7th, The Quiet Man, How Green Was My Valley, and The Battle of Midway.
South America

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