Kenneth Anger
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Theodoros Angelopoulos
― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Richard Lester
― Phil D., Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:42 (sixteen years ago) link
de oliveira = last surviving director who shot in the silent era, i think
― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:43 (sixteen years ago) link
woody allen is, what, 70 or 71 now?
― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
wow 99 and still working, that's nuts
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Agnès Varda
― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Roman Polanski
― jaymc, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha ha - Ray Dennis Steckler!
― Phil D., Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
haha Polanski's in the new Rush Hour movie I almost spat out my drink in the theater when I saw him in the preview
― Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Francesco Rosi
― Frogman Henry, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I am too superstitious to add any names to this thread!
― Martin Van Burne, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Chris Marker
― jaymc, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 20:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Born before 1930:
Jean Delannoy (b.1908, La Symphonie Pastorale, Maigret Tend Un Piège) Richard Bare (b.1909, Flaxy Martin, Smart Girls Don't Talk) Ronald Neame (b.1911, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Poseidon Adventure) Joseph Pevney (b.1911, Tammy and the Bachelor, Man Of A Thousand Faces) Jules Dassin (b.1911, Night and the City, Rififi) Ken Annakin (b.1914, Swiss Family Robinson, The Sword and the Rose) Jack Cardiff (b.1914, Sons And Lovers, The Girl On A Motorcycle, plus loads of cinematography, for Powell & Pressburger etc.) Andrew McLaglen (b.1915, Batman, PT 109) Roy Ward Baker (b.1916, A Night to Remember, Quatermass And The Pit) Michael Anderson (b.1920, Around the World in Eighty Days, Logan's Run) Lewis Gilbert (b. 1920, Carve Her Name with Pride, Alfie, Bond films) Delbert Mann (b.1920, The Bachelor Party, Marty) Guy Hamilton (b. 1922, An Inspector Calls, The Colditz Story, Bond films) Michael Cacoyannis (b.1922, Zorba the Greek, Stella) Irvin Kershner (b.1923, Hoodlum Priest, The Empire Strikes Back) Suzuki Seijun (b.1923, Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter) John Guillermin (b. 1925, I Was Monty's Double, The Towering Inferno) Robert Mulligan (b.1925, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Other) Youssef Chahine (b.1926, Cairo Central Station, The Sparrow) Roger Corman (b.1926, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Pit And The Pendulum) Andrzej Wajda (b.1926, Wesele, Danton) Edouard Molinaro (b.1928, La Cage aux Folles, Oscar) Jacques Rivette (b.1928, Céline et Julie vont en bateau, La Belle noiseuse)
― Alba, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Melville Shavelson (b.1917, The Seven Little Foys, Houseboat) Norman Jewison (b.1926, In the Heat of the Night, The Thomas Crown Affair)
― Alba, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, Franco Zeffirelli.
― Alba, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:51 (sixteen years ago) link
jonas mekas (1922)
― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Documentarians:
Albert Maysles Richard Leacock D.A. Pennebaker
― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Carlos Saura
― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Frederick Wiseman's 77, although Titicut was 1967, if we're still being strict about the rules of the thread.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Dusan Makavejev
As for Wiseman, he's earned it, let him in.
― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Manoel de Oliveira
-- C0L1N B..., Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:35 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link
famous for being alive. no-one has seen any of his films.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 22:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Bernardo Bertolucci
― C. Grisso/McCain, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 23:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Temporarily...?
Due to unspecified medical reasons, Sydney Pollack has backed out of directing HBO Films' "Recount," leaving Jay Roach to take his place. Roach, who directed "Austin Powers" and "Meet the Parents," will take over direction of the upcoming film that follows the ballot recounts in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. Pollack will stay on as an executive producer.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I'd much prefer Sydney Pollack acting in movies than directing them.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Man, every time this thread appears at the top I'm going to wonder who died.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Most of these "old directors" are minor leaguers compared to last week's retirees.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
How old is Alan Smithee?
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:37 (sixteen years ago) link
a necessarily selective survey of over 250 directors from around the world, all of whom are 60 or older, who have had lasting impact or a moment that matters in one way or another:
http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2007/08/who_are_the_old_1.html
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
is this a preperation for all the future "R.I.P" threads in the next year? it is better not to be surprised i guess..
― Zeno, Tuesday, 7 August 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Ray Dennis Steckler no longer alive.
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/01/ray-dennis-steckler-19382009.html
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 January 2009 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
One of these days I need to get around to Rat Fink a Boo Boo. RIP.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 12 January 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
I kept wondering why Pollack was mentioned repeatedly last night.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 12 January 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw Stanley Donen do a Q&A at Lincoln Center after Movie Movie last night (a mild, cute 1978 double-bill parody of Warner Bros '30s genre formulas). I give anyone props who is walking w/out support at 86, and who readily admits he can't hear or remember too well. When Scott Foundas remarked that Hollywood was making musicals again in the last ten years, Donen cut him off with "THEY ARE?"
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 November 2010 14:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope he gets to make one again so we can see a brave musical for once.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 5 November 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
well he said he thought Chicago needed to be done with two faded stars, a la Verdon and Rivera on Broadway in the '70s. I can imagine the gasface Harvey Weinstein gave if Donen told him that.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 November 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Kev, have you ever seen Donen's Staircase? Have always heard it is horrendous (Vito Russo), but it's in this retro.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 November 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Peter Bogdanovich seemed old when I saw him last week, and sure enough, he's 71. Which actually isn't all that old, but, as was said when introducing him, he's also a living link to Ford and Vidor and all those ancient guys he interviewed and wrote books about, and that makes him seem even older.
― clemenza, Saturday, 6 November 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Three of the seven I listed in the first post all died this year :-(
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 November 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
...and Manoel de Oliveira is still alive! He'll be 102 in about a month.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 6 November 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I saw his latest film about a month ago. It seemed very much like a movie a 102-yr-old would make.
― Simon H., Saturday, 6 November 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
rumor has it MdO is even older than his official age...
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 November 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I have and even though Vito is a hero of mine, he got a lot of films wrong, chief amongst them The Gay Deceivers. Staircase was much more progressive than I anticipated. Give it a try.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Sunday, 7 November 2010 18:08 (thirteen years ago) link
well, it showed last night, so too late
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 November 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
never seen a film by this guy -- can anyone recommend his latest The Dust of time? Love the title.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure if you're meant to see The Weeping Meadow first. Dust Of Time is the second part of a trilogy but might stand alone - i haven't seen it yet. The first film is good, though. Quite a lot of heavy melodrama but some imagery that will stay with you forever.
wrt the thread theme, Jancso turned 90 quite recently and is still working.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link
ha i was just thinking about jancso via malick
― Nigel Farage is a fucking hero (nakhchivan), Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
thx -- yeah don't know if you need to know any bits about the 1st part of the trilogy. I'd guess not, from reading about him it doesn't look like he does plot.
What has jancso done lately?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
He had a historical film called So Much For Justice on the festival circuit last year but i don't think it was well received.
― Mohombi Khush Hua (ShariVari), Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/11/16/quentin_tarantino_final_four_films_are_typically_directors_worst_really.html
Good subject for debate. I bet Tarantino himself is headed for the list.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 November 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
It'd be almost a Kael (yes) vs. Sarris (emphatically no) debate verbatim.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 November 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
One of the most obvious counters would be John Huston, who finished with Under the Volcano, Prizzi's Honor, and The Dead.
― clemenza, Saturday, 17 November 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
James Ivory
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 October 2019 05:55 (four years ago) link
bet Tarantino himself is headed for the list.broke the streak!
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 7 October 2019 07:01 (four years ago) link
John Waters, or is he too young for this category?
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Monday, 7 October 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
he's 73! not in this company is he old.
CLINT is still working at 89 (six months older than Godard).
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 October 2019 17:54 (four years ago) link
“Directors don’t get better as they get older,” said Tarantino to Scorsese.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 October 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
Alexander KlugeEdgar ReitzJean-Marie Straub
... all born within a year of one another.
― Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Monday, 7 October 2019 18:03 (four years ago) link
Michel DeVille (Nouvelle Vague-era but non-Nouvelle Vague dude)
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 October 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
Claude Lelouch
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 October 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
Paul Verhoeven is 81.
― breastcrawl, Monday, 7 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
Woody Allen will be 84 in December, and they'll keep releasing his films overseas.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 October 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
Roman Polanski's still going too. 86.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 7 October 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
Marco Bellocchio, 80 next month
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 October 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
John Boorman is 86
― Josefa, Monday, 7 October 2019 20:28 (four years ago) link
Carlos Saura is 87
― Josefa, Monday, 7 October 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
Richard Lester is 87, though hasn't made a film since his 50s
― Josefa, Monday, 7 October 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
^ neither has Waters
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 7 October 2019 23:09 (four years ago) link
Forgot that A Dirty Shame was that long ago.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 7 October 2019 23:47 (four years ago) link
Corman 93, hasn’t directed since 1990 but been active as a producer (although practically retired by his standards)
― YouGov to see it (wins), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 11:53 (four years ago) link
Jodorowsky is 90 btw
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:50 (four years ago) link
(Also I noticed he has a son called Brontis, which reminded me that a friend of mine - surname, Harris - always used to say he would name his first born son, Brontis or Tyrannis.)
― Terry Micawber (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 12:55 (four years ago) link
sic semper brontis
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Wednesday, 9 October 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
Lina Wertmüller (first feature in 1963, was also an A.D. for Fellini on 8 1/2)
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 24 October 2019 14:41 (four years ago) link
what does she think about the mcu?
― thicc elizabeth (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 October 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
Not sexist enough, probably.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 24 October 2019 15:00 (four years ago) link
haha, i read Lina Wertmuller as "Leni Riefenstahl"
HER take on Marvel i can imagine
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Alain Tanner, 89.
― Michael Oliver of Penge Wins £5 (Tom D.), Friday, 25 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
Michael Snow will be 91 next month. He introduced Wavelength at MoMA yesterday.
― Josefa, Friday, 8 November 2019 17:47 (four years ago) link
wau
ive seen it several times so didnt go
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 November 2019 17:56 (four years ago) link
Happy 90th Birthday to Carlos Saura!
― Josefa, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 13:44 (two years ago) link
Here's an IMDB list that seems to be up-to-date (except for Lina Wertmüller):
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000963382/
Oldest living director not mentioned in this thread: Bert I. Gordon, 99Oldest living director already mentioned in this thread: Peter Brook, 96Mentioned by me in another thread: Ruy Guerra, 90Probably should not have been mentioned: Theo Angelopoulos, 72 at the time (and died at 76)
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:14 (two years ago) link
Happy 90th Birthday to Richard Lester!
(Also raise a glass to John Boorman, who turned 89 yesterday!)
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 15:27 (two years ago) link
Thanks! Don't forget about The Running Jumping Richard Lester Thread(Note: that thread has a Jesse Garon Presley twin for some reason)
― Tapioca Tumbril (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
I want to think Lester and Boorman partied together, but Boorman lives in Ireland and Lester in England presumably
― Josefa, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
Costa-Gavras, 88
Inspired by a reference to a 2019 film of his.
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Sunday, 30 January 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Alejandro Jodorowsky is 93 today. ¡Feliz cumpleaños, señor!
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:06 (two years ago) link
Kenneth Anger recently turned 95. Is anyone else living who made films in the 40s?
― Chris L, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:17 (two years ago) link
Also if he was really in A Midsummer Night's Dream (disputed) he's one of the few people alive who were in films in the 1930s. 104-year-old Marsha Hunt would be another in that small group.
― Josefa, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:32 (two years ago) link
Is anyone else living who made films in the 40s?
If you allow a loose interpretation of "made" and "films", according to the IMDB link above, both Peter Brook and Mel Brooks got their first credits as writers for TV in 1949.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
I was thinking more first directing credit.
― Chris L, Thursday, 17 February 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link