A dream job before 30, getting to shoot your first feature length before a true mature age, what more can a young artist ask for? It was not like that for the greats that we now learn in film school. They are always a medium for change, using their talent even from an early age to leave us wanting more, and none of them disappointed. All the artists in this list would certainly leave a mark in their work, and their young endeavor would bring them into the hall of fame in the history of filmmaking.
Youth is change, new generations are the future, this is certainly what this talented group want to tell us. There is something in the Wunderkind effect that is true for all cultures and all periods. The young genius walking towards glory is now an archetype that we are going to closely examine in our list. A lit of the movie masterpieces made by directors before reaching the age of 30.