Favorite Director

[seeteemahsuu]

Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Quentin Tarantino
Frank Carpenter / Penny Marshall
John Landis
Oliver Stone
Martin Scorcese
Francis Ford Coppola

[den2x]

AKIRA KURUSAWA

[Vee]

Alfonso Cuaron - Y Tu Mama Tambien, HP3 was ok
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrita - Amores Perros
Frank Darabont - Shawshank Redemption
Ang Lee - Eat Drink Man Woman, Crouching Tiger...
David Lynch - Mullholland Drive, Twin Peaks
Mel Gibson - Braveheart
Ron Howard - just about everything he did

[lady_eowen]

Steven Spielberg
Robert Zemeckis
Lino Brocka
Francis Ford Coppola
Pedro Almodavar
Ron Howard

[MrBiddle]

Alfred Hitchcock - Very good with the MOBILE FRAME. In fact for Psycho, he mentioned he really didn't tire the actors much with their performances, but he wanted to rely on how arty the movie was to be photographed. And I like him for his wisdom. Magicians also look up to Lolo Alfred because of some of his philosophy that helps in the performance art... of scare, thrill, and mostly misdirection.

Christopher Nolan - I just liked the flavor of MEMENTO and INSOMNIA. and looking forward to BATMAN BEGINS.

David Fincher - Very good with creating temporal relationships between shots, including very snappy transitions that are look magnificent. He composes his shots very well. But credit can also go to Darius Khondji...

Michael Mann - excellent in location photography

M. Night Shyamalan - his movies are beautiful. one or two of them have heartwarming undertones. he knows how to write sequences with ANTICIPATION OF ACTION.

Richard Attenborough (i've only seen MAGIC and GANDHI though)

Steven Spielberg - he sees to it that the standard following of 3-ACT structure is as properly motivated as possible... and he doesn't mind dragging the final parts to get the character arc right. I also like the way he does handheld shots, and like David Fincher he is an expert in establishing geography.

Mark Romanek
James Cameron

[MrBiddle]

Alfred Hitchcock - Very good with the MOBILE FRAME. In fact for Psycho, he mentioned he really didn't tire the actors much with their performances, but he wanted to rely on how arty the movie was to be photographed. And I like him for his wisdom. Magicians also look up to Lolo Alfred because of some of his philosophy that helps in the performance art... of scare, thrill, and mostly misdirection.

Christopher Nolan - I just liked the flavor of MEMENTO and INSOMNIA. and looking forward to BATMAN BEGINS.

David Fincher - Very good with creating temporal relationships between shots, including very snappy transitions that are look magnificent. He composes his shots very well. But credit can also go to Darius Khondji...

Michael Mann - excellent in location photography

M. Night Shyamalan - his movies are beautiful. one or two of them have heartwarming undertones. he knows how to write sequences with ANTICIPATION OF ACTION.

Richard Attenborough (i've only seen MAGIC and GANDHI though)

Steven Spielberg - he sees to it that the standard following of 3-ACT structure is as properly motivated as possible... and he doesn't mind dragging the final parts to get the character arc right. I also like the way he does handheld shots, and like David Fincher he is an expert in establishing geography.

Mark Romanek

James Cameron - the king of pacing. he can write his scripts on mimetic poly-alloy...

[Blongkoy]

MrBiddle,

If you can explain to me what is this "mimetic poly-alloy," I might yet learn a thing or two of something new.

[Blongkoy]

MrBiddle,

While you are into this "mimetic poly-alloy" stuff, I might as well have you introduce me to "Wuxia pi" genre, such as the one said to have been extensively introduced to Hollywood by Ang Lee via his "Crouching Tiger" episode. Then there is that "Tafelfitz" of the Vienna side production.

[MrBiddle]

mimetic poly-alloy = liquid metal.

the antag cyborg in T2 is liquid metal. and it can mimic any shape it wants... (in the story, the liquid metal cyborg can morph... one of the first types of VFX of ILM. also used in Michael Jackson's Black or White)
its just an expression cos Jim is already established, and he can pretty much do all the wild sh1t he desires (format-wise) when he writes...

[MrBiddle]

"Wuxia pi" genre, such as the one said to have been extensively introduced to Hollywood by Ang Lee via his "Crouching Tiger" episode. Then there is that "Tafelfitz" of the Vienna side production.

Is Wuxia pi drama?
cos di ko familiar ana na genre.