Kurosawa
Herzog
Coen Brothers
Top 3, any era
Kurosawa
Herzog
Coen Brothers
David Lean
Alfred Hitchcock
Quentin Tarantino
Shane Meadows
Stanley Kubrick
Terry Gilliam
Quenten Tarantino
Ken Loach
Oliver Stone
Incidentally, just watching some old Tarantino films with my 17yr old son. He's blown away with everything so far.
Tarantino
Scorsese
Peter Rogers
Steven Spielberg
Ron Howard
still thinking of a third
Based on first 2 films Ari Aster but will prob end up directing some godawful superhero ****e.
Kubrik
Mike Leigh
Guy Richie
Michael Bay,
Steven Spielberg
But really there are many good film directors