Tim Burton, Baz Luhrmann, Peter Jackson, Coen Brothers.

NumberNineDream: David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Emir Kusturica, Oliver Stone, Terry Gilliam, Michel Gondry, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, Quentin Tarentino

Can't believe nobody's mentioned Pedro Almodovar yet...:|

Michel Gondry hands down.

dollarsandcents: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Woody Allen, Sergio Leone, Alfonso Cuaron, Joel & Ethan Coen, Hayao Miyazaki, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Walter Salles and Paul Thomas Anderson.

In no particular order.

i like the guy ... but he tends to repeat himself ...

he's my 12th favorite ... after Tim Burton lol [we only have 10 slots]

The Coen Brothers, Terry Gilliam, Paul Thomas Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Martin Scorcese, David Cronenberg, David Fincher. Yeah, I love me some Davids. ;)

I feel sad at the lack of Richard Linklater. Easily my favorite director. Almost every film he makes(With the exception of School of Rock, which was still a fun and enjoyable film imo) is incredibly intellectual and awesome. Before Sunset, Before Sunrise, Waking life, A Scanner Darkly. All are masterpieces.

I've just read through and unless I've missed him, I've not seen Steven Spielberg!

How's that possible?

Probably noone wants to mention him on the precaution that they'd seem to mainstream.