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Greatest Film Directors Of All Time. Once a decade Sight Sound asks critics to select the Greatest Films of All Time. John Alcott 1931 1986 John Alcotts partnership with Stanley Kubrick was probably one of the greatest gifts film lovers have ever gotten. But we think youll find this list thought-provoking and a fitting tribute to the timeless work of our great directors. To me accuracy when making a Top 10Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
Any director who insisted on artistic control that crackpot Welles say was a troublemaker. As in any poll of this nature there are bound to be choices you disagree with and other films you would have includedthats part of the fun. This list disregards the quibbles over who has won in the past or will win in the future and instead focuses purely on the quality of the filmmaking and the importance of the films themselves. Or so says a stellar assembly of directors writers actors critics and others we polled with this question. Top 100 Directors of all Time. To me accuracy when making a Top 10Top 100 all time list is extremely important.
The movies on this list are ranked according to their success awards nominations their popularity and their cinematic greatness from a directingwriting perspective.
The 50 Greatest Directors and Their 100 Best Movies. See also this sites multi-part compilation of other deserved film directors alphabetical - More Great Film Directors. Famously Citizen Kane topped our poll every decade from 1962 to 2002. One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema Steven Spielberg is Hollywoods best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. Michael Haneke is one of the greatest film artists working today and one who challenges his viewers each year and work goes by with films that reflect real portions of life in realistic disturbing and unforgettable ways. Find out below where we rank this centurys top filmmakers by their average Metascores.