Favorite LIVE action Directors

[The Doctor]

Who are your favorite LIVE action directors?

Mine are:

M. Night Shymalan, Robert Rodriguez, James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Robby Henson (he directed the Christian film "The Visitation", based on Frank Peretti's novel. Quite good, say for the ending.), and Michael Landon.

Yours?

[[GMOD]Vedicardi]

Hur.

Steven Speilburg.
Tom Hanks.

Thank man alive for Band of Brothers.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

M. Night Shamaylanaysnan may be an exceptionally good director. But he is certainly a terrible writer. =p

As for my favorites, I have quite a few:

Stanley Kubrick, Park Chan-Wook, Kim Ji-Woon, Kang Je-Gyu, Bong Joon-Ho, Orson Welles, Park Chan-Wook, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Park Chan-Wook, Penny Marshall, Steven Spielberg, Billy Wilder, Park Chan-Wook, Park Chan-Wook, and Park Chan-Wook.

Oh, and Park Chan-Wook. XD

[KhakiBlueSocks]

Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek 2, 4 and 6!)

Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek 3, 4, and 6)

Cecil B. Demille (The Ten Commandments)

Robert Wise (Star Trek: The Motion Picture -- Yeah, the movie wasn't that good, but he still rocks in my book!)

Stanley Kubrick (Even though Clockwork Orange freaked me out!)

Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: First Contact)

Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Eat Drink Man Woman)

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I'm SINGING in the raaaain. XD

[bigsleepj]

• The Coen Brothers
• Steven Spielburg
• Stanley Kubrick (occasionally)
• Akira Kurosawa
• Robert Bresson
• Terry Gilliam (on occasion)
• Charles Chaplin
• Alfred Hitchcock
• Robert Rodriguez
• James "where on earth am I these days" Cameron
• Alex Proyas (on occasion)
• Christopher Nolan

Favourites based on only one film seen
• Andrei Tarkovsky
• Ingmar Bergman
• Fernando Meirelles
• Carl Theodor Dreyer

Honorable Mentions:
• Quentin Tarantino
• Sam Raimi
• M Night Shyamalan

[mitsuki lover]

*John Ford
*Alfred Hitchcock
*Clint Eastwood
*George Lucas
*Steven Spielberg
*Penny 'Laverne DeFazio' Marshall
*Akira Kurosawa
*Sergio Leone(for all those Sphagetti Westerns)

[Radical Dreamer]

I'm not too familiar with that many directors. I know a few of the most famous ones, like George Lucas, Peter Jackson, Ron Howard, Alfred Hitchcock, etc., but I don't feel like I've seen enough of a variety of movies from any of them to say that any of them are my "favorite" (well, maybe Hitchcock). I will say, though, that judging by the two movies I have seen directed by him, Christopher Nolan certainly has my attention.

[The Doctor]

How could I forget Akira Kurosawa? He truly is talented.

[Tommy]

0 out of the 6 Scary Movie Writers in....

TOM'S OPINION movie.

[rocklobster]

Steven Spielburg and George Lucas.

[The Doctor]

very popular choices with those two

[bigsleepj]

I forgot to mention Werner Herzog; he's a difficult and at times truly weird director, but his movies range from interesting to unforgetable. Two of his Amazon epics, Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre: the wrath of God (a very disturbing movie) are must sees, but also deliberately slow.

[Maledicte]

Steven Spielberg. So varied. The man did E.T, Jaws, The Color Purple and Schindler's list...what a repertoire.

Alfred Hitchcock. A master with a distinctive profile, to boot. Plus he even had his own TV show. (wait, so did Spielberg...Animaniacs.)

Christopher Nolan. I've only seen Batman Begins and The Prestige, but daaaang.

Gurinder Chadha. Also only seen two of her movies--Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham. Really good at balancing comedy, romance, drama, and racial issues. (in England. Wheee!)

Akira Kurosawa. 'Nuff said.

[Stephen]

Quentin Tarantino

[KhakiBlueSocks]

*John Ford
*Alfred Hitchcock
*Clint Eastwood
*George Lucas
*Steven Spielberg
*Penny 'Laverne DeFazio' Marshall
*Akira Kurosawa
*Sergio Leone(for all those Sphagetti Westerns)

Shame on you ML for not listing Nickholas Meyer! He was the man who brought Star Trek back to life!

Need I remind you, that if we didn't have Nick Meyer, we wouldn't have KHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!!