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Who is the greatest director of all time?

Francis Ford Coppola (Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse Now).

Alfred Hitchcock (The Birds, North by Northwest, Rebecca, Vertigo, Psycho).

Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones, E.T., Close Encounters, Jaws, The Color Purple, A.I.).

Stanley Kubrik (Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Doctor Strangelove. 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket).

Other (please list)

Jesus, three options and one of them is Coppola?

EDIT: I guess for greatest director I'd have to say Kurosawa. Or maybe Scorcese. But really, this is one of those things where it's better to have a list than one single guy.

Robert Treder wrote:Jesus, three options and one of them is Coppola?

Who would you select?

Michael Jackson all the way.
[Shit, I meant PETER Jackson. ]
Alfred Hitchcock about second I guess, and Spielberg about fourth.

Of the three choices, I picked Hitchcock.
But for the greatest ever, D.W. Griffith! Birth of a Nation was the feel good comedy sensation of the century!
In all seriousness, Stanley Kubrik's my favorite.

I'd go for Coppola.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning...

Frank Hipper wrote:Of the three choices, I picked Hitchcock.
But for the greatest ever, D.W. Griffith! Birth of a Nation was the feel good comedy sensation of the century!
In all seriousness, Stanley Kubrik's my favorite.

OHHH! You're right, Kubrik should definitely be a choice. I'll edit the poll.

What about Kurosawa?

phongn wrote:What about Kurosawa?

Call me ethnocentric but... no. Not poll material, though you can quite obviously vote for Akira as an "other."

Master of Ossus wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:Of the three choices, I picked Hitchcock.
But for the greatest ever, D.W. Griffith! Birth of a Nation was the feel good comedy sensation of the century!
In all seriousness, Stanley Kubrik's my favorite.

OHHH! You're right, Kubrik should definitely be a choice. I'll edit the poll.

GAAAHHH! I already voted!

I'm not sure if Ridley Scott counts as quality directing material...


For Bladerunner especially....

Frank Hipper wrote:

Master of Ossus wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:Of the three choices, I picked Hitchcock.
But for the greatest ever, D.W. Griffith! Birth of a Nation was the feel good comedy sensation of the century!
In all seriousness, Stanley Kubrik's my favorite.

OHHH! You're right, Kubrik should definitely be a choice. I'll edit the poll.

GAAAHHH! I already voted!

Ooops, sorry.

And what about Quentin Tarantino? And he is not only director, he also co-writes (if there is such a thing) the plot. Pulp Fiction has great dialogues. I liked Spielberg vey much when i was a kid, but now...
And i can't remember his name right now, but the one who directed SNATCH.

I chose Spielberg, mainly because I loved Saving Private Ryan.
Indiana Jones and the first Jurassic Park we're also brilliant.

Well, Spielberg is now cursed by a witch doctor, so he might die soon.

I like many different movies that those directors have done, so I cannot really choose. I would say that Spielberg is the most iconic, however.

The greatest director of all time is unquestionably Ed Wood

Darth Wong wrote:The greatest director of all time is unquestionably Ed Wood

No, but Tim Burton's pretty good

Darth Wong wrote:The greatest director of all time is unquestionably Ed Wood

Have you ever seen that film about his life with Johnny Depp as Wood? It's almost comedy that guy's entire life, and people wondered why he was so crap.

But out of that list, I'd go Hitchcock, but then I have no firm fave director but Hitchy here is regarded as the master of film.

Yeah, that's what I was talking about. The movie is called Ed Wood and it's directed by Tim Burton. And it's awesome.

Robert Treder wrote:Yeah, that's what I was talking about. The movie is called Ed Wood and it's directed by Tim Burton. And it's awesome.

Aye, Burton of course being as eccentric as Wood was.

kubrik for ACO.

i havent seen the godfather trilogy but i didn´t like apocalypse now that much.
don´t like spielberg. spielberg´s got too many whiny movies.

MAHOK!

Another one? I only did my one about a month ago....

I can't believe that no one has voted for Martin Scorsese!! or maybe I just missed it..

Darth Wong wrote:The greatest director of all time is unquestionably Ed Wood

Fah. Roger Cormen all the way!!

In all seriousness, I'd go with Kurosawa, especially when working with Mifune.

Mel Brooks
Actualy i chose Steven Spielberg.