So... who do you think the best directors are or were... these can include directors who are dead as well.

Mine (in no particular order other than Woody Allen being #1):

Woody Allen
David Lynch
Ingmar Bergman
Federico Fellini
Luis Bunuel
Akira Kurasawa
Alfred Hitchcock
David Cronenberg
Terry Gilliam
Ang Lee

Some favorites:

John Carpenter
Sam Raimi
James Cameron
Quentin Tarantino

IceNine said:

what did you think of "Curse of the Jade Scorpion?"

Alfred Hitchcock (the best in my opinion)
David Lynch
Alejandro Amenabar (did a perfect job with The Others)
Oliver Stone
Quintin Terentino


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slm4m said:

I liked it quite a lot... I know that many people didn't like it as much as his older work, but there was some very good wordplay between characters. I found it very funny.

What about more mainstream films, such as A.I, lord of the rings, Vanilla Sky, Eyes Wide Shut, Monsters Inc. (Hey, can't help but laugh at that one.)

Stanley Kubrick

Francis Ford Coppola
Steven Spielberg (though I've had no interest in his last few)
Harmony Korine
Baz Luhrman
Orson Welles
M Night Shamalan, or however it's spelled
Stanley Kubrik
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lynch
Alan Ball (the few things he's directed. love his writing/producing, though)

slm4m said:

Vanilla Sky was good... I thought.

Alan Ball, I am addicted to "Six feet Under." I thought American Beaty was rather good.

That guy who did "Anal hounds and cum junkies II'.
In depth reporting, not to mention educational.

Spike Lee
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slm4m said:

I think that Spielberg did a good job with "Schindler's List," but I didn't like A.I. at all... he can do some good work though.

I wasn't terribly fond of "The Lord of the Rings" but it was okay.

I actually liked "Vanilla Sky." Heather (AzureStar) forced me to watch it one night and I ended up liking it.

I like Stanley Kubrick, but he is often times so slow paced that it messes it up for me. I loved "Dr. Strangelove" and "A Clockwork Orange" though... GREAT movies.

John Lassiter does a very great job with the Pixar movies. I like them all a great deal... I don't consider him a great director overall though.

David Lynch
Pedro Almadavor
Kassi Lemmons
Jonathan Demme
Robert Wise
Steven Frears
Peter Weir
Lars von Trier
Robert Altman
David Cronenberg

1 Steven Speilberg
2 Cameron Crow
3 Martin Scorcese
4 Alfred Hitchcock
5 James Cameron
6 Ron Howard
7 Francis Ford Coppola
8 Kevin Smith
9 Cohen Brothers (whichever is the one who directs)
10 Quintin Tarantino

Replacing Quintin with M Night Shamalyan (sp?). F'n LOVED Sixth Sense & Signs. This dude is talanted.
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- John Carpenter
- David Cronenberg
- Henri-Georges Clouzot., french director of classic french movie (les diaboliques, l'assassin habite au 21)
- Marcel Carné french director , les amants du paradis, les tricheurs
- François Truffaut french director
- David Lynch
- George Romero for "Night of the living dead"
- Soderbergh , probably...
- Woody Allen
10) Tim Burton or Hitchcock or Kevin Smith or ?

I think AI was victim to far too much hype. I think everyone expected a SK film and it was not. The screen play was based on a 3 page treatment written Krubrick serval years ago -- not the worst film I've seen.

Lord of the rings -- it was okay -- quite a task, translating the books to film. My surround sound system gets a work out.

Eyes Wide Shut, I agree with you. Vanilla -- jury still out on that one.

Monsters Inc. -- Cracks me up everytime, (On DVD watch the trailers, the Harry Potter reference just kills me.) "Put that thing back where it came from -- or so help me..." is a great scene, breaks me up everytime.

damn...im the only person who has picked altman so far...

oh I forgot Altman, I've just seen "Kansas City" recently,brilliant (+ the director of "Boogie Nights"too)

Woody Allen
Billy Wilder
Tim Burton
Martin Scorsese
Peter Weir
Pedro Almodovar
Francis Ford Coppola
Alejandro Amenabar
Stephen Frears
David Lynch

This is not a definite list at all. But I admire all of the above a great deal

Robert Altman is a very good director...
I also really like Christopher Guest's fake documentaries...
Martin Scorcese has done some great work
Francis Ford Copola has done some wonderful films...
Quentin Tarantino is pretty good too...

Man... there are a ton of guys that I can think of, but I will stop for now...

in no particular order

"contemporaries"

1. Jonathan Demme
2. Stephen Soderbergh
3. David Fincher
4. Mel Gibson (i loved Braveheart what can i say)
5. Spike Lee (for Clockers)
6. Alejandro Innaritu Gonzales
7. Mira Nair
8. Alejandro Amenebar and M.Night tie for suspense/eerie
9. Guy Ritchie (loved Lock Stock...)
10. John Sales

damn there's more , these are just a few.

"old school"

1. Oliver Stone
2. Coppola
3. Scorsese
4. Lynch
5. Hitchcock
6. Alan Parker
7. Sam Raimi
8. Kubrick
9. Ed Wood
10. cant remember the name... be back to edit!

David Lynch

nLA said:

thats cute...

Peach said:

Excuse my ignorance, but which one is David Lynch?

teller said:

Most recent: Mullholland Drive.. and man, do I have theories on that one!

For my fellow Frenchmen/women:

Have any of you seen a film entitled "Fat Girl"?

Let me know if you have, I'd like to discuss.

Oh want to add the director of PONETTE. Damn that was a touching movie.

I haven't seen "fat girl" nor "ponette" ( peau nette = clear skin) & I'm the only french that haven't seen "Amelie" yet..

nLA said:

I've seen this movie last december and I still trip about the cow-boy

jnoel said:

there was no cowboy.


trip on *that*!!!