Favourite Writer/Director?

March 16, 2008, 5:24 PM

Well we have a Favourite Actor/Actress thread, and I didn't see one like this so...

Thread title is pretty self-explanatory.

I really *really* love the French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Okay, granted I have only seen two of his films so far, Amelie and A Very Long Engagement, but I thought that they were both (especially Amelie) really beautifully directed. The colour in Amelie was pretty damn amazing, made me want to go to France so bad. >< His style of directing is really unique and surreal.

And speaking of unique, I loved the way Tom Tykwer directed the film Run Lola Run. I was talking about it to my friend who thought it was really weird and confusing, because in the film she rewinds time twice to re-do the situation. I thought it was great though the way that it showed how the tiniest of actions can affect the outcome of a situation (in the film, Lola has 20 minutes to find 100,000DM (german film) for her boyfriend or else he will be killed by his gang boss).

I'll throw Richard Curtis in here aswell, as he wrote a lot of classic British comedies and is pure genius. Blackadder, The Vicar of Dibley and Mr Bean remain favourites of mine, and I'll also admit to being a fan of his Romantic comedies too like Love Actually, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones.

March 16, 2008, 7:34 PM

i can only really think of James Cameron, ooh or Quentin Tarantino, altho Hostel was pants... Reservoir dogs was epic

James wins just for T2 and titanic tho epic

i dont really know any others, oh well, apart from Spielberg but...that's about it

March 16, 2008, 7:45 PM

Woody Allen (up to the early 90s)
His early stuff is hilarious, and then he mixed both comedy and drama to excellent effect in the likes of Annie Hall, Manhattan and Hannah and her Sisters.

David Lynch
His films have that wonderfully surreal dream-like quality, and the way things lurk beneath the surface. Mulholland Drive is his masterpiece.

And a few others that spring to mind:
The Coen Brothers, Sofia Coppola, Alexander Payne, Martin Scorcese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Thomas Anderson

March 17, 2008, 1:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Frisky

ooh or Quentin Tarantino

Oooh, good one. Whoa...pink. There we go. Yeah, I'm gonna go with Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction alone gives him the win. =)