Many of filmdom's greatest directors have made at least one musical in their career, as seen in the list below:

Robert Wise - West Side Story, The Sound of Music
Mervyn LeRoy - Gypsy
George Cukor - A Star Is Born, My Fair Lady
William Wyler - Funny Girl
Carol Reed - Oliver!
George Roy Hill - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Herbert Ross - Goodbye, Mr Chips
Francis Ford Coppola - Finian's Rainbow
Norman Jewison - Fiddler on the Roof, Jesus Christ Superstar
Ken Russell - The Boy Friend, Tommy
Peter Bogdanovich - At Long Last Love
Milos Forman - Hair!
Arthur Hiller - Man of La Mancha
Brian DePalma - Phantom of the Paradise
Alan Parker - Bugsy Malone, Evita
Sidney Lumet - The Wiz
Martin Scorsese - New York, New York
John Huston - Annie
Gillian Armstrong - Starstruck
Richard Attenborough - A Chorus Line
Woody Allen - Everyone Says I Love You
Mike Leigh - Topsy-Turvy
Tim Burton - Sweeney Todd

Which contemporary great director would you like to see making a musical? Any inspiring ideas?

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