Table 7 Top 5 directors by country, for movies produced in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Italy
From: Identification of key films and personalities in the history of cinema from a Western perspective
Rank | Name | Points | Years | Name | Points | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | United States | United Kingdom | ||||
1 | Hitchcock, Alfred (I) | 19, 3, 3 | ’40-’76 | Thomas, Gerald (I) | 11, 1, 1 | ’58-’69 |
2 | Spielberg, Steven | 18, 3, 2 | ’64-’08 | Kubrick, Stanley | 7, 1, 0 | ’62-’99 |
3 | De Palma, Brian | 14, 5, 0 | ’68-’06 | Scott, Ridley | 7, 0, 2 | ’77-’07 |
4 | Hawks, Howard | 12, 4, 3 | ’30-’67 | Fisher, Terence | 6, 4, 2 | ’50-’69 |
5 | Ford, John (I) | 12, 4, 2 | ’24-’64 | Hitchcock, Alfred (I) | 5, 6, 1 | ’27-’72 |
| Â | France | Italy | ||||
1 | Godard, Jean-Luc | 6, 0, 5 | ’60-’67 | Fulci, Lucio | 6, 5, 0 | ’71-’84 |
2 | Truffaut, François | 4, 1 0 | ’59-’72 | Fellini, Federico | 6, 2, 4 | ’52-’83 |
3 | Renoir, Jean | 4, 0, 1 | ’32-’39 | Corbucci, Sergio | 6, 1, 0 | ’64-’70 |
4 | Fellini, Federico | 3, 1, 4 | ’53-’83 | Argento, Dario | 5, 5, 0 | ’70-’96 |
5 | Melville, Jean-Pierre | 3, 1, 1 | ’56-’70 | Bava, Mario | 5, 4, 3 | ’60-’75 |