Reeves was primarily a TV director before he helmed 2008’s Cloverfield and two years later he directed the American version of Let the Right One In.
But Gunn’s comments about Matt Reeves are probably felt by many people.
From there he made a huge leap to the recent Planet of the Apes trilogy, which were both massive commercial successes and massive critical hits as well.
To be fair, I would put James Gunn in that same category, who previously made a pair of superhero movies that included a talking raccoon, and was still able to make his own unique voice come through.