Guest Digapony Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Since I'm new here, I wish to bring up (for my own referential needs) a topic I'm sure has been done to death: Favorite Directors. Also, since I'm bringing it up, I'll place the heftiest burden on myself and list my 100 favorites: 1. Francois Truffaut 2. Akira Kurosawa 3. Alfred Hitchcock 4. Martin Scorsese 5. Billy Wilder 6. Jean Luc Godard 7. William Wyler 8. Stanley Kubrick 9. Frank Capra 10. John Ford 11. Howard Hawks 12. John Huston 13. Ingmar Bergman 14. Joel Coen 15. Fritz Lang 16. David Lean 17. Sidney Lumet 18. Orson Welles 19. Robert Altman 20. George Cuckor 21. Federico Fellini 22. Luis Bunuel 23. Charlie Chaplin 24. Woody Allen 25. Roman Polanksi 26. Terry Gilliam 27. Jim Jarmusch 28. Sergio Leone 29. Michael Powell 30. Emeric Pressburger 31. Andrei Tarkovsky 32. Paul Thomas Anderson 33. Oliver Stone 34. Peter Weir 35. Fred Zinnemann 36. Lewis Milestone 37. Mel Brooks 38. John Woo 39. Sam Peckinpah 40. Brian De Palma 41. Vittorio De Sica 42. Wes Anderson 43. Rene Clair 44. Milos Forman 45. John Frankenheimer 46. Lasse Hallstrom 47. Elia Kazan 48. Terrence Malick 49. Hiroshi Inagaki 50. David Lynch 51. Spike Lee 52. Joseph L. Mankiewicz 53. Stephen Frears 54. Krzysztof Kieslowski 55. David Fincher 56. Arthur Penn 57. George Stevens 58. Preston Sturges 59. Jacques Tati 60. Michael Mann 61. Quentin Tarantino 62. Pedro Almadovar 63. Sergei Eisenstein 64. Henri-Georges Clouzot 65. Carl Theodore Dryer 66. Cameron Crowe 67. Alejandro Amenabar 68. James L. Brooks 69. Francis Ford Coppola 70. Blake Edwards 71. William Friedkin 72. Yimou Zhang 73. Werner Herzog 74. George Roy Hill 75. Philip Kaufman 76. Curtis Hanson 77. Spike Jonze 78. Louis Malle 79. Ernst Lubitsch 80. Richard Linklater 81. Carol Reed 82. Vincente Minnelli 83. F.W. Murnau 84. Mike Nichols 85. Sydney Pollack 86. Otto Preminger 87. Stanley Kramer 88. Alain Resnais 89. John McTiernan 90. John Carpenter 91. John Sayles 92. John Sturges 93. William Wellman 94. John Schlesinger 95. Alan Parker 96. Christopher Nolan 97. Mikhail Kalatozov 98. Henry Koster 99. Victor Fleming 100. Dario Argento Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Downhome Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Christopher Nolan is my favorite director. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Youth N Asia Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Christopher Nolan is my favorite director. Same for right now...although that could change after the next Batman movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted July 10, 2003 In no order and probably not complete Stanley Kubrick Orson Welles Alfred Hitchcock Martin Scorsese Joel Coen Terry Gilliam Sam Peckinpah David Lynch Quentin Tarantino Cameron Crowe Francis Ford Coppola George Roy Hill Christopher Nolan Darren Aronofsky Dario Argento James Whale Roman Polanski Tim Burton George A. Romero Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nevermortal Report post Posted July 10, 2003 David Fincher PT Anderson Francis Ford Coppola Martin Scorcese Guy Ritchie Kevin Smith Darren Aronofsky Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HellSpawn Report post Posted July 10, 2003 My memory is not at 100% right now but... Wes Craven Dario Argento Renny Harlin And the associates with Jerry Bruckheimer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Downhome Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Christopher Nolan is my favorite director. Same for right now...although that could change after the next Batman movie. If anyone can bring some respect and the such back to the Dark Knight, it's Christopher Nolan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DVD Spree Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Man, I couldn't name 100 directors (I don't think I could, anyway). Kudos. My personal favourite Western director would be Paul Verhoeven, and favourite Asian director is Stephen Chow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Insane Bump Machine Report post Posted July 10, 2003 John Woo (his asian work + Face/Off) and Shinichirô Watanabe, I guess. My favourite Western director would probably be David Fincher, but it's hard to choose just one. Sergio Leone, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted July 10, 2003 And the associates with Jerry Bruckheimer. my god...you ARE a spawn from hell. my favorites, in some kind of vague order: orson welles paul thomas anderson (shut up) scorsese jean-luc godard kurosawa david lynch wong kar wai zhang yimou vittorio de sica tony scott (my favorite hack, had to put him on the list) and last but not least... LARS VON TRIER! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! i kid, i kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Christopher Nolan is my favorite director. Same for right now...although that could change after the next Batman movie. If anyone can bring some respect and the such back to the Dark Knight, it's Christopher Nolan. i still say fincher would be a better choice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest eiker_ir Report post Posted July 10, 2003 no order really - John Carpenter - Sam Raimi - Wes Craven - David Fincher - Stanley Kubrick - Tim Burton - James CAmeron - Kevin Smith - Quentin Tarantino - Dario Argento - George Romero - Guillermo del Toro - Peter Jackson and more i'm forgeting right now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Some of my favourites in alphabetical order Luis Buñuel Claude Chabrol Federico Fellini Jean-Luc Godard Howard Hawks Werner Herzog Alfred Hitchcock Jim Jarmusch Stanley Kubrick Akira Kurosawa Sergio Leone Michael Mann Roman Polanski Martin Scorsese Francois Truffaut Orson Welles Zhang Yimou Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crucifixio Jones Report post Posted July 10, 2003 1. Joel Schumacher 2. Michael Bay 3. McG 4. Ridley Scott 5. Tony Scott Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Digapony Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Would you believe I have yet to see anything by Chabrol? Could I possibly entice you to provide some recommendations? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Why ofcourse I can... Alot of people seem to consider Le Boucher (aka The Butcher) to be his best film, which I can definitely understand, though I personally prefer This Man Must Die (aka The Beast Must Die, Killer! and Que la Bete Meure). La Femme Infidele is very good as well. For more recent films La Ceremonie impressed me greatly and is one of my favourite films of the 90's, and I also enjoyed Rien ne va Plus (The Swindle) and Story of Women very much. As for some films that I haven't seen, but are generally highly regarded, Ten Days' Wonder, Le Biches, Les Bonnes Femmes, Le Cousins and Nada are supposedly very good as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest WrestlingDeacon Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Off the top of my head: John Ford Howard Hawks Terrence Young George Cukor Henry Hathaway Don Siegel Clint Eastwood Orson Welles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpikeFayeJettEdBebop 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2003 Uhh....Lemme see, in no order.. Akira Kurosawa Christopher Nolan Martin Scorsese Peter Jackson David Fincher Shinichiro Watanabe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest NaturalBornThriller4:20 Report post Posted July 11, 2003 In no order: - Spike Lee - Ridley Scott - Cameron Crowe - Kevin Smith - Quentin Tarantino - Christopher Nolan - Peter Jackson - John Carpenter - Francis Ford Coppola - Ron Howard (Although, he can be overrated at times) - Michael Bay - Martin Scorcese - Sam Raimi - F Gary Gray (Sue me) - Wes Craven - Michael Mann Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest La Parka Es Mi Papa Report post Posted July 11, 2003 1. Stanley Kubrick 2. Quentin Tarentino 3. David Lynch 4. Alfred Hitchcock 5. Akira Kurosawa 6. Martin Scorcese 7. Orson Welles 8. Luis Buñuel 9. Sam Raimi 10. Frances Ford Coppola Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted July 11, 2003 why all the zhang yimou love? i mean, i know why I love him, but why do the others love him? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ArkhamGlobe Report post Posted July 11, 2003 Though I was uncertain as to whether or not to include Yimou, as I don't feel that I've seen quite enough of his work to judge him fairly, I threw him in there on the strength of Ju Dou alone. In that and Hero (but Ju Dou mainly) I found enough stunning visuals and beautifully crafted narratives that I just had to include him. Can't wait to see more of his work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted July 12, 2003 wow...you put him on there and you didn't even see 'raise the red lantern'? that's weird, 'lantern' is usually the one everybody creams over. good reason to as well, the story isn't quite worthy of the visuals, but the visuals are seriously the greatest i've ever seen in any movie. we watched it in an east asian cinema class, and the class was totally divided on it: the comp lit majors who thought the plot was shit, and the film majors who thought it was great. he's a pretty good storyteller...nothing mind-blowing, but generally strong. his strongest story is probably 'qiu ju'. but the visuals are always his real strength, and really the only reason he's on my list. sadly, 'ju dou' is one that i have not seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
