10 "Godly" Directors Who Have Been Idolised Out Of Proportion

There are some directors out there who have reached that elusive "immortal" status. The filmic equivalents of bonafide gods, appreciated and beloved by millions of people all over the world - their names frequently cited in conversations about the "greatest filmmakers of all time." And for most of these folk, their reputations are well deserved: Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese... these directors have crafted some of the best and most important motion pictures in existence. And yet not everyone who finds themselves lumped into this category deserves all the praise. That's to say, there are a heavy number of directors who have - quite simply - been idolised all out of proportion. Directors whose names we hear and are exposed to constantly, have reached the status of "god-like entity" in their associated genres of filmmaking, and are lauded as being seminal in all the ways that only a brilliant director can be. And yet, the more you delve into their bodies of work, the more you realise that the hype machine has been working in a state of overdrive for a number of years. Join us, then, as take a look at 10 such directors; all of whom have their merits, but aren't quite as formative as their reputations would have you believe...