Are there any Black directors with a similar style to Nolan or Scorsese?

[Contrefaire]

Mario Van Peebles is almost always who I think of whenever this topic comes up. He has a very gritty, realistic, almost film-noir type style that's on par with Nolan &co, but he's never been given a big budget Hollywood project that gives him a chance to "prove himself" on the big screen, so he gets ignored.

 

[Megadeus]

So we not giving the Hughes Bros. any love?

 

[BXKingPin82]

So basically your answer is no?
Tarantino doesn’t make Blackish movies

I think it’s definitely possible to make those type of movies with a Black cast

I ain’t know there was a black McQueen
I always think of the fashion designer

BUT HE'S COOL WITH THE WU-TANG!!!!!

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

That's a hard question... And you know what's crazy is that scorsesee is overrated... TBH in my book... He's good but I take Nolan over Scorsesee anyday...

And F Gary Gray comes close, very underrated TBH...

I have to agree with you on Scorcese outside of Goodfellas and his movies with Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s a chore sitting through them.

 

[ORDER_66]

I have to agree with you on Scorcese outside of Goodfellas and his movies with Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s a chore sitting through them.

That's what I'm saying... any new shyt from him I can't watch alot...

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Mario Van Peebles is almost always who I think of whenever this topic comes up. He has a very gritty, realistic, almost film-noir type style that's on par with Nolan &co, but he's never been given a big budget Hollywood project that gives him a chance to "prove himself" on the big screen, so he gets ignored.

Unfortunately
I can’t think of him without thinking of that shytty movie he had on Netflix starring him, his kids, Snoop Dogg, and YG at a gifted school

I need to watch it again just for the fukkery and bad acting

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

That's what I'm saying... any new shyt from him I can't watch alot...

But we’re in the minority so .

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Style and stories are not the same. Those directors have a unique style. Think of a Nolan’s last two films and his earlier ones. Some folks may not even noticed that he changed cinematographers because Wally Pfister went into directing himself. He has a style on how he likes his films to look.

Everybody can’t convey his way of film. That’s what makes a director. It isn’t what they do, it’s how they do it.

If you mean stories, then it depends because all directors aren’t auteurs.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

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[Emoryal]

Nolan has two good movies

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Style and stories are not the same. Those directors have a unique style. Think of a Nolan’s last two films and his earlier ones. Some folks may not even noticed that he changed cinematographers because Wally Pfister went into directing himself. He has a style on how he likes his films to look.

Everybody can’t convey his way of film. That’s what makes a director. It isn’t what they do, it’s how they do it.

If you mean stories, then it depends because all directors aren’t auteurs.

Director affects the story

 

[MartyMcFly]

@Black Trash! i need some clarification: are you asking if there’s a black director who tackles subject matter like Nolan or works on his scale?

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Director affects the story

That’s what I explained. It’s their how. No one can make a film like them.

An auteur wants their own flavor.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Hughes Bros got many comparisons to Scorsese when they first came out.




Coogler seemed like it get to a Nolan style, but they seemed to tone down his style with Black Panther.

 

[MartyMcFly]

That’s what I explained. It’s their how. No one can make a film like them.

An auteur wants their own flavor.

Yup. And not every director is an auteur. Nothing wrong with being a journey director. You get hired to do the job and you do exactly what the studio wants. Robert wise was a journeyman director and he made the sound of music, the haunting, and the first Star Trek movie. Spike Lee, Jordan peele, Ava Duvernay, and Ryan coogler are who I think of when I think black auteurs. At least of the crop doing it currently.