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Just wanna know who are your Favourite Directors

mine are:
Steven Spielburg
Gore Verbinski
Ridley Scott
Steven Soderbergh
Quentin Tarantino
Wachowski Brothers

Stanley Kubrick - the most inspirational director of modern cinema, period.

Tobe Hooper - Directed Texas Chainsaw Massacre, thus he is automatically on my list.

George Romero - Probably the greatest horror director of all time, his zombie trilogy is gold.

Todd Solondz - always has a different point of view on the topics portrayed in his films.

Kevin Smith - Some of the best dialogue ever filmed.

M.Night Shyamalan - Modern Day Hitchcock, always has the audience full controled during his movies, leading them precisely where he wants too.

Darren Aronofsky - Quite possibly the most promising new director, may very well turn out to be the next Stanley Kubrick, His films are doing the near impossible in this day and age....managing to be unique..

Richard Kelley - Another very promising young director, Donnie dark is his first movie, an amazing freshman effort.

Hitchcock - The king of suspense, always knew exactly how to play an audience.

Mel Brooks - The king of comedy films...

Gasper Noe - Has a very eirie, dark and forboding feel in his movies, strives to make teh audience feel sick when viewing his films, and he succeeds..

David Lynch - Very talented, but sometimes pretentious, although he has shown with movies like the elephant man that he doesnt have to rely on confusion to push his movies.

well i duno alot! lol but i have some favs!

James Cameron
Steven Spielburg
Ridley Scott

DePalma is deffintly my favorite i mewan just look at the pure gold he made scarface and casino just great moives then i like steven speiberg and steven king and a good director is the director of sighns and sixth sense i think u spell his name M Night Shamala

Peter Jackson because he did Lord of The Rings

The Wachowski Brothers

Kevein Smith
Martin Scorsece- GIVE HIM AN OSCAR!!!

The wackowisi brothers ant a fav but i respect them, seeming The Matrix was they second film, but only they second coz producers wanted them to do another film before the matrix.

george lucas! yay star wars

-Wacowiski(sp?) brothers
-M Night Shamalan
-Sam Raimi(because of Spiderman of course)

Tim ****ing Burton

M.Night Shyamalan - Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, Signs

Sam Raimi - Spider-Man, Evil Dead trilogy

Ridley Scott - Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Hannibal, Alien, Blade Runner

Steven Spielberg- Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Minority Report, Schindler's List

erm...i think we are forgetting FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wasn't.

o yeah forgot about franics ford coppala he rocks so does his nephew nicholos cage

ahh the Godfather....i dont care what ppl say, it was a good triology!!!
And Platoon was soooooo good!!!
What about Wes Cavern,..or however you spell it....anyone like...?

Quentin Tarantino

i like kevin smith, has masses of potential!!!
david lean is a fogotten man who made the awesome lawrence of arabia
(cant wait to see that remade starring mark whalberg!!!!!!!)
scorsesse, top class. everyone seems to forget king of comedy dont they?
afronosky is first rate too, love requiem for a dream, so brutal and close to the book
Danny boyle, trainspotting and shallow grave
oliver stone, JFK platoon, wall street
David fincher, seven and fight club both of wich are modern classics
barry sononfeld, sleepers and wag the dog
terrence malick, badlands and the thin red line
i would of said rodreguez but for those disgraceful spy kids movies!!!
Home alone for new generation Arsehole!!!!!!!!

OMG NOOOOOOOOOO! please tell me your kidding?!

?? What is with Mark Whalberg and remakes.........

Danny Boyle - 28 Days Later was the icing on the cake for me.
Steven Spielberg - The guy has made films in nearly every single mainstream genre there is.
David Cronberg - Spider proved he can direct more then horror movies but in the same Cornberg stlye.
Peter Jackson - Even before LotR, i admired Mr Jacksons creative style be it from the downright weird (Bad Taste and Meet the Feebles) to the more disturbing (The Frightners and Heavenly Creatures)
Stephen Sommers - Again another director with an excellent creative style.

you forgot Braindead... lol

JAMES CAMERON IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DIRECTOR OF ALL TIMES

THE TERMINATOR
TERMINATOR 2( WOW WAS THAT AMAZING OR WHAT)
TITANIC( look at it from director's point of view, the highest grossing movie of all times)

and still is......lmao
his very talented, i love his work

Barry Levinson
Brian Singer (we'll see whether he can do other good movies or not)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog)

Yeh but isnt Gone with the wind the most scene movie?

some people need to realize that popularity does not make him automatically good. lot of bad movies are popular and successful. some of the best ones arent.

Gone with the Wind is up there with Titanic..

or Titanic is up there with Gone with the Wind, rather....

lol I remember reading that Titanic is the highest grossing (sp) movie but Gone with the wind was the 1 that sold the most tickets.

yea.. I think Gone With the Wind is one of the, if not the best films... like ever...


something like that anyway..

gone with teh wind is incredibly boring. over rated.

Its to big, thats the problem.
But back to fave directors

peter jackson is also very good.

oh yeah...how could i forget Steven Spilberg! and Coppola!

Bay
Kassovitz
The Scotts
Fuqua
Tarantino
Woo
Cameron

i like/respect/admire all types of directors

Yea Titanic made 6.8 mil in the US and i think 1.3 BIL worldwide. And Gone With the Wind only sodl so many tickets because its been released hundreds of time.


Fav Directors:
Tim Burton
Sam Raimi
Christopher Guest

Oliver Stone

Oliver stone is great, platoon is one of the best movie of all time.

Maybe in America but not all over the world. Here they didnt even re-release the, how do I say this...."clean" version?!

James Cameron
Martin Scorsese
Stanley Kubrick

Lets here it once and for all, who is the best director ever?

Can someone confirm if the genres these directors fall under are similar (albeit limited) category? *thinks Titanic* Oh! Never mind.

Haven't seen all their movies... votes Speilberg

And Ridley Scott.

wow so many tough choices, but I have to stick with Ridley Scott. He's got one hell of an eye and imagination. Love his cinematic expertise
Legend and Alien are examples of my opinion.

Tough choice. Either Quentin Tarentino or Tim Burton.

The best from the List is Steven Speilburg then Ridley Scott

nah...James Cameron and Steven Speilberg

Obviously Stanley Kubrick. He inspired all the directors mentioned above.

My favorite is M. Night Shamaylan

tim burton, speilberg, gorge lucas tim is my fav right now

Hey, where's Tim Burton?

Oops, theres a big miss. Burton should defintaly be there.

Holy shit!

Tim Burton should "definetly be there" yet the legendary Stanly Kubrick shouldn't?

I thing Quentin should be there, but since he was not and since I hate voting for the infamous "other" I chose speilberg.

yea where was burton!!!! hes my fave!!!

Tarrantino has directed 4 movies.........yeah.....I don't believe that qualifies him to be put on the same list as legendary directors.

hmmm doesn't matter if burton or kubrick were there........i still would have voted for Spielberg.
The man is a genius..........his range of subject matter is incredible.
and yes he does have a penchant for aliens and WWII movies.

I agree Speilberg is the man..................

Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Jaws..........if those were the only two movies he had ever directed, he would still be the best director ever.

George lucas all the way directed the best movie ever

If you want to talk range, Kubrick stands on a level all his own.

Francis ford Coppola, Spilberg (hes great because he demonstrated that he can direct a film of any genre and make it good) and of course Emir Kusturica!

eyes wide shut was pure unadulterated trash lol... it would have been better as a short story

That is only 1 bad movie out of like 12 that he'd made. That is a far smaller ratio then any other director that made that many films.

i like tim burton and stanley kubrick because they are both directors who do things differently i mean they don't follow the norm for their time

I think burton tries a little to hard sometimes, and he loses the simple neccessities in films by over emphasizing wierdness in his flicks.

Kubrick never had this problem.

I agree with that hehe. I think sometimes spielberg almost does that sometimes. Like minority report....

Steven Speilberg, Roman Polanski, James cameron and Ridly Scott for my choice. George lucas made a terrible mistake in producing "Howard the Duck"

okay i think that james cameron really did a fab job on titanic

I voted 'other'. I would have liked to have seen David Lynch on the list, Richard Donner, and definitely Terry Gilliam.

I like Howard the Duck! Jeffrey Jones owns in that movie when he's "possesed" by one of the Dark Overlords of the Universe.........

classic...........

I cant believe quentin tarrentino is not listed. Tarrentino is the best living director. No director can smash together as much entertainment, creativity, Style, profession, and thought provoking dialogue, as tarrentino does. He can create any genre and include his own style. This is a rarity in the movie world that only a few directors have ever achieved. Oh yeah and he's also ANTI hollywood

I think M.Night shymalan will become noted as the next hitchcock. I believe he will become the king as suspense movies in the future. This is because of his aparent talent, and his goal to be able to make a movie for all audiences. He does this and still produces great movies.

Spielberg i believe to be one of the greatest directors of all time, however he lacks innovation and creativity. He is a creative mind but he doesnt ever produce a new style or original style of filmaking ever aside of JURASSIC PARK . Daaren aronofsky has the potential of beccoming the next best director but this is just favortism remark. With only two movies under his belt he has a long way to go.

Now to the Two greatest of all time hitchcock and Kubrick. I believe hitchcock to at one time been the greatest. There are however many better directors around now. I dont want to discredit his brillaince i think this is just a case of the apprentice surpasing the teacher. Kubrick is the most talented director of all time. With vision and innovation he takes the throne. All his movies are supurb. Especially eyes wide shut. this movie was a risk on his part. However to be enjoyed it requires an intellectual mind. "It relies more on phsychological threats than anything else. It is a movie only for a select few. mainly fans of the occult" These are his words. So for any true kubrick fan to exclude eyes wide shut as a work of art is no true lubrick fan. Kubrick is the king. PERIOD

tarrentino a close second

Come on guys! These are just commercial directors! I'm not saying there's anything wrong with them (because they sure as hell ain't), but you got to explore more!

Your calling Tarrentino, Kubrick and aronofsky commercial directors?

If so then you know very little about movies my friend. Tarrentino is anything but commercial. He gained his popularity through word of mouth in the preverbial underground world. Of course critics love his movies that is just because of his talent. but he is anything but commercial. KUBRICK got most of his respect and popularity years after his embark in movie making. And aronofsky is probably the furthest thing away from commercial. The only name up there i can see as commercialized is speilberg. If you believe there to be any greater director than kubrick or tarrentino, or any of the names on that list, why not show some balls and give us names. You give me the names of any other director not listed or spoken about as being the best. i will give you a crappy movie that fails miserably

I was on about the ones in the poll. Damn man sorry for making your pubes fall out!

peter jackson hes a patient man thats good in a director

yeah but he's got a long way to go. other than making movies based on an 60 yearold story that had an incredibly mind blowing fan base spanning the entire world.

Looks like Kubrick is number one. Ive only seen his 'A Clockwork Orange' which wasnt too bad. Guess i should check out some of his other movies.

Dziga Vertov or Mathieu Kassovitz anyone?

Agrees with BF and others, Kubrick should definitely have been there

The Number one director of all time.. is hands down.. the master of suspense... Alfred Hitchcock...


But nowadays... mmmmm ... ummmm ... i guess good old Quentin

What about Peter Jackson and the Wachikowski brothers?

I mean, sure Peter Jackson is fairly new to the 'Hollywood' movie style, and the Wachikowski brothers are a little bit "out there", but they're brilliant, and they were also (co-)writers for their scripts. plus, their movies kick ass

speiberg no doubt with films like saving private Ryan c'mon

I'd say the Wachikowski brothers are brilliant talented directors. They have (with pending viewing of revolutions) pulled off a spectacualr opera of action and philosophy. They care about there work and give everyhting they have to ensure the final product is there vision. Regaurdless of opinions to their final project i believe this is what makes great directors.This is why the great like Kubrick,hitchcock and tarentino are great. So i see the Wachikowski brothers being a lasting influence in hollywood for a long time to come.

Let's just hope that they puch out some more movies as good as Matrix

alex proyas or darren aronolfsky , because unlike all the other directors mentioned before , they don't feel the need to cash in a movie every year or 2 years and the very few movies they do are absolutely incredible . spielberg does great movies but unfortunately also did jurassic park , lucas did the first star wars a new hope but also commited ep1 and 2
aronolfsky and proyas only did a few movies but they are creative and not as commercial as jurassic or ep1-2

ummm the original jurrasic park wasnt commercial. It was an achievment in a premise that had been tried over and over but failed miserably. Jurasic park had great creativity and even better entertainment. This was a groundbreaking movie aswell. The CGI Spielberg incoorperated into this movie was never tried to the limits it was pushed in Jurassic park. If he was being commercial he would have stick with stop motion. The second i totally agree was very commercial and horrible. Speilberg said the only thing that clenched his descion on directing it was that he wanted to do a T-rex rampage in a city before anyone else. im not joking. Thats what you call bad career choice even though it did very well in the box office. I dont think JP1 is his best work but it's deffaintly credible as being an incredible and gorgeous work of entertainment

Darren aronofsky is infact a great director. Although with only two movies done. there is much to be realized about his goals as a director. This is why he cant be considred one of the best. I believe he may live on to be the best though, great vision comes from that mind. However when you say he is not commercial just because he has only done two movies i believe to be void. I'm not going against you, im just commenting on your comment. Aronofsky was targeted and agreed to do the next batman movie. Studios changed there minds though. Now i think if aronofsky was going to avoid commercialism the last movie he'd agree to do would be a batman. There are i believe though Very great great things tocome from aronofsky. Alot of modern directors openly talk about being anti-hollywood. so those two arent alone when not wanting to be commercial and typical

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I utterly disagree movie directors should be qualified on the quantity of their work but on the quality I'd rather see 4 very good films than 10-12 slightly amusing films

Still Tarantino can still make some stinkers.
He only has 4...the stink possibility is lower

True, but I doubt QT will make any bad movies, he takes MORE THAN ENOUGH time in preparing them. He can afford to take his time and do his movies the way he wants them done, cause he usualy doesn't care about deadlines, producer opinions, heck QT probably doesn't even care about wether or not his fans like his movie

True.
I've only seen 1 movie, which was Pulp Fiction....so much hype...result I hated it.

fave directors: sam raimi, peter jackson, and steven speilburg

Oh! I forgot one! Brian Singer! (X-Men, X2). You with me on that one BOP?

My list stands thus:
Peter Jackson
John McTiernan
Wachikowski brothers
Brian Singer
Stephen Sommers

i doubt tarentino will ever make a bad movie. He cares to much about his movies. He wouldnt attempt a movie unless he knows it can be done properly. He also cares greatly on his fans opinions. He says he makes movies for the whole world, but the kinds he makes will always be up to his fans.

I agree with you Kes, the movie was quite pathetic really, I heard so much about it, but it turned out to be a nothing movie. I thought it was just me.

Hey! And I thought it was just me

Steven Sommers????????????????????????????

Errrr Deep Rising?

This world is round after all.

Stanley Kubrick

The fact that Stanley Kubrick hasn't been mentioned more is very very disturbing.

David Lynch for Wild At Heart alone.

holy crap no stanley krubrick, tim burton, or TARANTINO!! boooo booo

lol, Slipped my mind mate, im certainly not leaving him out of the race.

TIM BURTON ROCKS MY SOCKS!!! YAY!!!
He should be crowned God!!!

Eyes Wide Shut is not bad.

Every single Kubrick movie is a masterpiece and so is Eyes Wide Shut.

Eyes wide shut is awful. The plot sucks and the subplot (freaky party) is to strong to just be ignored.

Those directors are very good choices but I'm a bit disappointed that Tarantino or Kubrick aren't even mention in that list. Oh well, it comes down to choice of the board members

There are two directors I believe are worth mentioning here. One of them is the legendary Akira Kurosawa. If you like Japanese cinema Akira's name is notorious. The other one is Fritz Lang a truly master of classic German movies during the 20s and the 30s (before WWII) a very good visionary and truly talented man during his era.

> Silverfighter.

I made the poll and missed em out rather stupidly.
I guess if the mod wants to update, fix the poll thats cool.
Otherwise its out of my hands.

I love Kubrick, but eyes wide shut was a pretty weak effort, especially by his standards.

Peter Jackson! and Tim Burton!

Have you ever heard the saying "It's not quantity, it's quality"? Those 4 movies that he directed (and wrote) are considered 4 of the best films ever made (well, best directed, anyway). I think that him being so admirably recognized for just those 4 movies should be enough for him to be considered legendary, which he is. Don't be so narrow-minded

I think it's too soon to declare Tarentino as one of the best of all time, he's definately one of the best of our time...but of all time, that will take several more movies before we can say this with any certainty.

Yeh he can still flop. Well theres nothing special about Kill Bill's story.
Hated Pulp Fiction and didnt have the patience for Jackie Brown or whatever its called! So
I think the Editors in Tarantino's movies are the real artists. Thou he has some input in that of course but they do all the work.

I AM A LORD OF THE RINGS FREAK SO I HAVE TO SAY PETER JACKSON IS DA BEST

TARRANTINO HAS HADSOME GREAT MOVIES ASWELL BUT I AGREE WITH SAYING HE CANT BE ONE OF THE GREATS COZ HE HAS ONLY MADE MOVIES BUT THEY DO ROCK

There are no editors in Tarantino's movies. Just him. Yea he does have editors that actually do the physical act of editing, but they dont do the "what" factor of editing, just the "how" factor. Once he has his first director's cut, then he will not cut a single thing no matter what people say.

Also, Kill Bill has a fine story, I just think the real story is in Vol. 2.

>VVVRulz.

Oh don't worry the list seems fine and maybe like you said the Moderator might edited. If so, there is another director I would like to also mention and that is Spike Lee!

Films like: Do the right thing, Malcom X, Get on the Bus, 25th hour, are truly good films. Who knows he might return with a good film pretty soon

spike lee tries to give his movies to much meaning,meaning that isnt even there to begin with.

That beats a pointless movie though.

Doubt it. He might say he wants it this way or that but they do all the work.
Doubt Tarantino could make it work that well. He shot the movie, he wouldnt be able to step back and put it together like that.

i think gore verbinski for POTC....gotta love it

Tarantino and kubrick have been added. Did I spell their names right?

I'm not too hot on directors... for me it's Gore Verbinski (he is a director, right?). He done Pirates of the Caribbean and The Ring.

true that....my 2 favorite movies!

I see Kubrick, but no Tarantino

Tarantino is above kubrick

> Kes.

Cheers for adding Tarantino and Kubrick. I shouldve known better and had em there to start with.

Whatta a shame I can't vote again now that Tarantino's name has been added.

well hopefully your vote went to other, and not someone else

I wonder if its possible to reset the votes.

I'm not really sure about this one. I'm usually not too picky on my directors but I would go with either Cameron or Spielberg.

That's right I picked "other"

Hey, I want to see peoples opinion of directors of film.

My personal favourite would be Quentin Terantino BUT, i dont think he is the most influential director.

My choice would be Steven Spielberg. Movies like Saving Private Ryan, Schindlers List (powerful), Jaws, All the Indy movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Minority Report, AI, Jurassic Park, ET. Simple amazing. Cannot think of one director who has made an impact in film.

Other notables, Franic Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock.

What do you people think of?

stanly kubrick, david fincher, guy richie, orson wells, hitchcock, john waters, darren aronofsky, danny boyle, some of burtons stuff, and of course quentin.

these are all the directors that i look to for anything cinema.

yah, good list. Im starting to like Danny Boyle.
Not a very big fan of Kubrick or Burton. But they have qualities that i just dont enjoy but i can how people like them.

Defiantly Alfred Hitchcock, the man is a genius who paved the way for generations of film makers to follow.

Also more recently : Darren Aronofsky (Requiem For a Dream ).

Well i dont really see Darren Aronofsky being in here. Not because he sucks but he has only done 4 films, and most people only now Requiem for a Dream. He's later films if are good then yes, he might.

Spielberg, hands down. For an up and comin director, Guillermo del Toro (Blade 2, Kronos, Devils Backbone)

As for Quentin Tarrantino, he's not influential on other directors, he's basically influenCED, because all of his work is a spin off of someone elses. On top of that, he's only had 2 Box Office success thus far.

He's just a cult hero.

Yah I give it too Spielberg also.

QT though, i find great, but he's isnt influential to the older directors, but for up and coming directors, i think he is. Its the same in music with Nirvana. Alot of bands now days, link them to their start as musicians.

Stanley Kubrick

Kubrick........he created masterpieces spanning many genres........not good movies, masterpieces.

Five words. A film by Steven Spielberg.

Spielberg is a great director.......but he has yet to make even one film that can compare to 2001 A Space Odyssey..........much less make great movies that span other genres like Full Metal Jacket, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Sparticus or Dr. Strangelove.

Spielberg has become quite wealthy in the industry for making big movies.........most of which are based around action or special effects, not an artistic style. Kubrick didn't produce films for movie fans......he produced films for cinema fans.

I feel a lot of younger people don't give him the credit he so richly deserves........simply because they have not seen most of his masterpieces as they were created before their time. You'd be surprised how many people havn't even seen Sparticus, A Clockwork Orange, or 2001.

Any fan of cinema walking this earth should see 2001 A Space Odyssey atleast one time. You will then see how a great story can be over shadowed by an even greater artistic style produced by a director.

Peter Jackson...Nothing else to say from me

I think 2001 is the only Kubrick film I havn't seen all the way through. I can't get past the apeman intro and I'm a wee bit ashamed of myself for that. I'm know one day I'll watch it and love it but I don't think I'd fully appreciate it just now.

I think Stanley Kubrick does great work, EWS and The Shining are favs on my list
Also Tim Burton, Big Fish and Edward Scissorhands was great, am looking forward to Willy Wonka very much so.
And of course Peter Jackson, who took the LOTR books and created a masterpiece

Im sorry but Peter Jackson is not the the same leaque as Speilbergh or Kubrick, or Hitchcock. He's done 4 movies, and one of the them was the Frighteners.

Well the LOTR movies were excellent, he deserves credit for them.
And I think Speilbergh is over rated in the fact that now his work can slip and people wouldn't have the guts to criticize, they would just praise him anyways.

Yah, he deserves credit but... Most influential..i dont think so.

i agree with people said kubrick.. He has alot of excellent movies.
With Speilbergh...he has made movies abot controversial subjects. EX Schindlers List, Amistad and war movies that rival Full Metal Jacket: Saving Private Ryan. For the 3 Lord of the Rings, You got the excellent Indy movies. and why dont we just Minority Report and AI, and Jaws (which made people fear the water so much, they didnt want to swim)

In ten to twenty years, if Peter Jackson does more movies that turn out good then yes ill put him in the Kubrick, Hitchock and Speilberg list.

I agree with you, but he's actually done 7. 3 of which are cult classics in, "Meet The Feebles", "Dead Alive", and "Bad Taste"

And the thread is actually best director/most influential so he's still up there for me

I've got "2001" to watch tomorrow. Trailer looked good, and the late 60's were great for Sci Fi.

For me, all the director's you've mentioned and Martin Scorcese. And Copolla (Francis Ford).