favorite directors
by rafacanoba | created - 11 May 2017 | updated - 22 Sep 2018 | Public
1. John Cassavetes
Actor | Rosemary's Baby
John Cassavetes was a Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is considered a pioneer of American independent film, as he often financed his own films.
Cassavetes was born in New York City in 1929 to Nicholas John Cassavetes (1893-1979) and his wife, Katherine Demetre (1906-1983). ...
[--] Big Trouble
[--] Love Streams
[--] Gloria
[11] Noite De Estréia
[11] The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
[11] A Woman Under The Influence
[--] Minnie & Moskowitz
[--] Hubands
[11] Faces
[--] A Child is Waiting
[--] Too Late Blues
[--] Shadows
[11] 4/12
2. Luchino Visconti
Writer | Il gattopardo
Born in his ancestral palazzo, situated in the same Milanese square as both the opera house La Scala and the Milan Cathedral, Luchino Visconti (1906 - 1976) was raised under the auspices of aristocratic privilege, theater and Catholicism. This triangulation of monuments would create an equally ...
[--] 1976 L'innocente
[--] 1974 Gruppo di famiglia in un interno
[--] 1973 Ludwig
[11] 1971 Morte a Venezia
[--] 1969 La caduta degli dei
[--] 1967 Lo straniero
[--] 1967 Le streghe
[--] 1965 Vaghe stelle dell'Orsa...
[--] 1963 Il gattopardo
[--] 1962 Boccaccio 70
[11] 1960 Rocco e i suoi fratelli
[08] 1957 Le notti bianche
[--] 1954 Senso
[--] 1953 Siamo donne
[--] 1951 Bellissima
[--] 1948 La terra trema
[--] 1943 Ossessione
[10] 3/17
3. 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 ...
[11] 1999 Eyes Wide Shut [09] 1987 Full Metal Jacket [11] 1980 The Shining [11] 1975 Barry Lyndon [09] 1971 A Clockwork Orange [11] 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey [08] 1964 Dr. Strangelove [--] 1962 Lolita [--] 1960 Spartacus [08] 1957 Paths of Glory [--] 1956 The Killing [--] 1955 Killer's Kiss [--] 1953 Fear and Desire _______________________________________ [9,7] 8/13
4. Francis Ford Coppola
Producer | Apocalypse Now
Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...
[--] Twixt [07] Tetro [--] Youth Without Youth [--] The Rainmaker [--] Jack [11] Dracula [08] The Godfather - Part III [--] Tucker [--] Peggy Sue Got Married [--] The cOTTON cLUB [--] Rumble Fish [--] The Outsiders [10] One From the Heart [10] Apocalipse Now [11] The Godfather - Part II [11] The Conversation [11] The Godfather - Part I [07] The Rain People [--] Finian`s Rainbow [--] You`re a Big Boy Now [--] Dementia 13 [--] Tonight For Sure [--] The Bellboy and the Playgirls ---------------------------------------------------------- [9,7] 8/23
5. David Lynch
Writer | Twin Peaks
Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married Peggy Lynch and then fathered future ...
[--] 2006 Inland Empire [11] 2001 Mulholland Dr. [09] 1999 The Straight Story [09] 1997 Lost Highway [--] 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [11] 1990 Wild at Heart [09] 1986 Blue Velvet [--] 1984 Duna [09] 1980 Elephant Man [--] 1977 Eraserhead ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [9,6] 5/10
6. Jean-Luc Godard
Director | Bande à part
Jean-Luc Godard was born in Paris on December 3, 1930, the second of four children in a bourgeois Franco-Swiss family. His father was a doctor who owned a private clinic, and his mother came from a preeminent family of Swiss bankers. During World War II Godard became a naturalized citizen of ...
[09] 2014 Adeus à Linguagem
[--] 2013 3X3D
[--] 2010 Filme Socialismo
[--] 2004 Nossa Música
[09] 2001 Elogio ao Amor
[--] 1989-1999 Histoire(s) du cinéma
[--] 1996 Para Sempre Mozart
[--] 1991 Alemanha Nove Zero
[--] 1987 Rei Lear
[--] 1985 Soft and Hard
[--] 1985 Détective
[--] 1985 Eu Vos Saúdo Maria
[08] 1983 Carmen de Godard
[--] 1982 Paixão
[--] 1980 Salve-se Quem Puder
[--] 1978 Comment Ça Va
[--] 1975 Numéro Deux
[--] 1972 Tudo Vai Bem
[--] 1969 A Gaia Ciência
[11] 1967 Weekend a Francesa
[--] 1967 A Chinesa
[04] 1967 Duas ou Três Coisa que Eu Sei Dela
[--] 1966 Made In USA
[--] 1966 Masculino-Feminino
[11] 1965 O Demônio das Onze Horas
[09] 1965 Alphaville
[--] 1964 Uma Mulher Casada
[11] 1964 Bando a Parte
[--] 1963 O Desprezo
[--] 1963 Tempo de Guerra
[--] 1963 O Pequeno Soldado
[11] 1962 Viver a Vida
[--] 1961 Uma Mulher é Uma Mulher
[09] 1960 Acossado
[9,2] 10/35
7. Brian De Palma
Director | Body Double
Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American ...
[--] 2012 Passion [09] 2007 Redacted [--] 2006 The Black Dahlia [--] 2002 Femme Fatale [--] 2000 Mission to Mars [--] 1998 Snake Eyes [09] 1996 Mission:Impossible [--] 1993 Carlito's Way [07] 1992 Rasing Cain [--] 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities [--] 1989 Casualities of War [--] 1987 The Untouchables [--] 1986 Wise Guys [11] 1984 Body Double [09] 1983 Scarface [11] 1981 Blow Out [10] 1980 Dressed to Kill [--] 1979 Home Movies [06] 1978 The Fury [11] 1977 Carrie [--] 1976 Obsession [08] 1974 Phamtom of the Paradise [--] 1972 Sisters [--] 1972 Get to Know Your Rabbit [--] 1970 Hi, Mom! [--] 1970 Dionysus in '69 [--] 1969 The Wedding Party [--] 1968 Greetings [--] 1968 Murder à la Mod _____________________________________________ [9,1] 10/30
8. Richard Linklater
Director | Waking Life
Self-taught writer-director Richard Stuart Linklater was born in Houston, Texas, to Diane Margaret (Krieger), who taught at a university, and Charles W. Linklater III. Richard was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. ...
[--] Last Flag Flying
[--] Everybody Wants Some!!
[11] Boyhood
[08] Before Midnight
[--] Bernie
[--] Me and Orson Welles
[--] A Scanner Darkly
[--] Fast Food Nation
[--] Bad News Bears
[11] Before Sunset
[08] The School of Rock
[--] Tape
[08] Waking Life
[--] The Newton Boys
[--] Suburbia
[09] Before Sunrise
[08] Dazed and Confused
[--] Slacker
[--] It`s Impossible to Learn To Plow By Reading Books
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[9,0] 7/19
9. Eduardo Coutinho
Director | Edifício Master
Eduardo Coutinho was born on May 11, 1933 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Edifício Master (2002), Santo Forte (1999) and Babilônia 2000 (1999). He was married to Maria das Dores de Oliveira. He died on February 2, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
[--] Ultimas Conversas
[07] As Cançoes
[11] Um Dia Na Vida
[08] Moscou
[10] Jogo de Cena
[--] O Fim e o Principio
[07] Pe\oes
[11] Edificio Master
[--] Babilonia 2000
[09] Santo Forte
[08] Boca de Lixo
[--] O Fio da Memoria
[07] Santa Marta - Duas Semanas no Morro
[11] Cabra Marcado Pra Morrer
[--] Theodorico, Imperador do Sertáo
[--] Faustao
[--] O Homem que Comprou o Mundo
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[8,9] 10/17
10. John Waters
Writer | Pecker
Growing up in Baltimore in the 1950s, John Waters was not like other children; he was obsessed by violence and gore, both real and on the screen. With his weird counter-culture friends as his cast, he began making silent 8mm and 16mm films in the mid-'60s; he screened these in rented Baltimore ...
[--] Kiddie Flamingos
[--] A Dirty Shame
[08] Cecil B Demente
[--] Pecker
[09] Serial Mom
[--] Cry-Baby
[--] Hairspray
[07] Polyester
[--] Desperate Living
[10] Female Trouble
[10] Pink Flamingos
[--] Multiple Maniacs
[--] Mondo Trasho
[--] Eat Your Make Up
[8,8] 5/14
11. 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 ...
[--] 2016 Silence [05] 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street] [08] 2011 Hugo [--] 2011 Living in the Material World [08] 2010 Shutter Island [--] 2008 Shine a Light [--] 2006 The Departed [07] The Aviator [07] Gangs of New York [11] BriNGING oUT THE dEAD [--] Kundun [09] Casino [--] The Age of Innocence [--] Cape Fear [08] The Goodfellas [--] The Last Temptation of Christ [--] The Color of Money [11] After Hours [11] The King of Comedy [11] Raging Bull [--] New York, New York [11] Taxi Driver [07] Alice Doesn`t Live Here Anymore [--] Mean Streets [--] Boxcar Bertha [--] I Call First ------------------------------------------------------- [8,7] 13/26
12. George A. Romero
Writer | Land of the Dead
George A. Romero never set out to become a Hollywood figure; by all indications, though, he was very successful. The director of the groundbreaking "Living Dead" films was born February 4, 1940 ,in New York City to Ann (Dvorsky) and Jorge Romero. His father was born in Spain and raised in Cuba, and...
[--] Survival of the Dead [--] Diary of the Dead [09] Land of the Dead [--] Bruisier [--] The Dark Half [07] Monkey Shines [--] Day of the Dead [--] Creepshow [--] Knight Riders [11] Dawn of the Dead [08] Martin [06] The Crazies [--] Hungry Wives [--] There's Always Vanilla [11] Night of the Living Dead _________________________________________ [8,6] 6/15
13. Sofia Coppola
Actress | The Godfather Part III
Sofia Coppola was born on May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA as Sofia Carmina Coppola. She is a director, known for Somewhere (2010), Lost in Translation (2003), and Marie Antoinette (2006). She has been married to Thomas Mars since August 27, 2011. They have two daughters, Romy and ...
[08] The Beguiled [07] Bling Ring [07] Somewhere [10] Marie Antoinette [11] Lost in Translation [09] The Virgin Suicides ---------------------------------------------------------- [8,6] 6/6 !!!
14. David Cronenberg
Actor | The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father, Milton Cronenberg, was a journalist and editor, and his mother, Esther (Sumberg), was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early...
[--] 2014 Map to the Stars [07] 2012 Cosmopolis [06] 2011 A Dangerous Method [07] 2007 Eastern Problems [11] 2005 A History of Violence [--] 2002 Spider [10] 2000 Camera [04] 1999 eXistenZ [11] 1996 Crash [08] 1991 Naked Lunch [08] 1988 Dead Ringers [08] 1986 The Fly [07] 1983 The Dead Zone [07] 1983 Videodrome [--] 1981 Scanners [--] 1979 The Brood [--] 1979 Fast Company [--] 1977 Rabid [08] 1975 Shivers [--] 1970 Crimes of the Future [--] 1969 Stereo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [8,5] 12/21
15. Alfred Hitchcock
Director | Psycho
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...
[--] 1976 Trama Macabra
[--] 1972 Frenesi
[--] 1969 Topazio
[--] 1966 Cortina Rasgada
[--] 1964 Marnie
[10] 1963 Os Pássaros
[10] 1960 Psicose
[08] 1959 Intriga Internacional
[10] 1958 Um Corpo que Cai
[07] 1956 O Homem Errado
[07] 1956 O Homem que Sabia Demais
[--] 1955 O Terceiro Tiro
[05] 1955 Ladrão de Casaca
[10] 1954 Janela Indiscreta
[07] 1954 Disque M para Matar
[--] 1953 A Tortura do Silêncio
[09] 1951 Pacto Sinistro
[--] 1950 Pavor nos Bastirdores
[--] 1949 Sob o Signo de Capricórnio
[10] 1948 Festim Diabólico
[--] 1947 Agonia do Amor
[10] 1946 Interlúdio
[--] 1945 Quando Fala o Coração
[--] 1944 Um Barco e Nove Destinos
[09] 1943 Sombra de uma Dúvida
[--] 1942 Sabotador
[--] 1941 Suspeita
[--] 1940 Um Casal do Barulho
[--] 1940 Correspondente Estrangeiro
[09] 1940 Rebecca
[--] 1939 A Estalagem Maldita
[--] 1938 A Dama Oculta
[06] 1937 Jovem e Inocente
[06] 1936 O Marido Era O Culpado
[--] 1936 Agente Secreto
[--] 1935 39 Degraus
[--] 1934 O Homem que Sabia Demais
[--] 1934 Valsas de Viena
[--] 1932 O Mistério do Número 17
[--] 1931 Ricos e Estranhos
[--] 1931 Mary
[--] 1931 Jogo Sujo
[--] 1930 Assassinato
[--] 1930 Juno e o Pavão
[--] 1929 Chantagem e Confissão
[--] 1929 Entre a Lei e o Coração
[--] 1928 Champagne
[--] 1928 A Mulher Pública
[--] 1928 A Mulher do Fazendeiro
[--] 1927 Decadência
[--] 1927 O Ring
[--] 1927 O Pensionista
[--] 1926 The Mountain Eagle
[--] 1925 O Jardim dos Prazeres
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[8,3] 16/55
16. Hayao Miyazaki
Writer | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animation directors. The entertaining plots, compelling characters, and breathtaking visuals in his films have earned him international renown from critics as well as public recognition within Japan.
Miyazaki started his career in 1963 as an animator at the ...
[--] 2013 Vidas ao Vento [06] 2008 Ponyo [07] 2004 O Castelo Animado [10] 2001 A Viagem de Chihiro [09] 1997 A Princesa Mononoke [--] 1992 Porco Rosso [07] 1989 O Serviço de Entregas de Kiki [10] 1988 Meu Vizinho Totoro [07] 1986 O Castelo no Céu [09] 1984 Nausicaa do Vale do Vento [--] O Castelo de Cagliostro _____________________________________________ [8,1] 08/11
17. Gus Van Sant
Director | Elephant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. is an American filmmaker, painter, screenwriter, photographer and musician from Louisville, Kentucky who is known for directing films such as Good Will Hunting, the 1998 remake of Psycho, Gerry, Elephant, My Own Private Idaho, To Die For, Milk, Last Days, Finding Forrester, ...
[--] 2015 The Sea of Trees [--] 2012 Promised Land [05] 2011 Restless [08] 2008 Milk [07] 2007 Paranoid Park [--] 2005 Last Days [11] 2003 Elephant [--] 2002 Gerry [--] 2000 Finding Forrester [07] 1998 Psycho [07] 1997 Good Will Hunting [--] 1995 To Die For [--] 1993 Even Cowgirls Get the Blues [11] 1991 My Own Private Idaho [--] 1989 Drugstore Cowboy [--] 1986 Mala Noche ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [08] 7/16
18. John Carpenter
Writer | The Fog
John Howard Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, to mother Milton Jean (Carter) and father Howard Ralph Carpenter. His family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, where his father, a professor, was head of the music department at Western Kentucky University. He attended Western Kentucky ...
[05] 2010 The Ward [--] 2001 Ghosts of Mars [--] 1998 Vampires [--] 1996 Escape From L.A. [--] 1995 Village of the Damned [08] 1994 In the Mouth of Madness [06] 1993 Body Bags [--] 1992 Memoir of an Invisible Man [10] 1988 They Live [07] 1987 Prince of Darkness [09] 1986 Big Trouble In Little China [--] 1984 Starman [08] 1983 Christine [10] 1982 The Thing [09] 1981 Escape from New York [07] 1980 The Fog [07] 1978 Haloween [--] 1976 Assalut on Precint 13 [10] 1974 Dark Star ______________________________________ [08] 12/19
19. Karim Aïnouz
Director | A Vida Invisível
Karim Aïnouz is an award-winning film director and screenwriter. He was born to a Brazilian mother and an Algerian father.
Aïnouz debuted as feature director with "Madame Satã" (Cannes Un Certain Regard 2002). Other works include "Nardjes A."(Berlin Panorama 2020), "Central Airport THF" (Berlin ...
[06] Cathedrals of Culture
[06] Praia do Futuro
[--] O Abismo Prateado
[09] Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo
[11] O Ceu de Suely
[--] Madame Satã
[08] 4/6
20. François Truffaut
Writer | La nuit américaine
French director François Truffaut began to assiduously go to the movies at age seven. He was also a great reader but not a good pupil. He left school at 14 and started working. In 1947, aged 15, he founded a film club and met André Bazin, a French critic, who became his protector. Bazin helped the ...
1983 De Repente Num Domingo
1981 A Mulher do Lado
1980 O Último Metrô
[06] 1979 O Amor em Fuga
[07] 1978 O Quarto Verde
1977 O Homem Que Amava as Mulheres
1976 Na Idade da Inocência
1975 A História de Adèle H.
1973 A Noite Americana
1972 Uma Jovem tão Bela Quanto Eu
1971 As Duas Inglesas e o Amor
[06] 1970 Domicilio Conjugal
1970 O Garoto Selvagem
1969 A Sereia do Mississipi
[08] 1968 Beijos Proibidos
1968 A Noiva Estava de Preto
[08] 1966 Fahrenheit 451
1964 Um Só Pecado
1962 O Amor aos 20 Anos
[09] 1962 Jules e Jim - Uma Mulher para Dois
1960 Atirem No Pianista
[11] 1959 Os Incompreendidos
[7,8] 7/22
21. Joe Dante
Director | Innerspace
Joe Dante is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. After a stint as a film reviewer, he began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 as trailer editor for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his directorial debut in 1976 with Hollywood Boulevard (1976) (co-directed with Allan Arkush)...
[--] Nightmare Cinema
[--] Burrying My Ex
[--] The Hole
[--] Looney Tunes: Back to Action
[--] Small Soldiers
[--] Matinee
[07] Gremlins 2
[07] The Burbs
[--] Innerspace
[06] Explorers
[08] Gremlins
[06] The Twilight Zone: The Movie
[--] The Howling
[--] Piranha
[--] Hollywood Boulevard
[6,8] 5/15
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