Stuart Rosenberg

Before directing My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Stuart Rosenberg had directed The Pope of Greenwich Village, released in 1984, Brubaker (1980), The Amityville Horror (1979), Love and Bullets (1979), Voyage of the Damned (1976), and The Drowning Pool (1975).

Paolo Sorrentino

The controversial series, which portrays the first American Pope as simultaneously hip, mysterious and ultra-conservative, was directed by Oscar-winner Paolo Sorrentino.

Franco Zeffirelli

The role of director was offered to Franco Zeffirelli - a religious Roman Catholic who knew the Pontiff from Burt Lancaster's days as the Archbishop of Milan, when Burt Lancaster often visited Zeffirelli's school - on the Pope's initiative, who insisted that either Burt Lancaster would make Jesus of Nazareth or no one else.

and Michael Pitiot

the pope is directed by Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot.

by Arthus-Bertrand

the pope is directed by Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot.

Paolo Sorrentina

The series, which is directed by Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentina, follows all the twists and turns of the first American Pope’s life.

by Michael Curtiz, well known for Marc Edmund Jones's earlier Errol Flynn swashbucklers and in glorious colour

the current Pope is directed by Michael Curtiz, well known for Marc Edmund Jones's earlier Errol Flynn swashbucklers and in glorious colour.

to honor one of Drew Estate founder Jonathan Drew

The Pope of Greenwich Village, named to honor one of Drew Estate founder Jonathan Drew’s favorite movies, debuted in 2015.

by Spielberg

Directed by Spielberg and written by playwright Tony Kushner, the Pope will also star Oscar Isaac.

Joe Dante

The directors are Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), Joe Dante (Gremlins, Matinee), Mick Garris (Stephen King

Christopher Cannucciari

The film’s director/writer/producer is Christopher Cannucciari and associate producer is Phillip Galinsky.

Ian Ernest

The current director is Ian Ernest (previously Archbishop of the Indian Ocean and Bishop of Mauritius).

Markus Potter

The director is Markus Potter, imported from New York for the occasion.

Aaron Pope

The directors are Aaron Pope and Patrick DeLuca, Paul Boese and Rob Dorfmann.

John Madden

The director is John Madden, best known for “Shakespeare in Love,” which won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Raffaele Romanelli

Currently the director of the work is Raffaele Romanelli.

Justin Kurzel

The director is Justin Kurzel, famous for Justin Kurzel's critically-acclaimed Shakespeare adaptation, Macbeth.

Adam McKay

The writer-director Adam McKay discusses a quiet scene from Pope's film that changes the course

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was invited as director.

Uberto Pasolini

The director was Uberto Pasolini (nephew of the great Italian film director Luchino Visconti).