Directors, producers--name 'em!

1.) Lars von Trier (Dogville, Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark)
2.) Spike Lee (Malcolm X, Mo' Better Blues, Do the Right Thing)
3.) Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas)
4.) David Lynch (Mulholland Drive, Elephant Man, Blue Velvet)
5.) Harmony Korine (Kids, Julien Donkey-Boy, Gummo)

Wow....I like way too many to narrow it down to just five. I almost didn't answer this cause it wracks my brain too much, I follow soooo many directors...but figured I would since I haven't made a list like this for myself in over a decade...

The only way I can deal with it is by dividing it into a few catagories:

Favorite Big Directors:

1) John Waters
2) David Lynch
3) The Coen Brothers
4) Peter Jackson
5) Steven Speilberg

Favorite B-Movie Directors

1) Lloyd Kaufman
2) Charles Band
3) Frank Henenlotter
4) John Lachago
5) William Lustig

Favorite Foreign Directors

1) Alejandro Jodoworski
2) Peter Greenaway
3) Lars Von Trier
4) Ryuhei Kitamura
5) Nacho Cerda

Favorite Micro/Indie Directors

1) James Fotopoulos
2) Andy Copp
3) Tim Ritter
4) Scooter McRrae
5) Michael T. Schneider

Honorable mention: David Croenburg

I'm sure I'm leaving some off...but I seek out every film by any director I have listed.

--John

Hm, I'll have to write down some of those names. Always looking for new filmmakers to get into.

Me too!!! I like all the ones you liked...so you might dig some that I listed.

Hope some others chime in!

1) Clint Eastwood
2) Does Tim Burton count?
3)Steven Spielberg
4)James Cameron
5) Nick Cassavetes

Tim Burton most certainly counts as a filmmaker!!! e is a favorite of mine as well!

1) ALFRED HITCHCOCK
2) STANLEY KUBRICK
3) ROBERT WISE
4) MARTIN SCORCESE
5) STANLEY KRAMER

In no particular order

1. Francis Ford Coppola
2. Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Coen brothers
4.Martin Scorsese
5. Robert Altman

1. Martin Scorcese
2. Francis Ford Coppola
3. Clint Eastwood
4. Martin Scorcese
5. Martin Scorcese

Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan
Stephen Spielberg
Richard Donner
The Wachowski Brothers

Kevin Smith
Mel Brooks
Adam Sandler
Ron Howard
Jim Henson