Wow, no mention of Peter Hyams yet?
The very definition of a workmanlike, journeyman genre specialist, skipping blithely from one unrelated action/sci-fi/horror picture to the next. There are entertaining films studded throughout his filmography (
Outland,
Capricorn One,
Timecop,
The Relic), as well as his fair share of stinkburgers (
End Of Days,
The Musketeer). He even has his own sequel film, the not-bad
2010. The only thing that mildly distinguishes him from the others listed in this thread is his penchant for doubling up as his own cinematographer (long before Steven Soderbergh made this "cool").
I'd also have to list Roger Donaldson. A very kinetic, assured visual stylist who hopscotches from period films (
The Bounty) to action movies (
The Getaway) to sci-fi/horror hybrids (
Species) to disaster flicks (
Dante's Peak) to historical dramas (
Thirteen Days) to technothrillers (
The Recruit), leaving nary a personal thematic idea behind in his wake. I've frequently enjoyed movies of his, yet I hardly ever think of one as "A Roger Donaldson Film".
