My Favorites Directors & Their Best Works
by martin_movies77 | created - 30 Sep 2010 | updated - 10 months ago | Public
1. Woody Allen
Writer | Annie Hall
Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen ...
1. Annie Hall 2. Manhattan 3. Match Point 4. The Purple Rose of Cairo 5. Midnight In Paris 6. Sleeper 7. Love and Death 8. Crimes and Misdemeanors 9. Bullets Over Broadway 10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2. Christopher Nolan
Writer | Tenet
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...
1. Inception 2. The Dark Knight 3. The Dark Knight Rises 4. Memento 5. The Prestige 6. Batman Begins 7. Dunkirk 8. Insomnia 9. Following
3. Peter Jackson
Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4. The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey 5. The Hobbit : The Desolation of Smaug 6. The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies 7. King Kong 8. Heavenly Creatures 9. The Lovely Bones 10. The Frighteners
4. David Fincher
Director | Se7en
David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...
1. Fight Club 2. The Social Network 3. Se7en 4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 6. Gone Girl 7. Zodiac 8. The Game 9. Panic Room 10. Alien 3
5. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
1. Edward Scissorhands 2. Batman 3. Beetlejuice 4. Big Fish 5. Sleepy Hollow 6. Alice In Wonderland 7. Batman Returns 8. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 9. Dark Shadows
6. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
1. Gladiator 2. Alien 3. Black Hawk Down 4. The Martian 5. Prometheus 6. Kingdom Of Heaven 7. Blade Runner
7. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
1. Titanic 2. Avatar 3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day 4. Aliens 5. True Lies 6. The Abyss 7. The Terminator
8. Baz Luhrmann
Writer | Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann is an Australian writer, director and producer with projects spanning film, television, opera, theater, music and recording industries. He is regarded by many as a contemporary example of an auteur for his distinctly recognizable style and deep involvement in the writing, directing, ...
1. Moulin Rouge! 2. The Great Gatsby 3. Romeo + Juliet 4. The Get Down 5. Australia 6. Strictly Ballroom
9. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
1. Goodfellas 2. The Departed 3. The Aviator 4. Hugo 5. Raging Bull 6. Taxi Driver 7. Casino 8. Shutter Island 9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Milos Forman
Director | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Milos Forman was born Jan Tomas Forman in Caslav, Czechoslovakia, to Anna (Svabova), who ran a summer hotel, and Rudolf Forman, a professor. During World War II, his parents were taken away by the Nazis, after being accused of participating in the underground resistance. His father died in ...
1. Amadeus 2. The People vs. Larry Flynt 3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 4. Valmont 5. Hair 6. Man on the Moon
11. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
1. Requiem for a Dream 2. Black Swan 3. The Wrestler 4. Noah 5. The Fountain 6. Pi
12. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
1. Saving Private Ryan 2. Schindler's List 3. Jurassic Park 4. Catch Me If You Can 5. Munich 6. Minority Report 7. Amistad 8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 10. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 11. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 12. Raiders of the Lost Ark 13. Jaws 14. Hook 15. The Adventures of Tintin
13. Cameron Crowe
Writer | Almost Famous
Certainly idiosyncratic as a writer, Cameron Crowe has created a series of scripts that, while liked by the critics, were considered offbeat and difficult to market.
Cameron Bruce Crowe was born in Palm Springs, California, to Alice Marie Crowe (née George), a teacher and activist, and James A. ...
1. Almost Famous 2. Jerry Maguire 3. We Bought a Zoo 4. Singles 5. Vanilla Sky 6. Say Anything... 7. Elizabethtown
14. Michael Bay
Producer | Armageddon
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...
1. The Rock (1996) 2. Pain & Gain (2013) 3. Transformers (2007) 4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) 5. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) 6. The Island (2005) 7. Bad Boys (1995) 8. Bad Boys II (2003) 9. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) 10. Pearl Harbor (2001) 11. Armageddon (1998)
15. Ron Howard
Producer | Arrested Development
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.
Howard ...
1. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 2. Apollo 13 (1995) 3. Cinderella Man (2005) 4. Willow (1988) 5. Rush (2013) 6. Angels & Demons (2009) 7. The Da Vinci Code (2006) 8. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) 9. Edtv (1999) 10. Ransom (1996)
16. Bryan Singer
Director | X-Men
Bryan Singer is an American film director and producer who got his start writing and co-directing the short film Lions Den with his classmates while he attended USC. He was hired by 20th Century Fox to direct X-Men, which helped kick-start the superhero renaissance. He later directed three sequels....
1. The Usual Suspects 2. X-Men: Days of Future Past 3. X-Men 2: X-Men United 4. X-Men 5. Bohemian Rhapsody 6. X-Men: Apocalypse 7. Superman Returns 8. Valkyrie
17. Nancy Meyers
Writer | It's Complicated
Nancy Jane Meyers is an American filmmaker. She has written, produced, and directed many critically and commercially successful films including Private Benjamin (1980), Irreconcilable Differences (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Parent ...
1. Something's Gotta Give (2003) 2. It's Complicated (2009) 3. What Women Want (2000) 4. The Intern (2015) 5. The Holiday (2006) 6. The Parent Trap (1998)
18. James Mangold
Producer | Logan
James Mangold is an American film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Films he has directed include Girl, Interrupted (1999), Walk the Line (2005), which he also co-wrote, the 2007 remake 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Wolverine (2013), and Logan (2017).
Mangold also wrote and directed Cop...
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