1. M. Night Shyamalan
Sixth Sense

2. Steven Spielberg
Close Encounters. I went off him in a big way recently but Close Encounters remains fantastic.

3. Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction. I'm a fan, I like all his stuff.

4. Martin Scoresese
The Aviator

5. Stephen Frears
High Fidelity

6. Gore Verbinski
Pirates Of The Carribean

7. Jerry Bruckheimer
Isn't he a producer? Con Air, anyway.

8. Orson Welles
Citizen Kane

9. James Cameron
Titanic.

10. Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous