Film & TV2008–present
Ava DuVernay
The first Black woman nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Director — 13th is the most important documentary about American incarceration ever made.
Origin
Long Beach, California
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Often Compared To
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#2Directors — Westminster, London, England · 1998–
The director who convinced studios to bet $200M on original ideas — Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk alongside the greatest superhero trilogy ever made. Oppenheimer is his masterpiece.
Francis Ford Coppola
#3Directors — Detroit, Michigan · 1963–present
The director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now — two of the greatest films ever made. Coppola's 1970s run is unmatched in scope, ambition, and cultural impact.