your favourite movie directors
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Matthew Vaughn: Kick-ass and Layer cake. Hm.
Steven Spielburg
Tim Burton
Brad Bird
Quentin Tarrintino
Peter Jackson
Christopher Nolan
Stanley Kubrick
Robert Zemeckis
Tim Burton
Brad Bird
Quentin Tarrintino
Peter Jackson
Christopher Nolan
Stanley Kubrick
Robert Zemeckis
Well this thread is certainly a little bereft of discussion value so far isn't it. I'll add why I like my directors just to give people something to look at besides a list.
Uwe Boll - because he's a promotional genius with a sense of humour and his films are fun. Of course everyone hates him but I think people have just forgotten what fun is.
Lars Von Trier - the biggest bastard in film-making, watching his films is a joy because I know that deep down he and I are on the same wavelength.
Richard Wolstonecroft - my favourite director of completely morally bankrupt cheese.
Jim Jarmusch - total Michael Bay antidote, everything is sloooooow, but never boring. He's also where Tarantino stole a lot of his ideas, especially for Pulp Fiction.
Wong Kar-Wai - it's good that someone knows how to do proper romance stories now that Hollywood has forgotten.
Ang Lee - the most balls-out director ever, tries his hand a multiple styles of film and always succeeds, also not afraid of pissing off the Chinese government.
David Lynch - Rabbits. That is all.
Uwe Boll - because he's a promotional genius with a sense of humour and his films are fun. Of course everyone hates him but I think people have just forgotten what fun is.
Lars Von Trier - the biggest bastard in film-making, watching his films is a joy because I know that deep down he and I are on the same wavelength.
Richard Wolstonecroft - my favourite director of completely morally bankrupt cheese.
Jim Jarmusch - total Michael Bay antidote, everything is sloooooow, but never boring. He's also where Tarantino stole a lot of his ideas, especially for Pulp Fiction.
Wong Kar-Wai - it's good that someone knows how to do proper romance stories now that Hollywood has forgotten.
Ang Lee - the most balls-out director ever, tries his hand a multiple styles of film and always succeeds, also not afraid of pissing off the Chinese government.
David Lynch - Rabbits. That is all.
Steven Spielberg
Neill Blomkamp
David Lean
Martin Campbell
Roman Polanski
Some more I can't remember now...
Neill Blomkamp
David Lean
Martin Campbell
Roman Polanski
Some more I can't remember now...
There is a serious lack of Robert Rodriguez in this thread.
He has made movies such as his $7000 debut, El Mariachi, and others like Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Planet Terror, and Machete.
The way he shoots his films truly shows a great understanding of film and how to handle a camera. And then he tops it off with great action, an underlying story that makes sense and isn't annoying, and great humour.
Of course, he's made a couple of bad movies, like the Spy Kids and Aqua Girl ones. But every director has.
Other ones are pretty obvious:
- Sergio Leone
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Quentin Tarantino
- John Woo
- Stanley Kubrick
- Steven Spielberg
- George Lucas
- Martin Scorcese
He has made movies such as his $7000 debut, El Mariachi, and others like Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Planet Terror, and Machete.
The way he shoots his films truly shows a great understanding of film and how to handle a camera. And then he tops it off with great action, an underlying story that makes sense and isn't annoying, and great humour.
Of course, he's made a couple of bad movies, like the Spy Kids and Aqua Girl ones. But every director has.
Other ones are pretty obvious:
- Sergio Leone
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Quentin Tarantino
- John Woo
- Stanley Kubrick
- Steven Spielberg
- George Lucas
- Martin Scorcese
In no particular order.....here I some directors I like and a few of the movies that make me want to include them on this list..........
James Cameron---(Avatar, The Abyss)
David Slade---(Hard Candy)
Neil Marshall----(Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, Centurion)
Peter Jackson----(LOTR, duh)
Tarantino----(Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill)
Robert Rodriguez----(Predators, Planet Terror, Machete)
Eli Roth----(Hostel)
Christopher Nolan----(The Dark Knight)
Zack Snyder----(Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead, 300)
Mel Gibson---(Say what you want about Mel Gibson but the sonofabitch knows story structure!(Braveheart))
Trey Parker and Matt Stone---(Team America and the South Park movie)
Tim Burton-----(Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride)
James Cameron---(Avatar, The Abyss)
David Slade---(Hard Candy)
Neil Marshall----(Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, Centurion)
Peter Jackson----(LOTR, duh)
Tarantino----(Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill)
Robert Rodriguez----(Predators, Planet Terror, Machete)
Eli Roth----(Hostel)
Christopher Nolan----(The Dark Knight)
Zack Snyder----(Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead, 300)
Mel Gibson---(Say what you want about Mel Gibson but the sonofabitch knows story structure!(Braveheart))
Trey Parker and Matt Stone---(Team America and the South Park movie)
Tim Burton-----(Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride)
James Cameron pre-Avatar.
Avatar was pretty good, but Aliens and Terminator are some of his best works.
Avatar was pretty good, but Aliens and Terminator are some of his best works.