Top 10 World’s Wealthiest Directors

8 Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is worth $300 million dollars.

His fortune was made by writing and directing films such as The Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now and Patton.

He has won multiple Academy Awards for his writing and directing and is well-known as one of America’s most controversial and offbeat filmmakers.

7 Ridley Scott

Blade Runner and Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal, and Black Hawk Down all come down to Ridley Scott.

Ridley, an English producer and film director, was born in England in 1937 in Tyne and Wear.

He made his breakthrough in the film business with Alien, a 1979 sci-fi horror movie.

Scott directed and wrote a lot of hits since the release of that film, including American Gangster, Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood.