In three feature films, he has already secured a BAFTA and Golden Globe for best director, and while snubbed of a nominated for the academy awards, Argo did take home best picture in 2013.
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Steve McQueen
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McQueen's first two films, Hunger (2008) and Shame (2011) received critical acclaim but stayed fairly under the radar until directing 2014 Academy Award best picture 12 Years A Slave. While he has yet to take home a major best directing win, he was awarded a BAFTA for most promising newcomer in 2009.
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Alejandro González Iñárritu
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With his fifth and most recent major motion picture, Birdman being an early favorite for multiple Academy Awards, Alejandro may finally take home some wins after being nominated for a BAFTA, Golden Globe AND Oscar with 2006's Babel.
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Duncan Jones
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This director's career is very young. With only two films under his belt, Moon (2009) and Source Code (2012), Jones is already producing quality films, and earned a BAFTA for best debut by a british director in 2009.
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Asghar Farhadi
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Though Farhadi's films are very well received by those who get to see them, he wasn't recognized in America until 2012 with A Seperation, which earned him both an Oscar and Golden Globe for best foreign language film.
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Dan Gilroy
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While Gilroy has been credited with writing 6 screenplays to date, his directorial debut didn't happen until this year (2014) with Nightcrawler. A few people have suggested that this may be the film the earns Jake Gyllenhaal an Oscar, Gilroy's success could be soon to follow, as it has been well received by critics as well as fans in it's early goi
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Derek Cianfrance
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Cianfrance teamed up with Ryan Gosling twice for his first two major motion pictures Blue Valentine (2010) and The Place Beyond The Pines (2012). While neither gained Cianfrance any major recognition, Michelle Williams did earn an oscar nod for best actress in a leading role, and both were well recieved by fans overall. He definitely is someone to
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Lynne Ramsey
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While Ramsey has only directed three feature length films in her career that already spans more than a decade, she did snag a BAFTA for most promising newcomer in 2000, and a BAFTA best director nom for her most recent offering, We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011). If she does end up getting more involved in directing in the future, she definitely h
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Denis Villeneuve
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French-Canadian born, Villeneuve didn't have worldly recognition until 2010's Incendies was nominated for an Oscar for best foreign language film. While it did lose, it was recognition enough to have him direct two films in 2013, Prisoners and Enemy. With two more films in the works, we could be seeing a strand of great works coming from Villeneuve
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Jeff Nichols
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Nichol's young career only consists of three movies thus far. Shotgun Stories (2007), Take Shelter (2011) and Mud (2012). While none earned any major recognition, they were all well received by fans.
