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Most Accomplished Active Directors - 2023

Person list created by Stehako

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7.2

Quentin Dupieux

Upcoming:

Smoking Causes Coughing (2023)
Yannick (2023)
Daaaaaali! (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

Robert Eggers

Upcoming:

Nosferatu (2024)

Stehako's rating:

8.7

Charlie Kaufman

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

8.1

Cary Fukunaga

Upcoming:

Napoleon (Limited TV Series - 2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Jordan Peele

Upcoming:

Untitled Movie Project (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

Joseph Kosinski

Upcoming:

Untitled Formula One Racing Project (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Derek Cianfrance

Upcoming:

Empire of the Summer Moon (2024)
Wolfman (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Valerie Faris

and Jonathan Dayton

Upcoming:

The People Upstairs (2024)
The Invite (2025)

Stehako's rating:

8.4

Luca Guadagnino

Upcoming:

Challengers (2023)
Queer (2024)
Burial Rites (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

Ryan Coogler

Upcoming:

Wrong Answer (2024)

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Morgan Neville

Upcoming:

The Saint of Second Chances (2023)
Man on the Run (2025)

Stehako's rating:

6.4

Marielle Heller

Upcoming:

Nightbitch (2023)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

David Leitch

Upcoming:

The Fall Guy (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.7

Alex Garland

Upcoming:

Civil War (2024)

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Steve McQueen

Upcoming:

Occupied City (2023)
Blitz (2025)

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Mike Mills

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

6.3

Anna Boden

and Ryan Fleck

- Ryan Fleck Only

Upcoming:

Freaky Tales (2023)

Stehako's rating:

8.3

Giorgos Lanthimos

Upcoming:

Poor Things (2023)
AND (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Jacques Audiard

Upcoming:

Emilia Perez (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Pablo Larrain

Upcoming:

El Conde (2023)
The True American (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

James Gray

Upcoming:

I Am Pilgrim (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Brad Bird

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

8.2

Céline Sciamma

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Gaspar Noé

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

7.5

Asghar Farhadi

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

6.4

Ben Affleck

Upcoming:

Air (2023)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Pete Docter

Upcoming:

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Brett Morgen

Upcoming:

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Paolo Sorrentino

Upcoming:

Sue (2024)
Mob Girl (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.9

Kathryn Bigelow

Upcoming:

Aurora (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

George Miller

Upcoming:

Furiosa (2024)
Mad Max: Wasteland (2026)

7.9

Martin McDonagh

Upcoming:

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F. Gary Gray

Upcoming:

Lift (2024)
Muscle (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.8

Joe Wright

Upcoming:

M. Son of the Century (TV - 2024)

Stehako's rating:

6.4

Doug Liman

Upcoming:

Justice (2023)
The Investigators (2023)
Road House (2024)
Live Die Repeat and Repeat (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

J.J. Abrams

Upcoming:

Duster (TV - 2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.1

Alexander Payne

Upcoming:

The Holdovers (2023)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Rian Johnson

Upcoming:

Knives Out 3 (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Sofia Coppola

Upcoming:

Priscilla (2024)

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Hayao Miyazaki

Upcoming:

How Do You Live? (2023)

Stehako's rating:

7.3

Paul Greengrass

Upcoming:

1984 (2025)

Stehako's rating:

6.8

Ben Stiller

Upcoming:

London (2024)

Stehako's rating:

7.4

Jason Reitman

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

8.1

Michel Gondry

Upcoming:

The Book of Solutions (2023)
Atlantis (2025)

Stehako's rating:

6.7

Edward Zwick

Upcoming:

The Suck (2025)

Stehako's rating:

8.6

Errol Morris

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

8.4

Chan-wook Park

Upcoming:

The Sympathizer (Limited TV Series - 2023)

Stehako's rating:

7.2

Todd Haynes

Upcoming:

May December (2023)
Fever (2025)

Stehako's rating:

7.6

Damien Chazelle

Upcoming:

Stehako's rating:

6.6

Baz Luhrmann

Upcoming:

Faraway Downs (Limited TV Series - 2024)

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After 15 years of making the three separate lists, I've decided to streamline it and only post one list.

This list defines the careers of the most successful directors, creatively and commercially, who are still working today...

Created by and in the opinion of Stephen H Koontz February 2023
Image updates July 2023

Rankings are based on the amount of quality movies/shows (plus any I liked) and ones the general public took to, combined with upcoming movies/shows.

Anyone looking for directors that need to be on here, like David Lynch, please realize he hasn't directed a movie since 2006 and doesn't have any on the docket. But any suggestions are absolutely welcome!