Directors who are household names

[Talleyrand]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

Spielberg, Tarantino and Eastwood are the only three I think you could walk up to 10 people on the street and 7 could tell you who they are by giving them a film they directed and asking them who made it. Hitchcock might be recognized if you only asked older people.

I bet if you asked most people to name who directed the Dark Knight Trilogy they couldn't tell you. Same goes with Scorsese and Coppola. People who frequent movie boards are a minority.

Bingo.

The idea that, for instance, Fincher is a household name, as some have posited, is insane.

[imsounoriginal]

I don't think Jackson's a household name. His movies obviously are but I doubt the average person would know his name.

[shinobipopcorn]

There are people out there that will tell you Walt Disney directed everything from Snow White and Pinocchio up to Mary Poppins. If they know any Disney director at all it's probably John Lasseter, most likely from coverage of Pixar's technical achievements.

[moviflicilm]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I don't think most of you know what "household names" means. Coke, Kleenex, Ford are household names. I guarantee you if you went up to 10 random people on the street and asked them who directed Goodfellas most couldn't tell you.

Martin Scorsese is associated with gangster movies in the public consciousness. Goodfellas happens to be one of his most famous of his movies. If you asked people to name a Scorsese flick that would be the one that pops up the most.

[Poya]

I'd say Age of Innocence.

[P-Rock]

Originally Posted by moviflicilm

Martin Scorsese is associated with gangster movies in the public consciousness. Goodfellas happens to be one of his most famous of his movies. If you asked people to name a Scorsese flick that would be the one that pops up the most.

Taxi Driver, The Departed...

[P-Rock]

Originally Posted by creed123

You guys basically got most of it.

Edgar Wright (for the British and some of the US, mainly Baby Driver)
Denis Villeneuve (people basically love all his work)

I'm sure most people don't know who these people are, especially by name.

[BluRayTim]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

Taxi Driver, The Departed...

And Casino.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

Taxi Driver, The Departed...

Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Gangs of New York...

I mean, with a portfolio like that, it'd be a sin to not think Scorcese when you hear these movies.

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by shinobipopcorn

There are people out there that will tell you Walt Disney directed everything from Snow White and Pinocchio up to Mary Poppins. If they know any Disney director at all it's probably John Lasseter, most likely from coverage of Pixar's technical achievements.

I liked Wolfgang Reitherman, who did Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book and The Sword in the Stone.

[sperezmore]

Sir. Ridley Scott

Regards,

[javy]

Originally Posted by jennifer lawrence fan

darren aronofsky

how can anyone not know his brilliance. And if you don't. You're a fool.

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[javy]

Household names? Tyler Perry.

[Rayjaymay]

Originally Posted by GLaDOS

Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Gangs of New York...

I mean, with a portfolio like that, it'd be a sin to not think Scorcese when you hear these movies.

It's also a sin when you don't spell it correctly. "Scorsese"

[moviflicilm]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

Taxi Driver, The Departed...

Originally Posted by GLaDOS

Raging Bull, The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo, Gangs of New York...

I mean, with a portfolio like that, it'd be a sin to not think Scorcese when you hear these movies.

All very true, even if I think GF is the movie that most regular people tended to notice him for. Not to disparage the other title or meant as sight to their recognition. The reply was to dispute the fact most people couldn't name the director of "Goodfellas".

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

I liked Wolfgang Reitherman, who did Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book and The Sword in the Stone.

Him, and Frank & Ollie are the only ones of the Nine Old Men that I can remember their names off the top of my head. People probably wonder what the heck that "old school" scene in The Incredibles is for, without realizing those two helped make Disney what it is.

[Poya]

Originally Posted by moviflicilm

All very true, even if I think GF is the movie that most regular people tended to notice him for. Not to disparage the other title or meant as sight to their recognition. The reply was to dispute the fact most people couldn't name the director of "Goodfellas".

Heck, millennials' first encounter with Goodfellas was a recurring segment on a cartoon.

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by Poya

Heck, millennials' first encounter with Goodfellas was a recurring segment on a cartoon.

What, you sayin' we don't watch enough movies? Huh? THAT'S IT!

[aiman04]

Alan Smithee

[L-Rouge]

^single most despised director in history, but I seriously doubt he is a house hold item