Tagged: top 100 directors
INGMAR BERGMAN PERSONA, THE SEVENTH SEAL, WILD STRAWBERRIES, THE VIRGIN SPRING Known for his introspective and deeply philosophical films, Bergman was a filmmaker unafraid to use art to explore his own questions about the dilemma of humanity. His works tackle...
DAVID FINCHER THE SOCIAL NETWORK, FIGHT CLUB, SEVEN, ZODIAC After making a string of urgent, graphic looks into the seedy underbelly of American complacency (Seven, The Game, Fight Club, and Panic Room), David Fincher reemerged in 2007 a fully-developed auteur....
PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON THERE WILL BE BLOOD, MAGNOLIA, BOOGIE NIGHTS, PUNCH DRUNK LOVE If you don’t know, you’d better learn. His canon isn’t as extensive as many of his contemporaries, but it’s just as strong, and maybe stronger. Paul Thomas...
TERRENCE MALICK THE THIN RED LINE, DAYS OF HEAVEN, BADLANDS, THE NEW WORLD, THE TREE OF LIFE Terence Malick’s sweeping, scattershot films breathe fresh life into a frustratingly stale American cinema. His films move with a visual fluidity, but often...
EDGAR WRIGHT SHAWN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD British director Edgar Wright, a lifelong cineaste, began making low budget short films as a kid and his unique filming and editing style led to a career...
SERGIO LEONE THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA Many directors on the list are children of cinema, but few are as specific, or as subtle, with...
ERNST LUBITSCH NINOTCHKA, SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, HEAVEN CAN WAIT, TROUBLE IN PARADISE A German expatriate who fled the Nazi regime, Lubitsch had a flare for comedy unparalleled at his time. His movies were known for perfectly balancing tragedy and...
GUILLERMO DEL TORO PAN’S LABYRINTH, HELLBOY, CRONOS, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE Perhaps the biggest compliment you can pay a film director is to say that his or her work is identifiable by a single frame of one of their films. Del...
SPIKE JONZE BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ADAPTATION., WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE After his first two films, Being John Malkovich and Adaptation., Jonze was in danger of merely being a vessel for Charlie Kaufman’s work. One needn’t look too deep to...
MICHAEL MANN HEAT, THE INSIDER, LAST OF THE MOHICANS, COLLATERAL, ALI, MANHUNTER It is my view that the films of Michael Mann are the perfect blend of style and substance. There is no doubt that he is a flashy director. ...
