F I L M F A V O R I T E S

            

A

- Ben Affleck -

Argo (2012, w. Chris Terrio)

- Woody Allen -

Annie Hall (1977, w. Woody Allen)

Manhattan (1979, w. Woody Allen)

Match Point (2005, w. Woody Allen)

Vicky Christina Barcelona(2008, w. Woody Allen)

Midnight in Paris (2011, w. Woody Allen)

Blue Jasmine (2013, w. Woody Allen)

- Jean-Pierre Ameris -

Les emotifs anonymes (Romantics Anonymous) (France) (2010, w. Jean-Pierre Ameris)

- Wes Anderson -

Rushmore (1988, w. Wes Anderson)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001, w. Wes Anderson)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004, w. Wes Anderson)

The  Darjeeling Limited and Hotel Chevalier (2007, w. Wes Anderson)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009, w. Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012, w. Wes Anderson)

Prada: Candy (2013)

- Judd Apatow -


This is 40 (2012, w. Judd Apatow)

- Neil Armfield -

Candy (2006, w. Neil Armfield)

- Andrea Arnold -

Wuthering Heights (2011, w. Andrea Arnold)

- Gillian Armstrong -

Little Women (1994, w. Robin Swicord)

- Darren Aronofsky -

Requiem for a Dream (2000, w. Hubert Selby Jr.)

Black Swan (2010, w. Mark Heyman)

- Billie August -

Les Miserables (1998, w. Rafael Yglesias)

             - Hal Ashby -                       Harold and Maude (1971, w. Colin Higgens)

 

- Richard Ayoade -

The Double (2013, w. Richard Ayoade)

B

- Daniel Barnz -

Phoebe in Wonderland (2008, w. Daniel Barnz)

- Zal Batmanglij -

The Sound of My Voice (2011, w. Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling)

The East (2013, w. Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling)

- Noah Baumbach -

Frances Ha (2012, w. Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig)

- Luc Besson -

Leon: The Professional (France)(1994, w. Luc Besson)

- Fredrik Bond -

The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman (2013, w. Matt Drake)

 

- Josh Boone -

Stuck in Love (2012, w. Josh Boone)

- Danny Boyle -


- Zach Braff -

Garden State (2004, w. Zach Braff)

- Robert Benton -

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979, w. Robert Benton)

- Neil Burger -

The Illusionist (2006, w. Neil Berger)

- Tim Burton -

Edward Scissorhands (1990, w. Caroline Thompson)

Corpse Bride (2005, w. John August, Caroline Thompson, and Pamela Pettler)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007, w. John Logan)

Alice in Wonderland (2010, w. Linda Woolverton)

C

- Mike Cahill - 

Another Earth (2011, w. Mike Cahill and Brit Marling)

I Origins (2014, w. Mike Cahill)

- James Cameron -

Titanic (1997, w. James Cameron)

- Jane Campion -

Bright Star (2009, w. Jane Campion)

- Carlo Carlei -

Romeo & Juliet (2013, w. Julian Fellowes)

- Nick Cassavetes -

The Notebook (2004, w. Jeremy Leven)

- Gil Cates Jr. -

Lucky (2011, w. Kent Sublette)

- Justin Chadwick -

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008, w. Peter Morgan)

- Steven Chbosky -

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012, w. Steven Chbosky)

- Derek Cianfrance -

Blue Valentine (2010, w. Derek Cianfrance, Joey Curtis, and Cami Delavigne)

- Larry Clark -

Bully (2001, w. Larry Clark)

- Jack Clayton -

The Great Gatsby (1974, w. Jack Clayton)

- Kat Coiro -

And While We Were Here (2011, w. Kat Coiro)

- Chris Columbus -

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001, w. Steve Kloves)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002, w. Steve Kloves)


- Sofia Coppola -

The Virgin Suicides (1999, w. Sofia Coppola)

Lost in Translation (2003, w. Sofia Coppola)

Marie Antoinette (2006, w. Sofia Coppola)

Somewhere (2010, w. Sofia Coppola)

The Bling Ring (2013, w. Sofia Coppola)

- Cameron Crowe -

Vanilla Sky (2001, w. Mateo Gil + Alejandro  Amenabar)

Elizabethtown (2005, w. Cameron Crowe)

- Destin Daniel Cretton -

Short Term 12 (2013, w. Destin Daniel Cretton)

- David Cronenberg -

A Dangerous Method (2011, w. David Cronenberg)

- Alfonso Cuaron -

A Little Princess (1995, w. Richard LaGravenese)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004, w. Steve Kloves)

- John Curran -

The Painted Veil (2006, w. Ron Nyswaner)

- Simon Curtis -

My Week with Marilyn (2011, w. Adrian Hodges)

D

- Olivier Dahan -

La vie an rose (France)(2007, w. Isabelle Sobelman and Olivier Dahan)

- Lance Daly -

The Good Doctor (2011, w. John Enbom)


- Jonathan Dayton -

Little Miss Sunshine (2006, d. w/ Valerie Faris, w. Michael Arndt)

Ruby Sparks (2012, d. w/ Valerie Faris, w. Zoe Kazan)

- David Lean -

Dr. Zhivago (1965, w. Robert Bolt)

- Jacques Demy -

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (France) (1964, w. Jacques Demy)

- Heiter Dhalia -

Adrift (Brazil) (2009, w. Heiter Dhalia)

- Saul Dibb -

The Duchess (2008, w. Jeffrey Hatcher and Anders Thomas)

- Drake Doremus -

Like Crazy (2011, w. Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones)

Breathe In (2013, w. Drake Doremus and Ben York Jones)

- Jake and Mark Duplass -

Jeff, Who Lives at home (2011, w. Jake and Mark Duplass)

- Sean Durkin -

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, w. Sean Durkin)

E

- Blake Edwards -

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, w. George Axelrod)

- Richard Eyre -

Notes on a Scandal (2006, w. Patrick Marber)

F

- Tom Field -

Little Children (2006, w. Tom Field)

- David Fincher -

Panic Room (2002, w. David Koepp)

The Social Network (2010, w. Aaron Sorkin)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011, w. Steven Zillian)

Gone Girl (2014, w. Gillian Flynn)

- Victor Fleming -

Gone with the Wind (1939, w. Sidney Howard)

- Marc Forby -

Princess Kaiulani (2007, w. Marc Forby)

- Tom Ford -

A Single Man (2009, w. Tom Ford)

- Milos Forman -

Amadeus (1984, w. Peter Shaffer)

- Marc Forster -

Finding Neverland (2004, w. Allan Knee)

- Cary Fukunaga - 

Jane Eyre (2011, w. Moira Buffini)

G

- Craig Gillespie -

Lars and the Real Girl (2007, w. Nancy Oliver)

- Michel Gondry -

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004, w. Charlie Kaufman)

Les science des reves(The Science of Sleep)(France)(2006, w. Michel Gondry)

Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky (France)(2013, w. Michel Gondry)

Mood Indigo (L'ecume des jours) (France) (2014, w. Michel Gondry)

- Bradley Rust Gray -

Jack & Diane (2012, w. Bradley Rust Gray)

- Francesca Gregorini + Tatiana von Fursterberg -

Tanner Hall (2009, w. Francesca Gregorini and Tatiana von Fusterberg)

H

- Leslye Headland -

Bachelorette (2012, w. Leslye Headland)

- Marshall Herskovitz -

Dangerous Beauty (1998, w. Jeannine Dominy)

- George Hickenlooper -

Factory Girl (2006, w. Captain Mauzner)

- Arthur Hiller -

Love Story (1970, w. Erich Segal)

- Oliver Hirschbiegal -

Diana (United Kingdom) (2013, w. Stephen Jeffreys & Kate Snell)

- Agnieszka Holland -

The Secret Garden (1993, w. Caroline Thompson)

- Christophe Honore -

La Belle Personne (2008, w. Christophe Honore and Gilles Taurand)

I

J

- Peter Jackson -

King Kong (2005, w. Fran Walsh)

- Benoit Jacquet -

Les adieux a la reine (Farewell, My Queen) (France) (2012, w. Benoit Jacquet)


- Andrew Jarecki -

All Good Things (2010, w. Marcus Hinchey and Marc Smerling)

- Julian Jarrold -

Becoming Jane (2007, w. Kevin Hood and Sarah Williams)

- Jean-Pierre Jeunet -

Le fabuleuxx destin d'Amelie Poulain (Amelie) (2001, w. Guillaume Laurent)

- Spike Jonze -

Her (2008, w. Spike Jonze)

Where the Wild Things Are (2009, w. Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers)

- Miranda July -

The Future (2011, w. Miranda July)

K

- Shekhar Kapur -

Elizabeth (1998, w. Michael Hirst)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007, w. Michael Hirst + William Nicholson)

- Tony Kaye -

American History X (1998, w. David McKenna)

Detachment (2011, w. Carl Lund)

- Abdellatif Kechiche -

La vie d'Adele(Blue is the Warmest Color)(France)(2013, w. Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix)

- Maryam Keshavarz -

Circumstance (2011, w. Maryam Kesharvarz)

- Harmony Korine -

Spring Breakers (2012, w. Harmony Korine)

- Peter Kosminsky -

White Oleander (2002, w. Mary Agnes Donoghue)

- Stanley Kubrick -

Lolita (1960, w. Vladimir Nabokov)

The Shining (1980, w. Stanley Kubrick)

L

- Francis Lawrence -

Water for Elephants (2011, w. Richard LaGravenese)

- Ang Lee -

Sense and Sensibility (1995, w. Emma Thompson)

- Julia Leigh -

Sleeping Beauty (2011, w. Julia Leigh)

- Jonathan Levine -

50/50 (2011, Will Reiser)

- Sam Levinson -

Another Happy Day (2011, w. Sam Levinson)

- Baz Luhrmann -

Romeo + Juliet (1996, w. Baz Luhrmann)

The Great Gatsby (2013, w. Baz Luhrmann)

- Robert Luketic -

Legally Blonde (2001, w. Karen McCullah)


- Adrian Lyne -

Lolita (1997, w. Stephen Schiff)

Unfaithful (2002, w. Alvin Sargent)

M

- Madonna -

W.E. (2011, w. Madonna and Alek Keshishian)

- James Mangold -

Girl Interrupted (1999, w. James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelen)

Walk the Line (2005, w. James Mangold)
- James Marsh -

The Theory of Everything (2014, w. Anthony McCarten)

- Rob Marshall -

Chicago (2002, w. Bill Condon)

Memoirs of a Geisha (2005, w. Robin Swicord)

- Charlie McDowell -

The One I Love (2014, w. Justin Lader)

- Sam Mendes -

American Beauty (1999,w. Alan Ball)

Revolutionary Road (2008, w. Justin Haythe)

Away We Go (2009, w. Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida)

- Mike Mills -

Beginners (2010, w. Mike Mills)

- Anthony Minghella -

The English Patient (1997, w. Anthony Minghella)

Cold Mountain (2003, w. Anthony Minghella)

N

- Mira Nair -

Vanity Fair (2004, w. Matthew Faulk)

- Mike Newell -

Mona Lisa Smile (2003, w. Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal)

- Christopher Nolan -

The Prestige (2008, w. Christopher Nolan)

Inception (2010, w. Christopher Nolan)

O

P

- Alan Parker -

The Road to Wellville (1994, w. Alan Parker)

- Sean Penn -

Into the Wild (2007, w. Sean Penn)

- Vadim Perelman -

House of Sand and Fog (2003)

- Roman Polanski -

Rosemary's Baby (1968, w. Roman Polanski)

The Pianist (2002, w. Ronald Harwood)

Q

R

- Nicolas Winding Refn -

Drive (2011, w. Hossein Amini)

- Rob Reiner -

The Princess Bride (1987, w. William Goldman)

- Jason Reitman -

Juno (2007, w. Diablo Cody)

Young Adult (2011, w. Diablo Cody)

- David Riker -

The Girl (2012, w. David Riker)

- Mark Romanek -

Never Let Me Go (2010, w. Alex Garland)

- Don Roos -

The Other Woman (2009, w. Don Roos)

- David O. Russell -

Silver Linings Playbook (2012, w. David O. Russell)

American Hustle (2013, w. Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell)

- Ry Russo-Young -

Nobody Walks (2012, w. Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young)

S

- Walter Salles & Sam Riley -

On the Road (2012, w. Jose Rivera)

- Franklin J. Schaffner -

Nicholas and Alexandra (1971, w. James Goldman)

- Lone Scherfig -

An Education (2009, w. Nick Hornby)

- Joel Schumacher -

The Phantom of the Opera (2004, w. Andrew Llyod Webber & Joel Schumacher)

- Jordan Scott -

Cracks (2009, w. Ben Court)

- Tony Scott -

Man on Fire (2004, w. Brian Helgeland)

- Martin Scorsese -

Goodfellas (1990, w. Nicholas Pileggi)

Casino (1995, w. Nicholas Pileggi)

The Aviator (2004, w. John Logan)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, w. Terence Winter)

- Henry Selick -

The Nightmare Before Christmas (2003, w. Tim Burton and Michael McDowell)

Coraline (2009, w. Henry Selick)

- Jessica Sharzer -

Speak (2004, w. Jessica Sharzer)

- Brad Siberling -

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004, w. Robert Gordon)

- David Slade -

Hard Candy (2005, w. Brian Nelson)

- Steven Spielberg -

Catch Me If You Can (2002, Jeff Nathanson)

- Steven Soderbergh -

Side Effects (2013, w. Scott S. Burns)

- Robin Swicord -

The Jane Austen Book Club (2007, w. Robin Swicord)

T

- Massy Tadjedin -

Last Night (2010, w. Massy Tadjedin)

- Lee Tamahori -

The Devil's Double (2011, w. Michael Thomas)

- Quentin Tarantino -

Pulp Fiction (1994, w. Quentin Tarantino)

- Julie Taymor -

Frida (2002, w. Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, and Anna Thomas)

Across the Universe (2007, w. Julie Taymor)

- Andy Tennant -

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998, w. Susannah Grant and Andy Tennant)

- Lars von Trier -

Melancholia (2011, w. Lars von Trier)(Denmark, Sweden, France, & Germany)

Nymphomanic (2014, w. Lars von Trier)(Denmark, Sweden, France, & Germany)

U

V

- Jean-Marc Vallee -

The Young Victoria (2009, w. Julian Fellowes)

- Gus Van Sant -

Milk (2008, w. Dustin Lance Black)

W

- Mark Waters -

Mean Girls (2004, w. Tina Fey)

- Marc Webb -

(500) Days of Summer (2009, w. Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber)

- Peter Webber -

Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003, w. Olivia Hetreed)

- Daryl Wein -

Lola Versus (2012, w. Zoe Lister Jones and Daryl Wein)

- Peter Weir - 

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, w. Cliff Green)

Dead Poet's Society (1989, w. Tom Schulman)

The Truman Show (1998, w. Andrew Niccol)

- Joe Wright - 


Pride and Prejudice (2005, w. Deborah Moggch)

Atonement (2007, w. Christopher Hampton)

Anna Karenina (2012, w. Tom Stoppard)

X

Y

- Boaz Yakin -

Uptown Girls (2003, w. Julia Dahl)

Z

- Franco Zeffirelli -

Romeo and Juliet (1968, w. Franco Zeffirelli)

Jane Eyre (1996, w. Hugh Whitemore)