Best directors who never won Best Director Oscars?

[elperromagico]

At least three names would appear on my list:

Alfred Hitchcock
Stanley Kubrick
Orson Welles

Any others you would put on the list as well?

[terrya]

1. Scorcese.

He SHOULD have won for "Raging Bull"

[elperromagico]

3. Great choice n/t

[bigwillq]

6. And for Goodfellas

He has been robbed for many many years.

[stinkeefresh]

2. I immediately thought of Hitch and K!

Welles is another great one.

[bbmykel]

4. Those are the top

plus Scorcese and (my current favorite) Peter Weir

[mrfrapp]

5. Four more

Martin Scorsese is conspicuous by his absence on the Oscar roster IMO.

David Lynch makes films that appeal to me but I'm unsure if he's a good director or not.

Two contempory examples who have only just started their careers and may well be Oscar recipients in the future: Paul Thomas Anderson, and M. Night Shyamalan. Both make interesting films and use the camera well. I look forward to more movies from both these men.

[elperromagico]

7. Lynch should have won for The Elephant Man,

which, while not his most personal film, is certainly his most accessible.

[mrfrapp]

10. Eraserhead

The Elephant Man is well crafted movie and I agree with your assertion. Eraserhead is more memorable though.

I also have to give a hearty nod to Dune. It is most certainly flawed but it captures the atmosphere of the books IMO despite the fact that Lynch's fingerprints are evident.

[thestatusquo]

8. Christopher Guest

He's a genius! His films include:
This is spinal tap
Best in Show
Waiting for Guffman
A mighty Wind!

His biting satires cut right to the heart of middle class america.

[elperromagico]

9. Rob Reiner directed Spinal Tap,

a brilliant film, but those other films were directed by Guest, and they are brilliant as well.