2010 has been another great year for movies with a whole host of filmmakers serving up some big screen treats.
There was sequel success for Lee Unkrich and Jon Favreau while martin Scorsese made a big screen return, as did Christopher Nolan and Tim Burton.
So as 2010 draws to a close we take a look at the filmmakers who have really made a huge impression on cinema this year.
Christopher Nolan - it’s been two years since Nolan has wowed us with The Dark Knight but he did it again this summer with Inception.
Without a shadow of a doubt Inception, which saw the filmmaker team up with Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time, is the best movie of the year as Nolan assembled a great cast.
In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job till date, Inception.
Nolan is a director who is unafraid to use complex narrative and plot as he tests and asks questions of the audience.
Inception is a maze from the off as Nolan adds layer upon layer to the story as the audience takes a trip into a dream world and an exploration of the subconscious.
The science fiction movie really was the alternative to all of the big budget blockbusters this summer but actually turned out to be a blockbuster itself as it went on gross in excess of $823 million, more than Iron Man 2.
Kathryn Bigelow - to say that Kathryn Bigelow has had a fantastic year would be a bit of an understatement as she became the first woman to ever pick up Best Director at the Oscars.
The Hurt Locker, in my humble opinion, was the movie of 2009 and deserved every accolade that came its way as it was not your average war on terror movie.
Bigelow looked behind the fighting at the men on the front line and their relationships with each other and how they coped with the situation in which they found themselves in.
When the Oscars finally rolled around The Hurt Locker and Avatar had been sharing the award spoils and it was widely regarded as a two horse race for Best Picture and Best Director.
And it was to be a historical night for Bigelow as she scooped both gongs over the much fancied Avatar and James Cameron.
She has returned to the director’s chair for TV movie The Miraculous Year, which sees Eddie Redmayne, Frank Langella and Hope Davis on the cast list, due for release next year.
Lee Unkrich - It had been eleven years since we had last seen Woody, Buzz and co on the big screen until Toy Story 3 lit up cinemas this summer.
This time around it was Lee Unkrich who was in the director’s chair as Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack and John Ratzenberger all returned to the cast list,
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care centre instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
It really is a timeless story with universal themes that we can all relate to about coming of age, moving out into the world and leaving childhood behind.
Toy Story 3 is a warm and very funny movie that is just as much for adults as it is for the kids, seriously parents will also fall in love with the characters and the story.
Toy Story 3 was the greatest animation movie of the year and was the first to break the $1 billion barrier at the box office when it grossed in excess of $1.063 billion, making it the biggest grossing movie of 2010.
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