Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for films such as; 'Inside man', 'Malcolm X' and 'Do The Right Thing'. Spike Lee's films often look at the discrimination and racial tension that may be inflicted on a particular ethnic minority, exploiting the events that may of occurred surrounding racial discrimination but not gained much publicity, like my case study 'A Miracle at St.Anna'. He has often gained publicity and criticism for his films commonly focussing on the discrimination of black african american people, consequently leaving many people who are unable to relate to the struggles of black/african American people un-entertained by his films. I do not personally agree with this criticism as i think many of his iconic films (such as 'Do The Right Thing') effectively deliver a message (that may often be missed by a large amount of the worlds population), as well as following an interesting (often un told) narrative, and are in my opinion continuously visually impressive due to his individuality as auteur.
Quentin Tarantino is an Italian-American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for films such as; 'Pulp Fiction', 'Kill Bill' and 'Django Unchained'. Tarantino films often contain grotesque gore and excessive violence, he has gained a lot of controversy over the years for many of his films because of this possibly being viewed as provocative or disturbing due to the renowned amount of violent content evident in most of his films. He is currently fighting an on going dispute after his massive success; 'Django Unchained' was criticised for its excessive use of the now extremely offensive term 'nigga' ,which was delivered in the screenplay 113 times as he claims he used the term in order to portray a realistic story which took place in 1858 America. His work as an auteur is very impressive as he is able to create characters which possess great depth through the use of remarkable actors and unique characterisation. Stylistic traits are able to immediately make a Tarantino film recognisable from other directors consequently resulting in some of his films receiving academy awards and usually making a large profit due to his mass audience continuously enjoying the films he creates.
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