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11	Clint Eastwood	3.1965	30	1970s - 7 1980s - 7 1990s - 8 2000s - 8	1. Million Dollar Baby (2004) 2. Unforgiven (1992) 3. Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) 4. Mystic River (2003) See all Clint Eastwood movie rankings
12	John Ford	3.1870	74	1910s - 4 1920s - 12 1930s - 24 1940s - 14 1950s - 14 1960s - 4 1970s - 2	1. Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 2. Searchers, The (1956) 3. Quiet Man, The (1952) 4. 3 Godfathers (1948) See all John Ford movie rankings
13	Michael Curtiz	3.1667	102	1910s - 2 1920s - 16 1930s - 40 1940s - 21 1950s - 19 1960s - 4	1. Casablanca (1942) 2. Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 3. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 4. White Christmas (1954) See all Michael Curtiz movie rankings
14	John Carpenter	3.1577	22	1960s - 5 1970s - 3 1980s - 8 1990s - 4 2000s - 2	1. Halloween (1978) 2. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 3. Dark Star (1974) 4. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) See all John Carpenter movie rankings
15	Ridley Scott	3.1263	21	1960s - 1 1970s - 2 1980s - 4 1990s - 4 2000s - 10	1. Alien (1979) 2. Gladiator (2000) 3. Thelma & Louise (1991) 4. Legend (1985) See all Ridley Scott movie rankings
16	Orson Welles	3.0899	17	1930s - 2 1940s - 5 1950s - 3 1960s - 2 1970s - 4 1980s - 1	1. Citizen Kane (1941) 2. Touch of Evil (1958) 3. F for Fake (1974) 4. Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942) See all Orson Welles movie rankings
17	Robert Zemeckis	3.0847	9	1980s - 3 1990s - 2 2000s - 4	1. Back to the Future (1985) 2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 3. Forrest Gump (1994) 4. Cast Away (2000) See all Robert Zemeckis movie rankings
18	Billy Wilder	3.0802	25	1940s - 7 1950s - 8 1960s - 5 1970s - 4 1980s - 1	1. Double Indemnity (1944) 2. Some Like It Hot (1959) 3. Sunset Blvd. (1950) 4. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) See all Billy Wilder movie rankings
19	Howard Hawks	3.0788	37	1920s - 7 1930s - 12 1940s - 10 1950s - 4 1960s - 3 1970s - 1	1. Scarface (1932) 2. Bringing Up Baby (1938) 3. Red River (1948) 4. Big Sleep, The (1946) See all Howard Hawks movie rankings
20	Ron Howard	3.0719	26	1960s - 3 1970s - 1 1980s - 6 1990s - 6 2000s - 10	1. Apollo 13 (1995) 2. Beautiful Mind, A (2001) 3. Cinderella Man (2005) 4. Splash (1984) See all Ron Howard movie rankings

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