favorite directors/favorite films

YOu know that he did Seven Samurai, not the magnificent 7 right? i mean they are both great, but Seven Samurai is a true classic

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I agree with those of you who listed Frank Capra, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Zemeckis.
Since everyone has already listed their movies, I’ll just continue on.....

George Cukor
Dinner at Eight (1933), The Women (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), Gaslight (1944), A Star is Born (1954), Les Girls (1957), My Fair Lady (1964). He also had a hand in The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.

Michael Curtiz
Captain Blood (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), The Sea Hawk (1940), Casablanca (1942), Mildred Pierce (1945),

Stanley Donen
On The Town (1949), Singin' In The Rain (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Pajama Game (1957), Damn Yankees! (1958)

Vincent Minnelli
Meet Me in St Louis (1944), An American in Paris (1951), Father of the Bride*(1950), Brigadoon (1954), The Band Wagon (1953), Gigi (1958),

Mark Sandrich
Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Shall We Dance (1937), Holiday Inn*(1942)


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Also...Directors that I’d love to see more from....

Rob Reiner
A Few Good Men (1992), The Princess Bride (1987)

Ang Lee
Sense and Sensibilty (1995); Eat Drink Man Woman*(1994), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I can’t wait for LOTR: The Two Towers to be released.

Nora Ephron
Sleepless in Seattle*(1993, You've Got Mail*(1998)

Yes Sir, I thought it was completely original and super cool. Nothing like it. And the music is incredible! Go, RZA!!! (Some "friend" of mine knicked the soundtrack...)

Seven Samurai was actually called The Magnificent Seven first. I had to check it out since I only knew the swedish title, so that's how I know.

Since I mentioned some Altman films here earlier I thought I might ask if any of you guys have seen "Gosford Park"? I saw it the other week and it was so great! The story was fine, it looked so good it hurt, it was well played and well directed.

Yeah, Piddzilla, I loved Gosford Park. I put it at number four of my favorite movies of last year (see THIS thread), behind only Amelie, Memento and The Royal Tenenbaums. There's also a discussion thread about Altman's latest flick specifically, HERE.

And since you're a Bob Altman fan, check out THIS thread as well.



I love Stanley Donen too, Aniko, and he's sadly very unhearalded today. His acceptance speach for the honorary Oscar the Academy FINALLY gave him back in 1998 was so wonderful. He broke into an impromptu soft shoe dance. Great stuff! But after of course Singin' in the Rain (best Musical ever, bar none), my favorite film of Stanley's is a non-Musical: Two for the Road (1967), a funny and complicated look at twenty years of a romantic relationship, starring Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn as the couple. A magnificent film, and like Donen himself, very underrated.

And Aniko, if you want to see more great movies from Rob Reiner, check out This is Spinal Tap (1984), The Sure Thing (1985), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Stand by Me (1986) and Misery (1990) ASAP. Unfortunately most of his work the last decade or so has been anywhere from mildly disappointing to downright awful. But the five I listed above are all fantastic.

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nice list, holden, but on your number 5 entry for best screenplay, adapted: dont you mean DANIEL Clowes, and not "David"?

i was actually kind of bored by gosford park. it wandered around for a while, which is fine, but both it's ramblings and it's final resolution were to substantively and atmospherically sparse and uninteresting for me. i still thought it was okay, and if it came out in 2000, it probably would have made my top ten, but for a competative year like 2001, it just doesnt cut the muster.

Stanley Kubrick: Full Metal Jacket
Martin Scorsese: Goodfellas
Francis Ford Coppola: The Godfather
Steven Spielberg: Jaws
James Cameron: Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Five favorite Directors:

Tim Burton- Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Batman Returns

Martin Scorsese- Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Kundun, King of Comedy, Mean Streets

John Woo- Hard Boiled, Face-Off, Bullet in the Head, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer

Steven Speilberg- A.I., Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan, Jaws, E.T.

Spike Lee- Do the Right Thing, Bamboozled, Summer of Sam, Malcolm X, The Original Kings of Comedy

People who just missed making it to my list: The Coen Brothers, John Waters, Frank Capra, Wes Anderson, Mike Nichols, Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, and Stanley Kubrick. Do animation Directors count here? Because I'd also put Hayao Miyazaki and Bob Clampett on this list....

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I'd have to say...

John Woo-- Hard Boiled, A Bullet in The Head, The Killer, ABT

And thats it. Im outta time for more. But John Woo directs some of the greatest action films ever made. Ha.

There are many great directors out there but some of my favourites are; Sam Raimi, David Fincher, Robert Zemeckis, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Tim Burton, Bryan Singer and some guy called Steven Spielbergo.

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Scorsese
Zemeckis
Spielberg
and of course................Stone

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Just updating because I feel like it.

01. Paul Thomas Anderson
Magnolia | Boogie Nights

02. Martin Scorsese
GoodFellas | Raging Bull | Bringing Out The Dead | Gangs Of New York | Il Mio Viaggio In Italia

03. Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction | Reservoir Dogs | Jackie Brown

04. Stanley Kubrick
Eyes Wide Shut | A Clockwork Orange | Dr. Strangelove | 2001: A Space Odyssey

05. David Lean
Lawrence Of Arabia | The Bridge On The River Kwai

1. Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction

2. Joel And Ethan Coen
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

3. Kevin Smith
Clerks

4. James Cameron
Terminator 2: Judgment Day

5. Robert Rodriguez
Mariachi, El

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The Wachowski Brothers-
Bound
Matrix
Matrix Reloaded
Matrix Revolutions

Martin Scorsese-
The Color of Money
Taxi Driver
The King of Comedy
Casino
Gangs of New York

John Hughes
Ferris Buellers Day Off
Uncle Buck
Sixteen Candles
Weird Science
Breakfast Club
Planes Trains and Automobiles

Albert Brooks
Defending Your Life
Lost in America
Modern Romance
Mother
The Muse

Ivan Reitman
Ghost Busters
Twins
Kindergarden Cop
Six Days Seven Nights
Dave
Stripes

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Steven Soderbergh

Out of Sight (1998) - Ocean's Eleven (2001) - Traffic (2000) - Erin Brockovich (2000) - Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)

Peter Weir

The Truman Show (1998) - Fearless (1993) - Green Card (1990) - Dead Poets Society (1989) - The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Robert Redford

The Horse Whisperer (1998) - Quiz Show (1994) - A River Runs Through It (1992) - Ordinary People (1980)

Herbert Ross

Boys on the Side (1995) - Steel Magnolias (1989) - The Secret of My Succe$s (1987) - Footloose (1984) - The Goodbye Girl (1977)

Luc Besson

The Fifth Element (1997) - Léon (1994) - Nikita (1990)

Also like: Steven Spielberg; Mike Newell [Donnie Brasco - Four Weddings and a Funeral]; Ron Howard [Apollo 13 - The Paper - Parenthood] & Baz Luhrmann