The GMOAT Pantheon of Film Directors

The GMOAT Pantheon of Directors:

Tier 1

• Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity)

• Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List)

• Martin Scorsese (The Departed)

• Alfred Hitchcock (North by Northwest)

• Akira Kurosawa (Rashomon)

Tier 2

• Christopher Nolan

• David Lean

• Francis Ford Coppola

• Frank Capra

• John Ford

• Quentin Tarantino

• Sergio Leone

• Sidney Lumet

• Stanley Kubrick

• William Wyler

Tier 3

• Charlie Chaplin

• George Cukor

• Mike Nichols

• Howard Hawks

• Mel Brooks

• Oliver Stone

• John Huston

• David Fincher

• Michael Mann

• John Carpenter

• Fred Zinneman

• David Lynch

• The Coen Brothers

• George Stevens

• Rob Reiner

Tier 4

• Robert Altman

• Clint Eastwood

• Wes Craven

• Wes Anderson

• Otto Preminger

• James L Brooks

• Milos Forman

• Sam Mendes

• Alan J Pakula

• Joseph Mankiewicz
  

• Orson Welles

• Ridley Scott

• Spike Lee

• William Friedkin

• Peter Weir

• Wong Kar-Wai

• John McTiernan

• Terrence Malick

• Terry Gilliam

• James Cameron
  

Those that missed the cut:

1. Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu

2. Alfonso Cuaron

3. Andrei Tarkovsky

4. Ang Lee

5. Ashgar Farhadi

6. Barry Levinson

7. Bernardo Bertolucci

8. Bong Jong Ho

9. Brian DePalma

10. Buster Keaton

11. Carol Reed

12. Cecil B DeMille

13. Danny Boyle

14. Darren Aronofsky

15. David O Russell

16. Denis Villeneuve

17. DW Griffith

18. Edgar Wright

19. Elia Kazan

20. Ernst Lubitsch

21. Francois Truffaut

22. Frederico Fellini

23. Fritz Lang

24. George Lucas

25. George Roy Hill

26. Guillermo Del Toro

27. Hal Ashby

28. Ingmar Bergman

29. Jane Campion

30. Jean Luc Godard

31. Jerry Lewis

32. John Cassavetes

33. John Hughes

34. John Landis

35. Jonathan Demme

36. Kathryn Bigelow

37. M Night Shamalan

38. Park Chan-Wook

39. Paul Thomas Anderson

40. Peter Bogdanovich

41. Peter Jackson

42. Richard Donner

43. Richard Linklater

44. Robert Redford

45. Robert Wise

46. Robert Zemeckis

47. Roman Polanski

48. Sam Peckinpah

49. Sam Raimi

50. Steven Soderbergh
    

51. Tim Burton

52. Warren Beatty

53. Woody Allen

54. Yasujiro Ozu

Full List of Nominees (104 in all)

• Akira Kurosawa

• Alan J Pakula

• Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu

• Alfonso Cuaron

• Alfred Hitchcock

• Andrei Tarkovsky

• Ang Lee

• Ashgar Farhadi

• Barry Levinson

• Bernardo Bertolucci

• Billy Wilder

• Bong Joon Ho

• Brian DePalma

• Buster Keaton

• Carol Reed

• Cecil B DeMille

• Charlie Chaplin

• Christopher Nolan

• Clint Eastwood

• Coen Brothers

• Danny Boyle

• Darren Aronofsky

• David Fincher

• David Lean

• David Lynch

• David O Russell

• Denis Villeneuve

• DW Griffith

• Edgar Wright

• Elia Kazan

• Ernst Lubitsch

• Francis Ford Coppola

• Francois Truffaut

• Frank Capra

• Fred Zinneman

• Frederico Fellini

• Fritz Lang

• George Cukor

• George Lucas

• George Roy Hill

• George Stevens

• Guillermo Del Toro

• Hal Ashby

• Howard Hawks

• Ingmar Bergman

• James Cameron

• James L Brooks

• Jane Campion

• Jean Luc Goddard

• Jerry Lewis

• John Carpenter

• John Cassavetes

• John Ford

• John Hughes

• John Huston

• John Landis

• John McTiernan

• Jonathan Demme

• Joseph Mankiewicz

• Kathryn Bigelow

• M Night Shamalan

• Martin Scorsese

• Mel Brooks

• Michael Mann

• Mike Nichols

• Milos Forman

• Oliver Stone

• Orson Welles

• Otto Preminger

• Park Chan-Wook

• Paul Thomas Anderson

• Peter Bogdanovich

• Peter Jackson

• Peter Weir

• Quentin Tarantino

• Richard Donner

• Richard Linklater

• Ridley Scott

• Rob Reiner

• Robert Altman

• Robert Redford

• Robert Wise

• Robert Zemeckis

• Roman Polanski

• Sam Mendes

• Sam Peckinpah

• Sam Raimi

• Sergio Leone

• Sidney Lumet

• Spike Lee

• Stanley Kubrick

• Steven Soderbergh

• Steven Spielberg

• Terrence Malick

• Terry Gilliam

• Tim Burton

• Warren Beatty

• Wes Anderson

• Wes Craven

• William Friedkin

• William Wyler

• Wong Kar-Wai

• Woody Allen

• Yasujiro Ozu