Favorite Directors

[pizowell]

I have a few: Michael Mann, Terrence Malick, Oliver Stone, and Tobe Hooper. What are yours?

[Watermelon Man]

That question again.

Tim Burton
Joel Coen
Steven Spielberg (I have to write him)

[Puck Bond]

Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
Oliver Stone
Alfred Hitchcock

[Brock Landers]

Here's some directors I dig that are not as widely known as my usual favorites...
but they are great nonetheless...

- John Huston
- John Landis
- Jim Jarmusch
- Sidney Lumet
- Louis Malle
- Stuart Rosenberg
- Jane Campion
- Herbert Ross
- John Hughes
- Peter Greenaway
- Peter Weir
- Robert Towne
- Paul Schrader
- John Sayles
- Wim Wenders
- Sally Potter
- Alan Parker

...etc ....

[RicochetShaw]

Martin Scorsese

[Ebert]

OLIVER STONE

[Dignan777]

In no order-

Sam Raimi
David Fincher
Joel Coen
Wes Anderson,
P.T. Anderson.

[neo]

martin scorsese,david fincher,andy and larry wachowski and brian de palma

[Favourite end]

I like many directors, but really love only one -Steven Spielberg.And David Fincher also comes pretty closer to that point, maybe Alfred Hitchcock, too, and Tim Burton, and...oh, well let`s say it`s Steven Spielberg anyway.

[Masterbrain]

-Tim Burton
-David Lynch
-Stanley Kubrick
-Roman Polanski
-Quentin Tarantino
-Luis Bunuel
-James Whale

[dh1989]

Tim Burton! Tim Burton! Tim Burton! He always creates weird,original, and spooky films. Just see "Ed Wood" and "Sleepy Hollow". You'll be a fan instantly.

[SIREN30]

This is also a popular question. My all-time favorite is Hitchcock but my current favorites are:
1. Peter Weir
2. Tim Burton
3. Steven Speilburg
4. James Ivory...

see my post in the topic about movies that prove your favorite directors for reasons why.

[Brock Landers]

Very cool picks Masterbrain /ubb/wink.gif

[Dignan777]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by dh1989:
Tim Burton! Tim Burton! Tim Burton! He always creates weird,original, and spooky films. Just see "Ed Wood" and "Sleepy Hollow". You'll be a fan instantly.</font>

Ed Wood wasn't spooky, it was a great movie, but not spooky.

[BoyScoutKevin]

Those that are underrated by audiences and/or critics. These would be Roger Corman, the late George Pal, Ken Russell, and Martin Scorsese. Enjoy

[pizowell]

Lynch, Kubrick, and Burton are great. Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket was awesome! I love Jim Jarmush's Ghost Dog and Dead Man.

[KornKidJedi]

John Woo
Quentin Tarantino
George A.Romero
John Waters
David Lynch

[Brock Landers]

Roger Corman definitely I mean just check out these films he directed (and I am leaving out the 300+ films he has worked on as producer, editor, etc... and all the stars he has found and made something Nicholson, De Niro, Bronson, Price, etc...)

1.Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
2.Deathsport (1978) (uncredited)
3.Red Baron, The (1971)
4.Bloody Mama (1970)
5.Gas-s-s-s (1970)
6.De Sade (1969) (uncredited)
7.Target: Harry (1969)
8.Time for Killing, A (1967) (uncredited)
9.Trip, The (1967)
10.St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The (1967)
11.Wild Angels, The (1966)
12.Tomb of Ligeia, The (1965)
13.Masque of the Red Death, The (1964)
14.Secret Invasion, The (1964)
15.Haunted Palace, The (1963)
16.Raven, The (1963)
17.Terror, The (1963)
18.X (1963)
19.Young Racers, The (1963)
20.Premature Burial, The (1962)
21.Tower of London (1962)
22.Tales of Terror (1962)
23.Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961)
24.Intruder, The (1961)
25.Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
26.Atlas (1960)
27.House of Usher (1960)
28.Last Woman on Earth (1960)
29.Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960)
30.Ski Troop Attack (1960)
31.Wasp Woman, The (1960)
32.Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
33.I, Mobster (1958)
34.Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)
35.Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, The (1958)
36.She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
37.Teenage Cave Man (1958)
38.War of the Satellites (1958)
39.Carnival Rock (1957)
40.Naked Paradise (1957)
41.Rock All Night (1957)
42.Sorority Girl (1957)
43.Teenage Doll (1957)
44.Undead, The (1957)
45.Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
46.Not of This Earth (1957)
47.Day the World Ended, The (1956)
48.Gunslinger (1956)
49.It Conquered the World (1956)
50.Oklahoma Woman, The (1956)
51.Apache Woman (1955)
52.Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955) (uncredited)
53.Swamp Women (1955)
54.Five Guns West (1955)

[James Logan]

Steven Spielberg
Tim Burton
George Lucas
Steven Soderbergh
John Woo
Ridley Scott
and freshly added: Peter Weir.

[pizowell]

Lets not forget Jim Wynorski!!!

[Jasonite]

I'm surprised nobody has said David Lean! Good lord people! Also Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, Spielburg, Michael Mann, Lucas, and Billy Wilder.

J

[dr movielove]

just some of my fav directors in no particular order

Akira Kurosawa
Stanley Kubrick
Martin Scorsese
Alfred Hitchcock
David Lean
Francis Ford Coppola
Charlie Chaplin
Oliver Stone
John Huston
Billy Wilder
Sidney Lumet
David Lynch
Fritz Lang

[pennywise46]

1.Stanley Kubrick
2.Quentin Tarantino
3.Martin Scorsese
4.Oliver Stone
5.Francis Ford Coppola

[Jasonite]

1. Joel Schumacher: You can't tell me that Batman & Robin wasn't the definitive Batman movie. If you need more proof, watch 8 mm, a smart, sexy thriller that leaves you with a good feeling.

2. Michael Bay: Armageddon, perhaps the movie to eclipse Psycho for sheer suspense. If you want a good war movie, don't watch the waste of time Saving Private Ryan..instead spend your money on Pearl Harbor.

3. Russ Meyer: Perhaps the most brilliant of them all. With classics under his belt like "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "Motor Psycho" it's no wonder he takes his place in the pantheon of truly great directors.

Jasonite