Best Filmmaker current and overall from these countries

[edmonddantes]

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[edmonddantes]

my picks:

USA:
current - Paul thomas anderson
overall - King Vidor

UK:
current - Christopher nolan
overall - Michael Powell

Italy:
current - Paolo Sorrentino
overall - Sergio Leone

France:
current - Leos Carax
overall - Robert Bresson

Japan:
current - takashi miike
overall - hiroshi teshigahara

Russia (USSR included):
current - Andrei Konchalovsky
overall -Elem Klimov

Canada:
current - denis villeneuve
overall - guy maddin

Australia:
current - peter weir
overall - peter weir

Mexico:
current - iñarritu
overall - iñarritu