Top 10 Favorite Directors.

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Also, I have to say it....why is Peter Jackson so damned popular? He's done a few horror movies (a notably bad one in The Frightners) LOTR which was good and King Kong, which....well showed in a nutshell his strengths and talent as well as his ego and weaknesses. I don't get why fanboys think he is the end all be all though jsut because he did Lord of the Rings now.

I'm not a drooling PJ-Hater like you find on AICN, but I agree.
It's more like, he's a smart fanboy, so he intelligently approaches projects in which we'll all be interested topic-wise, so they're fun to watch, but if you think about it, you really have to endure a lot of bad directorial choices to see all of the cool stuff.

Same reason I'd never put Lucas or Spielberg on my list, although they're both responsible for films that changed, f***in' shaped my life.

 

[Speedball]

Doug Liman
Gore Verbinski
Blake Edwards
Hayao Miyazaki
Joss Whedon
Tim Burton
Brad Bird
George Lucas
Robert Zemeckis
Luc Besson

 

[Shuley]

1. Alfred Hitchcock
2. Martin Scorcesse
3. Orson Wells
4. Steven Speilberg
5. Frank Cappra
6. Francis Ford Coppola
7. Ridley Scott
8. John Houston
9. John Ford
10. Woody Allen
11. Tim Burton
12. Michael Mann

Now....I have to say it, I went over but I couldn't and I have to give honoarable mentions to Alexander Payne, Stanley Kubrick, Curtis Hanson, Peter Weir, Edward Zwick, Quentin Tarintino and Terry Gilliam.

Also, I have to say it....why is Peter Jackson so damned popular? He's done a few horror movies (a notably bad one in The Frightners) LOTR which was good and King Kong, which....well showed in a nutshell his strengths and talent as well as his ego and weaknesses. I don't get why fanboys think he is the end all be all though jsut because he did Lord of the Rings now.

Peter JAckson also did Heavenly Creatures which is a small film that was very well received with critics.Jackson is basically the new Spielberg.But as far as the "end all,be all just because he did LOTR" Same can be said for George Lucas.But at least Jackson didn't make TLOTR and then never make another film ever again which is what Lucas has done.

 

[BloodyWolverine]

I picked Jackson, Speilberg and Lucas because they have given us sme really great films. You cannot deny that Lucas mind is the same mind that gave us th episodes 4,5,6. Even though 2 out of 3 we had differant directors. Lucas is the real force behind all the movies.

Two other directors i really like are.
Ron Howard.
Micheal Bay.

 

[Movies205]

Very standard list I'm afraid, in no particular order:

Sergio Leone
David Croenburg
Robert Zemmicks
Scott (Ridley and Tony) Brothers
David Lean
Akira Kurosawa
Terry Gilliam
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorcese
Fellini

 

[Shuley]

Very standard list I'm afraid, in no particular order:

Sergio Leone
David Croenburg
Robert Zemmicks
Scott (Ridley and Tony) Brothers
David Lean
Akira Kurosawa
Terry Gilliam
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorcese
Fellini

I almost mentioned David Croenburg but held off,he's famous for putting in pointless sex scenes for some reason, I saw Crash in the theater back in 1997 and walked out with a big WTF?? I loved A History Of Violance but so far that's about it really,but he's definately worth keeping an eye out for in the future.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

1. Martin Scorsese
2. John Huston
3. Tim Burton
4. Quentin Tarantino
5. Sergio Leone
6. Coen Brothers
7. Clint Eastwood
8. Terry Gilliam
9. David Fincher
10. Robert Zemeckis

Or something like that

 

[Dr.Dude]

1. Sam Raimi
2. Paul Verhoeven
3. Alfred Hitchcock
4. James Cameron
5. George A. Romero
6. Peter Jackson
7. Steven Spielburg
8. Wes Craven
9. Tim Burton
10. David Cronenberg

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I'm humiliated that I didn't put Cronenberg.

 

[BT18]

1 Richard Linklater
2 Steven Spielberg
3 Martin Scorsese
4 Robert Altman
5 Oliver Stone
6 John Cassavetes
7 Danny Boyle
8 John Carpenter
9 Gus Van Sant
10 Quentin Tarantino

 

[Dr.Dude]

Yeah, Cronenberg fits well with the rest of your list up there.... he's an extreme "love it or hate it" director, even varying from movie to movie --- but no matter what, having Cronenberg in the director's chair always guarantees for the movie to be a surreal, interesting, and uniquely ****ed up experience.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

There is a disturbing lack of John Huston in this thread.

 

[Cinemaman]

1. Steven Spielberg
2. Martin Scorcesse
3. David Fincher
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Tim Burton

 

[Punch]

Kubrick
Tarantino
Scorcese
Lynch
Gondry
Spike Jonze
Coppola
Burton
Gilliam
Stone

 

[The_Vision]

Peter Jackson is my fave.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Alex Proyas

Richard Donner

John Glen

Brian De Palma

James Cameron

Ridley Scott

Tim Burton

Steven Spielberg

 

[BloodyWolverine]

I am not sure if he was director but i'm surprised not more people including myself did not post Ray Harryhausen.

 

[JLBats]

John Huston
Alfred Hitchcock
Martin Scorsese
Orson Welles
Jacques Tourneur
Sergeo Leone
Stanley Kubrick
David Fincher
Darren Aronofsky
Ridley Scott

 

[Maxwinner]

1. Sergio Leone
2. Akira Kurosawa
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Quentin Tarantino
5. Howard Hawks
6. John Woo
7. Sam Peckinpah
8. Alfred Hitchcock
9. Brian DePalma
10. John Ford
______________
11. Wong Kar - Wai
12. Jack Hill
13. Roger Corman
14. Jean Luc Godard
15. Takashi Miike
16. Lucio Fulci
17. Dario Argento
18. Coen Brothers
19. Zhang Yimou
20. Sergio Corbucci

 

[Vapor]

Steven Spielberg 'cos you gotta but:

Guillermo Del Toro
Alex Proyas
Tim Burton
Terry Gilliam
Gore Verbinski
Robert Zemeckis
John McTiernan
Roland Emmerich
Michael Bay
Bryan Singer

 

[LEX]

Quentin Tarantino
Hayao Miyazaki
Steven Spielberg
Gore Verbinski
Robert Zemeckis
David Fincher
Peter Jackson
Bryan Singer
James Cameron
Christopher Nolan

 

[The Chairman]

1) Hitchcock
2) Scorcese
3) Cameron Crowe
4) Kubrick
5) Spielberg
6) Tim Burton
7) James Cameron
8) George Lucas
9) Ridley Scott
10) Tarrentino

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

There is a disturbing lack of John Huston in this thread.

Agreed. Treasure of Sierra Madre is an example of how intelligent adventure films should be made.

Also, I do not agree with the post that said Jackson is the new Spielberg. I don't think so at all. He hasn't proven himself as a creative force like Spielberg. He adapted some very popular books and did a very lackluster and overlong remake of a film that pales in comparison to the original.

I know he has earlier works that stand out, so I cannot condemn him completely.

I am sure I'll get pounded for this -- which I am use to -- but the LOTR films are extremely overrated. I found them to be lifeless, dull, overlong costume plays with stiff dialogue delivery and an overindulgence in CGI sweeps of locations. I found myself continually bored with the movies and underwhelmed with Jackson's vision of everything. The acting, save for McKellen, was either insufficient or greatly overbearing, as if the actors didn't know how to handle such cumbersome dialogue.

However, I did LOVE the score, and agreed with Shore winning an Oscar for ROTK. I do not like the movie, but I listen to the score a lot.

In the words of Johnny Storm....FLAME ON!

 

[Mr. Walters]

Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
Frank Capra
Alfred Hitchcock
John Carpenter
Martin Scorssese
Billy Wilder
John Ford
Kevin Smith
DW Griffith

 

[Kurosawa]

1. Akira Kurosawa
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Terence Fisher
5. Orson Wells
6. Alfred Hitchcock
7. George Lucas
8. Sergio Leone
9. Mel Brooks
10. Tim Burton

There's really too many, but these of some of the first names that pop into my head.