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Alfred Hitchcock
He is known to be one of the best Thriller/ Horror directors around and hugely influenced today's knowledge of Thrillers, as he manipulates the audience’s emotions with his advance technical camera shots and use of sound in Psycho ( 1960) and his gripping narratives Rear Window (1954).
He often used the basic thriller narratives and characterises and placed twist, such as the “McGuffin” (an object or event which initially seems significant) to keep the audience on the edge of their seat -
J. Lee Thompson
J. Lee Thompson was a talented Thriller Director and directored some of the most eye catching thrillers, such as Tiger Bay (1959) and Cape Fear (1962) which was seen to be one of his best pieces of work. However it had both positive and negative feedback, as the films content was not to everyone’s liking.
He was known for thrilling plots and could write storylines that caught everyone’s attention. -
David Cronenberg
He explores people’s fears and creates him films to be extremely psychologically haunting, which is shown in Videodrome (1983).
He has also been called “the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world”. This is because his films have a very horror like aspect to them, especially in Shivers (1975), because he previously worked in Horror film industry. -
Christopher Nolan
He is a very successful director and has directed many big hits such as Memento (2000) and Insomnia (2002).
Nolan’s films are based on philosophical and sociological concepts.
He is known for experimenting with the conventional thriller narratives, using non- linear narrative structures and has been described as "one of the most innovative storytellers and image makers at work in movies today”.
