The most important filmmakers of the last Ten years

Bazz

Here are who I think are the most important and inspirational filmmakers of the last ten years.. Their films remain consistant throughout their careers and are influential to pop culture and other aspiring filmmakers..


Quentin Tarentino - Reservoir Dogs (1991)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Jackie Brown (1997)
- Kill Bill Vol. One & Two (2003)

David Fincher - Alien 3 (1993)
- Seven (1995)
- Fight Club (1999)
- Panic Room (2002)

Paul Thomas Anderson - Hard Eight (1996)
- Boogie Nights (1998)
- Magnolia (2000)
- Punch Drunk Love (2002)

Kalina

Some of the best in my opinion

Steven Spielberg:
Schindlers List
Saving Private Ryan

Peter Jackson:
LotR trilogy

Martin Scorcese:
Gangs of New York
Goodfellas (I know thats made more than 10 years but it's one of his best ever movies)

Steven Soderbergh:
Erin Brockovich
Oceans Eleven

Sam Mendes:
American Beauty
Road to Perdition

bandit

Danny Boyle and Guy Ritchie for the way they changed the shape of Brittish film and indeed pop culture.

Darren Aronofsky (Pi and Requim for a dream) for his camera and visual stlye, Todd Solondz (welcome to the dollhouse, Happiness and Storytelling) and Alexander Payne (About Schmidt and Election) for there twisted and blackly comic look at everyday America.

Caesar_Bojangle

The Cohen brothers

Barton fink
Millers crossing
The big lebowski
oh brother where art thou
fargo




And solely based on The Matrix, The Wachowski brothers

UnrealQueen

Oh my lord! How come no one has said Peter Jackson?

Frank Grimes

Originally posted by UnrealQueen
Oh my lord! How come no one has said Peter Jackson?

Kalina did.
I think Bryan Singer (Usual Suspects, X-Men) should get a mention too.

Chad ghostal

Originally posted by Caesar_Bojangle
The Cohen brothers

yeah definetly the cohen brothers..

micheal mann.
heat
the insider
ali

darren aronofsky

and paul thomas anderson..

Pigman II

1. PT Anderson
2. Lars Von Trier

Clintons Cat

The Cohens

M Shyamalan

Spike Lee

Alan Parker

shotamoose

David Fincher, followed by

Richard Linklater, for
Dazed and Confused
Before Sunrise
Waking Life

Karl Hungus

Plenty of great suggestions so far.

Suprised nobody has mentioned Spike Jonez yet.

Certainly The Coen Brothers, they've made some of the most interesting, beautiful, and enjoyable films of the last decade.
I just hope Barton Fink will find it's way to R2 DVD soon.

Takeshi Kitano needs a mention.
As does Terry Gilliam.
And Hayao Miyazaki.

Elessar

4. Frank Darabont
3. M. Night Shyamalan
2. Steven Spielberg
1. Peter Jackson.

There are lots more, I just cant think right now.

weemcd

James cameron i suppose

bandit

Cant believe i forgot David Lynch

Terminator

Cameron Crowe : Vanilla Sky and Almost Famous

If only that other Cameron would get off his butt and reboot the alien franchise.

koneko

Spielberg is overrated imho.

I'd like to add another voice for PT Anderson, Fincher, Kubrick, Jackson, few of the others that were mentioned. Oh and Wes Anderson. I like his style of films, even though a lot of people might not agree (Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore).

Bazz

No, No, No, I said filmmakers of the last ten years... ie. They emerged in the last ten years..

Coen Bros., Spielberg, etc. have been around years, and years..

Kalina

Originally posted by Bazz
No, No, No, I said filmmakers of the last ten years... ie. They emerged in the last ten years..

Coen Bros., Spielberg, etc. have been around years, and years..

I stick with Sam mendes as one of the best directors to have emerged in the 90s. Also have to agree with Elessar and add Frank Darabont to the list.