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Directors Who Became Big Over the Last Decade

These are directors who made it big with their first film or first few films and are now close to being household names.
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Damien Chazelle
Damien Chazelle
1
Whiplash (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
2
94%8.5
La La Land (2016)
La La Land (2016)
3
91%8.0
First Man (2018)
First Man (2018)
4
87%7.3
Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele
5
Get Out (2017)
Get Out (2017)
6
98%7.7
Us (2019)
Us (2019)
7
93%6.8
Robert Eggers
Robert Eggers
8
The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016)
9
90%6.9
The Lighthouse (2019)
The Lighthouse (2019)
10
90%7.5
The Northman (2022)
The Northman (2022)
11
89%7.0
Greta Gerwig
Greta Gerwig
12
Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird (2017)
13
99%7.4
Little Women (2019)
Little Women (2019)
14
95%7.8
Ari Aster
Ari Aster
15
Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary (2018)
16
89%7.3
Midsommar (2019)
Midsommar (2019)
17
83%7.1
Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler
18
Fruitvale Station (2013)
Fruitvale Station (2013)
19
94%7.5
Creed (2015)
Creed (2015)
20
95%7.6
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
21
96%7.3
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
22
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Swiss Army Man (2016)
23
72%7.0
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
24
94%8.0
Panos Cosmatos
Panos Cosmatos
25
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
26
61%6.0
Mandy (2018)
Mandy (2018)
27
90%6.6
Jennifer Kent
Jennifer Kent
28
The Babadook (2014)
The Babadook (2014)
29
98%6.8
The Nightingale (2019)
The Nightingale (2019)
30
86%7.3
Alex Garland
Alex Garland
31
Ex Machina (2015)
Ex Machina (2015)
32
92%7.7
Annihilation (2018)
Annihilation (2018)
33
88%6.8
David Robert Mitchell
David Robert Mitchell
34
The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
35
81%6.3
It Follows (2015)
It Follows (2015)
36
96%6.8
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
37
59%6.5
Ava Duvernay
Ava Duvernay
38
I Will Follow (2010)
I Will Follow (2010)
39
Middle of Nowhere (2012)
Middle of Nowhere (2012)
40
88%6.4
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