PatD

So, I thought I would add this thread in for the lost/gained quality threads regarding filmmakers. Which filmmakers in your estimation have maintained their quality steadily throughout their careers?

Here are my picks

Stanely Kubrick
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Soderbergh
Christopher Nolan
Martin Scorsese
Spike Lee
Michael Moore (I'm not arguing politics or his veracity just the quality of his film craftsmanship which I think has always had a high level of quality)

What are your picks?

TheBigDave

Uwe Boll

Jaymole

I differ on including Spike Lee...too many ups and downs

I would add:

Coen Brothers
Akira Kurosawa
Robert Bresson
Andrei Tarkovsky
Mike Leigh
Ken Loach

PatD

^^
Good ones!

I'd also add Clint Eastwood. Politics aside (like Michael Moore) his filmography is pretty solid.

PhantomStranger

Eric Rohmer is the first director that sprang to mind.

DWilson

David Fincher

dex14

Richard Linklater

GoldenJCJ

I agree with:
Hitchcock
Nolan
Fincher
Kurosawa

I’ll add:
Wes Anderson
Sam Mendes
Jeff Nichols

inri222

David Cronenberg
Denis Villeneuve
Michael Haneke
Paul Thomas Anderson
Nicholas Winding-Refn
Michelangelo Antonioni

Ash Ketchum

B-western makers like Lesley Selander, Joseph Kane and William Witney. They worked for decades, turning them out quickly and always making them entertaining. All three wound up doing TV westerns in the 1950s and '60s, concurrently with their final feature films and their TV work was just as good.




Tarantino's a big fan of Witney and this film in particular:



To be honest, these guys really come to mind because I've been watching the Western Channel so much lately.

Brian T

John Sayles.

PatD

Robert Wise would be another one. He did a few lesser known movies near the end of his career, but he didn't spiral into the drink.

tommyp007

Everyone already mentioned my first thoughts, but I'll add Billy Wilder.

Hazel Motes

Sergio Leone.

andicus

Having just watched Sorry We Missed You, I immediately thought of Ken Loach!

I have a mild hesitation with the Coen Brothers, as I see Ladykillers as a blight on their record.

Pretty much, yes. Though I found the Before Trilogy and Boyhood so good that Everybody Wants Some was a slight letdown. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it, just not to the extent of the others I mentioned.

Crocker Jarmen

And Intolerable Cruelty the year before.

TomOpus

Lloyd Kaufman

Runaway

Frank Darabont hasn't directed a lot of movies but the 4 movies he did direct are all well done and I can't say something bad about the pilot of the Walking Dead or Mob City. Both were well directed, too.

Nick Danger

I was going to, but you beat me to it.

While I think that The Seven Year Itch is a dud, he did too.

Hazel Motes

Jean-Pierre Melville