Table 6 Top 5 directors by genre, for comedy, horror, crime and western movies
From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective
Rank | Name | Points | Years | Name | Points | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Comedy | Horror | ||||
1 | Thomas, Gerald (I) | 11, 1, 1 | ’58-’69 | Craven, Wes | 9, 1, 1 | ’72-’00 |
2 | Landis, John (I) | 8, 2, 1 | ’73-’98 | Cronenberg, David | 8, 1, 0 | ’75-’99 |
3 | Waters, John (I) | 6, 4, 2 | ’69-’04 | Fisher, Terence | 6, 3, 2 | ’57-’69 |
4 | Brooks, Mel | 5, 4, 1 | ’67-’93 | Carpenter, John (I) | 6, 2, 2 | ’78-’01 |
5 | McCarey, Leo | 5, 0, 1 | ’30-’44 | Fulci, Lucio | 6, 1, 0 | ’72-’83 |
| Â | Crime | Western | ||||
1 | Scorsese, Martin (I) | 8, 1, 1 | ’72-’06 | Ford, John (I) | 7, 2, 1 | ’24-’64 |
2 | Coen, Joel & Ethan | 6, 2, 2 | ’84-’08 | Corbucci, Sergio | 6, 0, 0 | ’66-’70 |
3 | Woo, John (I) | 6, 0, 1 | ’86-’97 | Selander, Lesley | 5, 5, 0 | ’38-’41 |
4 | Tarantino, Quentin | 6, 0, 0 | ’92-’05 | Leone, Sergio (I) | 4, 0, 0 | ’64-’68 |
5 | De Palma, Brian | 5, 2, 0 | ’68-’06 | Eastwood, Clint | 3, 1, 0 | ’73-’92 |