The most important person in filmmaking without a doubt is the Director. He or she has the vision for how the film will turnout and also tells the cast and crew how their work is to be done.
Below are some of the best directors of all time...
In Alphabetical Order:
Paul Thomas Anderson - Age 34
Filmography:
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Sydney (1996)
Total: 4 Films
Dario Argento - Age 63
Filmography:
Card Dealer, The (2004)
Sleepless (2001)
The Phantom of the Opera (1998)
Stendhal Syndrome, The (1996)
Trauma (1993)
Two Evil Eyes (1991)
Opera (1987)
Phenomena (1985)
Tenebre (1982)
Inferno (1980)
Suspiria (1977)
Deep Red (1975)
Five Days of Milan, The (1973)
Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1972)
Cat o' Nine Tails, The (1971)
Today It's Me (1971)
Bird with the Crystal Plumage, The (1970)
Five Man Army, The (1970)
Probability Zero (1969)
Total: 19 Films
Darren Aronofsky - Age 35
Filmography:
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Pi (1998)
Total: 2 Films
Bernardo Bertolucci - Age 64
Filmography:
Dreamers, The (2003)
Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)
Besieged (1998)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
Little Buddha (1993)
Sheltering Sky, The (1990)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981)
Luna (1979)
1900 (1976)
Last Tango in Paris (1972)
Spider's Stratagem, The (1970)
Conformist, The (1970)
Love and Anger (1969)
Partner (1968)
Before the Revolution (1964)
Grim Reaper, The (1962)
Total: 17 Films
Danny Boyle - Age 47
Filmography:
28 Days Later (2002)
Strumpet (2001)
Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise (2001)
Beach, The (2000)
Life Less Ordinary, A (1997)
Trainspotting (1996)
Shallow Grave (1994)
Total: 7 Films
Tim Burton - Age 45
Filmography:
Big Fish (2003)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Ed Wood (1994)
Batman Returns (1992)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Batman (1989)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
Total: 10 Films
Joel and Ethan Coen - Age Joel 49/ Ethan 46
Filmography:
Ladykillers, The (2004)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Man Who Wasn't There, The (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Big Lebowski, The (1998)
Fargo (1996)
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)
Barton Fink (1991)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Blood Simple. (1984)
Total: 11 Films
Francis Ford Coppola - Age 65
Filmography:
Rainmaker, The (1997)
Jack (1996)
Dracula (1992)
Godfather: Part III, The (1990)
New York Stories (1989)
Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Gardens of Stone (1987)
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Cotton Club, The (1984)
Rumble Fish (1983)
Outsiders, The (1983)
One from the Heart (1982)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
Conversation, The (1974)
Godfather, The (1972)
Rain People, The (1969)
Finian's Rainbow (1968)
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Playgirls and the Bellboy, The (1962)
Tonite for Sure (1961)
Battle Beyond the Sun (1962)
Total: 23 Films
Frank Darabont - Age 45
Filmography:
Majestic, The (2001)
Green Mile, The (1999)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Total: 3 Films
Brian De Palma - Age 63
Filmography:
Femme Fatale (2002)
Mission to Mars (2000)
Snake Eyes (1998)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Carlito's Way (1993)
Raising Cain (1992)
Bonfire of the Vanities, The (1990)
Casualties of War (1989)
Untouchables, The (1987)
Wise Guys (1986)
Body Double (1984)
Scarface (1983)
Blow Out (1981)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Home Movies (1979)
Fury, The (1978)
Carrie (1976)
Obsession (1976)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Sisters (1973)
Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
Hi, Mom! (1970)
Dionysus (1970)
Wedding Party, The (1969)
Greetings (1968)
Murder à la Mod (1968)
Total: 26 Films
David Fincher - Age 42
Filmography:
Panic Room (2002)
Fight Club (1999)
Game, The (1997)
Se7en (1995)
Alien³ (1992)
Total: 5 Films
Milos Forman - Age 72
Filmography:
Man on the Moon (1999)
People vs. Larry Flynt, The (1996)
Valmont (1989)
Amadeus (1984)
Ragtime (1981)
Hair (1979)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Visions of Eight (1973)
Taking Off (1971)
Firemen's Ball, The (1968)
Loves of a Blonde, The (1966)
Black Peter (1971)
Audition (1968)
Total: 13 Films
Alfred Hitchcock - Death at age 80(renal failure)
Filmography:
Family Plot (1976)
Frenzy (1972)
Topaz (1969)
Torn Curtain (1966)
Marnie (1964)
Birds, The (1963)
Psycho (1960)
North by Northwest (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
Wrong Man, The (1956)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)
Trouble with Harry, The (1955)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Rear Window (1954)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
I Confess (1953)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Stage Fright (1950)
Under Capricorn (1949)
Rope (1948)
Paradine Case, The (1947)
Notorious (1946)
Spellbound (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Saboteur (1942)
Suspicion (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Rebecca (1940)
Jamaica Inn (1939)
Lady Vanishes, The (1938)
Young and Innocent (1937)
Sabotage (1936)
Secret Agent (1936)
39 Steps, The (1935)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1934)
Waltzes from Vienna (1933)
Number Seventeen (1932)
Rich and Strange (1932)
Skin Game, The (1931)
Elstree Calling (1930)
Juno and the Paycock (1930)
Murder! (1930)
Manxman, The (1929)
Blackmail (1929)
Champagne (1928)
Farmer's Wife, The (1928)
Easy Virtue (1928)
Downhill (1927)
Ring, The (1927)
Lodger, The (1927)
Mountain Eagle, The (1926)
Pleasure Garden, The (1925)
Total: 54 Films
Stanley Kubrick - Death at age 70(natural causes)
Filmography:
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Shining, The (1980)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Lolita (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Killing, The (1956)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Total: 13 Films
David Lynch - Age 58
Filmography:
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
Straight Story, The (1999)
Lost Highway (1997)
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Dune (1984)
Elephant Man, The (1980)
Eraserhead (1977)
Total: 9 Films
Franklin J. Schaffner - Death at age 69
Filmography:
Welcome Home (1989)
Lionheart (1987)
Yes, Giorgio (1982)
Sphinx (1981)
Boys from Brazil, The (1978)
Islands in the Stream (1977)
Papillon (1973)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Patton (1970)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Double Man, The (1967)
War Lord, The (1965)
Best Man, The (1964)
Stripper, The (1963)
Total: 14 Films
Martin Scorsese - Age 61
Filmography:
Gangs of New York (2002)
My Voyage to Italy (2001)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Kundun (1997)
Casino (1995)
Age of Innocence, The (1993)
Cape Fear (1991)
Goodfellas (1990)
Last Temptation of Christ, The (1988)
Color of Money, The (1986)
After Hours (1985)
King of Comedy, The (1983)
Raging Bull (1980)
Last Waltz, The (1978)
New York, New York (1977)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Mean Streets (1973)
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Street Scenes (1970)
Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1969)
Total: 21 Films
Ridley Scott - Age 66
Filmography:
Matchstick Men (2003)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Hannibal (2001)
Gladiator (2000)
G.I. Jane (1997)
White Squall (1996)
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Black Rain (1989)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Legend (1985)
Blade Runner (1982)
Alien (1979)
Duellists, The (1977)
Total: 14 Films
Steven Spielberg - Age 57
Filmography:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Amistad (1997)
Lost World: Jurassic Park, The (1997)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Hook (1991)
Always (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Color Purple, The (1985)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1941 (1979)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Sugarland Express, The (1974)
Firelight (1964)
Total: 21 Films
Oliver Stone - Age 57
Filmography:
Comandante (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
U Turn (1997)
Nixon (1995)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
JFK (1991)
Doors, The (1991)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Talk Radio (1988)
Wall Street (1987)
Platoon (1986)
Salvador (1986)
Hand, The (1981)
Seizure (1974)
Total: 15 Films
Quentin Tarantino - Age 41
Filmography:
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Total: 5 Films
Lars Von Trier - Age 48
Filmography:
Dogville (2003)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Idiots, The (1998)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Europa (1991)
Element of Crime, The (1990)
Epidemic (1988)
Total: 7 Films
Orson Welles - Death at age 70(Heart Attack)
Filmography:
Don Quixote (1992)
Filming 'Othello' (1978)
F for Fake (1976)
Southern Star, The (1969)
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Trial, The (1963)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, The (1952)
Macbeth (1948)
Lady from Shanghai, The (1947)
Stranger, The (1946)
Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Total: 14 Films
Robert Zemeckis - Age 52
Filmography:
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
Total: 12 Films
