Directors of Thrillers

Alfred Hitchcock
Bryan Bertino
John Boorman
D.J. Caruso
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Joel and Ethan Coen
Jonathan Demme
Brian De Palma
David Fincher
Gary Fleder
James Foley
John Frankenheimer
William Friedkin
Robert Harmon
Mary Harron

Steven Spielberg

There are many thriller films and also thriller television programmes. Prison break and Lost are among a couple of TV shows that use the thriller genre.