Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Tim Burton
Peter Jackson
Joel and Ethan Coen
Sam Mendes
George Lucas
David Lynch
Hayao Miyazaki
Frank Darabont
Wes Anderson
Terrence Malick
M. Night Shyamalan
Oliver Stone
Bernardo Bertolucci
Clint Eastwood
David Fincher
Shane Meadows
Ken Loach
Ridley Scott
Spike Lee
Gus Van Sant
Lasse Hallström
Jean-Luc Goddard
Michael Mann
Brian De Palma
Danny Boyle
Ang Lee
Spike Jonze
Kathryn Bigelow
Robert Zemeckis
Darren Aronofsky
Zack Snyder
James Cameron
Guillermo del Toro
Richard Linklater
Pedro Almodóvar
Quentin Tarantino
Steven Spielberg
Francis Ford Coppola
Paul Thomas Anderson
Christopher Nolan
Tim Burton
Peter Jackson
Joel and Ethan Coen
Sam Mendes
George Lucas
David Lynch
Hayao Miyazaki
Frank Darabont
Wes Anderson
Terrence Malick
M. Night Shyamalan
Oliver Stone
Bernardo Bertolucci
Clint Eastwood
David Fincher
Shane Meadows
Ken Loach
Ridley Scott
Spike Lee
Gus Van Sant
Lasse Hallström
Jean-Luc Goddard
Michael Mann
Brian De Palma
Danny Boyle
Ang Lee
Spike Jonze
Kathryn Bigelow
Robert Zemeckis
Darren Aronofsky
Zack Snyder
James Cameron
Guillermo del Toro
Richard Linklater
Pedro Almodóvar
Agree with this 100% my fellow film fan!
ReplyDeleteGod, you're good! Faultless
ReplyDeleteThere would be a couple more I would add!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I am sure there are many, many more directors who are very popular such as Baz Luhrmann, Lars von Trier, David O. Russell, but i'm just not a huge fan of their work or style of directing :)
ReplyDeleteFor me it's the same with Steven Soderbergh and Michael Bay. I'm glad you didn't include them
DeleteNice to see we have some great British independents in this list as well as the Hollywood bigshots
ReplyDeleteHayao Miyazaki is one of my favourites, so glad you included him as most people like to ignore non Western artists/ filmmakers and brilliance in general
ReplyDeleteHe is truly a genius though, Spirited Away changed my life.
Also, I noticed how strong his female protagonists are, they are independent and intelligent, not dull, needy or have weak scripts - puts Hollywood to shame really