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1	Martin Scorsese	3.2917	31	1950s - 1 1960s - 1 1970s - 8 1980s - 5 1990s - 8 2000s - 8	1. Goodfellas (1990) 2. Raging Bull (1980) 3. Aviator, The (2004) 4. Kundun (1997) See all Martin Scorsese movie rankings
2	Oliver Stone	2.7516	23	1970s - 3 1980s - 6 1990s - 7 2000s - 7	1. Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 2. Nixon (1995) 3. Doors, The (1991) 4. Heaven & Earth (1993) See all Oliver Stone movie rankings
3	David Lean	2.6607	14	1940s - 7 1950s - 4 1960s - 2 1980s - 1	1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962) See all David Lean movie rankings
4	Stanley Kubrick	2.4137	14	1950s - 6 1960s - 4 1970s - 1 1980s - 2 1990s - 1	1. Spartacus (1960) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
5	Richard Attenborough	2.4036	12	1960s - 1 1970s - 3 1980s - 3 1990s - 4 2000s - 1	1. Gandhi (1982) 2. Shadowlands (1993) 3. Chaplin (1992) 4. In Love and War (1996) See all Richard Attenborough movie rankings
6	Arthur Penn	2.3589	13	1950s - 1 1960s - 4 1970s - 3 1980s - 4 1990s - 1	1. Bonnie and Clyde (1967) 2. Miracle Worker, The (1962) 3. Left Handed Gun, The (1958) See all Arthur Penn movie rankings
7	Errol Morris	2.3408	4	1980s - 1 1990s - 1 2000s - 2	1. Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) 2. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) See all Errol Morris movie rankings
8	Stephen Frears	2.3271	6	1980s - 1 1990s - 1 2000s - 4	1. Queen, The (2006) See all Stephen Frears movie rankings
9	Michael Curtiz	2.3125	109	1910s - 4 1920s - 19 1930s - 42 1940s - 21 1950s - 19 1960s - 4	1. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) 2. Young Man with a Horn (1950) 3. Night and Day (1946) 4. Santa Fe Trail (1940) See all Michael Curtiz movie rankings
10	Mel Gibson	2.2406	4	1990s - 2 2000s - 2	1. Braveheart (1995) 2. Passion of the Christ, The (2004) See all Mel Gibson movie rankings

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