"Wes Craven was the legendary horror director who brought us everything from Last House on the Left, to The Hills Have Eyes, to A Nightmare on Elm Street."
"Yost initially took Speed to Paramount, who wanted John McTiernan of Die Hard, Predator, and The Hunt for Red October to direct."
"James Gunn loves these characters, and it's apparent to anyone watching."
"She intends to find the director for answers."
"It's a reinvention and James Gunn is going to absolutely knock it out of the park."
"Ravenous was the last movie Antonia Bird would make for Hollywood."
"I'm giving this one a nine out of ten. Love this movie, love the director."
"Greta Gerwig is one of my favorite directors of all time."
"I trust Andy Muschietti, the guy's a good director."
"They finally confirmed Fantastic Four with director John Watts."
"Filmed in 1972 but not released until 1974, Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter was the only film directed by Brian Clemens, a screenwriter who worked on TV shows like The Avengers as well as movies like Sinbad and the Golden Voyage of Sinbad."
"Wes Anderson is one of my favorite directors."
"Disney is currently in negotiations with Justin Simien to direct the new film based on the Haunted Mansion."
"This is Mad Max: Fury Road from the guy who made the originals, George Miller."
"Denis Villeneuve is maybe the most exciting director in Hollywood right now."
"Batman Begins is that damn garage. It's Christopher Nolan's."
"It's incredible to know that this director stood by his beliefs even when faced with one of the most outstanding achievements in his career."
"I think it looks great. I'm a big Reitman guy."
"I would love for Peter Jackson to get a an opportunity to do Middle Earth."
"This is honestly my favorite Zack Snyder movie."
"I think he's a very interesting director and a storyteller."
"Directed by Steven Spielberg. What a guy."
"If you aren't familiar with Steven Spielberg's name, he has directed some of the most successful movies in film history."
"Terminator 2 feels like it's a director pulling on everything he'd learned on those films, and it feels like the perfect movie that brings it all together."
"James Cameron these days is, of course, known as the king of the box office."
"This was really the first film where he cemented himself and also his returns."
"I love 80s and 90s films... my favorite director is John Hughes."
"It's one of the greatest directors, the greatest films, gave us Indiana Jones, gave us Indiana Jones, gave us Indiana Jones."
"I'm just fascinated about how a director can create a movie that can make you feel a certain way."
"Lex the wonderdog is an adventure film directed by Lord Sydney Ling when he was 13 years old."
"It's these directors now that have a very specific vision."
"He absolutely allowed every actor to shine."
"Christopher Nolan is clearly one of the best directors working today."
"Denis Villeneuve is responsible for some of the best science fiction films of recent time."
"Dune Part Two may just be his best contribution to the beloved science fiction genre as of yet."
"Justin Lin, he believed in this franchise when not even Universal did, he actually brought it back, he's the hero of this franchise."
"The final few minutes of The Killing is where Stanley Kubrick really becomes the geniusly cynical director we all know him as today."
"Wonderful, excellent movie, great director and writer, excellent acting."
"I'm a firm believer in there is definitely a way that a director or Studio wants you to see the movie. Yes, to have their complete Vision."
"Such a fun movie. I think it's easy to see the style that Robert Rodriguez has."
"John Singleton was one of the best directors I've ever worked with."
"Mike Flanagan, who is one of my favorite horror directors."
"When you watch Zack Snyder movie you know you're watching a Zack Snyder movie."
"Nakamura has never returned to big Japanese animation as the main director."
"Sergio Leone, he's just the best western's director that there is."
"Angst has garnered a cult reputation in the intervening decades and has fans like Irreversible director Gaspar Noe."
"So what have we learned from Cemetery of Terror? Well for starters, Reuben Galindo Jr. might be the most crazy awesome horror film director from south of the border since Coffin Joe."
"The most powerful weapon a director has is 'no.'"
"Many of the director’s trademarks are here: the non-linear storytelling, moral ambiguity, the weight of consequences, a conflicted protagonist…"
"Deja Vu is a great example of the style [Tony Scott] developed later in his career... the Tony Scott flair is just kind of unmatched."
"At just 30 years old, director Wesley was the oldest guy on the crew, which makes it all the more impressive that Scarecrows is such a beautifully shot chiller."
"He's probably the greatest living Hollywood-style director."
"It's amazing what a director can do when he has a vision."
"Whether you love it or hate it, all I can say for sure is, when it comes to movies directed by former music video directors, I’ll take Jonus Akerlund over Zack Snyder any day."
"Frankenstein conquers the world also known as Frankenstein versus Barragan is a 1965 kaiju movie directed by Ishiro Honda who's best known for directing several of the early entries in the Godzilla series."
"I think I probably said this before about Edgar Wright but I love to see directors improve their craft and challenge themselves."
"This guy is easily one of the most exciting directors to emerge in the last 15 years."
"Denny Villeneuve, hands down one of the best directors of the 21st century."
"Starman is probably one of John Carpenter's films people often forget about when you think of his catalogue of work."
"It's a touching movie that is certainly very underrated and one of John Carpenter's finest movies of the 1980s."
"Zack Snyder's version being infinitely better."
"Ratatouille was also written and directed by Brad Bird, so maybe he just loves two titles."
"This is a case of studio interference really, Sam Raimi didn't get to make the movie he wanted to really make."
"Spielberg's most personal and prolific film is Schindler's List."
"Directors are often given more credit than they deserve at the expense of the other people in the film."
"Nolan's just always a director he can make anything just accessible and puts his stamp on it too. It feels like a Nolan movie and I love that about his work."
"Christopher Nolan is one of the few modern directors where his name comes before the movie."
"If you've ever wondered what it'd be like if Tommy Wiseau directed a combination of Miami Vice and red Shoe Diaries this is the movie for you."
"Isn't it great the man who is responsible for castrating my favorite anime is the director for the long-awaited godzilla vs kong."
"Sam Raimi can do no wrong, he knows where he's taking this whole thing."
"It demonstrates Miller has improved as a director in a short space of time."
"Stanley Kubrick was an enigma to many people."
"I would put him in the pantheon of the absolute top film directors"
"This film of course is Japanese. Hayao Miyazaki is the director. This one was so great, I think it had a really interesting and compelling message presented in a really easy to understand way that kids can even understand."
"I would love to see Jordan Peele do an A24 movie."
"I couldn't imagine if this was in theaters, seeing what it was like. I was very, very impressed by all the effects, the score, everything blended together very well, and Spielberg just proves again how great of a director he is."
"James gun is the best at taking d-list characters and turning them into a-listers and this movie is no different."
"These are the days before James Cameron went full Nabi."
"This could have fallen so much more flat, and it's really courteous of a director to let your lead actor direct."
"...if you want to become a great director, you need to read screenplays, you need to watch films. What people do is they borrow a little bit and they think they got it."
"The movies made with an indulgence allowed only to a top-tier director like James Cameron."
"Alfonso Cuarón is the best director out of all of the directors from the HP series and I wish he had directed more of the movies."
"This is John Favro's Big Star Wars movie."
"Ring's impact on horror is even more impressive considering director Hide Nakata never meant to work in the genre."
"They Live is my favorite movie. Hail Carpenter."
"I am adding Director Bong to my list of perfect human beings."
"What director is dead and they cannot object to the fact that we're gonna get all their off cuts and put it into a in the world cinema, exactly."
"Regina King directed this... it's pretty... it's very impressive."
"If these wind up being Jodorowsky’s last films, they’d be a pretty great way to go out."
"Please check out frailty. It's directed by Bill Paxton, it might be the only movie he's ever directed."
"He's able to realize things on screen in a larger and more awe-inspiring scope than any other director."
"Edgar Wright laughs in the face of other films' continuity errors."
"Great introduction to the cinema as a director for Quentin Tarantino."
"The perfect director to bring the Planet of the Apes to life."
"West Ball is the perfect director to bring the Planet of the Apes to life, with a compelling story, complex characters, and stunning visuals."
"It is perfect for Tim Burton to be in charge running this project and it is perfect for Johnny Depp like he just embodies that so so well."
"It's a kind of thing where when the director says, 'This is what the film is about,' they just say, 'Ah, yes, this is what the film is about,' and then that becomes their opinion because it was said by the director."
"John Carpenter almost returned to at least oversee Halloween 4."
"If I can only watch one, I have to pick whatever Gladiator is in. Ridley Scott wins."
"Joe Dante has made perhaps some of my favorite films."
"He's the director, the producer, the editor, the star with a $150,000 budget and a cast of people with Down Syndrome."
"This is a James Wan movie which tells me it's going to terrify. He has made some terrifying movies."
"This film was directed by Brian Levant, whose history in films is, well, let's just say it's any wonder how he's still being hired for anything really."
"Knives Out - basically the movie that Ryan Johnson made to prove that he could make more than just the Last Jedi."
"I think he just creates a really wonderful set. I think he fosters actors in such a beautiful way and I think he respects their Creative Visions while still carrying on what he wants to do with a project as well."
"The director is responsible for all of the creative elements of a film: casting, acting, cinematography, effects, and editing."
"He discovered Jack Nicholson and put him in his first film, 'The Crybaby Killer'."
"Nemesis was directed by someone who doesn't know Star Trek. Terry did an outstanding job on Picard. I cried."
"Man, forget Juwes Vern, this movie should be called M. Night Shyamalan's Monster Island!"
"This film is obviously Wes's first film, and it's not as Wes Anderson in style, but you can still see hints and glimmers of the aesthetic tendencies that he has nowadays."
"Wes Craven has just got a lineup of films which are just fascinating to watch."
"Why shouldn't it? The film is directed and co-written by Fabrizio DeAngelis."
"The show kicks off with this oish stage director sending our special guest host Down The Forbidden door."
"I haven't seen a ton of M Night movies but this is definitely probably one of my favorites."
"It's probably one of the best directors working out there right now."
"Director Martin Campbell has been getting a bit of a reputation as a savior of franchises."
"Props to Oliver Stone he did an amazing amazing job with this movie"
"I think Tarantino is best when he takes really kind of cheap trashy kind of squalid references and elevates them."
"It was so nice to kind of have a director you admire come to you and want to collaborate with you."
"...Chris Wedge also directed a gem of a movie called Monster Trucks."
"Satoshi Kon is a legendary director."
"It's directed by Steven Spielberg, I know it's got Harrison Ford in it."
"Tim Burton went back to Disney ... and said you have a project of mine that I'm still interested in doing"
"Joel Schumacher was chosen after his work on 'The Client' impressed both the studio as well as Burton."
"You may even be the director of that movie, you know, and that's what it is all about."
"Abrams is a name familiar to many viewers today since he relaunched both Star Trek and Star Wars for modern viewers"
"Matt Reeves just does not get enough credit with the Gotham and the microcosm of this universe in Gotham that he's forged."
"What do you think about this? I love Guy Richie as a director but the reality is in his last three films over the past 13 months have all flopped."
"Ghosts can't do it was the last film Bo and Jon made together and indeed the last film Jon directed before his death and boy did they go out with a not a bang what's the opposite of that fart"
"I'm so excited to see what Emerald Fennel does next because so far she's batting a thousand."
"I have a movie coming out called 'Eternals' with a bunch of amazing people and the best director in the world."
"Kenny Ortega, what a legend! He's behind all the big Disney Channel Original Movies."
"I feel like among film dork people, Ryan Coogler is fairly well esteemed and established at this point."
"Now even though JJ likes to sell himself and be promoted as the next Spielberg, he has never had a Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, or Saving Private Ryan."
"Ari Aster cemented himself out of nowhere as being a preeminent director of horror and just filmmaking in general."
"Damen chazelle is one of the most talented directors working today."
"And joining us soon is our director Kenny Schuman."
"I prefer to work with a director who does great drama."
"A pedigree director at the helm, Jonathan Lynn brought a whole lot of experience and talent to the project."
"what the actual hell Tony Scott did Top Gun I'm pretty certain and yeah he did Top Gun that's pretty nutty okay let's see Tony Scott's directing credits oh he did Man on Fire freaking love Man on Fire True Romance is where we're at now in '93 before this he did Top Gun baby"
"I know I've seen that tarantino isn't really doing too many more movies."
"Alfred Hitchcock I know that name please what an intro."
"I love them, Christopher Nolan is my favorite director that too is no secret."
"For all you fans who have been defending DC, y'all love Zack Snider's work. When y'all watch the beginning of this movie, y'all going to be like, 'This is... right as rain.'"
"Fincher for me. Yeah, I think there's no reason why you shouldn't get all those guys back."
"Michael Bay Unleashed: when he's pretty much getting paid to lose his goddamn mind."
"John Carpenter is on the horror director's mount rushmore."
"Originally a made-for-TV movie by a young Steven Spielberg, Duel roared into theaters with extra scenes, solidifying its place as a cult classic."
"I feel like that is the mark of an actor turned director, that they go right to the heart of the interior life of the character."
"Old is so bad, so hilariously entertainingly bad. I like Shyamalan when he's good, but I love him when he's awful."
"Carl Franklin directed... he's the most confident, cocky dude I've ever met."
"Roman Bridger, director... and brother."
"That was an amazing film, and I can't believe I didn't take the time to watch it properly before. It was definitely worth my time, and Ridley Scott's direction here was nothing short of superb."
"...James Cameron should be in an argument for greatest director of entertaining movies."
"Horror movie veteran Wes Craven was approached to direct."
"He's like an auteur. He's the farmer's market of directors. It's all coming organic and from the source."
"Kubrick by all accounts was very exacting and demanding director... but a Stanley Kubrick film was always the culmination of Stanley Kubrick, a singular vision."
"We decided to watch Boys in the Hood and that was directed by it was directed and written by John Singleton."
"I literally just found out that this director is the same as the Prisoner of Azkaban from the comment section and I love it."
"Werner Herzog in a Star War is so wonderfully weird."
"James Gunn is not right for DC. The Authority is what he's into. It's DOA."
"Denis Villeneuve is the best director of the century. He has dominated the last 15 years. You could argue that Denis Villeneuve is the best director of the century."
"This is a rare example of a director coming back and getting it right. It's written and directed by Wes Craven."
"A director who has that clear of a vision, our job is just to step out the way, and trust."
"With career-best turns from the great Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, and Omar Sharif, Lawrence of Arabia finds Lean at the height of his powers."
"Mel Gibson is a great director. That Apocalypto was fantastic."
"In the era of slasher movies we get maniac cop from director William Lustig."
"Todd Phillips is a legit director."
"Um, Zack Snyder, not he's not a popular guy in these parts because, for obvious reasons."
"This movie is directed by Alessandro De Gaitano."
"You want to work with directors who can paint with the big brush and the small brush at the same time."
"This was a great introduction to Guy Ritchie."
"James Gunn is doing the hard reset, nobody's [ __ ] coming back, not a single person."
"While actors play a vital role in the filmmaking process, their influence should not supersede the director's creative vision."
"Filmmaking is a collaborative process; you cannot go out unless she's gonna go out and make a movie herself and be the director and be the actor and everybody."
"It's a Guy Ritchie movie, you know."
"...Albert Puhn... someone who had a ton of fun making these."
"I think this is David Fincher's best film."
"Thank you Villeneuve for a brilliant piece of cinema."
"I liken it to this: I'm a director as well as a writer. I choose different characters, I choose the directions, and where I want to put them. So who I choose to put as a character is up to me."
"Smiley is the 2012 horror masterpiece directed by Michael Gallagher."
"Ty West has already said in interviews that's going to be a really different movie from X and pearl"
"Give James Wan a blank check and just have him direct every Conjuring movie because we have gotten like six or seven Conjuring movies at this point."
"Ridley Scott's career, it remains a movie that's rarely discussed in examinations of either."
"This is definitely one of those movies you cannot blame on another director."
"I will not go through his catalog, I will try to do first-time viewings for all his stuff because I know he's got some big-time fans out there."
"Nolan's Bond movie would be a Christopher Nolan movie first and a James Bond movie second."
"Here's what I really want: I want Christopher Nolan to make the next James Bond."
"The most important thing a film director does is choose the material...and the casting."
"I will actually be directing a film over the summer."
"Damon Chazelle arrived on the scene he was something of a Hollywood wonderkid... Here was a guy not even 30 yet and he had already directed Whiplash considered to be one of the best movies of the 21st century so far."
"You know, when the curtain opens for a movie that I direct, are you the postman?"
"He is to be sure one of the very few film directors with a strong claim to be called an artist."
"Yeah, it depends on who's directing it and how it's shot. What's the 'ish' that, uh, Spike Lee?"
"Spike Lee shot the last one? Huh. I don't think he shot 'Coming to America'."
"Christopher Nolan brought a more grounded realistic tone to his Dark Knight trilogy."
"So Paul Thomas Anderson did Magnolia, he totally should do a movie on... he'd be so good at doing a movie on um mercury in retrograde."
"I do find Ari Aster to be such a compelling figure in movies right now."
"I think it's Tim Burton's best film at least in the last 10 years."