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Best Up and Coming Directors (2009 Edition)

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Average listal rating (13 ratings) 6.7  
1. Seth Gordon
a. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
b. Four Christmases (2008)
c. The Only Living Boy in New York (2010)
d. King Dork (2011)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (147 ratings) 7.6  
2. J.J. Abrams
a. Mission: Impossible III
b. Star Trek (2009)
c. Anatomy of Hope (2010)
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Average listal rating (13 ratings) 5.5  
3. John Hamburg
a. Along Came Polly (2004)
b. I Love You, Man (2009)
c. The Troubleshooter (2010)
d. Secret Agent Men (2011)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (223 ratings) 7.1  
4. Zack Snyder
a. 300 (2006)
b. Watchmen (2009)
c. Guardians of Ga'Hoole (2010)
d. Sucker Punch (2011)
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Average listal rating (63 ratings) 6.5  
5. Paul Haggis
a. Crash (2005)
b. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
c. The Next Three Days (2010)
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Average listal rating (4 ratings) 6.5  
6. Craig Zobel
a. The Great World of Sound (2007)
b. Turkey in the Straw (2010)
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Average listal rating (23 ratings) 6.9  
7. David Gordon Green
a. All the Real Girls (2003)
b. Pineapple Express (2008)
c. Your Highness (2010)
d. Mr. Machine (2011)
e. Chef Ron (2011)
Stehako's rating:

Average listal rating (40 ratings) 7.3  
8. Greg Mottola
a. Superbad (2007)
b. Adventureland (2009)
c. Paul (2010)
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Average listal rating (54 ratings) 6.7  
9. Rob Marshall
a. Chicago (2002)
b. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
c. Nine (2009)
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Average listal rating (94 ratings) 7.8  
10. Joe Wright
a. Atonement (2007)
b. The Soloist (2009)
c. Indian Summer (2010)
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Average listal rating (60 ratings) 8.8  
11. Charlie Kaufman
a. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
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Average listal rating (12 ratings) 6.3  
12. Tony Gilroy
a. Michael Clayton (2007)
b. Duplicity (2009)
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Average listal rating (39 ratings) 6.8  
13. Richard Curtis
a. Love Actually (2003)
b. The Boat That Rocked (2009)
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Average listal rating (11 ratings) 7.9  
14. Jonathan Levine
a. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2005)
b. The Wackness (2008)
c. Echelon Vendetta (2010)
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Average listal rating (42 ratings) 7.9  
15. Duncan Jones
a. Whistle (2002)
b. Moon (2009)
c. Escape From the Deep (2011)
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Average listal rating (30 ratings) 7.9  
16. Julian Schnabel
a. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
b. Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)
c. Miral (2010)
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Average listal rating (28 ratings) 7  
17. Gabriele Muccino
a. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
b. Seven Pounds (2008)
c. Kiss Me Again (2010)
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Average listal rating (19 ratings) 6.4  
18. Andrew Dominik
a. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
b. Cities on the Plain (2012)
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Average listal rating (28 ratings) 7.1  
19. John Hillcoat
a. The Proposition (2006)
b. The Road (2009)
c. Death of a Ladies' Man (2010)
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Average listal rating (16 ratings) 6.6  
20. Jonathan Dayton

and Valerie Faris

a. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
b. The Abstinence Teacher (2010)
c. Used Guys (2011)
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Average listal rating (24 ratings) 7.4  
21. Rian Johnson
a. Brick (2005)
b. The Brothers Bloom (2009)
c. Looper (2011)
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Average listal rating (1389 ratings) 7.5  
22. George Clooney
a. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
b. Good Night and Good Luck (2006)
c. The Challenge (2010)
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Average listal rating (3 ratings) 6.3  
23. Kenneth Lonergan
a. You Can Count on Me (2000)
b. Margaret (2009)
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Average listal rating (64 ratings) 6.6  
24. Richard Kelly
a. Donnie Darko (2001)
b. Southland Tales (2006)
c. The Box (2009)
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Average listal rating (9 ratings) 6.7  
25. Shane Acker
a. 9 (2009)
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Average listal rating (56 ratings) 7.1  
26. Pete Docter
a. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
b. Up (2009)
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Average listal rating (1132 ratings) 6.1  
27. Ben Affleck
a. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
b. The Blade Itself (2010)
c. Arizona (2011)
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Average listal rating (7 ratings) 5.4  
28. Richard Shepard
a. The Matador (2005)
b. The Hunting Party (2007)
c. I Knew it Was You: Rediscovering John Cazele (2009)
d. Diamond Anniversary (2010)
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Average listal rating (8 ratings) 7.3  
29. Cary Fukunaga
a. Sin Nombre (2009)
b. Beasts of No Nation (2011)
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Average listal rating (183 ratings) 6.5  
30. Emilio Estevez
a. Bobby (2006)
b. The Public (2010)
c. The Way (2010)
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Average listal rating (14 ratings) 6.4  
31. Terry George
a. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
b. Reservation Raod (2007)
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Average listal rating (15 ratings) 6.4  
32. Neil Burger
a. The Illusionist (2006)
b. The Lucky Ones (2008)
c. Bride of Frankenstein (2011)
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Average listal rating (15 ratings) 5.9  
33. Albert Hughes

and Allen Hughes

a. American Pimp (1999)
b. Book of Eli (2010)
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Average listal rating (19 ratings) 6.3  
34. Gavin Hood
a. Tsotsi (2005)
b. Rendition (2007)
c. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
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Average listal rating (33 ratings) 6.7  
35. Marc Webb
a. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
b. Age of Rage (2011)
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Average listal rating (28 ratings) 6.6  
36. Neill Blomkamp
a. District 9 (2009)
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Average listal rating (580 ratings) 7.5  
37. Ed Harris
a. Pollock (2000)
b. Appaloosa (2008)
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Average listal rating (3 ratings) 4.7  
38. James Marsh
a. Man on Wire (2008)
b. Red Riding: 1980 (2009)
c. Prey (2010)
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Average listal rating (9 ratings) 6.7  
39. Craig Brewer
a. Hustle and Flow (2005)
b. Black Snake Moan (2007)
c. Maggie Lynn (2010)
d. Mother Trucker (2011)
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Average listal rating (26 ratings) 6.8  
40. David Slade
a. Hard Candy (2005)
b. 30 Days of Night (2007)
c. Twilight: Eclipse (2010)
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Average listal rating (6 ratings) 7  
41. Jay Duplass
and Mark Duplass

a. The Puffy Chair (2005)
b. Baghead (2008)
c. The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2009)
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Average listal rating (15 ratings) 7.3  
42. Anton Corbijn
a. Control (2007)
b. A Very Private Gentleman (2010)
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Average listal rating (16 ratings) 5.6  
43. Grant Heslov
a. The Men Who Stare at Goats (2010)
b. Suburbicon (2011)
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Average listal rating (47 ratings) 7.1  
44. Todd Haynes
a. Velvet Goldmine (1999)
b. I'm Not There (2007)
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Average listal rating (10 ratings) 6.7  
45. Nicholas Stoller
a. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
b. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
c. Five-Year Engagement (2011)
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Average listal rating (88 ratings) 6.3  
46. Alex Proyas
a. The Crow (1994)
b. Dark City (1999)
c. I, Robot (2004)
d. Knowing (2009)
e. The Tripods (2011)


I know this is an iffy selection because he's been around for a while but he wasn't good enough for the last list and I didn't want to exclude him all together.
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Average listal rating (83 ratings) 7.4  
47. Tom Tykwer
a. Run Lola Run (1999)
b. The International (2009)
c. What is the What (2011)
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Average listal rating (10 ratings) 5.7  
48. Rod Lurie
a. The Contender (2000)
b. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
c. Straw Dogs (2010)
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Average listal rating (18 ratings) 6.2  
49. Mikael Håfström
a. 1408 (2007)
b. Shanghai (2009)
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Average listal rating (3 ratings) 6  
50. Trent Cooper
a. Coaching the Minors (2003)
b. Father of Invention (2010)
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In order, these directors are ones who have made at least one solid film and ones who I think I have a chance to make my previous list "Future Directing Greats"

Qualifications:


Directed or in the production of at least 1 films that has been or is predicted to be on my Top 100 list by year. Seems easy, but I watch about 200 films a year.

Rank higher if they have at least one project on the horizon. (Charlie Kaufman would be higher otherwise)

Italicized films are upcoming projects

If you have any suggestions for other up-and-coming directors please give a comment, thanks!

Look for my next directors list...

The All-Time Greatest Directors

by the end of 2010.



Enjoy!

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