The Resume

(February 3, 1939-July 2, 2016)
Won the 1978 Best Director Oscar (‘The Deer Hunter’)
Directed ‘Thunderbolt and Lightfoot,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate’ and ‘The Year of the Dragon’

Why he might be annoying:

‘The Deer Hunter’ was criticized for being wildly inaccurate in its depiction of the North Vietnamese.
‘Heaven’s Gate’ was such a critical and financial disaster that it nearly bankrupted United Artists.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had an MFA from Yale University
He won the best directors Oscar (1978).

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• AFI’s 100 Years … 100 Thrills [Directors] (Ranked: 30)
• AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies [Directors] (Ranked: 79)
• Best Director Oscar Winners (Ranked: 1978)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2031939)
• Cracked.com's 5 Great Careers Destroyed by the Post Oscar Curse (Ranked: 2)
• D.J.'s and M.C.'s
• Director's Guild Award (Ranked: 1978)
• Golden Globe: Best Director (Ranked: 1978)
• Golden Raspberry: Worst Director of the Year (Ranked: 1981)
• I Attended the Premiere of ‘Superman’ [1978]
• I Attended Yale
• I Died in 2016 (Ranked: 77)
• Jane Fonda Doesn’t Like Me
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm a Man in Shades
• Pauline Kael Doesn't Like Me
• People who Have Similar Names on Am I Annoying (Ranked: 860)
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 1]
• Profiles 7751-8000 (Ranked: 7827)
• Rolling Stone's 50 Worst Decisions in Movie History [2023] (Ranked: 34)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20160702)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 31 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 34 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 73.53% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 105 Votes: 72.38% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 168 Votes: 73.21% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 260 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 295 Votes: 66.44% Annoying