who is your favourite movie director?

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   lokoyizoneposted 14 years ago

   can you tell your best movie director and why you think
   he/she is the best?

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      kingbynameposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Definitely Alfred Hitchcock.  He understood better than anybody how to manipulate suspense and keep the viewer on the edge of his/her seat.  Take the scene in North by Northwest when Cary Grant is in the middle of nowhere.  Hitch has him standing, waiting for maybe five minutes and you know something's going to happen and still he makes you wait, pushing it to the edge, building the suspense until something finally happens.

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   BrianFanslauposted 14 years ago

   I like steven Spielburg myself. He has wonderful style and I love his camera angles and story telling abilities.

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      futurenetadsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      U r right dude .I'm a Big fan of Spielburg.

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   lokoyizoneposted 14 years ago

   I like Steven Spielberg very much,and am very much thrilled by many
   of his movies.
   But what do you think about other great directors like Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Torro  and Tony Scott

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   Didn't FieryCJ ask this just a couple of weeks ago?

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      lokoyizoneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      do you have to check before you can post a topic?

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         lrohnerposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Absolutely not, but it's just a topic we all answered not too long ago. So if you don't get an overwhelming response, you'll know why. Good question, though!

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   lokoyizoneposted 14 years ago

   i don't know about that,  i did not check.

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   lrohnerposted 14 years ago

   Oh, and my answer would absolutely be Francis Ford Coppola.

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   Casey Tellerposted 14 years ago

   Big fan of Martin Scorcese movies. Has he ever made a flop?

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   Genniferposted 14 years ago

   I adore Russian director Nikita Michalkov.

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   Sidney Rayneposted 14 years ago

   Guillermo del Toro is brilliant....Pan's Labyrinth was amazing.
   
   Favorite director....that is hard...Sam Raimi (Evil Dead series...not so much Spider-man), Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings was spectacular in regards to cinematography), Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch and Day Watch) and Coppola would have to be favorites...

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    lokoyizoneposted 14 years ago

    how about the female directors?
    surely they should not be left out
    of the fray.

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    chrissie123posted 14 years ago

    TIM BURTON all the way!!! I was always enchanted by his films. The nightmare before christmas is a beautiful classic. I cannot wait to see 9!!! (release date 9-9-09) how catchy! I'm literally jumping out of my skin waiting for his version of alice in wonderland.

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    brodie8288posted 14 years ago

    Martin Scorsese. If you watch "Raging Bull", it is literally poetry in motion. Not to mention, he has made some of the greatest films of all time. His directing style is extremely polished and always new and beautiful to watch.
    
    Quentin Tarantino, P.T. Anderson, and Sergio Leone are honorable mentions as well.

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    christophallenposted 14 years ago

    It's hard for me to pick just one, but a short list would include Martin Scorsese, Guillermo Del Toro, Wes Anderson and Wong Kar Wai.

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    dohn121posted 14 years ago

    Akira Kurosawa.  That was easy

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    shamelabboushposted 14 years ago

    I think Quentin Tarantino is one of the best...

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    Lisa HWposted 14 years ago

    I often know the directors whose movies I don't want to see, but with the kinds of movies I like I often have no idea of who the directors are.

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    torimariposted 14 years ago

    Hayao Miyazaki is my fave filmmaker in general...I'm such a kid. :]

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    THE LIPposted 14 years ago

    From Those Dead I'd Say Raj Kapoor & From The Living It Has To Be Dev Anand & Mahesh Bhatt!!!

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    swarnawposted 14 years ago

    SRI LANKAN FILM DIRECTOR PRASANNA VITHANAGE

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    Megavitaminposted 14 years ago

    I would say my favorites are Scorsese and Hitchcock for their genres.  John Hughes, Harold Ramis and Judd Apatow for comedy, even though they are writer/directors.

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    Crazdwriterposted 14 years ago

    I'm going to have to go with Tim burton on this one

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       Paradise7posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yeah, that's the one for me, too.  He's out there far enough. :

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    fierycjposted 14 years ago

    Besides myself...?

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    theageofcakeposted 14 years ago

    P.T. Anderson is probably my favorite contemporary director.  Guillermo del Toro is really good as well, but only has 2 movies that I believe really excel (Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth).  Peter Jackson has a fantastic directorial eye, but I fear he tends to be a tad bit too sensationalistic and superficial for my taste.
    
    Best of all time?  Probably Stanley Kubrick.  His best movies have a very signature style but are nothing alike (Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket).  He's truly legendary.

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    cosetteposted 14 years ago

    My favorite film director is Woody Allen, although others mentioned (Hitchcock and Kubrick) are wonderful too!

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       theageofcakeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Woody Allen is a good one.  You get a good idea of what a person is like when they make that choice, too.  :-)

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    Below-average Joeposted 14 years ago

    Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann.  Amazing storytellers.

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    stefferposted 14 years ago

    Steven Spielberg, tim burton and riddley scott.
    
    piece by piece master movie makers

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    livelongerposted 14 years ago

    I love the Cohen brothers, Quentin Tarantino and, sometimes, Spielberg (Minority Report was his best IMHO). Woody Allen is hit-or-miss for me.

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    stuart747posted 14 years ago

    Ben Dover......... Only joking, will have to be Quentin Tarantino

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    topgunjagerposted 14 years ago

    Quentin Tarantino and Takashi Miike.

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