Best Director Of A Genre

[ThirdOuting]

Social Problem: Basil Dearden
Surrealism: Luis Bunuel, David Lynch
British New Wave: Tony Richardson
French New Wave: François Truffaut
Thriller: Alfred Hitchcock
Comedy: Buster Keaton
Film-Noir: Billy Wilder
Horror: David Cronenberg

I'll come back to the list, let's see what you think.

[Monotreme]

Regular genres are boring, these genres are a little more specific:

Epic - David Lean and Ridley Scott
Realism - Richard Linklater
Crime - Martin Scorsese
Western - Sergio Leone
Fantasy - Tim Burton
Actors, ensemble - Paul Thomas Anderson
Romance - Frank Capra, Cameron Crowe
Philosphical - Stanley Kubrick
Atmosphere - Ang Lee
Biopic - Milos Forman
Musical - Bob Fosse
Neo-Noir - Coen brothers

[zeppelin]

Ensemble- Robert Altman
Suspense- Alfred Hitchcock
Epic- David Lean
Traditional western- John Ford
Spaghetti western- Sergio Leone (duh)
Contemporary western- Clint Eastwood
Slasher- Wes Craven
Psychological horror- Roman Polanski
Romantic comedy- Frank Capra
Slapstick comedy- Blake Edwards
Documentary- Robert J. Flaherty
Mockumentary- Christopher Guest
Italain neorealism- Vittorio De Sica
French new wave- Jean-Luc Godard
Film noir- Billy Wilder
Summer blockbuster- Steven Spielberg
Concert film- Jonathan Demme
German expressionism- F.W. Murnau
Animation- Ben Sharpsteen
Anime- Hayao Miyazaki
Fantasy- Tim Burton
Sci-fi- Steven Spielberg
Cult- John Waters
Independent- John Cassavetes
War- Stanley Kubrick
Musical- Stanley Donen
Crime- Martin Scorsese
Martial arts- Tsui Hark
Art film- Krzysztof Kieslowski

[Gian-Sergio]

Westerns-Sam Peckinpah
War-Samuel Fuller
Horror-George A. Romero
Epic-Sergio Leone
Action-John Woo
Crime-Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino

[deadguy76]

Surrealist - David Lynch, Ingmar Berman
Period Pieces - Ridley Scott
Westerns - "Bloody" Sam Peckinpah
Sci-Fi - David Cronenberg
Horror - John Carpenter
Crime - Martin Scorsese
Suspense - Alfred Hitchcock
Action - William Friedkin, John McTiernan
Cult - Jim Jarmusch, Lloyd Kaufman
Social Commentary - Spike Lee
Epic - Francis Ford Coppola
Comedy - Mel Brooks, and Woody Allen

[morricone]

Originally posted by deadguy76
Surrealist - David Lynch, Ingmar Berman

Luis Bunuel?


Action-Adventure: Akira Kurosawa (that's a given)
Western: Sergio Leone
Horror: John Carpenter
Suspense: Alfred Hitchcock

[Hannibal21]

Film Noir - Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang
Suspense - Alfred Hitchcock
Epic - David Lean
Screwball comedy - Preston Sturges, Ernst Lubitsch
Crime - Martin Scorsese
Political thriller - John Frankenheimer
Psychological thriller - Roman Polanski
Melodrama - William Wyler
Coming of age - Francois Truffaut
Musical - Vincente Minnelli
Teen - John Hughes