DIRECTORS A-Z

Directors A - Z

By Tater Barley Banks | Posted Under Comment Diversions | Comments (127)

Nothing profound this weekend, boys, girls and in-betweenies, nothing thought-provoking or challenging or profound or stimulating or world-shaking or especially creative. Just a simple time waster to get you through whatever it is you’re doing this weekend until you can get back to MONDAY! Glorious wonderful marvelous MONDAY!

DIRECTORS A-Z

I’ll spot you the first one:

Allen (Woody)

Keep the string going as long as you can. When you get to Z, go back to A and start again. On the X’s and Z’s, especially, cheat as often as necessary.

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Bigelow, Kathleen

Posted by: Lainey at September 26, 2009 3:05 PM

Bergman (Ingmar)

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 3:06 PM

Dammit! I meant *Kathryn* Bigelow, not Kathleen.

Posted by: Lainey at September 26, 2009 3:07 PM

Figures I would have a simultaneous post. ok then,

Coppola (Francis Ford)

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 3:08 PM

Demme, Jonathan

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 26, 2009 3:14 PM

Egoyan (Atom)

Posted by: Chris P. at September 26, 2009 3:15 PM

Fellini! (Frederico)

Posted by: memily at September 26, 2009 3:19 PM

Ahem. Federico. Word games, they get me overexcited.

Posted by: memily at September 26, 2009 3:20 PM

Gibson (Mel).

I am so embarrassed about this but I looked up Oscar winning directors on Wikipedia (I am less embarrassed about that) and believe it or not, Mel Gibson is the only one under G.

Posted by: kerimcan at September 26, 2009 3:33 PM

Howard, Ron

Posted by: Sophia at September 26, 2009 3:37 PM

Ipsen, Bodil

Posted by: Kara at September 26, 2009 3:40 PM

Hawks, Howard

Oh, and kerimcan, how about Terry Gilliam? (I'm watching Brazil right now.)

Posted by: Phibbsy at September 26, 2009 3:41 PM

What are you embarrassed of? Typing Mel Gibson. Oh shit I just got embarrassed too.

Posted by: Continental Almonds at September 26, 2009 3:41 PM

Joof (Hella)

Posted by: Sami at September 26, 2009 3:42 PM

Kitano, Takeshi

So, I'm sure there are double posts on these. How about making rule for the said cases?

If there are double posts, the faster one get it for that round and the latter name can be used for the next rounds: i.e. when it start over

Posted by: yocean at September 26, 2009 3:50 PM

Lee, Ang.

Posted by: esme at September 26, 2009 3:53 PM

Murray, Bill (seriously)

Posted by: Kevin Longrie at September 26, 2009 3:58 PM

Noyce, Philip

Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at September 26, 2009 4:02 PM

Nolan, Christopher.

Posted by: canaux at September 26, 2009 4:02 PM

Nolan, Christopher

Posted by: memily at September 26, 2009 4:02 PM

*Phillip

Posted by: Skewicide Blonde at September 26, 2009 4:02 PM

oh snap.

Posted by: memily at September 26, 2009 4:03 PM

Oz, Frank

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 26, 2009 4:04 PM

Polanski, Roman

Posted by: Shay at September 26, 2009 4:06 PM

Ozu, Yasujiro

Posted by: Kissing Girls Makes You Sleepy at September 26, 2009 4:06 PM

Ohh snap, great minds...

Posted by: canaux at September 26, 2009 4:07 PM

Ohh snap. Great minds...

Posted by: canaux at September 26, 2009 4:08 PM

Quinn, Anthony (1!)

Posted by: anne at September 26, 2009 4:08 PM

Ozu Yasujiro, Japanese Silent Film Director

Posted by: George at September 26, 2009 4:09 PM

Roberts, John

I totally just made that name up, but he's still a director.

Posted by: George at September 26, 2009 4:12 PM

Spielberg, George.

Just kidding, y'all. Steven. Lucas might make it in later as a desperate shot.

Posted by: Goldie at September 26, 2009 4:17 PM

Tarantino, Quentin

Posted by: Recondite at September 26, 2009 4:19 PM

Uwe Boll.

Is Uwe his first name? His last name? Do we give a shit?

Posted by: Neodiogenes at September 26, 2009 4:23 PM

Underwood, Ron.

I had to wikipedia a "U" name, but apparently he directed City Slickers and Mighty Joe Young. Awesome!

Posted by: kelsy at September 26, 2009 4:23 PM

Agnes Varda, not only a filmmaker, but married to one!

Posted by: Jackseppelin at September 26, 2009 4:34 PM

William Wyler

Posted by: lemon at September 26, 2009 4:36 PM

Wright, Edgar

Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 26, 2009 4:40 PM

I *would* click on this thread just in time for "x". Bugger. I got nothing.

Posted by: meaux at September 26, 2009 4:41 PM

Xylophone!!!

(It's always Xylophone)

Posted by: Shay at September 26, 2009 4:43 PM

Sorry, "X"
Xander Berkeley

Posted by: DeistBrawler at September 26, 2009 4:43 PM

Zemeckis, Robert

Posted by: Eyvi at September 26, 2009 5:08 PM

David Yates

Posted by: whatBENwatches at September 26, 2009 5:08 PM

Alright, since no one can find a Y, I'm cheating and going on Wikipedia.

Yakin, Boaz

Now, let's mosey along now. Anyone got a Z?

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 26, 2009 5:09 PM

hehe, I got so excited I forgot the alphabet!

What do you call it? Face palm? Yeah, one of those.

Posted by: Eyvi at September 26, 2009 5:09 PM

Did Xzibit direct anything?

Jud Addiss

Posted by: Pokey Poop at September 26, 2009 5:10 PM

Let me try to make up for it with:

Abrams, J.J.

Posted by: Eyvi at September 26, 2009 5:11 PM

BOOM, and I thought of David Yates without Wikipedia. I rule.

Posted by: whatBENwatches at September 26, 2009 5:14 PM

Also, not to pop the topsy from the queue, but
Ozu made more talkies than silent, George.

Posted by: Poley Poop at September 26, 2009 5:15 PM

This has nothing to do with this thread, but fuck Michigan and their shitty, ref-paying oily coach. I hope their stadium becomes the site of Michael Bay's next film: When Stadiums Explode: The Wreckoning, featuring Nic Cage as Rich Rodriguez, Shia LeBoeuf as Tate Forcier, and Tyler Perry as Carlos Brown, and culminating in an explosion of suck so powerful the entire state of Michigan implodes and is reborn anew as a suburb in Ohio with a strong economy and no winged helmets. Fuck you, you maize and blue motherfuckers. (Looks like most of your fan base is raised on a diet of maize, by the way. Fat fucks.)

In retrospect, I'm glad this post is good for the topic at hand. B is for Bay, and also for Bullshit.

Posted by: Cat at September 26, 2009 5:17 PM

Cundieff, Rusty

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at September 26, 2009 5:24 PM

Del Toro, Guillermo

Posted by: commanderfunky at September 26, 2009 5:25 PM

Emmerich, Roland

Posted by: figgy at September 26, 2009 5:33 PM

Fellini, Frederico.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at September 26, 2009 5:34 PM

Eastwood, Clint

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 5:36 PM

Guest, Christopher

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 5:37 PM

Oh, Ben, why ya gotta break my balls, honey? Bawwwwww.

Anyway, Jim Henson.

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 26, 2009 5:39 PM

Ivory, James (of Merchant Ivory)

Posted by: Shay at September 26, 2009 5:46 PM

Jarmusch, Jim.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at September 26, 2009 5:48 PM

Kurosawa, Akira.

Posted by: Sycamore at September 26, 2009 6:31 PM

Kurosawa, Akira

Posted by: Grrravy at September 26, 2009 6:33 PM

Lee, Spike

Posted by: jM at September 26, 2009 6:34 PM

Lee, Spizzike

Posted by: Grrravy at September 26, 2009 6:35 PM

Miyazaki, Hayao

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 26, 2009 6:56 PM

Kubrick, Stanley

Posted by: vaskark at September 26, 2009 7:12 PM

Nair, Mira

Posted by: vampiregoddess at September 26, 2009 7:41 PM

What the hell ...

Otto Preminger

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at September 26, 2009 8:07 PM

Smithee, Alan FTW

Posted by: Mebe at September 26, 2009 8:08 PM

Oooo, I just though of another Z.

*patience ... patience ...*

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at September 26, 2009 8:09 PM

I'm confused. How did it go from Otto Preminger (I count that as both the O and P), to Smithee, Alan? Aren't there a few letters in between there that are missing? Like you know, Q and R?

Posted by: commanderfunky at September 26, 2009 9:08 PM

Thatcher, Margaret

Oh, director, not dictator.

Tyler Perry

Posted by: George at September 26, 2009 9:27 PM

For the missing 'Q' and 'R'

Quentint Tarintino

Robert Rodriguez

Posted by: George at September 26, 2009 9:31 PM

Alain Resnais

Posted by: fishboy at September 26, 2009 9:39 PM

Soderbergh, Steven

Posted by: Cindy at September 26, 2009 9:44 PM

Tarsem Singh

Posted by: jM at September 26, 2009 9:58 PM

Von Trier, Lars

(I'm counting the T)

Posted by: Kamikaze Feminist at September 26, 2009 9:58 PM

No "H" in the second round???

Hal Hartley

Posted by: Kelly Booth at September 26, 2009 10:02 PM

Welles, Orson

Posted by: Hiro at September 26, 2009 10:04 PM

Xia, Gong
Yanagimachi, Mitsuo
Zhang, Yimou

Posted by: Hiro at September 26, 2009 10:08 PM

Anderson, Paul Thomas

Posted by: Goldie at September 26, 2009 10:21 PM

Busby Berkley

Posted by: Nadine at September 26, 2009 10:32 PM

Chow, Stephen

Posted by: Hiro at September 26, 2009 10:41 PM

Disney, Walt

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 10:50 PM

Ephron, Nora

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 26, 2009 11:02 PM

Fosse, Bob

Posted by: couch and pants at September 26, 2009 11:07 PM

Fassbinder, Rainer

Posted by: Nadine at September 26, 2009 11:08 PM

Tracer Bullet >> Out of curiosity, how did you come up with Rusty Cundieff?

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 26, 2009 11:15 PM

González Iñárritu, Alejandro

Posted by: figgy at September 26, 2009 11:25 PM

Henson, Jim!

Posted by: jM at September 26, 2009 11:31 PM

Since Jim Henson was already used:
Hughes, John
(RIP)

Posted by: JohnnyT at September 26, 2009 11:48 PM

Ivan Reitman.

As least he used to direct movies, that you could actually watch. Although Evolution wasn't half-bad; it wasn't really half-good either.

Posted by: Neodiogenes at September 27, 2009 12:56 AM

I'm not participating because I actually have to do this every week. My best friend loves to introduce me to people as the trivia freak and she'll randomly yell out letters during dinner, drinks, or dancing and expect me to give her the name of a director that starts with that letter.

So, yeah. Thanks, but no thanks. I need a break.

PS:

John Huston

DAMN IT!!!

Posted by: Sofía at September 27, 2009 1:45 AM

Ethan Kane, for Carolina Jones and the Broken Covenant, Adam & Eve Pictures

By the way, very NSFW

Posted by: L.O.V.E. at September 27, 2009 2:14 AM

Linklater, Richard.

Posted by: Zoe at September 27, 2009 2:59 AM

Levinson, Barry.

Posted by: alphawhiskey at September 27, 2009 3:04 AM

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?

Here's an idea, you assclown.

Letters from A to Z, I'll start with A...no wait I'll blow your fucking mind ..I'll start with:

*Phil give me a drumroll*

B!!!!!

WHO'S AN AUTHORITY HERE?

ya douchebag, are you getting paid for this?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 27, 2009 3:43 AM

Bslim, mmmmmmm. Belligerency at its best.

Posted by: commanderfunky at September 27, 2009 4:12 AM

I am SICKENED by this BULL. SHIT.

Oh here's a thread :

Numbers, I'll start with:

/expects Pajiba check

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 27, 2009 4:40 AM

OH OH OH waaaaaaaaait:

It was a dark and stormy night...

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at September 27, 2009 4:43 AM

...and BSlim had taken a creative writing course...

Posted by: Jim Doggie at September 27, 2009 5:39 AM

Hey, so you wanna join up? Good! But just be warned ... this site ★★★sugarloves.com★★★ is addictive. It has been known to keep people up all night feverishly clicking their button. Relationships have been destroyed, jobs have been lost, and lives have been ruined! On the other hand, all bad stuff seem not too important.

Posted by: wetnight at September 27, 2009 5:51 AM

Un-lurk

HA! Bslim I'll chalk your anger up to being up all night drinking.

Re-lurk

Posted by: Nancy at September 27, 2009 9:13 AM

McDonald, Bruce

Posted by: meaux at September 27, 2009 10:04 AM

Night Shyamalan, M.

Posted by: stardust savant at September 27, 2009 10:10 AM

I presume we're on 'O'...

Oshii, Mamoru.

Posted by: vic at September 27, 2009 10:21 AM

Holy crap!

Polanski, Roman was just arrested in Zurich!

Posted by: vic at September 27, 2009 10:26 AM

Hate to post three times in a row, but I just remembered a 'Q' as well, just to move things along:

The Quay Brothers.

Wait, so I guess we have an extradition treaty with Switzerland?

Posted by: vic at September 27, 2009 10:28 AM

I can't believe y'all haven't posted the obvious "Z" yet.

I'll give you a hint. BRAAAAAAAIIIIIIIINS!

Posted by: BWeaves at September 27, 2009 10:45 AM

Shhhh, bweaves, I've been waiting for that one.

Slim, I'm honored to be eviscerated by you, good sir. I would settle for nothing less than being sliced and diced by the best!

Fear not, this is but a temporary respite, a mere zephyr before the gathering storm, the wrath and fury I will invoke and unleash the next 3-4 Saturdays.

Also, I will happily split my next Payjiba check with you. When it arrives. I'm expecting it around ... never.

Good day, sir.

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at September 27, 2009 11:05 AM

Robert Redford

Posted by: Soylent Green is Sheeple at September 27, 2009 12:29 PM

Sam Mendes

Posted by: Sofía at September 27, 2009 12:52 PM

Mike Nichols

Posted by: lemon at September 27, 2009 12:59 PM

How did we jump from R to M, people?

Posted by: vic at September 27, 2009 1:07 PM

Trey Parker

Posted by: Jeremy Feist at September 27, 2009 1:17 PM

My dad wants in on this.

Ustinov, Peter.

Posted by: Sofía's Dad at September 27, 2009 2:37 PM

Holy shit. Roman Polanski has finally been arrested.

Posted by: Cindy at September 27, 2009 2:37 PM

Wow, this thing really has legs! I, alas, have no talent for word games or movie trivia.
BSlim(or anyone)? Care to meet me over in the Surrogates thread for some light ranting and/or raving?

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 27, 2009 2:39 PM

Polanski fell for the old 'You've won something! Come claim your prize!' ploy.
Weak.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at September 27, 2009 2:45 PM

Those jumps are happening because some people are using last names, and some are using first names as well.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 27, 2009 2:47 PM

Van Peebles, Melvin

Posted by: DarthCorleone at September 27, 2009 2:51 PM

Yeah, that's kind of fucked up, Lindsey. I have such mixed feelings about his situation.

Posted by: Cindy at September 27, 2009 2:56 PM

Zappa, Frank

Posted by: Gorgonzolla at September 27, 2009 3:45 PM

Wong, Kar wai

Posted by: Hiro at September 27, 2009 3:51 PM

Oh all right, this is driving me nuts. Courtesy of Google:

"Quebec director Xavier Dolan scores hat trick of Cannes prizes..." (Hey, you said it was cool to cheat on the Xs and Zs!)

Posted by: meaux at September 27, 2009 6:42 PM

This is so badly out of order but I just want to say it so I can be first, and I have no patience and so will not wait for another (26?) letters to pass...

Zombie, Rob.

Thanks, BWeaves, if that's what you were implying.

Posted by: biscuit at September 27, 2009 7:55 PM

Altman, Robert

Posted by: Sofía's Dad at September 27, 2009 11:21 PM

Actually, my dad didn't come up with that one but his name was already in the field. Darn it. Darn it to hell.

Posted by: Sofía's Dad at September 27, 2009 11:22 PM

Branagh (Kenneth) - score...

Posted by: Ari at September 29, 2009 8:12 AM

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