Favorite Director

[Original-6ix]

not on the list but i like what antoine fuqua has accomplished so far.

[Mooka-One]

Stanley Kubrick
David Lean
Akira Kurosawa
David Lynch
Ridley Scott
Martin Scorsese
Coen Brothers
Hayao Miyazaki
Christopher Nolan

special mentions to:

Sergio Leone
Bernardo Bertolucci
P.T. Anderson
Francis Coppola
Brian da Palma

[Octavio]

My fav director is not in that list (Luis Buñuel). Actually none of my top 10 are there.

Buñuel
Kieslowski
Bergman
Eisenstein
Kurosawa
Kubrick
Chaplin
Fellini
Hitchcock
Tarkovsky

Plus:
Jodorowsky
Miyazaki
Truffaut
Alfonso Cuarón
Godard
Yimou Zhang
Guillermo del Toro
Werner Herzog
González Iñárritu
Carlos Reygadas
Tarantino
David Lean
Ang Lee
Tim Burton
Pasolini



From that list I've picked Guillermo del Toro (Guillermo not Quillermo)

PS: I can't believe Michael Bay has already 2 votes! What's next? Uwe Boll winning the Academy Award?

[Marine Mike]

Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick should be on the poll....

[Schrute Farms]

David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club)

George Lucas

M. Night Shyamalan

Judd Apatow

[BluPayne4400]

The lady im sleeping with is my favorite director

[Holmes]

Other - Woody Allen, Michael Mann, Peter Weir

[Adrock]

I voted Scorsese, as he is my favorite of those on the list.

[Blu-Benny]

mine s/b fairly obvious.

[cinema sickness]

Hmm... I guess I would choose Quentin Tarantino for over all since everything he has done so far I've loved. But... Lock Stock, Snatch, Revolver, And Rocknrolla, are some of my all time favorite movies. So Guy Ritchie is probably my favorite if only counting his "gangster series".

[boxterduke]

Quentin Tarantino got my pick.
Although I like movies by Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan

[jjbsn5192]

mine would be a cross

Between James Cameron or Quentin Taraintino

[jhiggy23]

Sorry but this poll is very weak. I did this poll months ago and got criticized, yet I included twice as many directors.

[RampageIceman]

Hitchcock
Speilberg
Billy Wilder
Scorsese
Ron Howard

[LordoftheRings]

Giuseppe Tornatore, and Sergio Leone.

[WhiteBoy]

There is no possible way I could choose only one favorite director.

Here's my favs though:

Martin Scorsese - nothing more needs to be said.
Steven Spielberg - Jaws, ET, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan. Nuff said!
James Cameron - he's the king of the world. make True Lies 2 with Arnie!
Peter Jackson - Made the best movie trilogy there is...IMO.
Ridley Scott - hit and miss for me, but when he hits he REALLY hits.
Tony Scott - does he even make movies that don't star Denzel Washington?
Michael Bay - best action director...ever.
Judd Apatow - best comedy director...ever.
Frank Darbont - Shawshank and Green Mile, can't top those.
Michael Mann - Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice, The Insider... yeah he's good.

[ts0323]

^ Definitely agree about Peter Jackson. Since LOTR is my favorite trilogy as well, I'm going to have to go with him.

Spielberg is a close second, however.

[Al_The_Strange]

James Cameron. You just can't go wrong with the first two "Terminators," "Aliens," "True Lies," "The Abyss," "Titanic," and "Avatar."

Stanley Kubrick comes in close second for me.

[Monolithium]

Peter Jackson for his Heavenly Creatures/The Frighteners/The Lord of the Rings/King Kong string of awesome!

Although I have not seen his films before HC or after KK.

[Dreemworx]

Spielberg. Everybody else is gunning for 2nd.
Duel, Jaws, Close Encounters, Raiders, ET, Poltergeist, Goonies (writer producer), Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Hook, Amistad, Pvt Ryan, Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Munich.
The guy is insanely talented. Founded some company called Dreamworks?

Cameron. Aliens, Terminator (T2), The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic, Avatar. The man is right up there with great minds.

Scott. Alien, Blade Runner, Legend, Thelma and Louise, GI Jane, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Kingdon of Heaven, Body of Lies, American Gangster, Robin Hood. In fact, I think Scott is tied at #2 for me.

Del Toro. Mimic, Cronos, Blade II, Hellboy series, Pan's Labyrinth. He is the fast riser right now. With Dont be afraid of the Dark and Haunted Mansion on the horizon, lookout.

Nolan. A up and commer like Del Toro, everything he touches turns to gold. Batman Begins/ Dark Knight, Insomnia, The Prestige, Inception. Brilliant.

Raimi. One of my favs. Love his work. Evil Dead series, Darkman, Quick and Dead, A Simple Plan, Spiderman series, Drag Me to Hell.

Romero. The Godfather of Horror. Love this mans work. Dead series, Silence of the Lambs, Creepshow, The Crazies.

Mention; Tarantino, Scorsese, Coen Bros and Peter Jackson. All have great stuff. I'm not into alot their films but, the ones I like are sublime.