I'd say it's the director who has a body of work of movies that moved you or impacted you. And again, PICK ONE AND ONLY ONE. You can list the ones you considered but make a final choice.
The ones that come to my mind are:
Clint Eastwood
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
and then I have trouble choosing between the last two.
The very close runner up is Marty Scorcese but I gotta give it to another New York boy,
Allan Konigsberg AKA Woody Allen.
I admit his movies are not as powerful or iconic as Scorcese's but I derived so much joy from watching his huge body of work. Initially just his wacky comedies (Bananas, Take the Money and Run, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex) but over time they became much more sophisticated (Annie Hall, Manhattan, Broadway Danny Rose, Bullets Over Broadway) and even late in his career he brings in great ensemble casts (Cate Blanchett, Scarlet Johansen, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Miley Cyrus and more) for some whimsical productions (Match Point, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine). It seems like every actor wants to work with him.
I'm sure that I'm leaving out some worthy contenders but those guys made the most movies that I never get tired of.
The ones that come to my mind are:
Clint Eastwood
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
and then I have trouble choosing between the last two.
The very close runner up is Marty Scorcese but I gotta give it to another New York boy,
Allan Konigsberg AKA Woody Allen.
I admit his movies are not as powerful or iconic as Scorcese's but I derived so much joy from watching his huge body of work. Initially just his wacky comedies (Bananas, Take the Money and Run, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex) but over time they became much more sophisticated (Annie Hall, Manhattan, Broadway Danny Rose, Bullets Over Broadway) and even late in his career he brings in great ensemble casts (Cate Blanchett, Scarlet Johansen, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K., Miley Cyrus and more) for some whimsical productions (Match Point, Midnight in Paris, Blue Jasmine). It seems like every actor wants to work with him.
I'm sure that I'm leaving out some worthy contenders but those guys made the most movies that I never get tired of.