favorite film directors?

Who are your favorite film directors?

For me, the list goes like this (in no order): Stanley Kubrick Tim Burton David Lynch Steven Spielberg Alfred Hitchcock Sam Raimi Wes Anderson David Fincher Joel and Ethan Coen Terry Gilliam David Cronenberg Werner Herzog Robert Rodriguez Cameron Crowe Kevin Smith Dario Argento Ingmar Bergman Woody Allen Darren Aronofsky M. Night Shyamalan Quentin Tarantino Ridley Scott Jean-Pierre Jeunet Sergio Leone Baz Luhrmann Francis Ford Coppola Neil Jordan P.T. Anderson Michael Mann Julie Taymor Peter Jackson Spike Jonze Luis Buñuel Michael Moore Wong Kar-Wai

For me, it's...

Tarkovsky Gilliam Herzog Jeunet Kubrick

hal hartley

and after watching a couple of jean-luc godard films, he's becomming a favourite.

My list is: Burton Coppola Crowe Gilliam Hitchcock Kubrick Scott Spielberg Tarantino

Nic Roeg

"The man who fell to earth" and "Walkabout" are both favourites of mine.

I would also strongly recommend Werner Herzog. Recently acquired "Aguirre", "Fitzcarraldo", "Herz aus glas", "Woyzeck", "Nosferatu" and "Stroszek" on DVD and they are all superb. A big factor in a lot of Herzog's films is the brilliant Klaus Kinski : the man was a genius. In addition, the superb soundtrack music by Popul Vuh helps a lot with the general atmosphere of the films.

Scorsese Stone

Need I say more :)

Stan "The Man" Kubrick Robert Altman (based soley on MASH amd The Player) Ingmar Bergman (Seventh Seal, first half of Wild Strawberries) Woody Allen Tim Burton Francis Ford Coppola George Lucas Wes Anderson Martin Scorsesee

El numero uno: Kubrick

In no particular order: Allen Spielberg Scorcese Soderbergh Copolla

personally I think that billy wilder must be included in any list of top directors

some eactors turned directors who make good films redford eastwood

shug - is that ben you are referring too?

aight here's my short list

Werner Herzog Darren Aronofsky Terry gilliam wes anderson David Lynch david cronenburg

NOT: spielburg NOT: Kubrick NOT: Tarantino

ANDers

Just to remember some of the previous century: Antonioni Kurosawa Tarkovski

the great Alfred Hitchcock

Where are :

kieslowski almodovar moretti polanski j&e coen (pre 2002! )

they are just off the top of my head

anyone who likes tarantino should check out Jean Pierre Melville.

I've more recently added Jane Campion and several others to my list. :p

i'm partial to a few films put out by these lovely people

jeunet & caro jean luc godard david lynch peter greenaway federico fellini woody allen luis bunel mike leigh jacques tati hal hartley

jeunet & caro - good call

Ingmar Bergman Glauber Rocha Stanley Kubrick John Cassavetes Jean-Luc Godard Akira Kurosawa David Lynch Luis Buñuel Orson Welles P.T. Anderson Andrei Tarkovsky Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Tim Burton Takeshi Kitano Terrence Malick John Hughes Darren Aronofsky Sam Raimi Joel and Ethan Cohen Bernardo Bertolucci Nelson Pereira dos Santos Wes Craven

kubrick, scorcese, kurosawa, coen brothers and almodovar.

seems to be a pattern here....

wes craven michael winterbottom sean s cunningham d a pennebaker anton corbijn

"You all forgot Guy Maddin!"

damn. forgot alan smithee.

David Fincher (Se7en). Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction). Oliver Stone (JFK). Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones trilogy). Ridley Scott (Bladerunner).

Etc,etc...

David Lean....Lawrence of Arabia was 30 years ahead of its time.

Nobody round here like Spike Lee, then???

Originally posted by Facthunt jeunet & caro - good call

cheers muchly

actually i just bought 'blow up' tis morning, now that is

class for only $12 which is nice

Originally posted by shane roberts actually i just bought 'blow up' tis morning, now that is class for only $12 which is nice

If you like Blow Up, you'll probably like "Deep Red" by Dario Argento.

Simple abswer for me: Stanley Kubrick (no further comments) . From today's directors, this Danish guy, Lars Von Trier is definetely a genious (Dogville was his rescent and only film he made so far in the US, his rest are european productions) .

Originally posted by Doctor Clayhead Nobody round here like Spike Lee, then???

I like quite a bit of his stuff, haven't seen everything he's done, but I'll still keep an eye out for his films. Saw She's Gotta Have It when it came out, thought that was good, School Daze only one time, on video, wasn't immediately drawn into the world of black colleges, but I need to give that one another shot.

Loved Do The Right Thing, it spelled out Spike's view of race relations quite well. Saw it twice in the opening week at two very different theaters, once in a downtown cinema where the rollicking sold out audience was 90 percent black; they loved the film, and there was audience participation, such as talking back to the screen, that I hadn't seen since Rocky Horror. The other time was at a sparsely attended showing at a suburban cinema where a few curious whites were the only ones there. Totally different experience from earlier that week.

Malcolm X is a fine film as well, Summer Of Sam had its moments, not one of my all time faves but still a decent flick. Had to go see He's Got Game cause I'd heard the PE song, plus I wanted to see how Ray Allen did in it.

I know I'm missing a couple of others, wasn't there one about phone sex operators, but I'll get to 'em when I can. I like Spike cause he makes me think about things; he may not make me change my mind, but I'll still watch his films.

25th hour is a good recent spike lee film.

the phone sex operator movie is girl 6. not one of lee's best.