The ten lowest-scoring directors

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Malcym
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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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Four-film minimum…

1. Hal Needham – 1.75 (4)
2. William Dear – 2.25 (4)
3. Russell Mulcahy – 3.40 (5)
4. Edgar Wright – 3.50 (4)
=Guy Ritchie – 3.50 (4)
=Howard Zieff – 3.50 (4)
7. Adrian Lyne – 3.60 (6)
8. Val Guest – 3.75 (4)
=James Foley – 3.75 (4)
10. Edward Zwick – 3.80 (5)

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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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Justin Lin 58.33 - 4
Paul Weitz 56.67 - 4
Simon West 56.25 - 4
Brian Taylor 55.00 - 4
David Slade 55.00 - 3
Mark Neveldine 53.33 - 3
Pierre Morel 53.33 - 3
James McTeigue 48.33 - 3
Joel Schumacher 47.00 - 5
Terry Jones 41.67 - 3
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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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(With 1100+ rankings)

Minimum 4 Films:

10. Brett Ratner---------------------70.3---------4 Films---Red Dragon
9. Ridley Scott ----------------------70.2 --------5 Films---Gladiator/Body of Lies/Prometheus
8. Ron Clements & John Musker --69(nice!)---6 Films---Hercules
7. Barry Sonnenfeld-----------------68.3---------4 Films---Addams Family Values/Men in Black II
6. J.J. Abrams-----------------------66.8---------5 Films---Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker/Mission Impossible III

5. John Landis-----------------------65.6---------5 Films---Coming to America
4. Jay Roach-------------------------65.2---------5 Films---Meet the Fockers
3. Ivan Reitman---------------------62.3---------4 Films---Ghostbusters II
2. Martin Campbell------------------60.0---------4 Films---GoldenEye/The Legend of Zorro
1. Robert Rodriguez-----------------55.8---------4 Films---Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams


Congrats, Robbie! :D

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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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10: 56.3 - Simon West (4)
09: 55.0 - Brian Taylor (4)
09: 55.0 - David Slade (3)
08: 53.3 - Pierre Morel (3)
08: 53.3 - Mark Neveldine (3)
07: 51.7 - David R. Ellis (3)
06: 51.3 - Michael Haneke (4)
05: 48.3 - James McTeigue (3)
04: 47.0- Joel Schumacher (5)
03: 46.7 - Eli Roth (3)
02: 41.7 - Terry Jones (3)
01: 36.7 - Bryan Bertino (3)

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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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2024 update, at 5487 films rated:

4 film minimum:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.8 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.8 (4)
3. Joe Wright.................. 20.0 (4)
4. Eli Roth...................... 22.0 (4)
5. James Wan................. 22.5 (6)
6. Paul Feig.................... 25.0 (4)
7. Wong Kar-Wai.............. 25.8 (4)
8. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.0 (4)
9. James Cameron............ 28.0 (6)
10. Robert Rodriguez......... 29.0 (5)
11. Christopher Nolan......... 29.1 (9)
12. Wes Craven................ 29.7 (10)
13. David O. Russell........... 30.0 (4)
14. Renny Harlin.............. 31.3 (4)
15. Kevin Smith................ 32.2 (6)
16. John Carpenter............ 32.6 (9)
17. Clint Eastwood............ 32.9 (11)
18. Farrelly Brothers......... 34.8 (4.5) ..(did an average here)
19. Roxanne Benjamin........ 35.8 (4)
20. Rob Zombie................ 36.2 (5)
I'll stop here because the next one is Quentin Tarantino and ppl are gonna flame me for it.

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the top 10 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Tate Taylor, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee and Rod Daniel.

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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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With over 3400 titles
Using percentage for better accuracy:
Pretty much all unknown directors

1. Phillip J. Roth.........3.75/4 - lots of weak sci-fi/action
2. Mark Atkins............5.50/4 - low budgeters
3. George Erschbamer..8.50/4 - questionable quality action films
4. Jason Bourque.......12.00/4 - seems to gravitate to oddball scripts
5. Steven R. Monroe...13.75/4 - all kinds of style and quality
6. Douglas Jackson.....14.00/4 - a lot of weak TV movie
7. Keoni Waxman.......14.24/4 - the weakest of Steven Seagal movies
8. Fred Olen Ray........20.50/6 - lots of cheap and wacky idea movies
9. Jim Wynorski.........20.57/7 - a lot of weak Direct to video
10. Jack Sholder........20.75/4 - just ok sci-fi and horror

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Re: The ten lowest-scoring directors

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With a minimum of 4

10. Peter Farrelly
9. Andy Tennant
8. Bobby Farrelly
7. Peter Segal
6. Wes Craven
5. Tom Shadyac
4. Randal Kleiser
3. Dario Argento
2. Michael Lehmann
1. William Nigh

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