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[BadBurger]

This is for either film or television.

My list is an easy three-way tie:

Ari Aster: he puts effort into researching lore for his movies

Hayao Miazaki: the king of mixing genres with gorgeous animation

Robert Eggers: he makes modern movies feel like the operatic films of old


What about you?

 

[AV]

Denis Villeneuve has on an insane run for 14 years: Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune Parts 1 + 2.

 

[BadBurger]

Denis Villeneuve has on an insane run for 14 years: Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy, Sicario, Arrival, Blade Runner 2049, Dune Parts 1 + 2.

Arrival was ridiculously good, as was Sicario.

 

[tommib]

There's a really cool new wave of young-ish directors that should just have more money to keep doing what they do. They're all excellent:

Julia Ducournau
Joachim Trier
Ari Aster
Luca Guadagnino
Joanna Hogg
Chloe Zao
Peter Strickland
Sean Baker
Sean Durkin
Todd Field
Ruben Östlund
Lynne Ramsay

 

[Slothbeing1209]

Quentin Tarantino
Park Chan-wook
Bong Joon-ho

 

[BadBurger]

Quentin Tarantino
Park Chan-wook
Bong Joon-ho

All of Park Chan-wook's work will be adapted in western media. Just a matter of time.

 

[NeverYouMind]

I can only think of Christopher Nolan:
Interstellar (2014)
Dunkirk (2017)
Openheimer (2023)

P.S. The past decade of films is lacking in the iconic masterpiece/cult classic department for me. I have seen some really great television shows on the other hand.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Christopher Nolan
Quentin Tarantino
Yorgos Lanthimos
Todd Philips

 

[Doom85]

David Fincher is my personal favorite director, but I admit I haven’t seen his films he made after Gone Girl in 2014, so he can’t qualify.

My favorites of the last ten years would be:

Christopher Nolan
Denis Villeneuve
Ari Aster
Matt Reeves
The Russo brothers
Robert Eggers
Alex Garland
Jordan Peele
James Gunn

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

In no particular:

Wes Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Gaspar Noé
Lars von Trier

 

[kurisu_1974]

Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Denis Villeneuve, Quentin Dupieux are some names that come to mind.

 

[March Climber]

Last 10 years these people are who come to mind(in no particular order):

Johnathan Nolan (Westworld, Fallout)
David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Bullet Train)
Denis Villanueve (Dune, Blade Runner 2049)
Jordan Peele (Get Out, Nope)
Sam Mendes (1917, Skyfall, Spectre)
Gareth Evans (The Raid 1 and 2, Merantau)
Hiro Murai (Atlanta, The Bear (a few eps), Barry (a few eps))

Honorable Mentions:

Frederick Toye (Shogun)
Sam Hargrave (Extraction 1 and 2)
Bill Hader (Barry)

This may be unheard of, but I wanted to add an animation director to the list:

Ryu Nakayama (Chainsaw Man, JJK)

Obviously there are more hands at play for both series, but he was the overall series director. Him and his team have been doing amazing work in trying to elevate anime to a new level of direction and cinematography, which is something that is either disregarded or not thought of much because most anime directors will simply bring a page of a manga to a frame and leave it at that.

The existence of both shows has excited me about anime as a whole because I can already see the impact both series have had on newer, bigger budget shows that are coming out. Hopefully, this momentum of competition when it comes to anime direction, keeps building and moving forward.

 

[IDKFA]

Denis Villeneuve and Robert Eggers are my picks for the last ten years.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Nick Nevern
The Loveday brothers

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Matt Reeves
Robert Eggers
Alex Garland (except Men for obvious reasons)