Although many of these directors had been working long before the 2000s started, they kept up with their success throughout the ten years with at least or more recognizable films that kept their names in the conversation. Ranker has gathered them together in their master list of the best Hollywood directors of the early 21st Century.
5. Peter Jackson
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was one of the cinematic events ever, and New Zealand movie director peter Jackson was responsible for every three of them. There are not very few movies that have fanbases as expansive and dedicated as Lord of the Rings, which is a demonstration of Jackson’s work.
4. Martin Scorsese
There are not many people that will deny Scorsese’s effect on cinema throughout the ’70s and ’80s, however, his works all through the 2000s are somewhat less well-known. Despite that, he still provided with some extraordinary films: like The Aviator and The Departed.
3. David Fincher
David Fincher helmed three movies all through the 2000s, and whilst a couple of them were fairly divisive and polarizing (Panic Room and Benjamin Button), the period also responsible for one of his most adored and best movies ever – Zodiac.
2. Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott started off the 2000s with Gladiator, which instantly took the world by storm and even brought back home the Academy Award for Best Picture thanks to its legendary tale and ferocious lead performance. And although none of Scott’s later movies in the 2000s quite reached that level of prestige, he’s been perhaps the most reliable and consistent director ever since.
1. Christopher Nolan
If there’s one director whose name has become fairly synonymous with this period in time, it’s Christopher Nolan, and not just for his amazing Dark Knight trilogy, yet additionally for his innovative and stylish thrillers like Memento and The Prestige.
