Favorite Director?

Good list.

such a tricky question , but ultimately i'll pick Stanley Kubrick.

Martin Scorsese- Cape Fear, GoodFellas, The Departed
M. Night Shyamalan- Signs, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense
Quentin Tarantino- Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill
Steven Spielberg- Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, AI: Artificial Intelligence
David Fincher- Fight Club, Se7en, Alien 3
Stanley Kubrick- 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining
Francis Ford Coppola- The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part III, Apocalypse Now
Alfred Hitchcock- Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds
James Cameron- Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Aliens, The Terminator
Christopher Nolan- Inception, The Dark Knight, Insomnia
Tony Scott- Top Gun, True Romance
Michael Mann- Heat, Manhunter
Ridley Scott- Gladiator, Blade Runner
Brian De Palma- The Untouchables, Scarface
Jonathan Demme- Silence Of The Lambs, Philadelphia
Robert Zemeckis- Back To The Future, Forrest Gump

Honourable Mention: Peter Jackson.

Didn't like his earlier horror films or The Lovely Bones, but I loved the Lord Of The Rings. Also, Tim Burton, even though I only like Batman & Batman Returns.

This list is in no particular order (except for the first 3).

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Damn, also forgot The Coens & Oliver Stone. I love their films.

Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Tony Scott, Clint Eastwood, and Scorsese are probably my favorites though Christopher Nolan is making his way into the listing as well.

Tim Burton. My absolute favorite.
David Fincher. Brilliance.
Clint Eastwood. Great on screen and off.
Kevin Smith. Love his work.
Stanley Kubrick. Eccentric does the trick.
Christopher Nolan. A rising genius.
Quentin Tarantino.
James Cameron.
Martin Scorsese.
Steven Spielberg.
Ridley Scott.
Robert Zemeckis.
Jonathan Demme.
M. Night Shyamalan.
and Myself.

Frank Capra (It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, Meet John Doe)
Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, The Birds)
Steven Spielberg (ET, Jaws, Indiana Jones)
Alex Kendrick (Flywheel, Facing the Giants, Fireproof)
Mel Brooks (Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Spaceballs)
Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns)
Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings, The Lovely Bones)
Jon Favreau (Elf, Iron Man)

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Ooh! I forgot Brooks and Jackson. Thanks Mikey.

Quintin Tarantino, the guy himself is a bit of a nut but his films always turn out to be legends or cult movies.

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My favorite directors are:

Tim Burton
Stanley kubrick
Quintin Tarantino
Ridley scott

My favorite directors are :- Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg.

Stanley Kubrick and Quintin Tarantino

oh this is fun:

Charlie Chaplin
Francis Ford Coppola
Christopher Nolan
Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
Quentin Tarantino
Tim Burton
Steven Soderbergh
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg

tim burton
francis ford coppola
quentin tarantino
martin scorsese
clint eastwood
peter jackson


not in order..just a few names i will go and see with out knowing to much about the movie..or buy the dvd..

a new one im adding is jon favreau...and of course michael bay...

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Im tired of being caught in the tangle of these peoples lives.....

Are you like being sarcastic or something?

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Ridley Scott... because he seems like a top white guy the way film directors ought to be. He's got a design sense, intelligent filming concepts and a good eye. DVD's at home are very engaging compared with say Star Wars which is a rathar stale funfair.

Krzysztof Kieslowski

If I think about it I will come up with lots but off the top of my head I'll say


Joe Dante - Favourite film: Gremlins
Peter Weir - Truman Show
Tim Burton (well early Tim Burton) - Edward Scissorhands
Coen Brothers - O Brother Where Art Thou
Steven Spieldberg - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Robert Zemeckis - Back to the Future
Guillermo del Toro - Pan's Labyrinth
John Hughes - Breakfast Club
Wes Anderson - Royal Tenenbaums
John Carpenter - They Live

sorry i didnt answer sooner...but nooo...you know transformers, bad boys, armageddon-not one i cared for, but a fav of my mom, pearl habor....

he produced i am number four, the new nightmare on elm street with jackie earl, a couple of other scary movies...

and isnt his name attached to battle la???

I think Lime might be hinting at the fact that all of Bay's films are overblown and silly in most people's opinions (which really mean jack, I guess), and he can only really direct action. His dramatic scenes are abysmally bad. ... I consider him to be one of the worst directors of all time, but I REALLY dislike his style of film making, along with clowns like Emmerich.

Battle LA is a film I can put at the top of the list for "Films people said were so bad, they walked right out." At LEAST half a dozen people I know said the film was edited so poorly, you just couldn't tell what was going on, who was shooting who, or anything else for that matter, so they stood up and hit the exit. I don't think he directed it, but you mentioned he was involved...

But really, this thread is about directors, so his production projects don't really rank here, as bad as they are, too... Those horror films you mentioned are all absolutely awful, and they got the welcome they deserved from critics and audiences, who universally pretty much hated the Nightmare remake as well as the totally unnecessary Friday the 13th re-imagining.

That said, the guy CAN direct action pretty damn well, so I will give him that.

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