Directors Greatest Director's & their Greatest Films - The Tournament (1 Viewer)

[SteveGon]

WOODY ALLEN

Take the Money and Run (1969)
Bananas (1971)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
Sleeper (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977) :star:
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)
Stardust Memories (1980)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Zelig (1983) :star:
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Radio Days (1987)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) :star:
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Celebrity (1998)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999) :star:
Small Time Crooks (2000)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Hollywood Ending (2002)

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS

I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Used Cars (1980)
Romancing the Stone (1984) :star:
Back to the Future (1985) :star:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) :star:
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Contact (1997) :star:
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)

 

[SteveGon]

I'll nominate:

Atom Egoyan
Val Guest

I'll second:

George Cukor
Stanley Kramer
Ernst Lubitsch
Jacques Tourner
Gus Van Sant
James Whale

I'll third:

Dario Argento
Jonathan Demme
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Sergio Leone
Richard Lester
George Miller

 

[Walter Kittel]

Woody Allen

Annie Hall (1977)
Manhattan (1979)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)

Robert Zemeckis

Used Cars (1980)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Contact (1997)

I'm surprised there isn't more support for Used Cars. Easily one of the funniest films I've ever seen.

- Walter.

 

[Jim_K]

got it, thanks

There's still plenty of worthy Directors left to be nominated & on the nominations list. We only have 14 wild-card Directors in so far. I'd really like to get 64.

I guess if the pace doesn't pick up I'll just scrap the Wild-cards altogether & just go with the Main list.

2 more nominations & 6 more seconds & thirds


WILD-CARD Nominations


Robert Aldrich
Katheryn Bigelow
Peter Bogdanovich
Richard Brooks
Jackie Chan *
Cameron Crowe *
George Cukor *
Delmer Daves
Stanley Donen
Clint Eastwood *
Blake Edwards *
Atom Egoyan
David Fincher *
Richard Fleischer
William Friedkin *
Val Guest
Peter Jackson
Norman Jewison
Wong Kar-Wai
Elia Kazan
Stanley Kramer *
Ringo Lam
Ernst Lubitsch *
George Lucas
Leo McCarey
Norman Z. McLeod
Mike Nichols
Arthur Penn
Michael Powell
Wolfgang Reitherman *
Eric Rohmer *
Franklin J. Schaffner
Joel Schumacher
Don Siegel *
Kevin Smith
Robert Stevenson *
John Sturges
Jacques Tourner *
W.S. Van Dyke
Gus Van Sant *
Raoul Walsh
James Whale *

 

[SteveGon]

I'll nominate:

Ronald Neame
Bertrand Tavernier

I'll second:

Robert Aldrich
Peter Bogdanovich
Peter Jackson
John Sturges
W.S. Van Dyke
Raoul Walsh

I'll third:

Blake Edwards
William Friedkin
Don Siegel

Three thirds left.

 

[Bill J]

Third:
Clint Eastwood
David Fincher

 

[ErikG]

I'll nominate:

Tobe Hooper
Amy Heckerling

Second:

George Lucas
Joel Schumacher

 

[Adam_S]

Second
Micheal Powell

Third
George Lucas
Peter Jackson
George Cukor
WS Van Dyke
Kevin Smith

 

[Ric Bagoly]

WOODY ALLEN

Take the Money and Run (1969)
Bananas (1971)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972
Sleeper (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)
Stardust Memories (1980)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Zelig (1983)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Radio Days (1987)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Celebrity (1998)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Hollywood Ending (2002)

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS

I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Used Cars (1980)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Contact (1997)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)

Second-

Tobe Hooper

Third-

Joel Schumacher

 

[Elizabeth S]

Second:

Atom Egoyan
Wong Kar-Wai
Kathryn Bigelow

4 noms left
5 seconds left
8 thirds left

 

[Chris_Richard]

Nominations
Peter Greenaway
Philip Kaufman

Seconds
Stanley Donen

Thirds
Atom Egoyan
Michael Powell

Anyone care to nominate John Cassavetes, Hal Ashby, Wim Wenders, Nicholas Roeg, or Louis Malle.
[editorial] I can believe these people aren't in and someone like Keven Smith is already through [/editorial]


WOODY ALLEN

Annie Hall (1977)
Manhattan (1979)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Used Cars (1980)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

 

[george kaplan]

I'll second

Ronald Neame

I'll third

Peter Bogdanovich
John Sturges

 

[SteveGon]

Anyone care to nominate John Cassavetes, Hal Ashby, Wim Wenders, Nicholas Roeg, or Louis Malle.

I'd be happy to nominate Wenders and Malle, if and when we get more noms.

I assumed they were on the master list. Should have looked. :frowning:

 

[Brook K]

I'll 3rd Wong Kar-Wai

Nominate
R.W. Fassbinder
John Cassavetes
Lars Von Trier
F.W. Murnau

Woody Allen
Stardust Memories
Annie Hall
Crimes & Misdemeanors
Sweet & Lowdown

Zemeckis
None

 

[Rich Malloy]

Theatrical films only - sorry. I know certain directors have made great mini-series, pilots, made-for TV movies, student films, music videos, etc. I want to concentrate only on theatrical releases otherwise this'll get way too muddled.

So, no Tarkovsky in this tournament because he made "Steamroller and Violin" (the "eighth film") as a student, even though it has been theatrically screened, appeared at festivals, and is even available on DVD in this region... and this simply because he was a student when he made it?

And no Jean Vigo, despite his being one of the greatest directors ever, if only on the basis of three films?

And no consideration of "The Decalogue" when Kieslowski's name comes up? No consideration of "Berlin Alexanderplatz" when Fassbinder's name comes up? No consideration of "The Kingdom" for von Trier? No consideration of "Fanny and Alexander" for Bergman? No consideratin of "Twin Peaks" for Lynch?

These rules simply do not allow for the full flowering of cinematic genius of many of the greatest directors.

So, have fun deciding whether Kevin Smith is indeed greater than Tim Burton! Should be, uh, illuminating....

 

[SteveGon]

Rich has got gas, I see.

While I suppose exceptions could be made, if you open the door just a crack, some people are going to try and push it wide open. Just look at the nomination process in my noir tourney. The Big Lebowski?

 

[Lew Crippen]

So, have fun deciding whether Kevin Smith is indeed greater than Tim Burton! Should be, uh, illuminating....

As much fun as it would be, we are denied the pleasure as he has not made eight films.

 

[Dome Vongvises]

I'll just wait to vote.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Take the Money and Run (1969)
Bananas (1971)
Play It Again, Sam (1972)
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972)
Sleeper (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Annie Hall (1977)
Interiors (1978)
Manhattan (1979)
Stardust Memories (1980)
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Zelig (1983)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
Radio Days (1987)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Husbands and Wives (1992)
Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
Everyone Says I Love You (1996)
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
Celebrity (1998)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Small Time Crooks (2000)
The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
Hollywood Ending (2002)

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS

I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Used Cars (1980)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future II (1989)
Back to the Future III (1990)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Contact (1997)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Cast Away (2000)

 

[Elizabeth S]

I nominate:

George Roy Hill
Hal Ashby

2 noms left