Underrated Directors
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Rian Johnson
Director, Looper
Rian Johnson was born in Maryland. At a young age, he moved to San Clemente, California where he was raised. After graduating from High school, he went on to attend University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film "Brick" was released in 2005 and was the building block (no pun intended) that launched his career...
“ He has started to gain a lot of recognition and attention after Looper I must say. Both that and Brick prove his skill as a rising film maker and are both two of my favourite films. ” - ReplicantSith
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George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. was raised on a walnut ranch in Modesto, California. His father was a stationery store owner and he had three siblings. During his late teens, he went to Downey High School and was very much interested in drag car racing. He planned to become a professional racecar driver. However...
“ Post-1977
I love the prequels. ” - ReplicantSith
I love the prequels. ” - ReplicantSith
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Zack Snyder
Director, 300
“ 300 shows that he can pull off a fun comic book film but with Watchmen and most recently Man of Steel, he can make a compelling and thoughtful one too. ” - ReplicantSith
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Duncan Jones
Director, Moon
“ Moon and Source Code are both intelligent sci-fi pictures. He's kind of a poor man's Christopher Nolan and I hope he gets just as much praise and attention in the world of cinema. ” - ReplicantSith
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Richard Linklater
Director, Before Sunset
Self-taught writer-director Richard Linklater was among the first and most successful talents to emerge during the American independent film renaissance of the 1990s. Typically setting each of his movies during one 24-hour period, Linklater's work explored what he dubbed "the youth rebellion continuum,"...
“ He's a great director at merging comedy and drama together and he has made some very funny films such as Dazed and Confused and School of Rock. ” - ReplicantSith
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Guillermo del Toro
Producer, Pan's Labyrinth
Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. Raised by his Catholic grandmother, del Toro developed an interest in filmmaking in his early teens. Later, he learned about makeup and effects from the legendary Dick Smith (The Exorcist) and worked on making his own short films...
“ Very imaginative film maker who directs masterful and creative fantasy films such as Hellboy 2 and Pan's Labyrinth. Let's hope he doesn't disappoint with Pacific Rim. ” - ReplicantSith
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Edgar Wright
Director, Shaun of the Dead
“ Has directed some terrific comedies over the past decade after Spaced. Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and particularly Scott Pilgrim show he's a true comedy legend and on par with Mel Brooks or Monty Python. ” - ReplicantSith
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David Cronenberg
Director, The Fly
David Cronenberg, also known as the King of Venereal Horror or the Baron of Blood, was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 1943. His father was a journalist, and his mother was a piano player. After showing an inclination for literature at an early age (he wrote and published eerie short stories, thus following his father's path) and for music (playing classical guitar until he was 12)...
“ His films can get overly violent and some could argue that they descend into style over substance territory but he's very imaginative and his films do have messages and important themes to them. My personal favourite movies by him are The Fly and A History of Violence. ” - ReplicantSith
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Nicolas Winding Refn
Director, Drive
Writer, Director, Producer. Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970. Aged 8 he moved to New York with his parents where he lived out his teenage years. New York quickly became his city and soon began to shape Nicolas's future. At 17, Nicolas moved back to his native Copenhagen to complete his Gymnasium (High School) Education...
“ Whilst his recent film Only God Forgives has been trashed by critics, he has directed some truly great art house films such as Bronson and Drive. He is one of the best indie directors working today. ” - ReplicantSith
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Sam Raimi
Writer, Spider-Man 3
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead. From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making movies with an 8mm camera...
“ His films do tend to be popular but he occasionally gets crapped on for making dumb movies and only seems to be credited for his Evil Dead movies. He has proven on occasion that he can make compelling films such as A Simple Plan, Spider-Man 2 and The Gift. His recent Wizard of Oz prequel was also fairly decent. ” - ReplicantSith
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Greg Mottola
Director, Superbad
“ Superbad and Adventureland are two of the only modern teen comedies that actually appeal to me. They have likeable characters and good chemistry between actors; much more than dreaded juvenile crap today like Project X and 21 and Over can offer. Even Paul was really funny. ” - ReplicantSith
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