Funniest Directors?

[MortSahlFan]

John Cassavetes - he probably inherited this from his mother who I think is the funniest woman on the screen.

Vincent Gallo for Buffalo 66' which is probably the most unique and funny movies I have ever seen.

[Twit 2]

Herzog

[C_Larence]

Matt Johnson

[Sebastian Cobb]

Altman

I reckon Ken Loach and Mike Leigh are both excellent at adding a dash of humour to bleak stuff, just the perfect amount.

[McChesney Duntz]

Funniest how? Funniest in their films? Funniest in interviews? Funniest when they appear on camera in their (or someone else's) projects?

[chveik]

vincent gallo is the antithesis of funny

[Shaky]

Writer/directors Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker.
Writer/director Terry Gilliam.

[Twit 2]

Funniest how? Funniest in their films? Funniest in interviews? Funniest when they appear on camera in their (or someone else's) projects?

Yes.

[zomgmouse]

A lot of the big Eastern European names - Kusturica, Jude, Forman, Chytilová, Švankmajer...

vincent gallo is the antithesis of funny

absolutely

[Dusty Substance]

Woody Allen has the double distinction of being one of the greatest film directors of all time and one of the greatest all time stand-ups.

Martin Scorsese was pretty, pretty, pretty funny in his episode of Curb.

But Mel Brooks is probably the funniest all time director.

[Lost Oliver]

Aki Kaurismäki!

[phantom_power]

But Mel Brooks is probably the funniest all time director.

Yeah I would say him or one of the Reiners

[Blue Jam]

Gotta be Terry Gilliam. Until he started talking crap about #MeToo of course. Shame.

[madhair60]

kevin smith of course haha, fuck fat smith, smoke a blunt lol

[Blue Jam]

Kevin Smith isn't fat anymore. The bear community's loss is his cardiovascular health's gain.

[beanheadmcginty]

Nick Love is probably the most unintentionally funny, as evidenced in this commentary with Danny Dyer:

https://youtu.be/e5h9ZPBuBEs

[C_Larence]

Funniest how? Funniest in their films? Funniest in interviews? Funniest when they appear on camera in their (or someone else's) projects?

[tourism]

vincent gallo is the antithesis of funny

[McChesney Duntz]

Beautiful. (And that reminds me, Scorsese's pretty fucking funny too.)

[MortSahlFan]

Funniest how? Funniest in their films? Funniest in interviews? Funniest when they appear on camera in their (or someone else's) projects?

All three if possible. Whatever is funniest, I guess. I love a funny interview, and look more in that direction, only because I don't see much humor in movies.

[MortSahlFan]

Gotta be Terry Gilliam. Until he started talking crap about #MeToo of course. Shame.

Why is that a shame? "Of Course"? You sound programmed.

[zomgmouse]

Why is that a shame? "Of Course"? You sound programmed.

what

[drdad]

John Waters.

Funnier than any of his films.

[Ballad of Ballard Berkley]

John Waters.

Funnier than any of his films.

I agree with this. His films leave me cold, but the man himself is very funny and charming.

[sevendaughters]

Albert Brooks!

[Sebastian Cobb]

I just want to smoke weed and loaf about in a dressing gown, and if that means I have to do a bit of bowling every now and then to realise that dream, then I'll do that too.

[MortSahlFan]

Aki Kaurismäki!

One of the three best living directors (not that he has much competition)

[Dusty Substance]

Paul Verhoeven often comes across as funny in interviews and on DVD commentaries due to his mad energetic enthusiasm, and the fact that he turned up to collect his Worst Director Razzie for Showgirls is pretty admirable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E7xzEnt2eA

[dissolute ocelot]

I saw John Milius recently in a documentary from around 2000, bearing a near-exact resemblance to John Goodman in The Big Lebowski. Entertaining guy.

Shane Black is another one who is always good value in interviews, tells a great story, even if his directorial work (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Nice Guys) is more solidly entertaining than transcendental genius.

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

been finding some hal hartley REALLY funny lately