Greatest Directors of All Time

[Maximus One]

Who would you guys say are some of the greatest directors in history? I know the obvious ones ya know like Cameron, Stone, Copola, Scorsese but who all else you guys think? Also Id like to add I think this thread could make for some very good discussions and Ive never seen one like it on here so its something new on this forum (least to me)

 

[Space Moose]

Some *****e is totally gonna' say Chris Nolan. "OMG! OMG! OMG! TDK is best movie eva FTW!!!"

 

[bapi]

Frank Darabont

 

[Dark Knight 66]

I think the greatest directors are:
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Michael Man
John Mctiernan
Christopher Nolan
Ridley Scott
David Fincher
Steven Spielberg
Paul Greengrass
James Cameron
Brian De Palma
Francis Ford Coppola
Oliver Stone
Serigo Leone
Clint Eastwood

 

[Franklin Richards]

Cecil B. DeMille!

 

[Maximus One]

Never heard of Darabont Mctiernan Greengrass or Leone what movies have they done?

 

[Maximus One]

oh John Waters

 

[Space Moose]

Never heard of Darabont Mctiernan Greengrass or Leone what movies have they done?

Never heard of Sergio Leaone? He did all the famous spagetti westerns with Clint Eastwood.

 

[bapi]

Never heard of Darabont Mctiernan Greengrass or Leone what movies have they done?

Frank Darabont - The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption - the most emotional movies ever, for me!

 

[SuperFerret]

Spielberg

 

[Obsidian]

Martin Scorcese
Ridley Scott
Sam Mendes
David Cronenberg
James Cameron
David Fincher
Darren Aronofsky
Fernando Meirelles
Michael Mann
Edward Zwick
Mira Nair
Steven Spielberg
Frank Darabont
John Hughes

 

[Space Moose]

My Top 10:

Bernado Belluci
Vittorio De Sica
Federico Fellini
Luis Brunel
Orson Welles
David Lean
Fritz Lang
Spike Jonze
John Frankenheimer
John Carpenter

 

[Batspider77]

Uwe Boll
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Steven Spielberg
James Cameron
Ridley Scott
Martin Scorcese
George Lucas
Edgar Wallace
Orson Welles
Frank Darabont
Francis Ford Coppola

 

[Nirvana]

I wouldn't agree on Christopher Nolan yet, but if he keeps making great films I'm sure he'll find his way to the spot very soon. But my personal favorites are

Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Tim Burton
Quentin Tarantino
Martin Scorsese
Sam Mendes
David Fincher
Peter Jackson
M. Night Shyamalan
Ridley Scott

That's my list.

 

[Space Moose]

I wouldn't agree on Christopher Nolan yet, but if he keeps making great films I'm sure he'll find his way to the spot very soon. But my personal favorites are

Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Tim Burton
Quentin Tarantino
Martin Scorsese
Sam Mendes
David Fincher
Peter Jackson
M. Night Shyamalan
Ridley Scott

That's my list.

Apart from Fincher, Scott and Scorsesse, they all suck.

 

[MattBearPig]

No love for Billy Wilder?

Bastards!

 

[Nirvana]

Apart from Fincher, Scott and Scorsesse, they all suck.

Really? I can think of a movie or two that each of the directors made that weren't great, but I wouldn't say they all suck. But it's your opinion I suppose.

 

[Space Moose]

Really? I can think of a movie or two that each of the directors made that weren't great, but I wouldn't say they all suck. But it's your opinion I suppose.

The ones you mentioned are good film makers but bad directors. In my opinion of course.

 

[PWN3R]

Paul Thomas Anderson

 

[I Am The Knight]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Kurosawa, or Hitchcock.

 

[Mister Sinister]

Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg
George A. Romero
Tim Burton
[blackout]Michael Bay...DON'T JUDGE ME![/blackout]
David Cronenberg

 

[Doctor Jones]

My personal favorites. Spielberg is my favorite. But here's my list in no order.

Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Martin Scorsese
David Fincher
Ridley Scott
Peter Jackson
James Cameron
Frank Darabont
Christopher Nolan
Sam Raimi
Robert Zemeckis
Joel and Ethan Coen
Tim Burton
Alfred Hitchcock
Michael Mann
Jonathan Demme
Irvin Kershner

It's a pretty predictable list, I know. I'm a thinking man when it comes to film. I analyze it inside and out. Every frame, shot, bit of dialogue. And I like that. But when it comes to choosing favorite films or directors, I follow my heart. What stays closest to me and will reside with me for years to come. And those directors and their films touched something in me that I've been more than fond of. These guys are the ones who made me want to become a filmmaker. When I'm done watching their films, I say to myself, "Damn, I hope I can make a film like that someday." Because I love everything to do with film. So these are the guys I thank the most. Because without them, their films, Jesus, I would be on the couch watching Sunday football.

 

[black_dust]

James Cameron
Chris Cunningham

 

[Space Moose]

James Cameron
Chris Cunningham

The greatest director to have never have directed a feature film.

 

[LegendaryCaleb]

I really love Martin Scorsese
Im startin to appreciate the Coen Bros and I gotta love Nolan