Greatest Movie Director

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Ron Jeremy

What a tremendous job he had!

 

[Lavinda Past]

I think the problem with Nolan is that he's clearly a director interested in taking an idea — usually something to do with time, and the plasticity of time, contrary to common-sense appearances — and building a film around it. The more mind-bending the idea, the better, as far as he's concerned.
I think that works in the case of Inception and Interstellar. I was fascinated by both, although I can easily imagine other people having a low tolerance for them. But I recently rented the early one, Memento, and it was slowly driving me round the bend. He can easily box himself into a corner with his idea. So Memento has to keep explaining itself to the viewer as it goes along. Otherwise you wouldn't understand a bloody thing.

That's the beauty of Memento. Nolan unravels the story as though he's slowly peeling an orange.
Every film he makes is designed to play with your brain and he does it expertly.
He's a real 'marmite' filmmaker.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Anybody mentioned Steve Pointy Mcmanamon? He was fantastic at directing.

Point Break
Zabriskie Point
Point Blank
Grosse Point Blank

 

[idahoblues]

Point Break
Zabriskie Point
Point Blank
Grosse Point Blank

A very pointed reply

 

[Bill Walker]

If I have to name one (as the OP asks for) it would have to be Tarantino.

I can watch his films over and over and over, the comedy, the flow, the characters but especially the dialogue wins it for me, superb.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Spielberg, The Coens and Hitchcock are right up there but as a good night's entertainment I love a bit of Mel Brooks.

 

[DaveyG]

Kazan, scorsese, kubrick top 3. Not sure in what order. Martin mcdonagh the best of the current era

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Jonathan Demme wouldn't ever be considered anywhere near the greatest but his two best are pretty decent: Philadelphia, Silence of the lambs.

And hands down the greatest concert film ever made — “Stop Making Sense”.

 

[bluemoon32]

Maybe not the greatest but Clint Eastwood has directed some great films

 

[Dr Jacoby]

And hands down the greatest concert film ever made — “Stop Making Sense”.

Something Wild with Jeff Daniels is good fun too.