Directors to Keep an Eye On
by Jason-Scoot | created - 27 Jun 2022 | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Julia Ducournau
Director | Titane
Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie Raw (2016), won the coveted ...
1. Raw (2016)
2. Titane (2021)
2. Dash Shaw
Writer | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Dash Shaw is known for My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016), Cryptozoo (2021) and Rabbit Hole (2010).
1. My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)
2. Cryptozoo (2021)
3. Agnieszka Smoczynska
Director | Córki dancingu
Agnieszka Smoczynska was born on May 18, 1978 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. She is a director and writer, known for The Lure (2015), Fugue (2018) and The Silent Twins (2022). She is married to Andrzej Konopka. They have two children.
1. The Lure (2015) (7/10)
2. The Silent Twins (2022) (8/10)
4. Kristoffer Borgli
Director | Syk pike
Kristoffer Borgli was born in 1985 in Oslo, Norway. He is a director and writer, known for Sick of Myself (2022), Dream Scenario (2023) and Former Cult Member Hears Music for the First Time (2020).
1. Sick of Myself (2022) (7/10)
2. Dream Scenario (2023) (8/10)
5. Gaspar Noé
Director | Enter the Void
Gaspar Noé is an Argentinian filmmaker and screenwriter who lives in France. He is the son of Luis Felipe Noé, an Argentinian artist. He directed I Stand Alone, Irréversible, Enter the Void, Love, Climax, Carne, Lux Æterna, Sodomites and Vortex. His films are known for having a sensory overload ...
1. I Stand Alone (1998)
2. Irreversible (2002)
3. Enter the Void (2009)
4. Climax (2018)
6. Anna Biller
Director | Viva
Anna Biller is a writer and director who creates unique, female-focused, highly visual films. She has a BA from UCLA in art and an MFA from CalArts in art and film. Her first feature Viva played in film festivals all over the world and gained minor cult status, and her second feature The Love Witch...
The Love Witch (2016) (7/10)
7. Nicolas Winding Refn
Writer | The Neon Demon
Writer, director, and producer Nicolas Winding Refn was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1970, to Anders Refn, a film director and editor, and Vibeke Winding (née Tuxen), a cinematographer. Just before he turned 11, in 1981, he moved to New York with his parents, where he lived out his teen years. ...
1. Pusher (1996)
2. Pusher II (2004)
3. Pusher III (2005)
4. Bronson (2008)
5. Drive (2011)
6. The Neon Demon (2016)
7. Too Old to Die Young (2019)
8. Barry Jenkins
Producer | If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins was born on November 19, 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a producer and director, known for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Moonlight (2016) and Aftersun (2022).
1. Moonlight (2016)
2. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
9. Regina King
Actress | Ray
Regina King was born in Los Angeles, California, to Gloria, a special education teacher, and Thomas King, an electrician. She began her career in the television show 227 (1985), followed by a role in Boyz n the Hood (1991). She began to be recognized by a mainstream audience after her role as Cuba ...
1. One Night in Miami... (7/10)
10. Kornél Mundruczó
Director | Jupiter holdja
Kornél Mundruczó was born on April 3, 1975 in Gödöllõ, Hungary. He is an actor and director, known for Jupiter's Moon (2017), White God (2014) and Pieces of a Woman (2020). He is married to Kata Wéber.
1. Pieces of a Woman (2020)
11. Darius Marder
Writer | Sound of Metal
Darius Marder is known for Sound of Metal (2019), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) and Loot (2008). He is married to Liza Cassidy. They have two children.
1. Sound of Metal (2019)
12. Thomas Vinterberg
Director | Jagten
With Sidste omgang (1993) (Last Round), his graduation short from The National Film School of Denmark, Thomas Vinterberg got an early taste of critical success. He received the Jury's and Producers' Awards at the International Student Film Fest in Munich and won the 1st Prize at the Tel Aviv Film ...
1. The Celebration (1998)
2. The Hunt (2012)
3. Another Round (2020)
13. Pablo Larraín
Producer | No
Pablo Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), El Club (2015), NO (2012), among others. Together with his brother Juan de Dios Larraín, they founded Fabula in 2004, one of the most prolific production companies in Latin ...
1. Jackie (2016)
2. Spencer (2021)
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