Inspired by an old episode of the big picture podcast. Favourite director by decade in which they made their first commercially released feature film. No student or short films:
10s John Ford
20s Alfred Hitchcock
30s Douglas Sirk
40s Nicholas Ray
50s Michelangelo Antonioni
60s Jean-Luc Godard
70s Terrence Malick
80s Hal Hartley
90s Harmony Korine
00s Charlie Kaufman
10s Rick Alverson