Name your 3 TOP film directors

John Carpenter- In his prime, he could do more with less than anyone I've ever seen. In fact, his films didn't start declining until his budgets went up.

Dario Argento- Best camera movement, coolest death scenes and twisting plots put to great soundtracks. What more do you need?

George Romero- For the majority of his career, he did things the way I believe they should be done (independently, in his home town, using local cast/crew, on his own terms, etc.), and ended up creating some damn fine movies in the process.
 
David Fincher, Tarantino, and P.T. Anderson. I'd like to include Kevin smith in the list but hes made some shitty movies also
 
Just doing three is tough. here's a shot at it.

Kubrick. I love the economy of his work. there is no fluff. Every shot tells part of the story and leads to the next. One of the few artists of cinema.

Orson Welles. You could tell that he loved the medium. Look at "Touch of Evil". You can tell he was having so much fun.

Roger Corman. Yes, that's right, Roger Corman. I love Corman not so much for the movies he made, but for how he made them. Come on, on a website almost completely dedictated to the tools of the independent filmmaker, Roger needs some respect paid. He did not just make schlock, take a look at "Masque of the Red Death", a wonderful and beautiful film. Check out "Machine Gun Kelly", which is Charles Bronson's first staring role. It is a superb thriller. Take a look at "Bloody Mamma", it's making the pay cable rounds. It is one the most disturbing movies I think I have ever seen. It is a very good portrait of some very f*cked up people. I swear, it is just like watching a train wreck, you can't turn away.

You can't have any discussion about Roger Corman without talking about the "Corman Graduates", that is the list of people that Roger Corman mentored or gave breaks to. Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdanavich, Demme, Joe Dante, John Sayles, James Cameron, Gail Anne Hurd, Robert Towne, Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper, Ron Howard, Robert De Niro, ect, ect, ect!!!

Yeah, Roger Corman is one of my top three favorite directors.
 
Kubrick, Fincher, Soderbergh

If I could only choose 3, these 3 because of what they represent:

Kubrick for being a true artist in every sense of the term in cinema.

Fincher for truly pushing the visual envelope and being the master of the insert.

Soderbergh for his naturalism and economics.

If I could name more:

Scorsese, Tarantino, Aronofsky, PTA (many have heard me say that if I ever made a film as note perfect and profoundly moving as Magnolia, I'll die happy), Wes Anderson (I wonder if they will ever top Rushmore) Takeshi Miike (inconsistent but has made a name for himself for his insane style and knack for those enormous moments), Chan-wook Park (amazing, he has a knack for those quiet, intrusive moments of character, which wonderfully contrast his vivid moments of brutal violence and betrayal), Godard, Rodriguez (as much for his inspirational persona and what he accomplished as his filmmaking ability), Spielberg (the Michael Jordan of directing, undeniable), Cameron, Stone (I have to say Alexander was a collossol dissapointment and cooled me down alot on him), Jim Jarmusch, Eastwood, Wachowski's (if they never made anything else they would still be on this list), George Lucas (more for his imagination, creation than his directing ability) The Cohen Bros, Welles, and of course THE BRETT RATNER!

Kevin Smith is not on the list though I love his first 3 films... This is because he is a much better WRITER then DIRECTOR. Plus he has been pissing me off lately, acting like a big weeny, backing away from doing Green Hornet cause it had some action in it, unlike Tarantino who went and learned how to shoot action and kicked arse with Kill Bill.... And I think it's lame he's doing Clerks 2.

Tim Burton is just too inconsistent..... I love Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, and Pee Wee, but everything else is pretty spotty (yes even Batman, though I liked Batman Returns quite a bit for it's indulgence and strangeness)

Is anyone else tired of Ron Howard?
 
I know I am a populist who loves to be entertained but...

Spielberg:

When I was a kid, he was God. Then he makes SPR and Schindler's List! SPR is visually my favourite film... ever. I have never enjoyed a film as much as Jurassic Park.

Cameron:

His instinctive understanding of cinema is unbeatable IMO. Titanic was a bit... well... but it was still the highest grossing film ever!!! Can you really slag it off that much!

Stone:

3rd place was tough, but he made Platoon. That film is amazing IMO. Any Given Sunday and JFK demonstrate how good he can be. Alexander does the opposite.
 
I'm new to filmmaking so my favorites are current:

1) Rodriguez... not only cause he inspired a wave of filmmakers (10 min film classes) ... including myself... I actually LIKE his movies

2) Raimi... Not just Evil Dead and Spidey... Quick and the Dead is underrated

3) Tarantino... Jackie Brown, Reservoir Dogs, and Pulp Fiction are in my top 10
 
1. Scott....Ridley, that is. The man just has a way with me, however, I often do not agree with some of his choices in score and story (Tangerine Dream!!!!Vangelis!!!!). I will come out and admit that I am a huge fan of Legend, one of the most fantastical films ever made (no backstory was its main problem).

2. Tied between Polanski and Coppola. Both of these guys are on and off. Chinatown is one of my fav's and so is The Godfather, but they both have some movies that, and call me a Layman, I just don't really "get". However, when they are on, they are ON.

3. Fincher--don't know what it is about this guy, but I always leave feeling satisfied. I LOVE (prepares for flamin') Alien3. Definitely not Aliens, but it added a completely different outlook to the series and I was up for a change of scenery. How do change up Aliens? Get rid of the things that made it badass (the guns) and reveal a more psychological fright--loved it.

I didn't list Spielberg, Cameron and some others because those guys are just cosidered the greatest, I wanted to write of some of the others. If you don't admit to Spielberg as the Mahatma of filmmaking, then you are just oblivious to film.

What's with guys listing like FIFTY directors? Come on, it says top THREE!!! Ease up!!
 
no order, but mine would have to be

richard donner
george lucas...........he sort of revolutionised the industry, also his ways of thinking inspired me to make films, when everyone told me its impossible
michael bay

gotta admit, there are alot more great directors, 3 does not do justice,
 
Howard Storm - Perfect Strangers, ALF and Mr. Belvedere.

Mark A.Z. Dippé - Spawn, Halloweentown III: Halloweentown High, Frankenfish.

Ted Nicolaou - Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns, Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm, Dragonworld: The Legend Continues.


No offence Coltrain, but these three are the "most perfect filmmaker(s) who ever lived."

Joe
 
Has to be a major testament to Fincher's influence, he's only directed 5 features, yet he's in nearly everyone's top 3.
 
Jubal28 said:
"Panic Room" did absolutely nothing for me.
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It's way too tough to make a 2hr film that revolves around a tiny room. there's only so much you can do.(feel free to destroy this comment with films that have done this)

After the initial fire part of the film I asked myself what else can they do to keep me interested. Nothing else, and i slowly became bored and checked out.
 
i didn't like it the first time, yet the second and third i began to appreciate it more

as he says in the commentary, this isn't his normal deal, this was his attemp at a cheesy action thriller.

but ofcoarse, fincher's a little bit of a one trick pony (but what a trick it is) and the tone still resembles his other films, leading many to believe it's just a watered down seven or game when u really need to approach it with a different mind set.


not to change ur mind, i can respect that, just telling of how i came to enjoy it :)
 
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