A panel of UK critics working for The Guardian has just compiled a list of who they believe the top forty [working] directors in the world are. A few of them are perhaps a little iffy, as are some of the rankings [Scorsese, Wes Anderson] but generally, it's an interesting enough READ [wow, a link].
So read the list, consider it, ponder it...and those of you who're mad enough can maybe try and write your own. I know I will [be trying].
Enjoy!
THE WORLD'S FORTY BEST DIRECTORS
list compiled by Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Molly Haskell, Derek Malcolm, Andrew Pulver, B Ruby Rich and Steve Rose.
01. David Lynch
02. Martin Scorsese
03. Joel and Ethan Coen
04. Steven Soderbergh
05. Terrence Malick
06. Abbas Kiarostami
07. Errol Morris
08. Hayao Miyazaki
09. David Cronenberg
10. Terence Davies
11. Lukas Moodysson
12. Lynne Ramsay
13. Bela Tarr
14. Wong Kar-wai
15. Pedro Almodóvar
16. Todd Haynes
17. Quentin Tarantino
18. Tsai Ming-Liang
19. Aki Kaurismaki
20. Michael Winterbottom
21. Paul Thomas Anderson
22. Michael Haneke
23. Walter Salles
24. Alexander Payne
25. Spike Jonze
26. Aleksandr Sokurov
27. Ang Lee
28. Michael Moore
29. Wes Anderson
30. Takeshi Kitano
31. Richard Linklater
32. Gaspar Noé
33. Pavel Pawlikowski
34. David O. Russell
35. Larry and Andy Wachowski
36. Samira Makhmalbaf
37. Lars von Trier
38. Takashi Miike
39. David Fincher
40. Gus Van Sant
So read the list, consider it, ponder it...and those of you who're mad enough can maybe try and write your own. I know I will [be trying].
Enjoy!
THE WORLD'S FORTY BEST DIRECTORS
list compiled by Peter Bradshaw, Xan Brooks, Molly Haskell, Derek Malcolm, Andrew Pulver, B Ruby Rich and Steve Rose.
01. David Lynch
02. Martin Scorsese
03. Joel and Ethan Coen
04. Steven Soderbergh
05. Terrence Malick
06. Abbas Kiarostami
07. Errol Morris
08. Hayao Miyazaki
09. David Cronenberg
10. Terence Davies
11. Lukas Moodysson
12. Lynne Ramsay
13. Bela Tarr
14. Wong Kar-wai
15. Pedro Almodóvar
16. Todd Haynes
17. Quentin Tarantino
18. Tsai Ming-Liang
19. Aki Kaurismaki
20. Michael Winterbottom
21. Paul Thomas Anderson
22. Michael Haneke
23. Walter Salles
24. Alexander Payne
25. Spike Jonze
26. Aleksandr Sokurov
27. Ang Lee
28. Michael Moore
29. Wes Anderson
30. Takeshi Kitano
31. Richard Linklater
32. Gaspar Noé
33. Pavel Pawlikowski
34. David O. Russell
35. Larry and Andy Wachowski
36. Samira Makhmalbaf
37. Lars von Trier
38. Takashi Miike
39. David Fincher
40. Gus Van Sant
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