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Poll: Director for 40 Years or More

They have worked as directors for at least 40 years; who has had the best career over the years?

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    Steven Spielberg

    Debut: Firelight (1964)
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    George Lucas

    Debut: THX 1138 (1971)
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    Woody Allen

    Debut: What's up tiger lily (1966)
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    Francis Ford Coppola

    Debut: Tonight for sure (1962)
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    Ridley Scott

    Debut: Boy and bicycle (1965)
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    David Lynch

    Debut: Six Men getting sick (1966)
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    Martin Scorsese

    Debut: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
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    Clint Eastwood

    Debut: Play misty for me (1971)
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    John Carpenter

    Debut: Dark Star (1974)
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    David Cronenberg

    Debut: Stereo (1969)
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    Carl Reiner

    Debut:The dick van dyke show (1961)
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    George Miller

    Debut: Mad max (1979)
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    Roman Polanski

    Debut: Break Up the dance (1957)
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    William Friedkin

    Debut: Good Times (1967)
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    Brian De Palma

    Debut: Ícaro (1960)
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    Oliver Stone

    Debut: Last year in vietnam (1971)
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    Warren Beatty

    Debut: Heaven can wait (1978)
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    Terrence Malick

    Debut: Badlands (1973)
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    Werner Herzog

    Debut: Signs of life (1968)
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    Paul Verhoeven

    Debut: Diary Of A Hooker (1971)
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    Wim Wenders

    Debut: Summer In The City (1971)
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    Ken Loach

    Debut: Poor Cow (1967)
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    Mike Leigh

    Debut: Bleak Moments (1971)
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    James Ivory

    Debut: The Householder (1963)
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    Lina Wertmüller

    Debut: The Basilisks (1963)
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    Hayao Miyazaki

    Debut: The Castle Of Cagliostro (1979)
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    Jean-Luc Godard

    Debut: Breathless (1960)
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    Melvin Van Peebles

    Debut: Watermelon Man (1970)
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    Spike Lee

    Debut: Last Hustle In Brooklyn (1979)
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    Margarethe von Trotta

    Debut: The Lost Honor Of Katarina Blum (1975)
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    Liliana Cavani

    Debut: Galileo (1968)
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    Béla Tarr

    Debut: Family Nest (1977)

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