- Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy)
- Edgar Wright (Shawn of the dead, Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim VS the World)
- Robert Rodriguez (From Dusk Till Dawn, Sin City, Planet Terror)
- Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs)
- Steven Soderbergh (Solaris, Ocean's Eleven, Che)
- Wes Anderson (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, The Budapest Hotel)
- Duncan Jones (Moon)
- Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths, Three Billboards)
- Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 minutes or less, Gangster Squad)
- Rian Johnson (Brick, Brothers Bloom, Looper)
- Shane Carruth (Primer, Upstream Color)
- Terry Gilliam (Life of Brian, Brazil, Twelve Monkeys, Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, Tideland)
- Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem for a dream, The Fountain, Black Swan)
- Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception)
- Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Skyfall)
- Derek Cianfrance (Blue Valentine, The Place beyond the pines)
- Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud)
- James Gunn (Super, Guardians of the Galaxy)
- Jud Apatow (Funny People, This is 40)
- Danny Boyle (28 days later)
- Fredrik Bond (Charlie Countryman)
- Alex Garland (Writer -> 28 Days Later, Ex Machina)
- Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic)
- Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, 10 Cloverfield Lane)
- Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Her)
- David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club)
- David Lynch (Twin Peaks)
- Lynne Ramsay (We need to talk about Kevin)
- Martin Scorsese (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, The Departed)
- F.F. Coppola (Apocalypse Now)
- Edward Zwick (The Last Samurai, Defiance, Blood Diamond)
- Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attack, Big Fish)
- (Gattaca)
- (Dark City)
- (Serenity)
- (1972 Eco-space Opera)