The 2015 Cinema Touch Awards - DIRECTOR

by

Julien Faddoul

5. Creed – Ryan Coogler

For trusting his audience so fervidly with his cadence. In acknowledging his clichés, he dodges them.

4. It Follows – David Robert Mitchell

For a tremendous trundle of rhythmic aptitude and allegorical savoir-faire. No one else this year gained my trust quicker.

3. Carol – Todd Haynes

For his brilliant intellectual eye, his fierce guiding hand and his amaranthine heart.

2. Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller

For acquiring the fastidious temperament that was compulsory for his animated films and beautifully infusing it in a glorious assemblage of pace, pitch and practice. Masterful!

1. Inside Out – Pete Docter

For working harder than any one person on any single film this year. And yet, his creation feels as if it were fully-formed from his head immediately. He does what only the bravest directors can do: he never calls attention to himself but rather lets his characters tell his story. Quick Shoutout: Co-Director Ronnie Del Carmen, one of the greatest story men in animation.

Runner Up: Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson

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