Christopher Nolan has 5 of his 7 features in the top 120 over at imdb. How's that for deference to disauthority. His spot last year seemed much more appropriate. Also, revise it to boring/old. 5 of the top 6 are on my list though and 5 of my top 6 are in the top-40. I'm not really complaining about that.
Anyway, I don't think anybody has posted more from their ballot that missed the list than I'm about to with 25 (and that's after a late change that removed two that would have missed the list and added two that made it).
5. Andrea Arnold
8. Edgar Wright
10. Martin McDonagh
11. Kevin Smith
12. M. Night Shyamalan
14. Joe Wright
15. Gaspar Noé
16. Tomas Alfredsson
17. Jason Reitman
19. Denys Arcand
20. Morgan Spurlock
21. Hirokazu Koreeda
22. John Cameron Mitchell
23. Gurinder Chadha
24. Makato Shinkai
26. Matt Stone and Trey Parker
29. Baz Luhrmann
30. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
31. Debra Granik
35. Mel Brooks
38. Curtis Hanson
41. Tom Tykwer
42. Rob Reiner
43. Kim Ki-Duk
45. Ashutosh Gowariker
The red highlighted ones are the ones that fell off from last year. Something happened in the past year about Kevin Smith because suddenly when Red State came out it seemed like everyone hated all his films all of a sudden. I mean, I'm used to the M. Night hate but Smith hate was new to me. Obviously I've got a fair few people on there with <5 features, not who I really would expect to make the list. Certainly the Wrights would seem to be candidates as would Koreeda and John Cameron Mitchell. I'm not sure if Denys Arcand is largely unseen or simply not as appreciated.
Anyway, Mike Leigh should be at least 10 spots higher. Rian Johnson/Lynne Ramsay/Kelly Reichardt should be 10 spots lower/off the list. If my directors with limited filmographies can't make it, no one's should.