My Top Directors

Best work/films:

Doodlebug

(1997)

Following

(1998)

Memento

(2000)

Insomnia

(2002)

Batman Begins

(2005)

The Prestige

(2006)

The Dark Knight

(2008)

Inception

(2010)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

30 July 1970, London, England, UK

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 42 wins & 36 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.christophernolan.net
www.nolanfans.com

My reviews:

Dreams within dreams...

Inception

I can't remember to forget you.

Memento

An agent of Chaos

The Dark Knight

Are you ready to begin?

Batman Begins

Let me sleep.

Insomnia

Are you watching closely?

The Prestige

Best work/films:

Uma

(1941)

Sugata Sanshirô

(1943)

Ichiban utsukushiku

(1944)

Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi

(1945)

Zoku Sugata Sanshiro

(1945)

Asu o tsukuru hitobito

(1946)

Waga seishun ni kuinashi

(1946)

Subarashiki nichiyôbi

(1947)

Yoidore tenshi

(1948)

Shizukanaru ketto

(1949)

Nora inu

(1949)

Shûbun

(1950)

Rashômon

(1950)

Hakuchi

(1951)

Ikiru

(1952)

Shichinin no samurai

(1954)

Ikimono no kiroku

(1955)

Kumonosu-jô

(1957)

Donzoko

(1957)

Kakushi-toride no san-akunin

(1958)

Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru

(1960)

Yôjinbô

(1961)

Tsubaki Sanjûrô

(1962)

Tengoku to jigoku

(1963)

Akahige

(1965)

Dodesukaden

(1970)

Dersu Uzala

(1975)

Kagemusha

(1980)

Ran

(1985)

Dreams

(1990)

Hachi-gatsu no kyôshikyoku

(1991)

Madadayo

(1993)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

23 March 1910, Tokyo, Japan

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 61 wins & 17 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.bfi.org.uk/features/kurosawa/

My reviews:

The farmers have won. We have lost.

Seven Samurai

Truth lies with perspective.

Rashomon

''Are there no gods... no Buddha?''

RAN

Immovable as the mountain.

Kagemusha

Best work/films:

The Beat of the Live Drum

(1985)

Alien3

(1992)

Se7en

(1995)

The Game

(1997)

Fight Club

(1999)

Panic Room

(2002)

Zodiac

(2007)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

(2008)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

28 August 1962, Denver, Colorado, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 18 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

fincherfanatic.blogspot.com

My reviews:

Join the Club...Join the revolution...

Fight Club

Living In A Box...

Se7en

''Your life is defined by its opportunities...''

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Don't panic!

Fight Club

A very ''Alien'', depressingly slow, third act.

Alien3

I'm the Zodiac.

Zodiac

Best work/films:

The Last Gun

(1959)

Fighter Squad

(1961)

Escape to Nowhere

(1961)

Firelight

(1964)

Amblin'

(1968)

The Sugarland Express

(1974)

Jaws

(1975)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

(1977)

1941

(1979)

Raiders of the Lost Ark

(1981)

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial

(1982)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

(1984)

The Color Purple

(1985)

Empire of the Sun

(1987)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

(1989)

Always

(1989)

Hook

(1991)

Jurassic Park

(1993)

Schindler's List

(1993)

Steven Spielberg's Director's Chair

(1996)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

(1997)

Amistad

(1997)

Saving Private Ryan

(1998)

The Unfinished Journey

(1999)

Artificial Intelligence: AI

(2001)

Minority Report

(2002)

Catch Me if you Can

(2002)

The Terminal

(2004)

Munich

(2005)

War of the Worlds

(2005)

Indiana Jones & The Crystal Skull

(2008)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

18 December 1946, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 114 wins & 79 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

stevenspielberg.co.uk/credits

My reviews:

God taking a photograph.

Empire of the Sun

We are supposed to be righteous.

Munich

Close encounters of the Indy kind.

Indy 4

He better be worth it.

Saving Private Ryan

Best work/films:

Moon Is the Sun's Dream

(1992)

Saminjo

(1997)

Simpan

(1999)

Gongdong gyeongbi guyeok JSA

(2000)

Boksuneun naui geot

(2002)

Yeoseot gae ui siseon

(2003)

Oldboy

(2003)

Sam gang yi

(2004)

Chinjeolhan geumjassi

(2005)

Saibogujiman kwenchana

(2006)

Cinema16: World Short Films

(2008)

Bakjwi

(2009)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

23 August 1963, South Korea

Awards/Nominations:

29 wins & 15 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.parkchanwook.org

My reviews:

Laugh and the world laughs with you.

Oldboy

Revenge Was Never This Sweet.

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance

Do you really think an angel resides in me?

Lady Vengeance

Let no one pray for me.

Thirst

Best work/films:

The Valley

(1976)

Bad Taste

(1987)

Meet the Feebles

(1989)

Braindead

(1992)

Heavenly Creatures

(1994)

The Frighteners

(1996)

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

(1998)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

(2002)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

(2003)

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

(2005)

King Kong

(2005)

Crossing the Line

(2008)

The Lovely Bones

(2009)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

31 October 1961, Pukerua Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Awards/Nominations:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 77 wins & 68 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.theonering.net
Lord of the rings.net


My reviews:

One ring to rule them all.

Fellowship of the Ring

A new power is rising.

The Two Towers

King of the Ring.

Return of the King

Beauty and the beast.

King Kong

You are beautiful, Susie Salmon.

The Lovely Bones

Best work/films:

The Pleasure Garden

(1925)

The Mountain Eagle

(1926)

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

(1927)

The Ring

(1927)

Downhill

(1927)

The Farmer's Wife

(1928)

Easy Virtue

(1928)

Champagne

(1928)

Sound Test for Blackmail

(1929)

The Manxman

(1929)

Blackmail

(1929)

An Elastic Affair

(1930)

Juno and the Paycock

(1930)

Murder!

(1930)

The Skin Game

(1931)

Mary

(1931)

Rich and Strange

(1931)

Number Seventeen

(1932)

Waltzes from Vienna

(1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much

(1934)

The 39 Steps

(1935)

Secret Agent

(1936)

Sabotage

(1936)

Young and Innocent

(1937)

The Lady Vanishes

(1938)

Jamaica Inn

(1939)

Rebecca

(1940)

Foreign Correspondent

(1940)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

(1941)

Suspicion

(1941)

Saboteur

(1942)

Shadow of a Doubt

(1943)

Aventure malgache

(1944)

Bon Voyage

(1944)

Lifeboat

(1944)

Spellbound

(1945)

Notorious

(1946)

The Paradine Case

(1947)

Rope

(1948)

Under Capricorn

(1949)

Stage Fright

(1950)

Strangers on a Train

(1951)

I Confess

(1953)

Dial M for Murder

1954)

Rear Window

(1954)

To Catch a Thief

(1955)

The Trouble with Harry

(1955)

The Man Who Knew Too Much

(1956)

The Wrong Man

(1956)

Vertigo

(1958)

North by Northwest

(1959)

Psycho

(1960)

The Birds

(1963)

Marnie

(1964)

Torn Curtain

(1966)

Topaz

(1969)

Frenzy

(1972)

Family Plot

(1976)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

13 August 1899, Leytonstone, London, England, UK

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 17 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.hitchcock.nl/

My reviews:

Psychology.

Psycho

The window of opportunity.

Rear Window

Alfred Hitchcock takes you.... North by Northwest!

North by Northwest

Best work/films:

Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro

(1979)

Kaze no tani no Naushika

(1984)

Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta

(1986)

Tonari no Totoro

(1988)

Majo no takkyûbin

(1989)

Kurenai no buta

(1992)

On Your Mark

(1995)

Mononoke-hime

(1997)

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

(2001)

Kujira tori

(2001)

Koro no dai-sanpo

(2002)

Mei to Koneko basu

(2002)

Hauru no ugoku shiro

(2004)

Yadosagashi

(2006)

Mizugumo monmon

(2006)

Hoshi wo katta hi

(2006)

Gake no ue no Ponyo

(2008)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

5 January 1941, Tokyo, Japan

Awards/Nominations:

Won Oscar. Another 48 wins & 18 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/miyazaki

My reviews:

Don't you see? It's called... Love.

Spirited Away

''I feel so at home.''

Howl's Moving Castle

''You cannot change fate.''

Princess Mononoke

''I bet you're Totoro.''

My Neighbour Totorro

''We each need to find our own inspiration.''

Kiki's Delivery Service

''A watered down version of Totoro''

Ponyo

Best work/films:

The Beguiled: The Storyteller

(1971)

Play Misty for Me

(1971)

High Plains Drifter

(1973)

Breezy

(1973)

The Eiger Sanction

(1975)

The Outlaw Josey Wales

(1976)

The Gauntlet

(1977)

Bronco Billy

(1980)

Firefox

(1982)

Honkytonk Man

(1982)

Sudden Impact

(1983)

Pale Rider

(1985)

Heartbreak Ridge

(1986)

Bird

(1988)

White Hunter Black Heart

(1990)

The Rookie

(1990)

Unforgiven

(1992)

A Perfect World

(1993)

The Bridges of Madison County

(1995)

Absolute Power

(1997)

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

(1997)

True Crime

(1999)

Space Cowboys

(2000)

Blood Work

(2002)

Mystic River

(2003)

Million Dollar Baby

(2004)

Flags of Our Fathers

(2006)

Letters from Iwo Jima

(2006)

Changeling

(2008)

Gran Torino

(2008)

Invictus

(2009)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

31 May 1930, San Francisco, California, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 109 wins & 71 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.clinteastwood.net

My reviews:

Everything for a dream.

Million Dollar Baby

We bury our sins, we wash them clean.

Mystic River

Grand Torino!

Gran Torino

''Hope.''

Changling

''For our homeland.''

Letters from Iwo Jima

Flags and letters.

Flags of Our Fathers

Best work/films:

Vesuvius VI

(1959)

What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?

(1963)

It's Not Just You, Murray!

(1964)

The Big Shave

(1967)

I Call First

(1967)

Street Scenes

(1970)

Boxcar Bertha

(1972)

Mean Streets

(1973)

Italianamerican

(1974)

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

(1974)

Taxi Driver

(1976)

New York, New York

(1977)

The Last Waltz

(1978)

American Boy: A Profile of: Steven Prince

(1978)

Raging Bull

(1980)

The King of Comedy

(1982)

After Hours

(1985)

The Color of Money

(1986)

Bad

(1987) (V)

Location Production Footage: The Last Temptation of Christ

(1988) (V)

The Last Temptation of Christ

(1988)

Made in Milan

(1990)

Goodfellas

(1990)

Cape Fear

(1991)

The Age of Innocence

(1993)

Casino

(1995)

Kundun

(1997)

Il mio viaggio in Italia

(1999)

Bringing Out the Dead

(1999)

Gangs of New York

(2002)

The Aviator

(2004)

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

(2005)

The Departed

(2006)

The Key to Reserva

(2007)

Shine a Light

(2008)

Shutter Island

(2010)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

17 November 1942, Queens, New York, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won Oscar. Another 83 wins & 61 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.scorsesefilms.com

My reviews:

You'll never leave this island.

Shutter Island

When everyone is a rat who is left to rat out too?

The Departed

You get a job. You become the job.

Taxi Driver

Goodfellas: The best fucking pizza of your life.

Goodfellas

No one stays at the top forever.

Casino

Aviator doesn't just fly...it soars!

The Aviator

Best work/films:

Supermarket Sweep

(1991)

Fortune Cookie

(1991)

Protozoa

(1993)

Pi

(1998)

Requiem for a Dream

(2000)

The Fountain

(2006)

The Wrestler

(2008)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

12 February 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Awards/Nominations:

17 wins & 21 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

darrenaronofsky.com

My reviews:

''You are my dream.''

Requiem for a Dream

Pi = Faith in Chaos

Pi

Together we will live forever.

The Fountain

Not just a piece of meat. A heart felt story.

The Wrestler

Best work/films:

Boy and Bicycle

(1965)

The Duellists

(1977)

Alien

(1979)

Blade Runner

(1982)

Legend

(1985)

Someone to Watch Over Me

(1987)

Black Rain

(1989/I)

Thelma & Louise

(1991)

1492: Conquest of Paradise

(1992)

White Squall

(1996)

G.I. Jane

(1997)

Gladiator

(2000)

Hannibal

(2001)

Black Hawk Down

(2001)

Matchstick Men

(2003)

Kingdom of Heaven

(2005)

A Good Year

(2006)

American Gangster

(2007)

Body of Lies

(2008)

Robin Hood

(2010)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

30 November 1937, South Shields, County Durham (now South Shields, Tyne & Wear), England, UK

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 30 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.rsafilms.com

My reviews:

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

Gladiator

Quite an experience to live.

Blade Runner

Hawk eyed!

Black Hawk Down

Just like Heaven...

Kingdom Of Heaven

Critics wrong, Body Of Lies scores...

Body Of lies

Best work/films:

Storytime

(1968)

The Miracle of Flight

(1974)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

(1975)

Jabberwocky

(1977)

Time Bandits

(1981)

The Crimson Permanent Assurance

(1983)

Brazil

(1985)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

(1988)

The Fisher King

(1991)

Twelve Monkeys

(1995)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

(1998)

The Brothers Grimm

(2005)

Tideland

(2005)

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

(2009)

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

22 November 1940, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 15 wins & 14 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

www.smart.co.uk/dreams

My reviews:

Hopes, wishes, dreams...

Brazil

The future is history.

12 Monkeys

Las Vegas in a way not seen before!

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

A surreal vision of imagination.

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Best work/films:

Reservoir Dogs

1992

Pulp Fiction

1994

Four Rooms (segment "The Man from Hollywood")

1995

Jackie Brown

1997

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

Sin City (special guest director)

2005

Grindhouse (segment "Death Proof")

2007

Death Proof

2007

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Kill Bill: Vol. 3 (announced)

2014

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

March 27, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won Oscar. Another 61 wins & 54 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

The Quentin Tarantino Archives
Quentin Tarantino - The Independents

My reviews:

A Powerful Pulp of Persuasion...

Pulp Fiction

''That's a bingo!''

Inglourious Basterds

Best work/films:

The Loveless

1982

Near Dark

1987

Blue Steel

1989

Point Break

1991

Strange Days

1995

The Weight of Water

2000

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

The Hurt Locker

2008

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

November 27, 1951, San Carlos, California, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 8 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

The Films of Kathryn Bigelow

My reviews:

War is a drug. You won't quit this one.

The Hurt Locker

Best work/films:

The Virgin Suicides

1999

Lost in Translation

2003

Marie Antoinette

2006

Somewhere

2010

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

May 14, 1971 in New York City, New York, USA

Awards/Nominations:

Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 33 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

Somewhere_director sofia coppola i enjoy extreme settings

My reviews:

More than words.

Lost In Translation

Best work/films:

Xenogenesis (short)

1978

Piranha Part Two: The Spawning

1981

The Terminator

1984

Aliens

1986

The Abyss

1989

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991

True Lies

1994

Titanic

1997

Avatar

2009

Battle Angel (pre-production)

2013

Avatar 2 (announced)

2014

Avatar 3 (announced)

2015

D.O.B. & Birthplace:

August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada

Awards/Nominations:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 30 nominations
F.A.L IMDB

Related Sites:

JAMES CAMERON ONLINE - The Biggest James Cameron Fansite Online

My reviews:

''I see you.''

Avatar

Judgement.

Terminator 2

This time it's war.

Aliens

I need you to believe.

The Abyss

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