| Director | Angela Ismailos |
|---|---|
| Box office | $17,921 |
Filmmaker Angela Ismailos has conversations with 10 of the world's most known directors, soliciting their point of view about the creative process and the context of their work in the contemporary world. Among those interviewed are Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles, who traced the origins of their art to the influence of their predecessors—Lynch credits Fellini, and, for Haynes' outsider cinema, the work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder plays a role.
Great Directors was debuted at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival in May, and was released in New York City on July 2, 2010.