The Great Directors Tournament: Art House Favorties Bracket—Round One

All the first round polls are now up and running. Don't forget to vote in the other brackets if you haven't already.

Ingmar Bergman
Born: July 14, 1918 (Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden)
Directorial Debut: (Crisis (1946)
Academy Awards: 9 nominations (including 3 for direction)
Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards (for direction): 1 win—The Seventh Seal (1957) (Drama)
Three More To See: Wild Strawberries, Persona and Scenes From A Marriage

Stanley Kubrick
Born: July 26, 1928 (New York, New York)
Directorial Debut: Flying Padre (documentary short) (1951)
Academy Awards: 13 nominations (including 4 for direction), 1 win—2001: A Space Odyssey (Visual Effects)
Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards (for direction): 1 win—2001: A Space Odyssey (Drama)
Three More To See: The Killing, Paths Of Glory and Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Akira Kurosawa
Born: March 23, 1910 (Tokyo, Japan)
Directorial Debut: Uma (some scenes) (uncredited) (1941)
Academy Awards: 1 nomination, honorary Oscar
Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards (for direction): 3 wins—Rashômon (1950), Seven Samurai (1954) and Ran (1985) (all for Drama)
Three More To See: Ikiru, The Hidden Fortress and Yojimbo

Federico Fellini
Born: January 20, 1920 (Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Directorial Debut: Luci del varietà (Variety Lights) (1950)
Academy Awards: 12 nominations, honorary Oscar (1993)
Katie-Bar-The-Door Awards (for direction): 8½ (1963) (Drama)
Three More To See: La Strada, Nights of Cabiria and La Dolce Vita