Worst Directors
by kgoogman | created - 12 Apr 2014 | updated - 12 Apr 2014 | Public1. Manny Coto
Producer | American Horror Story
Emmy Award-winning producer/writer and director Hector Manuel Coto was born in Havana, Cuba, one of four siblings of Spanish-Galician ancestry. His parents, Manuel (a doctor) and Norma (a teacher), were refugees from the Castro regime who settled near Orlando, Florida. Coto developed an early ...
Directed Dr. Giggles
2. Ed Bye
Director | The Vicar of Dibley
Ed Bye was born in 1955 in London, England, UK. He is a director and producer, known for The Vicar of Dibley (1994), Bottom (1991) and Red Dwarf (1988). He has been married to Ruby Wax since May 16, 1988. They have three children.
Directed Fat Slags
3. Valerie Breiman
Actress | She's Having a Baby
Ms Breiman was born in San Francisco in 1964, youngest of five, to an architect father and mother who made children's television shows. When she was nine the parents split and she was brought up by her mother, who introduced her to her love of cinema. Acting and modelling in her teens she enrolled ...
Directed Going Overboard
4. Adam Rifkin
Writer | Dog Years
Adam Rifkin is a Writer/Director whose eclectic career ranges from broad family comedies to cult classics to dark and gritty dramas. Most recently, Rifkin Wrote and Directed THE LAST MOVIE STAR, a poignant drama starring Burt Reynolds, Ariel Winter and Chevy Chase. The critically acclaimed film ...
Directed Never on Tuesday
5. Nico Mastorakis
Producer | Blind Date
Nico Mastorakis, a veteran in the independent film business, is founder and owner of Omega Pictures and Omega Entertainment, and who has been writing and directing movies for over 40 years, with "Island of Death", "Hired to Kill", "Nightmare at Noon", "Zero Boys" and "In The Cold Of The Night" and ...
Directed Ninja Academy
6. Alan Roberts
Special_effects | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Alan Roberts is known for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and Volcano (1997).
Directed Round Trip to Heaven
7. Charles Winkler
Producer | Creed
Charles Winkler is known for Creed (2015), Survivor (2015) and Rocky Balboa (2006). He has been married to Sandra Nelson since September 6, 1998. They have one child.
Directed You Talkin' To Me?
8. Morey Fineburgh
Director | Anus Magillicutty
Morey Fineburgh is known for Anus Magillicutty (2003).
Directed Anus Magillicutty
9. Gábor Forgács
Camera_department | I Spy
Gabor N. Forgacs graduated from the Hungarian Film & TV School at MAFILM (OPAKFI), in Budapest. Than continued his education in the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, California, where he had a chance to studied from some of the biggest legends like Billy Williams and Dean Cundey.
At the ...
Directed Dream Well
10. Sam Mraovich
Actor | Ben & Arthur
Sam Mraovich was born in Stuebenville, Ohio. Favorite hobbies include oil painting, singing, being at the beach, and spending time with friends. Sam attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts in 1994, after graduating from State College Area High School in State College, ...
Directed Ben & Arthur
11. Robert Iscove
Director | From Justin to Kelly
Robert Iscove was born on July 4, 1947 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a director and producer, known for From Justin to Kelly (2003), She's All That (1999) and Romeo and Juliet on Ice (1983). He was previously married to Wendy Maltby.
Directed From Justin to Kelly
12. Camillo Teti
Producer | Navigatori dello spazio
Camillo Teti is known for Navigators of the Space (1993), The Killer Is Still Among Us (1986) and Duck, You Sucker! (1971).
Directed Titanic: The Legend Goes On...
13. Ulli Lommel
Actor | Strangers in Paradise
Widely known for his frequent collaborations with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a creative partnership which lasted 10 years and produced over 20 films, Ulli Lommel is one of the most consistently creative filmmakers to come from the New German Cinema movement.
The son of German comic performer Ludwig ...
Directed Daniel der Zauberer
14. Rick Sloane
Producer | Hobgoblins
Cinematic jack-of-all-trades Rick Sloane will never win any special awards for his admittedly cheap'n'cheesy low-budget independent movies, but he nonetheless deserves some respect for weathering the storm of lots of harsh critical notices and cranking out a sizable number of films throughout the ...
Directed Hobgoblins
15. Kenneth J. Berton
Writer | The Devil's Gift
Kenneth J. Berton is known for The Devil's Gift (1984) and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996).
Directed Merlin's Shop of Mystical Horrors
16. Michael Rissi
Director | Up Against Amanda
Michael Rissi is known for Up Against Amanda (2000), Annabel Lee (2009) and Terror Eyes (1989).
Directed Soultaker
17. Roger Corman
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Roger William Corman was born April 5, 1926, in Detroit, Michigan. Initially following in his father's footsteps, Corman studied engineering at Stanford University but while in school, he began to lose interest in the profession and developed a growing passion for film. Upon graduation, he worked a...
Directed The Undead
18. Edward L. Cahn
Director | Born to Speed
Edward L. Cahn was an American second-feature director of Polish ancestry. His brother Philip Cahn worked in the industry as editor. Edward worked in films from 1917 as a production assistant. He later joined his brother in the cutting room of Universal, eventually becoming one of the studio's top ...
Directed The She-Creature
19. Terry M. West
Actor | The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String
Terry M. West was born in Lake Worth, Texas and migrated to the East Coast in 1989. Terry is truly a jack of all trades - writer, filmmaker, actor, photographer. Though known mostly for his film work, Terry has also garnered much attention in the world of horror fiction. His short works, comics and...
Directed Flesh for the Beast
20. Mark Jones
Writer | Leprechaun
Mark Jones was born on January 17, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Leprechaun (1992), NightMan (1997) and Rumpelstiltskin (1995).
Directed Leprechaun
21. Adam Grossman
Writer | Carnival of Souls
Adam Grossman is known for Carnival of Souls (1998), First Wave (1998) and Seven Days (1998).
Directed Sometimes They Come Back...Again
22. Chris Angel
Director | This Is Not a Test
Christopher (Chris) Angel won a student Academy Award for his film, Mr. October, and was nominated for an Emmy for his work for director James Cameron. He has directed five feature films, and recently completed the screenplay adaptation of Thomas Keneally's (Schindler's List) book about Africa, To ...
Directed Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell
23. Craig Ross Jr.
Director | Blue Hill Avenue
Ross is an American film and TV director out of Los Angeles, CA. He has directed a number of high-profile TV shows, such as: Prison Break, Bones, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Numb3rs, Cold Case, etc. and is directing an action feature film.
Ross was born in Boston, Massachusetts and ...
Directed Killjoy
24. Pete Riski
Director | Dark Floors
Pete Riski was born on January 9, 1974 in Rovaniemi, Finland. He is a director and editor, known for Dark Floors (2008), Uni (2021) and The Astronaut.
Directed Dark Floors
25. Frank Henenlotter
Director | Bad Biology
Writer/director Frank Henenlotter was born August 29, 1950, in New York City. He gleefully "misspent" his youth watching a large array of blithely cheap'n'cheesy low-budget exploitation flicks in various seedy grindhouse theaters on Mahattan's 42nd St. He began making 8mm films as a teenager. His ...
Directed Bad Biology
26. Vince Offer
Actor | InAPPropriate Comedy
Vince Offer is and actor, producer and infomercial star. He is one of the more famous infomercial pitchmen. His products the SHAMWOW, InVINCEable, SlapChop, Schticky and more have sold millions. He has also produced and starred in the films Underground Comedy Movie and The Inappropriate Comedy with...
Directed The Underground Comedy Movie
27. Paul Weiland
Director | Leonard Part 6
Paul Weiland was born on July 11, 1953 in England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Leonard Part 6 (1987), Made of Honor (2008) and Keep Off the Grass (1983). He is married to Caroline Weiland. They have four children.
Directed Leonard Part 6
28. Neil Abramson
Director | American Son
Neil Abramson is known for American Son (2008), Invisible (2021) and Without Air (1995).
Directed Ringmaster
29. Alan Rudolph
Director | Trouble in Mind
Alan Rudolph was born on December 18, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Trouble in Mind (1985), Choose Me (1984) and Afterglow (1997). He is married to Joyce Rudolph.
Directed Breakfast of Champions
30. Ferdi Egilmez
Producer | Hababam Sinifi Askerde
Ferdi Egilmez was born on March 12, 1963 in Istanbul, Turkey. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Wacky Class in Army (2005), Wacky Class 3,5 (2005) and Pak Panter (2010).
Directed The Military Class of Chaos
31. Satish Kaushik
Director | Tere Naam
Satish Chandra Kaushik was a well-known Indian actor and comedian. He was also a director, producer, and screenwriter. Kaushik graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi, and received professional training from the National School of Drama, Delhi, and the Film and Television Institute, Pune.
In his ...
Directed Milenge Milenge
32. Ken Ghosh
Director | State of Siege: Temple Attack
Ken Ghosh is known for State of Siege: Temple Attack (2021), Ishq Vishk (2003) and Chance Pe Dance (2010).
Directed Chance Pe Dance
33. Peter George
Director | Surf Nazis Must Die
Peter George is known for Surf Nazis Must Die (1987), Young Goodman Brown (1993) and Skate Nazi's Must Die.
Directed Surf Nazis Must Die
34. Kasper Wedendahl
Director | Stjerner uden hjerner
Kasper Wedendahl is known for Danes Without a Clue (1997).
Directed Danes Without a Clue
35. Ron Underwood
Director | Tremors
A director who is equally adept at working in television as well as features, Southern California native Ron Underwood has been making films since 5th grade and was winning Eastman Kodak filmmaking awards by the time he was in his teens. After graduating from University of Southern California, he ...
Directed In the Mix
36. Bill Fishman
Director | Tapeheads
Bill Fishman is known for Tapeheads (1988), Car 54, Where Are You? (1994) and My Dinner with Jimi (2003).
Directed Car 54, Where Are You?
37. Alan Metter
Director | Back to School
Metter grew up in the Boston area, lived in the Hollywood Hills for most of his adult life, and moved to South Florida in 2009.
Alan began his creative life at Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB), the legendary advertising agency. In the late 1970s, Metter leaped at the opportunity to direct some of the first...
Directed Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
38. Charles Robert Carner
Writer | Blind Fury
Charles Robert Carner was born on April 30, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and director, known for Blind Fury (1989), The Untouchables (1993) and Crossfire Trail (2001).
Directed Witless Protection
39. Christopher Cain
Director | Young Guns
Christopher Cain was born on October 29, 1943 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Young Guns (1988), Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010) and September Dawn (2007).
Directed Gone Fishin'
40. Rob Pritts
Director | Corky Romano
Rob Pritts is known for Corky Romano (2001), Cobra (2012) and Proof (2012).
Directed Corky Romano
41. Alejandro Chomski
Director | Hoy y mañana
Alejandro Chomski was born on November 27, 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a director and writer, known for Hoy y mañana (2003), Dormir al sol (2010) and In the Country of Last Things (2020). He died on November 5, 2022 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Directed Feel the Noise
42. Kat Slater
Director | The Smokers
Kat Slater was born in Wisconsin, USA. She is known for The Smokers (2000).
Directed The Smokers
43. Brian A. Metcalf
Producer | Underdeveloped
"I had a wonderful time working with the innovative, talented director Brian Metcalf. The young man has incredible integrity and vision. He has gained my respect." - Mickey Rourke
Born in Seoul, South Korea, Brian A. Metcalf (WGA, PGA, DGA, VES, ASCAP) is an Asian-American, award-winning writer, ...
Directed Fading of the Cries
44. Todor Chapkanov
Director | Black Lotus
In 2000, Todor Chapkanov graduated TV & Film Directing with a Masters Degree from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov".
Between 2001 and 2018, Todor worked as First Assistant Director and Second Unit Director in over 50 movies, including titles like: "The Way Back", "...
Directed Monsterwolf
45. Griff Furst
Actor | I Love You Phillip Morris
Furst started his career in television, portraying a wide variety of characters in dozens of network and cable series, before gaining recognition for his role as the original Lucas Hood in Cinemax's Banshee. He then expanded to supporting and roles in films like The Magnificent Seven, The Founder, ...
Directed Wolvesbayne
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