Best True Indie Film Directors

The Best True Indie Film Directors is a list of directors who are true indie, not just directors who were indie; but directors who continually work in indie film: true indie film not just a film that doesn't come from Warner Brother's or Paramount.

The Top Ten

1 Jack Skyyler

Low Budget, Indie Film Director, able to turn a no budget film into a feature with a serious production value!

Multi-talented:
Producer of 17 films
Director of 9 films
Writer of 7 films

Jack lets an actor work. He is open to any and all suggestions. Also an actors director. I hope to work with him again soon.

Director of Point Society!

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2 Giorgio Serafini

Even though I know it's just we're fans of hope, but I still think that is suitable for you. Monday couple fighting!

Giorgio's film Johnny's Gone will blow your mind!

Best Known for:
Johnny's Gone (2011)
Game of Death (2010)
Gente di mare (2005)
Orgoglio (2004)

3 Mike Cahill

Best Known for:
I Origins (2014)
Another Earth (2011)
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man (2005)
Boxers and Ballerinas (2004)

4 Mark L. Lester

Best Known for:
Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
Commando (1985)
Firestarter (1984)
Class of 1984 (1982)

5 Edward Burns

Best Known for:
Newlyweds (2011)
The Groomsmen (2006)
She's the One (1996)
The Brothers McMullen (1995)

6 Alex Zinzopoulos

Writer/Director of Suicide Party: Project 0!

Director of Life in a Straight World!

Best Known for:
Death of Love
Infested Ship
Night aboard the Salem
Skookum: the Hunt for Bigfoot

7 David Bruckner

The Amityville Horror: The Lost Tapes (2014)
V/H/S (2012)
Talk Show (2011)
The Signal (2007)

8 Les Mahoney

Best Known for:
It's Good to be a Gangster (2013)
The Poet (2012)
Falling in Love... Without a Paddle! (2009)

9 Tony Severio

Actors director. Organized and knows what he wants. I found him very easy to communicate with. He will have a long future as director. I look forward to future projects with him.

Excellent director and very creative. Can move easily in any genre. Look forward to his next project!

Great guy to work with. Enthusiastic and full of energy on the the set. Pure creativity!

Very talented, & creative.
Keeps things flowing on the set.
Creates a very positive atmospher!

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10 Chip Mefford

Best Known for:
Love Death (2014)

The Contenders

11 Wes Anderson
12 Jimmy Traynor

He made 139 indie movies. Short and features.

Known for shooting movies in 32 hours.

13 Shane Ryan

Best Known for:
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)
Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)
Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter (2009)
Warning! Pedophile Released (2009)

14 Tommy Wiseau Tommy Wiseau Thomas Wiseau is a European-American actor and filmmaker. He wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the 2003 film The Room, which has been described by many critics as one of the worst movies ever made and has gained cult film status.
15 Dan Bush

Best Known for:
Ghost of Old Highways (2012)
A Day in the Life (2006)
The Signal (2007)
Goodbye Day (2003)

16 Tara Cardinal

Best Known for:
Red Reaper
Scarlet Samurai

17 Joel Brook
18 Ross W. Clarkson

Best Known for:
Street Fight
Bad Romance

19 Nicolas Winding Refn
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