Favorite Directors
By: Ally the Manic Listmaker
My favorite directors. I have listed a movie by each below to give you an idea of the kinds of directors I like (not necessarily my favorite). Ranked.
This list is also on IMDB.
Alfred Hitchcock
Claude Chabrol
Krzysztof Kieślowski
Woody Allen
Luis Buñuel
Pedro Almodóvar
François Truffaut
Billy Wilder
Agnès Varda
Eric Rohmer
Roman Polanski
Ernst Lubitsch
Alain Resnais
Jacques Rivette
Michael Haneke
Coen Bros.
William “Wild Bill” Wellman
Fritz Lang
Robert Bresson
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Rainer Werner “Fassy” Fassbinder
Maurice Pialat
Julien Duvivier
Marcel Pagnol
Dorothy Arzner
Marcel Carné
Sacha Guitry
John Cassavetes
Robert Altman
Mike Leigh
Bertrand Tavernier
David Lynch
Michelangelo Antonioni
John Huston
Anne Fontaine
Patrice Leconte
Catherine Breillat
Andrzej Munk
Bertrand Blier
Frank Borzage
Frank Capra
Louis Malle
David Cronenberg
Nicholas Ray
Leo McCarey
André Téchiné
Jacques Demy
Elia Kazan
Jim Jarmusch
Georges Méliès
Alice Guy-Blaché
Claude Berri
René Clément
Raoul Walsh
René Clair
Valerio Zurlini
Howard Hawks
Alain Corneau
Bernardo Bertolucci
Miloš Forman
Atom Egoyan
Olivier Assayas
Raoul Ruiz
Alfred E. Green
Georges Franju
Buster Keaton
Tim Burton
Gregory La Cava
Mikio Naruse
Francis Ford Coppola
Brian DePalma
D.W. Griffith
Allan Dwan
Lina Wertmüller
Carlos Saura
Charlie Kaufman
Maysles Bros.
Éric Rochant
Martin Scorsese
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Christophe Honoré
Norman McLaren
Nicholas Roeg
Robert Benton
Céline Sciamma
Barbara Kopple
Catherine Corsini
Edward Yang
Edward Dmytryk
François Ozon
Věra Chytilová
Costa-Gavras
Coline Serreau
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
John Waters
William Friedkin
Diane Kurys
Emir Kusturica
Wes Anderson
Michael Curtiz
Honorable mention:
Sidney Lumet
Claire Denis
Marco Ferreri
Claudia Llosa
Michel Deville
Neil Jordan
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Valérie Lemercier
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Julian Schnabel
Otto Preminger
Pierre Salvadori
Michael Powell
Paul Auster
Elaine May
Ida Lupino
Edmund Goulding
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Isabel Coixet
Dziga Vertov
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Christophe Barratier
Andy Warhol
Dennis Hopper
Curtis Hanson
Noah Baumbach
Luc Besson
King Vidor
Gordon Douglas
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01Alfred Hitchcock
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02Woody Allen
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03Claude Chabrol
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04Krzysztof Kieślowski
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05Luis Buñuel
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06Pedro Almodóvar
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07Billy Wilder
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08François Truffaut
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09Michael Haneke
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10Agnès Varda
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11Robert Bresson
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12Ernst Lubitsch
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13Éric Rohmer
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14Roman Polanski
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15William A. Wellman
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16Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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17Wes Anderson
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18Patrice Leconte
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19Bertrand Tavernier
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20Marcel Pagnol
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21Mike Leigh
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22Marcel Carné
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23Anne Fontaine
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24Jim Jarmusch
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25Dorothy Arzner
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26Catherine Breillat
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27Jacques Rivette
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28Atom Egoyan
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29Isabel Coixet
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30Michelangelo Antonioni
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31David Cronenberg
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32David Lynch
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33Julien Duvivier
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34Jean-Paul Rappeneau
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35Alfred E. Green
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36Allan Dwan
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37François Ozon
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38John Huston
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39Christophe Honoré
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40Maurice Pialat
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41Olivier Assayas
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42Catherine Corsini
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43Fritz Lang
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44Henri-Georges Clouzot
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45Miloš Forman
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46Bertrand Blier
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47Robert Altman
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48Louis Malle
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49Robert Benton
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50Emir Kusturica
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51Marco Ferreri
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52Jacques Demy
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53Alain Resnais
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54Raoul Walsh
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55Pierre Salvadori
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56Frank Capra
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57Nicholas Ray
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58David Maysles
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59Charlie Kaufman
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60Nicolas Roeg
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61Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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62Christophe Barratier
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63Julian Schnabel
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64William Friedkin
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65Curtis Hanson
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66Edward Yang
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67Dziga Vertov
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68Raúl Ruiz
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69Valerio Zurlini
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70Martin Scorsese
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71Buster Keaton
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72Bernardo Bertolucci
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73Alice Guy-Blaché
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74Ethan Coen
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75Frank Borzage
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76Otto Preminger
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77Alejandro González Iñárritu
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78D.W. Griffith
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79Noah Baumbach
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80André Téchiné
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81Gregory La Cava
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82Andrzej Munk
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83Éric Rochant
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84Elia Kazan
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85Georges Franju
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86Coline Serreau
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87Luc Besson
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88Jean-Jacques Beineix
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89Dennis Hopper
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90Lina Wertmüller
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91Alain Corneau
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92Barbara Kopple
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93Danièle Thompson
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94Andy Warhol
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95Claire Denis
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96Norman McLaren
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97Georges Méliès
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98Howard Hawks
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99Claudia Llosa
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100Diane Kurys
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101Michael Powell
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102Paul Auster
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103Brian De Palma
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104Elaine May
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105Ida Lupino
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106Věra Chytilová
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107Costa-Gavras
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108Sacha Guitry
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109Valérie Lemercier
