Who are some Hollywood producers/directors who said no to remakes?

With all these remakes coming out and a lot of them being inferior the original, sometimes I feel that the owner of the original movie sold out for money, so to speak.

But are their any filmmakers who owned rights to a classic where people in Hollywood wanted to remake it, but they said no? I haven't been able to find any in my research and it seems they always say yes, but are there any?