The worst directors
by guisreis | created - 27 Jan 2016 | updated - 25 May 2022 | Public
1. Marcelo Antunez
Director | Jardim dos Girassóis
Marcelo Antunez was born on February 11, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil. Marcelo is a director and assistant director, known for Jardim dos Girassóis, Operation Carwash: A Worldwide Corruption Scandal Made in Brazil (2017) and Tá Todo Mundo Olhando!.
2. Adalberto Piotto
Director | Orgulho de Ser Brasileiro
Adalberto Piotto is known for Orgulho de Ser Brasileiro (2013), ¿Earth in Trance or Transition? (2020) (2020) and Direto ao Ponto (2020).
Only one movie... and that was enough to include him in this list, for sure. Impressive!
3. Catherine Hardwicke
Director | Twilight
Hardwicke's first film as a director was the Sundance winner THIRTEEN which explored the transition into teenage years with an authenticity that still captures young audiences (1.3 billion Tik Tok engagements.) Hardwicke directed LORDS OF DOGTOWN before she became best known as the director of ...
4. Jason Friedberg
Writer | Disaster Movie
Jason Friedberg was born on January 16, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Disaster Movie (2008), Epic Movie (2007) and Meet the Spartans (2008).
5. Aaron Seltzer
Writer | Disaster Movie
Aaron Seltzer was born on January 12, 1974 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He is a writer and director, known for Disaster Movie (2008), Date Movie (2006) and Epic Movie (2007).
6. Jeremy M. Inman
Editor | Avengers Grimm
Jeremy M. Inman is known for Avengers Grimm (2015), Sinister Squad (2016) and Monster Hunters (2020).
7. Craig Moss
Director | Bad Ass
Craig Moss is known for Bad Ass (2012), Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) and Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015). He is married to Heidi Kramer.
8. César Rodrigues
Director | Uma Professora Muito Maluquinha
César Rodrigues is known for An Extremely Nutty Teacher (2011), Unsuspicious (2022) and High School Musical: O Desafio (2010).
9. 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...
10. Arnaldo Jabor
Writer | Toda Nudez Será Castigada
Arnaldo Jabor was born on December 12, 1940 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a writer and director, known for All Nudity Shall Be Punished (1973), Tudo Bem (1978) and I Love You (1981). He was married to Suzana Villas Boas. He died on February 15, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
11. Roberto Santucci
Director | Alucinados
Roberto Santucci was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He completed the Certificate Program at UCLA Extension in Film Video and TV in 1991 and graduated from Columbia College of Hollywood with a BofA in Cinema in 1994. Roberto worked as an apprentice editor in films such as "Legends of the Fall" and ...
12. Tarsem Singh
Director | The Fall
Indian director Tarsem Singh is the son of an aircraft engineer. He was educated at Bishop Cotton Boy's School in Shimla and relocated to the USA to study business at Harvard and, significantly, film studies at the Art Center College of Design in California. Upon graduating he embarked on a career ...
13. Jorge Fernando
Director | A Próxima Vítima
Jorge Fernando was born on March 29, 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and producer, known for The Next Victim (1995), Macho Man (2011) and Vereda Tropical (1984). He died on October 27, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
14. Francisco Cavalcanti
Director | O Garanhão Erótico
Francisco Cavalcanti was born in 1944 in Poá, São Paulo, Brazil. He is a director and actor.
15. Pedro Bial
Writer | Outras Estórias
Pedro Bial was born on March 29, 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a writer and actor, known for Outras Estórias (1999), Jorge Mautner: O Filho do Holocausto (2012) and Encarcerados (2019). He has been married to Maria Prata since May 23, 2015. He was previously married ...
16. Júlio Bressane
Director | Educação Sentimental
Júlio Bressane was born on February 13, 1946 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Sentimental Education (2013), Tabu (1982) and A Love Movie (2003).
17. Andy Warhol
Director | Blue Movie
Andrew Warhol's father, Ondrej, came from the Austria-Hungary Empire (now Slovakia) in 1912, and sent for his mother, Julia Zavackyová Warholová, in 1921. His father worked as a construction worker and later as a coal miner. Around some time, the family moved to Pittsburgh. During his teenage years...
18. Andrzej Bartkowiak
Director | Romeo Must Die
Esteemed cinematographer known for his long, durable association with Sidney Lumet. Trained at the Polish Film School in his native Lódz. After he immigrated to the U.S.A. he began working in commercials filming hundreds of memorable spots for IBM, Xerox, American Express, Pepsi ,Coca Cola, ...
19. Albert Pyun
Director | Cyborg
Albert Pyun was an award-winning US filmmaker best known for his contributions to the science-fiction and action genres. He is credited with pioneering the cyborg sub-genre and is considered to be a maverick and renegade in independent genre cinema. With over 50 titles to his name, he has enjoyed a...
20. Michael Patrick King
Producer | Sex and the City 2
Michael Patrick King was born on September 14, 1954 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Sex and the City 2 (2010), Sex and the City (1998) and Sex and the City (2008).
21. Michael Jai White
Actor | Black Dynamite
Michael Jai White is an American actor and martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. White ...
22. Jim Wynorski
Director | The Lost Empire
A 25-year veteran in the Hollywood exploitation field, writer/producer/director Jim Wynorski is responsible for over 150 varied motion pictures in a myriad of genres. Leaving behind a successful commercial business in New York, Wynorski relocated to California in 1980 and soon found himself on the ...
23. Uwe Boll
Producer | Postal
As a youth, he produced a number of short films on Super 8 and video. After short stints as guest auditor at Filmacademy Vienna and Filmhochschule Munich, Boll studied literature and economics in Cologne and Siegen. He graduated from university in 1995 with a doctorate in literature. From 1995-2000...
Though, he has at least one good movie: Max Schmmeling.
24. Jesús Franco
Writer | Der Teufel kam aus Akasava
He was only six years old when he started composing music under the protection of his brother Enrique. After the Spanish Civil War he was able to continue his studies at the Real Conservatorio de Madrid, where he finished piano and harmony. Being a Bachelor of Law and an easy-read novel writer (...
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25. Terence Fisher
Director | Dracula
Terence Fisher was born in Maida Vale, England, in 1904. Raised by his grandmother in a strict Christian Scientist environment, Fisher left school while still in his teens to join the Merchant Marine. By his own account he soon discovered that a life at sea was not for him, so he left the service ...
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26. Éric Rohmer
Director | Ma nuit chez Maud
Admirers have always had difficulty explaining Éric Rohmer's "Je ne sais quoi." Part of the challenge stems from the fact that, despite his place in French Nouvelle Vague (i.e., New Wave), his work is unlike that of his colleagues. While this may be due to the auteur's unwillingness to conform, ...
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27. Roberto Malenotti
Director | Cenerentola '80
Roberto Malenotti was born on June 6, 1939 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Cindy - Cinderella '80 (1984), My Sister, My Love (1969) and There Are Still Slaves in the World (1964).
29. Alberto Magno
Writer | A Serpente
Alberto Magno is known for A Serpente (1992), The Torturer (1981) and Eu Matei Lúcio Flávio (1979).
30. Paulo Biscaia Filho
Director | Nervo Craniano Zero
M.A. at Royal Holloway University of London. Professor at Faculdade de Artes do Paraná, Brazil for Film and Theatre. Head of Cinemateca de Curitiba for 9 years. Director and playwright for his company Vigor Mortis since 1997. Winner of several international film awards for his feature films Nervo ...
31. Afonso Poyart
Director | 2 Coelhos
Afonso Poyart was born in 1979 in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. He is a director and writer, known for Two Rabbits (2012), Mais Forte que o Mundo: A História de José Aldo (2016) and Solace (2015).
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