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Respondents Who Agree Most and Least with the 2012 Sight & Sound Poll

The lists below rank voters based on how much (or how little) they agreed with the full results of the poll. The # of Votes column is the total number of votes received by films on that voter's ballot from all other voters. Higher values indicate more agreement with the poll as a whole. Lower values indicate less agreement.

Respondents Who Agreed the Most

Rank Voter Gender Role Nation # of Votes
1 Gabriele Barrera Male Critic Italy 1131
2 Roman Gutek Male Programmer Poland 1058
3 Peggy Chiao Female Academic Taiwan 1031
4 Jim Sinclair Male Programmer Canada 1030
5 Liz Helfgott Female Critic US 1029
6 Jan-Christopher Horak Male Archivist US 1018
7 Demetrios Matheou Male Critic UK 1006
8 Roger Ebert Male Critic US 976
9 Luciano Monteagudo Male Critic Argentina 974
10 Richard Koszarski Male Critic US 958
11 Zhu Wen Male Director China 956
12 Sevin Okyay Male Critic Turkey 955
13 Noel Carroll Male Academic US 940
= Philip Horne Male Academic UK 940
15 Alby James Male Programmer UK, Africa 935
16 Philip Molloy Male Critic Ireland 922
17 Mark Olsen Male Critic US 898
18 Peter Howell Male Critic Canada 896
19 David Denby Male Critic US 891
20 Atom Egoyan Male Director Canada 881
21 Chadi Zeneddine Male Director Lebanon 878
22 Pablo Larraín Male Director Chile 876
23 Khalid Mohamed Male Critic India 866
= Martin Scorsese Male Director US 866
25 Venkateswaran Narayanan Male Critic India 859
26 Graham Fuller Male Critic US 849
27 Paul Schrader Male Director US 847
= Thomas Doherty Male Academic US 847
29 Paul Bush Male Director UK 839
30 Mohammed Rouda Male Critic Lebanon 830
31 Andreas Furler Male Programmer Switzerland 826
32 Nevena Dakovic Female Academic Serbia 816
33 Karel Och Male Programmer Czech Republic 815
34 Alon Garbuz Male Programmer Israel 812
35 Horace Ové Male Director UK 804
36 Edward Buscombe Male Critic UK 802
= Jorge Jellinek Male Critic Uruguay 802
38 Nachman Ingber Male Academic Israel 801
39 Jay Kuehner Male Critic US 794
40 Kong Rithdee Male Critic Thailand 793
41 Carlos F. Heredero Male Critic Spain 781
42 Chinlin Hsieh Female Programmer Thailand, France 771
43 Jaan Ruus Male Critic Estonia 768
44 Paul Whitington Male Critic Ireland 767
45 Fernanda Solórzano Female Critic Mexico 765
46 Bruno Di Marino Male Critic Italy 764
47 Trevor Johnston Male Critic UK 763
48 Lucy Virgen Female Programmer Mexico 762
49 Jamie Graham Male Critic UK 758
50 Sheila Johnston Female Critic UK 756
51 Peter Walsh Male Programmer Ireland 751
52 Manuel Ferrari Male Director Argentina 750
53 Thomas Dawson Male Critic UK 745
54 Diego Batlle Male Critic Argentina 742
55 Eric Kohn Male Critic US 737
56 Joslyn Barnes Female Other US 730
57 Wheeler Winston Dixon Male Academic US 726
58 Kenneth Turan Male Critic US 725
59 Matthew Leyland Male Critic UK 724
60 Thomas Allenbach Male Programmer Switzerland 722
61 Matthew Taylor Male Critic UK 720
62 Christopher Frayling Male Critic UK 719
= Geoffrey Macnab Male Critic UK 719
64 Andrea Dittgen Female Critic Germany 713
65 Sam Mendes Male Director UK, US 710
= Uri Klein Male Critic Israel 710
67 Graham Shirley Male Archivist Australia 706
68 David Forgacs Male Academic UK 704
69 Jeff Masino Male Distributor US 703
= Lodge Kerrigan Male Director US 703
= Tony Macklin Male Critic US 703
72 Andrei Gorzo Male Critic Romania 701
73 Lóránt Stohr Male Critic Hungary 695
= Michael Koresky Male Critic US 695
75 John Ewing Male Programmer US 691
= Ying Liang Male Director China 691
77 Patrick McGilligan Male Critic US 690
78 Báron György Male Critic Hungary 687
79 Kate Stables Female Critic UK 686
80 Richard Suchenski Male Academic US 683
81 Ann Turner Female Director Australia 682
82 Nicolas Philibert Male Director France 675
83 Guido Bonsaver Male Academic UK 673
= Thierry Jobin Male Programmer Switzerland 673
85 Sergey Dvortsevoy Male Director Kazakhstan 671
86 José María Caparrós-Lera Male Academic Spain 670
= Nuria Vidal Female Critic Spain 670
88 Babak Payami Male Director Iran 669
= Olivier Pčre Male Programmer France 669
90 Nicolás Echevarría Male Director Mexico 666
91 Joachim Trier Male Director Norway 665
92 Martin Melarkey Male Programmer UK 664
93 Andrew Yusu Cheng Male Director China 662
= Fabio Troncarelli Male Academic Italy 662
= Santiago Navajas Male Critic Spain 662
96 David Rudkin Male Other UK 661
97 Dimitri Eipides Male Programmer Greece 660
= Pablo O. Scholz Male Critic Argentina 660
= Raymond Red Male Director Philippines 660
100 Sek Kei Male Critic Hong Kong 659
101 Barry Salt Male Academic Australia, UK 658
102 Catherine Wheatley Female Academic UK 656
= Maja Weiss Female Director Slovenia 656
104 Daniela Michel Female Programmer Mexico 653
105 Michael Apted Male Director UK 650
106 Edvinas Puksta Male Programmer Lithuania 649
= Oliver Schmitz Male Director South Africa 649
108 Stojan Pelko Male Academic Slovenia 648
109 Faouzi Bensaďdi Male Director Morocco 647
110 Hammad Khan Male Director Pakistan 642
111 Nenad Polimac Male Critic Croatia 640
112 Mark Romanek Male Director US 639
= Orlando Mora Male Programmer Colombia 639
114 Avinoam Harpak Male Programmer Israel 638
115 Jonathan Glazer Male Director UK 637
116 Fernando Lara Male Critic Spain 631
= Nico Simon Male Programmer Belgium 631
118 Mihai Chirilov Male Programmer Romania 630
= Wesley Morris Male Critic US 630
120 Patrick Tam Male Director Hong Kong 629
121 Jim Emerson Male Critic US 626
122 Augusto M Seabra Male Critic Portugal 625
= Piers Handling Male Programmer Canada 625
124 Atilla Dorsay Male Critic Turkey 622
= Geoff Andrew Male Critic UK 622
126 Andrzej Kolodynski Male Critic Poland 620
127 Malte Hagener Male Academic Germany 619
128 Jože Dolmark Male Critic Slovenia 618
129 Janusz Wróblewski Male Critic Poland 617
= Rima Mismar Female Programmer Lebanon 617
131 David Thompson Male Critic UK 615
132 Mariano Martín Kairuz Male Critic Argentina 614
133 Mikhail Iampolski Male Academic US, Russia 612
134 Michael Atkinson Male Critic US 611
135 Nuri Bilge Ceylan Male Director Turkey 610
136 Trevor Groth Male Programmer US 608
137 Cameron Bailey Male Programmer Canada 607
138 Borislav Andjelic Male Critic Serbia 606
139 Amy Taubin Female Critic US 605
= Antonio Mariotti Male Critic Switzerland 605
141 Justin Chang Male Critic US 604
= Petr Gajdosik Male Critic Czech Republic 604
143 Leonard Quart Male Critic US 603
= Luciano Barisone Male Critic Switzerland, Italy 603
= Youssef Cherif Rizkallah Male Programmer Egypt 603
146 Tim J Smith Male Academic UK 600

Most Idiosyncratic Voters

Rank Voter Gender Role Nation # of Votes
1 Ferroni Brigade Mixed Critic Austria, Germany 3
= Olaf Möller Male Critic Germany 3
3 Barbara Wurm Female Critic Germany, Austria 4
= Martial Pisani Male Critic France 4
5 Santiago Gallego Male Critic Spain 5
= Slavoj Zizek Male Critic Slovenia 5
7 Luke McKernan Male Archivist UK 6
8 Ally Derks Female Programmer Netherlands 7
= David Curtis Male Academic UK 7
= Gary Thomas Male Programmer UK 7
11 Félix García de Villegas Rey Male Critic Spain 8
= Patrick Russell Male Archivist UK 8
= Zina Saro-Wiwa Female Director UK, Nigeria 8
14 Shinozaki Makoto Male Director Japan 10
15 Genevičve Sellier Female Academic France 11
= Stewart Home Male Critic UK 11
17 Chris Petit Male Director UK 13
18 Ant Timpson Male Programmer New Zealand 14
= Ben Russell Male Director US 14
20 Pierre Rissient Male Programmer France 16
21 Sarah Turner Female Director UK 17
22 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Male Critic US, Russia 18
= Patrick Fahy Male Critic UK 18
24 Nicole Brenez Female Programmer France 19
25 Akira Tochigi Male Programmer Japan 21
= Sion Sono Male Director Japan 21
27 Andrew Lampert Male Archivist US 22
= Arthur Mas Male Critic France 22
29 Alfonso Camacho Cordón Male Critic Spain 25
= Ian Penman Male Critic UK 25
= Warwick Thornton Male Director Australia 25
32 Mark Sinker Male Critic UK 26
33 Giulio Bursi Male Programmer Italy 28
34 Whit Stillman Male Director US 29
35 John Gianvito Male Director US 30
36 Chris Chang Male Critic US 31
37 Fred Camper Male Critic US 32
38 Ik-June Yang Male Director South Korea 33
39 Ed Park Male Critic US 34
40 Keren Yedaya Female Director Israel 35
= Sophie Mayer Female Critic UK 35
42 Li Hongyu Male Critic China 36
43 Cyrus Frisch Male Director Netherlands 38
= Daisuke Akasaka Male Critic Japan 38
45 Álvaro Arroba Male Critic Spain 39
= Baltasar Komákur Male Director Iceland 39
47 Marco Dutra Male Director Brazil 40
48 Jan Göransson Male Other Sweden 41
49 Adrian Martin Male Critic Australia 42
= James Nolen Male Programmer Australia 42
= Jed Rapfogel Male Programmer US 42
= Ray Carney Male Academic US 42
53 Shinji Aoyama Male Director Japan 43
54 June Givanni Female Programmer Guyana 45
= Matthias Müller Male Director Germany 45
= Mike Hodges Male Director UK 45
= Raqs Media Collective Mixed Director India 45
= Rebecca Shatwell Female Programmer UK 45
= Ruben Östlund Male Director Sweden 45
= Vic Pratt Male Archivist UK 45
61 Niki Caro Female Director New Zealand, US 46
= Rasha Salti Female Programmer Lebanon, US 46
= William Fowler Male Archivist UK 46
64 Jasper Sharp Male Critic UK 49
= Mika Taanila Male Director Finland 49
66 Paolo Bertolin Male Programmer Italy 50
67 Boris Nelepo Male Critic Russia 51
= Ferenc Zalaba Male Critic Hungary 51
69 Christine Dollhofer Female Programmer Austria 54
= Javier Packer-Comyn Male Programmer France 54
71 Peter von Bagh (director) Male Director Finland 56
72 Filipe Furtado Male Critic Brazil 57
73 Martin Brady Male Academic UK 58
74 Peter Farrelly Male Director US 59
75 Edgar Pęra Male Director Portugal 60
= Jeremy Deller Male Director UK 60
= Patricio Guzmán Male Director Chile 60
= William E Jones Male Director US 60
79 David Sorfa Male Academic UK 61
= Nanouk Leopold Female Director Netherlands 61
81 Claire Monk Female Academic UK 62
= Diane Negra Female Academic Ireland 62
= Isabelle Stever Female Director Germany 62
84 Chris Fujiwara Male Programmer US, Japan 63
= Mĺns Mĺnsson Male Director Sweden 63
86 Ali Smith Female Critic UK 64
= Juan Antonio Bayona Male Director Spain 64
88 David Phelps Male Critic US 65
89 Gonçalo Tocha Male Director Portugal 66
90 Emily Wardill Female Director UK 67
= Joe Swanberg Male Director US 67
92 Bence Fliegauf Male Director Hungary 68
= Keith Griffiths Male Other UK 68
94 Martin Koerber Male Archivist Germany 69
= Rod Stoneman Male Academic Ireland 69
96 Richard Kuipers Male Critic Australia 70
97 Dennis Doros Male Distributor US 71
98 Christoph Huber Male Critic Austria 72
= Lola Hinojosa Male Programmer Spain 72
100 Cate Shortland Female Director Australia 74
= Raphael Nadjari Male Director France 74
= Roee Rosen Male Director Israel, US 74
103 Radu Jude Male Director Romania 75
104 Jurgis Krasons Male Director Latvia 76
= Thomas Beard Male Programmer US 76
106 Ben Rivers Male Director UK 77
107 Jean-Claude Rousseau Male Director France 78
= Josh Safdie Male Director US 78
109 Girish Shambu Male Critic US 79
110 May Adadol Ingawanij Female Academic Thailand, UK 80
= Rob White Male Critic UK 80
= Stanislav Zelvensky Male Critic Russia 80
= Yoshio Yasui Male Archivist Japan 80
114 Matthew Vaughn Male Director UK 81
= Petra Seliskar Female Director Slovenia 81
116 Sergio Grmek Germani Male Archivist Italy 82
117 Angelina Nikonova Female Director Russia 83
= Michel Mourlet Male Critic France 83
= Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Female Critic Spain 83
120 Daniel Frampton Male Critic UK 84
= Kleber Mendonça Filho Male Director Brazil 84
= Pablo Stoll Male Director Uruguay 84
123 Lisa Mullen Female Critic UK 85
= Peter Kosminsky Male Director UK 85
125 Michael Glawogger Male Director Austria 86
= Okajima Hisashi Male Programmer Japan 86
127 Mark Pilkington Male Critic UK 87
128 Ed Halter Male Programmer US 88
129 Fernando Ganzo Male Critic Spain 89
= Vadim Rizov Male Critic US 89
131 Jay Duplass Male Director US 90
= Michael Baute Male Critic US, Germany 90
= Virginie Sélavy Female Critic UK 90
134 Mark Kermode Male Critic UK 91
= Monte Hellman Male Director US 91
= Roger Garcia Male Programmer Hong Kong 91
137 Barbara Scharres Female Programmer US 92
138 Jesús Piquero Male Programmer Spain 94
= Ray Lawrence Male Director Australia 94
140 Michael Omasta Male Critic Austria 95
141 Antonia Quirke Female Critic UK 96
= Richard Combs Male Academic UK 96
143 Jan Lumholdt Male Critic Sweden 97
= Javier Porta Fouz Male Critic Argentina 97
= Un-Seong Yoo Male Programmer Korea 97
= Wanuri Kahiu Female Director Kenya 97
147 Veiko Őunpuu Male Critic Estonia 99
148 Pawel Pawlikowski Male Director UK, Poland 100
= Philip Kemp Male Critic UK 100
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