Favourite Directors

[ShotgunSmoke]

Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now)
Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Ragging Bull, Casino)
Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs, Sin City, Death Proof, Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction)
Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice)
Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, RocknRolla)

 

[LilGherkin]

Uwe Bol... *breaks out into laughter* Ahh, I could not say that one with a straight face.

Stephen Speilberg
M. Night. Shamalon
Guy Ritchie
Quentin Tarantino
George A. Romero
Martin Scorsase
Francis Ford Copella
Simon Pegg
EDIT: Turns out Simon Pegg was just a writer, but still a good one so I'll leave him on that list.

 

[Pseudonym2]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Roman Polanski. He's a terrible person but he directed Chinatown and the Pianist.

I've only seen one of Akira Kurosawa works but I really liked it.

 

[coldfrog]

The Coen brothers have also been responsible for some great movies. I've always thought Fargo was overrated, but I really did like No Country for Old Men. On the lighter side, O Brother Where Art Thou, and the Big Lebowski (to a significantly lesser extent, but still) I thought were fun movies.

Ah, but how can you forget their ultimate masterpiece: The Hudsucker Proxy

If you haven't seen this yet, go watch it and be pleased.

SO to answer the question, these guys. For an underrated movie, try Miller's Crossing or Blood Simple. The first is a mob movie... but done by the Coen Brothers, meaning it's unusual, beautiful and bizarre. Blood Simple is an unusual thriller that feeds itself on misunderstandings... it relies on failure of communication to make it very tense, and does an amazing job at it.

I love them because no matter my mood they have something for it.

 

[Sanaj]

Guy Ritchie (Snatch, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Mononoke)
Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)
Peter Jackson (Fellowship of the Ring, Return of the King)
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (the Big Lebowski)

Tim Burton (Batman (1989), producer and story writer of many movies usually attributed to him)
Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

 

[Anarchemitis]

Andrew Stanton, Brad Bird, John Docter and John Lasseter. Whoever spots the pattern gets to choose my avatar that I will keep for a month Given that I approve.

Friends of mine will pick it up fast.

 

[Anarchemitis]

How is it that I can kill threads so easily?

 

[Queen Michael]

Woody Allen.

 

[JanatUrlich]

The Coen Brothers
Park Chan Wook
Asia Argento
Quentin Tarantino

Sometimes Danny Boyle, when he's not pissing me off