Meine 20 Lieblings-Regisseure
by Brundlefliege | created - 19 Sep 2018 | updated - 12 Sep 2019 | PublicAlle Regisseure mit mindestens 1 vertretenen Filmen in meiner Film-Top-100, sortiert vorrangig nach der Anzahl von vertretenen Filmen in meinen Top 100. Bei Gleichstand entscheidet der bessere Platzierungswert in den Top 100 des am besten vertretenen Filmes des Regisseurs. Stand: 12. September 2019.
1. James Cameron
Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water
James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...
7 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 4 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Terminator 2 - Tag der Abrechnung" (1991)
2. John McTiernan
Director | Die Hard
John McTiernan was born on January 8, 1951 in Albany, New York, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Die Hard (1988), Rollerball (2002) and Last Action Hero (1993). He has been married to Gail Sistrunk since 2012. He was previously married to Kate Harrington, Donna Dubrow and Carol Land.
6 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 4 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Last Action Hero" (1993)
3. Wolfgang Reitherman
Director | The AristoCats
Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.
He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.
Reitherman directed several Disney animated ...
6,5 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 4 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Das Dschungelbuch" (1967)
4. Michael Bay
Producer | Armageddon
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...
5 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 4 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "The Rock - Fels der Entscheidung" (1996)
5. Ridley Scott
Producer | The Martian
Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...
8 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 3 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Blade Runner" (1982)
6. David Fincher
Director | Se7en
David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...
4 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 3 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Alien 3" (1992)
7. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
4 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 3 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Spider-Man 3" (2007)
8. Steven Spielberg
Producer | Schindler's List
One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...
11 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 3 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Der weiße Hai" (1975)
9. Chris Columbus
Producer | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Ohio, Chris Columbus was first inspired to make movies after seeing "The Godfather" at age 15. After enrolling at NYU film school, he sold his first screenplay (never produced) while a sophomore there. After graduation Columbus tried to sell his fourth script, "...
4 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Mrs. Doubtfire - Das stachelige Kindermädchen" (1993)
10. Gary Trousdale
Director | The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gary Trousdale was born in La Crescenta, California. His fascination with animation was fostered as a child, where he drew cartoons from an elementary school age. He planned to become an architect, but decided instead to study animation at CalArts, where he studied for three years. He was hired in ...
3 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Der Glöckner von Notre Dame" (1996)
11. Kirk Wise
Director | Beauty and the Beast
Kirk Wise was born on August 24, 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is a director, known for Beauty and the Beast (1991), Spirited Away (2001) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
3 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Der Glöckner von Notre Dame" (1996)
12. Paul Verhoeven
Director | RoboCop
Paul Verhoeven graduated from the University of Leiden, with a degree in math and physics. He entered the Royal Netherlands Navy, where he began his film career by making documentaries for the Navy and later for TV. In 1969, he directed the popular Dutch TV series, Floris (1969), about a medieval ...
4 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Hollow Man - Unsichtbare Gefahr" (2000)
13. Michael Mann
Producer | The Insider
As a director, screenwriter, and producer, four-time Academy Award nominee Michael Mann has established himself as one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in American cinema. After writing and directing the Primetime Emmy Award-winning television movie The Jericho Mile (1979), Mann ...
2 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Heat" (1995)
14. Jay Roach
Director | Trumbo
Jay Roach was born on June 14, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Trumbo (2015), Bombshell (2019) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997). He has been married to Susanna Hoffs since April 17, 1993. They have two children.
2 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Meine Braut, ihr Vater und ich" (2000)
15. Simon West
Director | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Simon West is a British born and Hollywood based film director and producer. His films include CON AIR starring Nicholas Cage, "THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER" starring John Travolta and "LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER" starring Angelina Jolie. West is the only live action director ever whose first three 3 films ...
3 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Con Air" (1997)
16. Christopher Nolan
Writer | Tenet
Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed Academy Award winner writer/director/producer Sir Christopher Nolan CBE was born in London, England. Over the course of more than 25 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the ...
9 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 2 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "The Dark Knight" (2008)
17. John Woo
Director | Ying hung boon sik
Born in southern China, John Woo grew up in Hong Kong, where he began his film career as an assistant director in 1969, working for Shaw Brothers Studios. He directed his first feature in 1973 and has been a prolific director ever since, working in a wide variety of genres before A Better Tomorrow ...
5 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 1 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Face/Off - Im Körper des Feindes" (1997)
18. Renny Harlin
Producer | Driven
Born in 15 March 1959 as Renny Lauri Mauritz Harjola, he is the most successful Finnish film director in the history of Hollywood.
Harlin started his career in film business in the beginning of 1980s when he was directing commercials and company films for companies like Shell. Later he worked as a ...
6 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 1 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Deep Blue Sea" (1999)
19. Wes Craven
Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...
6 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 1 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984)
20. Tony Scott
Producer | Domino
Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer. He was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom is fellow film director Ridley Scott. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England to parents Jean and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. As a result of his father's career in the British...
6 Filme in meiner Sammlung, 1 davon in meinen Top 100. Bester Film: "Last Boy Scout - Das Ziel ist Überleben" (1991)
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