TSPDT

Listed below are, according to TSPDT, the 250 most critically acclaimed filmmakers of all-time. For the first time, Alfred Hitchcock is cinema's most acclaimed director knocking over Orson Welles, as he did - with Vertigo - in 2012's Sight & Sound film poll. As per the 1,000 Greatest Films, this list has been compiled from a large resource of film lists. Additionally, also factored in are many 'Best Director' polls. Alongside each director's name (in brackets) is the position each director held in January 2012's version. To qualify for this top 250, each director (or directing team) needed to have a minimum of two films cited in ballots/lists that I have collated. Only one director (Charles Laughton) did not meet this criteria (despite attaining enough points to make the list). Five directors only just met the criteria (with only 2 cited films). They were Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, David Hand, Fei Mu, Guru Dutt, and Frantisek Vlácil.

1. Alfred Hitchcock (2) 12 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 28 other films cited

2. Orson Welles (1) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

3. Stanley Kubrick (3) 11 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

4. Federico Fellini (4) 10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

5. Jean-Luc Godard (10) 16* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 33 other films cited [*Tout va bien was co-directed by Jean-Pierre Gorin]

6. Jean Renoir (6) 12 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

7. John Ford (5) 15 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited

8. Akira Kurosawa (7) 10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

9. Francis Ford Coppola (8) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

10. Ingmar Bergman (9) 12 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

11. Yasujiro Ozu (19) 10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

12. Martin Scorsese (11) 9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

13. Carl Dreyer (16) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

14. Luis Buñuel (14) 15 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

15. Charles Chaplin (12) 9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited

16. Andrei Tarkovsky (21) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited

17. Robert Bresson (22) 10 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

18. Billy Wilder (13) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

19. F.W. Murnau (18) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

20. Howard Hawks (15) 12* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited [*The Thing from Another World was credited to Christian Nyby]

21. Michelangelo Antonioni (27) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

22. Fritz Lang (20) 11 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited

23. Sergei Eisenstein (17) 7* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited [*October was co-directed by Grigori Aleksandrov]

24. François Truffaut (24) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

25. Kenji Mizoguchi (25) 9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

26. Roberto Rossellini (29) 9 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

27. David Lean (23) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

28. David Lynch (53) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

29. Vittorio De Sica (31) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

30. Luchino Visconti (33) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

31. Steven Spielberg (26) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

32. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited [see also no. 135]

33. Woody Allen (32) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited

34. Jean Vigo (42) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

35. Satyajit Ray (38) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

36. John Cassavetes (54) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

37. Ernst Lubitsch (34) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited

38. Roman Polanski (37) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

39. Sergio Leone (43) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

40. Alain Resnais (46) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

41. Max Ophüls (35) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

42. D.W. Griffith (30) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited

43. Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly (41) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

44. Robert Altman (39) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited

45. Wong Kar-wai (74) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

46. Abbas Kiarostami (72) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

47. Buster Keaton (28) 7* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited [*5 films were co-directed by or credited to Clyde Bruckman, Edward Sedgwick, Charles F. Resiner, John Blystone & Donald Crisp]

48. Terrence Malick (71) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

49. John Huston (36) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited

50. Ridley Scott (47) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

51. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (64) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

52. Werner Herzog (55) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

53. Dziga Vertov (105) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

54. Pier Paolo Pasolini (67) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

55. Chris Marker (80) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

56. Jacques Tati (65) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

57. Sam Peckinpah (48) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

58. Michael Curtiz (45) 3* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 23 other films cited [*The Adventures of Robin Hood was co-directed by William Keighley]

59. Bernardo Bertolucci (51) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

60. Carol Reed (52) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

61. Marcel Carné (56) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

62. Preston Sturges (49) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

63. Krzysztof Kieslowski (69) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

64. Frank Capra (44) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited

65. Victor Fleming (50) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

66. Vincente Minnelli (57) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited

67. Nicholas Ray (63) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

68. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (70) 7 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

69. Leo McCarey (61) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

70. Erich von Stroheim (60) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

71. Béla Tarr (157) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

72. Douglas Sirk (66) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

73. Hou Hsiao-hsien (87) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

74. Nicolas Roeg (88) 4* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited [*Performance was co-directed by Donald Cammell][

75. Wim Wenders (77) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

76. Chantal Akerman (111) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

77. Gillo Pontecorvo (93) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

78. Quentin Tarantino (76) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

79. Elia Kazan (58) 6 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

80. Jacques Rivette (85) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

81. Edward Yang (137) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

82. Josef von Sternberg (62) 8 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

83. Jean-Pierre Melville (86) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

84. Claude Lanzmann (164) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

85. Lars von Trier (120) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

86. Joseph L. Mankiewicz (68) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

87. Eric Rohmer (83) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited

88. Milos Forman (81) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

89. George Cukor (59) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 26 other films cited

90. David Cronenberg (79) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

91. Jacques Tourneur (75) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

92. Jacques Demy (97) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

93. William Wyler (73) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited

94. Jean Eustache (158) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

95. Hayao Miyazaki (119) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

96. Victor Erice (149) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

97. Clint Eastwood (78) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 21 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

98. Claire Denis (187) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

99. Theo Angelopoulos (117) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

100. Sidney Lumet (84) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 24 other films cited

101. Spike Lee (109) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

102. King Vidor (82) 5 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

103. Paul Thomas Anderson (133) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

104. Michael Haneke (175) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

105. Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet (212) 4* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited [*The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach and Not Reconciled were credited to Jean-Marie Straub as the only director. Danièle Huillet, however, was the co-screenwriter for both]

106. Jean Cocteau (89) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

107. Brian De Palma (94) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

108. Abel Gance (113) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

109. George Lucas (90) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

110. George A. Romero (92) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

111. James Cameron (95) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

112. Sergei Parajanov (217) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

113. Pedro Almodóvar (124) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

114. Michael Snow (151) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

115. Robert Flaherty (100) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

116. Glauber Rocha (122) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

117. Stan Brakhage (131) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 29 other films cited

118. Otto Preminger (98) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited

119. Ken Loach (140) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited

120. Alexander Dovzhenko (103) 1 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

121. Mikio Naruse (144) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

122. Peter Weir (116) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

123. Jane Campion (129) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

124. Alexander Mackendrick (118) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

125. Jim Jarmusch (128) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

126. Aleksandr Sokurov (225) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

127. Henri-Georges Clouzot (107) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

128. William Friedkin (99) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

129. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (new) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

130. Andrzej Wajda (108) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

131. John Carpenter (115) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

132. Raoul Walsh (96) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 31 other films cited

133. Andy Warhol (178) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

134. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack (125) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

135. Michael Powell 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited [see also no.32]

136. Elem Klimov (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

137. Hal Ashby (102) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

138. Michael Cimino (139) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

139. Ousmane Sembene (174) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

140. Terry Gilliam (104) 2* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited [*Monty Python and the Holy Grail was co-directed by Terry Jones]

141. Mike Leigh (135) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

142. Maurice Pialat (237) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

143. James Whale (101) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

144. Agnès Varda (177) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

145. Zhang Yimou (150) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

146. Louis Malle (146) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

147. Mike Nichols (123) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

148. Arthur Penn (114) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

149. Ritwik Ghatak (153) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

150. Samuel Fuller (106) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 18 other films cited

151. Nagisa Oshima (141) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

152. Robert Wise (136) 3* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited [*West Side Story was co-directed by Jerome Robbins]

153. Djibril Diop Mambéty (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

154. G.W. Pabst (130) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

155. Mikhail Kalatozov (231) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

156. George Stevens (112) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 13 other films cited

157. Michael Mann (147) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

158. Robert Aldrich (126) 1 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 20 other films cited

159. Rob Reiner (142) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

160. Terence Davies (189) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

161. Maya Deren (227) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

162. John Boorman (127) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

163. René Clair (110) 4 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

164. Tod Browning (134) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

165. Tobe Hooper (173) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

166. Anthony Mann (121) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

167. Georges Méliès (206) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

168. Robert Hamer (176) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

169. Tsai Ming-liang (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

170. Manoel de Oliveira (198) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited

171. Robert Zemeckis (160) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

172. Frank Borzage (162) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

173. Humphrey Jennings (204) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

174. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

175. Joseph Losey (172) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 19 other films cited

176. Bob Fosse (148) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

177. Robert Wiene (156) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

178. Shohei Imamura (188) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

179. Peter Bogdanovich (145) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

180. Don Siegel (132) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 14 other films cited

181. Frederick Wiseman (242) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 17 other films cited

182. Ben Sharpsteen (159) 3* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited [*Pinocchio was co-directed by Hamilton Luske]

183. Emir Kusturica (196) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

184. Blake Edwards (154) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 15 other films cited

185. Oliver Stone (152) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

186. Georges Franju (169) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

187. Victor Sjöström (165) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

188. Sydney Pollack (168) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

189. Todd Haynes (218) 1 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

190. David Hand (155) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited

191. Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

192. Lindsay Anderson (221) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

193. David Fincher (208) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

194. Charles Burnett (180) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

195. Fei Mu (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

196. John Schlesinger (163) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

197. George Roy Hill (191) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

198. Tim Burton (138) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

199. Guru Dutt (220) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 0 other films cited

200. Harold Ramis (239) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

201. Fred Zinnemann (143) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 12 other films cited

202. Kenneth Anger (190) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

203. Ang Lee (193) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

204. Errol Morris (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

205. Gus Van Sant (194) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

206. Ken Russell (199) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 16 other films cited

207. Jia Zhangke (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

208. Luis García Berlanga (197) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

209. Paul Verhoeven (182) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

210. Leni Riefenstahl (161) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

211. Monte Hellman (219) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

212. Ermanno Olmi (179) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

213. Louis Feuillade (214) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

214. John Woo (171) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

215. Richard Linklater (192) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

216. Francesco Rosi (185) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

217. Chen Kaige (222) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

218. Mel Brooks (183) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

219. Peter Kubelka (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

220. Jean Rouch (new) 2* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited [*Chronicle of a Summer was co-directed by Edgar Morin]

221. Jacques Becker (207) 3 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

222. Peter Watkins (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

223. Jack Clayton (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

224. Boris Barnet (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

225. Robert Mulligan (184) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

226. Bob Rafelson (240) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

227. Edgar G. Ulmer (203) 2* films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited [*People on Sunday was co-directed by Robert Siodmak]

228. Jerry Lewis (229) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

229. Rouben Mamoulian (201) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

230. Peter Jackson (170) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited / The 21st Century's Top 50 Directors

231. Dario Argento (186) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

232. King Hu (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

233. Alan J. Pakula (166) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

234. Sam Wood (167) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

235. Aki Kaurismäki (new) 1 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 11 other films cited

236. John Hughes (238) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

237. Marcel Ophüls (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

238. Peter Greenaway (226) 0 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 10 other films cited

239. Claude Chabrol (181) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 22 other films cited

240. Mohsen Makhmalbaf (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 9 other films cited

241. Frantisek Vlácil (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 1 other film cited

242. Miklós Jancsó (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 5 other films cited

243. Giuseppe Tornatore (209) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 3 other films cited

244. Dennis Hopper (244) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

245. Seijun Suzuki (224) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 7 other films cited

246. Dusan Makavejev (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

247. Masaki Kobayashi (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 4 other films cited

248. Jonas Mekas (new) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 8 other films cited

249. Mark Sandrich (232) 1 film in the 1,000 Greatest / 6 other films cited

250. Alejandro Jodorowsky (new) 2 films in the 1,000 Greatest / 2 other films cited

Directors that fell off the list (with previous ranking in brackets)-: William Wellman (195), Sam Raimi (200), Lewis Milestone (202), John Landis (205), John Frankenheimer (210), Jonathan Demme (211), Cecil B. DeMille (213), John Sturges (215), Irvin Kershner (216), Bill Forsyth (223), Stanley Donen (228) [see no. 43], Philip Kaufman (230), George Miller (233), John Sayles (234), Richard Lester (235), Wes Anderson (236), Laurence Olivier (241), Sacha Guitry (243), René Clément (245), Takeshi Kitano (246), Vsevolod Pudovkin (247), Joseph H. Lewis (248), Stephen Frears (249), Robert Rossen (250).

◎ See Paul Hamell's list of Greatest Directors.