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Poll: Which US state produces the best movie directors?

A poll by yrnej
Discuss the list here

*I left the following states off as they only had one or no substantive directors listed as being born there: Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

Results of 695 votes:

  1. 1.

    Gangs of New York (2002)

     
    New York - David O. Russell, Woody Allen, Jon Favreau, Ben Stiller, Martin Scorsese
  2. 2.

    California Suite (1978)

     
    California - Tim Burton, Robert Redford, Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. 3.

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

     
    Indiana - Sydney Pollack, Ryan Murphy, Stephen Sommers, Howard Hawks, Robert Wise
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