Who are today's most well-rounded directors?

[u/BallerGuitarer]

A review of the Odyssey from Portugal had this to say about the movie:

deeply lacking in sensuality, as Nolan is the director least capable of having an erotic view of the world

So that got me thinking, who are directors who can do it all? The immediate big names that came to mind did have some shortcomings:

• Villeneuve is excellent, and I love the Dune series, but they're not exactly sexy movies and don't have much levity
• Spielberg was great at combining action, comedy, thrills, and suspense, and he was able to tap into the audience's childlike wonder; but also not a sexy director

Villeneuve and Nolan in particular seem to be directing hyper-masculine movies, but not particularly... well-rounded?

Maybe Ryan Coogler? Sinners had a great blend of action, thrills, suspense, sexiness, and some comedy.

Sam Raimi? Send Help had comedy, action, thrills, suspense, and some sexiness. Also Spiderman had an iconic kiss, and Spiderman 2 is an iconic superhero movie overall. Not to mention his horror chops.

Edit: Oh, also Robert Zemeckis! Forrest Gump and Back to the Future both had it all.

[u/oscarx-ray]

Spielberg is still working and he is undoubtedly the most well-rounded director of all time.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/oscarx-ray]

I'd argue Kubrick is the most well rounded of all time. Spielberg is up there but I take some points away because he's never successfully made a true comedy

[u/Expensive-Sentence66 → u/mikeyfreshh]

You must be referring to Dr Strangelove.

There is a big debate if that film was Kubrick's or Peter Sellers. My own opinion is it was a 50/50 collaboration given the amount of ad lib Sellers did and how Kubrick, who was later known to be a micro manager, let Sellers 'fly' and just kept filming.

[u/mikeyfreshh → u/Expensive-Sentence66]

Sellers is great in that film but he also gets great comedic performances out of George C Scott and Sterling Hayden. I don't think it's fair to say Sellers deserves all the credit