Top Three Film Directors?

[meltzerboy]

A nearly impossible question, particularly for movie buffs. But I’m asking it anyway. Which three do you choose?

My top three, in alphabetical order:

Woody Allen
Alfred Hitchcock
William Wyler

 

[Ositokc]

James Cameron
Tarantino
Spielberg

 

[Della]

In no particular order:

Classic Hollywood:

Ford
Capra
Wyler

Modern Hollywood:

Spielberg
Lucas
Abrams
with honorable mention for Cameron

 

[pianistclare]

I’ll go with
Ford
Cameron
and Allen

No particular order

 

[Nelka]

Gerald Thomas.
Steven Spielberg.
Robert Zemeckis.

The third one purely because of Back to the Future.

 

[edwest2]

Tarantino? Really? What has he done that is noteworthy or even moral?

Ed

 

[randomuser]

Tarantino? Really? What has he done that is noteworthy or even moral?

Ed

“Pulp Fiction.” It’s a story of the prodigal son. (Among the numerous Christian themes of the film.)

 

[pianistclare]

 

[edwest2]

“Pulp Fiction.” It’s a story of the prodigal son. (Among the numerous Christian themes of the film.)

I saw Pulp Fiction. It’s voyeurism, not art. The profanity alone was just way too much. Fortunately, the Bible does not go into graphic detail about the prodigal son

Ed

 

[NeedsMercy]

Tough! :banghead:

In no particular order–

Americans:

Orson Welles
Woody Allen
Hitchcock

Foreign:

Ingmar Bergman
(tie) Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini
Krzysztof Kieślowski

 

[pianistclare]

Tough! :banghead:

In no particular order–

Americans:

Orson Welles
Woody Allen
Hitchcock

Foreign:

Ingmar Bergman
(tie) Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini
Krzysztof Kieślowski

ooooo yeah, good choices.

 

[meltzerboy]

Tough! :banghead:

In no particular order–

Americans:

Orson Welles
Woody Allen
Hitchcock

Foreign:

Ingmar Bergman
(tie) Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini
Krzysztof Kieślowski

Thanks for branching out beyond Hollywood!

How about David Lean?

 

[pianistclare]

Thanks for branching out beyond Hollywood!

How about David Lean?

Ah yes…hardly spoken of…Laurence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago…

I like him mostly because he has my same birthday.
Not the same year though!

 

[Tenofovir]

Krzysztof Kieslowski (probably the best director ever) (Poland)
Stanley Kubrick (USA)
Akira Kurosawa (Japan)

Probably just as good: (in no particular order)
Cary Fukunaga for True Detective. (USA)
John Casavettes for many titles (USA)
Frederico Fellini - especially for La Dolce Vita (Italy)
Aleksei Balabanov - for most of his films, especially The Stoker (Russia)
Aleksander Tarkvosky - especially for Solaris (Soviet Union)
Isao Takahata for Grave of the Fireflies (Japan)
Roman Polanski for the Pianist (Poland/France)
Elem Klimov for Come and See (USSR)
Shinji Aoyama especially for the movie Eureka (Japan)
Shunji Iwai especially for the film All About Lili chou-chou (Japan)
Olivier Marchal for French TV series Braquo and other French cop thrillers (France)
Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction (USA)
Hiroshi Teshigahara especially for Rikyu (Japan)
Bartosz Warwas for Caged Swallow (Poland)

 

[Della]

Tough! :banghead:

In no particular order–

Americans:

Orson Welles
Woody Allen
Hitchcock

Foreign:

Ingmar Bergman
(tie) Federico Fellini and Roberto Rossellini
Krzysztof Kieślowski

Orson Welles, of course. His Jane Eyre is the best version ever done!

And David Lean. Also loved his adaptation of Great Expectations with John Mills and Alec Guinness.

 

[meltzerboy]

Orson Welles, of course. His Jane Eyre is the best version ever done!

And David Lean. Also loved his adaptation of Great Expectations with John Mills and Alec Guinness.

And don’t forget The Bridge on the River Kwai. David Lean is a remarkable director and Alec Guinness a superb actor.

Anyone like Billy Wilder?

 

[randomuser]

Anyone like Billy Wilder?

Huge Billy Wilder fan. I love “Ninotchka” (Greta Garbo’s first speaking role), which he wrote but didn’t direct.

And “Double Indemnity” - quintessential film noir which, unlike other film noirs, is not as cynical and jaded as it could have been precisely because of Wilder’s screenplay and direction.

And “The Fortune Cookie” - and “One, Two, Three” - and the VERY politically incorrect “The Major and The Minor” (I don’t know if that will ever get a DVD release.)

 

[meltzerboy]

Huge Billy Wilder fan. I love “Ninotchka” (Greta Garbo’s first speaking role), which he wrote but didn’t direct.

And “Double Indemnity” - quintessential film noir which, unlike other film noirs, is not as cynical and jaded as it could have been precisely because of Wilder’s screenplay and direction.

And “The Fortune Cookie” - and “One, Two, Three” - and the VERY politically incorrect “The Major and The Minor” (I don’t know if that will ever get a DVD release.)

My favorite Billy Wilder movie is “The Apartment,” which was just on TCM the other night. Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray are at their best. I too love “Double Indemnity.” Another good one is “Some Like It Hot,” featuring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Marilyn Monroe. Tame by today’s standards.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

Hitchcock

Kurosawa

Ford

 

[NeedsMercy]

Thanks for branching out beyond Hollywood!

How about David Lean?

Excellent choice! He did one of my top five favorite films: “Brief Encounter” with Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson. Magnificent!