A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 this thread is to list and discuss worldwide directors that have/had reached the master level. To claim the master honor, the director should not be younger than 50 years old and should have at least one original classic (not necessarily in IMDb top 250). Put up your recommanditions ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Suppose I best mention some of the the obvious ones out of the way. Steven Spielberg Hayao Miyazaki Martin Scorsese Quentin Tarantino Coen Brothers Akira Kurosawa Billy Wilder Charlie Chaplin Rob Reiner Orson Welles I'd put the Wachowski's here but they're not 50 yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Rob Reiner? The guy hasn't had anything noteworthy (at least in a positive sense) since The American President, and I always considered him to be more of a hired gun anyway. A really good hired gun, mind you, but a hired gun no less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) By Grade: Super (top 10 of the top): Stanley Kubrick (cross genres) Ingmar Bergman (drama) Jean Renoir (drama) Fritz Lang (cross genres) Federico Fellini (drama) Luis Buñuel (drama) D.W. Griffith (drama) Jean-Luc Godard (drama) Michelangelo Antonioni (drama) Andrei Tarkovsky (cross genres) Great: Alfred Hitchcock (thriller) David Lynch (thriller) Howard Hawks (western) John Ford (western) Charles Chaplin (comedy) Roman Polanski (thriller/drama) Ernst Lubitsch (comedy) Walter Disney (animation) Miyazaki Hayao (animation) Robert Bresson Orson Welles F.W. Murnau Luchino Visconti Robert Bresson Kenji Mizoguchi Akira Kurosawa Max Ophüls Carl Theodor Dreyer francois truffaut Roberto Rosselini Josef von Sternberg S. M. Eisenstein Billy Wilder Yasujiro Ozu Buster Keaton Eric Rohmer Eric von Stroheim John Huston Georges Méliès Elia Kazan King Vidor David Wark Griffith Maurice PialatJean Vigo Nicholas Ray Jacques Becker Francis Ford Coppola Jacques DemyCharles LaughtonJacques TatiOtto Preminger Leo McCarey George Cukor Raoul Walsh William Wyler Sidney Lumet Sergio Leone Theodoros Angelopoulos Rainer Werner Fassbinder Edited October 4, 2013 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Rob Reiner? The guy hasn't had anything noteworthy (at least in a positive sense) since The American President, and I always considered him to be more of a hired gun anyway. A really good hired gun, mind you, but a hired gun no less. Stand By Me is one of the all time greats. He deserves a mention imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rukaio101 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Rob Reiner? The guy hasn't had anything noteworthy (at least in a positive sense) since The American President, and I always considered him to be more of a hired gun anyway. A really good hired gun, mind you, but a hired gun no less. I'll admit he hasn't done much good since The American President, but considering his filmography includes Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, Misery and a Few Good Men, I think he's somewhat earned a place on a list of master filmmakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Solid (this part will be the one that has the most names): Bernardo Bertolucci (drama) Steven Spielberg (cross genres) James Cameron (sci-fi) Ridly Scott (cross genres) Matin Scoresese (drama) Bernardo Bertolucci (drama) Vittorio De Sica (drama) Elia Kazan (drama) Brian De Palma (thriller) Kai Wai Wong (drama) Jean-Pierre Melville (action) John Woo (action) Ang Lee (drama) Dario Argento (thriller/horror) Mario Bava (thriller) Lucio Fulci (horror) Quentin Tarantino (action) David Cronenberg (cult) Roger Corman (cult) George A. Romero (horror) Wes Craven (horror) Tim Burton (fantasy) Jean-Pierre Jeunet (drama) Anthony Minghella (drama) Frank Capra (drama) Pedro Almodóvar (drama) Michael Haneke (drama) Sydney Pollack (drama) David Lean (blockbuster) Oliver Stone (drama) Milos Forman (drama) Werner Herzog (drama) Terry Gilliam (fantasy) --- many more are missing --- Edited October 4, 2013 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 A site for reference: http://www.filmsite.org/directors.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 (edited) My top 10 (in this order) Alfred Hitchcock Billy Wilder Stanley Kubrick John Ford Martin Scorsese Howard Hawks Steven Spielberg Francis Ford Coppola Orson Welles Federico Fellini And I would like to mention (in no particular order): Sydney Pollack Walt Disney Charles Chaplin Luis Buñuel Luis García Berlanga Woody Allen Hayao Miyazaki John Huston Pedro Almodóvar Christopher Nolan Ernst Lubitsch François Truffaut Alejandro Amenábar Brian De Palma Quentin Tarantino David Lean Tim Burton William Wyler George Cukor Clint Eastwood Edited October 5, 2013 by peludo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 an alphabetical list of all the filmmakers who have produced at least one masterpiece in my view: robert altman paul thomas anderson ingmar bergman ethan & joel coen david cronenberg federico fellini werner herzog krzykzstof kieslowski stanley kubrick akira kurosawa fritz lang giorgos lanthimos david lean david lynch terrence malick lewis milestone cristian mungiu fw murnau roman polanski andrei tarkovsky lars von trier francois truffaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 paul thomas anderson is still young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Wilsoney Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 No love for Eastwood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 No love for Eastwood? That is embarrasing. I absolutely forgot him. I will include in my list. Thanks for remembering me. Great director. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wadey Wilsoney Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 That is embarrasing. I absolutely forgot him. I will include in my list. Thanks for remembering me. Great director.Your welcome :)Also, don't forget Ed Wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 Your welcome :)Also, don't forget Ed Wood BTW, I love the movie about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 I agree with most names on here, personally I'd add Bela Tarr, Peter Greenaway, Richard Linklater, Emir Kusturica, Patrice Leconte, Leos Carax, Gaspar Noé, Andrew Dominik and Lynne Ramsay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
