As a screenwriter, if you could work with a director living or dead, who would it be? For me, it would be Sam Peckinpah. The Wild Bunch, Major Dundee and The Getaway are three of my favorite films. And the visual aspects of The Wild Bunch are still extraordinary. Others I would love to work with include Sergei Eisenstein, William Wyler and David Lean. Alas, all of these directors are gone. But the fantasy lives on. What say you? Who would you want to work with.
Screenwriting : Your Dream Director! by Phillip E. Hardy, Prolifique
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No idea what he's like to work with, but Morten Tyldum. The Imitation Game and Passengers. Brilliant.
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I like working with the dead ones - they're so much more laid back. Hitch is still my favorite; John Sturges is another (The Great Escape, Bad Day at Black Rock) - for his cinematic scene blocking & use of color. On a more contemporary note it's Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy) for his warm and fuzzy cinematic style.
What reasons do you have for selecting your favorites?
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Doug: Hitch was consistently great and gave us so many iconic visual moments. Love Johns Sturges and Magnificent Seven, Bad Day and Great Escape are favorites on list.
Wendy: Interesting pick. Definitely a director to continue to watch.
Depends on which script. Can't help but wonder how John Ford or Howard Hawks would do my western, and Preston Sturges or Billy Wilder with my comedy. Fun to ponder all the possibilities.
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Paul: John Ford is great pick for director. Who would play Lucy?
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Roger Corman.
As a director, here is a partial list of the people he's mentored while working on his sets: Coppola, Ron Howard, Scorcese, Jonathan Demme, John Sayles, James Cameron, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Sylvester Stallone, Diane Ladd, William Shatner, Janusz Kaminski.
Would have to be Martin Scorsese, director of some of the greatest American films ever and someone who really knows cinema and would be great to learn from.
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Mr Hardy: An even tougher call. Initial response - Lauren Bacall circa To Have & Have Not, Faye Dunaway from Bonnie & Clyde, or early 80s Adrienne Barbeau.
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Baz Luhrman, Denis Villeneuve, Rob Reiner, Angelina Jolie, Peter Jackson, Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVerney, Amma Assante, and Guillermo Del Toro. (This may look like I got carried away, but this is me containing myself)
Agreed on Amma Assante and Del Toro, they'd be incredible. Throwing Greta Gerwig, Lenny Abrahamson and Taika Waititi into the ring too.
A few great ones mentioned already. I'd also say Akira Kurosawa, John Huston and Ridley Scott.
Scorsese, DePalma and Tarantino working together in directing a thriller (without killing each other).
Greta Gerwig, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, Ava Duvernay, Patty Jenkins, Penelope Spheeris and Mira Nair.
Pamela B: You're right. The Revenant is a great looking film. You can feel the frost and don't get me started on the bear attack. Holy moly!