We are interested in not just those directors who are long venerated — although there is no lack of passionate support for figures such as Robert Bresson, judging from the entries so far — but, equally, the major figures (criminally little - known as they may be) in any
sector or mode or geographical region of cinema: animation (Chuck Jones),
independent (Todd Haynes),
film - essay (Chris Marker), «new Asian cinema» (Edward Yang), experimental, «third cinema», B -
films, underground, women's cinema...