Thursday, January 3, 2013
Top 10 Best Hollywood Directors all Time
Hollywood directors are awarded as the best director in the world by their super hit movies that always ranked on no.1 in the chart buster list. These directors work day and night for the making of their movie and representing their thoughts. Their movies has made them popular all over the world. Their moves managed to ranked in the chart buster list because of their story, excellent screenplay and their direction. Hollywood movies are translated into many languages like Hindi, Tamil and Marathi. Many directors have also made the second part or version of their first movie after its success. Their magic was spread even to Cannes film festival and Oscars Awards and made them fetch many awards.
Here is the list of top 10 best Hollywood directors of all time :
10. Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola was born on 7th April 1939 in Detroit in USA. He belong to a Italian-American family and grew up in New York. His father name was Carmine Coppola who was a musician and a composer. His mother Italia Coppola was an actresses. He has done his graduation in drama from Hofstra University and work at UCLA in film making in his early days. He produced The Godfather in 1972 which became a blockbuster hit and brought him to Oscar for his writing and screenplay. He also bagged many awards for his movies like The GodFather ||(1974), The conversation (1974), The Great Gatsby (1974). He also produced films like Barfly(1987), The Secret garden (1993), Wind (1992), The Escape Artist (1982).
9. Joel Coen
Joel Daniel Coen was born on 29 November 1954 In USA. He is one of the most popular and finest directors of Hollywood who made movies related to the subject of crime. His finest collection were Raising Arizona(1987), Fargo (1996), The Man Who Wasn’t There(2001). His movies like No Country For Old Men (2007), True Grit(2010) was nominated and bagged many awards in Oscar Awards.
8. Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930 in USA. He is a leading American director, producer, musician and politician. He won the award of Best Director and best producer for his movie’ Best Picture’ and also bagged many award as a leading Actor. His movies and his direction also bagged many awards. His blockbuster hits were Pale Rider (1985), Play Misty For Me (1971), Gran Torino (2008), Tightrope (1984). He was awarded in the Venice film festival golden lion as lifetime achievement award.
7. Peter Jackson
Sir Peter Robert Jackson worn on 31 October 1961 is a New Zealand director, actor,screen writer and producer. He has received Academy award for best original screenplay and best director in 2003. His biggest blockbuster hit was’ the lord of rings film trilogy’ in 2003 which bagged him the best director award. His another hits include Braindead (1995), King Kong (2005), The lovely bones (2009). Many of his movies are adapted into novels and short-plays.
6. Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is a American actor,producer, director and screenwriter. He was born on march 27, 1963 in USA. He has received many awards like Academy Award, a BAFTA and a Golden Globe award. His blockbuster hits were pulp fiction (1994), Death proof (2007), Jackie Brown (1997), Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Kill Bill (2004). He was also nominated as best director in Emmy and Grammy awards.
5. Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick born on July 26, 1928 was an American director, editor, producer and screenwriter. He is considered as a legendary director in the Hollywood history. His movies are best known for its cinematography and are adapted in novels and small plays. His blockbuster hits were A Space Odyssey (1968), Barry Lyndon (1975), The shining (1980). His all movies were nominated for Oscars and bagged many awards. Many of his movies also went into controversial like A Clockwork Orange (1971), Lolita (1962) and Paths of Glory (1957). He died in 1999 due to heart attack.
4. Martin Scorsese
Martin Charles Scorsese born on 17 November, 1942 is an American film director, screenwriter and musician. He is one of the greatest directors of all time. He has won many awards like Academy award, Grammy award, Golden Globes, DFA awards, BAFTA’s and lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the cinema. He has directed many landmark films in his career like Taxi Driver (1976), Goodfellas (1990), Mean streets (1973) and raging bull (1980). He had also won academy award for his movie The Departed (2006) and was also nominated for six time earlier also.
3. Woody Allen
Woody Allen born on December 1, 1935 is an American director, author, screenwriter, actor and musician. His best known films are Midnight in Paris (2011), Manhattan(1979), The purple rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her sisters (1986). He is described as the treasure of cinema. He is listed as one of 100 top-most comic artist.
2. Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joesph Hitchcock was born on 13 August, 1899 and is English director and producer. He mainly made movies based on the concept of suspense and psychological thriller. He is considered as England’s best director. He has made many blockbuster films like The Ring (1927), The man who knew too much (1934), to catch a thief (1955), lifeboat (1943), easy virtue (1928), Dial M for murder (1954), secret agent (1936), The wrong man (1956) and many more. He received many awards like golden globes for 2 times, five achievement awards and academy award for best director.
1. Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg born on December 18, 1946 is an American producer, director and video game designer. He has covered many themes and genres in his movies. He has won academy awards as best director for his two movies which were Schindler’s list (1993) and saving private Ryan (1998). His films jaws (1975), E. T The extra terrestrial (1982) and Jurassic park (1993) were the box office hits and was the highest grossing film at that time. He is also one of the founder of dream Works movie studio. He has received many awards like BAFTA award, Golden Globe, Director guide of america, in Cannes film festival. He received best screenplay and palme d’or award for his movie, The sugarland Express in 1974.
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