Ten filmmakers everyone should be thankful for

In the spirit of the holidays,

it seems appropriate to give thanks for the filmmakers that have touched so many lives with their work. So without wasting any more time, here are ten filmmakers everyone should be thankful for.

1. Stanley Kubrick
The most simple and succinct way to put this is when you ask great filmmakers who the best filmmaker ever was or is, 99 times out of 100, the name they will utter is Stanley Kubrick. He simply reinvented the art form time and time again, always pushing the limits both in subject matter and technically with the tools of his craft. To thank Kubrick for all he has done would take more space than is available here, but probably his most important contribution was his unwavering vision and his relentless desire to carry it out his way or not at all.

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