It was a decade of differences in that there are only nine entries due one of our chaps winning twice and America doesn’t quite have a stranglehold on producing great directors with only six of the nine being born in the USA. Also this decade has three of the six men best known as actors […]
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10 Movie Directors Who Are Masters of Colors
When the era of black-and-white movies drew to a close in the 1930s and 1940s, filmmakers were confronted with an endless load of possibilities regarding the visual use of color. It didn’t take long for the directors to figure out the potential of color and its semantic capabilities. The following list will present 10 directors […]
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All 9 Best Director Oscar Winners From The 1980s Ranked From Worst To Best
Widely held to be one of the worst decades in Western Cinema. Studio driven blockbusters took over from the Director driven New Hollywood films of the 70s. This is seen by the top ten grossing film of the decade; only one (E.T. The Extra Terrestrial) is not part of a multi-million dollar franchise. It was […]
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Top 10 Filmmakers Who Redefined Modern Cinema
David W. Griffith was the pioneering director who invented and introduced the original grammar of cinema as we know it today, but there are many who took the principles and developed them into an art form, and formed the grammar of cinema in different but influential ways. 1. Alfred Hitchcock It’s no wonder Alfred […]
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The 10 Most Underrated American Directors Working Today
We know that, especially in the American film industry, this might be the biggest blockbuster era of all time where studios have the control of large budget productions and never-ending franchises. The rise of the superhero genre allied with fantasy and sci-fi franchises representing a big and profitable deal in the film industry might make […]
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10 Directors Who Ended Their Careers With a Masterpiece
Following the article where we explored the directors who started their careers with a masterpiece, this one is dedicated to approaching some of the best last films in a director’s career. As usual, many things interfere in the choice of the titles of this list, but are mainly personal preferences (and even memory). If you […]