The ten lowest-scoring directors

[Malcym]

Four-film minimum…

1. Hal Needham – 1.75 (4)
2. William Dear – 2.25 (4)
3. Russell Mulcahy – 3.40 (5)
4. Edgar Wright – 3.50 (4)
=Guy Ritchie – 3.50 (4)
=Howard Zieff – 3.50 (4)
7. Adrian Lyne – 3.60 (6)
8. Val Guest – 3.75 (4)
=James Foley – 3.75 (4)
10. Edward Zwick – 3.80 (5)

[DSouza_Vasco]

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

[djross]

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[CosmicMonkey]

(With 1100+ rankings)

Minimum 4 Films:

10. Brett Ratner---------------------70.3---------4 Films---Red Dragon
9. Ridley Scott ----------------------70.2 --------5 Films---Gladiator/Body of Lies/Prometheus
8. Ron Clements & John Musker --69(nice!)---6 Films---Hercules
7. Barry Sonnenfeld-----------------68.3---------4 Films---Addams Family Values/Men in Black II
6. J.J. Abrams-----------------------66.8---------5 Films---Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker/Mission Impossible III

5. John Landis-----------------------65.6---------5 Films---Coming to America
4. Jay Roach-------------------------65.2---------5 Films---Meet the Fockers
3. Ivan Reitman---------------------62.3---------4 Films---Ghostbusters II
2. Martin Campbell------------------60.0---------4 Films---GoldenEye/The Legend of Zorro
1. Robert Rodriguez-----------------55.8---------4 Films---Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams


Congrats, Robbie!

[DSouza_Vasco]

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)

[Moribunny]

2024 update, at 5487 films rated:

4 film minimum:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.8 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.8 (4)
3. Joe Wright.................. 20.0 (4)
4. Eli Roth...................... 22.0 (4)
5. James Wan................. 22.5 (6)
6. Paul Feig.................... 25.0 (4)
7. Wong Kar-Wai.............. 25.8 (4)
8. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.0 (4)
9. James Cameron............ 28.0 (6)
10. Robert Rodriguez......... 29.0 (5)
11. Christopher Nolan......... 29.1 (9)
12. Wes Craven................ 29.7 (10)
13. David O. Russell........... 30.0 (4)
14. Renny Harlin.............. 31.3 (4)
15. Kevin Smith................ 32.2 (6)
16. John Carpenter............ 32.6 (9)
17. Clint Eastwood............ 32.9 (11)
18. Farrelly Brothers......... 34.8 (4.5) ..(did an average here)
19. Roxanne Benjamin........ 35.8 (4)
20. Rob Zombie................ 36.2 (5)
I'll stop here because the next one is Quentin Tarantino and ppl are gonna flame me for it.

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the top 10 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Tate Taylor, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee and Rod Daniel.

[metalhank]

With over 3400 titles
Using percentage for better accuracy:
Pretty much all unknown directors

1. Phillip J. Roth.........3.75/4 - lots of weak sci-fi/action
2. Mark Atkins............5.50/4 - low budgeters
3. George Erschbamer..8.50/4 - questionable quality action films
4. Jason Bourque.......12.00/4 - seems to gravitate to oddball scripts
5. Steven R. Monroe...13.75/4 - all kinds of style and quality
6. Douglas Jackson.....14.00/4 - a lot of weak TV movie
7. Keoni Waxman.......14.24/4 - the weakest of Steven Seagal movies
8. Fred Olen Ray........20.50/6 - lots of cheap and wacky idea movies
9. Jim Wynorski.........20.57/7 - a lot of weak Direct to video
10. Jack Sholder........20.75/4 - just ok sci-fi and horror

[saudade]

With a minimum of 4

10. Peter Farrelly
9. Andy Tennant
8. Bobby Farrelly
7. Peter Segal
6. Wes Craven
5. Tom Shadyac
4. Randal Kleiser
3. Dario Argento
2. Michael Lehmann
1. William Nigh

[martryn]

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.

Moribunny, I've noticed this in other forum posts, but we have radically different tastes. I am definitely curious about the types of films you do rank high. And I've taken note. I am honestly eager to go down that "rabbit hole", pun intended, as I generally enjoy a broad variety, but like... you hated Parasite? You hated Parasite THAT much? I get thinking it's overrated, or even boring, I guess, but there's got to be some strong ideological reasons for hating Bong Joon-ho. I think I've only seen Parasite and The Host, but even the biggest hater can't honestly rank them THAT low.

Or maybe the explanation is that you just don't consume and rank, even accidentally, the Kangaroo Jacks and Look Who's Talking Nows of the film world.

Anyways, update on my list, if it needed it:
10. Gus Van Sant, 4 films, 51
Best film - Good Will Hunting (89)
Worst film - Elephant (20)

9. Randal Kleiser, 6 films, 50.83
Best film - Flight of the Navigator (69)
Worst film - Honey I Blew Up the Kid (24)

8. Peter Segal, 4 films, 50.5
Best film - Get Smart (65)
Worst film - Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (15)

7. Paul W.S. Anderson, 5 films, 50.4
Best film - Event Horizon (66)
Worst film - AVP: Alien vs. Predator (38)

6. Dennis Dugan, 4 films, 49
Best film - Happy Gilmore (68)
Worst film - Problem Child (27)

5. Roger Spottiswoode, 5 films, 48.8
Best film - Tomorrow Never Dies (59)
Worst film - Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (27)

4. Tom Shadyac, 7 films, 47.86
Best film - Liar Liar (66)
Worst film - The Nutty Professor (28)

3. Frank Coraci, 5 films, 43.6
Best film - The Wedding Singer (70)
Worst film - Zookeeper (14)

2. Amy Heckerling, 4 films, 37.5
Best film - European Vacation (61)
Worst film - Look Who's Talking Too (17)

1. Brian Levant, 5 films, 21.6
Best film - Jingle All the Way (34)
Worst film - Problem Child 2 (12)

[DSouza_Vasco]

16/02/2021
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)

10: 52.5 - Spierig Brothers (4)
09: 52.5 - David Slade (4)
08: 51.6 - James DeMonaco (3)
07: 51.3 - Michael Haneke (4)
06: 48.3 - James McTeigue (3)
05: 46.6 - Kevin Greutert (3)
04: 45.8 - Eli Roth (6)
03: 43.0 - Darren Lynn Bousman (5)
02: 41.7 - Terry Jones (3)
01: 36.7 - Bryan Bertino (3)