10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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andagh
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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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1) Jia Zhangke (far and away the number one on this list)
2) Kim Ki-duk
3) Paul Thomas Anderson
4) Lynne Ramsey
5) Park Chan-Wook
6) Christopher Nolan

After those 6 the list falls off in quality in a hurry.

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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Tier 10: Paul Thomas Anderson
Tier 9: Wes Anderson
Tier 8: Sofia Coppola
Tier 7: Darren Aronofsky
Tier 6: Shane Meadows, Spike Jonze, David Gordon Green
Tier 5: Danny Boyle, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Noah Baumbach

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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Kenji Kamiyama
Asghar Farhadi
Tony Kaye
Cristian Mungiu
José Padilha
Steve James
Sylvain Chomet
Chang-dong Lee
Bruce Sinofsky
Kazuya Tsurumaki
Masayuki
Don Hertzfeldt
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Darren Aronofsky
Lee Unkrich
Lynne Ramsay
Chan-wook Park
Zhang Ke Jia
Martin McDonagh
Hideaki Anno
Jafar Panahi
Christopher Nolan
Joon-ho Bong
Reha Erdem
Tetsuya Nakashima
(according to criticker users' average ratings; all genres combined)

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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martryn wrote:1. Joss Whedon, 3 films (88.67)
2. Christopher Nolan, 7 films (86.57)
3. Edgar Wright, 3 films (86.33)
4. Brad Bird, 3 films (85.00)
5. Danny Boyle, 3 films (84.33)
6. Darren Aronofsky, 4 films (84.25)
7. Guy Ritchie, 5 films (82.8)
8. Matthew Vaughn, 4 films (81.5)
9. Doug Liman, 4 films (80)
10. Marc Forster, 5 films (79.8)

Little bit ashamed of some of those rankings.


1. Joss Whedon, 3 films (88.67)
2. Christopher Nolan, 7 films (87.14)
3. Edgar Wright, 3 films (86.33)
4. Brad Bird, 3 films (85.00)
5. Darren Aronofsky, 4 films (84.25)
6. Danny Boyle, 4 films (84.00)
7. Rian Johnson, 3 films (83.67) --> Ranked Looper which gave me 3 films
8. Guy Ritchie, 5 films (82.80)
9. Matthew Vaughn, 4 films (81.00)
10. Doug Liman, 4 films (81.00)

Just an update. Still a little bit embarrassed.

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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An update - a bit over a year and a half after my initial post, my list has changed quite drastically I think! :shock:

(old list)
[spoiler]
Moribunny wrote:1. Lynne Ramsay - 79.2 (5)
2. Cristian Mungiu - 78.25 (4)
3. Sylvain Chomet - 77.62 (3)
4. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 75.25 (4)
5. Andrew Bujalski - 74.33 (3)
6. Jafar Panahi - 73.67 (3)
7. Shane Meadows - 72.17 (6)
8. Wen Jiang - 71.57 (3)
9. James Gray - 71.5 (4)
10. Joseph Cedar, 67 (3), Aaron Katz - 67 (3) (tied)

Runners up: Jaume Balaguero, Adam Elliott, Dover Koshashvili
[/spoiler]

1. Asghar Farhadi - 89.00 (4)
2. Calvin Reeder - 81.00 (3)
3. Lynne Ramsay - 80.17 (6)
4. Sylvain Chomet - 79.33 (3)
5. Matthias Glasner - 78.67 (3)
6. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 76.80 (5)
7. Cristian Mungiu - 75.00 (5)
8. Jafar Panahi - 74.17 (6)
9. Wen Jiang - 71.67 (3)
10. Don Hertzfeldt - 71.33 (9 shorts)

Came close: Shane Meadows, Harmony Korine, Andrew Bujalski, Ari Folman

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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Director avg tier films
Kenji Kamiyama 76.67 3
Asghar Farhadi 75.80 5
Bruce Sinofsky 74.75 4
Tony Kaye 74.67 3
Steve McQueen 74.00 3
Ágnes Hranitzky 73.67 3
Cristian Mungiu 73.33 3
Chang-dong Lee 71.75 4
Steve James 71.75 4
Sylvain Chomet 71.67 3
Philippe Grandrieux 71.00 3
Andrei Zvyagintsev 71.00 3
Jeff Nichols 70.67 3
Jaco van Dormael 70.33 3
Jacques Audiard 70.25 4
Apichatpong Weerasethakul 70.14 7
Lee Unkrich 69.75 4
Leos Carax 69.17 6
Don Hertzfeldt 69.08 12
Tetsuya Nakashima 69.00 3
Jafar Panahi 68.67 6
Bennett Miller 68.33 3
Zhang Ke Jia 68.29 7
Christopher Nolan 68.00 9
Denis Villeneuve 68.00 5
Kazuya Tsurumaki 68.00 5
Laurent Cantet 67.75 4
György Pálfi 67.67 3
Mahiro Maeda 67.67 3
Nuri Bilge Ceylan 67.50 8
Lynne Ramsay 67.50 4
Jean-Marc Vallée 67.50 4
Joon-ho Bong 67.17 6
Chan-wook Park 67.11 9
Jehane Noujaim 67.00 3
Paolo Sorrentino 66.75 4
Anders Thomas Jensen 66.75 4
Jae-young Kwak 66.67 3
Thomas McCarthy 66.67 3
Julian Schnabel 66.67 3

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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2018 Update -- some major changes:

1. Radu Jude - 89.40 (5)
2. Asghar Farhadi - 87.83 (6)
3. Sylvain Chomet - 80.33 (3)
4. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - 79.29 (7)
5. Lynne Ramsay - 78.14 (7)
6. Calvin Reeder - 77.00 (4)
7. Andrey Zvyagintsev - 76.67 (6)
8. J.C. Chandor - 76.33 (3)
9. Cristian Mungiu - 75.50 (6)
10. Ben & Josh Safdie - 74.67 (3)
11. Jacques Audiard - 74.40 (5)
12. Lucrecia Martel - 74.33 (3)
13. Jafar Panahi - 72.88 (8)
14. Larry Clark - 72.50 (4)
15. Harmony Korine - 72.33 (6)

Came close: Wen Jiang, Shane Meadows, Oren Moverman, Andrew Bujalski, Steve James
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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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1. Abdellatif Kechiche 9.33 (3)
2. Tom Tykwer 9.00 (3)
3. Sofia Coppola 8.33 (6)
4. Mark Waters 8.33 (3)
5. Norah Ephron 9.33 (3)
6. Jonathan Glazer 8.33 (3)
7. John Madden 8.33 (3)
8. Michael Moore 8.25 (3)
9. Joe Wright 8.25 (4)
10. Susanne Bier 8.14 (7)

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Re: 10 highest scoring new/contemporary directors

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1. Zach Braff 84.33 (3)
2. Edgar Wright 84.14 (7)
3. Lana & Lilly Wachowski 83.00 (8)
4. Michel Hazanavicius 82.67 (3)
5. Michel Gondry 81.67 (3)
6. Pascal Laugier 80.00 (3)
7. Sofia Coppola 79.86 (7)
8. Tate Taylor 79.33 (3)
9. Spike Jonze 78.67 (6)
10. Lee Toland Krieger 78.33 (3)

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