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Top Ten Dead Filmmakers and Favorite Film of Theirs

10. Orson Welles: Citizen Kane

Other films: The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil

9. Robert Altman: Short Cuts

Other films: Nashville, Gosford Park, McCabe & Mrs. Miller

8. David Lean: Lawrence of Arabia

Other films: Brief Encounter, The Bridge of the River Kwai, Doctor Zhivago

7. John Huston: The Maltese Falcon

Other films: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Asphalt Jungle, The African Queen, The Misfits

6. Elia Kazan: On the Waterfront

Other films: A Streetcar Named Desire, East of Eden, Baby Doll, Splendor in the Grass

5. Frank Capra: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Other films: It's a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe, Arsenic and Old Lace

4. Billy Wilder: Sunset Blvd

Other films: Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, The Seven Year Itch, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment

3. John Ford: The Grapes of Wrath

Other films: Stagecoach, How Green Was My Valley, My Darling Clementine, The Quiet Man, The Searchers

2. Stanley Kubrick: Clockwork Orange

Other films: 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Dr. Strangelove (to name a few)

1. Alfred Hitchcock: Psycho

Other films: Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Dial M for Murder (to name a few)

At 2:41pm on March 12th, 2008, John said…: Nice list, although I would have rated Welles a bit higher than 10th. You really got old school for this one!

At 5:42pm on March 12th, 2008, Brian said…: Yeah I thought about that, but he's more recognized as an actor than a director. Of course, he made one of the best films ever with Citizen Kane.

At 5:45pm on March 12th, 2008, misio said…: Very good list of great directors!
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At 5:55pm on March 12th, 2008, Jojo said…: You forgot quite a few (Felini, Pazolini, Korasawa, Truffaut, Bergman to name a few) and I disagree with most of the list, but hey, who could squeeze in all that good stuff....

At 6:05pm on March 12th, 2008, Brian said…: I know. I tried to fit in as many as possible. Bergman and Truffant were really close to making it, but it had to be Welles and Altman.

At 6:13pm on March 12th, 2008, moviemadams said…: Excellent list, except I think Stanley belongs at the top. He directed (arguably) seminal films in several genres: science fiction with 2001, comedy with Strangelove, horror with Shining, war with Full Metal Jacket, and his others weren't too bad either. Not to take anything away from Alfred, but come on!

At 6:16pm on March 12th, 2008, Brian said…: I hear you. Kubrick is personally my favorite director but you cannot deny Hitchcock. I mean The Master of Suspense has to be number 1 - Rear Window, Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo - all absolute classics.

At 6:20pm on March 12th, 2008, Myth said…: This list is pathetic. The top 10 dead filmmakers are all white English speaking men? Come on now. This list is so silly it's pathetic. Please go watch some Fellini, Kurosawa, Ozu to name a few and try putting together a new list.

At 6:26pm on March 12th, 2008, Brian said…: 8 1/2 is a great movie but I think he's a better writer than a director.

At 7:53pm on March 12th, 2008, FauxNixon said…: Elizan Kazan's blacklisting is a travesty that leaves me wondering even to this day what he could've done if not for HUAC.

Incidently, I just did a Top 10 Modern (Living) Directors and their films at my site: http://fauxnixon.com/top-10-modern-directors/

OR should that be killed by traffic a backup with Coral at:

http://fauxnixon.com.nyud.net/top-10-modern-directors/