Who Are Your Favorite Directors? (1 Viewer)

[Kevin M]

Quentin Tarantino get's a lot of shit for his acting & mouth (at least he used to) but I think he is one hell of a director and screenwriter.
....is he dead?

 

[Brad_W]

another oops... add David Lean to my list.

 

[JoelH]

Top Tier:

Darren Aronofsky

David Fincher

Kevin Smith

Terry Gilliam

Alfred Hitchcock

Others:

Guy Ritchie

George Lucas (more for material than directing skill)

Paul Thomas Anderson

Joel Coen

Cameron Crowe

M Night Shayamalan

Akira Kurosawa

Ingmar Bergman

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Joel

 

[Matthew_S]

Oliver Stone.

 

[Howard Williams]

Ridley Scott:

I just saw Blade Runner again on TV last night. I absolutly can not beleive this film has made in 1982. It was years (decades) ahead of it's time.

James Cameron:

Steven Spielberg:

No one has put me through the full range of emotions like Spielbergs' "Schindlers' List" and "Saving Private Ryan"

I just don't like Kubricks work at all, except for 2001 (also, way ahead of it's time)

 

[Dome Vongvises]

In order

1. Steven Spielberg

2. David Lean

3. Alfred Hitchcock

4. George Lucas

5. Francis Ford Coppola

6. Stanley Kubrick

7. John McTiernan

8. Akira Kurosawa

9. John Carpenter

10. David Fincher

This was the easiest list I had to come up with.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Frank Capra

Buster Keaton

David Lean

Alfred Hitchcock

Mel Brooks

James Cameron

Terry Gilliam

Tim Burton

 

[Jack Briggs]

What's a director?

 

[Brad_W]

What's a director?

That's a person that does stuff.

 

[Rain]

There is no way this list could be complete, so take this as merely a sampling (in no particular order, except maybe the first 2):

Stanley Kubrick

Alfred Hitchcock

Billy Wilder

Woody Allen

John Ford

Vincente Minnelli

Stanley Donen

William Wyler

George Cukor

George Roy Hill

Louis Malle

Ingmar Bergman

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger

Martin Scorcese

Frank Capra

Bob Fosse

Howard Hawks

Charles Chaplin

Buster Keaton

Francois Truffaut

P.T. Anderson

Orson Welles

Francis Ford Coppola

Steven Speilberg (sometimes)

 

[Steve Enemark]

What's a director?

Shut up and say "Stanley Kubrick", Jack.
My list:
Top three in order:
1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Martin Scorcese
...and the rest in order of when I think of them
Buster Keaton
Charlie Chaplin
David Lean
PT Anderson
Terry Gilliam
Akira Kurosawa
Orson Welles
Francis Ford Coppola
Oliver Stone
Sergio Leone
The Coen Brothers
Robert Altman
John Ford
Frank Capra
James Cameron
Darren Aronofsky
Powell/Pressburger

 

[Rain]

Shut up and say "Stanley Kubrick", Jack.

He doesn't need to say it, it's understood.

 

[Rob Tomlin]

[Rant/on] Ok, everyone who has listed Martin ScorCese as one of their favorite directors, please take note that his last name is spelled as follows:
ScorSese!
[/Rant/off]

 

[Jeff_P]

I can't beleive only one person mentioned Luc Besson!

In no particular order:

-Kevin Smith

-Luc Besson

-George Lucas

-Sam Raimi

-Tim Burton(although I was very disappointed with POTA)

-Wes Craven

-Cameron Crowe

Jeff_P

 

[JustinT]

Only one person mentioned John McTiernan??

Well, my favorites...

John McTiernan

James Cameron

Ridley Scott

 

[Rob Tomlin]

I can't beleive only one person mentioned Luc Besson!

Don't blame me Jeff, I mentioned him! (although I did forget to list him in my initial post):b
I am also surprised that, unless I missed it, nobody has mentioned Steven Soderbergh!

 

[Jack Briggs]

I also like Eisenstein, Scorcese (erm, ScorCese), Welles, Hitchcock, Lang, Coppola, and lots of others.

It's fashionable to diss Robert Wise, but he's an excellent "formula" director; his films achieve their goals.

And, of course, I also like John Boorman (and the "Z movie" ain't the only reason).

Hmmm. Kurosawa. Reed. Truffaut. So many really good filmmakers out there. Lynch, for at least shaking a stick--even though he misses the ball a lot.

 

[Simon Massey]

1. David Fincher

2. M Night Shyamalan

3. Steven Spielberg

4. Oliver Stone

5. Bryan Singer

6. Michael Mann

7. George Lucas

8. Quentin Tarantino

10. James Cameron

Oh and, slightly off topic, but I had to say my least favourite director is Michael Bay - never again will I sit through any of his sunset-drenched, cliche driven, crap films again. This guy gives American films a bad name.

 

[Travis D]

David Fincher

Kevin Smith

Darren Aranofsky

Tim Burton

M. Night Shaymalan (Adored his direction in "Unbreakable")

James Cameron

Terry Gilliam

Martin Sorsese

and

Senior Speilbergo

Even though he did The Lost World, Steven Speilberg will always derive respect from me for Schindler's List.

 

[Joe D]

Here's my top 10 directors with my favorite movie from them.

1.Martin Scorsese-Raging Bull

2.Michael Mann-The Insider/Manhunter

3.Oliver Stone-JFK

4.Stanley Kubrick-Barry Lyndon

5.David Lean-Lawrence of Arabia

6.Alfred Hitchcock-North by Northwest

7.Ridley Scott-Blade Runner

8.Terry Gilliam-Brazil

9.Francis Ford Coppola-Godfather Part 2

10.Paul Thomas Anderson-Magnolia