Who in your opinion are the top 5 film directors of all-time??
My top five:
Alfred Hitchcock
Akira Kurosawa
Werner Herzog
Stanley Kubrick
Federico Fellini
Honorable Mention: Charlie Chaplin, Martin Scorsese, and Luis Bunuel.
What might have been: Jean Vigo
What still may be: Paul Thomas Anderson
All over-rated: Spielberg, Bergman, Welles, Truffaut, Renoir, Ford, Coppola, Woody Allen, Godard.
All under-rated: Herzog, Murnau, Mizoguchi, Polanski, Fassbinder, Tarkovsky, Kieslowski, Melville, Satyajit Ray.
2006-09-15 08:58:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
I respect everyones opinions, because it's so subjective, but what is this fascination with Shyamalan??
He's directed 1 memorable film (The Sixth Sense). His other films have terrible (The Village, Lady in the Water, and Unbreakable), or very aaverage (Signs, and Wide Awake). SI see him as a one hit wonder, who always relies on gimmicks (like twist endings) to anchor his films.
2006-09-15 09:25:47 · update #1
1. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
2. Man Ray
3. Guy Debord
4. Michael Snow
5. Jonas Mekas
2006-09-15 09:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Wilson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few of my favs. (Not an expert)
1. Kurosawa........Ran, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo
2. Capra......Mr. Deeds, Mr. Smith Goes to Wash., etc
3. Ford.....Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet American
4. Peckinpah....The Wild Ones, Major Dundee, Straw Dogs
5. Hitchcock....All of his works
6. Kubrick....2001, Paths of Glory, Spartacus
7. Stone....Platoon, Wall Street
8. Eastwood....Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven
9. Scorsese....Goodfellas
10. Malick....The Thin Red Line, Badlands
11. Speilberg....E.T., Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan
2006-09-15 17:16:03 · answer #2 · answered by ChiCub26 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kevin Smith
Quentin Tarantino
Wes Craven
The Coen Brothers
M. Nyght Shamylan
2006-09-15 16:11:19 · answer #3 · answered by neve_freak2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This rating is according to originality and influence.
1. Hitchcock
2. Kurosawa
3. Fellini ties with polanski and kubrick
4. Spielberg and scorcese
5. Ray
2006-09-15 16:10:23 · answer #4 · answered by john s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine would be (probably):
M. Night Shyamalan, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Nichols
2006-09-15 16:07:33 · answer #5 · answered by luunchbox2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a shame that you neglected to mention Spike Lee, the Hughes Bros. or John Singleton.
2006-09-15 16:06:54 · answer #6 · answered by candycane 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My two favorites are Hitchcock and Polanski.
2006-09-15 16:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by luckyscribe7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gary Marshall, love my chick flicks....
I love movies and the directors are a big part of making it work....
2006-09-15 17:02:08 · answer #8 · answered by Annie R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Spielberg is a hack
2006-09-15 16:04:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST TO NAME A FEW.........
FRANK CAPRA
GEORGE LUCAS
PENNY MARSHALL
KARL REINER
ROB REIGNER
CECIL B DEMILLE
GREGORY CUKOR
VICTOR FLEMINGS
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
2006-09-15 16:31:41 · answer #10 · answered by baptism_by_fire_2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋