Your Pick for Best Director

Who is your ONE best director?

You can vote once.
You can remove your vote and vote for another film at another time.
The voting ends May 31st.
Directors only.
They can be from any country on MDL.
You can add MDL accepted directors to the database to add to the list.

heartaem Mar 1, 2020

11 People 4 273 Voters Report

1. Steve Cheng

Hong Konger

22,600 points by 226 voters

He is a Chinese director.
2. Bong Joon Ho

South Korean

1,700 points by 17 voters

Bong Joon Ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Bong in general is known as being a director who takes a great interest in film genres, while simultaneously trying to ...more
3. Zhang Yi Mou

Chinese

700 points by 7 voters

Zhang Yimou is a Chinese film director, producer, writer and actor, and former cinematographer. He is counted amongst the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, having made his directorial debut in 1987 with ...more
4. Wong Kar Wai

Hong Konger

400 points by 4 voters

Wong Kar Wai is a Hong Kong Second Wave filmmaker, internationally renowned as an auteur for his visually unique, highly stylized work, including As Tears Go By (1988), Days of Being Wild ...more
5. Kong Sheng

Chinese

400 points by 4 voters

Kong Sheng is a Chinese director, cinematographer, producer and actor born in Shandong, China.
6. Edward Yang

Taiwanese

300 points by 3 voters

Edward Yang is considered one of the leading filmmakers of Taiwan's New Wave Cinema movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Yang went to university and lived in the United States before deciding ...more
7. Miike Takashi

Japanese

300 points by 3 voters

Miike Takashi is a highly prolific and controversial Japanese filmmaker. He has directed over ninety theatrical, video, and television productions since his debut in 1991. Miike is credited with directing fifteen productions ...more
8. Park Chan Wook

South Korean

300 points by 3 voters

Park Chan Wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country. His films are noted for ...more
9. Kim Jin Won

South Korean

300 points by 3 voters

Kim Jin Won (김진원) is a South Korean director and producer, He was born on 1st January 1980 in South Korea. Kim Jin Won is known for Drama Special Series: Just An ...more
10. Lee Eung Bok

South Korean

300 points by 3 voters

Lee Eung Bok is a South Korean director and former KBS 28th PD. He graduated from Yonsei University's Department of Korean Language and Literature. He got nominated numerous times as Best Director ...more
11. Zeng Qi

Chinese

0 points by 0 voters

Zeng Qi is a Chinese actress born in Chongqing, Sichuan. She graduated from the Performance Dept of Beijing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree in acting and is an actress in the ...more