Uwe Boll

Despite a career defined by critical panning, Boll has achieved a unique sort of notoriety: his video game adaptations are among the most widely discussed examples of so-bad-it's-good cinema. His film Alone in the Dark frequently appears on lists of the worst movies ever made, and his boxing matches with critics earned him a bizarre kind of fame. He remains one of the few directors who can consistently turn a profit on films that are almost universally reviled.