10 Indie Directors Who Might Be The Next Generation Of Blockbuster Filmmakers

NaboCane · Jul 28, 2014

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...eneration-of-blockbuster-filmmakers-2014-0623

Pretty interesting list.

Back in March, we unveiled a list of one-time indie directors, including Bryan Singer, the Wachowskis and Paul Greengrass, who suddenly made the hyperspace jump to helming blockbuster projects, along with their associated blockbuster budgets. We could equally have included such transformative modern figures as Joss Whedon, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg (who made the jump to blockbusters by inventing them). That piece noted that this was “a trend that’s become increasingly prevalent over the last decade or so” and sketched out some of the budget boosts these filmmakers had received, as amounts often 5 or 10 times the budget of their previous films were suddenly at their disposal. Results varied, quality-wise.

But in the few months since that piece appeared, the phenomenon has gone from a trend to an epidemic, with a slew of young filmmakers being handed the keys to massive studio tentpoles on the strength of one or two interesting indie films. Gareth Edwards’ shift from tiny-budget “Monsters” to this summer’s “Godzilla” has been a well-documented case in point (and he will be directing a "Star Wars" spinoff). Edwards' isn't even the latest career to have been shot into the stratosphere through a lucky break like this. Joy abounded last week at the Playlist when we heard that Rian Johnson, of “Brick” and “Looper” (the relatively large budget of which disqualifies him from this list) was coming on board the “Star Wars” mothership.
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