Most Influential and Greatest Movie Directors of All Time

[trickydicky]

Sam Peckinpaugh

[R.M.]

Has anyone mentioned Orson Welles?

[Solemate62]

Originally Posted by trickydicky

Sam Peckinpaugh

You jest, right?

I would cast my lot with a few who have been largely ignored, I go with quality, not quantity: Robert Redford for "A River Runs Through it" and Rob Reiner for "Stand by Me."

[Russ38]

Originally Posted by boardman

Oh, and you can't forget about Mel Brooks. Dude wasn't scared of offending anyone. By far the best pure comedy director.

No doubt about Mel Brooks bm....he couldn’t make movies like Blazing Saddles in today’s times without people getting their snatch in a knot....but as I mentioned earlier, list like these are based off individuals preferred genre of film and would be impossible to create a “top 10” list....just reading many of the responses to this thread I thinck to myself, holy shit how’d I forget about him! I’m surprised no one has mentioned George Lucas yet....

[boardman]

Originally Posted by R.M.

Has anyone mentioned Orson Welles?

Yes

[boardman]

Originally Posted by Russ38

No doubt about Mel Brooks bm....he couldn’t make movies like Blazing Saddles in today’s times without people getting their snatch in a knot....but as I mentioned earlier, list like these are based off individuals preferred genre of film and would be impossible to create a “top 10” list....just reading many of the responses to this thread I thinck to myself, holy shit how’d I forget about him! I’m surprised no one has mentioned George Lucas yet....

Lucas certainly changed the way movies were made but I've always thought of him as more of a producer than a director. American Graffiti was his debut and probably his swan song of directing.

Of course there was the original Star Wars but that was his baby all the way down the line. Writer, executive producer, editor and even the music. I think the only reason he was the director is because no one else knew as much about FX as he did. Hell, I'm not sure he knew that he knew as much as he did. Some of the shit he did on that movie was done on the fly. That's where his genius really was.

[Russ38]

No doubt the topic is quite broad bm and could easily be broken down into genres and even sub-genres but even then a few directors have the ability to cross nearly any genre of film and be very successful at it, Spielberg and Carpenter come to mind....

[sinnerofsorts]

orson welles

[USAsoldier]

Kubrick, that is all!

[gnadfly]

Has anyone mentioned Michael Bay?