Top Ten Worst Directors

[HappyGilmore]

One name that comes up a lot, which I disagree with, as a 'bad director': Kevin Smith. 

[Psycho Circus]

Three words people: Fred  Olen  Ray

[God the Worms]

As long as M. Night Shamalan gets his just deserts, I could care less about all the Uwe Boll's and Michael Bay's out there. There is not a single film he's made that I find engaging, well, maybe The Happening is so damn horrible it's hilarious, still...hate that guy.

[RCMerchant]

Ted V Mikels,anyone?
He's the genuis(?) behind ASTRO ZOMBIES,the CORPSE GRINDERS,BLOOD ORGY of the SHE DEVILS and lots more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEHgpLLrYDw

[Ozzymandias]

Ozzymandias speaks: How about Earl Owensby?

Ozzymandias has spoken!!!

[Flick James]

A recent exchange with Indy over Godzilla made me revive this thread.

I am almost tempted to say that Roland Emmerich may even be a worse director than Ewe Boll. I am utterly convinced that Emmerich DOES NOT know how to direct actors. I get the feeling his philosophy is "you're an A-list star, right? You know how to act, right? Okay...ACTION!" or "Okay, there's crazy s**t happening around you...ACTION!"

If you took Emmerich's A-list casts away from him and reduced his budgets by, say, 50%, you would have The Core.

[muckhappy]

I know that this may be considered blasphemy but I have to nominate George Lucas in tems of being a horrible director.   The new star wars trilogy should be evidence enough of that.

[akiratubo]

I am almost tempted to say that Roland Emmerich may even be a worse director than Ewe Boll. I am utterly convinced that Emmerich DOES NOT know how to direct actors. I get the feeling his philosophy is "you're an A-list star, right? You know how to act, right? Okay...ACTION!" or "Okay, there's crazy s**t happening around you...ACTION!"

For all the proof of that you need, just look at Matthew Broderick in Godzilla.  It's obvious the man had absolutely no idea what his character should be doing.  I believe the "deer in the headlights" thing he had going on was actually the way he was feeling for the entire shoot, not just a character quirk.  The only good performances in the movie came from Hank Azaria, who has years of experience with improv and creating characters from scratch, and Jean Reno, who is an old pro and classy enough to carry a performance with nothing but his own personality.

[InformationGeek]

I am almost tempted to say that Roland Emmerich may even be a worse director than Ewe Boll. I am utterly convinced that Emmerich DOES NOT know how to direct actors. I get the feeling his philosophy is "you're an A-list star, right? You know how to act, right? Okay...ACTION!" or "Okay, there's crazy s**t happening around you...ACTION!"

For all the proof of that you need, just look at Matthew Broderick in Godzilla.  It's obvious the man had absolutely no idea what his character should be doing.  I believe the "deer in the headlights" thing he had going on was actually the way he was feeling for the entire shoot, not just a character quirk.  The only good performances in the movie came from Frank Azaria, who has years of experience with improv and creating characters from scratch, and Jean Reno, who is an old pro and classy enough to carry a performance with nothing but his own personality.

I can concur with that.  Jean Reno was the best one in Godzilla since he was amusing and fun enough to watch during the entire thing.  He certianly had the charm to pull himself through the film, unlike some others...

[bob]

I know that this may be considered blasphemy but I have to nominate George Lucas in tems of being a horrible director.   The new star wars trilogy should be evidence enough of that.

he also did Howard the Duck

[akiratubo]

I know that this may be considered blasphemy but I have to nominate George Lucas in tems of being a horrible director.   The new star wars trilogy should be evidence enough of that.

he also did Howard the Duck

That was directed by Willard Huyck.

[bob]

I know that this may be considered blasphemy but I have to nominate George Lucas in tems of being a horrible director.   The new star wars trilogy should be evidence enough of that.

he also did Howard the Duck

That was directed by Willard Huyck.

now that I think about it more Lucas produced it

[muckhappy]

The scene in Revenge of the Sith When Darth Vader breaks from the table and yells "Noooooo" was just terrible.   And in his infinite wisdom George felt it necessary to add it to the Blue Ray version of Jedi.  just terrible.

[66Crush]

To be honest not everything Michael Bay has produced or directed is terrible. I like a few of his films especially "Unborn." I'm probably one of only two people who like his remake of "The Hitcher" and even if you don't like the movie, the cast were all great.

[the Rev. J. Darkside]

I seriously despise Tim Burton for Batman I would much prefer the person in charge of an adaption to at least be passingly familiar with the source material. He, like Oliver Stone, seems to believe he is God's gift to cinema. I beg to differ.

Christopher Nolan.

The only good movie he's done was Memento.  Everything else, including the Batman films were total garbage in my opinion.

Don't agree. I loved Inception, and while I'm not a huge fan of his Batman movies, I don't think they're bad. I also don't think he meets the criteria of a bad director like Uwe Boll does, outside of pure subjectivity. However, I while I disagree with what you have said, I will still defend to the death you right to say it.  

I love the Voltaire quote.

I know that this may be considered blasphemy but I have to nominate George Lucas in tems of being a horrible director.   The new star wars trilogy should be evidence enough of that.

Star Wars. The Empire Strikes Back. Revenge of the Jedi. Together, a great trilogy. A collaborative project, I believe it would have sucked utterly if Lucas had had the final say on everything within. When you hear about the things people convinced him to change or do differently, you start to get the impression that Lucas had a great seed fed by his love of science fiction and samurai movies which was mostly nurtured to what it became by the crew and the film's excellent casting. Unfortunately, when you get famous and popular enough and get more credit than you're due, you end up getting final say on everything, a convoluted story that ultimately doesn't make sense and the huge budget that tends to stifle special effects creativity that made your previous films special and impressive. Cue Star Wars prequels.