Decade-Defining Directors: The 2010s

Here is a list of filmmakers who turned out some acclaimed and/or impressive work in the 2010s. 

Ben Affleck

The Town (2010) / Argo (2012) / Live By Night (2016) 

Paul Thomas Anderson 

The Master (2012) / Inherent Vice (2014) / Phantom Thread (2017) 

Wes Anderson

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) / The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) / Isle of Dogs (2018) 

Damien Chazelle

Whiplash (2014) / La La Land (2016) / First Man (2018) 

Ryan Coogler

Fruitvale Station (2013) / Creed (2015) / Black Panther (2018) 

Alfonso Cuaron

Gravity (2013) / Roma (2018) 

Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017) / Little Women (2019) 

Alejandro G. Innaritu

Buitiful (2010) / Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) / The Revenant (2015) 

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight (2016) / If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 

Patty Jenkins 

Wonder Woman (2017) 

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller

21 Jump Street (2012) / The Lego Movie (2014) / 22 Jump Street (2014)

Jeff Nichols

Take Shelter (2011) / Mud (2013) / Midnight Special (2016) / Loving (2016) 

Christopher Nolan

Inception (2010) / The Dark Knight Rises (2012) / Interstellar (2014) / Dunkirk (2017) 

Alexander Payne

The Descendants (2011) / Nebraska (2013) / Downsizing (2017) 

Jordan Peele

Get Out (2017) / Us (2019) 

Zack Snyder

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) / Sucker Punch (2011) / Man of Steel (2013) / Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) 

Steven Spielberg

The Adventures of Tintin (2011) / War Horse (2011) / Lincoln (2012) / Bridge of Spies (2015) / The BFG (2016) / The Post (2017) / Ready Player One (2018)

Guillermo del Toro

Pacific Rim (2013) / Crimson Peak (2015) / The Shape of Water (2017)

Denis Villenueve 

Prisoners (2013) / Sicario (2015) / Arrival (2016) / Blade Runner 2049 (2017)