20 Worst Film Directors of the 21st Century (So Far)
Recently, we looked at the best directors of the 21st century so far. Now, it's time for the flipside: our list of the century's worst filmmakers, ranked by their average Metascores.
To be included, a director must have four or more eligible films. Such films have seven or more reviews from professional critics and were first released (in any country) on or after January 1, 2000, and must have been released (including as a straight-to-Netflix streaming release) at some point in the USA. Multi-director anthology films are excluded, as are theatrical re-releases of older films. Averages were calculated using Metascores from July 12, 2017, and include films released through July 7, 2017.
#16
Marcus Nispel
After spending the 1990s as an award-winning music video and commercial director, Germany native Marcus Nispel turned to film—specifically, by remaking other people's classic genre movies. Every one of his theatrically released films have been remakes and/or reboots; even Pathfinder was originally a (much better, Oscar-nominated) Norwegian film.
Note that neither his 2015 straight-to-video horror film Exeter (his sole film based on an original story) nor his 2004 TV movie Frankenstein are included in his average. His next project could be Stowaway, a horror film also based on an original Nispel idea
| Films directed, 2000-2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ▣ | Pathfinder | 2007 |
| ▣ | Friday the 13th | 2009 |
| ▣ | Conan the Barbarian | 2011 |
| ▣ | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | 2003 |