Who's your favourite director?

[AussieFanKurt]

Kubrick for me.. or Tarantino.. you?

:wakeup

[Thread]

I don't like the new ones...I'm partial to John Ford, William Wyler, Hitchcock, Josh Logan, Elia Kazan, George Stevens. 40s & 50s.

[CubanSucks]

Coen bros, Kubrick, Lean, Spielberg

my dark horse, "always has a place in my heart" type would be Peter Weir

[DeadlyDynasty]

Sergio Leone, Todd Solondz

[The Reckoning]

David Lean

coen bros and kubrick are honorable mentions

[AussieFanKurt]

Sergio Leone, Todd Solondz

favourite solondz film..? happiness?

[Reck]

The Scott Brothers or brother now.

[CuckingFunt]

Jim Jarmusch.

Second spot would probably be... Scorsese, Lynch, or The Coen Bros.

Then the rest of my tops include Howard Hawks, Tarantino, Cronenberg, PT Anderson, Wes Anderson, and Fincher. And he doesn't have, or even deserve, the same acclaim/prestige as the others on my list, but if I was just ranking in terms of hit record I'd have to include Guy Ritchie somewhere in the mix; I love all but one of his films.

[Rogue]

Jon Favreau, despite him having a French name. Dude's a true badass and is fairly credited for the tremendous success of IronMan 1 and IM 2. Woody Allen is even more prominent as a director/actor than Favreau and he's also from Goddess's hometown, but Allen is kind of a lascivious dotard or to put it direct... an old pervert, a real-life version of Master Roshi imho

[gameFACE]

David Lynch for me. He can be a bit bizarre but I like that he creates another world.

Others are Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Coen Bros, Jacques Tati, Scorcese, PT Anderson and even some Farrelly Bros.

[baseline bum]

Probably Rocco Siffredi

[monosylab1k]

pta, scorsese, godard, and david gordon green when he's not clearly in need of a fat paycheck

[monosylab1k]

and wes anderson too, but not in that way.

[CuckingFunt]

David Lynch for me. He can be a bit bizarre but I like that he creates another world.

Others are Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Coen Bros, Jacques Tati, Scorcese, PT Anderson and even some Farrelly Bros.

Can't believe I forgot Lynch and PT Anderson on my list. Cronenberg and Wes Anderson should be there, too.

[mrsmaalox]

Robert Altman is probably my all time favorite. Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen (I don't give a shit about his personal life), Mike Nichols, Wes Anderson, and although I can't stand him as an actor I admire Clint Eastwood as a director. This list is just what I came up with off the top of my head at this moment and will change at any time :)

[CuckingFunt]

david gordon green when he's not clearly in need of a fat paycheck

David Gordon Green is a tricky one. I love things like George Washington and King Avalanche, but the he also made fucking Your Highness.

[irishock]

Culbs said it best about Tarantino

[Spur|n|Austin]

In no particular order really:


Quentin Tarantino
David Fincher
Paul Thomas Anderson
Martin Scorsese
Ridley Scott

[DMC]

M Night Sham

[vy65]

Arronofsky/Fincher/PTA

[vy65]

also Nicholas Winding Refn

[Medvedenko]

Nicholas Refn
Stanley Kubrick
Mel Gibson
David Fincher
Derek Cianfrance
Alfonso Cuaron
Woody Allen
Marty Scorcese
QT
James Cameron....
There are a lot of others as well.

[vy65]

Nicholas Refn
Stanley Kubrick
Mel Gibson
David Fincher
Derek Cianfrance
Alfonso Cuaron
Woody Allen
Marty Scorcese
QT
James Cameron....
There are a lot of others as well.

:tu

[Medvedenko]

:tu

Loved Place beyond the pines, thought it should have been at least nominated for an oscar this year. It's in my Top 10 for sure.

[HarlemHeat37]

Loved Place beyond the pines, thought it should have been at least nominated for an oscar this year. It's in my Top 10 for sure.

I enjoyed it as well and wouldn't have minded if it was nominated, but I thought the last portion was a little predictable/cliche, tbh..

[monosylab1k]

David Gordon Green is a tricky one. I love things like George Washington and King Avalanche, but the he also made fucking Your Highness.

Yeah he went through a bizarre period there with Pineapple Express (which was good but a complete 180 from his other films), Your Highness, and The Sitter. My guess is that since he discovered Danny McBride and saw just how much money that whole Apatow Crew was making, he decided to cash in by being a hired gun director for a few years. But it looks like he's back to making his own movies now.

[Medvedenko]

I enjoyed it as well and wouldn't have minded if it was nominated, but I thought the last portion was a little predictable/cliche, tbh..

Yeah, I saw early last year in theatres and wasn't expecting an epic 3 hour 3 story arc feature and was a little fatigued. I saw it again on bluray and thought it was amazing and there's so many awesome scenes and great character moments.

[ginobili's bald spot]

Kubrick
Coen brothers
Wes Anderson
Lynch
early Tarantino

[Spur|n|Austin]

How could I forget the Coen Brothers?

[gameFACE]

Can't believe I forgot Lynch and PT Anderson on my list. Cronenberg and Wes Anderson should be there, too.

I forgot about Anderson!


Robert Altman is probably my all time favorite. Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen (I don't give a shit about his personal life)

Damn, all three of those are good. And similar to Allen, I would add Roman Polanski (not giving a shit about his personal life).

And then there's Terry Gilliam.

This is too hard a question to narrow it down.

[Slomo]

What, no love for Miloš Forman?

Impossible question to answer with just one name.

[Medvedenko]

What, no love for Miloš Forman?

Impossible question to answer with just one name.

He's great too.

[RD2191]

Is this what old people talk about?:sleep

[timtonymanu]

Coen brothers, Kubrick, Tarantino, Hitchcock

[AussieFanKurt]

Is this what old people talk about?:sleep

you have to be old to enjoy film... ?

[AussieFanKurt]

David Lynch for me. He can be a bit bizarre but I like that he creates another world.

Others are Kubrick, Billy Wilder, Coen Bros, Jacques Tati, Scorcese, PT Anderson and even some Farrelly Bros.

favourite lynch? I'm about halfway through Twin Peaks and it'll probably take over Lost Highway as my favourite Lynch work

[200 miles]

Michael. Mann.

Heat should have won Best Picture over Braveheart.

I guess I'm also partial to Terry Gilliam.

[313]

I've only become an avid movie over the last 4-5 years so I'm not too familiar with directors yet. But I'd say it's Scorcese atm.

Edit: can you guys list some of these directors best movies? I recognize some of the names.

[AussieFanKurt]

Michael. Mann.

Heat should have won Best Picture over Braveheart.

I guess I'm also partial to Terry Gilliam.

Really? I thought Heat was shit. I've loved other Mann films but Heat was just cliche, predictable and drawn out

[AussieFanKurt]

I've only become an avid movie over the last 4-5 years so I'm not too familiar with directors yet. But I'd say it's Scorcese atm.

Edit: can you guys list some of these directors best movies? I recognize some of the names.


Kubrick - Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Shining
Coen brothers - Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lewowski
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr Fox
Lynch - Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks
Nicholas Refn - Drive
Mel Gibson - Apocalypto, Braveheart
David Fincher - Se7en, Fight Club
Derek Cianfrance - Place Beyond the Pines
Alfonso Cuaron - y tu mama tambien, children of men, gravity
Woody Allen - annie hall
Marty Scorcese - the departed, goodfellas
Jarmusch - dead man, down by law
Cronenberg - eastern promises, crash, the fly...
Eastwood - unforgiven, gran torino

etc etc

[313]

Kubrick - Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Shining
Coen brothers - Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lewowski
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr Fox
Lynch - Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks
Nicholas Refn - Drive
Mel Gibson - Apocalypto, Braveheart
David Fincher - Se7en, Fight Club
Derek Cianfrance - Place Beyond the Pines
Alfonso Cuaron - y tu mama tambien, children of men, gravity
Woody Allen - annie hall
Marty Scorcese - the departed, goodfellasJarmusch - dead man, down by law
Cronenberg - eastern promises, crash, the fly...
Eastwood - unforgiven, gran torino

etc etc

Thanks. Would rep you if I could. :toast

[gameFACE]

favourite lynch? I'm about halfway through Twin Peaks and it'll probably take over Lost Highway as my favourite Lynch work

Blue Velvet, hands down. Love the squeaky clean appearance with the layer of perversity right underneath it.

[CuckingFunt]

And then there's Terry Gilliam.

Yeah. Him, too.

I'd put Mary Harron on my list, too, based on the strength of American Psycho.

[Mugen]

Paul Thomas Anderson and Tarantino. I've enjoyed all the movies that Steve McQueen has directed as well.

[AussieFanKurt]

Blue Velvet, hands down. Love the squeaky clean appearance with the layer of perversity right underneath it.

perverse is certainly word I'd use too

[CitizenDwayne]

Brian de Palma

[vy65]

If I'm going old school/pretentious, Ingmar Bergman. Surprised no one has mentioned Kurosawa either.

[CitizenDwayne]

I'd put Mary Harron on my list, too, based on the strength of American Psycho.

Based on the strength of one film, she's one of your favorite directors of all time?

[vy65]

Loved Place beyond the pines, thought it should have been at least nominated for an oscar this year. It's in my Top 10 for sure.

Blue Valentine.

:cry the feels :cry

[AussieFanKurt]

Based on the strength of one film, she's one of your favorite directors of all time?

:lol was kinda thinking that

[Kim Jong-il]

This is bullshit everyone's answer should be ME!

[monosylab1k]

This is bullshit everyone's answer should be ME!

Favorite director, not favorite dictator.

[baseline bum]

Kubrick - Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey, The Shining
Coen brothers - Fargo, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lewowski
Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr Fox
Lynch - Lost Highway, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks
Nicholas Refn - Drive
Mel Gibson - Apocalypto, Braveheart
David Fincher - Se7en, Fight Club
Derek Cianfrance - Place Beyond the Pines
Alfonso Cuaron - y tu mama tambien, children of men, gravity
Woody Allen - annie hall
Marty Scorcese - the departed, goodfellas
Jarmusch - dead man, down by law
Cronenberg - eastern promises, crash, the fly...
Eastwood - unforgiven, gran torino

etc etc

Booooooo, talking about Kubrick and not mentioning Dr. Strangelove nor Full Metal Jacket :madrun

[Kim Jong-il]

Favorite director, not favorite dictator.
.....awww FUCK ME I TOTARRY FUCKING MISREAD THAT! Goddammit!

[baseline bum]

I've only become an avid movie over the last 4-5 years so I'm not too familiar with directors yet. But I'd say it's Scorcese atm.

Edit: can you guys list some of these directors best movies? I recognize some of the names.

Dr Strangelove (Kubrick)
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Full Metal Jacket (Kubrick) [FF to the 5:40 mark ; there is a spoiler for Dr Strangelove earlier in this video, so don't watch the whole thing if you haven't seen Dr Strangelove yet]
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[AussieFanKurt]

Booooooo, talking about Kubrick and not mentioning Dr. Strangelove nor Full Metal Jacket :madrun

haha mate he is my favourite but didn't want to include all of them.. those are my 3 favourites... strangelove and FMJ are next

[CuckingFunt]

Based on the strength of one film, she's one of your favorite directors of all time?

I like her other films, too. Particularly I Shot Andy Warhol. American Psycho is just the one that really puts her over the edge.

[CitizenDwayne]

I like her other films, too. Particularly I Shot Andy Warhol. American Psycho is just the one that really puts her over the edge.

Ah I see.

Never seen that one, but Valerie Solanas is an...interesting character. I should probably check it out.

[HI-FI]

The Scott Brothers or brother now.
:tu
Ridley is probably my all time favorite, hence the avatar. I just grew up on his stuff, and I think he's the truest as a designer/visualist. His flaw though is he is totally dependent on someone writing a good script. But I think if you handed every director the same budget to shoot a script, Ridley's would look the best and most atmospheric. RIP Tony, very underrated.

based on my collection, I gotta give love though to
John Carpenter, Kubrick, George Lucas, David Fincher, Cameron, Spielberg, Coppola, Michael Mann, Terrence Malick, Scorsese, DePalma, Coens etc..... I think Alfonso Cuaron and Christopher Nolan have done some really good, mainstream work.

Probably Rocco Siffredi
:lol
John Leslie is another guy who banged the best bitches from the golden age, then wrote and directed stuff later on. He was a good porn director, and plus he introduced Naomi Russell at her prime, before she supposedly got AIDS from all the loads she took in her ass. I swear this guy fucked and filmed some of the great booties, but I think the pornstar life got to him. Rip Leslie.


I don't like the new ones...I'm partial to John Ford, William Wyler, Hitchcock, Josh Logan, Elia Kazan, George Stevens. 40s & 50s.
:tu good list, very nuts n bolts.

[Capt Bringdown]

Orson Welles, John Huston, and everyone else on this list:

50 Key Noir Filmmakers -->> (http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir50directors.htm)

[vy65]

Just saw Bronson. Wow.

[vander]

some I don't Hate:

Wes Anderson
Scott brother
Eastwood
Fincher
Gilliam
Mann
Coen bros

[Proxy]

Refn, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Kurosawa

[Proxy]

:tu
His flaw though is he is totally dependent on someone writing a good script.

Prometheus, for example

[monosylab1k]

Ridley Scott is meh.
Tony Scott was horrible.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I'd add Michael Mann to mine as well (though Leone's still my fav overall)...only takes a couple films that are either great or personal faves for me to like a director. Heat was great but Manhunter is one of my favorites

[Thread]

I'd add Michael Mann to mine as well (though Leone's still my fav overall)...only takes a couple films that are either great or personal faves for me to like a director. Heat was great but Manhunter is one of my favorites

Yep, forgot about Mann, Deads. I did not care for {Manhunter}, but, {Heat} never grows old. From the space where DeNiro finds the black kid in the greasy spoon, recruits him to take Trejo's place 'till when the kid gets blasted driving away from that bank till when Sizemore gets shot to death is just the absolute goods. Sizemore--with blocks of cash--huffin' & puffin' thru L.A. in an ill fitting suit will ignite anyone's blood. Like when he huffed & puffed across that bridge in "Saving Pvt. Ryan"---"Just got the wind knocked out of me."

American film

[monosylab1k]

Michael Mann's films always have a look and atmosphere that's inevitably better than the actual movie. Almost all his films I admire and enjoy, but also always feel disappointed by. Even Miami Vice, which is a huge piece of shit, has its visual merits.

[CitizenDwayne]

Tony Scott was horrible.

Agreed. But the Miami Vice hate is uncalled for. That show's campy as hell and laughably dated, but still fun as shit.

[monosylab1k]

:lol i was actually referring to Miami Vice the movie, Michael Mann's film. I've never seen the tv show.

[Thread]

Michael Mann's films always have a look and atmosphere that's inevitably better than the actual movie. Almost all his films I admire and enjoy, but also always feel disappointed by.

Your first off-air moment since like I can't remember when.

Congratulations, Mono. Don't make it be another umpteen years before your next moment.

***In citation to Mono's superb notation..."Heat"......the bank robbery takes place too soon...too much movie is left then....There's more for "Heat," but, I'm left so nonplussed by Mono's moment I can't think fucking straight.

[ohmwrecker]

Kubrick
Coen brothers
Wes Anderson
Lynch
Tarantino

Good list. I was thinking recently about how much I love Brian DePalma's films. Sure, they're kind of cheesy and very stylistic, but I find them very entertaining.

[Thread]

Good list. I was thinking recently about how much I love Brian DePalma's films. Sure, they're kind of cheesy and very stylistic, but I find them very entertaining.

Yep, again...I forgot about DePalma. His use of foreground & background (like a 3D effect) visuals is truly frightening in "Dressed To Kill" - "Body Double" - "Carrie." This effect, in particular render these films timeless & worthy of study.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I like DePalma too but you have to appreciate the 80s cheese factor to really like him

[leemajors]

Frankenheimer is up there too just for his 60s movies.

[JoeChalupa]

Meathead is good. Opie. Clint. Martin.

[CitizenDwayne]

:lol i was actually referring to Miami Vice the movie, Michael Mann's film. I've never seen the tv show.

Ah. Then yeah, you're pretty much spot-on. Got confused because Mann was also behind the TV series