Film Directors

Robert Bresson

 

Country: France

Films from: 1945 to 1983

 

Bresson always aimed to achieve a great emotional response from an audience, and believed that the best way of accomplishing this was to destroy the usual codes used in cinema to tell the audience how to feel (through, say, obvious acting, editing or an intrusive score). By reducing these codes, the audience would be able to feel the emotions of the characters rather than have the actors transmit the feelings themselves. As a result, a Bresson film can be an extremely affecting experience, as anyone who has seen Au Hasard, Balthazar will testify.

 

Top Rated films by Robert Bresson

 

More Directors from France

Eric Rohmer Alain Resnais Krzysztof Kieslowski

Catherine Breillat Max Ophuls Luis Bunuel

Robert Bresson Francois Truffaut Jacques Tati

Bertrand Tavernier Walerian Borowczyk Henri-Georges Clouzot

Ken Loach

 

Country: United Kingdom

Films from: 1965 to 2010

 

Ken Loach is the most admired and respected UK filmmaker of his generation. Forty years of films and TV plays about ordinary people in ‘real’ social situations is a rare achievement, especially when they display a combination of genuine social comment and real warmth. There are few bodies of work in cinema that include as many compelling, human stories.

 

Top Rated films by Ken Loach

 

More Directors from United Kingdom

Ken Russell Anthony Asquith Mike Leigh

Alfred Hitchcock Tony Richardson Stephen Frears

Terry Gilliam David Lean Ken Loach

Humphrey Jennings Chris Morris Lindsay Anderson