Top 10 Film Directors of the 1960s

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Alfred Hitchcock has passed on, but his movies will never die. Check out the top 50 directors by decade and see who are the up and coming Steven Spielbergs. Or better yet, take a trip to the past and see which movie-makers had a "direct" influence on the headliners of today.

1	Stanley Kubrick	3.2463	14	1950s - 6 1960s - 4 1970s - 1 1980s - 2 1990s - 1	1. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 3. Spartacus (1960) 4. Lolita (1962) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
2	Blake Edwards	2.9755	35	1950s - 6 1960s - 9 1970s - 8 1980s - 10 1990s - 2	1. Shot in the Dark, A (1964) 2. Party, The (1968) 3. Experiment in Terror (1962) 4. Pink Panther, The (1963) See all Blake Edwards movie rankings
3	John Lounsbery	2.8556	47	1930s - 4 1940s - 23 1950s - 7 1960s - 7 1970s - 6	1. Mary Poppins (1964) 2. Jungle Book, The (1967) 3. Sword in the Stone, The (1963) 4. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) See all John Lounsbery movie rankings
4	Richard Brooks	2.8134	24	1950s - 13 1960s - 6 1970s - 3 1980s - 2	1. In Cold Blood (1967) 2. Professionals, The (1966) 3. Elmer Gantry (1960) 4. Lord Jim (1965) See all Richard Brooks movie rankings
5	Alfred Hitchcock	2.8129	57	1920s - 10 1930s - 15 1940s - 14 1950s - 11 1960s - 5 1970s - 2	1. Psycho (1960) 2. Birds, The (1963) 3. Marnie (1964) 4. Torn Curtain (1966) See all Alfred Hitchcock movie rankings
6	Roger Corman	2.7848	49	1950s - 22 1960s - 23 1970s - 3 1990s - 1	1. House of Usher (1960) 2. Tales of Terror (1962) 3. Pit and the Pendulum (1961) 4. Tomb of Ligeia, The (1964) See all Roger Corman movie rankings
7	George Roy Hill	2.7734	14	1960s - 6 1970s - 5 1980s - 3	1. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 2. World of Henry Orient, The (1964) 3. Hawaii (1966) 4. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) See all George Roy Hill movie rankings
8	Billy Wilder	2.7570	25	1940s - 7 1950s - 8 1960s - 5 1970s - 4 1980s - 1	1. Apartment, The (1960) 2. Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) 3. Irma la Douce (1963) 4. Fortune Cookie, The (1966) See all Billy Wilder movie rankings
9	Robert Stevenson	2.7338	38	1930s - 8 1940s - 9 1950s - 5 1960s - 11 1970s - 5	1. Mary Poppins (1964) 2. Love Bug, The (1968) 3. Absent Minded Professor, The (1961) 4. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) See all Robert Stevenson movie rankings
10	Terence Fisher	2.7264	50	1940s - 6 1950s - 27 1960s - 16 1970s - 1	1. Devil Rides Out, The (1968) 2. Brides of Dracula, The (1960) 3. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 4. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) See all Terence Fisher movie rankings

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