The 2021 AFI Awards top 10 list is out, and it’s top heavy with films from big-name directors.
Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Denis Villeneuve, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jane Campion, Joel Coen and Adam McKay all have movies that made the cut. Another boldface name, Lin-Manuel Miranda, also showed up on the list with his first directing credit, tick,tick…Boom!
The AFI jury was clearly impressed, though, with filmmakers who either have won or been nominated for Oscars, some multiple times. Spielberg’s West Side Story, Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth (representing a rare solo turn without brother Ethan), Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, Campion’s The Power of the Dog, McKay’s Don’t Look Up, and Villeneuve’s Dune are joined by films form lesser-known directors including Sian Heder’s Coda, and Reinaldo Marcus Greene’s King Richard.
See the full list below, with...
Steven Spielberg, Guillermo del Toro, Denis Villeneuve, Paul Thomas Anderson, Jane Campion, Joel Coen and Adam McKay all have movies that made the cut. Another boldface name, Lin-Manuel Miranda, also showed up on the list with his first directing credit, tick,tick…Boom!
The AFI jury was clearly impressed, though, with filmmakers who either have won or been nominated for Oscars, some multiple times. Spielberg’s West Side Story, Coen’s The Tragedy Of Macbeth (representing a rare solo turn without brother Ethan), Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Del Toro’s Nightmare Alley, Campion’s The Power of the Dog, McKay’s Don’t Look Up, and Villeneuve’s Dune are joined by films form lesser-known directors including Sian Heder’s Coda, and Reinaldo Marcus Greene’s King Richard.
See the full list below, with...
- 12/8/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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