Tsui Hark
― jmm, Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
Jimmy Wang Yu
― the intentional phallusy (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:40 (six years ago) link
wong kar wai
― k3vin k., Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:13 (six years ago) link
Shohei Imamura Nagisa OshimaEric RohmerClaude Chabrol
― Chris L, Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:32 (six years ago) link
Larisa Shepitko
― Chris L, Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
Herschell Gordon Lewis
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
Peter Greenaway
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:48 AM (two hours ago)
Good call.
― WilliamC, Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
Shinya TsukamotoKen RussellQuay BrothersTerry GilliamSogo IshiiIdeya GaraninaGyorgy KovasznaiChang ChehSammo Hung
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 9 November 2017 19:52 (six years ago) link
Updated again, including the remainder of the TSPDT 250. Total count is 336 now.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Harun FarockiStraub-HuilletChristian PetzoldPhilip ScheffnerJean NegulescoRyan TrecartinKen LoachAbel GanceAlain ResnaisD.W. Griffith
― plax (ico), Thursday, 9 November 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
Paul Morrissey
Wondering if 50 is enough for the rollout when it comes, instead of 100.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
Budd Boetticher
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
Derek JarmanTerence DaviesTheo AngelopoulosBruno Dumont
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Thursday, 9 November 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
Richard LinklaterBahman GhobadiRadley MetzgerJesus Franco
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 9 November 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
James GrayGeorge MillerJafar PanahiSpike JonzeLeos CaraxJem CohenAsghar FarhadiGaspar NoéArnaud DesplechinDon Hertzfeldt
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 November 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
Julio Medem
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 9 November 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
Henry HathawayKing VidorMark SandrichTod BrowningLewis Milestone
― Virulent Is the Word for Julia (j.lu), Thursday, 9 November 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
Craig R. Baxley
Unless the point was the juxtaposition, not seeing any first-unit director credits here.
Although his stunt and second unit credits are way more plentiful, Baxley does have 33 1st unit director credits on imdb (mostly tv and DTV), but the reason I listed him is from 1988 to 1991, he directed three of my favorite action movies ever: Action Jackson, I Come in Peace, and Stone Cold.
― methanietanner, Thursday, 9 November 2017 23:04 (six years ago) link
List updated.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 10 November 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
Question that goes around in circles forever: I assume "greatest" means your personal favourites, as opposed to some dispassionate attempt to weigh film history (in which case, you may as well just reprint TSPDT's list).
Tougher for me will be whether to vote for who are my favourite right now, or to step back and take a longer view. Specifically, I'm talking about Scorsese, Coppola, De Palma, and other American '70s directors. They made a few films long ago that profoundly affected me, followed by three decades of almost uninterrupted disappointment (to the degree that I stopped being disappointed at some point).
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 November 2017 02:27 (six years ago) link
I can't separate greatest from personal favorites, but that's me.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 November 2017 05:59 (six years ago) link
me neither, highly suspicious of any objective 'canon' but obviously there are many artists and works of art that many, many people love
― flappy bird, Saturday, 11 November 2017 06:04 (six years ago) link
I can. Clair Denis may be my favorite currently working director but I wouldn't call her the greatest. Haneke is truly great for me but inexplicably hated on ILX while being seen as one of the greats or thee great outside of this bubble. \
or maybe I'm reinforcing your point.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Saturday, 11 November 2017 06:12 (six years ago) link
ialso "m drunk.
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Saturday, 11 November 2017 06:15 (six years ago) link
ha
also, I'm drunk.
more than anything it makes lists like these boring
― flappy bird, Saturday, 11 November 2017 06:27 (six years ago) link
haneke is hated on ilx?
― plax (ico), Saturday, 11 November 2017 08:21 (six years ago) link
feckin eejits
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
I'm exactly the same way. But I know some people perceive them as separable.
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Each set informs the other, but they are not identical.
― emil.y, Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:17 (six years ago) link
hate-posting a couple of names:
Manoel de OliveiraShoaib Shahid Saless
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
Two more (I am not drunk rn):
Marguerite DurasRitwik Ghatak
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:19 (six years ago) link
Point of order: Dr Morbius is literally the only one who hates Haneke on ILX.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
Andy WarholRosa von Praunheim
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:31 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
jim in vancouver, it's not the best 2500 directors.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 November 2017 18:32 (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Lol after print warhol
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Saturday, 11 November 2017 14:45 (six years ago) link
learn to make the greats your favorites
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 November 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
fwiw I like some Haneke films but not the recent sadistic clown shows
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 November 2017 15:56 (six years ago) link
i thought the sadistic clown shows figured earlier
― plax (ico), Saturday, 11 November 2017 16:08 (six years ago) link
i didn't mean the comedic content, which recent MH desperately needs
Funny Games > Amour
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 November 2017 16:53 (six years ago) link
Andrzej Zulawski
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 11 November 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
James WhaleLarry CohenGeorge RomeroPeter Weir
― Fresh Toast (Old Lunch), Saturday, 11 November 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
Stephen ChowJules DassinStuart GordonKenneth LonerganJean PainlevéSam RaimiEdgar WrightTerry Zwigoff
also, i'm NOT nominating the following as they aren't my favorites, but they aren't on the list yet for people looking to nominate some:Darren AronofskyBrad BirdCosta-Gavras Guillermo del ToroAtom EgoyanCurtis HansonMary HarronUb IwerksAbdellatif Kechiche Masaki Kobayashi Yorgos LanthimosLewis MilestonePhil Lord & Christopher MillerAnthony Minghella Carl ReinerJohn SaylesJulie TaymorDenis VilleneuveZucker-Abrahams-Zucker
― Einstein, Bazinga, Sitar (abanana), Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
Alexander KordaAlexander MackendrickClaude JutraDenys ArcandJacques DemyJirí MenzelJuraj HerzWhit Stillman
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:13 (six years ago) link
Jeremy Saulnier
― WilliamC, Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
Joe Dante
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 11 November 2017 18:59 (six years ago) link
List's up to 380.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 13 November 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
i'm assuming there'll be ballots of 200 then
(j/k, really)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 November 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker
eg, these guys would be the first to admit they can't direct traffic.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 November 2017 00:49 (six years ago) link
i mean, hell then:
Jules WhiteDel Lord
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 November 2017 00:50 (six years ago) link
Added:
Abel FerraraMartin ArnoldAlan ClarkeBill ForsythJohn PaizsWalter HillGeorge & Mike KucharPeter Kubelka
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Monday, 13 November 2017 00:58 (six years ago) link