5 Bull Stocks Returns More than 500 percent in 5 Years or lessNick Cannata-Bowman More Articles Working in Hollywood, when you’re a big name director, is tough. It’s a job that usually requires you to have good skills for people but that’s not always the case. There are a handful of directors out there who value “the art” over stuff like “basic human decency” and it can sometimes lead to some truly great cinema in all fairness. But it also gives directors a reputation more often than not that follows them around for their entire career. We’ve ranked the most demanding directors in Hollywood based on their credibility. While you’re not going to believe who came in at No. 1 each of these leaders left an indelible mark on Hollywood-for better or worse. 15.
Alejandro González Iñárritu
who was called “a living hell” by one person working on the film.
14. Josh Trank
Kevin Winter / Getty Images12. 12. Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for SXSW In a handful of horror stories from the collection Ridley Scott’s complicated nature shone through. Due in large part to Scott’s propensity to drive cast and crew to their limit in search of the perfect shot, Scott and actor Harrison Ford were also on bad terms during development.
Oliver Stone Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Staff Oliver Stone has, over the years, received less than positive reviews from many of its stars. Richard Dreyfuss called him a “racist” “I Survived Oliver Stone” T-shirts Jamie Foxx reminded him of a time during Any Given Sunday’s production when the director told him “you’re not at all fine.” Not exactly a rosy picture of Stone to say the least.
Michael Bay YouTube When an actor likes them to Hitler, he never shines a good light on a director. That’s exactly what happened to Michael Bay though when, in an interview with Jason Solomons of GQThe Observer, Megan Fox made the apt comparison. 9.
Michael Cimino Michael Cimino Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images Michael Cimino passed away in 2016 but is still remembered as one of the most eccentric and complicated perfectionists in film history today. After his well-documented exploits on The Deer Hunter Cimino’s set, his next movie, Heaven’s Gate, went so over-budget that he plunged United Artists into bankruptcy by himself. “It was just a f” from the day Michael finished the picture to the day we released it, “Universal President Thom Mount explained The Hollywood Reporter. 8.
David Fincher David Fincher Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for the reputation of DGA David Fincher as a demanding director is rooted largely in his fascination with getting his actors up to 7o-plus before moving on to a new scene. This came to a head with Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac when Fincher took in front of the actor in spite of deleting and then making him replay the scene ad nauseam until he was happy. “I think I’m a great person to work for him because I understand gulags,” Robert Downey Jr. sarcastically claimed on that same production co-star.
7. Terrence Malick Lars von Trier Clemens Bilan / Getty Images Throughout his career as a director, you would be hard pressed to find an actor Lars von Trier hasn’t pissed away. According to Paul Bettany von Trier, “simply wouldn’t speak to me” on Dogvilleto’s set, after her awful experience working with him on Dancers in the Dark, never appear in another movie again. This resulted in a particularly strange moment of outrage where “things were so strained that Björk reportedly tore a blouse she didnâ t want to wear in a scene and even ate shreds of it before storming off the stage.”
5. Michael Mann
7. Terrence Malick Lars von Trier Clemens Bilan / Getty Images Throughout his career as a director, you would be hard pressed to find an actor Lars von Trier hasn’t pissed away. According to Paul Bettany von Trier, “simply wouldn’t speak to me” on Dogvilleto’s set, after her awful experience working with him on Dancers in the Dark, never appear in another movie again. This resulted in a particularly strange moment of outrage where “things were so strained that Björk reportedly tore a blouse she didnâ t want to wear in a scene and even ate shreds of it before storming off the stage.”
5. Michael Mann
Being a perfectionist isn’t going to make you many friends as a director, and for Michael Mann this goes double. Shortly before the release of Mann’s one former chairman of the studio predicted that “it’s going to take itself too seriously it’s going to be much too long and it’s not going to focus on entertaining the viewer,” he went on to say that Michael Mann hasn’t made a movie I liked in the past 15 years. Taking into account that during the making of the film, Johnny Depp declined to talk to Mann and it is not difficult to see that the director is not playing well with others. 4.
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now, by Francis Ford Coppola, was a film that ended up being so complicated and crazy to make that it was given its own accompanying story Heart of Darkness to set out the living hell that was the process of production. The production delivered ample cocaine to co-star Dennis Hopper to keep him wired for weeks, while Martin Sheen told his buddies that I don’t know if I’m going to live through it. Anything that doesn’t scratch the surface of the pure insanity that made the whole story read here). 3.
David O. Russell
Nowadays the popularity of David O. Russell for getting into it with his actors precedes him. It’s one he won by getting into a fistfight with George Clooney on Lily Tomlin’s compilation of disgusting screaming obscenities that Christian Bale had to step in and tell him to “stop acting like an asshole.”
2. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Pictures by Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty
1. James Cameron
James Cameron | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Be prepared to go through hell if you are going to work for James Cameron. When filming Kate Winslet questioned well-documented bout of “severe influenza chill from a chipped bone deep bruises and a near-death experience being exposed to cold water”12. 12. Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for SXSW In a handful of horror stories from the collection Ridley Scott’s complicated nature shone through. Due in large part to Scott’s propensity to drive cast and crew to their limit in search of the perfect shot, Scott and actor Harrison Ford were also on bad terms during development.
Oliver Stone Frazer Harrison / Getty Images Staff Oliver Stone has, over the years, received less than positive reviews from many of its stars. Richard Dreyfuss called him a “racist” “I Survived Oliver Stone” T-shirts Jamie Foxx reminded him of a time during Any Given Sunday’s production when the director told him “you’re not at all fine.” Not exactly a rosy picture of Stone to say the least.
Michael Bay YouTube When an actor likes them to Hitler, he never shines a good light on a director. That’s exactly what happened to Michael Bay though when, in an interview with Jason Solomons of GQThe Observer, Megan Fox made the apt comparison. 9.
Michael Cimino Michael Cimino Vittorio Zunino Celotto / Getty Images Michael Cimino passed away in 2016 but is still remembered as one of the most eccentric and complicated perfectionists in film history today. After his well-documented exploits on The Deer Hunter Cimino’s set, his next movie, Heaven’s Gate, went so over-budget that he plunged United Artists into bankruptcy by himself. “It was just a f” from the day Michael finished the picture to the day we released it, “Universal President Thom Mount explained The Hollywood Reporter. 8.
David Fincher David Fincher Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images for the reputation of DGA David Fincher as a demanding director is rooted largely in his fascination with getting his actors up to 7o-plus before moving on to a new scene. This came to a head with Jake Gyllenhaal in Zodiac when Fincher took in front of the actor in spite of deleting and then making him replay the scene ad nauseam until he was happy. “I think I’m a great person to work for him because I understand gulags,” Robert Downey Jr. sarcastically claimed on that same production co-star.
7. Terrence Malick Lars von Trier Clemens Bilan / Getty Images Throughout his career as a director, you would be hard pressed to find an actor Lars von Trier hasn’t pissed away. According to Paul Bettany von Trier, “simply wouldn’t speak to me” on Dogvilleto’s set, after her awful experience working with him on Dancers in the Dark, never appear in another movie again. This resulted in a particularly strange moment of outrag
e where “things were so strained that Björk reportedly tore a blouse she didnâ t want to wear in a scene and even ate shreds of it before storming off the stage.”
5. Michael Mann
7. Terrence Malick Lars von Trier Clemens Bilan / Getty Images Throughout his career as a director, you would be hard pressed to find an actor Lars von Trier hasn’t pissed away. According to Paul Bettany von Trier, “simply wouldn’t speak to me” on Dogvilleto’s set, after her awful experience working with him on Dancers in the Dark, never appear in another movie again. This resulted in a particularly strange moment of outrag
e where “things were so strained that Björk reportedly tore a blouse she didnâ t want to wear in a scene and even ate shreds of it before storming off the stage.”
5. Michael Mann
Being a perfectionist isn’t going to make you many friends as a director, and for Michael Mann this goes double. Shortly before the release of Mann’s one former chairman of the studio predicted that “it’s going to take itself too seriously it’s going to be much too long and it’s not going to focus on entertaining the viewer,” he went on to say that Michael Mann hasn’t made a movie I liked in the past 15 years. Taking into account that during the making of the film, Johnny Depp declined to talk to Mann and it is not difficult to see that the director is not playing well with others. 4.
Francis Ford Coppola
Apocalypse Now, by Francis Ford Coppola, was a film that ended up being so complicated and crazy to make that it was given its own accompanying story Heart of Darkness to set out the living hell that was the process of production. The production delivered ample cocaine to co-star Dennis Hopper to keep him wired for weeks, while Martin Sheen told his buddies that I don’t know if I’m going to live through it. Anything that doesn’t scratch the surface of the pure insanity that made the whole story read here). 3.
David O. Russell
Nowadays the popularity of David O. Russell for getting into it with his actors precedes him. It’s one he won by getting into a fistfight with George Clooney on Lily Tomlin’s compilation of disgusting screaming obscenities that Christian Bale had to step in and tell him to “stop acting like an asshole.”
2. Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Pictures by Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty
1. James Cameron
James Cameron | Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Be prepared to go through hell if you are going to work for James Cameron. When filming Kate Winslet questioned well-documented bout of “severe influenza chill from a chipped bone deep bruises and a near-death experience being exposed to cold water”More Papers March 22 2017 While many eyes are set on the biggest releases of movies and TV, we would be hesitant not to have a discussion about 2016’s best books. Some of the world’s most talented writers launched new work in 2016 and it was a truly treasure trove of well-written stories for the avid reader. That said, sifting through the stacks can be hard to pick out the bunch’s must-reads. We went ahead and did the job for you to hand-pick the best books to give in 2016.
The Girls Random House You’d be hard pressed to find a big outlet that wasn’t impressed with The Girls Emma Cline’s chilling fictionalization of the Manson family murders told through the eyes of a naive young girl who’s dragged into a murderous commune. The book won the 2016 listNotable Fiction category of nearly 30000 votesmade by NPR. Just enough to say the consensus is almost everywhere that Cline knocked it out of the park completely.
A Shadows Gathering Macmillan Second iteration at V.E. Schwab’s highly successful Shades of Magic series A Collection of Shadows builds on the rich world of fantasy we saw in the first book wonderfully. The plot revolves around a young man named Kell with the ability to move through four distinct dimensions each with a different degree of magic version of London. For the 2016 Best of Fantasy list entitled Entertainment Weeklyin Goodreads (behind J.K. Rowling’s Cursed Child).
Anna Kendrick Simon Schuster Anna Kendrick is one of the most relatable personalities in Hollywood, so it only makes sense for her memoirs to be linked too. And even at 31, the talented actress’s story of a full-on “this is my life so far” makes for a compelling cover-to-cover read. As AV Club put it in their own review, “the book’s overwhelming majority is the story of an uncommon life and odd person growing to fame, and it’s a funny one.”
4. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Underground Railroad Doubleday Colson Whitehead’s The novel was the votedown list of the top 10 books of the year, just a “best of” list. It’s a story that’s as timely as it’s informative acting as an allegory of America’s painfully deep roots in racism. 5.
Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right Mike McQuade The Koch brothers could well be two of the most influential figures in politics which we also know very little about in the media. Jane Mayer’s Dark Money shines a bright spotlight on them following their history of shaping backroom deals and how they helped shape the radical right we know today in America. With our volatile political climate being what it is, all while jumping headfirst into the Kochs ‘ questionable history makes for a wickedly convincing look behind the curtain. 7.
Charlie Jane Anders All the Birds in the Sky by All the Birds in the Sky Macmillan io9 Editor-in-Chief Charlie Jane Anders isn’t just a voice for sci-fi news. NPR’s Jason Heller rightly points out how the book “opens a profound poetic new perspective on each” noting how it “gently overturns sci-fi and fantasy.” Anders stood tall as a breakout author in a year filled with exciting new releases within both genres. 8.
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer | NPR Jonathan Safran Foer is one of the most prolific and influential writers our country has to give to have exploded onto the scene with 2002’s masterpiece in their praise of defining it as “an ambitious dish of intellect and emotion” a description that we find difficult to disagree with for our own reading. 9.
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Charlie Jane Anders All the Birds in the Sky by All the Birds in the Sky Macmillan io9 Editor-in-Chief Charlie Jane Anders isn’t just a voice for sci-fi news. NPR’s Jason Heller rightly points out how the book “opens a profound poetic new perspective on each” noting how it “gently overturns sci-fi and fantasy.” Anders stood tall as a breakout author in a year filled with exciting new releases within both genres. 8.
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer | NPR Jonathan Safran Foer is one of the most prolific and influential writers our country has to give to have exploded onto the scene with 2002’s masterpiece in their praise of defining it as “an ambitious dish of intellect and emotion” a description that we find difficult to disagree with for our own reading. 9.
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
There are few 2016 sci-fi novels that received the amount of universal praise that Pierce Brown’s Red Rising trilogyas Goodreads ‘ top sci-fi novel of the year winning in a landslide over Blake Crouch’s Dark Matter and the aforementioned Star Wars: Claudia Gray’s Bloodline. 10.
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen on the cover of his autobiography Born to Run | Simon Schuster The Guardian explains how Springsteen in a book that is “neither sensational nor self-serving” a description that reflects all about Springsteen’s character “delivered his story with quiet dignity.” 11.
Susan Faludi
In the Darkroom | Barne Noble13.
Martin Seay’s Mirror Thief
Critical praise for The Mirror Thief | Melville House also features on NPR’s book list. 14.
The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Gene: An Intimate History Simon Schuster It’s not easy to make human biology related and easy to understand, but that’s exactly what Siddhartha Mukherjee manages to do with the bookown list of must-read works of second ranked science and technology. NPR defines a different kind of “humor and warmth” just below the surface of a concise lesson in genetic genes and how brilliant science minds aren’t always the people you might expect. 15.15. Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Black Panther comic by Ta-Nehisi Coates Marvel You don’t often see a comic book publisher enlisting the aid of a storied nonfiction author. It’s a change that worked like gangbusters for Marvel’s The Guardian mentioning how “the protagonists are explicit about the ethical problems they face, they feel real, and Wakanda’s world seems lived in.” We will have to wait until 2018 to see the Black Panther feature film from Marvel Studios, but for now Coates’ comic is the quintessential depiction that fans were waiting for. Entertainment Cheat Facebook Cover!