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Definitely agree. The clout he has in the industry stemming from his earlier box office successes has given him the freedom to tackle challenging (eg., Munich) and diverse material (ranging from animation to sci-fi to adventure to historical tales), while extending the craft of filmmaking in the...

While I grew up on Spielberg films (Jaws was the first time I remember going to the cinema, at 6 yrs of age!) and consider him one of the greatest directors, he is probably past his peak (I say probably because he's still got West Side Story and others in the works). He had 2 amazing stretches...

As I mentioned previously, Cameron is one of the better (actually, "best") directors of action, together with the likes of Spielberg and McTiernan. He's not focused solely on the explosiveness or scale of the action, but the way it moves (or like Walter says so succinctly, the "flow"), how the...

I would add James Cameron (I don't think he has been mentioned yet). Maybe not someone to "discover", and his (film) directing has become very sporadic (only Avatar in the last 22 years), but one of the better directors of action and generating thrills and chills. And someone who uses special...