By Kristy Puchko | Lists | July 1, 2016 |
By Kristy Puchko | Lists | July 1, 2016 |
We celebrated the stars who’ve been welcomed into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Now let’s toast the narrative filmmakers whose work has been so game-changing we’re thrilled to know they’ll weigh in on Oscar night.
Shocker: directors aren’t as often giffed as their films. When a director gif was unavailable, we opted for a bit of their beautiful movies.
Lexi Alexander, director of Punisher: War Zone and Green Street Hooligans
Haifaa al Mansour, director of Wadjda
Ana Lily Amirpour, director of A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night and skater stunt double. (That’s her!)
Amma Asante, director of Belle
Katie Aselton, director of Black Rock
Ryan Coogler, director of Creed and Fruitvale Station
Julie Dash, director Daughters of the Dust
Tamra Davis, director of Billy Madison
Xavier Dolan, director of Mommy
Cheryl Dunye, director of The Watermelon Woman
Anne Fletcher, director of The Proposal
Ari Folman, director of Waltz with Bashir and The Congress
Cary Joji Fukunaga, director of Beasts of No Nation and Jane Eyre
Juan Antonio Garcia Bayona, director of The Impossible and The Orphanage
Lesli Linka Glatter, director of Now and Then
Mary Harron, director of American Psycho
Marielle Heller, director of The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Patty Jenkins, director of Monster
Abbas Kiarostami, director of Taste of Cherry and Certified Copy
Karyn Kusama, director of Girl Fight and Jennifer’s Body
Phyllida Lloyd, director of The Iron Lady and Mamma Mia
Adam McKay, director of The Big Short and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Park Chan-wook, director of Oldboy and Stoker
Lynne Ramsay, director of We Need To Talk About Kevin
Dee Rees, director of Pariah
Nicolas Winding Refn, director of Only God Forgives and Drive
Gillian Robespierre, director of Obvious Child
Patricia Rozema, director of Mansfield Park
Marjane Satrapi, director of The Voices and Persepolis
Sam Taylor-Johnson, director of Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades of Grey
Melvin Van Peebles, director of Sweet Sweetback’s Baasasssss Song
Lana Wachowski, co-director of Jupiter Ascending and The Matrix trilogy
Lilly Wachowski, co-director of Jupiter Ascending and The Matrix trilogy
Taika Waititi, director of Hunt for the Wilderpeople and What We Do in the Shadows
James Wan, director of The Conjuring and Saw
You can check out the full list at LA Times Then share the picks your pumped about in comments.
Kristy Puchko is pumped to see so many our the Overlords 52 Films By Women picks are finally getting some Academy recognition.