We need to write an essay on a film director, I just don't know who to write it on. Any ideas?
Russ Meyer.
Something... uh. School-friendly.
Sam Peckinpah
Roman Polanski
John Woo
Jean Renoir
Easy! François Truffaut. or Orson Welles.
Terry Gilliam would be seem to have plenty of information (even meta-mentaries--ie. Lost in La Mancha) and a winding career to boot. Werner Herzog as a second choice w/ Fitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams.
Uwe Boll