Who is the GREATEST DIRECTOR of ALL TIME??

Siren · Post by **Siren** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:38 am

In no particular order...
Disney
Speilberg
Ridley Scott
Joss Whedon
Tim Burton

I think the point was to list your favorite directors, not have a debate over them. 2099net, Lazario seems to like to debate everything. Personally I am not a fan of Lynch, but who cares? Really? You like him, good for you. Just don't get yourself sucked down into a debate over a DIRECTOR. It's petty really.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:55 am

Siren wrote:Disney

According to imdb, these are the films Walt Disney Directed:
Cleanliness Brings Health (1945)
The Winged Scourge (1943)

The Golden Touch (1935)
Servants' Entrance (1934) (cartoon sequence)
Night (1930)
The Cactus Kid (1930)
Just Mickey (1930)
... aka Fiddlin' Around (copyright title)
The Barnyard Concert (1930)
Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930)

Jungle Rhythm (1929)
Terrible toreador, El (1929)
Haunted House (1929)
The Jazz Fool (1929)
The Karnival Kid (1929)
When the Cat's Away (1929)
The Opry House (1929/I)
The Barn Dance (1929)
The Merry Dwarfs (1929)
Hot Dog (1928)
Steamboat Willie (1928)
Sleigh Bells (1928)
Tall Timber (1928)
The Fox Chase (1928)
Poor Papa (1928)
Plane Crazy (1928)
Sky Scrappers (1928)
Hungry Hoboes (1928)
Oh What a Knight (1928)
Ozzie of the Mounted (1928)
Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928)
Sagebrush Sadie (1928)
Bright Lights (1928)
Rival Romeos (1928)
Africa Before Dark (1928)
The Ole Swimmin' Hole (1928)
Neck 'n' Neck (1927)
Harem Scarem (1927)
Empty Socks (1927)
Rickety Gin (1927)
The Banker's Daughter (1927)
Great Guns (1927/I)
All Wet (1927/II)
The Mechanical Cow (1927)
The Ocean Hop (1927)
Alice in the Big League (1927)
Alice the Beach Nut (1927)
Alice the Whaler (1927)
Oh Teacher (1927)
Alice's Medicine Show (1927)
Alice in the Klondike (1927)
Alice's Channel Swim (1927)
Trolley Troubles (1927)
Alice's Picnic (1927)
Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927)
Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927)
Alice's Circus Daze (1927)
Alice's Auto Race (1927)
Alice in the Alps (1927)
Alice the Collegiate (1927)
Alice at the Rodeo (1927)
Alice at the Carnival (1927)
Alice Foils the Pirates (1927)
Alice the Golf Bug (1927)
Alice the Lumberjack (1926)
Alice's Brown Derby (1926)
Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926)
Alice Helps the Romance (1926)
Alice Cuts the Ice (1926)
Alice the Fire Fighter (1926)
Alice in the Wooly West (1926)
Alice in Slumberland (1926)
Alice's Monkey Business (1926)
Alice Charms the Fish (1926)
Alice's Ornery Orphan (1926)
Alice's Balloon Race (1926)
Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926)
Alice's Little Parade (1926)
Alice Rattled by Rats (1926)
Alice on the Farm (1926)
Alice in the Jungle (1925)
Alice Chops the Suey (1925)
Alice's Tin Pony (1925)
Alice Picks the Champ (1925)
Alice Plays Cupid (1925)
Alice Is Stage Struck (1925)
Alice the Jail Bird (1925)
Alice Wins the Derby (1925)
Alice Loses Out (1925)
Alice's Egg Plant (1925)
Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925)
Alice Gets Stung (1925)
Alice the Toreador (1925)
Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925)
Alice the Piper (1924)
Alice and the Three Bears (1924)
Alice Hunting in Africa (1924)
Alice Gets in Dutch (1924)
Alice the Peacemaker (1924)
Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924)
Alice's Fishy Story (1924)
Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924)
Alice's Day at the Sea (1924)
Alice's Wild West Show (1924)
Alice's Wonderland (1923)
Martha (1923)
Cinderella (1922/I)
Tommy Tucker's Tooth (1922)
Puss in Boots (1922)
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1922)
The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922)
Little Red Riding Hood (1922/II)

They are all probably shorts. So if you are thinking about Walt Disney, I think he was the produced many of the animated classics (Snow White, Jungle book, etc)

Timon/Pumbaa fan · Post by **Timon/Pumbaa fan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:16 am

Out of the directors mentioned, here's my list:
1. George Lucas
2. Steven Speilberg
3. Francis Coppola
4. Walt Disney
5. Martin Scorsese

I would put Walt Disney at #2 on the list, but as Alan pointed out, he hardly directed anything but short cartoons like the Alice Comedies.

George Lucas and Steven Speilberg are two of the best movie directors working today. IMO

However there are alot of great people that should be on that list! Where's : Alfred Hitchcock , Blake Edwards, Brad Bird? All should be on there.

I think Martin Scorsese is hugely overrated. You couldn't say how happy I was when The Aviator lost best screenplay, best director and best picture!

DaveWadding · Post by **DaveWadding** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:46 am

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:Out of the directors mentioned, here's my list:
1. George Lucas
2. Steven Speilberg
3. Francis Coppola
4. Walt Disney
5. Martin Scorsese

I would put Walt Disney at #2 on the list, but as Alan pointed out, he hardly directed anything but short cartoons like the Alice Comedies.

George Lucas and Steven Speilberg are two of the best movie directors working today. IMO

However there are alot of great people that should be on that list! Where's : Alfred Hitchcock , Blake Edwards, Brad Bird? All should be on there.

I think Martin Scorsese is hughly overrated. You couldn't say how happy I was when The Aviator lost best screenplay, best director and best picture!

Hitchcock, definitely. And Scorsese? overrated? Yeah, and the sky is green. That guy gets the shaft so much it's not funny.

And where's Tarantino?

danamichelle · Post by **danamichelle** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:59 am

Tim Burton

Siren · Post by **Siren** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:06 am

Tim Burton....duh...thanks, will add that to my list

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:01 am

Guys that came to my mind right away - Burton, Ron Howard, Hitchcock, Miyazaki, Reithemann, Speilberg for his earlier work, Terry Gilliam.

As for Lynch - pretty average neither great or terrible. Blue Velvet was a great movie though.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:33 am

"Greatest" is a little hard to tab. Tim Burton is a director who makes me want to see a movie if he's at the helm. That might make him my favorite. Spielberg has had some misses, but there's no doubt that he's one of the greats. Hitchcock is up there too.

There are directors who aren't necessarily "the greatest" or who I'm not overly familiar with, but have done excellent jobs with certain movies. Alfonso Cuaron is an example- I was very impressed with HP3.

-Aaron

orestes. · Post by **orestes.** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:39 am

Some of my personal favourites are...

Steven Spielberg
David Cronenberg
Tim Burton
Atom Egoyan
Stanley Kubrick
Ridley Scott (even if I'm not a fan of Alien)

I have more but that's more thinking than I care for at the moment.

Timon/Pumbaa fan · Post by **Timon/Pumbaa fan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:55 am

Funny how everybody mentioned Tim Burton because I was originaly going to mention him.

I have one word that really descibes Tim Burton's films: bizzare. I think he has probably the most bizzare imagination in Hollywood. I think Beatle Juice is probably weirdest film ever made. It was just so original and different. I think the movie itself was alright.

I love Nightmare Before Christmas. What surprised me even more is that Tim Burton didn't direct the film. It just seemed so Tim Burton like that it seemed impossible for him not to direct it. It's one of my favorite animated films of all time!

I also think Big Fish is incredibly underrated. I really think that film is wonderful! It was one of the best films of 2003! That's right better than Return of the King. It had such great acting and a script I reall think was well writin. And Tim Burton did a nice job on creating a imaginative world.

Overall Tim Burton isn't one of my all time favorites, but I really think he's made some good films and does a good job directing.

magicalwands · Post by **magicalwands** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:02 am

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:Funny how everybody mentioned Tim Burton because I was originaly going to mention him.

I also think Big Fish is incredibly underrated. I really think that film is wonderful! It was one of the best films of 2003! That's right better than Return of the King. It had such great acting and a script I reall think was well writin. And Tim Burton did a nice job on creating a imaginative world.

yeah true that. tim burton is really cool. stupid of me to not get the dvds at Virgin when i had the chance.

Post by **Luke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:03 am

Spielberg's canon is the strongest and more of his films are represented among my favorites than probably any other director. Alfred Hitchcock, David Lean, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese have all made plenty of great films. Among the oft-forgotten comedy directors, I'd have to give praise to the daft John Hughes, Chris Columbus (back when he was directing comedies anyway), and Ivan Reitman. Among young/upcoming directors, M. Night Shyamalan has shown promise, but style often conquers substance and he seems so full of himself that it makes me think less of his films. Wes Anderson's four films are pretty quality. And no one could direct a live action Disney film like Robert Stevenson. Did they ever offer anyone else the job?

Oh, and John Lasseter and Robert Zemeckis. Plus George Lucas has a handful of good films. Penny Marshall too.

lord-of-sith · Post by **lord-of-sith** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:43 pm

Let's see, who's my favorite director? Hmmmmmmm...

Well, George Lucas is a great director, if not such a great writer. And Tim Burton has a style that I really like. And Steven Speilberg has a great way of getting the audience to really feel for the characters. And Alfonso Cuaron really brought a great touch to The Prisioner of Azkaban that was sorely lacking from the previous two installments. So here's how my list goes.

1. George Lucas (duh!)
2. Tim Burton
3. Steven Speilberg
4. Alfonso Cuaron
5. Brad Bird
6. Martin Scorsese

Timon/Pumbaa fan · Post by **Timon/Pumbaa fan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:53 pm

I can't believe people are mentioning Alfonso Cuaron. He ruined my favorite Harry Potter book!

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:55 pm

1. Walt Disney
2. George Lucas
3. Steven Spielberg
4. Tim Burton
5. Ridley Scott
6. Francis Coppola
7. Martin Scorsese
8. Sergio Leone

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:20 pm

the problem with lists and discussions like this is that they turn into a 'my dad can beat up your dad' type of thing. If Netty likes David Lynch, so what? He has his right to like him just as Lazario has his right not to.

Personally, I love David Lynch's films. Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Dune, etc. I loved em all! But then I probably loved movies from most of the directors that were mentioned here. So I really don't think there is a 'Greatest Director Ever' and if you do actually have one it's really like getting a 'Greatest Dad Ever' mug. Because its your Dad, it makes him the best ever.

Sorry for all the Dad references, maybe its because of Father's Day?

Disney Guru · Post by **Disney Guru** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:43 pm

My all time favorite film is the late and great Vincente Minelli

He directed a lot of the classic MGM films, a few of my personal faves that he directed are GiGi, Yoland And The Thief and Father Of The Bride (THe Origional). He is my all time favorite director.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:45 pm

No one here has mentioned Akira Kurosawa!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????

you people should watch foreign films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DaveWadding · Post by **DaveWadding** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:01 pm

Alan wrote:No one here has mentioned Akira Kurosawa!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????

you people should watch foreign films!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I lack culture.

Little Red Henski · Post by **Little Red Henski** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:03 pm

If you look at my DVD collection in my sig you will see that I am a huge Kurosawa fan.

My favs are.

Todd Browning
Charlie Chaplin
Carl Dreyer
Stanley Kubrick
Akira Kurosawa
Fritz Lang
Yasujiro Ozu
James Whale

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