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DIRECTORS WITH MOST NUMBER OF FILMS RATED HIGHER THAN 8.0:
Including films from every country:
~ 1,689 directing credits for 1,082 names in 1,543 titles ~
♦ Chuck Jones (I): 16 ► Bully for Bugs (1953), Duck Amuck (1953), Duck Dodgers in the 241⁄2th Century (1953), Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953), Fast and Furry-ous (1949), Feed the Kitty (1952), Hair-Raising Hare (1946), Long-Haired Hare (1949), One Froggy Evening (1955), Rabbit Fire (1951), Rabbit of Seville (1950), Rabbit Seasoning (1952), Robin Hood Daffy (1958), Scaredy Cat (1948), Water, Water Every Hare (1952), What's Opera, Doc? (1957).
♦ Akira Kurosawa: 13 ► Akahige (1965), Dersu Uzala (1975), Ikiru (1952), Kagemusha (1980), Kakushi-toride no san-akunin (1958), Kumonosu-jô (1957), Ran (1985), Rashômon (1950), Shichinin no samurai (1954), Tengoku to jigoku (1963), Tsubaki Sanjûrô (1962), Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960), Yôjinbô (1961).
♦ Satyajit Ray: 13 ► Agantuk (1991), Aparajito (1956), Apur Sansar (1959), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), Charulata (1964), Devi (1960), Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969), Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980), Jalsaghar (1958), Mahanagar (1963), Nayak (1966), Pather Panchali (1955), Sonar Kella (1974).
♦ Ertem Egilmez: 12 ► Arabesk (1989), Canim Kardesim (1973), Gülen Gözler (1977), Hababam Sinifi (1975), Hababam Sinifi Sinifta Kaldi (1975), Hababam Sinifi Tatilde (1978), Hababam Sinifi Uyaniyor (1977), Köyden Indim Sehire (1974), Namuslu (1985), Saban Oglu Saban (1977), Salak Milyoner (1974), Süt Kardesler (1976).
♦ Yasujirô Ozu: 12 ► Akibiyori (1960), Bakushû (1951), Banshun (1949), Higanbana (1958), Kohayagawa-ke no aki (1961), Nagaya shinshiroku (1947), Ochazuke no aji (1952), Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo (1932), Sanma no aji (1962), Sôshun (1956), Tôkyô boshoku (1957), Tôkyô monogatari (1953).
♦ Ingmar Bergman: 11 ► Det sjunde inseglet (1957), Fanny och Alexander (1982), Höstsonaten (1978), Jungfrukällan (1960), Nattvardsgästerna (1963), Persona (1966), Såsom i en spegel (1961), Skammen (1968), Smultronstället (1957), Tystnaden (1963), Viskningar och rop (1972).
♦ Alfred Hitchcock (I): 11 ► Dial M for Murder (1954), North by Northwest (1959), Notorious (1946), Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), Rebecca (1940), Rope (1948), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Strangers on a Train (1951), The Lady Vanishes (1938), Vertigo (1958).
♦ Martin Scorsese (I): 11 ► Casino (1995), George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011), Goodfellas (1990), Il mio viaggio in Italia (2001), Raging Bull (1980), Shutter Island (2010), Taxi Driver (1976), The Departed (2006), The Key to Reserva (2007), The Last Waltz (1978), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
♦ Mani Ratnam: 10 ► Alai Payuthey (2000), Anjali (1990), Bumbai (1995), Gitanjali (1989), Iruvar (1997), Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Mouna Ragam (1986), Nayakan (1987), Roja (1992), Thalapathi (1991).
♦ Luis Buñuel: 9 ► Cet obscur objet du désir (1977), El ángel exterminador (1962), Ensayo de un crimen (1955), Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972), Le fantôme de la liberté (1974), Los olvidados (1950), Nazarín (1959), Simón del desierto (1965), Viridiana (1961).
♦ Billy Wilder: 9 ► Ace in the Hole (1951), Double Indemnity (1944), One, Two, Three (1961), Some Like It Hot (1959), Stalag 17 (1953), Sunset Blvd. (1950), The Apartment (1960), The Lost Weekend (1945), Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
♦ Charles Chaplin: 8 ► City Lights (1931), Limelight (1952), Modern Times (1936), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), The Circus (1928), The Gold Rush (1925), The Great Dictator (1940), The Kid (1921).
♦ Stanley Kubrick: 8 ► 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Barry Lyndon (1975), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Paths of Glory (1957), The Killing (1956), The Shining (1980).
♦ Buster Keaton (I): 7 ► One Week (1920), Seven Chances (1925), Sherlock Jr. (1924), Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928), The Cameraman (1928), The General (1926), The Navigator (1924).
♦ Krzysztof Kieslowski: 7 ► Amator (1979), Gadajace glowy (1980), Krótki film o milosci (1988), Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988), Przypadek (1987), Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993), Trois couleurs: Rouge (1994).
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 7 ► Batman Begins (2005), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Memento (2000), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Prestige (2006).
♦ Steven Spielberg: 7 ► Catch Me If You Can (2002), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Jaws (1975), Jurassic Park (1993), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Schindler's List (1993).
♦ Quentin Tarantino: 7 ► Django Unchained (2012), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Pulp Fiction (1994), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Sin City (2005).
♦ Andrei Tarkovsky: 7 ► Andrey Rublyov (1966), Ivanovo detstvo (1962), Nostalghia (1983), Offret (1986), Solyaris (1972), Stalker (1979), Zerkalo (1975).
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DIRECTORS WITH MOST NUMBER OF FILMS RATED LOWER THAN 4.5:
Including films from every country:
~ 1,627 directing credits for 1,308 names in 1,486 titles ~
♦ Uwe Boll: 21 ► Alone in the Dark (2005), Amoklauf (1994), Auschwitz (2011), Barschel - Mord in Genf (1993), Blackwoods (2001), BloodRayne (2005), BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011), Blubberella (2011), Das erste Semester (1997), Far Cry (2008), German Fried Movie (1992), Heart of America (2002), House of the Dead (2003), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), In the Name of the King: The Last Mission (2014), In the Name of the King: Two Worlds (2011), Postal (2007), Sanctimony (2000), Seed (2006), Suddenly (2013), The Final Storm (2010).
♦ Albert Pyun: 10 ► Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996), Alien from L.A. (1988), Captain America (1990), Corrupt (1999), Kickboxer 2: The Road Back (1991), Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994), Omega Doom (1996), Tales of an Ancient Empire (2010), The Wrecking Crew (2000), Ticker (2001).
♦ Bert I. Gordon: 9 ► Beginning of the End (1957), Earth vs the Spider (1958), Empire of the Ants (1977), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), The Food of the Gods (1976), The Magic Sword (1962), Tormented (1960), Village of the Giants (1965), War of the Colossal Beast (1958).
♦ Jason Friedberg: 8 ► Best Night Ever (2013), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), Epic Movie (2007), Meet the Spartans (2008), Superfast! (2015), The Starving Games (2013), Vampires Suck (2010).
♦ Aaron Seltzer (I): 8 ► Best Night Ever (2013), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), Epic Movie (2007), Meet the Spartans (2008), Superfast! (2015), The Starving Games (2013), Vampires Suck (2010).
♦ Charles Band: 7 ► Blood Dolls (1999), Evil Bong (2006), Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983), Parasite (1982), Prehysteria! (1993), Ragewar (1984), The Gingerdead Man (2005).
♦ Roger Corman: 7 ► Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961), Deathsport (1978), Gunslinger (1956), Swamp Women (1956), Teenage Cave Man (1958), The Undead (1957), The Wasp Woman (1959).
♦ Togan Gökbakar: 6 ► Celal ile Ceren (2013), Gen (2006), Osman Pazarlama (2016), Recep Ivedik 2 (2009), Recep Ivedik 3 (2010), Recep Ivedik 4 (2014).
♦ Edward D. Wood Jr. (I): 6 ► Bride of the Monster (1955), Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), Night of the Ghouls (1959), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), The Sinister Urge (1960).
♦ Jim Wynorski: 6 ► 976-Evil II (1991), Dinosaur Island (1994), Not of This Earth (1988), Sorority House Massacre II (1990), The Curse of the Komodo (2004), The Return of Swamp Thing (1989).
♦ Sidney J. Furie: 5 ► American Soldiers (2005), Detention (2003), Iron Eagle II (1988), My 5 Wives (2000), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987).
♦ Tyler Perry (I): 5 ► I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009), Madea Goes to Jail (2009), Madea's Big Happy Family (2011), Meet the Browns (2008), Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010).
♦ Roel Reiné: 5 ► Deadwater (2008), Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines (2014), The Condemned 2 (2015), The Lost Tribe (2009), The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015).
♦ Greydon Clark: 4 ► Angels' Brigade (1979), Final Justice (1985), Joysticks (1983), The Forbidden Dance (1990).
♦ David DeCoteau: 4 ► Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy (1999), Creepozoids (1987), Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft (2013), Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988).
♦ Tobe Hooper: 4 ► Djinn (2013), Mortuary (2005/I), Spontaneous Combustion (1990), The Mangler (1995).
♦ Zalman King: 4 ► Delta of Venus (1995), Pleasure or Pain (2013), Wild Orchid (1989), Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1991).
♦ Sam Newfield (I): 4 ► I Accuse My Parents (1944), Lost Continent (1951), The Mad Monster (1942), The Terror of Tiny Town (1938).
♦ Brian Trenchard-Smith: 4 ► Absolute Deception (2013), Arctic Blast (2010), Drive Hard (2014), Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001).
♦ Brian Yuzna: 4 ► Beneath Still Waters (2005), Faust: Love of the Damned (2000), Rottweiler (2004), The Dentist 2 (1998).
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DIRECTORS WITH HIGHEST AVERAGE RATINGS:
Including any type of genre: (directors must have at least 10 credits)
~ 6,344 directing credits for 408 names with an average rating of 6.852 ~
♦ Satyajit Ray: 8.271 (14 films).
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.210 (10 films).
♦ Ertem Egilmez: 8.189 (19 films).
♦ Yasujirô Ozu: 8.071 (17 films).
♦ Hayao Miyazaki: 8.025 (12 films).
♦ Chuck Jones (I): 7.900 (27 films).
♦ Krzysztof Kieslowski: 7.891 (11 films).
♦ Mario Monicelli: 7.880 (10 films).
♦ Kenji Mizoguchi (I): 7.873 (11 films).
♦ Don Hertzfeldt: 7.830 (10 films).
♦ Jean-Pierre Melville: 7.810 (10 films).
♦ Mani Ratnam: 7.789 (18 films).
♦ Quentin Tarantino: 7.762 (13 films).
♦ Luis Buñuel: 7.755 (22 films).
♦ David Fincher: 7.750 (10 films).
♦ Orson Welles: 7.717 (12 films).
♦ William Wyler: 7.700 (24 films).
♦ Luchino Visconti: 7.693 (15 films).
♦ Akira Kurosawa: 7.680 (30 films).
♦ Emir Kusturica: 7.670 (10 films).
♦ Robert Bresson (I): 7.667 (12 films).
♦ Jan Svankmajer: 7.640 (10 films).
♦ Frank Capra: 7.631 (16 films).
♦ John Cassavetes: 7.630 (10 films).
♦ S.S. Rajamouli: 7.630 (10 films).
♦ Peter Jackson (I): 7.623 (13 films).
Including specific genres only: (directors must have at least 3 credits in films of that genre)
ACTION: 398 names with an average rating of 6.366
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.650 (4 films).
♦ Peter Jackson (I): 8.400 (4 films).
♦ Buster Keaton (I): 8.125 (4 films).
♦ Sukumar (I): 8.050 (4 films).
♦ Vishal Bhardwaj (I): 8.000 (3 films).
♦ James Cameron (I): 7.983 (6 films).
ADVENTURE: 231 names with an average rating of 6.609
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.567 (3 films).
♦ Pete Docter: 8.233 (3 films).
♦ Peter Jackson (I): 8.129 (7 films).
♦ Lee Unkrich: 8.125 (4 films).
♦ James Cameron (I): 8.100 (4 films).
♦ Stanley Kubrick: 8.100 (3 films).
ANIMATION: 124 names with an average rating of 7.220
♦ Vladimir Popov (IV): 8.367 (3 films).
♦ Fyodor Khitruk: 8.333 (3 films).
♦ Attila Dargay: 8.267 (3 films).
♦ Pete Docter: 8.233 (3 films).
♦ Lee Unkrich: 8.125 (4 films).
♦ Hayao Miyazaki: 8.025 (12 films).
BIOGRAPHY: 53 names with an average rating of 7.217
♦ Moustapha Akkad: 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Steven Spielberg: 8.100 (3 films).
♦ Martin Scorsese (I): 7.913 (8 films).
♦ Ron Howard (I): 7.825 (4 films).
♦ Franklin J. Schaffner: 7.767 (3 films).
♦ Hiroshi Inagaki (I): 7.633 (3 films).
COMEDY: 928 names with an average rating of 6.525
♦ Slobodan Sijan: 8.700 (3 films).
♦ Mircea Dragan: 8.667 (3 films).
♦ Singeetham Srinivasa Rao: 8.500 (3 films).
♦ Satyajit Ray: 8.467 (3 films).
♦ Hrishikesh Mukherjee: 8.400 (3 films).
♦ Rajkumar Hirani: 8.300 (4 films).
CRIME: 348 names with an average rating of 6.774
♦ Neeraj Pandey: 8.167 (3 films).
♦ Quentin Tarantino: 8.133 (6 films).
♦ Jacques Becker: 8.133 (3 films).
♦ Akira Kurosawa: 8.117 (6 films).
♦ Nick Park (I): 8.100 (3 films).
♦ Vishal Bhardwaj (I): 8.075 (4 films).
DOCUMENTARY: 62 names with an average rating of 7.388
♦ Ron Fricke: 8.300 (3 films).
♦ Sam Dunn (I): 8.250 (4 films).
♦ Scot McFadyen: 8.250 (4 films).
♦ Mark Neale (II): 8.067 (3 films).
♦ Rob Epstein (I): 8.033 (3 films).
♦ Steve James (II): 7.925 (4 films).
DRAMA: 1,293 names with an average rating of 6.936
♦ Moustapha Akkad: 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Upendra (I): 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Joe Scott (VIII): 8.500 (3 films).
♦ Masaki Kobayashi (I): 8.483 (6 films).
♦ Quentin Tarantino: 8.333 (6 films).
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.325 (4 films).
FAMILY: 147 names with an average rating of 6.779
♦ Fyodor Khitruk: 8.333 (3 films).
♦ Pete Docter: 8.233 (3 films).
♦ Lee Unkrich: 8.125 (4 films).
♦ Hayao Miyazaki: 8.071 (7 films).
♦ Amole Gupte: 7.967 (3 films).
♦ Chuck Jones (I): 7.900 (27 films).
FANTASY: 138 names with an average rating of 6.756
♦ Don Hertzfeldt: 8.275 (4 films).
♦ Lee Unkrich: 8.100 (3 films).
♦ Hayao Miyazaki: 8.080 (10 films).
♦ Luis Buñuel: 8.000 (4 films).
♦ S.S. Rajamouli: 7.967 (3 films).
♦ Peter Jackson (I): 7.900 (9 films).
FILM-NOIR: 34 names with an average rating of 7.373
♦ Billy Wilder: 8.275 (4 films).
♦ John Huston (I): 7.967 (3 films).
♦ Carol Reed (I): 7.967 (3 films).
♦ Jules Dassin: 7.775 (4 films).
♦ Alfred Hitchcock (I): 7.750 (8 films).
♦ Raoul Walsh: 7.680 (5 films).
HISTORY: 61 names with an average rating of 7.204
♦ Masaki Kobayashi (I): 8.667 (3 films).
♦ Moustapha Akkad: 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Rob Epstein (I): 8.033 (3 films).
♦ Zhang Yimou: 7.900 (6 films).
♦ Luchino Visconti: 7.833 (3 films).
♦ Steven Spielberg: 7.750 (6 films).
HORROR: 262 names with an average rating of 5.762
♦ James Whale (I): 7.725 (4 films).
♦ Roman Polanski (I): 7.700 (3 films).
♦ Jan Svankmajer: 7.500 (4 films).
♦ Tod Browning: 7.380 (5 films).
♦ Paul Leni: 7.300 (3 films).
♦ Brian De Palma: 7.267 (3 films).
♦ Yoshiaki Kawajiri: 7.267 (3 films).
MUSICAL: 65 names with an average rating of 6.992
♦ Mani Ratnam: 8.067 (3 films).
♦ Lloyd Bacon: 7.833 (3 films).
♦ Mervyn LeRoy: 7.800 (3 films).
♦ Gautham Menon (I): 7.775 (4 films).
♦ Raj Kapoor (I): 7.750 (4 films).
♦ Leo McCarey: 7.733 (3 films).
MUSIC: 37 names with an average rating of 6.975
♦ Sam Dunn (I): 8.250 (4 films).
♦ Scot McFadyen: 8.250 (4 films).
♦ D.A. Pennebaker: 7.975 (4 films).
♦ John Carney (V): 7.800 (3 films).
♦ Chuck Jones (I): 7.700 (4 films).
♦ Kaige Chen: 7.600 (3 films).
MYSTERY: 133 names with an average rating of 6.762
♦ Asghar Farhadi: 8.100 (4 films).
♦ David Fincher: 8.000 (5 films).
♦ Krzysztof Kieslowski: 8.000 (3 films).
♦ Billy Wilder: 8.000 (3 films).
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 7.780 (5 films).
♦ Henri-Georges Clouzot: 7.767 (3 films).
ROMANCE: 517 names with an average rating of 6.804
♦ Vijay K. Bhaskar: 8.200 (3 films).
♦ Eldar Ryazanov: 8.100 (5 films).
♦ Georgiy Daneliya: 8.067 (3 films).
♦ Buster Keaton (I): 8.029 (7 films).
♦ Vishal Bhardwaj (I): 8.000 (3 films).
♦ Edward Sedgwick: 8.000 (3 films).
SCI-FI: 136 names with an average rating of 6.318
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.633 (3 films).
♦ Nick Park (I): 8.100 (3 films).
♦ Ridley Scott: 7.950 (4 films).
♦ Don Hertzfeldt: 7.933 (3 films).
♦ James Whale (I): 7.867 (3 films).
♦ Joss Whedon: 7.867 (3 films).
SHORT: 46 names with an average rating of 7.382
♦ Vladimir Popov (IV): 8.367 (3 films).
♦ Fyodor Khitruk: 8.333 (3 films).
♦ Chuck Jones (I): 8.082 (22 films).
♦ Joseph Barbera: 7.980 (5 films).
♦ William Hanna (I): 7.980 (5 films).
♦ Nick Park (I): 7.980 (5 films).
SPORT: 12 names with an average rating of 6.731
♦ Stacy Peralta: 7.900 (3 films).
♦ Bruce Brown (I): 7.767 (3 films).
♦ Sam Wood (I): 7.533 (3 films).
♦ David Anspaugh: 7.133 (3 films).
♦ Michael Curtiz: 7.067 (3 films).
♦ Sylvester Stallone: 6.975 (4 films).
THRILLER: 516 names with an average rating of 6.519
♦ Jeethu Joseph: 8.500 (3 films).
♦ Christopher Nolan (I): 8.300 (7 films).
♦ Neeraj Pandey: 8.167 (3 films).
♦ Sukumar (I): 8.100 (3 films).
♦ Yash Chopra: 7.967 (3 films).
♦ Howard Hawks: 7.933 (3 films).
WAR: 80 names with an average rating of 7.140
♦ Moustapha Akkad: 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Masaki Kobayashi (I): 8.600 (3 films).
♦ Roberto Rossellini (I): 7.925 (4 films).
♦ Sergey Bondarchuk (I): 7.825 (4 films).
♦ William Wyler: 7.825 (4 films).
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(films must have at least 1,000 votes)
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