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Weekly named their top 25 active directors this week. The top of their list is below - the back half of theirs and my whole list and comments are after the jump.
1. Steven Spielberg
2. Peter Jackson
3. Martin Scorsese
4. Christopher Nolan
5. Steven Soderbergh
6. Ridley Scott
7. Quentin Tarantino
8. Michael Mann
9. James Cameron
10. Joel and Ethan Coen
11. Guillermo del Toro
12. David Fincher
13. Tim Burton
14. Judd Apatow
15. Sam Raimi
16. Zack Snyder
17. Darren Aronofsky
18. Danny Boyle
19. Clint Eastwood
20. Ron Howard
21. Ang Lee
22. Paul Thomas Anderson
23. Paul Greengrass
24. Pedro Almodóvar
25. Jon Favreau
That list is HORRIBLE. Below is my attempt at it - probably omitting a few (and a few a's and b's):
1. Martin Scorsese
2. Paul Thomas Anderson
3. David Fincher
4. Coen Brothers
5. Michael Mann
6. David Lynch
6a. Terrence Malick
7. Darren Aronofsky
8. Christopher Nolan
9. Paul Greengrass
10. Alfonso Cuaron
11. Alejandro González Iñárritu
12. Steven Soderbergh
13. Spike Jonze
14. Alexander Payne
15. Wes Anderson
16. Ridley Scott
17. David Cronenberg
17a.Gus Van Sant
18. Danny Boyle
19. Judd Apatow
20. Sam Mendes
21. Fernando Meirelles
22. Ang Lee
23. Clint Eastwood
23. Peter Weir
24. Peter Jackson
25. Ron Howard
26. Jim Sheridan
27. Atom Egoyan
28. Cameron Crowe
29. Guillermo Del Toro
Doc - What am I missing (other than Woody Allen and Coppolla, who transcend this list). An interesting exercise - I ranked them according to how much I anticipate their movies.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Top 25 Active Directors
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4 comments:
Spielberg isn't on my list on purpose. Its not that I don't think he's a great director - but the last 10 years for him have put him into a weak position with me and it takes more than just him behind the camera to get me interested - War of the Worlds (C), Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull (C+), Munich (B), Terminal (didn't see it) etc....
I almost posted this list a couple of days ago, because the top 12 isn't that bad, but then I saw PTA below Burton, Apatow, Raimi, and Snyder. And Jon Favreau in the top 25 - for Iron Man and what - Zathura? They also have 50-26 and it's the usual hodgepodge of politically correct choices. #50 was Sidney Lumet who has a better resume than almost anyone else on the list, if only one great film in recent years (BTDKYD).
Some recent great directorial achievements (Andrew Dominik, Todd Haynes) need another film to be added. I basically agree with the people on your list but will defend Spielberg (more on another post perhaps).
My short list:
1. Martin Scorsese
2. The Coen Brothers
3. Paul Thomas Anderson
4. Michael Mann
5. David Fincher
6. Terrence Malick
7. Christopher Nolan
8. Peter Weir
9. Steven Soderbergh
10. David Lynch
11. Steven Spielberg
12. Alfonso Cuaron
I just realized Ed Zwick was in that photo. He might be in the top 250.
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