Variety magazine every year gives a list of the 10 directors to watch.
 I need to know the names of the directors from 2000 to 2004.

Hello jaimonr,

It was easier to find the directors for 2000, 2001, and 2004 than for
the other two years.  In any event, here they are:

2000:

Greg Berlanti, Joan Chen, Nigel Cole, Robinson Devor, Gavin Hood, Tony
Pemberton, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Tarsem, Arik Kaplun, and Jan Hrebejk

"'Dance till wee hours," by Bill Higgins, Variety Jan 31, 2000)
Google Print
http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=IN8ypkpqJA1

2001:

Jay Chandrasekhar, Andrew Dominik, Baltasar Kormakur, Lukas Moodysson,
Christopher Nolan, David Gordon Green, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu,
Christine Lahti, Daniel Minahan, and Dominik Mol

"Directors' day at Sundance," Variety Staff, Variety (Jan 29, 2001)
Google Print
http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=meqIdYGWtRL

2002:

Fabian Bielinsky, Christine Jeffs, Lone Scherfig, Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo, Kasia Adamik, Justin Lin, Rebecca Miller, Nanette
Burstein and Brett Morgen, Jesse Peretz, and Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

"10 Directors to Watch," by Sharon Swart, Daily Variety (January 9,
2002) [via LexisNexis Academic (available at certain university
libraries), News Search, Arts & Sports News, Entertainment News]

See also --

"10 to Watch worth a peek," by Steve Chagollan, Variety (Jan 16, 2002)
[partial list]
http://print.google.com/print/doc?articleid=h5KyuuJaRg2

2003:

Catherine Hardwicke, Peter Hedges, George Clooney, John Malkovich,
Andrew Jarecki, Niki Caro, Gregor Jordan, Peter Sollett, Fernando
Meirelles, and Carlos Reygadas

"10 Directors to Watch," by Sharon Swart, Daily Variety (January 15,
2003) [via LexisNexis Academic (available at some university
libraries), News Search, Arts & Sports News, Entertainment News]

2004:

Alexandre Aja, Wolfgang Becker, Sarah Gavron, Greg Harrison, Nicole
Kassell, Joshua Marston, Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Billy Ray, Jeff Renfroe
and Marteinn Thorsson, and Andrey Zvyagintsev

"Variety to Honor Ten Promising New Directors at Sundance Film
Festival, (January 13, 2004) (Posted: Jan 14 2004)
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http://crewpix.com/discuss2/index.php?showtopic=89

- justaskscott


Seearch terms used on Google and LexisNexis Academic:

"directors to watch" variety