Directors who are best at directing...

[VicVega]

Which directors do you think are the best at doing the following things (I'll put in my own picks):

Action sequences- John Woo
Creating suspense- Brian DePalma
Sex scenes- Brian DePalma
Mind fucking the viewer- David Lynch
Providing genuine chills (horror/suspense movies)- Alfred Hitchcock
Epic battle sequences (different from action sequences)- Peter Jackson
Mixing violence with humor- Quentin Tarantino

Feel free to add to the list of catagories.

[bjeggert82]

Action sequences- Sam Peckinpaw

Creating suspense- Steven Spielberg

Mind fucking the viewer- David Cronenberg

Providing genuine chills (horror/suspense movies)- David Fincher

Epic battle sequences (different from action sequences)- Akira Kurosawa

Mixing violence with humor- John Carpenter

Inputting Beauty into a Scene- David Lean

Creating comics scenes- Albert Brooks/Woody Allen

[night prowler]

Action sequences: Steven Spielberg

Creating suspense: Clint Eastwood

Sex scenes: Eli Roth

Mind fucking the viewer: David Lynch

Providing genuine chills: M. Night .S

Epic battle sequences: Peter Jackson

Mixing violence with humor: Robert Rodriguez

Beautiful camera shots: David Fincher

[zeppelin]

Action- James Cameron (shut up)
Suspense- Alfred Hitchcock
Sex scenes- David Lynch
Mind fuck- David Lynch
Genuine chills- Roman Polanski
Epic battle sequences- Akira Kurosawa
Violence with humor- Quentin Tarantino
Inputting beauty into a scene- Stanley Kubrick
Creating comic scenes- Charlie Chaplin
Sentimental scenes- Frank Capra

[Hannibal21]

Action - Steven Spielberg
Suspense - Alfred Hitchcock
Sex scenes - David Lynch
Mind fuck - David Lynch
Genuine chills - Alfred Hitchcock
Epic battle sequences - Akira Kurosawa
Violence with humor - Quentin Tarantino
Inputting beauty into a scene - Stanley Kubrick
Creating comic scenes - Charlie Chaplin
Sentimental scenes - Frank Capra
Beautiful camera shots - Orson Welles

[MickeyKnox]

Originally posted by VicVega
Which directors do you think are the best at doing the following things (I'll put in my own picks):

Action sequences- John Woo
Creating suspense- Brian DePalma
Sex scenes- Brian DePalma
Mind fucking the viewer- David Lynch
Providing genuine chills (horror/suspense movies)- Alfred Hitchcock
Epic battle sequences (different from action sequences)- Peter Jackson
Mixing violence with humor- Quentin Tarantino

Feel free to add to the list of catagories. Every single director you picked i agree with!

[Sigur509]

Humor(Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson)
Epic Battle Scenes(Peter Jackson)
Emotional Scenes(Peter Jackson)
Dark and Gloomy(Tim Burton)
Sweet Camera Shots(David Fincher)
Humor and Emotion(Wes Anderson)


More to Come later....