Film Direction

Directors Cinematography Directorial Style Screenwriting Luca Guadagnino Tom Tykwer Ryan Coogler Mona Fastvold Debut Films Cinematic Techniques Halina Reijn Brady Corbet Steve McQueen Director's Vision Spike Jonze Female Directors Jacques Audiard Todd Field Thomas Vinterberg Pablo Larraín Gabriel Mascaro Ananth Mahadevan Maria Sødahl Celine Song Vivek Agnihotri Directorial Choices Paweł Pawlikowski Agustín Díaz Yanes François Ozon Chloé Zhao Neeraj Ghaywan Benny Safdie Emerald Fennell Jafar Panahi Lynne Ramsay Jon M. Chu Alex Garland Karim Aïnouz Emerging Directors Michel Franco Craig Brewer Visual Language Simon Curtis Ulrike Ottinger Baz Luhrmann Maggie Gyllenhaal Florian Zeller

Alex Prager’s DreamQuil Bows at SXSW With Striking Style, Questions on Coherence

Early notices spotlight standout visuals over a less cohesive story.

WME Signs ‘How to Divorce During the War’ Director Andrius Blaževičius After Sundance Win

Maria Sødahl’s The Last Resort Wins Göteborg’s Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film

Josh Gad to Lead 'Gerron's Last Film' From Simon Curtis, Launching at EFM

TIFF Hails Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet as Buckley and Mescal Draw Raves

Mario Martone's 'Fuori' Debuts at Cannes to Mixed Reviews