Directors of Sight and Sound's 10 Greatest Films: 1972 Critics Poll

Entertainment: Movies Directors

1 Citizen Kane, Orson Welles (1941) 2. Rules of the Game, Jean Renoir (1939) 3. Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein (1925) 4. 8-1/2, Federico Fellini (1963) 5 (tie). L'Avventura, Michaelangelo Antonioni (1960) 5 (tie). Persona, Ingmar Bergman (1966) 7. The Passion of Joan of Arc, Carl Dreyer (1928) 8 (tie). The General, Buster Keaton (1926) 8 (tie). The Magnificent Ambersons, Orson Welles (1942) 10 (tie). Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi (1953) 10 (tie). Wild Strawberries, Ingmar Bergman (1957)

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1

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

1

2

Jean Renoir

Filmmaker

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

3

Sergei Eisenstein

Filmmaker

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

8

4

Federico Fellini

Filmmaker

25.00% (1 of 4 votes)

7

5

Ingmar Bergman

Filmmaker

25.00% (2 of 8 votes)

10

5

Michelangelo Antonioni

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 1 votes)

11

7

Carl Dreyer

Filmmaker

0% (0 of 2 votes)

5

8

Orson Welles

Actor

29.03% (9 of 31 votes)

6

8

Buster Keaton

Actor

28.57% (6 of 21 votes)

2

10

Kenji Mizoguchi

Filmmaker

66.67% (2 of 3 votes)

9

10

Ingmar Bergman

Filmmaker

25.00% (2 of 8 votes)