Hampir semua Sutradara pasti ingin film yang ia garap menjadi film yang bermutu, populer, berkesan, serta bisa mendatangkan banyak uang. Tapi ternyata tak banyak sutradara yang bisa membuat film yang sangat berkualitas dan bisa menjadi review di dunia perfilman dunia, hanya sedikit Sutradara yang benar-benar mempunyai "sense of film". Oleh karna itu maka tak heran jika banyak Film-film berkualitas yang digarap oleh satu produser.
Produser bisa dianggap sukses jika filmnya bisa menjadi film berkualitas, meledak di pasaran dan mendatangkan banyak uang (Apalagi jika filmnya bisa masuk ominasi atau menjuarai piala Oscar). hanya beberapa Sutradar yang bisa membuat membuat film seperti itu.
Berikut Kami tampilkan daftar 10 sutradara tersukses yang dinilai berdasarkan kualitas film yang digarap, popularitas film yang digarap, serta jumlah pemasukan uang dari film yang digarap :
1. Steven Spielberg
Filmography: Munich, War of the Worlds, The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, A.I., Saving Private Ryan, Amistad, Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Hook, Always, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire of the Sun, The Color Purple, ET, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, JawsTotal Domestic Box Office: $3.445 BillionPer Film Average: $164.1 Million
2. Robert Zemeckis
Filmography: Beowulf, The Polar Express, Cast Away, What Lies Beneath, Contact, Forrest Gump, Death Becomes Her, Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Romancing the Stone, Used CarsTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.799 BillionPer Film Average: $150 Million
3. George Lucas
Filmography: American Graffiti, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode I, Star Wars Episode II, Star Wars Episode IIITotal Domestic Box Office: $1.698 BillionPer Film Average: $340 Million
4. Ron Howard
Filmography: The Da Vinci Code, Cinderella Man, The Missing, A Beautiful Mind, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, EDtv, Ransom, Apollo 13, The Paper, Far and Away, Backdraft, Parenthood, Willow, Gung Ho, Cocoon, Splash, Night ShiftTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.606 BillionPer Film Average: $100.3 Million
5. Chris Columbus
Filmography: Rent, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Bicentennial Man, Stepmom, Nine Months, Mrs. Doubtfire, Home Alone, Home Alone 2, Only The Lonely, Heartbreak Hotel, Adventures in BabysittingTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.567 BillionPer Film Average: $130.6 Million
6. Gore Verbinski
Filmography: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, The Weather Man, The Ring, The Mexican, Mouse HuntTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.308 BillionPer Film Average: $187 Million
7. Peter Jackson
Filmography: King Kong, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The FrightenersTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.268 BillionPer Film Average: $253.6 Million
8. Tim Burton
Filmography: Sweeney Todd, Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Planet of the Apes, Sleepy Hollow, Mars Attacks!, Ed Wood, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, Beetlejuice, Pee-Wee’s Big AdventureTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.267 BillionPer Film Average: $97.4 Million
9. Sam Raimi
Filmography: Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Gift, For Love of the Game, A Simple Plan, The Quick and the Dead, Army of Darkness, DarkmanTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.247 BillionPer Film Average: $138.5 Million
10.James Cameron
Filmography: Titanic, True Lies, Terminator 2, The Abyss, Aliens, TerminatorTotal Domestic Box Office: $1.147 BillionPer Film Average: $163.8 Millionsource 
