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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2024
Favourite Directors (98 person items)"Favourite films: eXistenZ, Crash, Scanners, The Dead Zone, The Fly, Naked Lunch, Videodrome, A History of Violence, and Dead Ringers "
Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2023
Alien (1989)
Teenage Memories (49 person items)" I'd been fascinated in horror for years, as a ten year old I'd visit the video rental store and pour over the VHS tapes boxes in the forbidden horror section, with their incredible ornate designs and titles that sparked my imagination. I would imagine the films in my head, asking friends who were allowed to view such exquisitely mature art about plotlines and scenes. So imagine my surprise when a few years later watching a bunch of these movies and finding out how dull and poorly made they we"
The Shape of Water (1987)
Most Accomplished Active Directors (2018 Edition) (50 person items)"2017 Rank: #36 2016 Rank: #32 2015 Rank: #31 2014 Rank: #31 2013 Rank: #32 2012 Rank: #33 2011 Rank: #47 2010 Rank: #49 2009 Rank: #49 a. The Brood (1979) b. Scanners (1981) c. Videodrome (1983) d. The Dead Zone (1983) e. The Fly (1986) f. Dead Ringers (1988) g. A History of Violence (2005) h. Eastern Promises (2007) i. A Dangerous Method (2011) j. Maps to the Stars (2015) "
Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)"Viggo Mortensen - A History of Violence (2005) - Eastern Promises (2007) - A Dangerous Method (2011) "
Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)"1983 "Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" (one of the big name directors who were approached to direct the film, but he declined). 1986 "Top Gun" (turned down the project) 1987 "RoboCop" (turned down the project) 1990 "Total Recall" (wrote several drafts and was set to direct before Paul Verhoeven took over the project). "
Most Accomplished Active Directors (2017 Edition) (50 person items)"2016 Rank: #32 2015 Rank: #31 2014 Rank: #31 2013 Rank: #32 2012 Rank: #33 2011 Rank: #47 2010 Rank: #49 2009 Rank: #49 a. The Brood (1979) b. Scanners (1981) c. Videodrome (1983) d. The Dead Zone (1983) e. The Fly (1986) f. Dead Ringers (1988) g. A History of Violence (2005) h. Eastern Promises (2007) i. A Dangerous Method (2011) j. Maps to the Stars (2015) "
Most Accomplished Active Directors (2016 Edition) (50 person items)"2015 Rank: #31 2014 Rank: #31 2013 Rank: #32 2012 Rank: #33 2011 Rank: #47 2010 Rank: #49 2009 Rank: #49 a. The Brood (1979) b. Scanners (1981) c. Videodrome (1983) d. The Dead Zone (1983) e. The Fly (1986) f. Dead Ringers (1988) g. A History of Violence (2005) h. Eastern Promises (2007) i. A Dangerous Method (2011) j. Maps to the Stars (2015) "
