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HOLLYWOOD’S
N E W L E A D E R S
JOHN
BOYEGA, 23
ACTOR
Boyega, who started
out in the U.K. with a
background in theater
rather than film, is
about to become a
household name on
movie marquees,
thanks to his starring
role in the upcoming
“Star Wars: The Force
Awakens.” The pic will
no doubt open many
doors for him, and he’s
thrilled with the turn
of events. “I’ve had this
dream for a long time
and it feels great to be
GODDARD
C R E A T I V E S
able to accomplish it
and make it a reality,”
he says.
DAN
FOGELMAN, 39
SCREENWRITER,
PRODUCER, DIRECTOR
Known for his writing
and producing
successes — “Cars,”
“Crazy, Stupid, Love”
and “Tangled” —
Fogelman made his
directorial debut this
year with “Danny
Collins,” a comedydrama
he wrote.
Fogelman’s talents
span the big and small
screens . Last season he
produced three pilots;
“Grandfathered” went
to series on Fox. He also
worked on Sundance
hit “Me and Earl and
the Dying Girl,” which
sold to Fox Searchlight
for $12 million. He’ll
continue producing
ABC’s “Galavant,”
recently picked up for a
second season.
CARY JOJI
FUKUNAGA, 38
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER,
WRITER
Fukunaga went from
working on a crew for
commercials to getting
accepted into film
school to being invited
to the Sundance
Screenwriters Lab. Over
his career he’s written
and/or directed and/or
produced — and even
occasionally lensed —
such projects as the
critically acclaimed
“Sin Nombre,” HBO’s
“True Detective” and
the Netflix-released
“Beasts of No Nation.”
“We always talked
about trying to make
movies that were
about something, but
rather than making
them earnest and
sentimental, make
them in a way that
people would actually
want to see them,”
Fukunaga says.
GRETA
GERWIG, 32
ACTRESS, WRITER,
DIRECTOR
Gerwig has emerged
as one of Hollywood’s
most engaging thesps
after breaking out
in Noah Baumbach’s
“Greenberg,” reteaming
with the writer-director
on “Frances Ha” and
the recent “Mistress
America” (which she cowrote
with Baumbach).
Gerwig stars opposite
Ethan Hawke and
Julianne Moore in
romantic comedy
“Maggie’s Plan” from
writer-director Rebecca
Miller and is filming
“20th Century Women”
opposite Annette
Bening . “I’d like to keep
working with people
who push me further
than I thought I could
go,” she says, “and to
keep being scared that
I’m not up to the task in
front of me.”
DREW
GODDARD, 40
WRITER, FILMMAKER
It’s been a great year
for Goddard, who
wrote/exec-produced
Ridley Scott’s “The
Martian” and saw
his Netflix series
“Daredevil” (on which
he’s creator and writer)
picked up for a second
season. Goddard got
his start writing for
television shows “Lost,”
“Alias” and “Buffy the
Vampire Slayer,” cowrote
the feature
“World War Z,” starring
Brad Pitt, and penned
sci-fi hit “Cloverfield.”
Goddard made his
directorial debut in
2012 with “The Cabin
in the Woods.” “I plan
to keep writing and
directing. I’m currently
finishing a spec script I
hope to direct.”
TOM
HARDY, 38
ACTOR, DIRECTOR,
PRODUCER
Since making his
feature debut in Ridley
Scott’s 2001 war drama
“Black Hawk Down,” the
versatile English actor
has steadily moved
from supporting
roles (“Layer Cake,”
“RocknRolla”) to leading
ones (“Warrior,” ITV’s
“Wuthering Heights”)
and racked up scores
of film, TV and theater
credits, including
“Inception,” “The Dark
Knight Rises” and
“Band of Brothers.”
Hardy helped drive the
testosterone-fueled
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
to a stellar global box
office, impressively
played both Kray
brothers in the U.K.
gangster pic “Legend,”
and stars opposite
Leonardo DiCaprio
in the upcoming
“The Revenant” from
“Birdman” Oscar winner
Alejandro G. Inarritu.
LILY
JAMES, 26
ACTRESS
Known for playing
Lady Rose in “Downton
Abbey,” James scored
a hit in Disney’s liveaction
remake of
“Cinderella.” With
credits that include
“Fast Girls” and “Clash
of the Titans 2,” she will
next appear opposite
Bradley Cooper in
“Burnt” and as lead
Elizabeth Bennet in
“Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies.” She’s
also filming “Baby
Driver” opposite Ansel
Elgort and “The Kaiser’s
Last Kiss” alongside
Christopher Plummer. “I
want to keep doing film
and stage work, and
I’d like to learn more
about cinematography,
directing and editing to
gain more confidence
and control over my
work.”
ZOE
KRAVITZ, 26
ACTRESS, SINGER
Thanks to parents
Lenny Kravitz and
Lisa Bonet, acting
and music were
always in the DNA of
the multi-talented
star who scored her
first two movies —
2007’s romance “No
Reservations” and
thriller “The Brave
One” — while still in
high school. Kravitz
subsequently racked
up credits in global
blockbusters (“Mad
Max: Fury Road,”
“X-Men: First Class,”
the “Divergent”
franchise), indies
(upcoming “Viena
and the Fantomes,”
“Vincent-N-Roxxy”), TV
(“Californication”) and
music videos (for Jay
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