Nia DaCosta
Though audiences might not have known Nia DaCosta by name up until quite recently, in 2021, you truly couldn’t be paying attention to Hollywood and not take note of the director’s rising star in the wake of her debut feature Little Woods. DaCosta was already a talent before the debut of her recent Candyman film that breathed haunting new life into the franchise, but her turn to horror showed the public how flexible and vast her sensibilities as a storyteller were, and why Marvel subsequently tapped her to direct its upcoming Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels. Relatively early into her career as she is, it’s clear that DaCosta has so much more to share with the world, and it’s going to be very interesting to look back at 2021 as just the beginning of what’s next for her.
