Spielberg Named All Time Greatest Director

[Takara_Soong 4]

Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been voted the greatest director of all time. Spielberg - the talent behind huge blockbuster hits including Schindler's List, E.T., Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Saving Private Ryan - topped a poll commissioned by Britain's Empire movie magazine. The 58-year-old beat off competition from Psycho director Alfred Hitchcock and The Aviator creator Martin Scorsese, who came in second and third respectively. Empire's associate editor Ian Freer says, "Steven Spielberg is the closest thing in movies to resemble the impact of The Beatles. A cultural phenomenon, his adventures with sharks, UFOs, whip-crackin' archaeologists and ETs, plus searching historical dramas like Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan have defined the movie-going life of an entire generation." Surprisingly, acclaimed film-makers such as Star Wars director George Lucas, Charlie Chaplin, and Tim Burton, fell short of inclusion. The top ten is as follows: 1. Steven Spielberg, 2. Alfred Hitchcock, 3. Martin Scorsese, 4. Stanley Kubrick, 5. Sir Ridley Scott, 6. Akira Kurosawa, 7. Peter Jackson, 8. Quentin Tarantino, 9. Orson Welles, 10. Woody Allen.

 

from IMDB.com

[HRH The KING 0]

Sounds about right.

 

I would replace Woody Allen with Francis Ford Coppola though.

 

Ron Howard should be mentioned too, perhaps as number 11 with Tim Burton as 12.

[Stephen of Borg 2]

surprised GL didn't at least make the ten spot. He's the money maker director But I agree with this list, glad to see Tarantino in this list, he's great

[gul_nodrog 2]

Once again, your Majesty, you and I are sympatico. I really don't like Woody Allen (an overrated hack IMO). Coppola would have been a better selection to round out the top ten.

 

I also like Martin Scorcese (Gangs of New York is one of my favorite movies ... Daniel Day-Lewis is da bomb). I think he has more of a place on any director's list than Quentin Tarantino. Other than Pulp Fiction, Tarantino's work is mediocre at best. Just my opinion!