# Favorite Directors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 22, 2003, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874 "2003-05-22T19:53:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874/21 "2003-05-24T19:02:48Z")

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Quentin Tarantino  
Stephen Frears  
Alan J. Pakula  
The Wachowski Brothers (or did they just write the movies?)  
Stanley Kubrick

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**Author:** ![silenteyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@silenteyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenteyes)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874/22 "2003-05-25T01:21:44Z")

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Darren Aronofsky- Pi, Requiem for a Dream

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874/23 "2003-05-25T01:37:36Z")

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> The Wachowski Brothers (or did they just write the movies?)

They directed the Matrix films as well.

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> No one other than me likes Michael Bay?

Nope. 😃 If I was in a room with Bay, Bruckheimer, and a gun with one bullet, I don’t know _what_ I’d do.

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-directors/176874/24 "2003-05-25T01:56:31Z")

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Sam Mendes (_American Beauty, Road to Perdition_) is rapidly becoming a favorite, as is Bryan Singer (_The Usual Suspects, X Men, X2_). Neil Jordan, as mentioned, and Curtis Hanson would be on my list as well.

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