The 10 Worst Directors
by Paranaut | created - 15 Mar 2013 | updated - 21 Dec 2019 | PublicIn order
1. J.J. Abrams
Producer | Lost
Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990)....
2. Roland Emmerich
Writer | Independence Day
Roland Emmerich is a German film director and producer of blockbuster films like The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Godzilla (1998), Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000). Before fame, he originally wanted to be a production designer, but decided to be a director, after watching the original ...
Roland Emmerich is an evil business man, not a film maker. Exhibit A: 2012. Not to mention, The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day...
3. Harold P. Warren
Writer | Manos: The Hands of Fate
Harold P. Warren was born on October 23, 1923 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966). He died on December 26, 1985 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Manos might be the worst movie ever...
4. Michael Bay
Producer | Armageddon
A graduate of Wesleyan University, Michael Bay spent his 20s working on advertisements and music videos. His first projects after film school were in the music video business. He created music videos for Tina Turner, Meat Loaf, Lionel Richie, Wilson Phillips, Donny Osmond and Divinyls. His work won...
Look at that insufferable smirk. DIE!!!
5. Amir Shervan
Director | Samurai Cop
Amir Shervan, was born Amir Hosein Ghaffar in Tehran, Iran on May 24, 1929. In the U.S. he is mostly known for directing the movies Hollywood cop and Samurai Cop but was better known in Iran for his directing, writing and acting in numerous films.
Shervan studied theater in Pasadena California in ...
Samurai Cop is utter and complete *beep*
6. Arch Hall Sr.
Actor | Eegah
Arch Hall Sr. was born on December 21, 1908 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Eegah (1962), The Choppers (1961) and The Corpse Grinders. He was married to Addalyn Pollitt. He died on April 28, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Just the fact that Arch felt that his son needed to be in all his movies proves in my mind that he's one of the worst.
7. Phil Tucker
Director | Broadway Jungle
Phil Tucker was born on May 22, 1927 in Kansas, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Broadway Jungle (1955), King Kong (1976) and Dance Hall Racket (1953). He died on December 1, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Do you question the plan?
8. Ate de Jong
Director | Het bombardement
Ate de Jong was born in 1953 in Aardenburg, Zeeland, Netherlands. He is a director and writer, known for The Rotterdam Bombing (2012), Deadly Virtues: Love.Honour.Obey. (2014) and Drop Dead Fred (1991).
Drop Dead Fred is such a profoundly bad piece of crap that there is no way the director could've been left off this list.
9. Roger Christian
Set_decorator | Star Wars
Academy Award winner Roger Christian has had an extensive film career. He won an Academy Award for set decoration on director George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which began a long collaboration between the filmmakers. Christian subsequently worked with Lucas on Star Wars: ...
Battlefield Earth, I rest my case.
10. Peter Hedges
Writer | What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Peter Hedges was born on July 6, 1962 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and director, known for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Ben Is Back (2018) and Pieces of April (2003).
This dude may have written "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" but "Pieces of April" and "Dan in Real Life" (which he directed) suck.
11. Edward D. Wood Jr.
Writer | Plan 9 from Outer Space
Hacks are nothing new in Hollywood. Since the beginning of the film industry at the turn of the 20th century, thousands of untalented people have come to Los Angeles from all over America and abroad to try to make it big (as writers, producers, directors, actors, talent agents, singers, composers, ...
Had to be on this list, but I intentionally put him on last. He's not the worst.
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