Among his favorite directors were Buñuel, Mizoguchi, Bergman, Bresson, Kurosawa, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean Vigo, and Carl Theodor Dreyer.
ɐmˌʌŋ hɪz fˈeɪvɚɹᵻt dᵻɹˈɛktɚz wɜː bjˈuːnjjuːl, mˌɪzəɡˈʌtʃi, bˈɜːɡmən, bɹˈɛsən, kjˌʊɹɹəsˈɑːwə, mˌaɪkəlˈændʒəlˌoʊ æntˈoʊniəni, dʒˈiːn vˈiːɡoʊ, ænd kˈɑːɹl θiːədˈoːɹ dɹˈeɪɚ.