Nominate A Director For an SFF Production Thread

[TheLaughingMann]

In posting to another thread, I had an epiphany of an idea.

Consider, if you will, the 1980s. Great era of living, one of the biggest for films. I don't mean a lot of dramas or westerns or war films. No, I am talking SFF (Science Fiction & Fantasy) really coming into its own. Look at this list:

-Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal by Jim Henson
-The Princess Bride by Rob Reiner
-The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss by James Cameron
-Legend, Blade Runner by Ridley Scott
-E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial by Steven Spielberg
-Ladyhawke by Richard Donner
-Willow by Ron Howard
-Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis
-The Fly, Videodrome, Scanners by David Cronenberg
-Dune by David Lynch
-RoboCop by Paul Verhoeven
-Ghostbusters by Ivan Reitman
-Mad Max 2 by George "Fury Road" Miller
-Predator by John McTiernan
-Weird Science by John Hughes
-Spaceballs by Mel Brooks
-The Neverending Story, Enemy Mine by Wolfgang Petersen
-Time Bandits, Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and Brazil by Terry Gilliam
-Conan the Barbarian by John Milius
-The Last Unicorn by Bass and Rankin (those guys who did a lot of those classic animations from the 70s)
-Big Trouble in Little China, Starman, Escape from New York, They Live, The Thing by John Carpenter
-The Secret of NIMH by Don Bluth (yes, another animation legend)
-And of course, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi by George Lucas

This list encompasses many of some of the biggest names back then who gave our imaginations fuel to dream, to think, to breathe, and to live. Here we are, about 25, 30 years later. Ever since then, we've been met with fantasy and sci-fi galore, coming from new generations of directors in animated, CG, and live-action form. But I am sure there are those directors out there you'd love to see tackle a sci-fi or fantasy production.

So here's the thread to do it. Think of a director of late, maybe from the past 25 years, who is alive and kicking and has yet to dip their toes into doing SFF (Sci-Fi & Fantasy). Can be one or many, whatever floats your boat. Do they have a style or way of thinking in doing their work that appeals? Do you love how they work the camera and characters through direction? Whatever your reasons, nominate them and, perhaps, give an example of what they did (consistently or just one lucky shot) that makes you feel like they'd be a great choice.

I'll start off with Alejandro González Iñárritu.



In the course of less than two years, his directing style drew me into the Revenant and in Birdman. Twice, he managed to see artistic gold and make something of it. I would give to see his application to a SFF production. The direction, camerawork, the stress on important elements in-scene...