Well known directors associated with the genre (No particular order):

• Alfred Hitchcock: (The Birds, Psycho, Vertigo and more)
• Stanley Kubrick (The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Clockwork Orange, 2001 Space Odyssey and more)
• Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds, From Dusk Till Dawn and more)
• Christopher Nolan (Inception, Interstellar, The Dark Knight)
• M.Night Shyamalan (Sixth Sense, Signs and more)
• The Coen brothers (Fargo, The Big Lebowski)