A genius in youth
By: Malik
A list of directors who were young and came out the gates swinging with great-classic films. Feel free to suggest anyone.
The only criteria is the vague definition of great (as in the particular film, not necessarily their entire filmography), the fact that the directors must be young, and I’m restricting it to just debut films currently. No one over the age of 29 please (there are certain exceptions like delayed film releases or if a birthday has passed right before release). I will probably lean towards feature length debuts for the most part. There will exceptions for those that either died young, had a short film(s) that was incredible well received, or special cases like Manoel de Oliveira who have a career transcending nearly the entirety of cinema.
Louis Malle – 26
Glauber Rocha – 25
John Singleton – 23
Peter Watkins – 29
Steven Soderbergh – 26
Agnes Varda – 28
Martin Scorsese – 25
Nelson Pereira dos Santos – 28
Jean-Luc Godard – 29
François Truffaut – 27
Djibril Diop Mambéty – 28
Sergei Eisenstein – 26
Stanley Kubrick – 25
Jean Vigo – 29
Roman Polanski – 29
Mário Peixoto – 22
Luis Buñuel – 29
Bernardo Bertolucci – 21
Orson Welles – 26
Samira Makhmalbaf – 18
Manoel de Oliveira – 22
Andrei Tarkovsky – 29 (released 2 days after 30th birthday)
Jacques Demy – 29
Andrei Konchalovsky – 29
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01Louis Malle
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02Glauber Rocha
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03John Singleton
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04Peter Watkins
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05Steven Soderbergh
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06Agnès Varda
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07Martin Scorsese
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08Nelson Pereira dos Santos
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09Jean-Luc Godard
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10François Truffaut
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11Djibril Diop Mambéty
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12Sergei Eisenstein
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13Stanley Kubrick
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14Jean Vigo
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15Roman Polanski
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16Mário Peixoto
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17Luis Buñuel
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18Bernardo Bertolucci
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19Orson Welles
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20Menahem Golan
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21Manoel de Oliveira
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22Andrei Tarkovsky
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23Jacques Demy
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24Andrei Konchalovsky
