Directors you don't like (for any reason)

Darren Aronofsky
Chris Nolan
Sam Peckinpah
Lars Von Trier
Mel Gibson

Coen brothers
Haneke
Bruno Dumont
Xavier Dolan
Ben Rusell
Ben Rivers
Jodie Mack
Tarkovsky
Refn
Kair-Wai
Villeneuve
Mike Hoolboom
Bergman
Lois Patiño
Bill Viola
Tarantino
Park-Chan wook
Spielberg
Scorsese
Robert Altman
Assayas
Michael Robinson
James N. Kienitz Wilkins
Jim Finn
Jonathan Demme
Gaël Badaud
Ruben Östlund

Joss Whedon

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I really don't have that many directors I dislike tbh, I prefer to concentrate on the ones I love and I'm usually willing to give anybody a shot because who knows, maybe one day they'll make a great film.

I mostly dislike ultra-bland fellows like Shawn Levy or something - guys with whom there's no sense of any personal involvement in their projects or any personal approach, and who make extra forgettable films. And I don't really hate them or anything. If there're some filmmakers I hate, they're Russian fuckers you probably haven't heard of (Sarik Andreasyan, Zhora Kryzhovnikov).

Wes Anderson
Denis Villeneuve
James Cameron

To a lesser extent:
Spielberg
Sofia Coppola (need to see more)

Rian Johnson - and no not because of The Last Jedi. Brick was enough of a motive. I don't think he has made a single coherent, watchable film.
Rob Zombie -
Neill Blomkamp - District 9 was OK, and I could see myself liking him but he needs to actually write his movies first.
Tarsem Singh - sooooo frustrating.
Zack Snyder - the goodwill from Dawn of the Dead has long since been spent.

Darren Aronofsky is the first one to come to mind. I think he's got a few solid ideas, but his execution of them is so fucking basic it's unbelievable, and to see the cult of fans treat him with such reverence kinda boggles the mind, because so many directors do what he attempts to do and actually manage to stick the landing. He's an entry-level auteur at best.

I also really, really don't like where David Fincher has gone of late. He started out as this fascinating director of great Gothic sensibility, but then he stopped looking for actual depth in his stories or his characters and instead started cranking out these slick, super-dark movies that appeal to the angst in all of us. Except they are rather immature films for the most part, and I have found him more regressive than I'd like. Also, hot take, I think the strength of The Social Network is more Sorkin than it is him. With that said, you can't take Zodiac away from him.

Speaking of regression, Quentin Tarantino is the king of this. The man is capable of genius, but he is also the most self-derivative director alive. His last two films wallow in his worst traits and sensibilities, while not really breaking new ground at all. The Hateful Eight itself is a prime example, because you can feel the Heavy Hand of Quentin keeping the story from wanting to veer into interesting new directions at least a dozen times over the course of the runtime. The man needs to go back to the adaptation well, because I think that's where his skills truly lie. Take another Elmore Leonard book, give it the old Tarantino wash, and crank out another great flick.

I've also always hated Jean-Luc Godard and David O. Russell goes without saying.

I really don't like Jean Luc Godard. He does have some pretty interesting movies though, but still...

Villeneuve
Nolan
Assayas
Wes Anderson
Joss Whedon
Tom Hooper
Stephen Frears
Todd Haynes
Greta Gerwig
Mel Gibson
Haneke
Ruben Ostlund
Woody Allen
Ron Howard
Robert Zemeckis
Tim Burton
Ridley Scott

To a lesser extent:

Spielberg
Guillermo del Toro
James Cameron
Sofia Coppola
Clint Eastwood

If talking about regression Zhang Yimou is the worst. Every single film he's made since Hero has been absolutely horrid.

Ray Dennis Steckler is the worst director of all time.