For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.
Kurosawa is my hero, and I've taught courses on his films, and I love what he does, and 'Rashomon' is, I think, his second greatest film after 'Ikiru.'
I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.
I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'
I like so many different directors: Scorsese, Coppola, Cassavetes, Jarmusch, Gus van Sant, Woody Allen and the greats like Fellini, Bergman, Tarkovsky and among current filmmakers von Trier, Ang Lee, Wong Kar-wai.
I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing.
Jose Padilha is a wonderful director.
I love movie directors. I don't care who it is.
I think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across.
I have always been a great fan of Peter Chan and many other great directors who specialize in anything outside of action.