Rate My Taste in Movie Directors

Akira Kurosawa

Alfred Hitchcock

Bernardo Bertolucci

Billy Wilder

Carol Reed

Charlie Chaplin

Dario Argento

David Fincher

David Lean

Edgar Wright

Elia Kazan

Federico Fellini

Francis Ford Coppola

Francois Truffaut

George A. Romero

Hayao Miyazaki

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Ingmar Bergman

James Cameron

Jean Luc-Godard

Joel Coen

John Carpenter

John Woo

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Martin Scorcese

Michael Mann

Michelangelo Antonioni

Orson Welles

Paul Thomas Anderson

Peter Jackson

Quentin Tarantino

Ridley Scott

Robert Altman

Robert Wise

Roman Polanski

Sam Mendes

Sam Raimi (early days, not that Spider-Man was bad, but, his directing is better back then)

Sergio Leone

Stanley Kubrick

Terry Gilliam

Tim Burton

Wes Anderson

Woody Allen

Yasujiro Ozu

Zhang Yimou

Where's Park Chan Wook? I know some of those directors I probably won't recognize unless if you name a movie by them.ernie1989

...correcting.... 

No Stelberg? (spelling?)

Jaws was one of my favorite movies.

No Stelberg? (spelling?)

Jaws was one of my favorite movies.

PaintballinDude

But he's made just a few too many disappointments for me. Munich didn't work for me. 

Ang Lee, S. Soderburgh, Robert Rodriguez?gibsongirl

Steven Soderbergh is overrated overall.

I haven't seen enough Robert Rodriguez to judge him. I loved his work in Grindhouse though, same with Sin City. Then again, Sin City was generally just an emulation of the comic. 

pssh, no Michael Bay??  -100/10.  He has like a lot of explosions in his movies, which makes him the best director in the history of the world by default.

pssh, no Michael Bay?? -100/10. He has like a lot of explosions in his movies, which makes him the best director in the history of the world by default.

skullkrusher13

Michael Bay is the poor man's James Cameron. 

Jonathan Demme.

Silence of the lambs.  

I was excited when I saw Kurosawa, but disappointed when I saw John Carpenter.... but then I saw Polanski, and officially approved of your listSteelers_86

Dude have you seen the thing?

One of the best suspense/horror films ever. 

I'm surprised Sophia Coppola isn't on there :(

The Virgin Suicides is on my favorite movies ever, I'd put George Lucas on there not for Star Wars (which was good of course) but for American Graffiti. Also I know Tarentino is overrated, but Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse are awesome.  Oh also the Coppola who directed The Godfathers. Wes Craven is a personal favorite too :oops:

Very Good.

Missing a few, but still very good. 

A good list. the only choice I don't approve of is Paul Anderson (Event Horizon was excellent, resident Evil was OK, and Transformes looks kinda good too, but his other movies were crap IMHO)

I would have put Blake Edwards on the list too

EDIT: forget what I said about Paul Anderson...I just realized you're talking about the one that made Magnolia :-) 

David Lynch?
Darren Aronofsky?

But good list. 

where the hell is steven seagal?nightshade85

I don't know where he has been the last few years...but let's hope he stays there 

[QUOTE="nightshade85"]where the hell is steven seagal?Avitu666

I don't know where he has been the last few years...but let's hope he stays there 

he made a movie last year - it went straight to video

*quoted the wrong thing*

I've only heard of a handful of them, but I'm sure they are all good. When it comes to movies, I don't pay attention to the directors, I just watch the movie:)metallica_fan42

I'm the same way. And I've only heard of a couple myself.

[QUOTE="Avitu666"]

[QUOTE="nightshade85"]where the hell is steven seagal?nightshade85

I don't know where he has been the last few years...but let's hope he stays there 

he made a movie last year - it went straight to video

He's made a lot of STDVD films, infact that's the only films he does these days.  That's probably why most people haven't heard about him for a while, LOL :D.

[QUOTE="PaintballinDude"]

No Stelberg? (spelling?)

Jaws was one of my favorite movies.

lemonfreshpanda

But he's made just a few too many disappointments for me. Munich didn't work for me.

Every director has a bad movie or two, inlcuding directors that made your list.  Coppola made Jack, Finch made Panic Room, Gilliam made Brothers Grimm.  When you talk modern movie making Spielberg MUST come up, put him on the list, he's too inluential not to be on there.

Brad Anderson should be on there too. 

Considering you named all the concurrently good directors that makes that list pretty damn good. I am shocked and disappointed however that Chris Nolan didn't make the list.Apollo5000

oh, yeah, definitely Nolan.  i'll see any project with his name on it. 

[QUOTE="gibsongirl"]Ang Lee, S. Soderburgh, Robert Rodriguez?lemonfreshpanda

Sense and Sensibility, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, the Wedding Banquet... maybe it's because i'm a girl, sister and daughter, but these movies really speak to me.

You have to see more Rodriquez - go back to El Mariachi. it's awesome in  context.

Steven Soderbergh is overrated overall.

I haven't seen enough Robert Rodriguez to judge him. I loved his work in Grindhouse though, same with Sin City. Then again, Sin City was generally just an emulation of the comic.

I don't see the only director I love...

Richard Linklater

Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, School of Rock, Dazed and Confused...all genius.

It's a fantastic list.

David Lynch?
Darren Aronofsky?

But good list. 

Account_27

 Wow, exactly what I was thinking. Those two are among my favorites, though a good list anyway.

That is like...every single director in teh world!juicetino

I'm surprised Sophia Coppola isn't on there :(

The Virgin Suicides is on my favorite movies ever, I'd put George Lucas on there not for Star Wars (which was good of course) but for American Graffiti. Also I know Tarentino is overrated, but Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse are awesome.  Oh also the Coppola who directed The Godfathers. Wes Craven is a personal favorite too :oops:

immortality20

[QUOTE="Account_27"]

David Lynch?
Darren Aronofsky?

But good list. 

dhyce

 Wow, exactly what I was thinking. Those two are among my favorites, though a good list anyway.

Needs more Michael Gondry.SempiternalFett

[QUOTE="dhyce"][QUOTE="Account_27"]

David Lynch?
Darren Aronofsky?

But good list.

lemonfreshpanda

Wow, exactly what I was thinking. Those two are among my favorites, though a good list anyway.

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