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Best Directors Working Today (Latin America and the Caribbean)

Picked from directors who are Latin American or Caribbean by birth or upbringing or film in those countries regularly (at least 3 films in the region). Exceptions will be made for quality film-makers of Latin American or Caribbean descent who film stories in the United States of America or Canada about Latin Americans or Caribbeans. Or perhaps for directors not of Latin American or Caribbean descent or residence but who film about the diaspora. Stories about the children of immigrants in North America counted in a separate section.  To qualify I'm making it that the director has to release an excellent film (in my opinion) during the 21st century and I need to be able to find at least 3 excellent reference films. Same criteria as the previous lists.  13. Jose Padilha -   Brazil Directing Timespan : 2002- Present Reference Films: Bus 174(2002); Tropa de Elite (2007); Secrets of the Tribe (2010) 12. Pablo Trapero -   Argentina Dir...