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Meet some of the best directors working today, who haven't gone down the blockbuster movie route...

Ever find it a bit lame when the same big name directors get kicked around for every high profile project? Christopher Nolan, Jj Abrams, maybe the Russo Brothers? With so much focus on blockbuster films these days, getting a major franchise job seems like the main acknowledgement of success for a filmmaker. And yes, both the financial and creative rewards can be great. But there are plenty of other directors out there, doing their own thing, from art house auteurs to Dtv action specialists.

Here are 25 examples.

Lee Hardcastle

Even if you don’t know his name, you’ve probably seen Lee Hardcastle’s ultraviolent claymations shared on social media. He first started getting noticed for his two-minute remake of The Thing, starring the famous stop motion penguin Pingu. Far from just a cheap one-joke mash-up,...

The day after Australian actress Yael Stone got married in the Us last year, she turned up for an audition with a slight hangover and in her words, "still glowing."

The Nida graduate who was a regular in Spirited and All Saints must have impressed the producers of Orange is The New Black, a TV dramedy set in a women's prison: She landed the role of inmate Lorna Morello in the 13-episde series which premiered in the Us on Netflix last week to rave reviews.

From Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, the show features Taylor Schilling as an engaged yuppie who is serving a 15-month stint in the slammer for her unwitting role in an international drug smuggling ring.

"The most appealing elements come from the wealth of supporting players, including a breakout turn by Yael Stone as a wonderfully distinctive character who seems to have parachuted in from a 1930s gangster film,...

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

First of all, I don’t care how much Meredith wants to boom him, I hate Brian.

Secondly, I loved “Junior Salesman” and thought it was an excellent episode. It was another example of finding that sweet balance of humor and pathos. The episode was book-ended by very well restrained reminders of the Brian situation with a whole lot of Dwight in the middle and just enough contributions from the supporting cast to remind us they still have to exist in the world of Dunder Mifflin without crowding the episode by dragging on their own extraneous plot. While I don’t necessarily think the now defunct, once proposed Dwight spin-off, The Farm, would have worked as a long term series, smaller doses of Dwight’s associates are clearly comedic gems when handled well and in this case they absolutely were.

It’s clearly been too long...