The ten lowest-scoring directors

[Aron Ericson]

Lloyd Kaufman 49.57 7
Oliver Stone 48.78 9
Paul Verhoeven 48.25 4
Michael Herz 47.40 5
Ron Howard 47.20 5
Nancy Meyers 47.00 4
Barry Sonnenfeld 40.75 4
Kevin Smith 40.17 6
The Farrelly Brothers 39.83 6
Todd Phillips 33.67 6

[Kublai Khan]

1. Richard Donner (36.00) - 3 films (His movies don't really stand the test of time)
2. Guillermo del Toro (35.00) - 3 films (Really didn't care for the Hellboy franchise)
3. Iain Softley (34.33) - 3 films
4. John Lasseter (33.00) - 4 films (What the...? Oh right, Cars and A Bug's Life.)
5. Doug Liman (32.80) - 5 films (Swingers is the exception in a mediocre career)
6. Len Wiseman (32.67) - 3 films
7. Robert Wise (29.67) - 3 films
8. Andrei Tarkovsky (25.33) - 3 films (Overrated, dull.)
9. Roland Emmerich (18.67) - 3 films
10. Noriaki Yuasa (15.75) - 4 films (Gamera movies, mostly watched with a MST3K filter.)

[lisko]

10. Chris Columbus (48.00, 5) - I can't stand Home Alone series.
09. Peter Hyams (46.00, 5) - A Sound of Thunder, End of Days
08. D.W. Griffith (46.00, 5) - I've seen only few shorts, Blind Love being the worst.
07. Ere Kokkonen (44.67, 15) - Many (bad) finnish comedies.
06. Ivan Reitman (43.33, 6) - Kindergarten Cop, Evolution
05. Joel Schumacher (42.50, 4) - Bad Company, The Phantom of the Opera
04. Paul W.S. Anderson (37.50, 4) - Mortal Kombat, Death Race
03. Timo Koivusalo (37.50, 4) - Bad finnish dramas.
02. Brian Levant (25.00, 4) - Horrible family comedies.
01. Otto Mühl (17.50, 4) - Art ain't always good.

[martryn]

10. Paul W. S. Anderson (52.4 - 5 films)
High film: Event Horizon (65)
Low film: AVP: Alien vs. Predator (46)

9. M. Night Shyamalan (52 - 5 films)
High film: The Sixth Sense (81)
Low film: Lady in the Water (20)

8. Shawn Levy (50.75 - 4 films)
High film: Night at the Museum (68)
Low film: Big Fat Liar (27)

7. Peter Segal (50 - 4 films)
High film: Get Smart (64)
Low film: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (22)

6. Jon Turteltaub (49.5 - 6 films)
High film: Cool Runnings (62)
Low film: 3 Ninjas (23)

5. Stephen Herek (49 - 6 films)
High film: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (69)
Low film: 101 Dalmatians (23)

4. Frank Coraci (48 - 4 films)
High film: The Wedding Singer (67)
Low film: Click (18)

3. Tom Shadyac (47 - 7 films)
High film(s): Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Liar Liar (63's)
Low film: The Nutty Professor (17)

2. Amy Heckerling (42.5 - 5 films)
High film: European Vacation (66)
Low film: Look Who's Talking Now (17)

1. Brian Levant (29.4 - 5 films)
High film: Beethoven (38)
Low film: Snow Dogs (21)

Anything below a 75 is a film I wouldn't recommend to someone else, and would try to actively avoid watching again. If I rank it above 50, that means I found at least something in the film redeemable. Hopefully this explains my "higher" score averages.

[kyvetti]

Jan Svankmajer 53.00 10
Arthur Davis 52.50 4
Charles A. Nichols 52.35 17
Gore Verbinski 51.00 4
Jacques Tati 50.50 4
George Lucas 49.67 6
Ville Salminen 47.11 9
William Markus 47.00 4
Gerry Chiniquy 46.67 9
Rudolf Ising 45.00 4

No, I don't like Tati.

[Moribunny]

June 2011

[spoiler]

4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

[/spoiler]

Now (Oct 2014)
(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

[lisa-]

using moribunny's criterion:

22.50 tom shadyac (4)
30.00 christopher columbus (5)
36.14 john lasseter (7)
36.30 steven spielberg (10)
38.25 wilfred jackson (4)
38.75 carlos saldanha (4)
42.50 andrew adamson (4)
43.25 ridley scott (4)
46.67 paul thomas anderson (6)
47.60 gore verbinski (5)

a bit surprised by paul thomas anderson, given he's made a film in my top 50 all-time.

[martryn]

I gave The Sixth Sense a 2 point bump which knocked Shyamalan back off the bottom 10. Replacing him is Roger Spottiswoode, who makes the list because I now remember how bad Air America really was.
Best film: 48 Hrs. (71)
Worst film: Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (27)

[Moribunny]

June 2011
[spoiler]

4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 18.74 (4)
2. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
3. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
4. James Cameron - 27.17 (6)
5. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~6. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)
~6. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
8. Joel Schumacher - 35.67 (6)
9. Samuel Fuller - 36.25 (4)
10. John McTiernan - 37.5 (4)
11. Oliver Stone - 37.75 (4)

Congratulations Christopher Nolan. Glad to see Aronofsky gave him a run for his money though.

[/spoiler]

October 2014
[spoiler]

(same rules: 4 film minimum (and at least 3 of them have to be feature length).

1. Christopher Nolan - 17.50 (4)
2. Darren Lynn Bousman - 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan - 21.00 (5)
4. Tony Scott - 25.25 (4)
5. Darren Aronofsky - 27.00 (4)
6. James Cameron - 28.00 (6)
7. David O. Russell - 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven - 30.20 (10)
~9. Robert Rodriguez - 31.25 (4)
~9. Renny Harlin - 31.25 (4)

(Dishonorable mention: Clint Eastwood, Joel Schumacher, Steven Soderbergh, Larry Cohen)

And Christopher Nolan maintains the lead.

[/spoiler]

May 2016

I'm raising the bar a bit and including only ones by whom I've seen at least 4 full-length feature films, so Tony Scott makes a narrow escape. Nolan has gone down two places to make room for the new champions, Bousman and Wan of "Saw" fame.

1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
2. James Wan............... 21.00 (5)
3. Christopher Nolan....... 24.60 (5)
4. Darren Aronofsky........ 27.00 (4)
5. James Cameron.......... 28.00 (6)
6. Robert Rodriguez........ 29.00 (5)
7. David O. Russell......... 30.00 (4)
8. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
9. Renny Harlin............. 31.25 (4)
10. Clint Eastwood......... 31.56 (9)

(Dishonorable mentions: Rob Zombie, John Carpenter, Cheh Chang, Peter & Bobby Farrelly, Joel Schumacher)

[Malcym]

Four-film minimum for me too…

1. Hal Needham – 1.75 (4)
2. William Dear – 2.25 (4)
3. Adrian Lyne – 3.40 (5)
4. Russell Mulcahy – 3.40 (5)
5. Kevin Reynolds – 3.50 (4)
6. Howard Zieff – 3.50 (4)
7. Kevin Connor – 3.75 (4)
8. James Foley – 3.75 (4)
9. Edward Zwick – 3.80 (5)
10. Ivan Reitman – 3.88 (8)