Bong Joon Ho Names the 20 Filmmakers He Believes Will Define the 2020s

After becoming an overnight sensation, Oscar-winning “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho was interviewed by Sight & Sound and asked to recommend what up-and-coming filmmakers he believes are going to shape and mold cinema in the decade to come.

In the recent article, Bong lists 20 directors that he believes will be driving the future of cinema forward in the next 10 years. Why is this such an intriguing proposition for Bong? Well, as the director puts it, discussing the current works of a director may very well predict the future “because, when we watched Wong Kar Wai’s second film ‘Days of Being Wild’ (1990), we might have already dreamed of ‘In the Mood for Love’ (2000) in our minds. Or… when we watched ‘Blood Simple’ (1985) by the Coen brothers, we might have already been experiencing ‘No Country for Old Men’ (2007), which would come two decades later.”

Bong names familiar names such as Ari Aster (“Hereditary” and “Midsommar”), Robert Eggers (“The Witch” and “The Lighthouse”), Jennifer Kent (“Babadook” and “The Nightingale”), Jordan Peele (“Get Out” and “Us”), and Chloé Zhao (“The Rider”), but also less familiar names such as Ali Abbasi (“Border”), Bi Gan (“Long Day’s Journey Into Night”), Rose Glass (“Saint Maud”), Alice Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”), and Francis Lee (“God’s Own Country”).

For the entire list, you can go to the Sight & Sound article.