James McTeigue is the director of "V for Vendetta", Wachowskis just wrote the script based on their favourite comic. McTeigue has served as an assistant director on the Matrix trilogy and two Star Wars movies: "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith". "V for Vendetta" is his debut.
As a huge admirer of "V for Vendetta", I'm impatiently awaiting this movie. It was supposed to be in theatres in November 2005 but that damn delay occured