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1	George Lucas	3.1530	15	1960s - 8 1970s - 3 1990s - 1 2000s - 3	1. Star Wars (1977) 2. Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 3. Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 4. Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) See all George Lucas movie rankings
2	Steven Spielberg	3.1024	32	1950s - 1 1960s - 3 1970s - 3 1980s - 7 1990s - 7 2000s - 9	1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 3. Minority Report (2002) 4. Jurassic Park (1993) See all Steven Spielberg movie rankings
3	John Carpenter	2.8865	23	1960s - 5 1970s - 3 1980s - 8 1990s - 5 2000s - 2	1. Dark Star (1974) 2. Escape from New York (1981) 3. Thing, The (1982) 4. They Live (1988) See all John Carpenter movie rankings
4	James Cameron	2.8537	13	1970s - 1 1980s - 4 1990s - 4 2000s - 4	1. Aliens (1986) 2. Terminator, The (1984) 3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) 4. Abyss, The (1989) See all James Cameron movie rankings
5	Stanley Kubrick	2.8515	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. Clockwork Orange, A (1971) See all Stanley Kubrick movie rankings
6	Ivan Reitman	2.7839	16	1960s - 1 1970s - 3 1980s - 5 1990s - 4 2000s - 3	1. Ghost Busters (1984) 2. Ghostbusters II (1989) 3. Evolution (2001) 4. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) See all Ivan Reitman movie rankings
7	Fritz Lang	2.7420	45	1910s - 5 1920s - 10 1930s - 7 1940s - 9 1950s - 13 1960s - 1	1. Metropolis (1927) See all Fritz Lang movie rankings
8	James Whale	2.6331	21	1930s - 17 1940s - 3 1960s - 1	1. Bride of Frankenstein (1935) 2. Frankenstein (1931) 3. Invisible Man, The (1933) 4. Invisible Man, The (1966) See all James Whale movie rankings
9	Terence Fisher	2.6152	50	1940s - 6 1950s - 27 1960s - 16 1970s - 1	1. Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957) 2. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) 3. Island of Terror (1966) 4. Night of the Big Heat (1967) See all Terence Fisher movie rankings
10	David Cronenberg	2.5786	23	1960s - 3 1970s - 5 1980s - 5 1990s - 4 2000s - 6	1. Fly, The (1986) 2. Videodrome (1983) 3. Brood, The (1979) 4. eXistenZ (1999) See all David Cronenberg movie rankings

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