Directors

George Lucas (Special effects, costumes, serial movies)
Christopher Nolan (Leo, intense scenes, crazy characters)
Martin Scorsese (Gangster, music videos, music)
Tim Burton (Stop-motion, creepy)
Jon Favreau (Cameo,
Steven Spielberg (action, fantasy, suspense)
Quentin Tarantino (Samurai swords, long conversations, references to pop culture, in some of his own movies)
David Lynch
Coen Brothers (Writer-directors, twists and turns, violence)
Clint Eastwood (Westerns)
John Lasseter (Animation)
Bret Ratner (Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, comedy/action genre)

Tarantino:
Fast-paced, violent, animation, split-screen, music
Wes Anderson:
Suspenseful, sound effects, reverse, text
Jean-Luc Godard:
Twangy music, happy, hopeful, slow motion,
Werner Herzog:
Old style of editing, music,
David Lynch:
Narration,