Directors : Your favourite directors

Your favourite directors

My favourite directors are:

Christopher Nolan - Paul Thomas Anderson - Nicolas Winding Refn - Wes Anderson

Fun fact: Nolan, PTA and Refn are all born in 1970.

But if there ever were to be a Mount Rushmore of directors it would consist of these pioneers.

Stanley Kubrick - Sir David Lean - Akira Kurosawa - Andrei Tarkovsky

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So which ones are your favourites?

Re: Your favourite directors

Stanley Kubrick
Roman Polanski
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood
Quentin Tarantino
Brian de Palma
Martin Scorsese
Woody Allen
(Luis Bunuel, David Cronenberg and David Lynch - need to see more, but I expect them to be there)

I also like Nolan, Refn and James Cameron, but they don't quite make it to the "favourite" category.

Nice idea about Mt. Rushmore. I'd put those on it:
Stanley Kubrick - Alfred Hitchcock - Orson Welles - Ingmar Bergman

Re: Your favourite directors

Just seen Valhalla Rising. I think I'll add Refn. Cool guy.

Re: Your favourite directors

Since you enjoyed Valhalla Rising I would recommend you to watch Drive.
And if you into some really weird stuff go watch Only God Forgives.
It is dreamlike and surreal film and to me a mesmerising masterpiece.

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Yeah, I already watched those two and liked them, as well as Pusher. But I didn't think that anything else would hold up so well, especially as I was rather disappointed by Bronson.

Re: Your favourite directors

Other directors I would add to my list are:

Steven Spielberg - Francis Ford Coppola - Clint Eastwood

Tim Burton - David Fincher - Brad Bird - Alfonso Cuarón

+ Derek Cianfrance - Spike Jonze

I think I am going to include David Lynch but I simply haven't watch his films as of yet but knowing he has been a big influence to Refn I am sure he will.

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Past Directors:

Alfred Hitchcock
Billy Wilder
John Ford
Henri Georges Clouzot
John Frankenheimer
Stanley Kubrick (pre 2001)
Akira Kurosawa
Robert Altman


Living Directors:

Mike Leigh
John Sayles
Woody Allen
Alexander Payne
Thomas McCarthey
Ralph Bakshi
Peter Weir
Roman Polanski
Steven Spielberg (pre E.T)
Martin Scorsese (pre DiCaprio)

Re: Your favourite directors

i tried to trim it to 10, close enough.

jean-luc godard
ingmar bergman
luis bunuel
jean renoir
marcel carne
ernst lubitsch
akira kurosawa
charlie chaplin
billy wilder
michelangelo antonioni
woody allen

Re: Your favourite directors

Haneke
Tarkovsky
Sono
Cronenberg
Kubrick

Re: Your favourite directors

#1. Howard Hawks
#2. Steven Spielberg
#3. Michael Curtiz
#4 John Sayles
#5. Sidney Lumet

And Shut Up!

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Akira Kurosawa
Stanley Kubrick
Ingmar Bergman
Billy Wilder
David Lynch

My Favourite Films: http://www.imdb.com/list/rQkR54yCNR8/

Re: Your favourite directors

Tim Burton
Terry Gilliam
Steven Spielberg
Farrelly Brothers
Tarsem
Chris Columbus
Robert Zemeckis
Akira Kurosawa
Barry Sonnenfeld

Re: Your favourite directors

1.Martin Scorsese
2.Quentin Tarantino
3.Stanley Kubrick
4.Nicolas Winding Refn
5.Davind Fincher
6.The Coen Brothers
7.Wes Anderson
8.Paul Thomas Anderson
9.Christopher Nolan
10.Woody Allen

Re: Your favourite directors

Mine is a pretty generic film snob list:

1. David Lynch
2. Stanley Kubrick
3. Steven Spielberg
4. James Cameron
5. Darren Aronofsky

HMs: Christopher Nolan, J.J Abrams, David Fincher


"Seahawks-38, Patriots- 0"- AH_Fan


Re: Your favourite directors

I was a teenager in the 80's so that's my main era for films.

Spielberg,Cameron and Lucas were all really active in that period (although i think Lucas produced as many as he directed).

But my fav director at the time was Walter hill. He directed some of my all time fav films:Streets of fire,the warriors and 48 hours to name but a few.

Re: Your favourite directors

Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
Ingmar Bergman
David Fincher
Akira Kurosawa
Billy Wilder
Terrence Malick
Stanley Kubrick
Sidney Lumet
Christopher Nolan
John Carpenter
Francis Ford Coppola
Robert Wise
Roman Polanski
Woody Allen
Wes Anderson
Sergio Leone
Scott Derrickson
PTA
Michael Mann
Preston Sturges
Howard Hawks
John Ford
Ridley Scott
James Cameron
George Miller
Michael Curtiz
Orson Welles
Coens

Louie, I think this the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Re: Your favourite directors

My favorites are
Quentin Tarantino
Alfred Hitchcock
Cohen Brothers
Stephen Spielberg
Martin Scorsesse
Stanley Kubrick
Wes Anderson
Orson Welles
Sierre Lione
Peter Jackson
Christopher Nolan
James Cameron

Re: Your favourite directors

Have only seen Drive by Refn and don't see the draw. Maybe I should see more. What is his best?

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Re: Your favourite directors

Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch
David Cronenberg
Christopher Nolan
Roman Polanski

Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks,stores, everywhere

Re: Your favourite directors

Orson Welles, Martin Scorsese, John Cassavetes, Robert Altman, Woody Allen

Re: Your favourite directors

1. Susan Bier
2. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
3. John Cassavetes
4. Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Jason Reitman
6. Denis Villeneuve
7. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
8. Joel & Ethan Coen
9. Mike Leigh
10.Francois Ozon

Re: Your favourite directors

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Abass Kiarostami
3. David Fincher
4. Coen Bros.
5. Spike Lee

Honorable Mentions: Michael Mann, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Woody Allen, Michel Gondry, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, David O. Russell, Tom McCarthy, Alejandro Gonzales Inarrutu, Jafar Panahi, Asghar Farhadi, Dariush Mehrjui, Bahman Ghobadi, Paul Greengrass, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Milos Forman, Peter Weir

Re: Your favourite directors

Paul Thomas Anderson
Terrence Malick
David Lynch
Stanley Kubrick
James Cameron
Coen Brothers

Robert Altman, David Fincher, Billy Wilder, Andrei Tarkovsky, Alfred Hitchcock, David Cronenberg, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Denis Villeneuve, Martin Scorsese, Bela Tarr, Ingmar Bergman.

Re: Your favourite directors

{Score} Top 99 Directors (# of credited/uncredited feature films seen)

{70} Alfred Hitchcock (40/0)
{57} Steven Spielberg (24/0)
{47} William Wyler (19/1)
{39} Michael Cutiz (31/2)
{35} Billy Wilder (17/0)
{35} Howard Hawks (20/3)
{35} John Ford (31/1)
{33} Clint Eastwood (17/0)
{31} Mervyn LeRoy (16/3)
{29} Frank Capra (15/0)

{28} Joseph L. Mankiewicz (12/0)
{27} George Cukor (27/7)
{27} Henry Hathaway (28/1)
{25} Christopher Nolan (8/0)
{25} Tim Burton (13/0)
{25} Sam Wood (17/5)
{24} Martin Scorsese (14/0)
{24} William A. Wellman (19/2)
{23} Clarence Brown (12/1)
{23} Cecil B. DeMille (15/0)

{23} George Stevens (15/2)
{23} Henry King (22/0)
{22} Victor Fleming (9/2)
{22} Quentin Tarantino (10/0)
{22} Charles Chaplin (11/0)
{22} Don Siegel (11/0)
{22} John Cromwell (15/0)
{21} Robert Zemeckis (15/0)
{21} Otto Preminger (17/1)
{20} Oliver Stone (7/0)

{20} Elia Kazan (9/0)
{20} Frank Borzage (11/0)
{20} Tony Scott (12/0)
{19} Ron Howard (12/0)
{19} Robert Wise (14/1)
{19} Raoul Walsh (20/1)
{18} Sidney Lumet (6/0)
{18} Archie Mayo (10/0)
{18} Mitchell Leisen (13/0)
{18} John Huston (17/1)

{17} James Cameron (7/0)
{17} David Fincher (7/0)
{17} William Dieterle (17/2)
{16} Stanley Kramer (9/1)
{16} Sam Raimi (10/0)
{16} Andrew V. McLaglen (12/0)
{16} Robert Aldrich (13/0)
{16} Henry Koster (14/0)
{16} John Sturges (17/0)
{15} George Lucas (6/0)

{15} Tay Garnett (10/2)
{15} Delmer Daves (11/0)
{15} Sydney Pollack (12/1)
{15} William A. Seiter (14/1)
{14} J.J. Abrams (5/0)
{14} Jon Favreau (6/0)
{14} Peter Jackson (9/0)
{14} Wes Craven (10/0)
{14} Alfred E. Green (13/0)
{14} Edmund Goulding (13/4)

{14} Fritz Lang (15/1)
{14} Jean Negulesco (15/2)
{13} David Yates (6/0)
{13} Frank Lloyd (7/0)
{13} George Seaton (8/0)
{13} Douglas Sirk (8/1}
{13} Edward Dmytryk (11/0)
{13} Ridley Scott (11/0)
{13} Charles Vidor (11/0)
{13} Richard Thorpe (17/3)

{12} James Whale (5/1)
{12} John McTiernan (7/0)
{12} Joel Schumacher (7/0)
{12} Michael Bay (8/0)
{12} Leo McCarey (9/0)
{12} Robert Stevenson (10/0)
{12} W.S. Van Dyke (11/2)
{12} Vincente Minnelli (17/2)
{11} Luc Besson (4/0)
{11} Brian De Palma (7/0)

{11} Robert Siodmak (7/0)
{11} Guy Hamilton (8/0)
{11} Mark Robson (9/0)
{11} William Keighley (10/0)
{11} Ernst Lubitsch (12/1)
{11} Barry Levinson (13/0)
{10} James Mangold (5/0)
{10} David Zucker (6/0)
{10} Curtis Bernhardt (7/0)
{10} Chris Columbus (7/0)

{10} Rob Reiner (7/0)
{10} Lloyd Bacon (8/0)
{10} David Butler (8/0)
{10} John M. Stahl (8/0)
{10} King Vidor (10/1)
{10} John Farrow (10/3)
{10} Walter Lang (11/1)
{10} Robert Z. Leonard (11/4)
{10} Blake Edwards (16/0)
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