21 Directors of Merit

The Telegraph has assembled the "Top 21 British directors" list. Here's the initial ten:

1. Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
2. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
3. Michael Powell (1905-1990)
4. David Lean (1908-1991)
5. Nicolas Roeg (1928- )
6. Carol Reed (1906-1976)
7. John Boorman (1933- )
8. Terence Davies (1945- )
9. Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993)
10. Stephen Frears (1941- )

You would get a solid education in cinema just by watching films made by those ten men.