10 Best Comic Book Movie Directors

They took the pages of your favourite comics and made your dreams come true.

Comic book movies are huge. Like, really huge. Over the past 15 years or so, movie studios have slowly come around to the idea that comic book movie adaptations are profitable. And now, in 2014, there is no denying the fact that motion pictures and comic books equal a lot of money. What at first must have seemed impossible to achieve has now gifted us with some of the best blockbuster movies of all-time: The Dark Knight, The Avengers... two decades ago, these movies were thought to be mere pipe dreams. Comic books were just silly, weren't they? But everyone loves comic book movies in this modern era. They fill the multiplexes, dominate online discussions, and fuel the imagination. But what about the people responsible for bringing these things to the big screen? What about the directors who are tasked with transforming the pages of a beloved comic book, and rendering them as a certified motion picture experience that pays tribute to its source material whilst giving it enough room to be its own thing? These are the folk who innovate, imagined, create, craft and mold our fantasies into cinematic terms. Join us, then, as take a look at the 10 greatest comic book movie directors of all-time. In most cases (all but one, in fact), the directors featured here have directed two or more comic book adaptations, and have therefore rightfully earned their places in the small canon of directors who deserve to be remembered for doing so. There were no specific qualifications required of a director for them to be considered for a place on this list; just that they successfully managed to bring the pages of a comic book or graphic novel to life on the big screen...
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Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.