London, May 3 (IANS) David Fincher of ‘The Social Network’ fame has been named the best working director in a poll.
Fincher beat ‘The Dark Knight’ director Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese in the EW.com survey.
‘His taut, meticulous thrillers reflect his own irrepressible obsessiveness, but his last two films are the work of a supremely confident maestro of visual storytelling,’ said the editors.
The top 10 best working directors are:
1. David Fincher
2. Christopher Nolan
3. Steven Spielberg
4. Martin Scorsese
5. Darren Aronofsky
6. the Coen Brothers
7. Quentin Tarantino
8. Terrence Malick
9. Clint Eastwood
10. Pedro Almodovar.