Diane Marie Paulus (born 1966) is an American theatre and opera director who is currently the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Paulus was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for her revival of Hair, and won the award in 2013 for her revival of Pippin. She received the 2009 Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award and the Columbia University IAL Diamond Award, and was selected for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. .