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Chris Hu on 25 July 2012

Richard Donner he is best know for directing all the Lethal Weapon movies The Goonies, the original Omen and the fist two Superman movies.



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mushroomboy5 on 25 July 2012
foodfather said:

 

Also James Mangold, his movies do well, but he isn't a very well known director.


Yes you're right..never heard of him, had to look him but he's definately directed some high profile stuff...and should be well known but isn't.



amp316 on 26 July 2012

Dario Argento. The top horror director ever IMO.



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darthdevidem01 on 26 July 2012
axumblade said:
Edgar Wright....the guy behind Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Hot Fuzz, and Shaun of the Dead. Shocked he's only been mentioned once in here.

He will find fame with Ant-Man



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Faxanadu on 26 July 2012

Are we talking "underrated" or "not commercially successful" here? A lot of highly regarded directors arent really that commercially successful.



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Chris Hu on 26 July 2012

How about David Yates he directed the last four Harry Potter movies and before that he pretty much only did TV work so going from TV to taking over one of the most successful movie franchises is a pretty big deal and most people still probably don't know who he is.



green_sky on 26 July 2012
xKakashi209x said:
Neill Blomkamp from district 9 and upcoming movie elysium.

Yes. Loved that movie. District 9 i mean. 

Also Michael Bay is not underrated. He is just simply horrible. I wish i was the authority but this is just an opinion. 



Signalstar on 26 July 2012
Chris Hu said:
How about David Yates he directed the last four Harry Potter movies and before that he pretty much only did TV work so going from TV to taking over one of the most successful movie franchises is a pretty big deal and most people still probably don't know who he is.

That's because 2 of those movies were terrible.



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Chris Hu on 26 July 2012
Signalstar said:
Chris Hu said:
How about David Yates he directed the last four Harry Potter movies and before that he pretty much only did TV work so going from TV to taking over one of the most successful movie franchises is a pretty big deal and most people still probably don't know who he is.

That's because 2 of those movies were terrible.


Well I guess he was still learning on the job.  Very few directors do a great job on their first big budget job.