Best Film Directors Ever

[The Ghost of RubangB]

@BringBackChrono, I've only seen one episode of the Dekalog so far. The one loosely based on Adultery. But in 5 or 6 weeks I'm gonna watch 4 or 5 more in a class, and 2 of his color films.



@akuma, you gotta see the Lynch movies in order to really understand the craziest career ever. Lynch worked on Eraserhead on and off for 6 years straight, disassembling sets and working until he could afford to shoot more, and then rebuilding the sets. It's obviously way too crazy to make any money and almost nobody sees it. But somehow Mel Brooks sees it and goes "this man is a genius!" and hires Lynch to direct the film adaptation of The Elephant Man, and it gets nominated for a billion Oscars. Then George Lucas sees Eraserhead and goes "this man is a genius!" and tries to hire him to direct Return of the Jedi, but Lynch says no because it would be more Lucas's vision than his own. Then Dino De Laurentiis buys the rights to Dune, and sees Eraserhead and/or The Elephant Man and goes "this man is a genius!" and hires him to direct it, hoping for the next Star Wars, but Lynch only agrees under the condition that afterwards, they'll fund his next project and give him complete creative control. He directs Dune, which is amazing, but it flops, and actually helps put Dino De Laurentiis out of business. But they have a deal, so Laurentiis has to fund Blue Velvet, which was a huge success and let Lynch do whatever he wanted. Then came Twin Peaks (which is when he really took over the world even moreso than The Elephant Man or Blue Velvet), some other TV shows, some shorts, a play, and a bunch of stuff all at once. Now he just makes shorts on his web site, releases them himself, works entirely with digital cameras, and edits his own stuff, produces his own stuff, and even makes his own music (his album, BlueBob, is awesome).

With most directors I recommend seeing all their works in order, but I really really really recommend it with David Lynch because it makes everything even crazier and more hilarious.