Great Directors
6.6 /10 1 Votes6.6
Director Angela Ismailos Country United States | 6.4/10 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 19, 2009 (2009-05-19) (Cannes)July 2, 2010 (2010-07-02) (United States) |
Great directors 2009 official trailer
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 Agnes Varda.
Contents
- Great directors 2009 official trailer
- An homage to the great directors of cinema
- Synopsis
- Critical reception
- References

An homage to the great directors of cinema
Synopsis
Great Directors features interviews with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.
Great Directors was debuted at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in May, 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. On Metacritic, the film has a rating score of 49 based on 10 critic reviews.
References
Great Directors WikipediaGreat Directors IMDb Great Directors themoviedb.org