{"id":6686,"date":"2015-07-25T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-25T17:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=6686"},"modified":"2016-06-15T21:10:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T01:10:12","slug":"directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors worth keeping an eye on, part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet another set of 10 directors who have produced masterpieces, like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/directors-worth-keeping-an-eye-on-part-3\/\">previous 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h1>Jon Favreau<\/h1>\n<p>Favreau is both an actor and a director, and although the movies he&#8217;s directed have gone downhill over time there could definitely be an upswing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Elf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Iron Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>Iron Man 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Cowboys &amp; Aliens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Richard Kelly<\/h2>\n<p>Kelly isn&#8217;t very prolific, but hopefully the time spent on a new movie will be worthwhile.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Donnie Darko<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre but still interesting\n<ul>\n<li>Southland Tales<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ang Lee<\/h2>\n<p>American now but born in Tawain, Lee has filmed movies both in English and Chinese. I might have called <strong>Life of Pi<\/strong> a masterpiece if I hadn&#8217;t read the book first.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Ice Storm<\/li>\n<li>Life of Pi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mediocre movie\n<ul>\n<li>Hulk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Baz Luhrmann<\/h2>\n<p>An Australian director, Luhrmann&#8217;s movies are all very different &#8212; but they&#8217;re all worth watching.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Romeo + Juliet<\/li>\n<li>Strictly Ballroom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Australia<\/li>\n<li>Moulin Rouge!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alex Proyas<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a while since <strong>Dark City<\/strong> but that movie is one of my favourites &#8212; I&#8217;m hoping Proyas will return with another winner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Dark City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Knowing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movie\n<ul>\n<li>I, Robot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Crow<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sam Raimi<\/h2>\n<p>Raimi was able to create 2 of the best superhero films ever made, so he may return with something interesting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Spider-Man<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movies\n<ul>\n<li>Darkman<\/li>\n<li>Spider-Man 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Rob Reiner<\/h2>\n<p>Reiner works as both an actor and director, first becoming famous for <strong>All in the Family<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>The Princess Bride<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>The American President<\/li>\n<li>The Bucket List<\/li>\n<li>The Magic of Belle Isle<\/li>\n<li>Stand by Me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Kevin Smith<\/h2>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s movies often contain one or two things that I find distasteful, but the rest of them are brilliant so they&#8217;re still worth watching. His last few movies haven&#8217;t enticed me to watch them, but I&#8217;m not counting him out yet. He also had a couple of brief TV series &#8212; the animated <strong>Clerks<\/strong> and the movie review show <strong>Spoilers<\/strong>. There have been 5 documentaries that show him answering questions and telling stories in front of large audiences. I&#8217;ve watched at least one of these &#8212; <strong>An Evening with Kevin Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Clerks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Clerks II<\/li>\n<li>Dogma<\/li>\n<li>Jersey Girl<\/li>\n<li>Zack and Miri Make a Porno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Chasing Amy<\/li>\n<li>Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back<\/li>\n<li>Mallrats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ben Stiller<\/h2>\n<p>Stiller is very funny, both as an actor and a director &#8212; he could definitely come up with another winner.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Tropic Thunder<\/li>\n<li>Zoolander<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Reality Bites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Cable Guy<\/li>\n<li>The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Yimou Zhang<\/h2>\n<p>Zhang is a Chinese director. 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