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50 Favourite Film Directors

My 50 favourite film directors. My 50 favourite film directors. My 50 favourite film directors.
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Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
1
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
2
Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder
3
Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky
4
Edgar Wright
Edgar Wright
5
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
6
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
7
Woody Allen
Woody Allen
8
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
9
Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater
10
Wes Anderson
Wes Anderson
11
David Fincher
David Fincher
12
Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner
13
Bong Joon-Ho
Bong Joon-Ho
14
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
15
The Coen Brothers
The Coen Brothers
16
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
17
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
18
Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone
19
The Russo Brothers
The Russo Brothers
20
Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
21
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
22
Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis
23
Alfonso Cuaron
Alfonso Cuaron
24
Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve
25
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
26
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
27
Akira Kurosawa
Akira Kurosawa
28
James Cameron
James Cameron
29
Taika Waititi
Taika Waititi
30
Pete Docter
Pete Docter
31
Brad Bird
Brad Bird
32
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
33
Guy Ritchie
Guy Ritchie
34
John Landis
John Landis
35
James Mangold
James Mangold
36
Alexander Payne
Alexander Payne
37
Rian Johnson
Rian Johnson
38
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott
39
John Hughes
John Hughes
40
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