10 Young Filmmakers You Should Know

Lena Dunham’s journey from conceptual college YouTube oversharer to America’s next great comedic hope has been a remarkably quick one — after the release of her second film, Tiny Furniture, in 2010, the then-24-year-old filmmaker and actress became one of the most sought-after voices in entertainment. Her Judd Apatow-backed HBO series, Girls, debuts April 15th, and this week marked Tiny Furniture‘s Criterion DVD and Blu-ray release. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up some other great directors you should know, all of them under 35 years old. Meet a whole new generation of auteurs after the jump.

Sean Durkin

An NYU film school alum, Sean Durkin made a name for himself at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, winning the Dramatic Directing Award for his debut feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene. A dark psychological thriller about a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) who escapes, traumatized, from a cult, the film introduces a confident writer-director capable of telling a vivid and unusual story on a tight (under $1 million) budget.

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Alex ross perry? joe swanberg might be the worst filmmaker working today

Nellka. It does matter who takes the name, because it's never anyone but the woman. And why does it make someone happy to have a new name than with which you were born into this life? What is it about changing your name to someone else's that would make you happy, and why? You're not happy until you're publicly linked to another human being via matrimony? Having to change one's name is not even an issue a man ever has to consider, 99% of the time.

It's a good list, but what about, Evan Glodell writer, director and star of BELLFLOWER?

Lauren Wolkstein who directed smashing circuit success Cigarette Candy. Watch for her.

I definitely look forward to more Cary Fukunaga. Forgive the unintelligent critique but Another Earth really really sucked.

"grouchy feminist" - your name is justified:) in reality, as long as it makes HER happy it doesn't matter who takes the name..

KRIS SWANBERG... why is it so many (supposedly/seemingly) cool women still their husbands' last names? There is nothing lamer. It makes me crushingly disappointed in women kind. And don't give me any bullshit about how they want to seem like a family--then why doesn't HE take HER name (granted, in this case, perhaps he did--I don't know whose maiden name is Swanberg in this case)? Or any further bullshit about how she didn't like her dad--silliest excuse ever when you parse the logic (trading one asshole-father's name for another?). Oh, ladies, when are you going to stop bowing to the patriarchal hegemony?

Am I the only one that found Tiny Furniture to be unremarkable?

You should really add to that list Joseph R. Lewis, an unknown Chicago filmmaker who's made some fascinating features such as "Scumbabies," and is just starting to get some attention after a decade of filmmaking.