The Best Young Directors (3 full-lengths or less)

Director of Hunger and Shame, and currently filming 12 Years A Slave (with Bradd Pitt, Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Fassbender), McQueen is a true contemporary artist, using the body of the actors of his films as a character itself, a subject very used in the modern art.

Director of In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, McDonagh made a career as a playwright in the UK, and in his first cinematic attempt, he won an Oscar for Best Short Film. After that, he has done two of the most funny mafia films in recent years, written with a great talent and a very personal and british sense of humor.

Rian Johnson his the director of one of the most original films in recent years, Brick, a noir film set in a high school. Johnson is a powerful creator of images, but also, a great writer, things that he had proved in his latest film Looper. He also directed one of the greatest Breaking Bad episodes, Fly.

Drew Goddard began in the industry as a screenwriter for is companion Joss Whedon. He wrote scripts for Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, and after that, he started to work with related-Abrams series and films like Alias, Lost and Cloverfield. The Cabin in the Woods is his directorial debut, a game changer genre flick.

After a couple of acclaimed short films, Durkin directed his first feature film Martha Marcy May Marlene, presented on Sundance, where it was awarded with the Best Director prize. The movie was the debut of Elisabeth Olsen, who is perfectly directed by Durkin in an emotional performance. Durkin is now working for a British Miniseries and a new film based on an episode of the life of Janis Joplin.

Jeff Nichols is one of those directors whose films smell and taste American movies. Is second feature, Take Shelter, premiered at Sundance and was one of the best surprises of 2011. In 2012 he presented is new film Mud in Cannes at the last day, and his reception was very good.

European directors know how entertain people too. Valérie Donzelli is a french filmmaker whose last movie, Declaration of War, is a beautiful history based on a real experience with a lot of social implications, but very emocional and fun as well. She premiered her new movie, Main Dans La Main, at the Rome Film Festival, one of the most anticipated european movies of 2013.

Vigalondo is a cult director in the USA, thanks to his time travel movie Timecrimes, which was shown at Sundance. He is also very famous in is country Spain, and is sophomore effort, Extraterrestial, is more focused on the modern spanish humor with several comedians as characters. He is now working in his first english movie, Open Windows, starring Elijah Wood and Sasha Grey.

Born in Australia, Andrew Dominik made is first mayor statement when he directed his first american movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward of Robert Ford, an artful western which gave Brad Pitt one of the parts of his career. His latest effort is Killing Them Softly, also starring Pitt, a noir and brilliantly filmed movie that pretends to be a metaphor of the actual landscape in the western civilization.

When the nominations for the 2011 Oscars came out, many people could't believe that Dogtooth, the second film of Giorgos Lanthimos, was nominated, even in a category like Foreign Film. The movie, winner of the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes, has a sinister sense of humor and very surrealistic treatment, but also a clear message about repression. His latest film, Alps, follows the same path.

Possibly, Blomkamp, a recognized creator of visual effects, is the most successful rookie of this entire list, and we can put the blame on Peter Jackson, who produce his debut, District 9, one of the most unique pieces of sci-fi in decades. His movie was even nominated to the Best Picture Oscar. Now he is finishing his new and anticipated project, Elysium, another ambitious and dystopian sci-fi flick.

Morris follows the tradition of modern british humor, lead by comedians like Ricky Gervais. He has worked a lot in TV, running is own show of fake news The Today Show. In 2010, he directed his first movie, Four Lions, about a group of muslim terrorist that want to attack the UK, winning the BAFTA for Best English Debut. The movie is a masterpiece of modern comedy, funny as hell, and very provocative too.

From Hatebreed to Spiderman. That's a good summary of the career of Marc Webb, who became famous directing videos for many music artist (like David Fincher). In 2009, his debut full-length 500 Days of Summer debuted, and was one of the most acclaimed romantic stories in recent years, which has became the prototype for indie romantic films. After that, he was named the successor of Sam Raimi in the Spiderman franchise. The reboot is good, with a very intimate story and some echoes of his previous indie work. The secuel will be his trial of fire.

Many of the readers might not know who is this guy. But the ones who have any interest in metal music will know. Dunn is a Canadian anthropologist so passionate about heavy metal that did a documentary, A Headbanger's Journey, which became instantly the best metal documentary ever made. After that, he has worked with bands like Iron Maiden or Rush, but hasn't stopped his metal saga with Global Metal and even a series called Metal Evolution. Now he's working in a film about Satan.

Berger is a well-known character in the spanish cinema. In 1988, he directed Mama, a short piece that became a cult classic, whose production design was conceived by Alex De La Iglesia (El Día de la Bestia). It was 15 years later when he made his full-length debut, Torremolinos 73, an acclaimed comedy about a couple that gets into the porn business. This year, he return with his silent version of Snow White, Blancanieves, a film that was in his mind for 9 years. The movie is a masterful piece of art which innovates within the silent movies, thanks to a dark and sinister history. Nothing to do with The Artist.