Directors - 20s
by IsaacRedondela | created - 09 Mar 2020 | updated - 28 Dec 2020 | Public
1. Cate Shortland
Director | Lore
Catherine Shortland is an Australian filmmaker from Temora, New South Wales who is known for directing the Marvel film "Black Widow." She also directed the feature-length films "Somersault", "Lore", and "Berlin Syndrome." She directed the short films "Pentuphouse", "Flowergirl", and "Joy." She is ...
Black Widow
1968 - Temora, New South Wales, Australia
2. Chloé Zhao
Director | Nomadland
Chloé Zhao or Zhao Ting (born March 31, 1982) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film, The Rider (2017), was critically acclaimed and received several accolades ...
Eternals
Nomadland
1982 - Beijing, China
3. Cathy Yan
Director | Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Cathy Yan is known for Birds of Prey (2020), Dead Pigs (2018) and According to My Mother (2016).
Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
1986 - China
4. Nia DaCosta
Writer | Candyman
Nia DaCosta was born on November 8, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Candyman (2021), Little Woods (2018) and The Marvels (2023).
Captain Marvel 2
Candyman
1989 - Brooklyn, New York, USA
5. Patty Jenkins
Director | Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.
Patty began her career as a ...
Wonder Woman 1984
1971 - Victorville, California, USA
6. Christina Sotta
Director | Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
Christina Sotta is known for Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020), Harley Quinn (2019) and Young Justice (2010).
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
7. Gina Prince-Bythewood
Writer | Love & Basketball
Gina Prince-Bythewood (Writer/Producer/Director) studied at UCLA Film School, where she received the Gene Reynolds Scholarship for Directing and the Ray Stark Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate. She was a member of UCLA's track and field team, qualifying for the Pac-10 Championships...
The Old Guard
1969 - Los Angeles, California, USA
8. Anna Mastro
Director | Secret Society of Second-Born Royals
Anna Mastro is known for Secret Society of Second Born Royals (2020), Runaways (2017) and UnREAL (2015).
Secret Society of Second-Born Royals
Seattle, Washington, USA
9. David Galán Galindo
Writer | Orígenes secretos
David Galán Galindo is known for Unknown Origins (2020), Hostiable (2015) and Curvas (2012).
Orígenes secretos
1982 - Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
10. Jaume Collet-Serra
Producer | The Shallows
Jaume Collet-Serra was born on March 23, 1974 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. At the age of 18, he moved to Los Angeles and attended Columbia College Hollywood, working as an editor on the side. Upon graduation, he began shooting music videos and caught the eye of several production ...
Black Adam
Jungle Cruise
1974 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
11. Joaquim Dos Santos
Director | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Joaquim Dos Santos was born on June 22, 1977 in Lisbon, Portugal. He is a producer, known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), The Legend of Korra (2012) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005).
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2
1977 - Portugal
12. David F. Sandberg
Director | Shazam!
David F. Sandberg is a Swedish film director from Jönköping who is known for directing the superhero comedy film Shazam and the horror films Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation. He lives on the autism spectrum. He also provided the voice of Mister Mind at the end of Shazam and made several short ...
Shazam! Fury of the Gods
1981 - Sweden
13. Daniel Espinosa
Director | Morbius
Jorge Daniel Espinosa is a Swedish-Chilean film director, screenwriter and film producer from Trångsund, Stockholm. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. He notably directed the Sony's Marvel Universe film Morbius starring Jared Leto and other films including Life, Easy ...
Morbius
1977 - Huddinge, Stockholms län, Sweden
14. Felix Binder
Director | Lerchenberg
Felix Binder was born in 1977 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Lerchenberg (2013), Red Bracelets: The Beginning (2019) and Club der roten Bänder (2015).
Freaks: You're One of Us
1977 - Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
15. Andy Serkis
Actor | War for the Planet of the Apes
English film actor, director and author Andy Serkis is known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for such computer-generated characters as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), ...
Venom 2
1964 - London, England, UK
16. James Wan
Writer | Saw
James Wan (born 26 February 1977) is an Australian film producer, screenwriter and film director of Malaysian Chinese descent. He is widely known for directing the horror film Saw (2004) and creating Billy the puppet. Wan has also directed Dead Silence (2007), Death Sentence (2007), Insidious (2010)...
Aquaman 2
Malignant
1977 - Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
17. Taika Waititi
Producer | What We Do in the Shadows
Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, hails from the Raukokore region of the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and is the son of Robin (Cohen), a teacher, and Taika Waititi, an artist and farmer. His father is Maori (Te-Whanau-a-Apanui), and his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish, Irish...
Thor: Love and Thunder
1975 - Wellington, New Zealand
18. Julius Avery
Director | Overlord
Julius Avery is known for Overlord (2018), Son of a Gun (2014) and Jerrycan (2008).
Samaritan
Australia
19. Andy Muschietti
Director | Mama
Andy Muschietti was born on August 26, 1973 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He is a producer and director, known for Mama (2013), It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).
The Flash
1973 - Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
20. Peyton Reed
Director | Ant-Man
Peyton Reed is an American film director, screenwriter and producer who is known for directing Bring It On, Ant-Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. He also directed Yes Man, Down with Love and The Break-Up. He directed episodes of The Mandalorian and Back to the Future.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
1964 - Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
21. Josh Boone
Director | The Fault in Our Stars
Joshua Boone is an American filmmaker and producer from Virginia Beach. He directed The Fault in Our Stars, Stuck in Love and The New Mutants, a horror themed spin-off of the X-Men films. Had Disney not bought Fox, Boone would have made New Mutants sequels. He also created the miniseries The Stand.
The Stand
The New Mutants
1979 - Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
22. Dave Wilson
Director | Bloodshot
Dave Wilson is known for Bloodshot (2020), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010).
Bloodshot
23. Matt Reeves
Producer | The Batman
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves was born April 27, 1966 in Rockville Center, New York, USA and is a writer, director and producer. Reeves began making movies at age eight, directing friends and using a wind-up camera. He befriended filmmaker J.J. Abrams when both were 13 years old and a public-access ...
The Batman
1966 - Rockville Center, New York, USA
24. James Gunn
Writer | Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, to Leota and James Francis Gunn. He is from a large Catholic family, with Irish and Czech ancestry. His father and his uncles were all lawyers. He has been writing and performing as long as he can remember. He began making 8mm films at the age ...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Peacemaker
The Suicide Squad
1966 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
25. Jon Watts
Director | Cop Car
Jon Watts is an American filmmaker and screenwriter. He directed Cop Car and Clown before he was picked by Marvel and Sony to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming starring Tom Holland and Zendaya. It's success resulted in two sequels, Far from Home in 2019 and No Way Home in 2021. He was also picked by ...
Untitled Spider-Man Sequel
1981 - Fountain, Colorado, USA
26. Sam Raimi
Director | Spider-Man
Highly inventive U.S. film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film, The Evil Dead (1981). From his childhood, Raimi was a fan of the cinema and, before he was ten-years-old, he was out making ...
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
50 States of Fright
1959 - Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
27. Ryan Coogler
Director | Black Panther
Ryan Kyle Coogler is an African-American filmmaker and producer who is from Oakland, California. He is known for directing the Black Panther film series, Creed, a Rocky spin-off and Fruitvale Station. He frequently casts Michael B. Jordan in his works. He produced the Creed sequels, Judas and the ...
Black Panther II
1986 - Oakland, California, USA
28. Destin Daniel Cretton
Director | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Destin Daniel Cretton is an American filmmaker, writer and producer from Haiku, Hawaii. He is known for directing The Glass Castle, I Am Not a Hipster, Short Term 12, Just Mercy and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. He is the second Asian-American filmmaker to direct a Marvel film ...
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
1978 - Maui, Hawaii, USA
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