Best Ever Directors [List]

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Hello everyone It's been a while, but it's time to reveal our compiled list of the 100 greatest directors. It was a record turn out, which is awesome, and I think we've made a pretty sweet list.

There were 460 individual directors submitted, and I'll be posting the 100 that got the most points

I'll be posting some tidbits about the list after it's all posted. Perhaps I might edit some things into this post as well. Please don't post in this thread until the top 100 is complete. Please discuss in the poll thread if you wish though.

(Runner ups in alphabetical order: Carruth, Egoyan, Eisenstein, Huston, Tornatore, Verhoeven). There are 6 because slot 105 was a tie.
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100)

Jean-Pierre Jeunet (France)

Notable films: Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children & Amélie

99)

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Pedro Almodovar (Spain)

Notable films: All About My Mother, Volver & The Skin I Live In

98)

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Todd Haynes (USA)

Notable films: Carol, Far From Heaven & I'm Not Here

97)

Max Ophüls (Germany)

Notable films: La Ronde, Le Plaisir & The Earrings of Madame de...


96)

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Hirokazu Koreeda (Japan)

Notable films: Still Walking, Our Little Sister & Like Father, Like Son

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95)

Jean-Pierre Melville (France)

Notable films: Army of Shadows, The Samurai & The Red Circle

94)

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Louis Malle (France)

Notable films: My Dinner with Andre, Elevator to the Gallows & Au revoir les enfants

93)

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Robert Altman (USA)

Notable films: MASH, Nashville & Short Cuts

92)

Chris Marker (France)

Notable films: Sans Soleil, La Jetee & AK

91)

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Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico)

Notable films: Birdman, Babel & The Revenant

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90)

Pete Docter (USA)

Notable films: Inside Out, Up & Monsters Inc.

89)

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Bela Tarr (Hungary)

Notable films: The Turin Horse, Sátántangó & Werckmeister Harmonies

88)

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Abbas Kiarostami (Iran)

Notable films: Certified Copy, Close Up & Taste of Cherry

87)

Isao Takahata (Japan)

Notable films: Only Yesterday, Grave of The Fireflies & The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

86)

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Cameron Crowe (USA)

Notable films: Almost Famous, Jerry Maguire & Fast Times at Ridgemont High

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85)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Germany)

Notable films: The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul & The Marriage of Maria Braun

84)

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Rob Reiner (USA)

Notable films: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally... & This Is Spinal Tap

83)

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Hiroshi Teshigahara (Japan)

Notable films: Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another & Antonio Gaudi

82)

Wim Wenders (Germany)

Notable films: Wings of Desire, Pina & Paris, Texas

81)

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Charlie Kaufman (USA)

Notable films: Anomalisa & Synecdoche, New York
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80)

Elia Kazan (Turkey/USA)

Notable films: A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront & East of Eden

79)

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William Wyler (France/ USA)

Notable films: Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday & Friendly Persuasion

78)

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John Cassavetes (USA)

Notable films: A Woman Under the Influence, Shadows & Faces

77)

Spike Lee (USA)

Notable films: Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X & 25th Hour

76)

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Peter Weir (Australia)

Notable films: Picnic at Hanging Rock, Dead Poet's Society & The Truman Show

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75)

D. W. Griffith (USA)

Notable films: The Birth of a Nation & Intolerance

74)

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Ernst Lubitsch (Germany)

Notable films: The Oyster Princess, Trouble in Paradise & Design for Living

73)

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George Cukor (USA)

Notable films: A Star Is Born, Bhowani Junction & My Fair Lady

72)

Henri-Georges Clouzot (France)

Notable films: The Wages of Fear, Les Diaboliques & The Mystery of Picasso

71)

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Clint Eastwood (USA)

Notable films: Bird, Unforgiven & Million Dollar Baby

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70)

Nicholas Ray (USA)

Notable films: Johnny Guitar, Rebel Without A Cause & Bigger Than Life

69)

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Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger (Hungary/ USA)

Notable films: The Red Shoes, 49th Parallel & The Tales of Hoffmann

68)

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James Cameron (Canada)

Notable films: Terminator, Titanic & Avatar

67)

Darren Aronofsky (USA)

Notable films: Black Swan, The Fountain & Requiem For A Dream

66)

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Michael Haneke (Austria)

Notable films: Amour, The White Ribbon & Cache
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65)

Erich von Stroheim (Austria)

Notable films: Greed & Blind Husbands

64)

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Éric Rohmer (France)

Notable films: My Night at Maud's, Claire's Knee & The Green Ray

63)

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Hal Ashby (USA)

Notable films: Harold and Maude, The Last Detail & Being There

62)

Brad Bird (USA)

Notable films: The Iron Giant, The Incredibles & Ratatouille

61)

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Chantal Akerman (Belgium)

Notable films: Jeanne Dielman, No Home Movies & A Couch In New York
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60)

Howard Hawks (USA)

Notable films: Scarface, Rio Bravo & Red River

59)

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Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy)

Notable films: The Dreamers, The Conformist & Last Tango in Paris

58)

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Jim Jarmusch (USA)

Notable films: Down by Law, Broken Flowers & Only Lovers Left Alive

57)

Milos Forman (Czech Republic)

Notable films: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus & The Fireman's Ball

56)

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Robert Zemeckis (USA)

Notable films: Back To The Future, Forrest Gump & Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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