Who are some of the most popular and well known directors associated with the thriller genre?

There are many popular and well known directors who are associated with the thriller genre. My favourites top 3 directors are:

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph  Hitchcock, KBE was an English film director and producer, He was often known as " The Master of Suspense", he pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. The 39 steps was Alfred Hitchcock's first "wrong nman" film, and is arguably the best of Hitchcock's British film work.

 

Christopher Nolan

Christopher Nolan is a British American thriller director whose narrative structures often reflect the mental constrution of the characters as in "The Dark Night", "The prestige" and Inception. Christopher Nolan was born in London 1970 and began making films at the age of 7. Mr Nolan directed his film "Following" in 1998. Which was a sucessfull.

 

  David Cronenberg
David Cronenberg s a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the psychological is typically intertwined with the physical. In the first half of his career, he explored these themes mostly through horror and science fiction, although his work has since expanded beyond these genres. He has been called "the most audacious and challenging narrative director in the English-speaking world.
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