When someone asks you to list the greatest filmmakers of all time, who do you usually think of first? Alfred Hitchcock or Stanley Kubrick? Or maybe Akira Kurosawa and Ingmar Bergman? If you are into the french new wave then maybe you'll toss out Truffaut or Godard. If those aren't American enough for you, then I'm sure John Ford or Martin Scorsese will suffice.
Here's a question, how many of you would say William Wyler? His work is well known, but when people discuss the greats I rarely hear his name mentioned. That's a shame, really. He truly was one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, winning the Academy Award for Best Director three times, one shy of John Ford's record. He is always sort of shunted to the side these days, when in his time he was probably the most respected director working in Hollywood.
In memory of this legend in film, here is my top 15 list of his lengthy and varied career:
1. The Best Years of Our Lives
2. The Big Country
3. Dodsworth
4. Detective Story
5. Jezebel
6. Ben-Hur
7. The Little Foxes
8. The Heiress
9. Wuthering Heights
10. Roman Holiday
11. The Letter
12. Friendly Persuasion
13. The Desperate Hours
14. Mrs. Miniver
15. Dead End
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