Top Ten Living Directors

[Rated R]

I hope that there hasn't been a recent post on this subject and yes I searched, just nothing came up for this specifically on the first couple pages at least.

Anywho, it's fairly self-explanatory, who do you think are the 10 best living directors? Best and favourite in this sense are synonomous(sp?). Here is my list:

1. Joel Coen
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Quentin Tarantino
4. Steven Spielberg
5. Wes Anderson
6. Paul Thomas Anderson
7. Tim Burton
8. Oliver Stone
9. Roman Polanski
10. Steven Soderbergh

I was going to put Francis Ford Coppola down but...well I didn't. Mainly because of his lack of films since The Rainmaker. Maybe I am rash, but I'd bump Soderbergh off the list and put Coppola down ahead of Wes Anderson probably if I just looked at his collective work. The rest are active and currently making films. I know Coppola is working on Megalopolis, but I will believe it when I see it.

[hooked up phat]

1. Quentin Tarantino
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Coen Bros (mainly Joel...Ethans good too)
4. Wes Anderson
5. Christopher Nolan
6. Steven Spielberg
7. Tony Kaye
8. Frank Darabont
9. Baz Luhrmann
10. Danny Boyle

[MovieMan75]

01. Paul Thomas Anderson
02. Quentin Tarantino
03. Steven Spielberg
04. Peter Jackson
05. Spike Jonze
06. Wes Anderson
07. Coen Brothers
08. Tim Burton
09. Sam Raimi
10. Bryan Singer

[jaaron]

P.T. Anderson
Boaz Yakin
John Sayles
Tim Burton
David O. Russell
Scorsese
David Lynch
Baz Luhrman
Soderbergh
Ang Lee


There might be more

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~ Steven Spielberg
~ Martin Scorsese
~ Quentin Tarantino
~ The Coen Brothers
~ Spike Lee
~ Tim Burton
~ Kevin Smith
~ Paul Thomas Anderson
~ Wes Anderson
~ Woody Allen

[night prowler]

1. Ridley Scott

2. M. Night Shyamalan

3. Kevin Smith

4. Oliver Stone

5. Spike Jonze

6. Stven Spielberg

7. Tim Burton

8. Quentin Tarantino

9. Robert Zemekis

10. Peter Jackson

[blurofserenity]

1.Quentin Tarantino
2.Francis Ford Coppola
3.Martin Scorsece
4.Brian De Palma(sad how none of you mentioned him)
5.Spike Jonze
6Lucky Mckee
7.Steven Spielberg
8.Darren Aronofsky
9.Roman Polanski
10.David Lynch

[Raoul Duke]

1. Quentin Tarantino
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Joel Coen
4. PT Anderson
5. Steven Spielberg
6. Oliver Stone
7. Spike Jonze
8. Sam Raimi
9. Christopher Nolan
10. Wes Anderson

[zeppelin]

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Ingmar Bergman
3. Francis Ford Coppola
4. Milos Forman
5. Roman Polanski
6. Steven Spielberg
7. Terrence Malick
8. Sidney Lumet
9. Quentin Tarantino
10. Woody Allen

[hooked up phat]

Originally posted by blurofserenity

4.Brian De Palma(sad how none of you mentioned him)


Eh, Femme Fatale weirded me out :-/

I can't believe I forgot Kevin Smith and Bryan Singer. I feel ashamed :(

add them around 4 and 5

[Hucksta G]

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Cameron Crowe
3. Francis Ford Coppola
4. Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Quentin Tarantino
6. Kevin Smith
7. Sam Mendes
8. Peter Jackson
9. Steven Spielberg
10. Frank Darabont

[ilovemovies]

1. Steven Spielberg
2. Martin Scorsese
3. Cameron Crowe
4. Francis Ford Coppola
5. Robert Zemeckis
6. Quentin Tarantino
7. Oliver Stone
8. M. Night Shyamalan
9. Peter Jackson
10. Steven Sodobergh

[Hannibal21]

1. Martin Scorsese
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Francis Ford Coppola
4. Zhang Yimou
5. Sidney Lumet
6. Milos Forman
7. Roman Polanski
8. Ang Lee
9. Woody Allen
10. Spike Lee

[Tagia_Romero]

1/ James Cameron
2/ Steven Spielberg
3/ John Carpenter
4/ Quentin Tarantino
5/ Dario Argento
6/ John Landis
7/ Robert Zemekis
8/ Kathryn Bigelow
9/ Ridley Scott
10/ Francis Ford Coppola

[sanshodayu]

"Living" (not necessarily at peak or still regularly working).

Oliveira- still going strong, a film a year, well into his 90's.
Rohmer
Godard
Bergman
Kiarostami
Zhang Yimou
Wong Kar-Wai
Miyazaki
Angelopoulos

I'll leave 10th spot open for Kitano, Almodovar, Scorsese, Hou, Spielberg, Lynch, Allen, Altman and others to fight over.

[aenima]

in no order...

David Lynch
Quentin Tarantino
Darren Aronofsky
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Terry Gilliam
PT Anderson
Dario Argento
David Cronenberg
Sam Raimi
Ridley Scott

[Duddits]

Pedro Almodovar
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch
Steven Spielberg
Milos Forman
Martin Scorsese
Woody Allen
Oliver Stone
Robert Rodriguez

[Squid Vicious]

1) Martin Scorsese
2) Steven Spielberg
3) Joel Coen
4) David Fincher
5) Quentin Tarantino
6) Tim Burton
7) Wes Anderson
8) Terry Gilliam
9) Kevin Smith
10) M. Night Shyamalan

I guess....

[RogueSpear]

Top 10 Living Directors

01: John Carpenter
02: Frank Darabont
03: Steven Spielberg
04: M. Night Shyamalan
05: James Cameron
06: Clint Eastwood
07: Peter Jackson
08: George A. Romero
09: Oliver Stone
10: Sam Raimi

[Avid_Fan]

1. Stephen Spielberg
2. PT Anderson
3. George Lucas
4. Quentin Tarintino
5. M. Night Shyamalan
6. James Cameron
7. Stephen Soderbergh
8. Peter Jackson
9. Tim Burton
10. Martin Scorsese