Honorable Mentions

Preface: 
I’ve been working on this list for years. Over a decade now and it was revised during the very posting to my website, social media, and I’m still contemplating my final choices. As art is subject to change so are opinions, which this is my top ten favorite directors. I’m not stating a fact but rather a preference. What I’d really like you to understand is that I am also disappointed that there are no female directors on my top ten list and that it is constructed of mainly white men. I believe the injustice in the film industry towards women and minorities has begun to be extracted from the core. If you reference my honorable mentions section you’ll see quite a few names of very talented individuals, who just haven’t had as much time to impress me. 
This list will be updated every year.

In no order:
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Damien Chazzelle - ‘Whiplash’

Barry Jenkins - ‘Moonlight’

Sofia Coppola - ‘Lost in Translation’

Franis Ford Coppola - ‘The Godfather’

Alejandro González Iñárritu - ‘Birdman’

Lynne Ramsay - ‘You Were Never Really Here’

Darren Aronofsky - ‘Black Swan’

Greta Gerwig - ‘Ladybird’

Luca Guadagnino - ‘Call Me By Your Name’

Ridley Scott - ‘Alien’

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