The men and women that inspire me to make a career in film.I included my personal top 3 favorite films from each one of them.
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1. Quentin Tarantino
1.Pulp Fiction 2. Inglorius Basterds 3.Kill Bill |
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2. Stanley Kubrick
The greatest director that ever lived. It's not an opinion it's a fact. Top three:1.2001:A Space Odyssey 2.A Clockwork Orange 3.Barry Lyndon |
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3. Martin Scorsese
1.Taxi Driver 2.Goodfellas 3.The Last Temptation of Christ |
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4. Terrence Malick
Quality over quantity. 1.Tree of Life 2.Days of Heaven 3.Thin Red Line |
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5. Federico Fellini
1. 8 1/2 2.Amarcord |
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6. Alfred Hitchcock
The definition of suspense. 1.Psycho 2.Vertigo 3.North by Northwest |
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7. Woody Allen
1.Annie Hall 2.Manhattan 3.Husbands and Wives |
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8. Jean-Pierre Melville
1. Le Cercle Rouge 2.Bob Le Flambeur 3.Le Samurai |
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9. Mike Leigh
1.Happy Go Lucky 2.Naked 3.Life is Sweet |
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10. David Cronenberg
1.Eastern Promises 2.A History of Violence 3. Videodrome |
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11. Ethan Coen
The Coens are number ten. 1.Barton Fink 2.A Serious Man 3.The Big Lebowski |
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12. Paul Thomas Anderson
1.There Will Be Blood 2.The Master 3.Magnolia |
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13. Roman Polanski
1.Chinatown 2.Repulsion 3.The Pianist |
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14. Akira Kurosawa
Japan's greatest contribution to film. 1.Rashomon 2.Yojimbo/Sanjuro 3.Throne of Blood |
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15. Wes Anderson
1.Moonrise Kingdom 2.Rushmore 3.Bottle Rocket |
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16. Krzysztof Kieslowski
1.Double Life of veronique 2.Red 3.White |
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17. Charles Chaplin
1.City Lights 2.The Gold Rush 3. Modern Times |
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18. Michael Powell
and Emeric Pressburger. 1.The Red Shoes 2.The life and death of colonel blimp 3.Thief of baghdad |
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19. Luis Buñuel
Spain's greatest filmmaker. |
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20. Jean-Luc Godard
1.Vivre Sa Vie 2.Breathless 3.Le Mepris |
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21. Pedro Almodóvar
1.Abrazos Rotos 2.Matador 3.Volver |
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22. Brian De Palma
1.Blow Out 2.Carrie 3.Scarface |
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23. François Truffaut |
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24. Ingmar Bergman |
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25. Robert Altman
1.The Player 2.Nashville 3.McCabe and Mrs.Miller |
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26. Jim Jarmusch |
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27. David Fincher
A true "devotee of darkness". 1.Fight Club 2.Se7en 3.Zodiac |
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28. Christopher Nolan
1.Memento 2.The Prestige 3.Inception |
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29. David Lynch
1.M.Drive 2. |
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30. Terry Gilliam
1.Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas 2.Brazil 3.Time Bandits |
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31. Tim Burton
1.Sweeny Todd 2.Ed Wood 3.Corpse Bride |
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32. Steven Spielberg
1.Raiders of the lost ark 2.Close encounters of the third kind 3.Minority Report |
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33. Louis Malle |
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34. Nicolas Winding Refn
1.Valhalla Rising 2.Drive 3.Bronson |
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35. Steven Soderbergh
1.Che 2.Traffic 3.Ocean's Eleven |
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36. Sidney Lumet
1.Dog Day Afternoon 2.Network 3.The Fugitive Kind |
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37. Billy Wilder |
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38. Guillermo del Toro
1.El Laberinto del Fauno 2.Cronos 3.Hellboy II: THe Golden Army |
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39. Sofia Coppola |
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40. Alexander Payne |
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41. Sergio Leone |
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42. Richard Linklater |
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43. Darren Aronofsky
1.Requiem for a dream 2.The Fountain 3.The Wrestler |
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44. Jason Reitman
1.Young Adult 2.Thank You for smoking 3.Juno |
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45. Edgar Wright |
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46. Jonathan Demme |
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47. Lars von Trier |
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48. Samuel Fuller |
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49. Francis Ford Coppola
1.Apocalypse Now 2.The Conversation 3.The Godfather |
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50. David Mamet
1.Homicide 2.House Of Games 3.Heist |