Who is the most famous film maker from your country?


UK is Alfred Hitchcock

Almodovar... sigh.

>>213007741
Buñuel is more famous (and rightly so)
Almodovar seems more famous to you since he's still alive and making movies

>>213007582 (OP)
I always thought he was American. Anyways it's Renny Harlin (Cliffhanger, Die Hard part 2). If we're talking about actual kino and not Hollywood junk then I'd say Aki Kaurismäki.

>>213007582 (OP)
Probably George Miller, he did Mad Max and Babe

Peter Weir a contender, some kinos locally here but he also did Truman Show, Dead Poets, Master and Commander

Bruce Bereford did Breaker Morant locally, Driving Miss Daisy in Hollywood

James Wan did the Saw movies, Conjuring, Insidious, some other horror

Baz Luhrmann. Elvis, Moulin Rouge.

Probably Emilis Vėlyvis, he makes shitty black comedies with one or two good jokes. He got Vinnie Jones and most of our stars in his movies compared to the rest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd8McTXKw8s

>>213007582 (OP)
Tarkovskiy obviously
I'd also name Eisenstein

Anglos pronounce Bergman wrong. Doesn't have a hard G: https://forvo.com/word/bergman/#sv

>>213008216
Luv' Balabanov

>>213008238
Loved that movie.

>>213007814
Most of his famous films were shot in Mexico. Probably you're right, Almodóvar took notes from his experiences in Madrid, an overexagerated them a bit. Amenabar and Modem were thought to be the next big things, but the former had a big flop, and the second got cancelled after "La pelota vasca".

At least we get more variety now, it's just it doesn't catch the attention abroad.

>>213007582 (OP)
James Cameron was born and mostly raised here. We've also got Cronenberg and Villeneuve.

>>213007582 (OP)
John Ford, a sad state of affairs when his name doesn't come up for famous american directors

>>213012481
We have so many thats why.

Ridley Scott is another legend.

>>213012481
Never seen any of his movies, what would you recommend?

>>213012573
Another legend. George Lucas.

His best film is actually THX1138 though.

>>213012767
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

or whatever you like, can't go wrong, they are all pretty moralistic unlike the unhinged immoral movies that came after, so pretend you are an american from the 50s

>>213007814
How is Krzysztof Kieślowski seen in your country? He is my personal favorite Polish director, one of the best directors of all time regardless of national origin.

>>213007582 (OP)
He's English??

>>213013131
yes, he moved to america

>>213013089
some seethe because he got snubbed by Tarantino
others rightfully acknowledge him as the best Polish director while still admitting that Tarantino was better this year 1994
as an incel his works resonate with me much more than anything Tarantino ever directed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYpqxC4LhkA

Rex Ingram, Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan are the only ones that come to mind

Ingram was the silent era, his most famous film was The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Sheridan collaborated with Daniel Day Lewis on Christy Browne and In the Name of the Father, Jordan did the Crying Game

None are famous