Best film director

[Haggis_McMutton]

Now taking nominations. Feel free to specify which movies you particularly liked.

Here's mine: Kubrick


Which movies? Pretty much all of them. Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Shinning, Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, Paths of glory, Barry Lindon.
I mean seriously, what the hell can you say about the guy.

[xeno]

Spielberg

[jonesthecurl]

Now taking nominations. Feel free to specify which movies you particularly liked.

Here's mine: Kubrick


Which movies? Pretty much all of them. Strangelove, 2001, Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Shinning, Eyes Wide Shut, Lolita, Paths of glory, Barry Lindon.
I mean seriously, what the hell can you say about the guy.

That was my immediate thought when I read the thread title.

[ManBungalow]

Spielberg

Perhaps 'best' in the sense that he makes lotsa money. Not even including his influence as a producer.

[InkL0sed]

I don't know that I could give just one. I will say that I think the best directors currently working are the Coen Brothers.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

I don't know that I could give just one. I will say that I think the best directors currently working are the Coen Brothers.

Ditto. I consistently watch and come back to Coen Bros more than just about anybody and am always amused and entertained.

I also like Aronofsky a lot.

-TG

[rdsrds2120]

Hmm, I don't know about 'best', but Darren Aronofsky has always held a fond spot in my cinematic experience.

edit: apparently I didn't read Gunner's post. Wha-oops.

BMO

[AndyDufresne]

I've always liked the majority of Akira Kurosawa's films.


--Andy

[Sackett58]

I will go old school with John Ford.
For drama I always like watching How Green Was My valley, Grapes of Wrath and Sergeant Rutledge.
For comedy Donavon's Reef, Mister Roberts.
For westerns The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Stagecoach and the Searchers to name a few.

[muy_thaiguy]

I've always liked the majority of Akira Kurosawa's films.


--Andy

Same here. Weird as all hell, but really good nonetheless.

[nietzsche]

I'm not a connoisseur but I have several that I like:

Woody Allen
Gus Van Sant
Scorsese
Kubrik
Tarantino
the Coen brothers
Coppola

in no particular order, and I'm surely forgetting someone.


Also, Scotty must be dying to reply Christopher Nolan.

[Crazyirishman]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

[nietzsche]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

Who hates Tarantino? I've only encountered one person in my whole life, Ft.

[Army of GOD]

Kubrick's films are too good. I'm picking him over Tarantino just because his are older and have survived longer so far.

[Crazyirishman]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

Who hates Tarantino? I've only encountered one person in my whole life, Ft.

I've met quite a few actually, they aren't fans of his kill everybody at the end of a movie style.

[jonesthecurl]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

Who hates Tarantino? I've only encountered one person in my whole life, Ft.

I've met quite a few actually, they aren't fans of his kill everybody at the end of a movie style.

I don't hate him, but I'm not a fan.

[rdsrds2120]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

Who hates Tarantino? I've only encountered one person in my whole life, Ft.

I've met quite a few actually, they aren't fans of his kill everybody at the end of a movie style.

I don't hate him, but I'm not a fan.

Echo.

BMO

[maxfaraday]

Kubrik is the best... But it's already been said.

I like Eastwood too.

[nagerous]

Has to be the Coens for me.


Fincher, Nolan and Scorsese deserve honourable mentions though.

[DoomYoshi]

Old: King Vidor or John Ford
Current: Harmony Korine, hands down. Trash Humpers is the best movie ever made.

[thegreekdog]

I'm going to be the rogue here and say that directors don't affect my enjoyment of a film. I would put writing number one and production number two.

I guess we can never tell whether one director is better than another. We can't say if Kubrick had directed Pulp Fiction that it would be better.

Caveat - I know next to nothing about the film industry. I either like movies or I don't and that tends to coincide with whether I think those films are well-written and have good special effects and general production.

[Army of GOD]

I'm going to be the rogue here and say that directors don't affect my enjoyment of a film. I would put writing number one and production number two.

I guess we can never tell whether one director is better than another. We can't say if Kubrick had directed Pulp Fiction that it would be better.

Caveat - I know next to nothing about the film industry. I either like movies or I don't and that tends to coincide with whether I think those films are well-written and have good special effects and general production.

I know nothing about the film industry but I wonder which single person has the most creative power when making a film. I'd think writer too but Tarantino hates (or, hated) Natural Born Killers because of how different it was from the script he wrote.

[thegreekdog]

I'm going to be the rogue here and say that directors don't affect my enjoyment of a film. I would put writing number one and production number two.

I guess we can never tell whether one director is better than another. We can't say if Kubrick had directed Pulp Fiction that it would be better.

Caveat - I know next to nothing about the film industry. I either like movies or I don't and that tends to coincide with whether I think those films are well-written and have good special effects and general production.

I know nothing about the film industry but I wonder which single person has the most creative power when making a film. I'd think writer too but Tarantino hates (or, hated) Natural Born Killers because of how different it was from the script he wrote.

My response to that would be that the director then became the writer if he/she changed the script. I thought NBK was okay.

[Army of GOD]

I thought NBK was okay.

Well f*ck you too

[nietzsche]

It's tough since there are a lot of directors that people either love or hate, like Tarantino or Wes Anderson. I like both of those and Kubrick as well.

Who hates Tarantino? I've only encountered one person in my whole life, Ft.

I've met quite a few actually, they aren't fans of his kill everybody at the end of a movie style.

You are hanging out with the wrong people.