Martin Scorsese named top director

Oscar-winning The Departed director Martin Scorsese has been named the best living director in a US magazine poll. Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first female to win a Best Director Oscar failed to make it to the list.

Martin Scorsese

Oscar-winning The Departed director Martin Scorsese has been named the best living director in a new US magazine poll.

Imdb.com reports, the top 10 in the Paste magazine's top 50 list - are Joel and Ethan Coen, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, David Lynch and Wong Kar-Wai.

Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first female to win a Best Director Oscar failed to make in the list.

Martin Scorsese's select filmography (as director)

Shutter Island (2010)
Shine a Light (2008)
The Departed (2006)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
The Aviator (2004)
Gangs of New York (2002)
My Voyage to Italy (2001)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)