Three of the movies in my (and many others') top ten were directed by Robert Altman. A few more are in the top twenty. Just as impressive, three in my worse movie list were also directed by him. He wasn't afraid of taking multi-million dollar artistic risks and he apparently didn't use focus groups, which of course real artists don't.

From my top ten: Short Cuts, The Player and Mash. From the worst: Prêt-à-Porter, Popeye, and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.