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    Best director: Group Stage

    Award 3, 2 and 1 point in each group. 3 to the one you want to win the group, 2 for second place etc.
    Keep it simple. You could copy the groups to a document, delete the names where you’re not awarding points, enter the point you’re awarding right in front of the names you’re keeping and copy back in as a post.
    In case of a draw, the director who has been dead the longest/is the oldest goes through.

    A
    Akira Kurosawa JAP
    David Lynch USA
    Frank Capra ITA
    Jean-Luc Godard FRA
    Orson Welles USA
    Terry Gilliam ENG
    Tim Burton USA

    B
    Claude Chabrol FRA
    Francis Ford Coppola USA
    Julien Temple ENG
    Juzo Itami JAP
    Michelangelo Antonioni ITA
    Preston Sturges USA
    Todd Solondz USA

    C
    Francois Truffaut FRA
    Jim Jarmusch USA
    Ken Loach ENG
    Robert Altman USA
    Roberto Rossellini ITA
    Satoshi Kon JAP
    Wes Anderson USA

    D
    Fritz Lang AUT
    John Sayles USA
    Mike Leigh ENG
    Sam Fuller USA
    Sergio Leone ITA
    William Friedkin USA
    Yasujiro Ozu JAP

    E
    Billy Wilder USA
    Jacques Tati FRA
    Kathryn Bigelow USA
    Nicolas Roeg ENG
    Peter Weir AUS
    Sam Peckinpah USA
    Valerio Zurlini ITA

    F
    Busby Berkeley USA
    Jean Renoir FRA
    Marcel Ophuls GER
    Martin Scorcese USA
    Rithy Panh CAM
    Sidney Lumet USA
    Vittorio De Sica ITA

    G
    D.W. Griffith USA
    Jean Rouch FRA
    John Woo HNK
    Krzysztof Kieslowski POL
    Mel Brooks USA
    Stanley Kubrick USA
    Werner Herzog GER

    H
    Andrej Tarkovsky RUS
    Gene Kelly USA
    Marcel Pagnol FRA
    Michael Mann USA
    Vincente Minnelli USA
    Wolfgang Petersen GER
    Wong Kar Wai HNK

    I
    Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
    Elim Klimov RUS
    George Cukor USA
    Hayao Miyazaki JAP
    Paul Thomas Anderson USA
    René Vautier FRA
    Woody Allen USA

    J
    Alfred Hitchcock ENG
    Ang Lee TAI
    Ernst Lubitsch GER
    Hal Ashby USA
    Luc Besson FRA
    Quentin Tarantino USA
    Sergei Eisenstein RUS

    K
    Atom Egoyan CAN
    Bernardo Bertolucci ITA
    Charles Laughton ENG
    FW Murnau GER
    Howard Hawks USA
    Ingmar Bergman SWE
    Richard Lester USA

    L
    Charlie Chaplin ENG
    Grigory Chukhray UKR
    John Cassavetes USA
    Leni Reifenstahl GER
    Milos Forman CZE
    Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA
    Richard Linklater USA

    M
    Albert Brooks USA
    David Cronenberg CAN
    David Lean ENG
    John Ford USA
    Max Ophuls GER
    Paul Verhoeven HOL
    Ridley Scott ENG

    N
    Brother Coen USA
    Gerald Thomas ENG
    James Cameron CAN
    John Frankenheimer USA
    Rainer Fassbinder GER
    Roman Polanski POL
    Spike Jonze USA

    O
    Aleksandr Sokurov RUS
    Alfonso Cuaron MEX
    Clint Eastwood USA
    Emeric Pressburger HUN
    John Huston USA
    John Schlesinger ENG
    Spike Lee USA

    P
    Bill Forsyth SCO
    Darren Aronofsky USA
    Federico Fellini ITA
    Guillermo Del Toro MEX
    Michael Powell ENG
    Mike Nichols USA
    Steven Spielberg USA

    #2
    Best director: Group Stage

    Is group M the group of death?

    Comment


      #3
      Best director: Group Stage

      A
      3 Frank Capra ITA
      2 Orson Welles USA
      1 Akira Kurosawa JAP

      B
      3 Preston Sturges USA
      2 Michelangelo Antonioni ITA
      1 Francis Ford Coppola USA

      C
      3 Robert Altman USA
      2 Wes Anderson USA
      1 Francois Truffaut FRA

      D
      3 Fritz Lang FRA
      2 Mike Leigh ENG
      1 Sergio Leone ITA

      E
      3 Billy Wilder USA
      2 Jacques Tati FRA
      1 Nicolas Roeg ENG

      F
      3 Martin Scorcese USA
      2 Jean Renoir FRA
      1 Sidney Lumet USA

      G
      3 Stanley Kubrick USA
      2 Werner Herzog GER
      1 D.W. Griffith USA

      H
      3 Andrej Tarkovsky RUS
      2 Michael Mann USA
      1 Wolfgang Petersen GER

      I
      3 George Cukor USA
      2 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
      1 Woody Allen USA

      J
      3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
      2 Hal Ashby USA
      1 Sergei Eisenstein RUS

      K
      3 FW Murnau GER
      2 Howard Hawks USA
      1 Ingmar Bergman SWE

      L
      3 Leni Reifenstahl GER
      2 Charlie Chaplin ENG
      1 Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA

      M
      3 John Ford USA
      2 Max Ophuls GER
      1 David Lean ENG

      N
      3 Roman Polanski POL
      2 Brothers Coen USA
      1 Rainer Fassbinder GER

      O
      3 John Huston USA
      2 Clint Eastwood USA
      1 John Schlesinger ENG

      P
      3 Steven Spielberg USA
      2 Federico Fellini ITA
      1 Michael Powell ENG

      Comment


        #4
        Best director: Group Stage

        PPV: There's a few nationalities that are wrong.

        I haven't checked them all but I noted:

        Fritz Lang was Austrian, Ridley Scott is English, and Atom Egoyan was born in Eygpt, though he moved to Canada at two years old.

        Comment


          #5
          Best director: Group Stage

          A
          3 Frank Capra ITA
          1 Jean-Luc Godard FRA
          2 Orson Welles USA

          B
          3 Claude Chabrol FRA
          2 Francis Ford Coppola USA
          1 Preston Sturges USA

          C
          3 Francois Truffaut FRA
          2 Jim Jarmusch USA
          1 Robert Altman USA

          D
          3 Fritz Lang FRA
          2 Mike Leigh ENG
          1 Sergio Leone ITA

          E
          3 Billy Wilder USA
          2 Nicolas Roeg ENG
          1 Peter Weir AUS

          F
          1 Jean Renoir FRA
          3 Martin Scorcese USA
          2 Sidney Lumet USA

          G
          2 Mel Brooks USA
          1 Stanley Kubrick USA
          3 Werner Herzog GER

          H
          3 Gene Kelly USA
          2 Michael Mann USA
          1 Wolfgang Petersen GER

          I
          3 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
          2 George Cukor USA
          1 René Vautier FRA

          J
          3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
          2 Ernst Lubitsch GER
          1 Luc Besson FRA

          K
          2 FW Murnau GER
          3 Howard Hawks USA
          1 Ingmar Bergman SWE

          L
          1 Charlie Chaplin ENG
          3 Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA
          2 Richard Linklater USA

          M
          1 Albert Brooks USA
          2 David Lean ENG
          3 John Ford USA

          N
          3 Brother Coen USA
          2 Rainer Fassbinder GER
          1 Spike Jonze USA

          O
          1 Emeric Pressburger HUN
          3 John Huston USA
          2 Spike Lee USA

          P
          2 Federico Fellini ITA
          3 Mike Nichols USA
          1 Steven Spielberg USA

          Comment


            #6
            Best director: Group Stage

            By the way, the ghost of Austro-German Fritz Lang might not be happy to be called French.

            Comment


              #7
              Best director: Group Stage

              Corrected. Though don't know what to put down Atom as. Born in Egypt, Armenian parents lived most of his life in Canada.

              Comment


                #8
                Best director: Group Stage

                That's seriously difficult.

                A
                3 Orson Welles USA
                2 David Lynch USA
                1 Frank Capra ITA

                B
                3 Francis Ford Coppola USA
                2 Julien Temple ENG
                1 Preston Sturges USA

                C
                3 Robert Altman USA
                2 Roberto Rossellini ITA
                1 Ken Loach ENG

                D
                3 Sergio Leone ITA
                2 Mike Leigh ENG
                1 Fritz Lang AUT

                E
                3 Sam Peckinpah USA
                2 Peter Weir AUS
                1 Nicolas Roeg ENG

                F
                3 Martin Scorcese USA
                2 Sidney Lumet USA
                1 Jean Renoir FRA

                G
                3 Stanley Kubrick USA
                2 Werner Herzog GER
                1 Mel Brooks USA

                H
                3 Vincente Minnelli USA
                2 Michael Mann USA
                1 Marcel Pagnol FRA

                I
                3 George Cukor USA
                2 Woody Allen USA
                1 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN

                J
                3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                2 Quentin Tarantino USA
                1 Ang Lee TAI

                K
                3 Bernardo Bertolucci ITA
                2 Howard Hawks USA
                1 Ingmar Bergman SWE

                L
                3 Milos Forman CZE
                2 John Cassavetes USA
                1 Charlie Chaplin ENG

                M
                3 Ridley Scott ENG
                2 David Lean ENG
                1 John Ford USA

                N
                3 Brother Coen USA
                2 Roman Polanski POL
                1 Spike Jonze USA

                O
                3 John Huston USA
                2 John Schlesinger ENG
                1 Clint Eastwood USA

                P
                3 Mike Nichols USA
                2 Federico Fellini ITA
                1 Steven Spielberg USA

                Comment


                  #9
                  Best director: Group Stage

                  Akira Kurosawa JAP 3
                  David Lynch USA 2
                  Frank Capra ITA 1

                  B
                  Claude Chabrol FRA 1
                  Francis Ford Coppola USA 3
                  Preston Sturges USA 2

                  C
                  Robert Altman USA 3
                  Francois Truffaut FRA2
                  Jim Jarmusch USA 1

                  D
                  Fritz Lang AUT 1
                  Sergio Leone ITA 2
                  Yasujiro Ozu JAP 3

                  E
                  Billy Wilder USA 3
                  Jacques Tati FRA 1
                  Peter Weir AUS 2

                  F

                  Jean Renoir FRA 3
                  Marcel Ophuls GER 2
                  Martin Scorcese USA 1

                  G

                  Jean Rouch FRA1
                  Stanley Kubrick USA 3
                  Werner Herzog GER 2

                  H
                  Andrej Tarkovsky RUS 2
                  Gene Kelly USA 1

                  Vincente Minnelli USA 3

                  I
                  Elim Klimov RUS 3
                  George Cukor USA 2
                  Hayao Miyazaki JAP 1

                  J
                  Alfred Hitchcock ENG 3

                  Ernst Lubitsch GER 2

                  Sergei Eisenstein RUS 1

                  K

                  FW Murnau GER 1
                  Howard Hawks USA 2
                  Ingmar Bergman SWE 3

                  L
                  Charlie Chaplin ENG 3

                  John Cassavetes USA 1

                  Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA 2

                  M

                  David Lean ENG 1
                  John Ford USA 3
                  Max Ophuls GER 2

                  N
                  Brother Coen USA 2

                  Rainer Fassbinder GER 3
                  Roman Polanski POL 1

                  O

                  Clint Eastwood USA 1
                  Cuaron 2
                  John Huston USA 3

                  Emeric Pressburger wasn't a director

                  P

                  Federico Fellini ITA 3

                  Michael Powell ENG 2

                  Steven Spielberg USA 1

                  F is the group of death

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Best director: Group Stage

                    When's the deadline for this round? I don't fancy tapping my choices out on my phone if I can help it.

                    Comment


                      #11
                      Best director: Group Stage

                      A
                      3 Orson Welles
                      2 Akira Kurosawa
                      1 David Lynch

                      B
                      3 Francis Ford Coppola
                      2 Michelangelo Antonioni
                      1 Claude Chabrol

                      C
                      3 Wes Anderson
                      2 Satoshi Kon
                      1 Robert Altman

                      D
                      3 Fritz Lang
                      2 Sergio Leone
                      1 William Friedkin

                      E
                      3 Billy Wilder
                      2 Sam Peckinpah
                      1 Peter Weir

                      F
                      3 Sidney Lumet
                      2 Martin Scorcese
                      1 Busby Berkeley

                      G
                      3 Stanley Kubrick
                      2 John Woo
                      1 Mel Brooks

                      H
                      3 Wong Kar Wai
                      2 Andrej Tarkovsky
                      1 Gene Kelly

                      I
                      3 Hayao Miyazaki
                      2 Paul Thomas Anderson
                      1 George Cukor

                      J
                      3 Alfred Hitchcock
                      2 Luc Besson
                      1 Quentin Tarantino

                      K
                      3 FW Murnau
                      2 Charles Laughton
                      1 Bernardo Bertolucci

                      L
                      3 Milos Forman
                      2 Charlie Chaplin
                      1 Pier Paolo Pasolini

                      M
                      3 David Lean
                      2 Paul Verhoeven
                      1 Ridley Scott

                      N
                      3 Coen Brothers
                      2 John Frankenheimer
                      1 Spike Jonze

                      O
                      3 Spike Lee
                      2 John Huston
                      1 Alfonso Cuaron

                      P
                      3 Guillermo Del Toro
                      2 Mike Nichols
                      1 Steven Spielberg

                      Comment


                        #12
                        Best director: Group Stage

                        A
                        3 Akira Kurosawa JAP
                        2 Orson Welles USA
                        1 Frank Capra ITA

                        B
                        3 Preston Sturges USA
                        2 Francis Ford Coppola USA
                        1 Michelangelo Antonioni ITA

                        C
                        3 Wes Anderson USA
                        2 Francois Truffaut FRA
                        1 Roberto Rossellini ITA

                        D
                        3 Yasujiro Ozu JAP
                        2 Fritz Lang AUT
                        1 Mike Leigh ENG

                        E
                        3 Billy Wilder USA
                        2 Nicolas Roeg ENG
                        1 Kathryn Bigelow USA

                        F
                        3 Jean Renoir FRA
                        2 Martin Scorcese USA
                        1 Vittorio De Sica ITA

                        G
                        3 Krzysztof Kieslowski POL
                        2 Stanley Kubrick USA
                        1 D.W. Griffith USA

                        H
                        3 Andrej Tarkovsky RUS
                        2 Wong Kar Wai HNK
                        1 Vincente Minnelli USA

                        I
                        3 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
                        2 Paul Thomas Anderson USA
                        1 Hayao Miyazaki JAP

                        J
                        3 Ernst Lubitsch GER
                        2 Sergei Eisenstein RUS
                        1 Alfred Hitchcock ENG

                        K
                        3 FW Murnau GER
                        2 Ingmar Bergman SWE
                        1 Howard Hawks USA

                        L
                        3 Milos Forman CZE
                        2 Leni Reifenstahl GER
                        1 John Cassavetes USA

                        M
                        3 John Ford USA
                        2 Max Ophuls GER
                        1 David Lean ENG

                        N
                        3 Brother Coen USA
                        2 Rainer Fassbinder GER
                        1 Roman Polanski POL

                        O
                        3 Emeric Pressburger HUN
                        2 Aleksandr Sokurov RUS
                        1 Alfonso Cuaron MEX

                        P
                        3 Michael Powell ENG
                        2 Steven Spielberg USA
                        1 Federico Fellini ITA

                        Thanks for this PPV.

                        Comment


                          #13
                          Best director: Group Stage

                          A
                          3 Akira Kurosawa JAP
                          2 Frank Capra ITA
                          1 Orson Welles USA

                          B
                          3 Preston Sturges USA
                          2 Francis Ford Coppola USA
                          1 Michelangelo Antonioni ITA

                          C
                          3 Satoshi Kon JAP
                          2 Robert Altman USA
                          1 Ken Loach ENG

                          D
                          3 Sergio Leone ITA
                          2 Fritz Lang AUT
                          1 John Sayles USA

                          E
                          3 Billy Wilder USA
                          2 Peter Weir AUS
                          1 Sam Peckinpah USA

                          F
                          3 Martin Scorcese USA
                          2 Sidney Lumet USA
                          1 Jean Renoir FRA

                          G
                          3 Stanley Kubrick USA
                          2 Mel Brooks USA
                          1 John Woo HNK

                          H
                          3 Wong Kar Wai HNK
                          2 Gene Kelly USA
                          1 Michael Mann USA

                          I
                          3 Hayao Miyazaki JAP
                          2 George Cukor USA
                          -

                          J
                          3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                          2 Ernst Lubitsch GER
                          1 Ang Lee TAI

                          K
                          3 Howard Hawks USA
                          2 Atom Egoyan CAN
                          1 Bernardo Bertolucci ITA

                          L
                          3 Charlie Chaplin ENG
                          2 Richard Linklater USA
                          1 Milos Forman CZE

                          M
                          3 David Lean ENG
                          2 John Ford USA
                          -

                          N
                          3 Spike Jonze USA
                          2 John Frankenheimer USA
                          1 Brother Coen USA

                          O
                          3 Alfonso Cuaron MEX
                          2 John Huston USA
                          1 Clint Eastwood USA

                          P
                          3 Mike Nichols USA
                          2 Steven Spielberg USA
                          -

                          What an odd thing. A lot of directors get my vote despite having made some of the movies I hated or couldn't even finish (Huston - The Unforgiven, Spielberg - the last Indiana Jones). Some directors I know are probably great, but can't actually think of having seen anything by.

                          D was my group of death. I love John Sayles, but I still couldn't get him the top spot.

                          Soderbergh is looking like a big oversight on my part. He'd have topped many a group for me.

                          Comment


                            #14
                            Best director: Group Stage

                            I'm narrowing down mine now. This is a great effort by PPV, a good idea and an education.

                            Maybe there can be a wild card play off among those that have been forgotten?

                            Comment


                              #15
                              Best director: Group Stage

                              Haddock wrote: When's the deadline for this round? I don't fancy tapping my choices out on my phone if I can help it.
                              No set deadline. Usually sorts itself out. Once it starts to slow down with no more posts we'll set one.

                              Comment


                                #16
                                Best director: Group Stage

                                A
                                3. Orson Welles US
                                2. Akira Kurosawa JAP
                                1. Jean-Luc Godard FRA

                                B
                                3. Francis Ford Coppola USA
                                2. Preston Sturges USA
                                1. Claude Chabrol FRA

                                C
                                3. Francois Truffaut FRA
                                2. Jim Jarmusch USA
                                1. Robert Altman USA

                                D
                                3. Sergio Leone ITA
                                2. Yasujiro Ozu JAP
                                1. Fritz Lang AUT

                                E
                                3. Billy Wilder USA
                                2. Sam Peckinpah USA
                                1. Nicolas Roeg ENG

                                F

                                3. Martin Scorsese USA
                                2. Vittorio De Sica ITA
                                1. Jean Renoir FRA

                                G

                                3. Stanley Kubrick USA
                                2. Werner Herzog GER
                                1. John Woo HNK

                                H

                                3. Wong Kar Wai HNK
                                2. Michael Mann USA
                                1. Gene Kelly (and Stanley Donen) USA

                                I
                                3. Woody Allen USA
                                2. Hayao Miyazaki JAP
                                1. Elim Klimov RUS

                                J
                                3. Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                                2. Quentin Tarantino USA
                                1. Ernst Lubitsch GER

                                K

                                3. Howard Hawks USA
                                2. FW Murnau GER
                                1. Richard Lester USA

                                L
                                3. Charlie Chaplin ENG
                                2. John Cassavetes USA
                                1. Leni Reifenstahl GER

                                M

                                3. John Ford USA
                                2. David Lean ENG
                                1. Ridley Scott ENG

                                N
                                3. Coen Brothers USA
                                2. Roman Polanski POL
                                1. John Frankenheimer USA

                                O

                                3. John Huston USA
                                2. Clint Eastwood USA
                                1. Spike Lee USA

                                P
                                3. Michael Powell ENG
                                2. Mike Nichols USA
                                1. Bill Forsyth SCO

                                Comment


                                  #17
                                  Best director: Group Stage

                                  One woman, one token queer person.

                                  Great.

                                  Comment


                                    #18
                                    Best director: Group Stage

                                    Did you miss the nominating thread?

                                    Comment


                                      #19
                                      Best director: Group Stage

                                      A
                                      3 Akira Kurosawa JAP
                                      2 Jean-Luc Godard FRA
                                      1 Orson Welles USA

                                      B
                                      3 Francis Ford Coppola USA
                                      2 Michelangelo Antonioni ITA
                                      1 Preston Sturges USA

                                      C
                                      3 Francois Truffaut FRA
                                      2 Wes Anderson USA
                                      1 Robert Altman USA

                                      D
                                      3 Sergio Leone ITA
                                      2 Yasujiro Ozu JAP
                                      1 Fritz Lang AUT

                                      E
                                      3 Billy Wilder USA
                                      2 Jacques Tati FRA
                                      1 Peter Weir AUS

                                      F
                                      1 Jean Renoir FRA
                                      2 Marcel Ophuls GER
                                      3 Martin Scorcese USA

                                      G
                                      3 Stanley Kubrick USA
                                      2 Mel Brooks USA
                                      1 Werner Herzog GER

                                      H
                                      3 Michael Mann USA
                                      2 Wong Kar Wai HNK
                                      1 Andrej Tarkovsky RUS

                                      I
                                      3 Hayao Miyazaki JAP
                                      2 Woody Allen USA
                                      1 Paul Thomas Anderson USA

                                      J
                                      3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                                      2 Ernst Lubitsch GER
                                      1 Ang Lee TAI

                                      K
                                      3 Howard Hawks USA
                                      2 Ingmar Bergman SWE
                                      1 Bernardo Bertolucci ITA

                                      L
                                      3 Charlie Chaplin ENG
                                      2 Richard Linklater USA
                                      1 Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA

                                      M
                                      3 John Ford USA
                                      2 Ridley Scott ENG
                                      1 Albert Brooks USA

                                      N
                                      3 Brother Coen USA
                                      2 Roman Polanski POL
                                      1 Spike Jonze USA

                                      O
                                      3 Spike Lee USA
                                      2 Clint Eastwood USA
                                      1 John Huston USA

                                      P
                                      3 Federico Fellini ITA
                                      2 Steven Spielberg USA
                                      1 Mike Nichols USA

                                      Comment


                                        #20
                                        Best director: Group Stage

                                        A

                                        David Lynch USA 2
                                        Terry Gilliam ENG 3
                                        Tim Burton USA 1

                                        B
                                        Francis Ford Coppola USA 1
                                        Julien Temple ENG 2

                                        C
                                        Ken Loach ENG 2
                                        Robert Altman USA 3
                                        Wes Anderson USA 1

                                        D
                                        Fritz Lang AUT 1
                                        Mike Leigh ENG 3
                                        William Friedkin USA 2

                                        E
                                        Nicolas Roeg ENG 2

                                        F
                                        Martin Scorcese USA 1

                                        G
                                        Stanley Kubrick USA 3

                                        H
                                        Michael Mann USA 1

                                        I
                                        Woody Allen USA 2

                                        J
                                        Alfred Hitchcock ENG 3
                                        Luc Besson FRA 2
                                        Quentin TarantinoUSA 1

                                        K
                                        Ingmar Bergman SWE 1
                                        Richard Lester USA -10

                                        L
                                        Richard Linklater USA 3

                                        M
                                        David Cronenberg CAN 2
                                        Paul Verhoeven HOL 1
                                        Ridley Scott ENG 3

                                        N
                                        Brother Coen USA 2
                                        James Cameron CAN 3

                                        O
                                        Spike Lee USA 2

                                        P
                                        Bill Forsyth SCO 2
                                        Guillermo Del Toro MEX 1
                                        Steven Spielberg USA 3

                                        Comment


                                          #21
                                          Best director: Group Stage

                                          A
                                          3 Akira Kurosawa JAP
                                          1 Jean-Luc Godard FRA
                                          2 Orson Welles USA

                                          B
                                          2 Claude Chabrol FRA
                                          3 Michelangelo Antonioni ITA
                                          1 Preston Sturges USA

                                          C
                                          1 Francois Truffaut FRA
                                          3 Jim Jarmusch USA
                                          2 Robert Altman USA

                                          D
                                          2 Fritz Lang AUT
                                          1 William Friedkin USA
                                          3 Yasujiro Ozu JAP

                                          E
                                          2 Billy Wilder USA
                                          3 Jacques Tati FRA
                                          1 Peter Weir AUS

                                          F
                                          1 Busby Berkeley USA
                                          3 Jean Renoir FRA
                                          2 Sidney Lumet USA

                                          G
                                          3 Krzysztof Kieslowski POL
                                          1 Mel Brooks USA
                                          2 Stanley Kubrick USA

                                          H
                                          2 Andrej Tarkovsky RUS
                                          1 Gene Kelly USA
                                          3 Wong Kar Wai HNK

                                          I
                                          2 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
                                          3 George Cukor USA
                                          1 Hayao Miyazaki JAP

                                          J
                                          3 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                                          1 Ang Lee TAI
                                          2 Sergei Eisenstein RUS

                                          K
                                          1 FW Murnau GER
                                          3 Howard Hawks USA
                                          2 Ingmar Bergman SWE

                                          L
                                          3 Charlie Chaplin ENG
                                          1 Grigory Chukhray UKR
                                          2 Pier Paolo Pasolini ITA

                                          M
                                          1 Albert Brooks USA
                                          2 David Cronenberg CAN
                                          3 David Lean ENG

                                          N
                                          1 Brother Coen USA
                                          2 Rainer Fassbinder GER
                                          3 Spike Jonze USA

                                          O
                                          3 Emeric Pressburger HUN
                                          1 John Huston USA
                                          2 Spike Lee USA

                                          P
                                          3 Federico Fellini ITA
                                          1 Guillermo Del Toro MEX
                                          2 Steven Spielberg USA

                                          Comment


                                            #22
                                            Best director: Group Stage

                                            Amor de Cosmos wrote: PPV: There's a few nationalities that are wrong.

                                            I haven't checked them all but I noted:

                                            Fritz Lang was Austrian, Ridley Scott is English, and Atom Egoyan was born in Eygpt, though he moved to Canada at two years old.
                                            Didn't mean it to look like I neglected this. I've straightened it out.

                                            And, like someone else said. You learn shit here. Some directors I've heard of but never seen a film of theirs for some reason. Now I will. Some I haven't heard of, and I will see their effort.

                                            Comment


                                              #23
                                              Best director: Group Stage

                                              A
                                              3 Akira Kurosawa JAP
                                              2 Orson Welles USA
                                              1 Terry Gilliam ENG

                                              B
                                              3 Francis Ford Coppola USA
                                              1 Julien Temple ENG
                                              2 Preston Sturges USA

                                              C
                                              1 Jim Jarmusch USA
                                              2 Ken Loach ENG
                                              3 Robert Altman USA

                                              D
                                              3 John Sayles USA
                                              1 Sam Fuller USA
                                              2 Sergio Leone ITA

                                              E
                                              3 Billy Wilder USA
                                              1 Peter Weir AUS
                                              2 Sam Peckinpah USA

                                              F
                                              1 Jean Renoir FRA
                                              3 Martin Scorcese USA
                                              2 Sidney Lumet USA

                                              G
                                              1 Mel Brooks USA
                                              3 Stanley Kubrick USA
                                              2 Werner Herzog GER

                                              H
                                              1 Andrej Tarkovsky RUS
                                              2 Vincente Minnelli USA
                                              3 Wolfgang Petersen GER

                                              I
                                              3 Carl Theodore Dreyer DEN
                                              1 George Cukor USA
                                              2 Woody Allen USA

                                              J
                                              2 Alfred Hitchcock ENG
                                              1 Hal Ashby USA
                                              3 Sergei Eisenstein RUS

                                              K
                                              2 Bernardo Bertolucci ITA
                                              1 FW Murnau GER
                                              3 Howard Hawks USA

                                              L
                                              3 Charlie Chaplin ENG
                                              2 John Cassavetes USA
                                              1 Milos Forman CZE

                                              M
                                              1 Albert Brooks USA
                                              2 David Lean ENG
                                              3 John Ford USA

                                              N
                                              3 Brother Coen USA
                                              2 Rainer Fassbinder GER
                                              1 Roman Polanski POL

                                              O
                                              2 Clint Eastwood USA
                                              3 John Huston USA
                                              1 Spike Lee USA

                                              P
                                              2 Guillermo Del Toro MEX
                                              3 Mike Nichols USA
                                              1 Steven Spielberg USA

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                                                #24
                                                Best director: Group Stage

                                                Terry Gilliam's American.

                                                There are some groups here where I haven't seen a single film by any of them. And I've seen somethnig like 89 out of Empire's top 100 of all time. Which probably says more about me, and Empire, than this list.

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                                                  #25
                                                  Best director: Group Stage

                                                  Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: Terry Gilliam's American.

                                                  There are some groups here where I haven't seen a single film by any of them. And I've seen somethnig like 89 out of Empire's top 100 of all time. Which probably says more about me, and Empire, than this list.
                                                  That's the good thing with this whole plot. Has made me look into movies I am about to see. I'd ran out of stuff to watch because I couldn't find it.

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