Steve McQueen
I like what I’ve seen so far of Martin McDonagh, especially his little Roeg references throughout In Bruges.
I’m going to watch In Bruges now since you mentioned the Roeg reference. Sounds promising :D
I like Thomas McCarthy who did The Station Agent, The Visitor, and according to Imdb he wrote the story for UP..also a recognizable actor
if you count all of those he’s 3/3 :)
Steve McQueen was/has been a video artist for quite awhile, I don’t know if I would consider him a young director. But to contribute, I really think there are many young directors in South East Asia shooting on digital that have lots of potential. Exposure on the other hand…
Vincent Gallo
2 for 2
The first film was damn near perfect
Isn’t Gallo in his 50’s?
Almost, yeah.
Perhaps Tom meant that Gallo’s catalog is youthful in its upbringing.
Gallo seems like the biggest douchebag.
Off the top of my hat:
Patric Chiha
Damien Chazelle
Barry Jenkins
Jonathan Caouette
Nanouk Leopold
Semih Kaplanoglu
Ramin Bahrani
Christoffer Boe
Olivier Meyrou
Samira Makhmalbaf
Serge Bozon
Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Kelly Reichardt
Anna Melikyan
Fernando Eimbcke
Bong Joon-ho
Khyentse Norbu
Cao Guimarães
Albert Serra
Asiel Norton
Azazel Jacobs
Andrew Bujalski
Lisandro Alonso
Neill Blomkamp
Philippe Grandrieux
Ilya Khrjanovsky
Veit Helmer
Wai Ka-Fai
Asghar Farhadi
Achim von Borries
Sion Sono
Jeff Nichols
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Maren Ade
Cristophe Honore
Brillante Mendoza
Lucrecia Martel
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Marina de Van
Hong Sang-soo
Aoyama Shinji
Jia Zhang-ke
José Luis Guerín
Steve McQueen
Lance Hammer
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Todd Rohal
Reha Erdem
Joachim Trier
Naomi Kawase
Benedek Fliegauf
Tuvalu from Veit Helmer is wonderful. Naomi Kawase, Pen-Ek, Marina de Van.. hell of a list
Rian Johnson
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas
Filipino director Sherad Anthony Sanchez, his film Imburnal (Sewer), 3.5 hours long, reminds me of Apichatpong Weerasethakul. And he’s still only 24 or so.
Raya Martin
Michael Bay has potential.
Amat Escalante!
Amat Escalante!
Cao Guimaraes is a certified wackjob, and furthermore should be anticipated to make all kinds of wild stuff in his future (though I’m not sure how old he is.) He’s awesome.
Philippe Grandrieux is out there too. He should have a bright future.
Steve McQueen did something pretty special with Hunger, though he’s been part of the art scene for a while now. He’s also kind of old.
Frankly I don’t see a lot of promise coming out of the film festivals that I’ve gotten to experience. All of the young directors who the “aficionados” seem to think are saviors fit the same exact criteria – make slow paced, dramatic but not TOO dramatic films about the hardships that come with being of a certain type of race, sexual preference, etc. I feel they all follow an equation for critical success which hazes a lot of people’s perception. I’ll take some goofy half fantasy film over another Chop Shop anyday.
I don’t know how old Gallo is but yes I assumed in terms of output and directorial experience. I didn’t know it was that literal.
Besides 50 is not old.
I don’t know waht kind of person Gallo is and I don’t understand what that has to do with liking his films.
I have never been very interested in the private lives of directors I admire.
Anyway Buffalo 66 is an amazing film. A first effort by an actor unmatched since Charles Laughton and Night of the Hunter (yes 2 very different films but both equally impressive first tries).
Thanks
I know he’s been making films from over ten years but I still consider Paul Thomas Anderson in the beginnings of his career. He has only made five or six films and is only starting out and has made my favorite film of this entire decade (There Will Be Blood).
Also, Greg Mattola (Superbad, Adventureland). He has made two excellent coming of age/nostolgia flicks. I’m not too much of a fan of Superbad but admit it had excellent direction (as well as Adventureland). Also, with his taste in movies, (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/adventureland/news/1810275/five_favorite_films_with_greg_mottola), I can see how he makes excellent films.
Aditya Assarat – I saw Wonderful Town two days in a row, and it still hasn’t left me. I’d call it (his first feature) one of the best films of the decade. As mysterious as you’d like an art film to be, as humane as you’d want great drama to be. It’s nearly perfect.
Jody Hill – I’m surprised to find how little fanfare this guy has been getting. Consensus is tough with comedy, but still. I think Observe and Report is a nasty masterpiece that deflates some of the flabby highbrow muck that masquerades as social commentary (that would be Taxi Driver, most prominently) while reveling in its own unique brand of hysteria. I also was stunned at how cinematic The Foot Fist Way was for a comedy. What most comedies (the Apatows, the Hangovers, the Tropic Thunders) have been lacking is a sense of panache, and right now I think Hill is offering that up. His comedies are visually oriented, which can’t be said for many of his contemporaries. Eastbound and Down is a certifiable classic, even after only six episodes.
If I stress the word potential, I’d like to put Cary Fukunaga in the conversation. His greatest work was marred by the fact that it’s an advertisement for Levi’s pants (gorgeous one shown in multiplexes this past summer featuring black and white images worthy of Tarr and a Walt Whitman narration), and his subsequent feature debut (Sin Nombre) left much to be desired. If he lets his poetic eye wander, but takes that vision outside of the commercial realm, I think he has a shot at making visually stunning, engaging work. But his storytelling chops (Sin Nombre’s narrative is sluggish and hackneyed) need time to catch up to his eye.
As an off-shoot of the Gallo/McQueen conversation, I’d like to put Tommy Lee Jones out there as a candidate. He’d be my pick for best directorial debut by an actor or artworld fixture since Laughton. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is certainly a modest masterwork: observant but never forceful, visually and narratively compelling in equal measure. He is not young by any stretch, but he is new to this aspect of the game, and I think his career contains more potential than just about all names mentioned on this board. If only he’d stop acting in idiotic sorority comedies.
Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero was possibly the best film I saw last year, his second feature. It was so assured in form and function that I don’t hesitate in eagerly anticipating his next work.
Still waiting on a thoroughly interesting Richard Kelly film, but I can’t deny his potential entirely just yet.
harmony korine, wes anderson, Kelly Reichardt
whatever happened to ed burns he was a minor talent (very minor) but I haven’t seen him direct a movie in some time?
Jeff Nichols!
Jody Hill and Rian Johnson would be my picks.
Ramin Bahrani! Still relatively young (34) and has already made three excellent films that are all uniquely voiced, which is a rare thing among young filmmakers.
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
I’m surprised nobody’s mentioned that Christopher Nicastro fella! Mottola might’ve made that Superbad flick, but that Nicastro, he’s a hoot!
Good call, Joshua.
I can’t believe I forgot about him….. I think Shotgun Stories was one of the decade’s best films, no question.
Matthew S
I’ve been checking out lately some of the films younger directors have been doing, the last was Christophe Honoré. His stuff is by no means perfect, but it certainly has potential. Any other ideas of directors to check out, any language or country…doesn’t have to be amazing, but at least someone to watch for.