Table 5 Top 5 directors by decade, from 40’s to 90’s
From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective
Rank | Name | Points | Name | Points | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1940-49 | 1950-59 | 1960-69 | ||||
1 | Hitchcock, Alfred (I) | 7, 3, 1 | Hitchcock, Alfred (I) | 8, 1, 1 | Thomas, Gerald (I) | 8, 1, 1 |
2 | Walsh, Raoul | 6, 1, 2 | Honda, Ishirō | 6, 0, 1 | Godard, Jean-Luc | 6, 0, 5 |
3 | Welles, Orson | 5, 0, 1 | Fisher, Terence | 4, 2, 0 | Bergman, Ingmar | 6, 0, 0 |
4 | Ford, John (I) | 5, 0, 0 | Arnold, Jack (I) | 4, 1, 1 | Corbucci, Sergio | 5, 1, 0 |
5 | Hawks, Howard | 4, 3, 0 | Hawks, Howard | 4, 0, 0 | Honda, Ishirō | 4, 6, 0 |
1970-79 | 1980-89 | 1990-99 | ||||
1 | Altman, Robert (I) | 5, 1, 1 | Carpenter, John (I) | 6, 1, 1 | Spielberg, Steven | 5, 1, 0 |
2 | De Palma, Brian | 5, 0, 0 | Landis, John (I) | 6, 1, 0 | Burton, Tim (I) | 5, 0, 0 |
3 | Eastwood, Clint | 4, 1, 0 | De Palma, Brian | 5, 1, 0 | Coen, Joel & Ethan | 5, 0, 0 |
4 | Coppola, Francis Ford | 4, 0, 0 | Spielberg, Steven | 5, 0, 2 | Fincher, David | 4, 0, 0 |
5 | Lumet, Sidney | 3, 1, 2 | Fulci, Lucio | 4, 3, 0 | Sonnenfeld, Barry | 3, 2, 1 |