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  1. Harry Callahan's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    (Original post by Maisie10)
    oooh good question

    1) spielburg
    2) quentin tarantino
    3) tim burton
    4) clint eastwood
    5) danny boyle

    christopher nolan and scorsese also deserve a mention
    i'm gonna be a director myself :cool:
    Forgot about Clint Eastwood - I'm so used to seeing him acting in films that the fact he also directs many of them completely slipped my mind. :P

    He's a good director.
  2. RetroRocker's Avatar
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    Woody Allen [s]yy[\s]
    The Coens
    Ridley Scott.


    This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Wildfire S A510e
  3. Spicey's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Christopher Nolan is definitely my favourite. He also went to my school which is pretty cool.
  4. BigMoz93's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Stanley Kubrick
    Martin Scorsese
    Sergio Leone
  5. velvetbrain's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Alex Proyas has always been a favourite of mine too; Dark City and The Crow were amazing, dark movies.
  6. brittanna's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Bryan Singer - The Usual Suspects
    Christopher Nolan - Batman, Inception, Memento
    Martin Scorsese - Shutter Island
    Peter Jackson - Shutter Island
    Gore Verbinski - Pirates of the Caribbean
  7. salad_fingers's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    David Lynch,
    Martin Scorcese,
    Christopher Nolan,
    Darren Aronofsky,


    Paul T Anderson + Stanley Kubrick, although I've only seen Magnolia and Eyes Wide Shut respectively, but they are two of my favourite films.
    Last edited by salad_fingers; 15-06-2012 at 23:19.
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Fincher, Tarantino, Scorsese, Nolan and Wes Anderson.
  9. nmccann's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    I love Scorsese. so many classics particularly featuring Robert de Niro and Joe Pesci. Francis Ford Coppola anyone? How could we forget the glorious Godfather trilogy. George Lucas aswell?
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    The Coen Brothers (sorry TC I loved those 2 films you weren't keen on! )

    Stanley Kubrick, Edgar Wright and Kevin Smith all get massive love from me too, all great in their own ways.
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Lynch, Cronenberg, Scorsese, the Cohen brothers, Tarkovsky... Some others.
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Brian De Palma!
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    (Original post by concubine)
    Lynch, Cronenberg, Scorsese, the Cohen brothers, Tarkovsky... Some others.
    PRSOM. :sad:

    That's a fine looking list you've got there.
  14. velvetbrain's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Oh yeah, Cronenberg too. Videodrome is definitely in my top ten
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Martin Scorcese
    Mark Webb
    Tim Burton
    Sofia Coppola
    Kathryn Bigelo

    <3 x
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Peter Jackson
    Chris Nolan
    Paul Greengrass
    Peter Weir
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Chris Nolan
    Martin Scorsese
    Guy Ritchie
    Wachowski Brothers
    Edward Zwick
  18. Prince94's Avatar
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Quentin Tarantino
    Edgar Wright - Shaun of the Dead/Hot Fuzz
    Stanley Kubrick
    Chris Nolan
    Martin Scorsese
    Guy Ritchie
    Michael Vaughn
    Steven Spielberg (don't hate, he's great and you know he is)
    Last edited by Prince94; 02-07-2012 at 15:47.
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    Christopher Nolan
    Michael Mann
    Sergio Leone
    Martin Scorcese
    Clint Eastwood
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    Re: Favourite Directors?
    More of a producer, but also a director, Judd Apatow.
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