Best Directors
by juanmanuelsierra96 | created - 29 Feb 2016 | updated - 13 Mar 2016 | Public
1. 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 ...
Interstellar - 10
The Dark Knight - 10
The Dark Knight Rises - 10
Inception - 10
The Prestige - 9
Memento - 9
Batman Begins - 8
Final Score: 9.42 for 7 Movies
2. 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...
Pulp Fiction - 10
Reservoir Dogs - 10
Inglourious Basterds - 10
Django Unchained - 9
Kill Bill Vol. 1 - 9
Kill Bill Vol. 2 - 9
The Hateful Eight - 8
Final Score: 9.28 for 7 Movies
3. 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 ...
GoodFellas - 10
The Wolf of Wall Street - 10
Casino - 9
The Departed - 9
Taxi Driver - 9
Shutter Island - 8
Raging Bull - 8
Hugo - 8
Final Score: 8.87 for 8 Movies
4. 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 ...
2001: A Space Odyssey - 10
A Clockwork Orange - 10
The Shining - 9
Full Metal Jacket - 9
Final Scorse: 9.5 for 4 Movies
5. 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...
Se7en - 10
Fight Club - 10
Gone Girl - 9
The Social Network - 9
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 8
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 8
Zodiac - 8
Alien 3 - 5
Final Score: 8.37 for 8 Movies
6. 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 ...
Titanic - 10
Aliens - 10
Terminator 2 - 9
Terminator - 8
Avatar - 8
Final Score: 9 for 5 Movies
7. 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, ...
Schindler's List - 10
Saving Private Ryan - 10
Jurassic Park - 8
Bridge of Spies - 8
Minority Report - 8
Final Score: 8.8 for 5 Movies
8. 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 ...
Mystic River - 9
Gran Torino - 9
Million Dollar Baby - 9
Unforgiven - 9
A Perfect World - 8
American Sniper - 8
Invictus - 7
Final Score: 8.42 for 7 Movies
9. 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 ...
Alien - 9
Gladiator - 9
The Martian - 9
Black Hawk Down - 8
Hannibal - 7
Prometheus - 7
A Good Year - 6
Final Score: 7.85 for 7 Movies
10. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director | Biutiful
Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born ...
The Revenant - 9
Birdman - 9
Babel - 8
21 Grams - 8
Final Score: 8.5 for 4 Movies
11. Robert Zemeckis
Writer | Back to the Future
A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...
Forrest Gump - 10
Back to the Future - 9
Cast Away - 8
Beowulf - 6
Final Score: 8.25 for 4 Movies
12. Danny Boyle
Director | 127 Hours
Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...
Slumdog Millionaire - 9
Trainspotting - 8
28 Weeks Later - 8
127 Hours - 8
Steve Jobs - 7
Sunshine - 6
Final Score: 7.66 for 6 Movies
13. Paul Greengrass
Director | United 93
Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.
After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...
The Bourne Ultimatum - 9
The Bourne Supremacy - 8
Captain Phillips - 8
Final Score: 8.33 for 3 Movies
14. Tim Burton
Producer | Edward Scissorhands
Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...
Edward Scissorhands - 9
Ed Wood - 8
Sleepy Hollow - 7
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 6
Final Score: 7.5 for 4 Movies
15. Zack Snyder
Director | 300
Zachary Edward "Zack" Snyder (born March 1, 1966) is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, best known for action and science fiction films. Snyder made his feature film debut with the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead and has gone on to be known for his comic book movies and ...
300 - 9
Watchmen - 8
Sucker Punch - 6
Final Score: 7.66 for 3 Movies
16. Darren Aronofsky
Writer | Pi
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won ...
Requiem for a Dream - 9
Black Swan - 9
Noah - 5
Pi - 4
Final Score: 6.75 for 4 Movies
17. Ron Howard
Producer | Arrested Development
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Apollo 13 (1995) to the hit comedies Parenthood (1989) and Splash (1983), he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films.
Howard ...
Rush - 9
A Beautiful Mind - 8
Grinch - 5
Final Score: 7.33 for 3 Movies
18. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
Saw - 8
The Conjuring - 8
Fast & Furious 7 - 6
Death Sentence - 6
Dead Silence - 6
Insidious - 6
Final Score: 6.66 for 6 Movies
19. 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...
A History of Violence - 8
Eastern Promises - 8
The Fly - 7
A Dangerous Method - 6
Crash - 5
Videodrome - 4
Final Score: 6.33 for 6 Movies
20. Francis Lawrence
Director | The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Francis Lawrence is an American filmmaker. He started directing over sixty music videos before he directed the cult classic Keanu Reeves film Constantine, I Am Legend and Water for Elephants. He also directed The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, and Red ...
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - 8
I am Legend - 7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - 7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 - 6
Constatine - 6
Final Score: 6.8 for 5 Movies
21. Wes Craven
Writer | A Nightmare on Elm Street
Wes Craven has become synonymous with genre bending and innovative horror, challenging audiences with his bold vision.
Wesley Earl Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Caroline (Miller) and Paul Eugene Craven. He had a midwestern suburban upbringing. His first feature film was The Last House on ...
A Nightmare on Elm Street - 8
Scream - 7
Scream 4 - 6
Scream 2 - 5
Scream 3 - 4
Final Score: 6 for 5 Movies
22. Peter Segal
Director | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Peter Segal was born in 1962. He is a director and producer, known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Get Smart (2008) and Second Act (2018). He is married to Linda Segal. They have three children.
50 First Dates - 7
Get Smart - 6
The Longest Yard - 6
Anger Management - 6
Final Score: 6.25 for 4 Movies
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