my favourite directors
by nikolalaic | created - 25 Jul 2017 | updated - 10 Jul 2018 | Public
1. Quentin Tarantino
Writer | Reservoir Dogs
Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.
In January of...
movies i love: Pulp fiction-100 The hateful eight-100 Inglourious basterds-100 Django unchained-100 Kill Bill-99 Reservoir dogs-99 Jackie Brown-98 Death proof-94
2. 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 ...
movies i love:The dark knight-100 Dunkirk-100 Inception-100 The prestige-100 Interstellar-100 Memento-99 The dark knight rises-98 Batman begins-97
3. 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, ...
movies i love:Saving private Ryan-100 Schindler's list-99 Jaws-99 Raiders of the lost ark-98 Catch me if you can-98 Jurrasic park-96 E.T.-96 Minority report-96
4. Wes Anderson
Director | Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers, Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an ...
movies i love:Isle Of Dogs-99 The Grand Budapest Hotel-98 Fantastic Mr. Fox-97 Rushmore-97 The Royal Tenenbaums-97 Moonrise kingdom-96 The Darjeeling Limited-95 The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou-94
5. Martin Scorsese
Producer | Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...
movies i love:The departed-100 Goodfellas-100 Taxi driver-99 The wolf of Wall Street-99 Raging bull-98 Gangs of New York-96 Shutter island-95
6. Joel Coen
Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...
The coen brothers movies i love:No country for old men-100 Fargo-100 The big Lebowski-100 O brother, where art thou?-98 Inside Llewyn Davis-97 True grit-95 Burn after reading-94
7. Peter Jackson
Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...
movies i love: The lord of the rings:The return of the king-100 The lord of the rings:The fellowship of the ring-100 The lord of the rings:The two towers-100 The hobbit:The desolation of Smaug-98 The hobbit:An unexpected journey-95 The hobbit:The battle of five armies-94
8. 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...
movies i love:Fight club-100 Se7en-100 The girl with the dragon tattoo-100 Zodiac-98 The social network-96 The curious case of Benjamin Button-96
9. Clint Eastwood
Actor | Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...
movies i love:Changelling-99 American sniper-98 Unforgiven-97 Gran torino-96 Million dollar baby-96 Letter from Iwo Jima-95
10. 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 ...
movies i love:Aliens-100 Avatar-100 Terminator 2:Judgment day-99 The terminator-98 Titanic-95
11. Stanley Kubrick
Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...
movies i love:2001:A Space Odyssey-100 The Shining-100 Full Metal Jacket-99 A Clockwork Orange-99 Paths Of Glory-97
12. 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 ...
movies i love:Blade runner-99 Gladiator-99 Alien-98 American gangster-97 Kingdom of heaven-95
13. Edgar Wright
Director | Shaun of the Dead
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. He is best known for his comedic Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), made with recurrent collaborators Simon Pegg...
movies i love:Scott Pilgrim vs the world-99 Hot fuzz-99 Baby driver-99 Shaun of the dead-99 The world's end-96
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