DIRECTORIAL INFLUENCES

Below is simply a list of directorial influences that have helped me create my own gangster genre ideas/codes/conventions based on their own work. There are many gangster films but the greatest ones stand out by a mile and are recognised by people all over the world. These films are so great because they have been created by some of the world's greatest directors. Here are the ones i personally researched and show an interest in:

1. Brian De Palma (most famous work: scarface, mission impossible, the untouchables)


Brian Russell De Palma (born September 11, 1940) is an American film director and writer. In a career spanning over 40 years, he is probably best known for his suspense and crime thriller films, including such box office successes as the horror film Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Scarface, The Untouchables, and Mission: Impossible.

2. Francis Ford Coppola (most famous work: The godfather sequel, patton)

Francis Ford Coppola, born April 7, 1939 is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors and he epitomized the group of filmmakers known as the New Hollywood, that includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip Kaufman and George Lucas, who emerged in the early 1970s with unconventional ideas that challenged contemporary film-making.

3. Guy Ritchie (most famous work: lock, stock and two smoking barrels, Snatch, Sherlock Holmes and  Rocknrolla)

Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English screenwriter, film director and producer, best known for directing Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Swept Away, Revolver, RocknRolla, Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.