The director is the architect behind every film. Whether he or she be the writer or not, they are still responsible for the visualization of the film itself. Cinema has always been and will always be a collaboration of talents melded together to produce a product of art and entertainment. However, the director is the key component to truly giving the script life and transforming pages into moving image. Actors provide their own touches to films as well, but behind every great actor is a great director.
Here's my list of the top ten directors of all time. This is up for speculation of course and it was very difficult to narrow it down. Remember, this is my personal opinion.
TOP TEN DIRECTORS
10. Joel and Ethan Coen
Known for Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men.
9. Billy Wilder
Known for Double Indemnity, Sunset Blvd., Some Like It Hot and The Apartment.
8. Steven Spielberg
Known for Jaws, Indiana Jones films, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan.
7. Woody Allen
Known for Annie Hall, Manhattan, Hannah and Her Sisters and Midnight in Paris.
6. John Huston
Known for The Maltese Falcon, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre and The African Queen.
5. Martin Scorsese
4. Stanley Kubrick
3. John Ford
2. Federico Fellini
1. Alfred Hitchcock
Known for Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest and Psycho.
Let me know what you think and I would love to hear some of your opinions. I chose these directors based on what their films have meant to me and to the history and survival of cinema. I am not saying these are my favorite directors, but I am saying that I believe these directors are some of the most important. But like all film, its all up for interpretation.
Till next time.
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