Favorite Director?

[Fro]

Just curious. We always do a "favorite movie" type thread so I thought why not a Director thread...

Please add anyone else I forgot.

From the list above I've gotta go with either Kurosawa or Kubrick.

[BushMaster]

Earl Owensby.

[LarryD]

david lynch and errol morris.

[BigMark]

George Lucas
James Cameron (if you forgive Titanic)

[Y2Buddy]

Quentin Tarantino

I love all the Star Wars, ET, and Indiana Jones, Godfather, it's awesome stuff. But True Romance, Reseviour Dogs, and Pulp Fiction, that's the shit.

[Savio]

Ron Howard

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by BigMark
George Lucas


Absofrigginlutely, BM! I am personally crushed he didn't make the poll.

[Fro]

George Lucas may have created a pop culture phenomenon with Star Wars, but as a director he's average. If you want to see the movie that Lucas ripped Star Wars off of, watch Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by AfroSmurf
George Lucas may have created a pop culture phenomenon with Star Wars, but as a director he's average. If you want to see the movie that Lucas ripped Star Wars off of, watch Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.

Maybe, but Kurosawa didn't digitally film his pictures the majority of the time, like Lucas is doing now. Gotta have some serious abstract mojo for that.

[BigMark]

Originally posted by Y2Buddy
Quentin Tarantino
But True Romance, Reseviour Dogs, and Pulp Fiction, that's the shit.

No doubt those movies were great and groundbreaking, but I'm wondering what's more groundbreaking, the writing or the directing. Granted it's the same guy, but I think he should be herralded for his writing and concepts more than the actual directing.

[Fro]

Originally posted by mathmajors
Maybe, but Kurosawa didn't digitally film his pictures the majority of the time, like Lucas is doing now. Gotta have some serious abstract mojo for that.

What?!? Please tell me you're joking?

[sadic1]

Out of people still working today, Woody Allen. I don't know film history well enough to have an opinion on "all-time best".

[Y2Buddy]

Ron Howard is a great Director! He doesn't get a lot of hype, but his movies do. He's one of the best.

[mathmajors]

Originally posted by AfroSmurf


What?!? Please tell me you're joking?

What I'm saying is that his mindset is not limited to directing on location, or on set. He knows what he wants and can have those scenes created digitally.

Hell, he tweaked 'Phantom Menace' up until a week before release, because it was in the digital medium.

[gridfaniker]

Ron Jeremy

[WYDD]

Oliver stone

[wolverine]

speilberg

[lex]

i kinda like guy ritchie.

also mel gibson is good. :p

[VOR]

If you only get to pick one then it would be woody allen for me simply because of the body of work that he has produced in his life. But really geez how can you like one better than the rest starting with DW Griffiths through to present day. Once you really get hooked on movies you'll find that individual works are far more important the any individual's body of work.

[lex]

add sam sheppard to my list. that jessica lange is one lucky girl, vor.