Film FreeQ: Decade-Defining Directors: The 2000s

Monday, April 11, 2022

Decade-Defining Directors: The 2000s

Finally, here is a curated list of several prominent and/or prolific filmmakers who've had a major impact on film throughout the 2000s, for better or worse.

Paul Thomas Anderson

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) / There Will Be Blood (2007)

Wes Anderson

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) / The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) / The Darjeeling Limited (2007) / Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Michael Bay

Pearl Harbor (2001) / Bad Boys II (2003) / The Island (2005) / Transformers (2007) / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Brad Bird

The Incredibles (2004) / Ratatouille (2007)

Danny Boyle

The Beach (2000) / 28 Days Later (2002) / Millions (2004) / Sunshine (2007) / Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) / The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) / Intolerable Cruelty (2003) / The Ladykillers (2004) / No Country For Old Men (2007) / Burn After Reading (2008) / A Serious Man (2009)

Pete Docter

Monsters, Inc. (2001) / Up (2009)

Clint Eastwood

Space Cowboys (2000) / Blood Work (2002) / Mystic River (2003) / Million Dollar Baby (2004) / Flags of Our Fathers (2006) / Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) / Changeling (2008) / Gran Torino (2008) / Invictus (2009)

Paul Greengrass

Bloody Sunday (2002) / The Bourne Supremacy (2004) / United 93 (2006) / The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Ron Howard

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) / A Beautiful Mind (2001) / The Missing (2003) / Cinderella Man (2005) / The DaVinci Code (2006) / Frost/Nixon (2008) / Angels and Demons (2009)

Peter Jackson

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) / The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) / The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) / King Kong (2005) / The Lovely Bones (2009)

Spike Jones

Adaptation. (2002) / Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

Hayao Miyazaki

Spirited Away (2001) / Howl's Moving Castle (2004) / Ponyo (2008)

Christopher Nolan

Memento (2000) / Insomnia (2002) / Batman Begins (2005) / The Prestige (2006) / The Dark Knight (2008)

Ridley Scott

Gladiator (2000) / Hannibal (2001) / Black Hawk Down (2001) / Matchstick Men (2003) / Kingdom of Heaven (2005) / A Good Year (2006) / American Gangster (2007) / Body of Lies (2008)

Steven Spielberg

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) / Minority Report (2002) / Catch Me If You Can (2002) / The Terminal (2004) / War of the Worlds (2005) / Munich (2005) / Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)