Search found 19 matches: Joel Schumacher

10: 56.3 - Simon West (4)
09: 55.0 - Brian Taylor (4)
09: 55.0 - David Slade (3)
08: 53.3 - Pierre Morel (3)
08: 53.3 - Mark Neveldine (3)
07: 51.7 - David R. Ellis (3)
06: 51.3 - Michael Haneke (4)
05: 48.3 - James McTeigue (3)
04: 47.0- Joel Schumacher (5)
03: 46.7 - Eli Roth (3)
02: 41.7 - Terry Jones (3)
01: 36.7 - Bryan Bertino (3)

Justin Lin 58.33 - 4
Paul Weitz 56.67 - 4
Simon West 56.25 - 4
Brian Taylor 55.00 - 4
David Slade 55.00 - 3
Mark Neveldine 53.33 - 3
Pierre Morel 53.33 - 3
James McTeigue 48.33 - 3
Joel Schumacher 47.00 - 5
Terry Jones 41.67 - 3

January 2020

An aside:
Someone was gravely butthurt last time because Nolan and Aronofsky made my bottom ten directors. There is an explanation, though that person may not like it: I usually won't bother to watch more than 1-2 films by a clearly awful filmmaker (for instance, I only watched 2 by Brian Levant, his #1 bottom director). For the likes of Nolan and Aronofsky, who are very popular and whose every film is hyped to the extreme, I actually make a favorable exception -- which guarantees that they will make the cut when other terrible directors don't. Sadly, though "The Wrestler" and "Interstellar" weren't strictly godawful, I haven't seen a single decent film by those two.


4 film minimum, I'm listing 15 this time:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.75 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan................. 22.50 (6)
4. Paul Feig.................... 25.00 (4) ..(I decided to count complete TV series as single films)
5. Christopher Nolan......... 26.13 (8)
6. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.00 (4)
7. James Cameron............ 28.00 (6)
8. Robert Rodriguez.......... 29.00 (5)
9. David O. Russell........... 30.00 (4)
10. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
11. Renny Harlin.............. 31.25 (4)
12. Clint Eastwood.......... 32.20 (10)
13. John Carpenter.......... 32.60 (10)
14. Farrelly Brothers........ 34.72 (4.5) ..(did an average here cuz 1 film wasn't in common)
15. Joel Schumacher......... 35.67 (6)

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the leading 7 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Michel Gondry and Ang Lee.

10. Wolfgang Petersen 7 films, 30.00
Best film: Das Boot (90)
Worst film: Tie: Air Force One / Outbreak / Troy (0)

9. Paul Verhoeven, 5 films, 30.00
Best film: Robocop (80)
Worst film: Showgirls (0)

8. Joel Schumacher, 7 films, 29.29
Best film: Flawless (65)
Worst film: Tie: Batman Forever / Batman and Robin (0)

7. Chris Columbus, 4 films, 28.75
Best film: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (65)
Worst film: Tie: Mrs Doubtfire / Home Alone (0)

6. Ron Howard, 11 films, 24.55
Best film: Parenthood (60)
Worst film: Tie: Angels & Demons / Backdraft (0)

5. Joe Johnston, 4 films, 17.50
Best film: Jurassic Park 3 (40)
Worst film: Tie: Captain America The First Avenger / The Wolfman (0)

4. M. Night Shyamalan, 4 films, 15.00
Best film: Unbreakable (60)
Worst film: Tie: The Sixth Sense / The Village / The Happening (0)

3. Wes Craven, 4 films, 12.50
Best film: A Nightmare on Elm Street (40)
Worst film: Tie: The Last House on The Left / Scream (0)

2. Jon Turteltaub, 6 films, 11.67
Best film: Instinct (30)
Worst film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (0)

1. Michael Bay, 5 films, 5.00
Best film: The Rock (15)
Worst film: Tie: Transformers / Armageddon / Pearl Harbor (0)

Not too surprised by most of this list though tbh. What does disturb me a little is how many films I've seen by the likes of Ron Howard, Joel Schumacher and Michael Bay - directors I obviously have no time for. Most of these movies I saw at a time when I made a point of going to the local multiplex every week. I suppose it just goes to show how little there is to choose from at these places a lot of the time.

June 2011
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Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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October 2014
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(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

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May 2016

I'm raising the bar a bit and including only ones by whom I've seen at least 4 full-length feature films, so Tony Scott makes a narrow escape. Nolan has gone down two places to make room for the new champions, Bousman and Wan of "Saw" fame.

1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
2. James Wan............... 21.00 (5)
3. Christopher Nolan....... 24.60 (5)
4. Darren Aronofsky........ 27.00 (4)
5. James Cameron.......... 28.00 (6)
6. Robert Rodriguez........ 29.00 (5)
7. David O. Russell......... 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
9. Renny Harlin............. 31.25 (4)
10. Clint Eastwood......... 31.56 (9)

(Dishonorable mentions: Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Cheh Chang, Peter & Bobby Farrelly, Joel Schumacher)

June 2011

[spoiler]

Moribunny wrote:4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

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Now (Oct 2014)
(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

10. Chris Columbus (48.00, 5) - I can't stand Home Alone series.
09. Peter Hyams (46.00, 5) - A Sound of Thunder, End of Days
08. D.W. Griffith (46.00, 5) - I've seen only few shorts, Blind Love being the worst.
07. Ere Kokkonen (44.67, 15) - Many (bad) finnish comedies.
06. Ivan Reitman (43.33, 6) - Kindergarten Cop, Evolution
05. Joel Schumacher (42.50, 4) - Bad Company, The Phantom of the Opera
04. Paul W.S. Anderson (37.50, 4) - Mortal Kombat, Death Race
03. Timo Koivusalo (37.50, 4) - Bad finnish dramas.
02. Brian Levant (25.00, 4) - Horrible family comedies.
01. Otto Mühl (17.50, 4) - Art ain't always good.

6 film minimum

10. Joe Johnston
9. Ron Howard
8. Ivan Reitman
7. Michael Bay
6. Roland Emmerich
5. Tom Shadyac
4. Brett Ratner
3. Wes Craven
2. Joel Schumacher
1. Dennis Dugan

With a 4 film minimum:-

Nancy Meyers - 17.75 - 4
Michael Bay - 17.88 - 8
Rob Cohen - 22.45 - 7
Stephen Sommers - 22.75 - 4
Shawn Levy - 23.00 - 4
Joel Schumacher - 24.88 - 8
Jan de Bont - 26.00 - 4
Jay Roach - 31.33 - 6
P.J Hogan - 32.00 - 4
Jay Turteltaub - 33.60 - 5

minimum of 3 films

Joel Schumacher 81.00 10
Dennis Dugan 81.00 5
Brian De Palma 80.67 3
John McTiernan 80.60 5
Michael Bay 80.00 4
Donald Petrie 79.67 3
Tom Shadyac 79.40 5
Kenny Ortega 78.50 4
McG 77.33 3
Shawn Levy 76.33 3