Who Would You Put On A "Movie Mt. Rushmore?"

Altman, Coppola, Cassavetes, Scorsese.

Actors Pacino, De Niro, Jack, Hoffman

Directors Coppola, Scorsese, Hitchcock, Spielberg

(not many genuine Americans, right? )

Someone who can look good in granite.
People like Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas.

Quentin Tarantino's chin can literally cut rocks.  Tarantino x 4

Orson Welles and Marlon Brando

DW Griffith
Orson Welles
Kubrick
Spielberg

Al Pacino
Luchino Visconti
Bette Davis
Jeanne Moreau

jon jost
abel ferrara
kenneth lonergan
nicholas ray

Akira Kurosawa - cause I think he's the greatest director ever
Steven Spielberg - cause he's not only one of the best directors ever, but his overall influence on movies and movie industry is enormous
Clint Eastwood - cause he was equally great as director and actor, more than everybody else

Not really sure about the fourth. You could argue that it would have to be another director, cause it's just the most important facet about filmmaking. Alfred Hitchcock would be a good choice then, because he was so influential as well.
You could argue for a woman among them, then I'd probably choose Meryl Streep.
Or the greatest actor: which to me is Paul Newman.
Or a screenwriter, but to me there isn't one that really stands out above all others.

I'll stick with dead American directors for simplicity's sake. It would feel weird picking living directors, even though many of the most influential filmmakers are still working.
Robert Altman
Orson Welles
Buster Keaton
Frank Capra

Alternates:
Cecille B. DeMille
John Cassavetes
Sidney Lumet
Billy Wilder
Mike Nichols
George Cukor

4 American horror masters to make it creepy:


Craven, Carpenter, De Palma, Friedkin