Great Directors

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Great Directors
Directed by	Angela Ismailos
Written by	Angela Ismailos
Cinematography	John Pirozzi
Edited by	Christina Burchard Sabine Hoffmann
Music by	Joel Douek
Production company	Anisma Films
Distributed by	Paladin (II)
Release dates	May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19) (Cannes) July 2, 2010 (2010-07-02) (United States)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$17,921

Great Directors is a 2009 documentary film written and directed by Angela Ismailos. In the film, Ismailos interviews directors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, including Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Ken Loach, David Lynch, John Sayles, and Agnès Varda.

Synopsis[]

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Filmmaker Angela Ismailos has conversations with 10 of the world's most renowned directors, soliciting their point of view about the creative process and the context of their work in the contemporary world. Among those interviewed are Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles, who trace the origins of their art to the influence of their predecessors -- Lynch credits Fellini, and, for Haynes' outsider cinema, the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder plays a role.

Great Directors was debuted at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in May,^[1] and was released in New York City on July 2, 2010.

Critical reception[]

Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 22 critics have given the film a positive review based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10.^[2] On Metacritic, the film has a rating score of 49 based on 10 critic reviews.^[3]

References[]

External links[]

• Great Directors at IMDb
• Catherine Breillat on a Yacht at Cannes: "Great Directors" Party (The Huffington Post)
• Paladin Has “Great Directors” (indieWIRE)

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