The Breakthrough Directors Of 2022 [The Playlist Podcast]

Here at The Playlist, we’ve written fairly a number of year-end, Best Of lists to shut out 2022. Everything from Best Films and Best TV Series (clearly) to Best Posters, Best Cinematography, Best Scores, and even Guilty Pleasures. And to place the bow on the Best Of lists, we have now yet one more to share with you, in podcast type, no much less — The Breakthrough Directors of 2022. 

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For this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we have now compiled an inventory of 20 (effectively, 21, technically) filmmakers who’ve had breakout initiatives this previous 12 months. This is an inventory that covers almost each style, from horror to household drama, to cringe comedy, and even crime thrillers. By the tip, you should have 20 suggestions of initiatives you must positively try as quickly as attainable.

Here’s the listing of filmmakers mentioned within the podcast, and if you wish to hear our dialogue and reasoning behind every of those picks, you are able to do so beneath:

Eric Appel – “Weird”
Zach Cregger – “Barbarian” 
Mariama Diallo – “Master”
Alice Diop – “Saint Omer”
Martika Ramirez Escobar – “Leonor Will Never Die” 
Parker Finn – “Smile” 
John Patton Ford – “Emily the Criminal” 
Michael Giacchino – “Werewolf by Night” 
Julian Higgins – “God’s Country”
Nikyatu Jusu – “Nanny”
James Morosini – “I Love My Dad” 
Carlota Pereda – “Piggy” 
S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR” 
Halina Reijn – “Bodies Bodies Bodies” 
Domee Shi – “Turning Red” 
Goran Stolevski – “You Won’t Be Alone”
Christopher Storer – “The Bear” 
Ninja Thyberg – “Pleasure”
Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun”
Joseph Winter and Vanessa Winter – “V/H/S/99” and “Deadstream” 

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