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The directors on this list are ranked according to their lifetime success (awards & nominations), their directing skill, along with their ability to inspire generations of directors after them. To me, accuracy when making a Top 10/Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
- Stanley Kubrick. Best Movie Directors • Stanley Kubrick. So, here we are. Why is Stanley Kubrick the best movie director of all time? Well, we don't have 3 hours to explain everything so here's a brief argument for this decision.
- Alfred Hitchcock. Best Movie Directors • Alfred Hitchcock. There's a scene in Hitchcock, the biography starring Anthony Hopkins, where Alfred Hitchcock stands outside a packed theater as an audience watches Psycho for the first time.
- Akira Kurosawa. Best Movie Directors • Akira Kurosawa. You don't have to understand Japanese culture or be a scholar of the country's Sengoku period to appreciate what Akira Kurosawa's work means.
- Steven Spielberg. Best Movie Directors • Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg has been directing for over 50 years and shows no signs of stopping. Looking at his career, it's not just the sheer number of movies he's directed (30+), it's the amount of greatness on that list.
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- Martin Scorsese. Succeeding the mobster-genre expert Francis Ford Coppola is Martin Scorsese. He's picked up the torch for keeping the genre (as well as psychological character studies like Taxi Driver) compelling today and is even now releasing highly-anticipated movies.
- Stanley Kubrick. Stanley Kubrick is one of the movie industry's best directors for effectively adapting unique source materials. This has led him to direct a variety of genres in movies, with his works having predominantly been characterized by grim realism and dark humor.
- Alfred Hitchcock. Alfred Hitchcock's work is undoubtedly one of the most studied subjects in film classes across the world. His influence in movies has permeated to this day in some form when it comes to things like cinematography and establishing an atmosphere.
- Steven Spielberg. In terms of sheer mainstream appeal, Steven Spielberg has given audiences a wide variety of movies that capture that feel of "Hollywood magic."
1. Martin Scorsese. Producer. Director. Actor. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily.
- Steven Spielberg (1946-) Pick an age, any age. Now remember what it was like seeing a particular Spielberg movie for the first time. As children, we believed in E.T.;
- Martin Scorsese (1942-) After calling the shots for more than 40 years, most directors would quietly recede from work and just participate in anniversary panels.
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) Hitchcock will forever be one of the greats because of his sheer brilliance in his craft. His movies unfold with the utmost confidence, enabling audiences to put their blind trust in him.
- James Cameron (1954-) The appropriate descriptor is titanic—and that’s not just a reference to his behemoth 1997 movie of the same name. Cameron is the director who can tackle mammoth projects with sky-high budgets and turn them into awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping wonders.
1. Frank Darabont. Writer. Producer. Director. The Green Mile (1999) Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution.
Apr 6, 2024 · From living legends like Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese to new auteurs like Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino, many of these directors are household names. However, many...
