This thread is complete trash and so many of the people who posted years ago clearly have no taste., not even recognizing truly "bad" directors. What people do not understand about Hollywood filmmakers is that they're not trying to make pure muh kino. And on a technical and methodological level, these people are literally very good directors. They usually do not work with the intention to make artistic, personal pieces. They are working with the intention of commerce. For example, Tony Scott comes to mind. His movies are not "arthouse" films that on some level play with form or create a canvas piece for the director to create a personal mood piece that deals with any plethora of cultural, philosophical, or historical topics. If you do watch any of his movies, though, they are undoubtedly extremely well directed. It almost doesn't matter at that level if you personally do not like the movie. He's a competent director. Such is the case for nearly everyone included in this thread.
>Lars Von Trier
Like many filmmakers he's made some trash movies but to dismiss him as edgy is literally retarded. Riget, Europa, and Element of Crime are genuinely good. He also deeply understands the medium of film and constantly messes with form. His editing is incredible. Some of his other films, such as Dancer in the Dark and Dogville, are interesting experiments, not necessarily good films. Even if he's not subjectively for you, he's a good director.
>Quentin Tarantino
I can see how an American would appreciate some of his movies more. His later movies became very political and topical and of the times so that turns a lot of people off who gravitate to imageboards. But he is literally an insanely skilled director. I don't personally like his movies except for Kill Bill and Pulp Fiction, and in some ways, because of how he directs actors I can sort of seeing him on this thread as being excusable. But overall he is skilled at directing.
>Michael Haneke
I can agree that he's not the genius that many make him out to be but once again there is nothing about him that is "inept at his job."
>Roger Corman
He made genuinely bad films. He was not a good director but a good business man. He could be here.
>Federico Fellini
>>1776 has shit taste
>David Fincher
This guy has directed some of the best editing in movies ever. I don't particularly like his movies (Fight Club has a very weak script in particular) but once again, he is technically an excellent director. Se7en is a movie with a topic that I don't find appealing and an extremely questionable screenplay but it is still a masterclass in directing.
The only person who actually posted a truly incompetent director is >>1803 with Zahler, who literally does make clunky, bad films. That's a truly bad director. Not someone who makes an extremely well made but generally empty popcorn movie. Eggers is also pretty bad and on top of that he's a terrible screenwriter with uninteresting ideas who keeps making his own screenplays.