Bad Movie Directors with lower than 5/10 IMDb rating

[claws]

1. Go to IMDb
2. Type in Director of choice (other than Edward D. Wood Jr.) 
3. Click "by ratings"

I did Fred Olen Ray. He directed 109 movies. His highest rated movie (Armed Response) scored 4.73
Can you under-beat that?

[Rev. Powell]

Coleman Francis - directed three movies - the highest rated is 2.40 (SKYDIVERS)!

[major jay]

Phil Tucker
(2.90) - The Cape Canaveral Monsters (1960)
(2.79) - Robot Monster (1953)
(2.67) - Bagdad After Midnite (1954)
(2.52) - Dance Hall Racket (1953)

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James Bryan

1. (3.69) - Lady Street Fighter (1985)
2. (3.54) - The Executioner, Part II (1984)
3. (3.10) - Don't Go in the Woods (1981)
4. (3.01) - Hell Riders (1984)
5. (2.78) - The Dirtiest Game (1970)

[ulthar]

Can't really "beat" earlier entries, but directors of a couple of movies I've enjoyed are 'consistent.'

David A. Prior directed 32 movies; 30 are less than 5.0 stars.

    (5.80) - Deadly Prey (1987)
    (5.42) - Rapid Fire (1989)
    (4.86) - Sledgehammer (1983) (V)
    (4.49) - Killer Workout (1987)
    (4.46) - Raw Nerve (1991)
    (4.46) - Center of the Web (1992)
    (4.45) - Mankillers (1987)
    (4.39) - Hell on the Battleground (1989)
    (4.28) - Night Wars (1988)
    (4.24) - Future Zone (1990)
    (4.16) - Felony (1995)
    (4.13) - The Lost Platoon (1991)
    (4.02) - Night Trap (1993)
    (3.91) - Mutant Species (1995)
    (3.84) - Raw Justice (1994)
    (3.29) - Zombie Wars (2008) (V)
    (3.28) - Future Force (1989)
    (2.78) - Night Claws (2012)
    (2.70) - Hostile Environment (2000)

Mark Pirro directed 6 movies with 5 less than 5.0 (and that one just barely > 5):

    (5.02) - Curse of the Queerwolf (1988)
    (4.85) - Rectuma (2003)
    (4.34) - Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
    (4.09) - A Polish Vampire in Burbank (1985)
    (2.85) - Nudist Colony of the Dead (1991)
    (2.03) - Buford's Beach Bunnies (1993)

[major jay]

Bert I. Gordon
(4.82) - Picture Mommy Dead (1966)
(4.74) - The Boy and the Pirates (1960)
(4.32) - The Mad Bomber (1973)
(4.13) - The Cyclops (1957)
(4.04) - Burned at the Stake (1981)
(3.98) - Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
(3.93) - The Big Bet (1985)
(3.89) - The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)
(3.79) - The Food of the Gods (1976)
(3.77) - Necromancy (1972)
(3.70) - The Magic Sword (1962)
(3.51) - Tormented (1960)
(3.50) - Earth vs. the Spider (1958)
(3.41) - Empire of the Ants (1977)
(3.22) - Beginning of the End (1957)
(3.12) - Village of the Giants (1965)
(2.93) - War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
(2.43) - Satan's Princess (1990)
(1.92) - King Dinosaur (1955)

[Rev. Powell]

Doris Wishman did much better than I would have expected.

1.(5.14) - Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
2.(5.02) - My Brothers Wife (1966)
3.(4.84) - Indecent Desires (1968)
4.(4.76) - Hideout in the Sun (1960)
5.(4.75) - Let Me Die a Woman (1977)
6.(4.64) - Another Day, Another Man (1966)
7.(4.56) - Satan Was a Lady (2001)
8.(4.46) - Come with Me My Love (1976)
9.(4.21) - Diary of a Nudist (1961)
10.(3.94) - Nude on the Moon (1961)
11.(3.89) - The Amazing Transplant (1970)
12.(3.67) - Double Agent 73 (1974)
13.(3.00) - A Night to Dismember (1983)
14.(2.73) - Deadly Weapons (1974)
15.(2.65) - Blaze Starr Goes Nudist (1962)

[Jack]

Rick Sloane of Hobgoblins fame is kind of a favorite of mine.

    (4.15) - Vice Academy 5 (1996)
    (3.99) - Vice Academy 4 (1995)
    (3.95) - Vice Academy Part 6 (1998)
    (3.92) - Vice Academy (1989)
    (3.88) - Vice Academy Part 2 (1990)
    (3.40) - Mind, Body & Soul (1992)
    (3.05) - Babe Watch: Forbidden Parody (1996)
    (2.85) - Vice Academy Part 3 (1991)
    (2.55) - The Visitants (1986)
    (2.55) - Hobgoblins 2 (2009) (V)
    (2.30) - Blood Theatre (1984)
    (2.21) - Hobgoblins (1988)

[fulci420]

Bill Rebane

    (3.78) - Blood Harvest (1987)
    (3.13) - The Alpha Incident (1978)
    (2.84) - The Game (1984)
    (2.79) - The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
    (2.42) - The Demons of Ludlow (1983)
    (2.26) - Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake (1975)
    (2.22) - Twister's Revenge! (1987)
    (2.10) - Monster a-Go Go (1965)
    (2.07) - The Capture of Bigfoot (1979)
    (1.90) - Invasion from Inner Earth (1974)

Having seen or at least tried to watch several of his movies I can vouch for their lack of quality. Anybody who collects the mill creek 50 packs will end up with the majority of these incredibly dull films.

[zombie no.one]

2. (3.54) - The Executioner, Part II (1984)

someone (perhaps you?) posted this whole movie here last year, amazingly bad, I loved it 

[claws]

2. (3.54) - The Executioner, Part II (1984)

someone (perhaps you?) posted this whole movie here last year, amazingly bad, I loved it 

Don't remember If I posted it but the movie is a trip for sure 

[ulthar]

Koreyoshi Akasaka has five director credits.  All are under 5.0.

    (4.33) - Invaders from Space (1965) (TV)
    (3.83) - Atomic Rulers (1965) (TV)
    (3.75) - Attack from Space (1965) (TV)
    (2.76) - Evil Brain from Outer Space (1965) (TV)

[bob]

Tommy Wisaeu

The Room (2003) - 3.3

[claws]

Jim McCullough Sr.

(4.18) - The Aurora Encounter (1986)
(3.98) - Mountaintop Motel Massacre (1986)
(3.85) - The St. Tammany Miracle (1994)

Jerry Warren

(2.86) - The Incredible Petrified World (1957)
(2.81) - Man Beast (1956)
(2.51) - Creature of the Walking Dead (1965)
(2.49) - Teenage Zombies (1959)
(2.40) - Terror of the Bloodhunters (1962)
(2.34) - House of the Black Death (1965)
(2.01) - Face of the Screaming Werewolf (1964)
(2.01) - The Wild World of Batwoman (1966)
(1.94) - Attack of the Mayan Mummy (1964)
(1.86) - Frankenstein Island (1981)

[major jay]

John Carl Buechler

(4.90) - Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
(4.54) - Cellar Dweller (1988)
(3.97) - A Light in the Forest (2003)
(3.91) - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
(3.90) - Troll (1986)
(3.54) - Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002)
(3.53) - The Eden Formula (2006) (TV)
(3.15) - Ragewar (1984)
(3.00) - Deep Freeze (2003)
(2.85) - Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991) (V)
(2.83) - Watchers Reborn (1998)