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by CosmicMonkey
Sun Jan 01, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: 21st century directors: any great ones?
Replies: 34
Views: 59976

Re: 21st century directors: any great ones?

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.
by CosmicMonkey
Thu Jul 28, 2016 3:13 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: 21st century directors: any great ones?
Replies: 34
Views: 59976

Re: 21st century directors: any great ones?

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.
by Yiannos
Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:04 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: 21st century directors: any great ones?
Replies: 34
Views: 59976

Re: 21st century directors: any great ones?

According to my own rankings I can only vouch for Albert Serra, who is a bit of a divisive figure in cinephile circles.

Stepping outside the established criteria though (sorry!), I'd say a few directors have potential. e.go Mungiu, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, maybe Alonso etc.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan is perhaps a little too derivative to ever be one of the greats though.

EDIT: Ceylan actually started in the 90's. I keep forgetting that. Maybe it's because Uzak was the film where he really arrived, and that came out in the early 00's.
by jeff_v
Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:16 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: 21st century directors: any great ones?
Replies: 34
Views: 59976

Re: 21st century directors: any great ones?

djross wrote:
jeff_v wrote:But no one who began 2000+ has 3 tier 9 or higher (including a tier 10).


Criteria are two tier 9 or higher, including at least one tier 10. Sorry if that wasn't clear. But thanks for actually paying some attention to the criteria!


Ok, that lets in a few:

Ken Lonergan - Margaret (t10), You Can Count on Me (t10)
Michel Gondry - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (t10), Dave Chapelle's Block Party (t9)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Tropical Malady (t10), Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (t9)
David Gordon Green - All the Real Girls (t10), George Washington (t9)
Cristian Mungiu - 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days (t10), Beyond the Hills (t9)
Rian Johnson - Brick (t10), Looper (t9)
Carlos Reygadas - Japon (t10), Stellet licht (t9)
Shane Carruth - Primer (t10), Upstream Color (t9)
by paulofilmo
Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:43 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: 21st century directors: any great ones?
Replies: 34
Views: 59976

None meeting your criteria

https://www.criticker.com/people/Hogg_Joanna/
https://www.criticker.com/people/Andrea_Arnold/
https://www.criticker.com/people/Duane_Hopkins/

some more names for your scoff and awe (some starting in the '90s)

Zhang Ke Jia
Michel Gondry
Alfonso Cuaron
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Iñárritu
+1 Steve McQueen
Edgar Wright
Ben Wheatley
+1 Kenneth Lonergan
Charlie Kaufman
Chan-wook Park
Shane Meadows (probably the closest to meeting the criteria)
Wes Anderson (ditto)
Masaaki Yuasa
Peter Strickland
Carlos Reygadas

probably some tv directors worthy of such company.

I just remember how satisfying Drive and Shame were. Good year.