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Poll: Directors Under 40

Which of these film directors under the age of 40 (as of January 1st, 2015) do you think is the most talented?

Results of 1,970 votes:

  1. 1.

    Cary Joji Fukunaga

     
    True Detective (2014), Jane Eyre (2011)
  2. 2.

    Neill Blomkamp

     
    District 9 (2009), Elysium (2013)
  3. 3.

    James Wan

     
    Saw (2004), The Conjuring (2013)

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