CosmicMonkey wrote:Ignoring tierlists, here are the directors that I feel have made 2 or more films I'd consider to be great and had their directorial debut in year 2000 or later:
Alejandro González Iñárritu (4 Films: Amores Perros, Babel, Birdman, The Revenant)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (3 Films: Tropical Malady, Syndromes and a Century, Uncle Boonmee)
Pete Docter (2 Films: Up, Inside Out)
Jason Reitman (2 Films: Juno, Up in the Air)
Director I think is most likely to join this list: Honestly, probably Stephen Daldry. Billy Elliott is great, The Hours is very good and while his more recent stuff has mostly been fluffy yet competently-made Oscarbait, he certainly has the ability and potential to crank out another great film.
Update: After watching more films this year, I'd like to add another director to this list:
Damien Chazelle (2 Films: Whiplash, La La Land)
I doubt that this is a very controversial addition, he is Hollywood's new wunderkind at the moment.