Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1962 Critics Poll

Entertainment: Movies Directors

1 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941) 2. L'Avventura, Michaelangelo Antonioni (1960) 3. The Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir (1939) 4 (tie). Greed, Erich von Stroheim (1924) 4 (tie). Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi (1953) 6 (tie). Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 6 (tie). The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio de Sica (1947) 6 (tie). Ivan the Terrible, Parts 1 & 2, Sergei Eisenstein (1944/1958) 9. La Terra Trema, Luchino Visconti (1948) 10. L'Atlante, Jean Vigo (1934)

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7

1

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

8

2

Michelangelo Antonioni

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

9

3

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

4

Erich Von Stroheim

Actor

100% (1 of 1 votes)

4

4

Kenji Mizoguchi

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

2

6

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

6

Vittorio De Sica

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

5

9

Luchino Visconti

Filmmaker

50.0% (7 of 14 votes)

6

10

Jean Vigo

Filmmaker

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)