Best Direction of 2007

[QUENTIN]

I think 2007 has been a great year for movies so far and I wanted to recognize all the phenomenal craftsmanship and artistry that's been on display this year.

Best Direction of 2007

1.) Sidney Lumet –Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
2.) Joel and Ethan Coen –No Country for Old Men
3.) Craig Brewer –Blake Snake Moan
4.) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck –The Lives of Others
5.) Joe Wright -Atonement
6.) William Friedkin –Bug
7.) Todd Haynes -I'm Not There
8.) Andrew Dominik –The Assassination of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford
9.) Brad Bird –Ratatouille
10.) John Turturro -Romance & Cigarettes

Runners up: Charles Ferguson –No End In Sight, David Cronenberg -Eastern Promises, Sean Penn –Into The Wild, Wes Anderson –The Darjeeling Limited, Michael Moore –Sicko, David Fincher –Zodiac, Billy Ray –Breach, Ben Affleck –Gone Baby Gone, Sarah Polley –Away From Her, Steven Soderbergh –Ocean’s 13, Ridley Scott -American Gangster

[Z_oasis]

Top 5 directors of the Year for ME:

1.David Fincher- Zodiac
2.Wes Anderson- The Darjeeling Limited
3.Ridley Scott- American Gangster
4.Robert Rodriguez/Quentin Tarantino- Grinhouse
5.Ben Affleck- Gone Baby Gone

yea, i said ben affleck

[Le_Big_Mac]

1) Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
2) Werner Herzog - Rescue Dawn
3) Sidney Lumet - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
4) Andrew Dominik - The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
5) David Fincher - Zodiac
6) Quentin Tarantino - Grindhouse "Death Proof"
7) David Cronenberg - Eastern Promises
8) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others
9) Wes Anderson - The Darjeeling Limited
10) Joon-ho Bong - The Host

[Gordon]

Jesus Christ Quentin, every time I go into one of your threads and try to make a list it only reminds me how much more from 07 I have to see.

Coen Brothers No Country for Old Men takes top prize. Fincher wouldn't be too far behind.

[ilovemovies]

1. Sean Penn - Into the Wild
2. David Fincher - Zodiac
3. Gore Verbinski - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
4. Susanne Bier - Things We Lost in the Fire
5. Gavin Hood - Rendition
6. Oliver Hirschbiegel - The Invasion
7. Paul Greengrass - The Bourne Ultimatum
8. Alejandro Gomez Monteverde - Bella
9. Wes Anderson - The Darjeeling Limited
10. Ridley Scott - American Gangster

[bigred760]

Still got 5 weeks to go . . . will wait until I've seen as much of 2007 as I can.

[JackassFan]

The Coens – No Country for Old Men.

[Puck Bond]

1. Sean Penn-Into the Wild
2. Joel and Ethan Coen-No Country for Old Men
3. Gore Verbinski-Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
4. Zack Snyder-300
5. David Fincher-Zodiac
6. Ridley Scott-American Gangster
7. Ben Affleck-Gone Baby Gone
8. Julie Taymor-Across the Universe
9. Michael Bay-Transformers
10. James Mangold-3:10 to Yuma

Runners-Up: Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino-Grindhouse, Paul Greengrass-The Bourne Ultimatum, David Cronenberg-Eastern Promises, David Von Ancken-Seraphim Falls, Danny Boyle-Sunshine