Total Film - top 20 Film directors of all time

[Uncle Spielberg]

John Carpenter has done some decent stuff, his best ever film is Starman with Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen 8.6.

 

[otk]

Lars von Trier and Michael Haneke for me in hindsight

and why is Michael Powell in there? Just because he ruffled a few feathers with 'Peeping Tom', which is jekyll

 

[Easy 10]

John Carpenter has done some decent stuff, his best ever film is Starman with Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen 8.6.

Can't agree with that. Surely the best Carpenter film was The Thing. Have to say, most of his films have been pretty shit on the whole. Vampires SUCKED

(do you see what I did there ?)

 

[Gwylan]

and why is Michael Powell in there? Just because he ruffled a few feathers with 'Peeping Tom', which is jekyll

Michael Powell is certainly one of the few people who deserve to be on that list. Peeping Tom might be his most notorious film but IMO it's far from his best. Check out A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp or, my favourite, A Canterbury Tale.

He's second only to Hitchcock among British directors.

 

[otk]

Michael Powell is certainly one of the few people who deserve to be on that list. Peeping Tom might be his most notorious film but IMO it's far from his best. Check out A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp or, my favourite, A Canterbury Tale.

He's second only to Hitchcock among British directors.

Just so happens that I picked up a VHS of 'A Matter of Life and Death' recently, so will view it post haste. Cheers for the nod

 

[Trufflehound]

Michael Powell is certainly one of the few people who deserve to be on that list. Peeping Tom might be his most notorious film but IMO it's far from his best. Check out A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp or, my favourite, A Canterbury Tale.

He's second only to Hitchcock among British directors.

Absolutely right. I Know Where I'm Going is excellent too. Although Black Narcissus is my personal favourite -- you can't beat a good tale about sexually-frustrated nuns...

I'm the "one" who's voted for him so far by the way (I would have voted for Hitchcock, but he doesn't need my help).

 

[Kosh]

No Leone? Hmmmmmm utter shite.

"Adios half soldier."

 

[magoo]

Where did M. Night Shayamalalalalalan come?

And where's John Woo

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Can't agree with that. Surely the best Carpenter film was The Thing. Have to say, most of his films have been pretty shit on the whole. Vampires SUCKED

(do you see what I did there ?)

I though Starman was a film of great beauty and an oscar deserving turn by Jeff Bridges, when he brought the Deer back to life on the back of the van killed by those meatheads with an awesstruck Karen Allen looking on I must admit I have had the tears well up on a few occasions. The Thing was also good 8.4 and I thought Vampires rocked 8.2

 

[Wienergull]

That is an absolutely shocking list. Only two who made films in languages other than English. I mean, ffs.

And even when they did choose a Japanese they failed to list Ozu or Mizoguchi (at the very least - what about Teshigahara or Masamura?), and when they chose a Scandinavian they didn't bother with Dreyer. And, just talking about Europeans - No Italians (Visconti)? No French (Vigo)? No Spaniards (Bunuel - my favourite)? No Russians (Tarkovsky)?


Clearly, a list made by a complete film illiterate.

Good call, especially Bunuel. To that list I would add Malles, Renoir, Truffaut, Tavernier, Rosi, Schloendorff and Fassbinder.

 

[Trufflehound]

Good call, especially Bunuel. To that list I would add Malles, Renoir, Truffaut, Tavernier, Rosi, Schloendorff and Fassbinder.

...and Vittorio De Sica, Marcel Carné...

 

[Trufflehound]

A disappointing lack of nods for John Huston so far as well...

 

[Trufflehound]

No Leone? Hmmmmmm utter shite.

"Adios half soldier."

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[Clothes Peg]

Mathieu Kassovitz. Also a great actor and VERY fit.