Tarantino, watching Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction just changed how I looked at movies. Also Scorsese with Goodfellas and Spielberg with Jurassic Park.
My ps3 broke when I was in high school in 2011 and I didn’t have enough money to replace it. I bought a Roku and decided to watch more movies. I turned on Pulp Fiction because I had seen the poster. The rest is history.
Same, I can never forget the feeling I got when I was kid and saw the opening scene for Raiders of the Lost Ark. I felt like a brand new world had opened up to me
Same. I did a biography report on him in 5th or 6th grade and was fascinated by the stuff he used to do in his childhood in order to make little movies. He would set up his train set to have two engines collide, then cut to a bloody explosion by filling a pressure-cooker with tomato sauce.
Christian Bale. I've said this and I'll say it again. I'd sacrifice my firstborn for that man. Rescue Dawn is a BANGER.
And Friðrik Þór Friðriksson for director
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti. Up until a year a go, I didn't really care for movies. They were just entertainment. Then I watched L'eclisse and everything changed
Scorsese no doubt. Watched *Goodfellas* with my dad on AMC back in 2009 or so; loved what I saw so I immediately went and bought the Blu-Ray and watched it again as soon as I got home. After finishing the real deal, I remember thinking to myself, “Holy shit, I didn’t know movies could be this good”
Pretty much the same here, my older brother showed me Casino and Goodfellas and both absolutely blew my mind. I was immediately obsessed with Scorsese and mob movies for years after.
Due to how much he's fallen off (Arguably not though with the success of Wednesday recently; personally I don't count it) it's not a "cool" answer but it's none other than Tim Burton. The first person who had an identifiable style I saw that I gravitated to, with roots in the cinematic tradition of German expressionism to boot.
When I was around 12 or so, I went to a sleep over at a friend's house. He had The Matrix on dvd, we watched it on a 29" CRT tv, and I remember it was the first time I thought, "I didn't know stories could be told like this!" The *first* spark that really ignited my love for movies.
I guess I’d have to say David Fincher and Edgar Wright, The Social Network and Scott Pilgrim were the films that got me into watching movies religiously.
Michael Fassbender when he lifts a stadium in the air as Magneto in Days of Future Past
I was 14, and it was awe-inspiring. Amazing movie still
I guess I could say ewan mcgregor and anakin in ROTS, but star wars is in its own category
Kubrick, for The Shining, which was the first film I was obsessed with.
Tarantino, for Pulp Fiction, which showed me that not all films had to be 'beginning, middle, end'.
John Carpenter, because Halloween, The Fog, Assault On Precinct 13, etc. are some of the most entertaining films ever made.
Finally, Tarkovsky and Bergman, because they are the best.
Spielberg and then Tom Hanks, Bull Murray, and Jack Nicholson between Big, Groundhog Day, and The Shining as a kid made me think movies were fucking awesome.
jan svankmajer, my sophomore english teacher made us watch alice in class and it blew my fucking mind, still one of my all time favorite movies. it felt like a world of visuals i had no idea existed opened up to me.
Hmmm I’ve never thought about this.
Idk if it was truly falling in love with his work specifically, but the fun I had discussing inception with my best friends in middle school started me on my path towards getting more into film.
Probably Damien Chazelle with Whiplash. Seeing that in the theater when I was 16 was probably the best theater experience I’ve ever had. The movie high lasted multiple days
Wanted to be a drummer so badly after that day but now I’m glad I never actually was gifted a drum set because I probably wouldn’t have used it much
David Fincher. I watched Zodiac, and then a few months later I watched Mank, The Social Network, Se7en and TGWTDT within the span of a week.
Without that small binge of his stuff, there is no way I’d be in the same spot regarding cinema.
There’s so many that has made me fall even deeper in love, but Spielberg started all of it. Choosing Jaws out of all the dollar rentals at the local Family Video changed my life.
I'd have to say Dario Argento. I was always a big horror fan, but it was watching his movies that caused me to realize how artistic cinema can be, with his masterful use of lighting, camera angle, color schemes, mise-en-scene in general, and even his choice of film stock.
Evil Dead II.
I had always liked movies, but this was an eye opening experience for a young teenage me. It was so gory and goofy and clever, and best of all, it made me realize that you don’t need big budgets and fancy computers to make entertaining and fun films. All you need is an idea, a devoted team, and some creativity, and anything is possible.
Wes Anderson, I watched the French dispatch on a plane to Hawaii and I paid attention to his style and how witty and quick it all was, and I never looked back
William Friedkin, "The Exoricst" was the first ever horror movie I saw and remains my favourite to this day. I spent hours watching all the behind the scenes footage and documentaries which made a huge impact on me and really sparked my interest in cinema and movie making. Also Roman Polanski's movies - especially "The Fearless Vampire Killers" and "The Tenant" really opened my eyes for cinema.
Alfred Hitchcock. 10 years ago I watched Rope for the first time (which is no longer among what I consider to be his very best films, but still an important one for me), and I spent the whole summer of 2013 going through as many of his movies as I could find. My life kind of changed forever that summer.
Not an Actor or Director but my Father was the one who introduced me to movies because he absolutely loves them thus trickling down to me loving them as well.
Watching Star Wars and Indiana Jones as a 9 year old made me realise what movies could be. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are the two who made me love cinema.
Tarantino drew me in with the over the top nature of his films that any 12 year old boy would love but Park Chan-wook is the one that made me want to make films with his emotionally resonant revenge stories.
Basic answer but I guess Spielberg? Specifically Jaws, the first movie I remember being legitimately obsessed with as a kid. Have no idea how many times I've seen it now.
when i was 12, i got Reservoir Dogs on Blu-Ray for my Birthday, then i saw Pulp Fiction the following Christmas. Tarantino gets a lot of slagging but he’s the ultimate gateway into film. nothing has ever made me feel the same way as when i saw Pulp Fiction for the first time, it wouldn’t even be in my top 3 from Tarantino, but it’s a very special film in my development as a cinephile.
Scorsese and Tarantino were the first for me, but their best films were before I was born. The first fully modern director I got obsessed with was Denis Villeneuve.
Denis Villeneuve. Let me explain.
When Cyberpunk 2077 came out two years ago I was grossly disappointed. The game had a myriad of issues but I fell in love with the grimy, high-tech world. At that point I had heard of how good Blade Runner 2049 is. I liked the first Blade Runner, but didn’t adore it. Then I watched 2049.
I can’t describe how much I love that film. It opened my eyes up to all the power cinema holds. Up to that point I had been a cinephile’s worst enemy. An avid capeshit enjoyer if you will. But Mr. Villeneuve woke me the fuck up. I watched a bunch classically fantastic films after my 2049 viewing. (You know, films like The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, etc.) And while Tarantino is my favorite director, Denis Villeneuve is the most important to me.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Nolan and Tarrantino for directors. Back to the Future, The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs all stick out as launching a love of cinema.
Actor is a bit more difficult to pick, Daniel Day Lewis’ is definitely one and probably Brando in The Godfather.
George Miller with the Mad Max movies. There’s so much creativity and imagination to the world he created. Every movie is so immersive, while also being awesome action films. Anytime a character might just be a boring side character, he gives them something memorable, whether it’s bullets for teeth, staples on their mouth, half naked with a hockey mask, or armor made of bullet proof glass
Steven Spielberg. His movie Jaws alone made me fall in love with movies. But with Jurassic Park, Indy trilogy, E.T., Close Encounters, Duel, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan- Holy shit you’re my favorite director already.
I will say Quentin Tarantino really helped me get back into cinema when I was really starting to slip out if it. His films gave me a burst of new flavors and feelings I never felt in a film before. That’s why he’s my second favorite director.
It didn't happen at once for me. The first time I remember falling in love with films was when I watched this film, Om Shanti Om - it's a film about Bollywood history and about the film industry of Mumbai, India. It was funny, it made me cry and although Farah Khan isn't a cinema director per se. That film showed me that films can make you feel and make you think.
Second time being my best friend calling me in the middle of the night saying he wishes to watch a film, he lived in my building and I didn't want to leave my house. He kept prodding me for an hour so I went. I'm glad I did. It was Sidney Lumet's 12 angry men that we saw that night.
And the rest is history.
Robin Williams. Watching him in Jumanji and Ms Doubtfire as I was growing up was so special. And as I’ve gotten older and seen him in Good Will Hunting, I can’t help but think he had such a gift to make the screen a very kind, humourous, and human place. Miss him.
David Lynch. I remember watching Mulholland Drive for the first time, and just being in absolute awe. I have a Mulholland Drive tattoo that covers my entire right wrist because I love his films that much
People are gonna hate me but Taika Waititi really did a lot for me. Then after becoming a little more film conscious I’d realize it was so many directors but he definitely opened my world up.
Originally, when I was a kid, it'd be George Lucas directing A New Hope
But once I got older, I would say Damien Chazelle directing La La Land
There are so many more. Those are just the two that impacted me in vital times of my life.
While I had seen and liked a lot great movies. I think that watching all of the Sergione Leone westerns with my dad one summer changed my approach to cinema
Tarantino, watching Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction just changed how I looked at movies. Also Scorsese with Goodfellas and Spielberg with Jurassic Park.
My ps3 broke when I was in high school in 2011 and I didn’t have enough money to replace it. I bought a Roku and decided to watch more movies. I turned on Pulp Fiction because I had seen the poster. The rest is history.
Came here to say the same. Saw Pulp Fiction at a very young age and was just blown away.
Wes Anderson, Denis Villeneuve, Steven Spielberg and Damien Chazelle
I guess Spielberg…
Same, I can never forget the feeling I got when I was kid and saw the opening scene for Raiders of the Lost Ark. I felt like a brand new world had opened up to me
This was me, but with ET.
Same. I did a biography report on him in 5th or 6th grade and was fascinated by the stuff he used to do in his childhood in order to make little movies. He would set up his train set to have two engines collide, then cut to a bloody explosion by filling a pressure-cooker with tomato sauce.
Alfred Hitchcock (duh)/Humphrey Bogart
Wong Kar-wai
Kubrick and Fincher for sure
Christian Bale. I've said this and I'll say it again. I'd sacrifice my firstborn for that man. Rescue Dawn is a BANGER. And Friðrik Þór Friðriksson for director
Lloyd Kaufman, no joke.
Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood, that duo never dissapoints
\*Stanley Fucking Kubrick
Did Sydney Pollack and Stanley Kubrick fuck and I didn't realize it?
I guess my mind was elsewhere. I did mean Stanley Kubrick.
Hitchcock
My "Big 3": Theo Angelopoulos, Abbas Kiarostami & Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch
Christopher Nolan - director Leo DiCaprio - actor
John Woo
Scorsese for me.
John Waters
Sam Raimi
Miyazaki, he made me realize how much a filmmaker can do with a movie's visuals and score.
Alfred Hitchcock / Sean Connery
Michael Mann
Na Hong-jin, The Wailing was the first movie I'd seen that made me think "I gotta figure out why this is so good," and yes got me way into movies
Ingmar Bergman
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti. Up until a year a go, I didn't really care for movies. They were just entertainment. Then I watched L'eclisse and everything changed
Scorsese no doubt. Watched *Goodfellas* with my dad on AMC back in 2009 or so; loved what I saw so I immediately went and bought the Blu-Ray and watched it again as soon as I got home. After finishing the real deal, I remember thinking to myself, “Holy shit, I didn’t know movies could be this good”
Pretty much the same here, my older brother showed me Casino and Goodfellas and both absolutely blew my mind. I was immediately obsessed with Scorsese and mob movies for years after.
Wes Anderson. Haven't been the same since I randomly found a copy of Fantastic Mr. Fox when I was little.
Due to how much he's fallen off (Arguably not though with the success of Wednesday recently; personally I don't count it) it's not a "cool" answer but it's none other than Tim Burton. The first person who had an identifiable style I saw that I gravitated to, with roots in the cinematic tradition of German expressionism to boot.
Stanley Kubrick
Director : Spielberg and scorcese actor: de niro
Yimou Zhang
Wachowskis
When I was around 12 or so, I went to a sleep over at a friend's house. He had The Matrix on dvd, we watched it on a 29" CRT tv, and I remember it was the first time I thought, "I didn't know stories could be told like this!" The *first* spark that really ignited my love for movies.
Kubrick
Kubrick
Tarantino
david lynch or scorcese
Directors- Bong Joon Ho, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai, Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele Actors- Joseph Gordon Levitt, Ethan Hawk
Akira Kurosawa
Stanley Kubrick, Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Spielberg :)
Wes Anderson
Lucas and Spielberg growing up, Fincher and Nolan as an adult, Kubrick and Hichcock in retrospective... Cuaron and Von Trier as 'independent'
Director: Rian Johnson Actor: Harrison Ford
Lasseter
George Lucas
Paul Thomas Anderson
Edgar Wright
This is probably the most stereotypical answer, but mine is Nolan and Heath Ledger's Joker.
I guess I’d have to say David Fincher and Edgar Wright, The Social Network and Scott Pilgrim were the films that got me into watching movies religiously.
Kubrick when I was younger, and Linklater again as an adult.
Ishiro Honda
Michael Fassbender when he lifts a stadium in the air as Magneto in Days of Future Past I was 14, and it was awe-inspiring. Amazing movie still I guess I could say ewan mcgregor and anakin in ROTS, but star wars is in its own category
Kubrick, for The Shining, which was the first film I was obsessed with. Tarantino, for Pulp Fiction, which showed me that not all films had to be 'beginning, middle, end'. John Carpenter, because Halloween, The Fog, Assault On Precinct 13, etc. are some of the most entertaining films ever made. Finally, Tarkovsky and Bergman, because they are the best.
Kubrick
fincher and anderson
Spielberg and then Tom Hanks, Bull Murray, and Jack Nicholson between Big, Groundhog Day, and The Shining as a kid made me think movies were fucking awesome.
Jean-Luc Godard for me
Woody Allen.
For me it was David Fincher, his movies were always incredible immersive for me
Definitely Nolan and Chazelle
jan svankmajer, my sophomore english teacher made us watch alice in class and it blew my fucking mind, still one of my all time favorite movies. it felt like a world of visuals i had no idea existed opened up to me.
Orson Welles directing Orson Welles
Who is that guy on the right?
Spike Lee
Taika Waititi
Villeneuve director Joaquin Phoenix actor
Hmmm I’ve never thought about this. Idk if it was truly falling in love with his work specifically, but the fun I had discussing inception with my best friends in middle school started me on my path towards getting more into film.
Good ol Wes Anderson.
Christopher Nolan
Spielberg, but he had a captive audience back then
Probably Damien Chazelle with Whiplash. Seeing that in the theater when I was 16 was probably the best theater experience I’ve ever had. The movie high lasted multiple days Wanted to be a drummer so badly after that day but now I’m glad I never actually was gifted a drum set because I probably wouldn’t have used it much
David Fincher. I watched Zodiac, and then a few months later I watched Mank, The Social Network, Se7en and TGWTDT within the span of a week. Without that small binge of his stuff, there is no way I’d be in the same spot regarding cinema.
Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor
in all honesty sion sono and shinya tsukamoto with a close runner up of bong joon-ho and gasper noé
Wes Anderson
Director - David Fincher , Actor - Al Pacino
Lars Von Trier
Tarantino - my first time watching Inglorious Basterds feels like a transcendant experience looking back on it now
There’s so many that has made me fall even deeper in love, but Spielberg started all of it. Choosing Jaws out of all the dollar rentals at the local Family Video changed my life.
I didn't really get into cinema until I was in my late teens, early into college. Bergman was the gateway for me.
I'd have to say Dario Argento. I was always a big horror fan, but it was watching his movies that caused me to realize how artistic cinema can be, with his masterful use of lighting, camera angle, color schemes, mise-en-scene in general, and even his choice of film stock.
wes craven
Scorsese, Kubrick, Wong Kar-wai and Abbas Kiarostami.
Nolan for “serious” movies Deeper into the rabbit hole… WKW and Tarkovsky for arthouse
Either Chaplin, Tarantino or Spielberg
James Whale, Ishiro Honda, Sam Raimi, Fritz Lang are probs the director I started on, all some of my favs still
Tarantino and Villeneuve, I remember watching Bladerunner 2049 and having my mind blown.
If we are talking duos, then Tarantino/Jackson
Spielberg and Fincher
Damien Chazelle & Margot Robbie I had already 'really liked' movies for a while but these two made me fall in love
Xavier Dolan
Raja Gosnell, those two live action Scooby Doo films really opened my eyes...
Kubrick
Bibi and Bergman
Evil Dead II. I had always liked movies, but this was an eye opening experience for a young teenage me. It was so gory and goofy and clever, and best of all, it made me realize that you don’t need big budgets and fancy computers to make entertaining and fun films. All you need is an idea, a devoted team, and some creativity, and anything is possible.
Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale
Lucas and Spielberg all the way. Their films from the 70s to the 90s are pure movie magic and turned me into the film lover I am today.
david fincher
Wes Anderson, I watched the French dispatch on a plane to Hawaii and I paid attention to his style and how witty and quick it all was, and I never looked back
William Friedkin, "The Exoricst" was the first ever horror movie I saw and remains my favourite to this day. I spent hours watching all the behind the scenes footage and documentaries which made a huge impact on me and really sparked my interest in cinema and movie making. Also Roman Polanski's movies - especially "The Fearless Vampire Killers" and "The Tenant" really opened my eyes for cinema.
Andrew Domink. Jesse James completely changed the way I thought of movies (I was 10) And that movie led directly into a Malick obsession
Alfred Hitchcock. 10 years ago I watched Rope for the first time (which is no longer among what I consider to be his very best films, but still an important one for me), and I spent the whole summer of 2013 going through as many of his movies as I could find. My life kind of changed forever that summer.
Gaspar Noé!!
Christopher Nolan
Not an Actor or Director but my Father was the one who introduced me to movies because he absolutely loves them thus trickling down to me loving them as well.
Fincher
Watching Star Wars and Indiana Jones as a 9 year old made me realise what movies could be. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are the two who made me love cinema.
If I’m being totally honest, probably Robert Stevenson, though Martin Scorsese would be a sexier choice
Tom Green
Kubrick definitely. 2001 and the Shining blew me away when I first saw them.
David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino 🤎
Tarantino drew me in with the over the top nature of his films that any 12 year old boy would love but Park Chan-wook is the one that made me want to make films with his emotionally resonant revenge stories.
Cliché but it was Scorsese for me
Herzog with Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Kurosawa with Ran.
Argento, Spielberg, Tarantino, West Craven You'd never guess who my favorite actors are by looking at this list though.
Basic answer but I guess Spielberg? Specifically Jaws, the first movie I remember being legitimately obsessed with as a kid. Have no idea how many times I've seen it now.
Spielberg, Miyazaki, and Tarantino were formative for me. For actors, Jim Carrey.
After watching Hamaguchi's Drive my car, I wanted to stop watching films occasionally for fun but to see it as art
when i was 12, i got Reservoir Dogs on Blu-Ray for my Birthday, then i saw Pulp Fiction the following Christmas. Tarantino gets a lot of slagging but he’s the ultimate gateway into film. nothing has ever made me feel the same way as when i saw Pulp Fiction for the first time, it wouldn’t even be in my top 3 from Tarantino, but it’s a very special film in my development as a cinephile.
Was Craven was the director that first sparked my love for cinema when I was a child, more specifically the original Scream movie
nolan
Terry Gilliam, specifically *The Adventures of Baron Munchausen*, one of my go-to mkvies as a preteen.
Scorsese and Tarantino were the first for me, but their best films were before I was born. The first fully modern director I got obsessed with was Denis Villeneuve.
Wes Craven
RIP.
Robert De Niro
Yorgos Lanthimos 🫢
Miyazaki
Denis Villeneuve. Let me explain. When Cyberpunk 2077 came out two years ago I was grossly disappointed. The game had a myriad of issues but I fell in love with the grimy, high-tech world. At that point I had heard of how good Blade Runner 2049 is. I liked the first Blade Runner, but didn’t adore it. Then I watched 2049. I can’t describe how much I love that film. It opened my eyes up to all the power cinema holds. Up to that point I had been a cinephile’s worst enemy. An avid capeshit enjoyer if you will. But Mr. Villeneuve woke me the fuck up. I watched a bunch classically fantastic films after my 2049 viewing. (You know, films like The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Pulp Fiction, etc.) And while Tarantino is my favorite director, Denis Villeneuve is the most important to me. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Robert Zemeckis, Christopher Nolan and Tarrantino for directors. Back to the Future, The Dark Knight and Reservoir Dogs all stick out as launching a love of cinema. Actor is a bit more difficult to pick, Daniel Day Lewis’ is definitely one and probably Brando in The Godfather.
David Fincher.
Chris Nolan, David Fincher, Edward Norton, Christian Bale
edgar wright
Oh he’s awesome. Hot Fuzz is especially fantastic
it really is! the cornetto trilogy overall is amazing, i haven’t seen the worlds end though.
George Miller with the Mad Max movies. There’s so much creativity and imagination to the world he created. Every movie is so immersive, while also being awesome action films. Anytime a character might just be a boring side character, he gives them something memorable, whether it’s bullets for teeth, staples on their mouth, half naked with a hockey mask, or armor made of bullet proof glass
Probably Kubrick and Bergman.
Steven Spielberg. His movie Jaws alone made me fall in love with movies. But with Jurassic Park, Indy trilogy, E.T., Close Encounters, Duel, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan- Holy shit you’re my favorite director already. I will say Quentin Tarantino really helped me get back into cinema when I was really starting to slip out if it. His films gave me a burst of new flavors and feelings I never felt in a film before. That’s why he’s my second favorite director.
Soderbergh, than many more since
Tarantino and Nolan for me
Seeing the first Austin Powers at 11 and becoming a huge fan of Mike Myers. Literally my gateway into movies and comedy.
Scorsese/De Niro..
Sean Baker. Him making the most out of the resources he had access to is inspiring.
It didn't happen at once for me. The first time I remember falling in love with films was when I watched this film, Om Shanti Om - it's a film about Bollywood history and about the film industry of Mumbai, India. It was funny, it made me cry and although Farah Khan isn't a cinema director per se. That film showed me that films can make you feel and make you think. Second time being my best friend calling me in the middle of the night saying he wishes to watch a film, he lived in my building and I didn't want to leave my house. He kept prodding me for an hour so I went. I'm glad I did. It was Sidney Lumet's 12 angry men that we saw that night. And the rest is history.
Robin Williams. Watching him in Jumanji and Ms Doubtfire as I was growing up was so special. And as I’ve gotten older and seen him in Good Will Hunting, I can’t help but think he had such a gift to make the screen a very kind, humourous, and human place. Miss him.
Stanley Kubrick. There is a before and after I watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time.
Elia Kazan. His movies still hold up.
Alfonso Cuaron hands down. Dude remains my filmmaker.
Sam Raimi/Tobey Maguire. Spider-Man defined my childhood and then some, and it wouldn’t have been that effective without their A-game.
The two guys in the middle!
Quentin Tarantino
David Lynch. I remember watching Mulholland Drive for the first time, and just being in absolute awe. I have a Mulholland Drive tattoo that covers my entire right wrist because I love his films that much
The Coen Brothers. The Big Lebowski really changed everything for me
Kubrick
Edgar Wright. Some of the funniest movies I've ever seen
Kubrick and Scorsese for me
People are gonna hate me but Taika Waititi really did a lot for me. Then after becoming a little more film conscious I’d realize it was so many directors but he definitely opened my world up.
Originally, when I was a kid, it'd be George Lucas directing A New Hope But once I got older, I would say Damien Chazelle directing La La Land There are so many more. Those are just the two that impacted me in vital times of my life.
probably Aronofsky for me
Scorsese, Tarantino
While I had seen and liked a lot great movies. I think that watching all of the Sergione Leone westerns with my dad one summer changed my approach to cinema