The Resume

(February 16, 1926-July 25, 2003)
Won the 1969 Best Director Oscar ('Midnight Cowboy')
Directed 'Billy Liar,' 'Darling,' 'Sunday, Bloody Sunday, 'Marathon Man' and 'The Next Best Thing'

Why he might be annoying:

His film 'Midnight Cowboy' is the only X-rated movie to win a Best Picture Oscar.
He perpetuated Madonna's acting career by making 'The Next Best Thing.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of the first gay film makers to make mainstream films about gay issues.
He directed John Gielgud in his last Shakespearean stage role ('Julius Caesar' at the National Theatre of Great Britain).
He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 1970.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 50)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 36)
• Allegedly Gay Men
• BAFTA - Best Director Winners (Ranked: 1969)
• BAFTA - Best Director Winners (Ranked: 1971)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1969)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2161926)
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 1969)
• I Died in 2003 (Ranked: 76)
• I Underwent a Heart Bypass Operation
• Monty Python - Famous People Referenced in Season 2
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1965)
• National Board of Review Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1979)
• New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director (Ranked: 1965)
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7862)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20030725)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 87 Votes: 80.46% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 68.63% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 58 Votes: 70.69% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 103 Votes: 57.28% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 188 Votes: 51.60% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 228 Votes: 46.93% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 345 Votes: 49.28% Annoying