Influential Directors and Their Most Notable Contributions

Their have been many influential directors in the history of cinematography, that have made a huge contribution to that of the thriller genre, examples include;

Stanley Kubrick 


              

• The Shining - $44,017,374
  
• Eyes Wide Shut - $160,637,680
  
• A Clockwork Orange - $26,589,355

David Fincher

          

• Se7en - $327,311,859
• Fight Club - $100,853,753
• Panic Room - $196,397,415
• Zodiac - $84,785,914

Alfred Hitchcock

                      

• Psycho - Grossed $32 million
• The Birds - $11,403,529
• Vertigo - - $7,311,013

Christopher Nolan 

                   

• Batman Begins - $372,710,015
• The Dark Knight - $1,001,921,825
• Inception - $825,531,030
• Insomnia - $113,714,830
• The Prestige - $109,676,311

Quentin Tarantino

                   

• Reservoir Dogs - $2,832,029
• Pulp Fiction - estimated $212.9 million
• Kill Bil (Vol.1 & 2) - $180,949,045 & $152,159,461
• Death Proof - $50,187,789 (Duel feature with Planet Terror, as Grindhouse)
• Inglorious Basterds - $320,351,773

Martin Scorsese

          

• Goodfellas - $46,836,394
• Cape Fear - $182,291,969
• The Aviator - $213,741,459
• The Departed - $289,847,354
• Shutter Island - $293,803,014