The Top 10 Best Indie Writer/Directors
Written by Preston Garrett
- Intro
- 10) The Duplass Brothers
- 9) Charlie Kaufman
- 8) Michel Gondry
- 7) Sofia Coppola
- 6) Spike Jonze
- 5) Robert Rodriguez
- 4) Jim Jarmusch
- 3) Quentin Tarantino
- 2) Wes Anderson
- 1) Paul Thomas Anderson
- 1.1) John Cassavetes
- All Pages
Indie writer/directors. The funny thing about this quaint little phrase is that basically anyone can say this about themselves if they don't have studio funding. I mean… I'm an indie writer/director for crying out loud. It's like my unemployed friend who sits on his butt all day, then goes out to bars and tells gullible bimbos that he's an "independent film producer."
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