Which Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?
Bulwark Goes to HollywoodWhich Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?1641×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:39-49:39Audio playback is not supported on your browser. We discussed how the audience has shifted from stars to IP to maybe, now, directors, and what that means for the industry. Plus: Who did his inside sources think he rated too highly … and too lowly?
- ▪Bulwark Goes to HollywoodWhich Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?1641×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:39-49:39Audio playback is not supported on your browser.
- ▪We discussed how the audience has shifted from stars to IP to maybe, now, directors, and what that means for the industry.
- ▪Plus: Who did his inside sources think he rated too highly … and too lowly?
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| Canonical URL | https://www.thebulwark.com/p/which-directors-have-the-most-hollywood-juice |
| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:52 GMT |
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Bulwark Goes to HollywoodWhich Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?1641×0:00Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:39-49:39Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.Bulwark Goes to HollywoodWhich Directors Have the Most Hollywood Juice?Nate Jones on the 100 most powerful directors in Hollywood.Sonny Bunch24 July164TranscriptPhoto Illustration by Bill Kuchman/The Bulwark | Photos: Getty, ShutterstockOn this week’s episode, I’m joined by Nate Jones of Vulture to discuss his monumental effort to rank the 100 most powerful directors in Hollywood. We discussed how the audience has shifted from stars to IP to maybe, now, directors, and what that means for the industry.
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