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Topic: Directors of the Decade

Undated photo of al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. Background: In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a jet airliner nears one of the World Trade Center towers in New York.

Image of the decade

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No. 1: Charlie Kaufman & David Chase

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Hayao Miyazaki. Background: A still from "Howl's Moving Castle"

No. 2: The grandfather & the babysitter

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Ethan and Joel Coen

No. 3: The Coen brothers: The fabulists

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Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

No. 4: The Dardenne brothers: The naturalists

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Steven Spielberg

No. 5: Steven Spielberg: Disney plus Hitchcock

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No. 6: Michael Moore, the crusader

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Steven Soderbergh

No. 7: Steven Soderbergh: The one-man band

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Robert Zemeckis

No. 8: The puppet masters

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Wong Kar-wai

No. 9: The sensualists

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No. 10: Michael Bay, the juggernaut

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