Directors Your 3 favorite directors and their best films. (1 Viewer)

[John Besse]

My favorite movie of all time is The Empire Strikes Back. However, I really don't like George Lucas!

 

[Steeve Bergeron]

You're safe then, John! The director of The Empire Strikes Back is Irvin Kershner, not George Lucas.

 

[JustinT]

John McTiernan
Predator
Die Hard
The Hunt for Red October
Last Action Hero
The Thomas Crown Affair
David Fincher
Se7en
Fight Club
Alien 3
The Game
James Cameron
True Lies
The Terminator
T2
The Abyss
Aliens

 

[Bruce Hedtke]

Todd Solondz
1.Welcome To The Dollhouse
2.Happiness
3.Fear, Anxiety & Depression
Zhang Yimou
1.Not One Less
2.Raise The Red Lantern
3.The Road Home
4.Shanghai Triad
5.The Story of Qui Ju
Oliver Stone
1.Heaven & Earth
2.Wall Street
3.Nixon
4.Platoon
5.JFK or Born On the Fourth of JulyTIE
Bruce

 

[Rob Lutter]

David Fincher
The Game
Se7en
Fight Club
Stephen Spielberg
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
Jurassic Park
Jaws
E.T.
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb!
A Clockwork Organge
The Shining
Full Metal Jacket
Eyes Wide Shut
Honorable Mentions:
Dario Argento
Peter Jackson
Sam Raimi
Kevin Smith
Alfred Hitchcock
Cameron Crowe
Terry Gilliam

 

[Pascal A]

Top 3:

Kenji Mizoguchi

Life of Oharu

Sansho the Bailiff

Ugetsu Monogatari

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

Chikamatsu Monogatari (Crucified Lovers)

Yasujiro Ozu

Tokyo Story

An Autumn Afternoon

Late Spring

I Was Born But...

Floating Weeds

Satyajit Ray

Charulata

Pather Panchali

Jana Aranya (The Middleman)

Devi (The Godess)

Mahanagar (The Big City)

Other worthy filmmakers:

Robert Bresson

Mouchette

Au Hasard Balthazar

Diary of a Country Priest

L'argent

Pickpocket

Chantal Akerman

Toute une nuit

Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Brussels

News from Home

Les Rendezvous d'Anna

Hotel Monterey

Kon Ichikawa

The Burmese Harp

Fires on the Plain

Tokyo Olympiad

Enjo

An Actor's Revenge

 

[Jack Briggs]

I, uh, don't know, uh, if I have a favorite director.
Kevin Leonard: You did notice a certain typo in your post, eh?

 

[paul o'donnell]

Woah, only 3!? I'm gonna have to split it into classic and contemporary like someone else did, even then its tough:
Classic: (films change now and then)
Frank Capra (mentioned yet?)
1. It's a Wonderful Life
2. You Can't Take it With You
3. Arsenic and Old Lace
Alfred Hitchcock
1. Vertigo
2. Rear Window
3. Psycho
David Lean
1. Lawrence of Arabia
2. Bridge on the River Kwai
3. Oliver Twist
Stanley Kubrick
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
1. Dr Strangelove (tie with 2001)
3. The Shining
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Contemporary
Steven Speilberg
1. Jaws
2. Indiana Jones Trilogy
3. Schindler's List
Oliver Stone
1. JFK
2. Born on the 4th of July
3. Natural Born Killers
Robert Zemeckis
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit
2. Back to the Future Trilogy
3. Forrest Gump
There are so many others (John Ford, Howard Hawks, Akira Kurosawa, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher to name a miniscule amount)., but those are most likely the faves for me.

 

[Terrell]

You're safe then, John! The director of The Empire Strikes Back is Irvin Kershner, not George Lucas.

Hmm, that's debateable, as Lucas probably really did direct. He just didn't technically direct. My understanding is everything he wanted in the film went in. Kirshner did a good job, but basically this was Lucas film. Always felt like Lucas let Kirshner and Marquand direct because he could control them. Maybe not, who knows. Regardless, ESB and ROTJ have Lucas' hands all over them

 

[Steeve Bergeron]

I'm not so sure about that. I mean, what's the point of hiring a director if you're always gonna tell him what to do? Might as well just do it yourself and save the money.
I agree that all the Star Wars movies are Lucas' babies, but I also think that Irvin Kershner was more than just a "yes-man". He did a fantastic job with The Empire Strikes Back, and we have to give him credit for that.

 

[Eve T]

Tim Burton
The Nightmare Before Christmas(Henry Selick actually)
Ed Wood
Beetlejuice
Edward Scissorhands
James And The Giant Peach oops my bad I always think of Tim Burton when I think of this film, I stand corrected.
Sleepy Hollow
Kevin Smith
Mallrats
Clerks
Chasing Amy
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Dogma
Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho
The Birds
Vertigo
Rebecca
Honorable mentions:
Stanley Kubrick
The Shining
A Clockwork Orange
David Fincher
Se7en
The Game
Fight Club
Ed Wood
The Violent Years
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Night Of the Ghouls
Necromania

 

[Kevin Leonard]

Kevin Leonard: You did notice a certain typo in your post, eh?

No Jack, that was intentional.
I was just curious as to what you would say if you saw both Kubrick and 2010 mentioned on the same line...your words were not nearly as profane or funny as I hoped for, but oh well.
(And for the record: I admire 2010...though it will never ever be in the same league as 2001.)

 

[Ken_McAlinden]

Eve,

You are aware that Tim Burton did not direct Nightmare Before Christmas (he did produce and do most of the initial story and design work, though) and had even less to do with James and the Giant Peach, right? On the other hand, I share your assessment of which titles are his best work, so no big argument really.

Regards,

 

[John Spencer]

Directors who started pre-1960:
Akira Kurosawa
High And Low
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress
Sanjuro/Yojimbo (effectively tied)
Ran
Alfred Hitchcock
North By Northwest
Rear Window
Psycho
The 39 Steps
Notorious
Sergio Leone
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Once Upon A Time In The West
A Fistfull Of Dollars
Once Upon A Time In America
For A Few Dollars More
Robert Altman
Nashville
Short Cuts
The Player
Cookie's Fortune
M*A*S*H
Stanley Kubrick
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket
Barry Lyndon
A Clockwork Orange
Eyes Wide Shut
Directors who started post-1960
Steven Speilberg
Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Schindler's List
The Color Purple
Empire Of The Sun
A.I.
Joel And Ethan Coen
Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
The Man Who Wasn't There
Miller's Crossing
O Brother, Where Art Thou
Cameron Crowe
Say Anything...
Almost Famous
Jerry Maguire
Singles
Vanilla Sky
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
City Of Lost Children
Amelie
Delicatessen
Alien: Resurrection
David Fincher
Se7en
Fight Club
The Game
Alien3

 

[Rob Tomlin]

Marty Scorsese:
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Cape Fear
King of Comedy
After Hours
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mean Streets
Sir David Lean:
Lawrence of Arabia
The Bridge On The River Kwai
Dr. Zhivago
Stanley Kubrick:
2001: A Space Odyssey
Full Metal Jacket
Dr. Strangelove
Paths of Glory
I was glad to see someone else mention Jim Jarmusch as one of their favorite directors. I am looking forward to more of his work!

 

[Nick_Gray]

Jean-Pierre Juenet

-City of Lost Children

-Delicatessen

-Amelie (Haven't actually seen it yet...)

Alfred Hitchcock

-Rear Window (Grace Kelly and one of my favorite male leads, Jimmy Stewart)

-To Catch a Thief (Grace Kelly and on of my favorite male leads, Carey Grant)

-Dial M For Murder (Okay, so I love Princess Grace!)

-Vertigo

-The Lady Vanishes

Darren Aranofsky

-Requiem For a Dream (My Favorite Movie)

-Pi

Honorable Mention:

-Spielberg for nearly everything he's done.

-Howard Hawks for Hatari!, His Girl Friday, among others

-John Ford for Donovan's Reef, among others.

-Coen Brothers

-David Fincher for Fight Club and Se7en

-Segio Leone for the Greatest Western of all time: Once Upon a Time in the West, plus The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.

-Orson Welles for Citizen Kane - The Greatest Movie of All Time (tm)

 

[Tom-G]

I'll name my favorite director and his five best films:
Martin Scorsese

• GoodFellas
• Taxi Driver
• Raging Bull
• Bringing Out the Dead
• The Age of Innocence

 

[Jenn Teng]

Stanley Kubrick
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Dr. Strangelove
Alfred Hitchcock
Vertigo
Psycho
North By Northwest
Charles Chaplin
Modern Times
City Lights
The Gold Rush
Martin Scorsese
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfelles
Wong Kar-Wai
Chung King Express
Days of Being Wild
Ashes of Time

 

[DavidBC]

Robert Altman
Nashville
Short Cuts
M*A*S*H
The Player
Gosford Park
Woody Allen
Annie Hall
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Manhattan
Love and Death
Everyone Says I Love You
George Cukor
The Philadelphia Story
Adam's Rib
Born Yesterday
Gaslight
The Women
honourable mentions:
Albert Brooks (Real Life, Lost In America, Defending Your Life, Mother)
Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, Safe)
James Whale (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man)
William Wyler (The Letter, Jezebel, Roman Holliday)
Robert Wise (The Haunting, West Side Story, The Day The Earth Stood Still)
Charles Laughton (Night of the Hunter, man, I wish he could have made more!)

 

[Elijah Sullivan]

Stanley Kubrick:
Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut
2001: A Space Odyssey
Terrence Malick:
The Thin Red Line
The New World
Days of Heaven
Akira Kurosawa:
Ran
Seven Samurai
The Hidden Fortress