Favorite Directors?

[Andrea]

(in order)

 

Vittorio De Sica

Luchino Visconti

John Cassavetes

Ingmar Bergman

John Huston

[ghost of miles]

Richard Linklater (absolute favorite--others in no particular order)

Greta Gerwig

Todd Haynes

Guillermo del Toro

Martin Scorsese

Christopher Nolan

Paul Thomas Anderson

Billy Wilder

Ryan Coogler

Wes Anderson

Chantal Ackerman

Joel Coen

 

.... lots of others, but I'll leave it at a baker's dozen.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 07:52 PM by ghost of miles

[jlhoots]

Robert Altman

[Andrea]

8 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

Robert Altman

Huge fan! "Nashville" is in my Top 3, and I'd give "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"a 10/10 (and still think it's on YouTube for free)

[mikeweil]

Micheangelo Antonioni

Eric Rohmer

Jim Jarmush

John Huston

 

[ejp626]

Pedro Almodovar

Akira Kurosawa

Jacques Tati

Terry Gilliam

[clifford_thornton]

glad someone said Akerman!

Jarmusch is up there for me as well. 

 

I'll add:

Paul Schrader

Katherine Bigelow

Peter Greenaway

Abel Ferrara 

[JSngry]

Ordon Welles, flaws and all.

Among others ..

[mikeweil]

2 hours ago, JSngry said:

Ordon Welles, flaws and all.

Oh yes. How could I forget him?

[Andrea]

I actually prefer Orson's interviews to his movies.

[T.D.]

My top 2 by a long shot are the unadventurous choices of Welles and Kurosawa. 😁

[bertrand]

On 12/3/2025 at 3:15 PM, Andrea said:

Huge fan! "Nashville" is in my Top 3, and I'd give "McCabe & Mrs. Miller"a 10/10 (and still think it's on YouTube for free)

Yes, 10/10 for McCabe.

[jlhoots]

39 minutes ago, bertrand said:

Yes, 10/10 for McCabe.

Leonard Cohen soundtrack!!

[Jason Bivins]

Some great choices so far. I'd add Wenders.

[gmonahan]

Del Toro, Scorsese. I've enjoyed the recent run of movies by Yorgos Lanthimos. I also think Chloe Zhao does some good work (well, except for "The Eternals." Didn't think much of that one.)

[Andrea]

43 minutes ago, gmonahan said:

Del Toro, Scorsese. I've enjoyed the recent run of movies by Yorgos Lanthimos. I also think Chloe Zhao does some good work (well, except for "The Eternals." Didn't think much of that one.)

 

I'm guessing you saw "Dogtooth".. Have you seen the Spanish movie "The Castle of Purity" (1971)?

[Brad]

What, no Kubrick?

[Andrea]

7 minutes ago, Brad said:

What, no Kubrick?

He was my favorite at 17, but I only knew a handful back then and discovered many, many more since.