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BEST HOLLYWOOD DIRECTORS

by PrashobKumar | created - 23 Nov 2012 | updated - 25 Dec 2018 | Public

Best directors of all time (Hollywood)

1. Steven Spielberg

Producer | Schindler's List

One of the most influential personalities in the history of cinema, Steven Spielberg is Hollywood's best known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world. He has an extraordinary number of commercially successful and critically acclaimed credits to his name, either as a director, ...

He had given us so many brilliant movies, he created different types of movies, like Schindler's list, E.T, Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic park, Indiana Jones, Jaws and Catch me if you Can. And recently Tin-Tin and Lincoln, His movies are so different from one another. He is the most versatile Director in Hollywood.

2. Alfred Hitchcock

Director | Psycho

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, Essex, England. He was the son of Emma Jane (Whelan; 1863 - 1942) and East End greengrocer William Hitchcock (1862 - 1914). His parents were both of half English and half Irish ancestry. He had two older siblings, William Hitchcock (born 1890) and ...

Master of suspense, made so many classic movies with great climax. Psycho, Dial M for murder, Vertigo, Rear window and The birds

3. Martin Scorsese

Director | Taxi Driver

Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later ...

Some will say he is the best Director of all-time and I agree with them,he Had given us Hollywood's most brilliant crime movies like Goodfellas, Taxi driver, Raging Bull,Gangs of New York and Departed and he shown us he can make family movies like Hugo too.

4. Christopher Nolan

Writer | Tenet

Best known for his cerebral, often nonlinear, storytelling, acclaimed writer-director Christopher Nolan was born on July 30, 1970, in London, England. Over the course of 15 years of filmmaking, Nolan has gone from low-budget independent films to working on some of the biggest blockbusters ever made.

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He had shown us a new way to present Super Hero movies and created the most brilliant super hero movie series and created a cerebral hit Inception.His movies really went in to the Dark sides and brilliant sides. He had given us movies like, Dark Knight, Inception, Memento, Prestige.

5. James Cameron

Writer | Avatar: The Way of Water

James Francis Cameron was born on August 16, 1954 in Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada. He moved to the United States in 1971. The son of an engineer, he majored in physics at California State University before switching to English, and eventually dropping out. He then drove a truck to support his ...

Every single movie of him was a big budget one, he is the most creative director in Hollywood. He is the Perfectionist, he will do everything to make it so. given us some visual treat like Avatar, Titanic, Terminator, Aliens and True lies.

6. Francis Ford Coppola

Producer | Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola was born in 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, but grew up in a New York suburb in a creative, supportive Italian-American family. His father, Carmine Coppola, was a composer and musician. His mother, Italia Coppola (née Pennino), had been an actress. Francis Ford Coppola graduated ...

How can we avoid a man who made the best movie in Hollywood history, Some says first one is the best movie ever made some says second one, I personally prefer the second part, he is the creator of 'The Godfather' series.

7. Quentin Tarantino

Writer | Reservoir Dogs

Quentin Jerome Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian-American actor and musician from New York, and his mother, Connie (McHugh), is a nurse from Tennessee. Quentin moved with his mother to Torrance, California, when he was four years old.

In January of...

The Violence specialist. His movies are violent, blood splashing and fun too, He shows us movies in different chapters, brilliant screenplay and amazing direction, He had give us movies like Pulp fiction, Reservoir dogs,Kill bill,and Inglourious Basterds

8. Guy Ritchie

Director | Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie was born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK on September 10, 1968. After watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) as a child, Guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and ...

His movies are mix of fun and violence, he make us laugh even when showing some guy shoot another one. His movies are full of Mix-up comedy and action in a complete package. He had given us movies like Snatch, Lock stock and two smoking barrels, rock'n rolla and Sherlock Holmes.

9. David Fincher

Director | Se7en

David Fincher was born in 1962 in Denver, Colorado, and was raised in Marin County, California. When he was 18 years old he went to work for John Korty at Korty Films in Mill Valley. He subsequently worked at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) from 1981-1983. Fincher left ILM to direct TV commercials...

His movies are rally packed with great back ground score, he is the master of thrilling movies and dramas, he had made The social network,curious case of benjamin button, Girl with the dragon tattoo and his master piece Fight Club

10. George Lucas

Writer | Star Wars

George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teen years, he went to Thomas Downey High School and was very much interested in drag racing. He planned to become a professional racecar ...

Science fiction movie.... He is the first and last name for that category. Star wars... everyone know this movies... well anyone who know Hollywood movies, or know the word science fiction. he created a world an epic... he is a master..

11. Stanley Kubrick

Director | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick was born in Manhattan, New York City, to Sadie Gertrude (Perveler) and Jacob Leonard Kubrick, a physician. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Austria, Romania, and Russia). Stanley was considered intelligent, despite poor grades at school. Hoping that a change of scenery would ...

He made one of the best Horror film in Hollywood, with Jack Nicholson's amazing performance 'The Shining' is one of my favorite horror movie, and he made a great Sci-fi film '2001: A Space Odyssey' even though the real 2001 was different from the one in the movie, but it was a great movie and he also made movies like A Clockwork Orange, 'Full Metal Jacket' etc..

12. Peter Jackson

Producer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Sir Peter Jackson made history with The Lord of the Rings trilogy, becoming the first person to direct three major feature films simultaneously. The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King were nominated for and collected a slew of awards from around the globe, with The ...

Before Lord of the rings there was only one Jackson, Michael Jackson, after Lord of the rings there was another one too Peter Jackson who had give us The Lord of the Rings film trilogy one of the Epic trilogy in Hollywood and he had given us a new King Kong

13. Clint Eastwood

Actor | Million Dollar Baby

Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He grew up in nearby Piedmont. At school Clint took interest in ...

Actor turned in to top class director, He made some intense drama films in Hollywood history like Gran Torino, Million Dollar baby, Mystic river and Unforgiven.

14. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

He is one of the best.Action and science fiction, he makes both. he had given us science fictions Alien and Blade runner and action movie Gladiator.

15. Tim Burton

Producer | Edward Scissorhands

Timothy Walter Burton was born in Burbank, California, to Jean Rae (Erickson), who owned a cat-themed gift shop, and William Reed Burton, who worked for the Burbank Park and Recreation Department. He spent most of his childhood as a recluse, drawing cartoons, and watching old movies (he was ...

Do you ever had a fantasy dream.? Tim creates that world in his movies, He is the master of Fantasy films he had given us a wonderland in 'Alice in Wonderland' he had given us Jack Nicholson as Joker in Batman. and he created Edward Scissorhands and Big fish.

16. Danny Boyle

Director | 127 Hours

Daniel Francis Boyle is a British filmmaker, producer and writer from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He is known for directing 28 Days Later, 127 Hours, Trainspotting, T2 Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, Millions, Shallow Grave, The Beach, Yesterday, and Steve Jobs. He won many awards for ...

He directed movies like Slumdog millionaire, 127 hours, 28 days later and he directed 2012 Olympics opening ceremony and made it unforgettable,

17. Joel Coen

Producer | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Joel Daniel Coen is an American filmmaker who regularly collaborates with his younger brother Ethan. They made Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, True Grit, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Burn After Reading, A Serious Man, Inside Llewyn Davis, Hail Caesar and other projects. Joel ...

Along with his brother he created some brilliant movies... like their masterpiece "No country for old men' and comedy movie The big lebowski.. This position belongs to him and his brother Ethan Coen

18. Lee Unkrich

Editor | Coco

Lee Unkrich is an Academy Award-winning director at Pixar Animation Studios. He most recently directed Disney.Pixar's critically-acclaimed "Coco", which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Song.

As the director of Disney.Pixar's "Toy Story 3," Lee was also awarded an ...

he had given us laugh and love of heart touching animations like Toy story3,Finding nemo, Monster inc

19. Frank Darabont

Writer | The Shawshank Redemption

Three-time Oscar nominee Frank Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbeliard, France, the son of Hungarian parents who had fled Budapest during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Brought to America as an infant, he settled with his family in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High ...

Director of the movie 'Shawshank redemption' according to IMDB the best movie... and director of movies like Green mile and The Mist.

20. Robert Zemeckis

Writer | Back to the Future

A whiz-kid with special effects, Robert is from the Spielberg camp of film-making (Steven Spielberg produced many of his films). Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy (Romancing the Stone (1984), 1941 (1979)) and special effect ...

In collaborated with Tom Hanks he made some good family movies like Forrets Gump and Cast away and with other actors he made Back to the future series..

21. Woody Allen

Writer | Annie Hall

Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.

Allen ...

he created some nice romantic comedy films in Hollywood like Midnight in Paris , Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Bullets Over Broadway and many more..

22. Alfonso Cuarón

Producer | Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then ...

With Gravity, Children of men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban he also take a position in this list. it is early to put him in this list, but "Gravity" is so far one of the best technically perfect film I had ever seen. So he earned a position in this list.

23. M. Night Shyamalan

Producer | Lady in the Water

Born in Puducherry, India, and raised in the posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional actor, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots.

He is the son of Jayalakshmi, a Tamil ...

He is a brilliant director who started to make bad movies.. he is trying so hard to get out from the best directors list by making such worst movies, but he will remain in this list til his name appears as the director of 'Sixth sense' the best suspense thrilling movie in Hollywood.. after that he had given us some good movies too... like Signs,The Village and Unbreakable...



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