Your favorite director - deceased and active

Deceased - Sergio Leone (I can't imagine anyone beating him for those who are dead considering he's directed nearly half of the movies I gave a 10/10 in general (i.e. 3 out of 8 movies))

Active - Andrew Niccol (see more info below)

off the top of my head three directors came to mind... Quentin Tarantino/Martin Scorsese/Andrew Niccol (I don't think I would be missing anyone either that could top these overall at this point in time). my favorites from those three are...

Andrew Niccol...

1)Lord of War (2005) - 10/10
2)Gattaca (1997) - 8/10
-)S1m0ne (2002)
4)Good Kill (2014-2015) - 7/10
5)In Time (2011) - 6-6.5/10

Martin Scorsese...

1)The Color of Money (1986) - 8/10
2)The Departed (2006) - 7.5-8/10
-)The Aviator (2004)
-)Casino (1995)

NOTE: The Irishman (2019) has a chance at making the above list.

Quentin Tarantino...

1)Pulp Fiction (1994) - 9/10
2)Django Unchained (2012) - 7.5-8/10
3)Kill Bill vol 2 (2004) - 6.5-7/10
4)The Hateful Eight (2015)

NOTE: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019) has a decent chance at making the above list.

so given that info, I would rank them like this overall... 1)Niccol 2)Scorsese 3)QT. but we shall see how their up coming movies turn out.