Scorsese named top director

Europe News.Net
Thursday 11th March, 2010 (IANS)

The Oscar-winning 'Shutter Island' director Martin Scorsese has been named the best living director in a new US magazine poll.

Imdb.com reports, the top 10 in the Paste magazine's top 50 list - are Joel and Ethan Coen, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and Wong Kar-Wai.

Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first female to win a Best Director Oscar failed to make in the list.

Email this story to a friend

Have your say on this story

Top Stories

Timberlake to lend voice to cartoon character
Singer Justin Timberlake is delighted to be voicing cartoon character Boo-Boo in the forthcoming 'Yogi Bear' movie because he was a big fan of the original cartoon series. [read story]
Audrina Patridge has huge crush on Johnny Depp
'The Hills' star Audrina Patridge would love to meet Johnny Depp because she thinks he is a 'hunk'. [read story]
Roderiguez bored of movie remakes
Actress Michelle Rodriguez is urging Hollywood bosses to come up with some new ideas because she is bored of seeing remakes. [read story]
Kristen Stewart feels fans' pressure
Kristen Stewart feels huge pressure from 'Twilight' fans and worries about being 'persecuted' if she doesn't get her character right. [read story]
Nicole Kidman loves gardening
London, July 31(IANS) Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman loves to grow her own food in grounds of the house she shares with husband Keith Urban and their daughter Sunday Rose. [read story]