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...