Other directors who appear in the top 100 list include The Coen Brothers (84.7), Steven Spielberg (82.3) and Martin Scorsese (81.7).
Quartz analysed data from Metacritic, the film reviews aggregation website, using the website’s scores out of 100 to judge who the top directors are.
Due to the nature of Metacritics, which includes primarily America critics, the list segues more towards American directors.
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