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For the director's project, you will become the **expert** in the work of a film director that you like. We will research, analyze, deconstruct, and construct - and watch their films.

Our first step, therefore, is to choose our directors. Here are the rules:

1. No Tarantino. I don't want to have to break up a fight between Elizabeth and Luke. I just don't want to see Luke hurt. 2. No Michael Bay. If you need an explanation, please see your guidance counselor about switching classes. 3. No doubling up. There are plenty of directors to go around. 4. Choose someone with a cohesive body of work and an obvious style. For example, James Cameron (//Aliens, Titanic, Avatar)// has made some of the century's most remarkable films, but it would be harder to analyze his style than someone like Jean Jeunet (//Amelie////).//

Here are some (very imperfect) lists of directors to choose from: [|IMDB] [|Metacritic's Best Directors of the 21st Century] [|Guardian] [|AMC]

Since most 'best director' lists tend to be freakishly male and white, you might also want to look at:

Here's a [|pretty good list] that's a little more balanced at IMDB.
 * Mira Nair || Tran Anh Hung || Chen Kaige ||
 * Maya Deren || Stephen Chow || Zhang Yimou ||
 * Julie Taymor || Wong Kar Wai || Akira Kurosawa ||
 * Jane Campion || Bong Joon-ho || Chan-Wook Park ||
 * Kidlak Tahimik || Satyajit Ray || Juzo Itame ||

Right now, just choose your director. If you know which films you want to watch, you can list them as well, but we can decide that based on what is available.


 * Your Name || Director || Film 1 || Film 2 || Film 3 || Film 4 || Film 5 ||
 * William || @David Fincher || The Game || Fight Club || Se7en ||  ||   ||
 * Cecilia || Wong Kar Wai || Happy Together || Chungking Express || Ashes of Time || Days of Being Wild || In the Mood for Love ||
 * Rene || Tim Burton || Edward Scissorhands || @Beetlejuice || @Big Fish and Vincent || The Nightmare before Christmas || @Sweeney Todd ||
 * Kristine Romano || Wes Anderson || The Royal Tenenbaums || Rushmore || The Darjeeling Limited || Bottle Rocket || The Life Aquatic of Steve Zissou ||
 * Elizabeth || Paul Thomas Anderson || Magnolia || Boogie Nights || The Master || Punch-Drunk Love || Hard Eight or There Will be Blood ||
 * Dinah Lee || Martin Scorsese || Raging Bull || Aviator || Taxi Driver || Goodfellas || Meanstreets ||
 * Lucy Guo || Jane Campion‍‍ || In The Cut || Bright Star || Sweetie || The Portrait of a Lady || The Piano ||
 * Rosa Park || Michael Haneke || The White Ribbon || Funny Games || Cache, Hidden || Amour || Time of the wolf ||
 * Jocelyn Hung || Coen brothers || Raising Arizona || Fargo || No Country for Old Men || Burn After Reading || O Brother, Where Art Thou ||
 * Karson Mo || Stephen Chow || ShaoLin Soccer || From Beijing With Love || Journey to the West: Conquering The Demons || The God Of Cookery || Forbidden City Cop ||
 * Ryan Chong || Stanley Kubrick || Dr.Stranglove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb || Eyes Wide Shut || Barry Lyndon || Lolita || Clockwork Orange ||
 * Kyle Pang || Alfred Hitchcock || Psycho || North by Northwest || Vertigo || Rear Window ||   ||
 * Julie || ‍Shunji Iwai‍ || All About Lily Chou-Chou || Love Letter || April Story || Hana & Alice || Swallowtail Butterfly ||
 * Tadashi || Sofia Coppola || The Virgin Suicides || Lost In Translation || Marie Antoinette || Somewhere || ?? ||
 * Luke || Sergio Leone || A Fistful of Dollars || For A Few Dollars More || The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly || Once Upon A Time In The West || One Upon A Time In America ||
 * Vipula || Woody Allen || Annie Hall || Manhattan || Sleeper || Melinda and Melinda || Mighty Aphrodite ||
 * Naomi || Zhang Yi Mou || @Raise the Red Lantern || Hero || Curse of the Golden Flower || @Judou || @House of Flying Daggers ||
 * Eric || Ridley Scott || Alien ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Helen Shim || Chan-Wook Park || Sympathy for lady vengeance || Old boy || Thirst || Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance || Stoker ||