My favorite directors
by awesomeome3 | created - 05 Jun 2013 | updated - 10 Jun 2013 | PublicNote- This is the rating system- Amazing: 10 Awesome: 9 Great: 8 Cool: 7 Good: 6 Alright: 5 Meh: 4 Lame: 3 Bad: 2 Garbage: 1
1. 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, ...
Movies- 1971- Duel *Watchlist* 1974- Sugerland express *Watchlist* 1975- Jaws 10/10 1977- Close entounters of the third kind- 10/10 1979- 1941 7/10 1981- Raiders of the lost ark 10/10 1982- E.T. 10/10 1984- The temple of doom 9/10 1985- The color purple 10/10 1987- Empire of the sun *Watchlist* 1989- The last crusade 9/10 1989- Always *Watchlist* 1991- Hook 8/10 1993- Jurastic park 10/10 1993- Schindler's List *Watchlist* 1997- The lost world 8/10 1997- Amistrid *Watchlist* 1998- Saving private Ryan *Watchlist* 2001- A.I. artificial intelligence 10/10 2002- Minority report 10/10 2002- Catch me if you can 10/10 2004- The terminal 7/10 2005- Munich *Watchlist* 2005- War of the worlds 8/10 2007- Indiana Jones and the crystal scull 5/10 2011- War horse *Watchlist* 2011- Adventures of tin tin 8/10 2012- Lincoln 7/10 2015- American Sniper *Watchlist*
2. 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 ...
Movies- 1967- Who's That Knocking at My Door *Watchlist* 1972- Boxcar Bertha *Watchlist* 1973- Mean streets *Watchlist* 1974- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore *Watchlist* 1976- Taxi driver *Watchlist* 1977- New York, New York *Watchlist* 1980- Raging Bull 10/10 1982- The king of comedy *Watchlist* 1985- After hours *Watchlist* 1986- The Color of Money *Watchlist* 1988- The last temptation of crist *Watchlist* 1990- Goodfellas 10/10 1991- Cape fear *Watchlist* 1993- Age of inocence *Watchlist* 1995- Casino *Watchlist* 1997- Kundun *Watchlist* 1999- Bringing out the dead *Watchlist* 2002- Gangs of new york 10/10 2004- The aviator 10/10 2006- The departed *Watchlist* 2010- Shutter island 10/10 2011- Hugo 10/10
3. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
Movies- 1992- Resovior dogs 10/10 1994- Pulp fiction 10/10 1997- Jackie Brown *Watchlist* 2003- Kill Bill Volume 1 *Watchlist* 2004- Kill Bill Volume 2 *Watchlist* 2007- Deathproof *Watchlist* 2009- Inglorious basterds 10/10 2012- Django Unchained 10/10
4. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
Movies- 1944- Lifeboat *Watchlist* 1948- Rope *Watchlist* 1951- Strangers on a train *Watchlist* 1954- Rear Window 10/10 1956- The Man Who Knew Too Much *Watchlist* 1958- Vertigo *Watchlist* 1959- North By Northwest *Watchlist* 1960- Pyhsco 10/10 1963- The birds *Watchlist*
5. 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 ...
Movies- 1998- Following *Watchlist* 2000- Memento *Watchlist* 2002- Insomia *Watchlist* 2005- Batman begins 10/10 2006- The prestige 10/10 2008- The dark knight 10/10 2010- Inception 10/10 2012- The Dark Knight Rises 10/10 2014- Interstellar *Watchlist*
6. Mel Brooks
Actor | Spaceballs
Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to ...
Movies- 1968- The producers 10/10 1970- Twelve chairs *Watchlist* 1974- Blazing saddles 10/10 1974- Young frankenstien 10/10 1976- Silent movie *Watchlist* 1981- History of the World -- Part I *Watchlist* 1987- Space balls 10/10
7. 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...
Movies- 1995- Heavy *Watchlist* 1997- Copland *Watchlist* 2003- Identity *Watchlist* 2005- Walk the line 10/10 2007- 3:10 to yuma 10/10 2010- Night and day 9/10 2013- The Wolverine *Watchlist*
8. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
Movies- 1985- Back to the Future 10/10 1988- Who Framed Roger Rabbit *Watchlist* 1989- Back to the Future Part II 1990- Back to the Future Part III 1994- Forrest Gump 10/10 2000- Cast Away 10/10 2004- The Polar Express 9/10 2012- Flight 10/10
9. Joel Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...
Movies(and Ethan)- 1984- Blood Simple. *Watchlist* 1987- Raising Arizona 10/10 1990- Miller's Crossing *Watchlist* 1991- Barton Fink *Watchlist* 1994- The Hudsucker Proxy *Watchlist* 1996- Fargo *Watchlist* 1998- The Big Lewbolski *Watchlist* 2000- O' brother where art though 10/10 2001- The Man Who Wasn't There *Watchlist* 2003- Intolerable Cruelty *Watchlist* 2004- The Lady Killers *Watchlist* 2007- No country for old men 10/10 2008- Burn After Reading *Watchlist* 2009- A serious man *Watchlist* 2010- True Grit 10/10 2013- Inside Llewyn Davis *Watchlist*
10. 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 ...
Movies- 1977- The Duelists *Watchlist* 1979- Alien 10/10 1982- Blade runner 10/10 1991- Thelma and Louse *Watchlist* 2000- Gladiator 10/10 2001- Hannibal- 5/10 2007- American Gangster *Watchlist* 2008- Body of lies *Watchlist* 2010- Robin Hood *Watchlist* 2012- Prometheus 9/10
11. 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 ...
Movies- 1984- The terminator 10/10 1986- Aliens 10/10 1988- The Abyss *Watchlist* 1991- Judgement day 10/10 1994- True lies *Watchlist* 1997- Titanic *Watchlist* 2009- Avatar 10/10 2015- Avatar 2 *Watchlist* 2017- Battle Angle *Watchlist*
12. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
Movies- 1956- The Killing *Watchlist* 1960- Spartacus *Watchlist* 1962- Lolita *Watchlist* 1964- Dr. Strangelove *Watchlist* 1968- 2001: a space oddessy 10/10 1971- Clockwork Orange(I honestly never want to watch this) 1980- The Shining 10/10 1987- Full metal Jacket *Watchlist* 1999- Eyes Wide Shut *Watchlist*
13. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...
Movies- 1971- Play Misty for Me *Watchlist* 1976- The Outlaw Josey Wales *Watchlist* 1985- Pale rider 10/10 1986- Heartbreak Ridge *Watchlist* 1990- White hunter Black heart *Watchlist* 1990- The Rookie *Watchlist* 1992- Unforgiven *Watchlist* 1995- The Bridges of Madison County *Watchlist* 2000- Space cowboys *Watchlist* 2003- Mystic river 10/10 2004- Million dollar baby 10/10 2006- Letters from Iwo Jima *Watchlist* 2006- Flags of Our Fathers *Watchlist* 2008- Gran Torino 10/10 2008- Changeling *Watchlist* 2009- Invictus *Watchlist* 2010- Hereafter *Watchlist* 2011- J. Edgar *Watchlist*
14. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
Movies- 1972- The godfather 10/10 1974- The godfather 10/10 1979- Apocalypse Now *Watchlist* 1983- The outsiders 9/10 1983- Rumble Fish *Watchlist* 1984- The cotton club *Watchlist* 1986- Peggy Sue Got Married *Watchlist* 1992- Dracula *Watchlist* 1996- Jack *Watchlist* 2007- Youth Without Youth *Watchlist* 2012- Twixt *Watchlist*
15. 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 ...
Movies- 1987- Beetlejuice 9/10 1989- Batman 9/10 1990- Edward Scissorhands 10/10 1992- Batman returns 9/10 1994- Ed Wood *Watchlist* 1996- Mars attacks! 7/10 1999- Sleepy hollow *Watchlist* 2001- Planet of the apes 5/10 2004- Big Fish *Watchlist* 2005- Charlie and the chocolate factory 8/10 2012- Dark shadows 7/10 2012- Frankenwennie 10/10
16. 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 ...
Movies- 1984- Splash *Watchlist* 1985- Cocoon 10/10 1989- Parenthood 9/10 1991- Backdraft *Watchlist* 1992- Far and away *Watchlist* 1995- Apollo 13 *Watchlist* 1996- Ransom *Watchlist* 1999- Ed T.V. *Watchlist* 2000- How the grinch stole christmas 10/10 2001- A beautiful mind 10/10 2005- Cinderella man 10/10 2011- The Dillema *Watchlist* 2013- The dark tower *Watchlist* 2013- Rush *Watchlist*
17. 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 ...
Movies- 2001- Fellowship of the ring 10/10 2002- Two towers 10/10 2003- Return of the king 10/10 2005- King kong 10/10 2009- The lovely bones 8/10 2012- The hobbit 5/10
18. M. Night Shyamalan
Producer | Lady in the Water
Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.
He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...
Movies- 1998- Wide Awake *Watchlist* 1999- The sixth sense 10/10 2000- Unbreakable 10/10 2002- Signs 10/10 2004- The Village 9/10 2006- Lady in the Water *Watchlist* 2008- The Happening 7/10 2010- The Last Airbender 3/10 2013- After Earth *Watchlist*
19. Charles Chaplin
Writer | The Great Dictator
Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the ...
Movies- 1925- The gold rush *Watchlist* 1931- City Lights *Watchlist* 1936- Modern Times 10/10 1940- The Great Dictator 10/10 1957- A King in New York *Watchlist*
20. Ang Lee
Director | Wo hu cang long
Born in 1954 in Pingtung, Taiwan, Ang Lee has become one of today's greatest contemporary filmmakers. Ang graduated from the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 and then came to the U.S. to receive a B.F.A. Degree in Theatre/Theater Direction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...
Movies- 1997- The Ice Storm *Watchlist* 2000- Crouching tiger hidden dragon 10/10 2003- Hulk 6/10 2005- Brokeback Mountain *Watchlist* 2012- Life of Pi 10/10
21. Frank Darabont
Writer | The Shawshank Redemption
Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...
Movies- 1994- Shawshank redemtion 10/10 1999- The green mile 10/10 2001- The Majestic *Watchlist* 2007- The mist 5/10
22. 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...
Movies- 1993- Alien3 9/10 1995- Se7en *Watchlist* 1997- The Game *Watchlist* 1999- Fight Club *Watchlist* 2002- Panic Room *Watchlist* 2007- Zodiac *Watchlist* 2008- Curious case of Benjamin Button 10/10 2010- The Social Network 10/10 2011- The girl with the dragon tattoo *Watchlist*
23. 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...
Movies- 1995- Bad Boys *Watchlist* 1996- The Rock *Watchlist* 1998- Armageddon*Watchlist* 2001- Pearl Harbor *Watchlist* 2007- Transformers 9/10 2009- Reveng of the fallen 4/10 2011- Dark of the moon 6/10 2012- Pain and gain 9/10
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