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Best Up and Coming Directors (2017)

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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

a. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
b. The Current War (2017)

Stehako's rating:

6.8

Jordan Vogt-Roberts

2016 Rank: #54

a. The Kings of Summer (2013)
b. You're the Worst (TV: 2014)
c. Kong: Skull Island (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Ben Wheatley

2016 Rank: #55

a. A Field in England (2013)
b. High-Rise (2016)
c. Free Fire (2017)
d. Freak Shift (2019)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Nicole Holofcener

2016 Rank: #52
2015 Rank: #48
2014 Rank: #48

a. Please Give (2010)
b. Enough Said (2013)
c. Parks and Recreation (TV: 2011 - 2013)
d. The Land of Steady Habits (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.1 0

Joseph Kosinski

2016 Rank: #52

a. Tron: Legacy (2010)
b. Oblivion (2013)
c. Granite Mountain Hot Shots (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.4 0

Tomas Alfredson

2016 Rank: #49
2015 Rank: #46
2014 Rank: #45
2013 Rank: #35
2012 Rank: #40

a. Let the Right One In (2008)
b. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
c. The Snowman (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Jason Bateman

2016 Rank: #51

a. Bad Words (2014)
b. The Family Fang (2016)
c. Ozark (TV: 2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Morten Tyldum

2016 Rank: #47

a. The Imitation Game (2014)
b. Passengers (2016)
c. Jack Ryan (TV: 2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

Charles Ferguson

2016 Rank: #46
2015 Rank: #49
2014 Rank: #46
2013 Rank: #44

a. No End in Sight (2007)
b. Inside Job (2010)
c. Time to Choose (2016)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Jacques Audiard

2016 Rank: #45

a. Un prophète (2010)
b. Rust and Bone (2012)
c. Dheepan (2016)
d. The Sister's Brothers (2018)

Stehako's rating:

5.3

Felix Van Groeningen

2016 Rank: #44

a. The Misfortunates (2010)
b. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2013)
c. Beautiful Boy (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.8

Lynne Ramsay

a. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
b. You Were Never Really Here (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.2

Quentin Dupieux

2016 Rank: #43
2015 Rank: #47

a. Rubber (2010)
b. Wrong (2013)
c. Wrong Cops (2013)
d. Reality (2015)

Stehako's rating:

6.8

David Mackenzie

a. Perfect Sense (2011)
b. Starred Up (2014)
c. Hell or High Water (2016)
d. Damnation (2017)
e. Outlaw King (2018)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

Leonard Abrahamson

2016 Rank: #44

a. Frank (2014)
b. Room (2015)
c. Chance (TV: 2016)
d. The Little Stranger (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Pablo Larrain

a. No (2013)
b. The Club (2015)
c. Neruda (2016)
d. Jackie (2016)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Lucy Walker

2016 Rank: #41
2015 Rank: #42

a. Waste Land (2010)
b. The Crash Reel (2013)
c. Buena Vista Social Club: Adios (2017)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

Giorgos Lanthimos

2016 Rank: #53

a. Dogtooth (2010)
b. Alps (2012)
c. The Lobster (2016)
d. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2018)
e. The Favourite (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

Ryan Coogler

2016 Rank: #34

a. Fruitvale Station (2013)
b. Creed (2015)
c. Black Panther (2018)

Stehako's rating:

5.7

Asif Kapadia

2016 Rank: #33

a. Senna (2011)
b. Amy (2015)
c. Ali & Nino (2017)
d. Maradona (2019)

Stehako's rating:

6.6

Neil Burger

2016 Rank: #32
2015 Rank: #32
2014 Rank: #19
2013 Rank: #23
2012 Rank: #30
2011 Rank: #18
2010 Rank: #16
2009 Rank: #32

a. The Illusionist (2006)
b. Limitless (2011)
c. Billions (TV: 2016)
d. Untouchable (2018)

Stehako's rating:

4.8

Matt Ross

a. 28 Hotel Rooms (2012)
b. Captain Fantastic (2016)
c. Tomorrow and Tomorrow (2018)

Stehako's rating:

Michel Hazanavicius

2016 Rank: #25
2015 Rank: #26
2014 Rank: #30
2013 Rank: #33
2012 Rank: #33

a. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
b. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
c. The Artist (2011)
d. The Search (2015)
e. Redoubtable (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

Alex Garland

2016 Rank: #40

a. Ex-Machina (2015)
b. Annihilation (2018)

Stehako's rating:

Lone Scherfig

2016 Rank: #35
2015 Rank: #37
2014 Rank: #33
2013 Rank: #34
2012 Rank: #38
2011 Rank: #26
2010 Rank: #29

a. An Education (2009)
b. One Day (2011)
c. Their Finest (2017)
d. Secrets from the Russian Tea Room

Stehako's rating:

5.5

Tom McCarthy

2016 Rank: #31
2015 Rank: #43

a. The Visitor (2008)
b. Win Win (2011)
c. Spotlight (2015)
d. 13 Reason Why (TV: 2017)

Stehako's rating:

Joon-ho Bong

2016 Rank: #39

a. Memories of a Murder (2004)
b. The Host (2006)
c. Mother (2010)
d. Snowpiercer (2014)
e. Okja (2017)
f. Parasite (2019)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Taika Waititi

2016 Rank: #36

a. Eagle vs. Shark (2007)
b. Flight of the Conchords (TV 2007 - 09)
c. What We Do in the Shadows (2015)
d. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
e. Ragnarok (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Joshua Oppenheimer

2016 Rank: #21
2015 Rank: #29

a. The Act of Killing (2012)
b. The Look of Silence (2015)

Stehako's rating:

Shane Carruth

2016 Rank: #18
2015 Rank: #20
2014 Rank: #22
2013 Rank: #37

a. Primer (2004)
b. Upstream Color (2013)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Jeff Nichols

2016 Rank: #28
2015 Rank: #38
2014 Rank: #32

a. Shotgun Stories (2008)
b. Take Shelter (2011)
c. Mud (2013)
d. Midnight Special (2016)
e. Loving (2016)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Asghar Farhadi

2016 Rank: #27

a. About Elly (2009)
b. A Separation (2011)
c. The Past (2013)
d. The Salesman (2016)

Stehako's rating:

Shane Black

2016 Rank: #26
2015 Rank: #39

a. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005)
b. Iron Man 3 (2013)
c. The Nice Guys (2016)
d. The Predator (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.8

David Michôd

2016 Rank: #24
2015 Rank: #25
2014 Rank: #37

a. Animal Kingdom (2010)
b. The Rover (2014)
c. Flesh and Bone (TV: 2015)
d. War Machine (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

Jonathan Levine

2016 Rank: #17
2015 Rank: #21
2014 Rank: #24
2013 Rank: #22
2012 Rank: #25
2011 Rank: #21
2010 Rank: #23
2009 Rank: #14

a. The Wackness (2008)
b. 50/50 (2011)
c. The Night Before (2015)
d. I'm Dying Up Here (TV: 2017)
e. Flarsky (2018)

Stehako's rating:

6.9

Neill Blomkamp

2016 Rank: #12
2015 Rank: #4
2014 Rank: #6
2013 Rank: #11
2012 Rank: #18
2011 Rank: #19
2010 Rank: #17
2009 Rank: #36

a. District 9 (2009)
b. Elysium (2013)
c. Chappie (2015)
d. Alien Sequel/Reboot (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Anne Fontaine

2016 Rank: #23
2015 Rank: #34
2014 Rank: #31
2013 Rank: #31
2012 Rank: #45
2011 Rank: #44

a. The Girl from Monaco (2008)
b. Coco Before Chanel (2009)
c. Gemma Bovary (2015)
d. The Innocents (2016)
e. Marvin (2018)

Stehako's rating:

6.4

Marc Webb

2016 Rank: #29
2015 Rank: #16
2014 Rank: #10
2013 Rank: #15
2012 Rank: #22
2011 Rank: #34
2010 Rank: #41
2009 Rank: #35

a. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
b. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
c. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
d. Limitless (TV: 2015)
e. Gifted (2017)
f. The Only Living Boy in New York (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

James Ponsoldt

2016 Rank: #22
2015 Rank: #44
2014 Rank: #49

a. Smashed (2012)
b. The Spectacular Now (2013)
c. The End of the Tour (2015)
d. The Circle (2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

Martin McDonagh

2016 Rank: #20
2015 Rank: #27
2014 Rank: #26
2013 Rank: #29
2012 Rank: #39
2011 Rank: #49

a. In Bruges (2008)
b. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
c. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Stehako's rating:

6.8

Andrew Dominik

2016 Rank: #7
2015 Rank: #7
2014 Rank: #9
2013 Rank: #12
2012 Rank: #9
2011 Rank: #37
2010 Rank: #43
2009 Rank: #18

a. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
b. Killing Them Softly (2012)
c. One More Time with Feeling (2016)
d. War Party (2019)

Stehako's rating:

5.9

John Hamburg

2016 Rank: #16
2015 Rank: #9
2014 Rank: #8
2013 Rank: #7
2012 Rank: #7
2011 Rank: #9
2010 Rank: #12
2009 Rank: #3

a. Along Came Polly (2004)
b. I love You, Man (2009)
c. Why Him? (2016)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

Damien Chazelle

2016 Rank: #37

a. Whiplash (2014)
b. La La Land (2016)
c. First Man (2018)

Stehako's rating:

Steve McQueen

2016 Rank: #9
2015 Rank: #12
2014 Rank: #14
2013 Rank: #32

a. Hunger (2008)
b. Shame (2011)
c. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
d. Widows (2018)

Stehako's rating:

8.7

Charlie Kaufman

2016 Rank: #6
2015 Rank: #18
2014 Rank: #18
2013 Rank: #25
2012 Rank: #32
2011 Rank: OUT
2010 Rank: #49
2009 Rank: #11

a. Synecdoche, New York (2008)
b. How and Why (2014)
c. Anomalisa (2015)

Stehako's rating:

Craig Zobel

2016 Rank: #4
2015 Rank: #3
2014 Rank: #5
2013 Rank: #8
2012 Rank: #10
2011 Rank: #16
2010 Rank: #15
2009 Rank: #6

a. Great World of Sound (2007)
b. Compliance (2012)
c. Z for Zachariah (2015)
d. The Leftovers (TV: 2015, 2017)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Gaspar Noé

2016 Rank: #3
2015 Rank: #12
2014 Rank: #17
2013 Rank: #24
2012 Rank: #31
2011 Rank: #31

a. Irreversible (2002)
b. Enter the Void (2010)
c. Love (2015)

Stehako's rating:

Paolo Sorrentino

2016 Rank: #15
2015 Rank: #35

a. Il Divo (2009)
b. This Must Be the Place (2011)
c. The Great Beauty (2014)
d. Youth (2015)
e. The Young Pope (TV: 2017)
f. Loro (2018)

Stehako's rating:

7.2

Scott Cooper

2016 Rank: #14
2015 Rank: #19
2014 Rank: #20
2013 Rank: #28
2012 Rank: #37

a. Crazy Heart (2009)
b. Out of the Furnace (2013)
c. Black Mass (2015)
d. Hostiles (2017)

Stehako's rating:

8.1

Cary Fukunaga

2016 Rank: #13
2015 Rank: #15
2014 Rank: OUT
2013 Rank: OUT
2012 Rank: #44
2011 Rank: #47
2010 Rank: #36
2009 Rank: #29

a. Sin Nombre (2009)
b. Jane Eyre (2011)
c. True Detective (TV: 2014)
d. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
e. Maniac (TV: 2018)

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The 9th Edition of this list

defining the somewhat young careers of very good directors who have potential to be a formidable director among the greats of the industry...
(Created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz)

This list includes directors who...
-- Have at least one successful film finished and/or at least one promising film on the way
-- Have directed quality (rated 7/10) full-length features, that I've seen, 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

The other two lists in this series: Future Directing Greats (2017)
AND Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2017)

Where did some directors move to?

Those who MOVED UP to Future Directing Greats:
DEREK CIANFRANCE

Those who were KNOCKED OUT from the List
MARK ROMANEK
DAVID AYER
RICHARD AYOADE
SARAH POLLEY

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