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In total, 72 directors were polled against each other, relative to the decade that they became prominent. The winner of each decade advanced to one of two semifinals, the first being the 30s, 40s 50s, 60s, and 70s, and the second the 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and 20s. The winner of the first semifinal, Alfred Hitchcock, and the winner of the second, Paul Thomas Anderson, advanced to the finals. Alfred Hitchcock came out as the overall winner across almost 100 years of filmmaking. Below is the results for every poll. Thank you all for voting.
Round 1:
I: 1930s
Fritz Lang: 1931 - 24
Howard Hawks: 1932 - 4
William Wyler: 1933 - 10
Frank Capra: 1934 -27
Jean Renoir: 1937 - 8
John Ford: 1939 - 11
II: 1940s
Preston Sturges: 1940 - 0
Alfred Hitchcock: 1940 - 48
Billy Wilder: 1944 - 27
David Lean: 1945 - 3
Orson Welles: 1941 - 14
John Huston: 1941 - 7
III: 1950s
Nicholas Ray: 1950 - 3
Ingmar Bergman: 1951 - 39
Akira Kurosawa: 1952 - 97
Yasujiro Ozu: 1953 - 11
Stanley Kubrick: 1957 - 69
Sydney Lumet: 1957 - 23
IV: 1960s
Jean-Luc Godard: 1960 - 12
Fredrico Fellini: 1960 - 30
Roman Polanski: 1962 - 29
Sergio Leone: 1964 -37
Mike Nichols: 1966 - 17
George A. Romero: 1968 - 10
V: 1970s
Francis Ford Coppola: 1972 - 224
George Lucas: 1973 - 12
Martin Scorsese: 1973 - 130
Steven Spielberg: 1975 - 94
Ridley Scott: 1977 - 14
Woody Allen: 1977 - 20
VI: 1980s
James Cameron: 1984 - 50
The Coen Brothers: 1984 - 59
Rob Reiner: 1984 - 46
Robert Zemeckis: 1984 - 19
Tim Burton: 1985 - 15
David Lynch: 1986 - 59
VII: 1990s
Quentin Tarantino: 1992 - 64
David Fincher: 1994 - 49
Wes Anderson: 1996 - 12
Paul Thomas Anderson: 1997 - 66
M. Night Shyamalan: 1999 - 6
Sam Mendes: 1999 - 1
VIII: 2000s
Christopher Nolan: 2000 - 119
Alejandro Gonzalez Innarritu: 2000 - 24
Peter Jackson: 2001 - 59
Guillermo Del Toro: 2002 - 35
Sofia Coppola: 2003 - 17
Bong Joon Ho: 2003 - 63
IX: 2010s
Denis Villeneuve: 2013 - 80
Damien Chazelle: 2014 - 43
Greta Gerwig: 2017 - 17
Jordan Peele: 2017 - 16
Yorgos Lanthimos: 2015 - 39
Robert Eggers: 2015 - 20
X: 2020s
Emerald Fennell: 2020 - 6
Chloe Zhao: 2020 - 64
The Daniels: 2022 - 29
Celine Song: 2023 - 10
Coralie Fargeat: 2024 - 29
Curry Baker: 2026 - 10
Semifinals:
XI: Semifinals I
1930s: Frank Capra: 4
1940s: Alfred Hitchcock: 35
1950s: Akira Kurosawa: 28
1960s: Sergio Leone: 4
1970s: Francis Ford Coppola: 26
XII: Semifinals II
1980s - Tie: The Coen Brothers: 30
1980s - Tie: David Lynch: 34
1990s: Paul Thomas Anderson: 45
2000s: Christopher Nolan: 39
2010s: Denis Villeneuve: 20
2020s - So Far: Chloe Zhao: 9
Finals:
XIII: Finals
Alfred Hitchcock: 100
Paul Thomas Anderson: 52
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I: 1930s
Fritz Lang: 1931 - 24
Howard Hawks: 1932 - 4
William Wyler: 1933 - 10
Frank Capra: 1934 -27
Jean Renoir: 1937 - 8
John Ford: 1939 - 11
II: 1940s
Preston Sturges: 1940 - 0
Alfred Hitchcock: 1940 - 48
Billy Wilder: 1944 - 27
David Lean: 1945 - 3
Orson Welles: 1941 - 14
John Huston: 1941 - 7
III: 1950s
Nicholas Ray: 1950 - 3
Ingmar Bergman: 1951 - 39
Akira Kurosawa: 1952 - 97
Yasujiro Ozu: 1953 - 11
Stanley Kubrick: 1957 - 69
Sydney Lumet: 1957 - 23
IV: 1960s
Jean-Luc Godard: 1960 - 12
Fredrico Fellini: 1960 - 30
Roman Polanski: 1962 - 29
Sergio Leone: 1964 -37
Mike Nichols: 1966 - 17
George A. Romero: 1968 - 10
V: 1970s
Francis Ford Coppola: 1972 - 224
George Lucas: 1973 - 12
Martin Scorsese: 1973 - 130
Steven Spielberg: 1975 - 94
Ridley Scott: 1977 - 14
Woody Allen: 1977 - 20
VI: 1980s
James Cameron: 1984 - 50
The Coen Brothers: 1984 - 59
Rob Reiner: 1984 - 46
Robert Zemeckis: 1984 - 19
Tim Burton: 1985 - 15
David Lynch: 1986 - 59
VII: 1990s
Quentin Tarantino: 1992 - 64
David Fincher: 1994 - 49
Wes Anderson: 1996 - 12
Paul Thomas Anderson: 1997 - 66
M. Night Shyamalan: 1999 - 6
Sam Mendes: 1999 - 1
VIII: 2000s
Christopher Nolan: 2000 - 119
Alejandro Gonzalez Innarritu: 2000 - 24
Peter Jackson: 2001 - 59
Guillermo Del Toro: 2002 - 35
Sofia Coppola: 2003 - 17
Bong Joon Ho: 2003 - 63
IX: 2010s
Denis Villeneuve: 2013 - 80
Damien Chazelle: 2014 - 43
Greta Gerwig: 2017 - 17
Jordan Peele: 2017 - 16
Yorgos Lanthimos: 2015 - 39
Robert Eggers: 2015 - 20
X: 2020s
Emerald Fennell: 2020 - 6
Chloe Zhao: 2020 - 64
The Daniels: 2022 - 29
Celine Song: 2023 - 10
Coralie Fargeat: 2024 - 29
Curry Baker: 2026 - 10
XI: Semifinals I
1930s: Frank Capra: 4
1940s: Alfred Hitchcock: 35
1950s: Akira Kurosawa: 28
1960s: Sergio Leone: 4
1970s: Francis Ford Coppola: 26
XII: Semifinals II
1980s - Tie: The Coen Brothers: 30
1980s - Tie: David Lynch: 34
1990s: Paul Thomas Anderson: 45
2000s: Christopher Nolan: 39
2010s: Denis Villeneuve: 20
2020s - So Far: Chloe Zhao: 9
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* Based on entire filmographies
Poll Results:
VI: 1980s
James Cameron: 1984 - 50
The Coen Brothers: 1984 - 59
Rob Reiner: 1984 - 46
Robert Zemeckis: 1984 - 19
Tim Burton: 1985 - 15
David Lynch: 1986 - 59
VII: 1990s
Quentin Tarantino: 1992 - 64
David Fincher: 1994 - 49
Wes Anderson: 1996 - 12
Paul Thomas Anderson: 1997 - 66
M. Night Shyamalan: 1999 - 6
Sam Mendes: 1999 - 1
VIII: 2000s
Christopher Nolan: 2000 - 119
Alejandro Gonzalez Innarritu: 2000 - 24
Peter Jackson: 2001 - 59
Guillermo Del Toro: 2002 - 35
Sofia Coppola: 2003 - 17
Bong Joon Ho: 2003 - 63
IX: 2010s
Denis Villeneuve: 2013 - 80
Damien Chazelle: 2014 - 43
Greta Gerwig: 2017 - 17
Jordan Peele: 2017 - 16
Yorgos Lanthimos: 2015 - 39
Robert Eggers: 2015 - 20
X: 2020s
Emerald Fennell: 2020 - 6
Chloe Zhao: 2020 - 64
The Daniels: 2022 - 29
Celine Song: 2023 - 10
Coralie Fargeat: 2024 - 29
Curry Barker: 2026 - 10