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1) Alfred Hitchcock
2) The Coen Brothers
3) Harold Ramis
4) Oliver Stone
5) Mel Brooks
Doc Sportello
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1. Kubrick
2. Scorcese
3. The Coens
4. Tarantino
5. Michael Mann
gohuskies
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1. Akira Kurosawa
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Martin Scorsese
4. George Cukor
5. Billy Wilder
Honorable mentions go to:
Blake Edwards
John Ford
Howard Hawks
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)Stephen Spielberg
Ridley Scott
George Cukor
Stanley Kubrick
Cecil B. DeMille
Thanks for a thought-provoking question, red dog 1!
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)nocoincidences
(2,195 posts)Jacques Tati
Federico Fellini
Quentin Tarantino
Jacques Truffaut
Stephen Spielberg
ZZenith
(4,109 posts)1. Ingmar Bergman
2. Krzysztof Kieślowski
3. Stanley Kubrick
4. Akira Kurosawa
5. Federico Fellini
Possibly in that order.
Gotta give honorable mention to Spike Lee and the Coen Brothers, though.
jg10003
(974 posts)1 - Preston Sturgis
2 - Ernst Lubitsch
3 - Billy Wilder
4 - Mel Brooks
5 - (tie) Howard Hawks, John Ford
Chainfire
(17,305 posts)In no particular order; Bill Donovan, Allen Dulles, Richard Helms, William Colby and William Casey
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)red dog 1
(27,648 posts)You didn't like George H.W. Bush?
(Casey also engineered "October Surprise" to get Reagan elected in 1980)
AZSkiffyGeek
(10,792 posts)The Coen Brothers
Martin Scorsese
Taika Waititi
Robert Altman
Alfred Hitchcock
Cartoonist
(7,298 posts)Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Mel Brooks
Tex Avery
and
Akira Kurosawa
House of Roberts
(5,120 posts)John Huston
John Ford
Gene Kelly
Blake Edwards
Otto Preminger
Harker
(13,877 posts)Martin Ritt
John Frankenheimer
Kurosawa Akira
Coen Brothers
Ingmar Bergman
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Botany
(70,291 posts)Rob Reiner
Mel Brooks
Akira Kurosawa
Martin Scorsese
Penny Marshall
Clint Eastwood
BTW I used to like Woody Allen but he is dead to me now.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)I hate it when talented people make me hate them.
Botany
(70,291 posts)And just for "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," John Ford. Over the top and cheesy but
every single frame was like a great painting.
Hard to limit to 5.
BTW And one time or another in my life I liked Woody Allen, Joe Paterno, and Bill Cosby.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)A great actor.
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(I still think Woody Allen is a great director, in spite of what he reportedly did to his daughter, Dylan)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(followed by Scorsese & Spielberg)
Upthevibe
(7,879 posts)Quentin Tarantino
Martin Scorsese
The Cohen Brothers
Stephen Spielberg
Billy Wilder/Frank Capra (for old times sake)
red dog 1
(27,648 posts)(But I still like him, and I've seen Pulp Fiction at least 30 times)
Akoto
(4,261 posts)In no particular order:
1. Hayao Miyazaki
2. Dave Filoni
3. Jonathan Frakes
4. George Lucas
5. Steven Spielberg
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)1. Orson Welles
2. Alfred Hitchcock
3. Roman Polanski
4. John Huston
5. Michael Curtiz
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Spielberg
Alfonso Cuarón
Richard Curtis
Simon Curtis
These just popped into my head. There are so many others that are superb.
DFW
(54,051 posts)Bo Wideberg (Just because I loved "Ådalen 31" so much)
Volker Schlöndorff (Just because I loved "Die Blechtrommel" so much)
Mel Brooks
Spike Lee
Norman Jewison (Just because I loved "The Russians are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" so much)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Alfred Hitchcock
George Cukor
Frank Capra
Billy Wilder
Pedro Almodovar
and...
Someone whose older films I like, but who has really gone downhill as an artist and a human being, Woody Allen.
Oh, wait. One I forgot, used to watch his films all the time, but haven't seen one in a while. Definitely worth re-watching...
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Paladin
(28,202 posts)John Huston
Stephen Spielberg
Howard Hawks
Martin Scorsese
Ingmar Bergman
milestogo
(16,829 posts)2. Sydney Pollack
3. Martin Scorcese
4. Ridley Scott
5. Steven Spielberg
Jim G.
(14,811 posts)Robert Altman
Ridley Scott
Stanley Kubrick
James Cameron
Martin Scorsese/Steven Spielberg T-5
jmowreader
(50,451 posts)Stanley Kubrick
Paul Verhoeven
Quentin Tarantino
the Coen Brothers
Chuck Jones
hurl
(931 posts)Coen brothers
Stanley Kubrik
Terry Gilliam
Paul Verhoeven
Spike Lee