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14. F. Gary Gray

This year’s N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton could have been a total mess. It would have been easy to mythologize rap’s legendary bad boys, for example, or portray these mixed up kids as gangsters and visionaries. Instead, F. Gary Gray made all the right decisions, telling a story that — in its down-to-earth truthiness — elevated the origin story of Compton’s kids to a level the music icons deserved.

F. Gary Gray, Ron Truppa of Straight Outta Compton
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