Martin Kraft · CC BY-SA 3.0

An American filmmaker who has built a body of work — Little Odessa, We Own the Night, The Immigrant, The Lost City of Z, Ad Astra, Armageddon Time — distinguished by close attention to family, immigration, and moral compromise. Six of his films have competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, an unusually consistent record of critical recognition across three decades. He remains active, with Paper Tiger among his more recent projects.