film directors

[edmundkean]

so.......

aside from the obvious mr meadows, who is everyone's ultimate film director.

despite being a massive fan of hitchcock, kubrick and scorcese i'm going for

Hal Ashby.

I think he's the most ripped off man in hollywood at the mo' - wes anderson, todd solondz, david o russell and several others wouldn't exist without him.

Harold and Maude, Shampoo and The Last Detail are all undisputable classics and Being There is probably my favourite film of all time with Peter Sellars' best performance on film. 10 different actors got oscar nominations who worked with him and 4 won it. He also edited in the heat of the night.

His career is easily enough to be seen as a total legend but sadly a lot of people don't know who he is, so he gets my vote....

[Companero]

Hal Ashby was a wonderful, wonderful filmmaker. A man that was way before his time.

Fave Ashby film?

Harold & Maude - gotta love those Cat Stevens songs

Fave director? It's tough but I'd have to go with the frankly more mainstream, Stanley Kubrick but here are some of the others who have repeatedly inspired me with their work:

Sidney Lumet
The Coen Brothers
PT Anderson
Ridley Scott
Nicolas Roeg
Roger Corman
Mario Bava
Henri Verneuil
Dario Argento
Fernando Di Leo
Lindsay Anderson
David Lynch
Alan Clarke
Tim Burton
Robert Altman
Martin Scorsese
Quentin Tarantino
Umberto Lenzi
Francis Ford Coppola
Sergio Corbucci
Clint Eastwood
Sam Peckinpah
Sergio Leone
Enzo G Castellari
Steven Spielberg
Don Siegel

[Dave]

I'd have to say Terry Gilliam.

I just love his visual style, and he can tell a good story too... so it's not always style over substance.
Plus, my favourite film is Brazil. I guess that's probably a common favourite amongst arty film student types, but then I've never been a film student of any kind... so that's alright then!

[Companero]

Knew I would forget to mention a couple and Terry Gilliam is another of my favourites.

[fattaxi]

Big fan of PT Anderson, But my favortie has to be Cameron Crowe ...... go on rip it out of me!

[jtrodreigez]

cameron crowe, where do i start? Overrated jumped up fat little shit who is yet to do a good film? Well thats a start......

[fattaxi]

Lol, first off - Happy Birthday. Secondly - Hes good!. Thirdly - I was a bit hasity in my choice and I take it back;

My favorite directors are Terrence Mallick and Jim Jarmusch.

Oh and Cameron Crowe - Vanilla Sky was good! As was Jerry Maguire - "SHOW ME THE MONEY" ha ha ha ha ha!

[Companero]

I like Cameron Crowe - Say anything is a fantastic film - he also wrote Fast Times At Ridgemont High, which is THE best 80s teen flick, bar none. Personally, I've enjoyed every one of his films, even if Jerry Maguire was a tad overrated.

... and happy birthday, JT

[Phill]

Kubrick is my absolute favourite ( me and the girlfriend are even toying with calling our unborn baby Stanley ;D She doesn't get the connection though!) but apart from him all of the above really! I'm gonna mention Michael Mann as well though HEAT is a mighty movie and probably De Niro's last truely great role IMO. THE LAST DETAIL is still my fave ASHBY movie...

[Morell™]

Erm somebody forgetting Oliver Stone?

[Morell™]

Hitchcock
Brian De Palma
Michel Gondry
Spike Jones...
Ill have another think

[Companero]

Oliver Stone and Brian De Palma should have been on my list

De Palma is in my all-time top 5

[jtrodreigez]

Marty Scorcese (sp?) David O'Russell (name?) Hal Hartley, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Lynne Ramsey, Coen Brothers ( not lately though ) David Croenburg (sp?) Sam Raimi, Stanley Kubrik, Todd Solonze and many, many, many more, like who ever did police acadamy and stop or my mom will shoot.

[jtrodreigez]

Oh yeah, and i think Mr T directed one of the A team episodes.

[Romeo Brass Monkeys]

Yeah and boy george was in an episode too! maybe there was a Mr T Boy George sex thing going on