All Time Favorite Directors

[Snake Plissken]

...and most underated: Richard Donner

Did an excellent job on the Lethal Weapon series.

 

[jamesn50mm]

About 15 years ago I probably would've just said Martin Scorsese and left it at that but my tastes seem to have changed considerably over recent years (I think i'm slowly just turning into my old man)

Sergio Leone
Alfred Hitchcock
John Ford
Clint Eastwood
Martin Scorsese
(Early) John Carpenter
(Early) Francis Ford Coppola
David Cronenberg
Paul Thomas Anderson
Dario Argento


...and most underated: Richard Donner

Late 70s to late 80s John carpenter is a master, the thing is my all time favorite horror film.

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[SpaceGladiator]

My list - hopefully controversial!

1. David Twohy ...anyone? Remember his work for ALIEN3 first!
2. Oliver Stone
3. George Miller (excluding Happy Feet lol)
4. George Roy Hill / Ford
5. Michael J. Bassett
6. Ridley (and Tony) Scott
7. Zemeckis & Michael Robert "Bob" Gale
8. Mel Gibson!!!
9. Steve McQueen ... not THAT one! "Hunger"
10. Martin McDonagh (except 7 Psychopaths)
11. George Armitage

For the record:
I can't stand Spaghetti Westerns...
I'll never 'get' Kurosawa, I now detest Star Wars!
Nor will I EVER like Hitchcock (and his hidden rumpy-pumpy references)

 

[xipotec]

John Carpenter.....he frames his shots in an incredible way.

 

[Mnl_actionfigures]

No particular order :


Marty Scorsese
Francis Coppola
Quentin Tarantino
John Huston
Howard Hawks
John Ford
Clint Eastwood
Stanley Kubrick
Sergio Leone
Steven Speilberg
George Roy Hill
Honorable mention to Don Seigel, he Made some of my favorite Clint movies.
Ridley Scott and James Cameron but not super into them. Nolan is good but just never been my thing, only film I really like from him is Memento.
Roman Palanski is good too.
The Coens
Carpenter made some greats.
Hitchcock, of course, amazing filmography.

I guess I could go on and on.....

 

[Magpie 7]

Has anyone mentioned Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Samuel Fuller or Andrew V. McLaglen? Also Richard Attenborough, Robert Aldrich and the partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger shouldn't be overlooked when you're discussing great directors.

 

[Adolfo]

Has anyone mentioned Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Samuel Fuller or Andrew V. McLaglen? Also Richard Attenborough, Robert Aldrich and the partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressberger shouldn't be overlooked when you're discussing great directors.

agreed

 

[SNIKT1950]

30 Favorites in no particular order + my fav film by them:

1.Paul Thomas Anderson (THERE WILL BE BLOOD)
2. David Lynch (MULHOLLAND DRIVE)
3. James Cameron (T2: JUDGMENT DAY)
4. William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION)
5. Werner Herzog (FITZCARRALDO)
6. Michael Mann (HEAT)
7. Christopher Nolan (THE DARK KNIGHT)
8. Rian Johnson (LOOPER)
9. Cary ***unaga (TRUE DETECTIVE)
10. Sam Peckinpah (THE GETAWAY)
11. Ridley Scott (GLADIATOR)
12. David Lean (LAWRENCE OF ARABIA)
13. Sergio Leone (ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST)
14. Francis Ford Coppola (APOCALYPSE NOW)
15. Steven Spielberg (SCHINDLER'S LIST)
16. Don Siegel (DIRTY HARRY)
17. Pedro Almodovar (HABLE CON ELLA)
18. Lars von Trier (MELANCHOLIA)
19. Mel Gibson (BRAVEHEART)
20. Clint Eastwood (UNFORGIVEN)
21. Juan Jose Campanella (EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS)
22. Tomas Alfredson (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY)
23. Nicolas Winding Refn (DRIVE)
24. Terrence Malick (BADLANDS)
25. Jeff Nichols (MUD)
26. Denis Villeneuve (PRISONERS)
27. Claudia Llosa (LA TETA ASUSTADA)
28. JJ Abrams (STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS)
29. Robert Zemeckis (FORREST GUMP)
30. Ben Affleck (THE TOWN)

 

[Uncle Bingo]

#1 Steven Spielberg

(The rest in no particular order)

Ridley Scott
Bryan Singer
Tim Burton
James Cameron
Martin Scorsese
Robert Zemeckis
George Lucas (yeah, thats right haters)