List of the top directors of the ’70s. The 1970s were filled with absurd styles and monumental changes in movies, as some of the world’s greatest directors began experimenting like never before.
10.Sergio Leone
Dec. at 60 (1929-1989)
Credits (Film): Good, Once Upon a Time in the West, Once Upon a Time in America, A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Nationality: Italy
Duck, You Sucker (AKA A Fistful of Dynamite, 1971)
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe (1975)
9.Federico Fellini
Dec. at 73 (1920-1993)
Credits (Film): La Dolce Vita, 8½, La Strada, Amarcord, Fellini Satyricon
Birthplace: Rimini, Italy
Nationality: Italy
Roma (1972)
Amarcord (1973)
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976)
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978)
8.Werner Herzog
Age: 78
Credits (Film): What Dreams May Come, Rescue Dawn, Grizzly Man, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Aguirre
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Nationality: Germany
Fata Morgana (1971)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Heart of Glass (1976)
Nosferatu the Vampire (1979)
Woyzeck (1979)
7.Robert Altman
Dec. at 81 (1925-2006)
Credits (Film): MASH, Nashville, The Player, Gosford Park, McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Brewster McCloud (1970)
McCabe & Mrs. Miller 1971)
Images (1972)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Thieves Like Us (1974)
California Split (1974)
Nashville (1975)
3 Women (1977)
A Wedding (1978)
Quintet (1979)
A Perfect Couple (1979)
6.Ridley Scott
Age: 83
Credits (Film): Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Prometheus
Birthplace: South Shields, United Kingdom
Nationality: England
The Duellists (1977)
Alien (1979)
5.Ingmar Bergman
Dec. at 89 (1918-2007)
Credits (Film): The Seventh Seal, Persona, Fanny and Alexander, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers
Birthplace: Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality: Sweden
Cries and Whispers (1972)
The Magic Flute (1975)
Face to Face (1976)
The Serpent’s Egg (1977)
Autumn Sonota (1978)
4.Sidney Lumet
Dec. at 87 (1924-2011)
Credits (Film): Dog Day Afternoon, 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Network, Fail Safe
Birthplace: Pennsylvania, Area code 215, Contiguous United States, Philadelphia, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Child’s Play (1972)
The Offence (1972)
Serpico (1973)
Lovin’ Molly (1974)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Network (1976)
Equus (1977)
The Wiz (1978)
3.Martin Scorsese
Age: 78
Credits (Film): Goodfellas, The Departed, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gangs of New York
Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York
Nationality: United States of America
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
2.Stanley Kubrick
Dec. at 71 (1928-1999)
Credits (Film): The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut
Birthplace: New York City, Area code 917, Contiguous United States, New York, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Francis Ford Coppola
Age: 81
Credits (Film): The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, Patton, American Graffiti
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Nationality: United States of America
The Conversation (1974)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
