My favourite would have to be Hayao Miyazaki. watch any of his movies and you'll instantly fall in love with it (well i have)! This guy cannot put a foot wrong, if there was a person i would like to be like...it would be this guy

Other people i like:

Speilberg- for jaws, e.t. and Jurassic Park 1

George Lucas- despite the sappiness of the recent prequels you gotta give it to him with the original star wars trilogy!

Quentin Tarantino- Gotta love Reservoir Dogs, my friend says pulp fiction is awesome (havent seen it yet *gasp*) and the recent kill bill v.1 and v.2

Robert Rodriguez- not exactly my fav. but after Sin City i look forward to his movies now, despite his exploration into the children genre with the spy kids sequels n all!

Bryan Singer and Sam Raimi for doing an excellent job on giving justice to comic heros turned films spiderman and the xmen! Cant wait for superman returns and spiderman 3