Who do you think is the best american director? right now

[Carmine Falcone]

Scorsese, still Scorsese.


Where are those goddamn Shutter Island promotional materials?

 

[Cinemaman]

Nolan with Scorsese, Spielberg and Fincher as close three.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

For God's sake people Christopher Nolan is British.

That being said, I'm going to try to mention some people who haven't been mentioned enough yet, if it all:

The Coen Brothers
Wes Anderson
Todd Haynes
David Lynch
Richard Linklater
Milos Forman
Spike Lee
Ang Lee
Jim Jarmusch

People who I feel could become great directors but I think it's too early to tell or they're too inconsistent:

Gus Van Sant
Bryan Singer
Sofia Coppola
Sean Penn
George Clooney
Spike Jonze
Darren Aronofsky

 

[Hunter Rider]

For God's sake people Christopher Nolan is British.

exactly and yet ppl are putting him over Spielberg.

That being said, I'm going to try to mention some people who haven't been mentioned enough yet, if it all:


Milos Forman

Ang Lee

Gus Van Sant

Are these 3 American ?

 

[Sarge 2.0]

exactly and yet ppl are putting him over Spielberg.


Are these 3 American ?

Ang Lee was born in Taiwan but he's now an American citizen, and has been since the seventies I believe.

Gus Van Sant definitely is.

Milos Forman has been an American citizen since the late sixties as well.

 

[Cinemaman]

For God's sake people Christopher Nolan is British.

That being said, I'm going to try to mention some people who haven't been mentioned enough yet, if it all:

The Coen Brothers
Wes Anderson
Todd Haynes
David Lynch
Richard Linklater
Milos Forman
Spike Lee
Ang Lee
Jim Jarmusch

People who I feel could become great directors but I think it's too early to tell or they're too inconsistent:

Gus Van Sant
Bryan Singer
Sofia Coppola
Sean Penn
George Clooney
Spike Jonze
Darren Aronofsky

He has American citizenship.

 

[[A]]

that's cheating

 

[terry78]

No one who has dual citizenship, and no one who is a citizen but has a "foreign" accent. They don't count. When we say American, we mean your ass was born here, and has lived here for a good portion of your lifespan. Not to be all xenophobic.

 

[Eros]

Spielberg...then everybody else.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Presently. Id say Coen Brothers. I think they go back and forth between comedy and drama pretty flawlessly.

PT Anderson has great directorial style but as a writer is really long winded. I love Magnolia but since my first viewing I have yet to sit through it in one sitting, and Boogie Nights might be the only one that I can because it really well paced.

Robert Rodriguez definitely gets a mention. I think he has almost flawless directorial style and ingenuity. His writing needs work and is usually pretty 2-D, but his "making of..." featurettes are always informative, creative, and very entertaining.

Classics like Spielberg are still good but I think they are not what they used to be. I think Scorsese has been most consistent as far as delivering on great stories.

Cronenberg is one director that has really evolved, genre hopped, and still making fantastic films. His visceral horror/thrillers are a thing of the past while his present projects are more suspenseful thrillers without the fantasy elements.

Fincher is also great at directing. He captures fantastic atmosphere appropriate for the story. Zodiac didnt impress me as much as it did everyone else, but Ben Button is promising and hes got an impressive future line up.

 

[Project862006]

i think Edward Zwick is a guy to really watch for with

Glory
The Last Samurai
Blood Diamonds

and his upcoming Defiance looks really good

 

[Cinemaman]

No one who has dual citizenship, and no one who is a citizen but has a "foreign" accent. They don't count. When we say American, we mean your ass was born here, and has lived here for a good portion of your lifespan. Not to be all xenophobic.

Let me ask you, are you a rascist?

 

[terry78]

Let me ask you, are you a rascist?

Well, I never.

Honestly, I think people that are using directors that fall in those characteristics are just playing a little close to the hilt. Technically they are American, but we knew what the op was getting at.

 

[[A]]

What's a rascist anyway..

 

[cerealkiller182]

Well, I never.

Honestly, I think people that are using directors that fall in those characteristics are just playing a little close to the hilt. Technically they are American, but we knew what the op was getting at.

I hate to break it to you but did you read the OP

"Dual Citizenship counts in my book"

 

[terry78]

I hate to break it to you but did you read the OP

"Dual Citizenship counts in my book"

Well, I never again.

 

[Cinemaman]

What's a rascist anyway..

Yes, I misspelled the word, but it's not necessary to be Einstein to understand what I meant

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Presently. Id say Coen Brothers. I think they go back and forth between comedy and drama pretty flawlessly.

PT Anderson has great directorial style but as a writer is really long winded. I love Magnolia but since my first viewing I have yet to sit through it in one sitting, and Boogie Nights might be the only one that I can because it really well paced.

Robert Rodriguez definitely gets a mention. I think he has almost flawless directorial style and ingenuity. His writing needs work and is usually pretty 2-D, but his "making of..." featurettes are always informative, creative, and very entertaining.

Classics like Spielberg are still good but I think they are not what they used to be. I think Scorsese has been most consistent as far as delivering on great stories.

Cronenberg is one director that has really evolved, genre hopped, and still making fantastic films. His visceral horror/thrillers are a thing of the past while his present projects are more suspenseful thrillers without the fantasy elements.

Fincher is also great at directing. He captures fantastic atmosphere appropriate for the story. Zodiac didnt impress me as much as it did everyone else, but Ben Button is promising and hes got an impressive future line up.

Rodriguez? Mentioning that name in that list is an insult.

 

[cerealkiller182]

Rodriguez? Mentioning that name in that list is an insult.

Absolutely not. His storytelling is not good, but his direction is fantastic. His ability to get the exact visual he wants is impressive. He films in a hands on guerrilla style of the '70s filmmakers but makes goods use of todays tech (except in those godawful Spy Kids movie) Anything else would just be an reiteration of what I have already stated. He wont be winning an Oscar anytime soon but his direction is very good

 

[Carmine Falcone]

I've only seen Sin City, which is probably one of the most badly paced films around, Desperado and most of Once Upon A Time in Mexico. The last two are just B-movies.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I've only seen Sin City, which is probably one of the most badly paced films around, Desperado and most of Once Upon A Time in Mexico. The last two are just B-movies.

Sin City was 3 movies in one which is why its paced so badly, but shot for shot with the comic is uncanny. And just because he made B-movies doesnt mean hes a bad director. The movies are exactly what they are supposed to be. And the tricks he uses to get his visuals across are superb. Look at your avatar, Psycho was originally considered a B-movie, which in the classic sense of the term, was a low budget movie often used as the second picture of a double feature (hence the B).

Rodriguez's most interesting element I already stated but I will reiterate: "He films in a hands on guerrilla style of the '70s filmmakers but makes goods use of todays tech (except in those godawful Spy Kids movie)"

Once Upon a Time in Mexico is full of CGI but its hard to spot much of it.

 

[[A]]

Akira Kurosawa went to the US once.. so I guess he's american too, huh?

 

[Sarge 2.0]

I've only seen Sin City, which is probably one of the most badly paced films around, Desperado and most of Once Upon A Time in Mexico. The last two are just B-movies.

False.

Don't you like Guy Ritchie movies? At least Robert Rodriguez knows story structure.

 

[Project862006]

didn't Robert make form dusk till dawn and that movie rocks

 

[Carmine Falcone]

At least Robert Rodriguez knows story structure.

False.

You see how ridiculous that is?