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Savage Messiah: Ken Russell => Savage Messiah: Ken Russell => Topic started by: Iain Fisher on August 27, 2022, 07:10:44 PM

Title: Top Ten British Directors
Post by: Iain Fisher on August 27, 2022, 07:10:44 PM
This seems to be from a poll by Vu Cinema, but the Top 10 British Directors of All Time are
Alfred Hitchcock
Ridley Scott
Richard Attenborough
Danny Boyle
Ken Loach
Christopher Nolan
Mike Leigh
Sam Mendes
Steve McQueen
Ken Russell


Where are:

The article is here
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/these-are-the-50-greatest-british-films-of-all-time-as-chosen-by-the-public/ar-AA117KCd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W078&cvid=b2411313bdb97ac0c99e80a43f85989b (https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/these-are-the-50-greatest-british-films-of-all-time-as-chosen-by-the-public/ar-AA117KCd?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W078&cvid=b2411313bdb97ac0c99e80a43f85989b)
Title: Re: Top Ten British Directors
Post by: Rosebud on August 27, 2022, 08:25:29 PM
Also, I don’t see David Lean, Nic Roeg, Lindsay Anderson, and Carol Reed. I guess feel they need to include a few current movie makers. Still, they had enough sense to include Ken.
Title: Re: Top Ten British Directors
Post by: Rosebud on August 27, 2022, 08:28:23 PM
I also would include Tony Richardson and John Schlesinger. I’m sure there’s others I’m forgetting.
Title: Re: Top Ten British Directors
Post by: Iain Fisher on August 27, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
I forgot about Lean, Roeg and Reed who I like.

It is like all top 10s, you end up with 25.