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Best Up and Coming Directors (2011 Edition)

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7.6

1. J.J. Abrams

2010 Rank: #2
2009 Rank: #2

a. Mission: Impossible III (2006)
b. Star Trek (2009)
c. Super 8 (2011)*

Stehako's rating:

6.9

2. Mark Romanek

2010 Rank: #11
2009 Rank: --

a. One Hour Photo (2002)
b. Never Let Me Go (2010)
c. Locke & Key (2012)
d. In Deep (2014)*

Stehako's rating:

7.1

3. Zack Snyder

2010 Rank: #7
2009 Rank: #4

a. 300 (2007)
b. Watchmen (2009)
c. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
d. Sucker Punch (2011)
e. Man of Steel (2012)
f. The Illustrated Man (2013)*
g. Xerxes (2014)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

4. Greg Mottola

2010 Rank: #3
2009 Rank: #8

a. Superbad (2007)
b. Adventureland (2009)
c. Paul (2011)
d. More As the Story Develops (2012)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

5. Anton Corbijn

2010 Rank: #18
2009 Rank: #42

a. Control (2007)
b. The American (2010)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

6. David Gordon Green

2010 Rank: #8
2009 Rank: #7

a. All the Real Girls (2003)
b. Pineapple Express (2008)
c. Your Highness (2011)*
d. The Sitter (2011)
e. Black Jack (2012)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

7. Noah Baumbach

2010 Rank: #1
2009 Rank: --

a. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
b. Margot at the Wedding (2007)
c. Greenberg (2010)
d. While We're Young (2012)*

Stehako's rating:

6.7

8. Seth Gordon

2010 Rank: #9
2009 Rank: #1

a. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
b. Four Christmases (2008)
c. Freakonomics (2010)
d. Horrible Bosses (2011)*
e. The Only Living Boy in New York (2013)
f. Mixtape (2014)

Stehako's rating:

5.5

9. John Hamburg

2010 Rank: #12
2009 Rank: #3

a. Along Came Polly (2004)
b. I love You, Man (2009)
c. Secret Agent Men (2012)*
d. The Troubleshooter (2014)

Stehako's rating:

6.1

10. Ben Affleck

2010 Rank: #20
2009 Rank: #27

a. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
b. The Town (2010)
c. Argo (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

11. Matthew Vaughn

2010 Rank: #14
2009 Rank: --

a. Layer Cake (2004)
b. Kick-Ass (2010)
c. X-Men: First Class (2011)
d. Kick-Ass 2: Balls to the Wall (2012)*

Stehako's rating:

7.1

12. Ruben Fleischer

2010 Rank: #13
2009 Rank: --

a. Zombieland (2009)
b. 30 Minutes or Less (2011)
c. Zombieland 2 (2012)
d. The Gangster Squad (2013)

Stehako's rating:

13. Duncan Jones

2010 Rank: #28
2009 Rank: #15

a. Moon (2009)
b. Source Code (2011)*
c. Escape from the Deep (2013)

Stehako's rating:

14. Gabriele Muccino

2010 Rank: #9
2009 Rank: #17

a. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
b. Seven Pounds (2008)
d. Shanghai, I Love You (2011)
e. Playing the Field (2012)
f. Adaline (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

15. Pete Docter

2010 Rank: #19
2009 Rank: #26

a. Monsters, Inc. (2001)
b. Up (2009)

Stehako's rating:

6.5

16. Craig Zobel

2010 Rank: #15
2009 Rank: #6

a. Great World of Sound (2007)
b. Of Montreal: In a Fit (2010)
c. Turkey in the Straw (2012)*
d. Loudermilk (2013)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

17. Nicholas Stoller

2010 Rank: #4
2009 Rank: #45

a. Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
b. Get Him to the Greek (2010)
c. Five-Year Engagement (2012)*

Stehako's rating:

6.4

18. Neil Burger

2010 Rank: #16
2009 Rank: #32

a. The Illusionist (2006)
b. The Lucky Ones (2008)
c. Limitless (2011)*
d. The Bride of Frankenstein (2013)

Stehako's rating:

6.6

19. Neill Blomkamp

2010 Rank: #17
2009 Rank: #36

a. District 9 (2009)
b. Elysium (2013)*

Stehako's rating:

7.4

20. Mark Duplass

and Jay Duplass

2010 Rank: #24
2009 Rank: #41

a. The Puffy Chair (2005)
b. Baghead (2008)
c. Cyrus (2010)
d. The Do-Deca-Pentathlon (2011)
e. Jeff Who Lives at Home (2011)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

21. Jonathan Levine

2010 Rank: #23
2009 Rank: #14

a. All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
b. The Wackness (2008)
c. 50/50 (2011)
d. Warm Bodies (2012)
e. Echelon Vendetta (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

22. Derek Cianfrance

DEBUT

a. Blue Valentine (2010)
b. Metalhead (2011)
c. The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

23. Kathryn Bigelow

2010 Rank: #22
2009 Rank: --

a. The Hurt Locker (2009)
b. The Miraculous Year (2011)
c. Triple Frontier (2012)*

Stehako's rating:

7.5

24. George Clooney

2010 Rank: #25
2009 Rank: #22

a. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
b. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
c. Leatherheads (2008)
d. The Ides of March (2011)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

25. John Hillcoat

2010 Rank: #26
2009 Rank: #19

a. The Proposition (2006)
b. The Road (2009)
c. The Wettest County in the World (2012)
d. Mob Cops (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

26. Lone Scherfig

2010 Rank: #29
2009 Rank: --

a. An Education (2009)
b. One Day (2011)

Stehako's rating:

6.3

27. Tony Gilroy

2010 Rank: #35
2009 Rank: #12

a. Michael Clayton (2008)
b. Duplicity (2009)
c. The Bourne Legacy (2012)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

28. Tarsem Singh

DEBUT

a. The Cell (2000)
b. The Fall (2006)
c. The Immortals (2011)*
d. The Brothers Grimm: Snow White (2013)

6.5

29. Paul Haggis

2010 Rank: #27
2009 Rank: #5

a. Crash (2005)
b. In the Valley of Elah (2007)
c. The Next Three Days (2010)
d. Ranger's Apprentice (2012)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

30. Tom Hooper

DEBUT

a. The Damned United (2009)
b. The King's Speech (2010)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

31. Gaspar Noé

DEBUT

a. Irreversible (2002)
b. Enter the Void (2009)

Stehako's rating:

4.7

32. James Marsh

2010 Rank: #46
2009 Rank: #38

a. The King (2005)
b. Man on Wire (2008)
c. Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)
d. Project Nim (2011)
e. Shadow Dancer (2012)

Stehako's rating:

5.4

33. Richard Shepard

2010 Rank: #34
2009 Rank: #28

a. The Matador (2005)
b. The Hunting Party (2007)
c. Danni Lowinski (2011)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

34. Marc Webb

2010 Rank: #41
2009 Rank: #35

a. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
b. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)*
c. Jesus Christ Superstar (2013)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

35. Valerie Faris

and Jonathan Dayton

2010 Rank: #32
2009 Rank: #20

a. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
b. He Loves Me (2014)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

36. Rian Johnson

2010 Rank: #42
2009 Rank: #21

a. Brick (2005)
b. The Brothers Bloom (2009)
c. Looper (2012)

Stehako's rating:

6.6

37. Andrew Dominik

2010 Rank: #43
2009 Rank: #18

a. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
b. Cogan's Trade (2012)*
c. Blonde (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

38. Jean-François Richet

DEBUT

a. Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
b. Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
c. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

39. Ryan Fleck

DEBUT

a. Half Nelson (2006)
b. Sugar (2009)
c. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

40. Jean-Marc Vallée

2010 Rank: 30
2009 Rank: --

a. The Young Victoria (2009)
b. Cafe de Flore (2011)
c. Lost Girls and Love Hotels (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

41. Tom Tykwer

2010 Rank: #39
2009 Rank: #47

a. Run Lola Run (2000)
b. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2007)
c. The International (2009)
d. Three (2011)
e. The Cloud Atlas (2012)

Stehako's rating:

42. Michael Winterbottom

DEBUT

a. The Killer Inside Me (2010)
b. The Trip (2011)
c. Bailout (2012)
d. Trishna (2012)
e. Seven Days (2013)

Stehako's rating:

6.5

43. Steve Pink

2010 Rank: #21
2009 Rank: --

a. Accepted (2006)
b. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
c. Zap Gun! (2012)
d. Werewolves of Reseda (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

44. Anne Fontaine

DEBUT

a. The Girl from Monaco (2008)
b.Coco Before Chanel (2009)
c. My Own Worst Nightmare (2011)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

45. Craig Brewer

2010 Rank: #44
2009 Rank: #39

a. Hustle & Flow (2006)
b. Black Snake Moan (2007)
c. Gang Leader for a Day (2011)
d. Footloose (2011)

Stehako's rating:

5.9

46. Mike Mills

DEBUT

a. Thumbsucker (2005)
b. The Beginners (2011)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

47. Cary Fukunaga

2010 Rank: #36
2009 Rank: #29

a. Sin Nombre (2009)
b. Jane Eyre (2011)
c. Beasts of No Nation (2013)

Stehako's rating:

5.2

48. Tony Goldwyn

DEBUT

a. The Last Kiss (2006)
b. Conviction (2010)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

49. Martin McDonagh

DEBUT

a. In Bruges (2008)
b. Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Stehako's rating:

5.7

50. Rod Lurie

2010 Rank: #45
2009 Rank: #48

a. Nothing But the Truth (2008)
b. Straw Dogs (2011)
c. Borderline (2013)

Stehako's rating:

This is my third year creating these lists, and this may be the most exciting one yet...

This list includes directors who...
-- Have at least one successful film finished or at least one promising film on the way
-- Have directed full-length features for less than ten years.

The more promising films the director has on deck, the higher their rank.
But of course the quality in films they've completed is more important.

Italicized title indicates unreleased film

* - Indicates a highly anticipated film

The next list is Future Directing Greats 2011

Followed by Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors 2011

Where did some directors move to?

Those who MOVED UP to Future Directing Greats:
Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz)
Joe Wright (The Soloist)

Those who were KNOCKED OUT from the 2010 List:

Kenneth Lonergan
Charlie Kaufman
Richard Curtis
Ji Woon Kim
Julian Schnabel
Mikael Hafstrom
Sacha Gervasi
Emilio Estevez
Shawn Levy

Those who missed the cut, but have potential to be on the list in 2012:
Scott Cooper
- "Crazy Heart"
Armando Iannucci
- "In the Loop"
Sophie Barthes
- "Cold Souls"
Kevin MacDonald
- "State of Play"
Daniel Barber
- "Harry Brown"
Debra Granik
- "Winter's Bone"
Luca Guadagnino
- "I Am Love"
Neil Marshall
- "Centurion"
George Nolfi
- "The Adjustment Bureau"
Nicole Holefcener
- "Please Give"
Sam Taylor-Wood
- "Nowhere Boy"
Aaron Schneider
- "Get Low"
Gareth Edwards
- "Monsters"
David Michod
- "Animal Kingdom"
Charles Ferguson
- "Inside Job"
Paul Feig
- "Bridesmaids"
Tom McCarthy
- "Win Win"
Denis Villenueve
- "Incendies"
Rupert Wyatt
- "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
Bennett Miller
- "Capote" and "Moneyball"