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The Greatest American Director ( Today)

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Who is the greatest American director working today?

Just a few.


PTA
Scorsese
Tarantino
Spielberg
Coen Bros
Cameron
Fincher
Aronofsky

I'm going with PTA, but it's hard to beat Scorsese.
 
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I prefer Fincher.

What was the last thing Spielberg directed???

Anyway, props for not making this a poll.
 
I'm leaning towards Fincher right now with PTA and Scorsese coming in close behind.
 
I can't give an informed opinion on PTA or Aronofsky as I've only seen three of their films combined (Boogie Nights by PTA, Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler by Afonofsky), although I really liked all of those three.

For the rest, my pick of the bunch is Tarantino. I've seen most of his films (all except My Best Friend's Birthday and his Four Rooms segment), and I've loved all of those except one (Death Proof, which I still liked).

As for the rest;

I've seen all of Fincher's directorial work, and I didn't care much for Alien^3, but I loved Seven, Fight Club and The Social Network, and thought the rest was pretty good.

I loved Scorese's Goodfellas, The Departed, Shutter Island and The Wolf of Wall Street, liked Taxi Driver, The Color of Money, Casino, Gangs of New York and Shutter Island, and I thought The Aviator was okay, if a bit long and had some boring sequences. Haven't seen the rest of his directorial work.

Haven't seen Cameron's Xenogenesis, Piranha 2 or his two documentaries (Ghosts of the Abyss, Aliens of the Deep), but I've loved (Aliens, The Terminator 1+2, True Lies) or liked (The Abyss, Titanic, Avatar) the rest of his films.

I wasn't even born when Spielberg made about half of his films and I haven't seen a lot of his earlier work. Loved Indiana Jones 1-3, Jurassic Park 1+2, Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can and Munich, liked E.T., Hook, Schindler's List, Minority Report, The Terminal and Lincoln, didn't care much for A.I., War of The Worlds or Indy 4. I'm about to put on Close Encounters of the Third Kind now, so hoping that falls into the first category.

In any case, in my limited time as a film enthusiast (I'm 27) and with my limited knowledge of film history, these five are all definitely in my top 10 list of all time, probably all in my top 7 or 8. Also, writing this post has made me make a list of DVDs/BluRays I'm going to buy in the near future. :)
 
I'm going rogue and suggesting Spike Jonze.

The guy always does something imaginative and somewhat challenging.

The other directors have had spotty records recently though Tarantino is another director who keeps me on my toes with great new material.

I really hope he doesn't retire after Hateful Eight.
 
Steven Spielberg.

I think his last film may have been Lincoln, but I could be wrong. What is he working on now?

It is a pity that Francis Ford Coppola and John Carpenter have fallen off the grid.
 
Scorsese has easily had the most impressive and influential career overall when it comes to American directors working today, but at their current state: Paul Thomas Anderson. As Ben Affleck said, Paul Thomas Anderson is our Orson Welles.
 
I forgot about PTA.

Unquestionably ranks in the top 3 current directors.
 
Alright I'll make a list:

1. Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Quentin Tarantino
4. Darren Aronofsky
5. Wes Anderson
6. Richard Linklater
7. David Fincher
8. Spike Jonze
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Jeff Nichols

Obviously Spielberg has had a more impactful career overall than many of these guys, but, while still great(I have him on the list), he's lost something and with it a bit of relevance.
 
Alright I'll make a list:

1. Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Quentin Tarantino
4. Darren Aronofsky
5. Wes Anderson
6. Richard Linklater
7. David Fincher
8. Spike Jonze
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Jeff Nichols

:up::up:
 
**** I went out of my way to give Jeff Nichols some love and forgot about the Coens. They deserve to be in the conversation too.
 
Fincher, I guess. Also Mel Gibson should direct more films.
 
Steven Spielberg.

I think his last film may have been Lincoln, but I could be wrong. What is he working on now?

It is a pity that Francis Ford Coppola and John Carpenter have fallen off the grid.
He's shooting a cold war thriller with Tom Hanks. Then he will adapt Dahl's The BFG.

Carpenter's working on a film, I forget what. Coppola's supposed to be doing another personal film, something like Teatro, I guess.
 
Scorsese is in his 70's and still made ppl find him controversial with Wolf. I loved the film more because of that.

Tarantino is our Howard Hawks.

PTA is our Orson Welles.

I forgot Malick and Jim Jarmusch.

I'm glad Jonze and Wes are getting more love through out the years. I must be honest! Spielberg in recent years became a chore to sit through.
 
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I looked up Jeff Nichols due to weezerspider's praise.

It says he will be directing Aquaman, which will come out in 2018.

LoL, good trolling.

ETA: Apparently this comes from the Sony hack.
 
I looked up Jeff Nichols due to weezerspider's praise.

It says he will be directing Aquaman, which will come out in 2018.

LoL, good trolling.

ETA: Apparently this comes from the Sony hack.

Nichols is a great director, mane.

Check out MUD.

King of Comedy still plays! Goddamn.
 
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Scorsese, Spielberg, and Tarantino are in my top three but I'd also include Rian Johnson.
 
Scorcese. He just made a commercial that's better than some recent films.
 
I looked up Jeff Nichols due to weezerspider's praise.

It says he will be directing Aquaman, which will come out in 2018.

LoL, good trolling.

ETA: Apparently this comes from the Sony hack.

Nichols is a great director, mane.

Check out MUD.

King of Comedy still plays! Goddamn.

MUD and Take Shelter are fantastic. Shotgun Stories is very good. Jeff Nichols is the real deal. If he gets to direct Aquaman, DC will be very lucky.
 
I think Scorsese wins his second for Silence. I always thought the old man was going to make a western one day. Damn shame.
 

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