1.
Francis Ford Coppola
The Godfather, The Conversation, Patton, and The Rainmaker....
81 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
2.
Harold Ramis
Animal House, Ghostbusters, Caddy Shack
68 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
3.
Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Fanny and Alexander
38 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
4.
John Hughes
Home Alone, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club
27 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
5.
Oliver Stone
Scarface, Platoon, Wall Street, Natural Born Killers, Evita....
27 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
6.
Ernest Lehman
Let his work speak for him and it's no wonder why he's number 1: North by Northwest, Sabrina, Sweet Smell of Success, The King and I, Hello Dolly!, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and the film version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
19 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
7.
Paul Haggis
Crash, Million Dollar Baby, In The Valley of Elah, Casino Royale
15 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
8.
Lawrence Kasdan
Body Heat, The Big Chill, Raiders of the Lost Ark
15 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
9.
Joel and Ethan Coen
Fargo, No Country For Old Men, Barton Fink....
15 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
10.
Steven Zaillian
Schindler's List, Clear and Present Danger, Awakenings...
8 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
11.
Paddy Chayefsky
Network, The Hospital, Marty...
8 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
12.
Paul Schrader
Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ
7 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
13.
Scott Frank
Get Shorty, Out of Sight, Minority Report
7 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
14.
William Goldman
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the Presidents Men, The Princes Bride, and Misery...just to name a few...
7 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
15.
Andrew Stanton
WALL-E, Finding Nemo, Toy Story
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
16.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Magnolia, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood...
6 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
17.
Robert Towne
Chinatown, The Last Detail, Tequila Sunrise, The Firm...
4 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
18.
Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
Casablanca
1 point - added 14 years ago by plink -
19.
Nora Ephron
When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, Julie & Julia....
0 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
20.
Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds
-2 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
21.
Charlie Kaufman
Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (!!!), Synecdoche New York. Probably the only "auteur" in the last 20 years who is only screenwriting (besides his last feature, Synecdoche, New York, which he also directed).
-4 points - added 12 years ago by guest -
22.
Woody Allen
Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Manhattan, Vicky Christina Barcelona....
-13 points - added 14 years ago by plink -
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