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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: 59760

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: 59760

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.