My Favorite Directors, among other things

American

Terry Gilliam- of Monty Python fame, his films are amazing spectacles.
notable: Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
notable but under radar: Fisher King

Stanley Kubrick- is there anything needed to be said of him
notables: Clockwork Orange, 2001, Full Metal Jacket
Lesser known works: Paths of Glory, Lolita

Martin Scorsese- another 'duh' favorite
notables: Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Departed
Lesser known works: n/a


British

Alfred Hitchcock
Psycho, Rope...

Ridley Scott
Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner


French

Francois Truffaut
The 400 Blows

Jean-Luc Godard
Breathless, Vivre sa vie


Russian

Sergei Eisenstein
The Battleship Potemkin - This is an amazing piece of film.


Swedish

Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal


Japanese

Akira Kurosawa
Yojimbo, The Seven Samurai

Hayao Miyazaki- reminds me of Terry Gilliam in the sweeping amount of imagination in sets and scripts
Spirited Away, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind




This is not a complete list, I just wanted to cover as many different categories as possible. Please add.

Some greats to be sure...

Personally, I'd add George Lucas and James Cameron, but to add more variety...

Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth)...first subtitled movie I actually went to see in theaters (and it was before any hoopla about it...I basically begged my friends to go see it, and now they all own it)...

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Guillermo del Toro really impressed me with Pan's Labyrinth.

Another
Italian Director Federico Fellini- 8 1/2

What about Charles Chaplin?

His slapstick silent films are one thing but his films he directed were even better.