Top Living American Filmmakers

[Sleepless]

Doesn't this have something to do with why we have some directors who have dedicated forums while others don't?

[Stefen]

TS, I thought it was a valiant effort at starting a thread for the first time. Don't let this scare you away from doing it again. Tough crowd, I know, but don't mind them.

[Reinhold]

Tim Burton is better than Soderbergh...riiiiight.

i would say so. burton's output in the eighties to mid 90's is infinitely better than anything soderbergh has ever made. bubble is the best film he's done since out of sight. never been a fan of erin or traffic, solaris is good though, but all the exercises in genre and that stupid, unbearable ocean's sequels are enough for me to say without hesitation that burton wins. and unlike the majority of people around here, i laughed a lot with charlie and the chocolate factory and the corpse bride, could appreciate (though not really enjoy) sweeney todd (i hated the music) and really was only disappointed by big fish, a little.

have you seen schizopolis? it might change your opinion.

[Fernando]

My top 5ive:

1. Malick
2. Lynch
3. Fincher
4. PTA
5. Spike Jonze


Speaking of Malick, Tree of life is listed at imdb as being in post production, I didn't even know it started filming, I hope that's true.

[Alexandro]

i've been meaning to watch alexander revisited but i haven't found it on any videostore to rent, or sell, actually. still, i know it will be hard for me to ignore vangelis's score, which was one of the things that turned me off the most about alexander, and of course, collin farrell's wig...

i must admit i haven't seen schizopolis. anything could change my opinion, of course. i think i admire soderbergh more than i enjoy the films by themselves. that happens to me also with malick. i love and feel like i'm flying when i watch days of heaven, but i do have a hard time with thin red line and the new world, mainly like halfway through of both films. intellectually they are awesome, but i can't say i enjoy them as much as the films from the other directors i mentioned. if i were to be more objective malick would be in the top 5.

[Stefen]

I always get Fernando and Alexandro mixed up. 

I'm sorry, guys.

[Jeremy Blackman]

Let's keep it short...

1. Lynch
2. PTA

[last days of gerry the elephant]

Let's keep it short...

1. PTA

[New Feeling]

nolan, gibson, and darabont are not american

removed Nolan and Gibson, but Darabont was raised in America so I'm leaving him in. 

added Joss Whedon and Crispin Glover. 

[Alexandro]

we are all americans.

[New Feeling]

not me

[brockly]

i love lists. my top 5:

1. lynch
2. pta
3. malick
4. jonze
5. fincher

fincher is on there pretty much based on one movie. i wasn't a huge fan until last year. looking over new feeling's list, tho, there's no other living american director who im obsessed with right now. benjamin button will decide whether he stays or goes.

[cron]

david t. anderson

[Alexandro]

not me

european, right? australian?

[RegularKarate]

Let's keep it short...