_Collection: Impressive Directorial Debuts
Submitted by Oedipus on Sat, 12/17/2005 - 02:23
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- Stefani Ames: A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997)
- David Anspaugh: Hoosiers (1986)
- Darren Aronofsky: Pi (1998)
- Shona Auerbach: Dear Frankie (2004)
- Barry Berman: Waterproof (1999)
- Shari Springer Berman/Robert Pulcini: American Splendor (2003) *
- Larry Blamire: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
- Marlon Brando: One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
- Matthew Bright: Freeway (1996)
- George Clooney: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
- Joel Coen: Blood Simple (1984)
- Sofia Coppola: The Virgin Suicides (1999)
- Kevin Costner: Dances with Wolves (1990)
- Jeff Daniels: Escanaba in da Moonlight (2001)
- Brian Dannelly: Saved! (2004)
- Frank Darabont: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Robert De Niro: A Bronx Tale (1993)
- Troy Duffy: Boondock Saints (1999)
- Jacob Aaron Estes: Mean Creek (2004)
- Emilio Estevez: Wisdom (1986)
- David M. Evans: The Sandlot (1993)
- Todd Field: In the Bedroom (2001)
- Shainee Gabel: A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)
- John Gatins: Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
- Mel Gibson: The Man Without A Face (1993)
- Hideo Gosha: Three Outlaw Samurai (1964)
- Randa Haines: Children of a Lesser God (1986)
- Lesli Linka Glatter: Now and Then (1995)
- Jean-Luc Godard: Breathless (1960)
- Annette Haywood-Carter: Foxfire (1996)
- George Roy Hill: Period of Adjustment (1962)
- Oliver Hirschbiegel: Das Experiment (2001)
- Howard Hughes: Hell's Angels (1930)
- John Hughes: Sixteen Candles (1984)
- John Huston: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Patty Jenkins: Monster (2003)
- Miranda July: Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
- Elia Kazan: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
- Randal Kleiser: Grease (1978)
- Jae-young Kwak: My Sassy Girl (2001)
- Christine Lahti: My First Mister (2001)
- Charles Laughton: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
- Michael Lehmann: Heathers (1989)
- Louis Leterrier: The Transporter (2002)
- Sidney Lumet: 12 Angry Men (1957)
- Joshua Marston: Maria Full of Grace (2004)
- Paul Mazursky: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
- Sam Mendes: American Beauty (1999)
- Mike Mills: Thumbsucker (2005)
- Vincente Minnelli: Cabin in the Sky (1943)
- Lukas Moodysson: Fucking Åmål (1998)
- Christopher Nolan: Following (1998)
- Kimberly Peirce: Boys Don't Cry (1999)
- Frank Perry: David and Lisa (1962)
- Sarah Polley: Away from Her (2006)
- Sam Raimi: The Evil Dead (1981)
- Harold Ramis: Caddyshack (1980)
- Guy Ritchie: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Robert Rodriguez: El Mariachi (1992)
- George A. Romero: Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Eli Roth: Cabin Fever (2002)
- Geoffrey Sax: White Noise (2005)
- Sidney Sheldon: Dream Wife (1953)
- John Singleton: Boyz n the Hood (1991)
- Kevin Smith: Clerks (1994)
- Zack Snyder: Dawn of the Dead (2004)
- Ben Stiller: Reality Bites (1994)
- Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Billy Bob Thornton: Sling Blade (1996)
- Stacy Title: The Last Supper (1995)
- Luchino Visconti: Ossessione (1943)
- Denzel Washington: Antwone Fisher (2002)
- John Wayne: The Alamo (1960)
- Paul Weitz: American Pie (1999)
- Orson Welles: Citizen Kane (1941)
- Billy Wilder: The Major and the Minor (1942)
- Joe Wright: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Robert Zemeckis: I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
- Lee David Zlotoff: The Spitfire Grill (1996)
- Rob Zombie: House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Author Comments:
*Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini have directed full length documentaries before but American Splendor (2003) was their first non-documentary feature.
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Cool list.
Notable omissions include:
Martin Scorsese- Who's That Knocking at my Door?
Sidney Lumet- 12 Angry Men
John Cassavetes- Shadows...
I have alot more to add but I'm only adding the ones that I've seen so I can't include Who's That Knocking at my Door? or Shadows because I haven't seen them.
Yeah, no problem. Now that I think of it: Truffaut's The 400 Blows would also be a potential candidate.
You really thought White Noise was impressive?
Great list though, mostly agree.
It was good, for a debut it was.
Louis Leterrier directed "Transporter 2", not "The Transporter". The 2002 film was directed by Corey Yuen. So there's that.
According to imdb, The Transporter (2002) was directed by Louis Leterrier and Corey Yuen. Corey Yuen isn't on this list with him because The Transporter (2002) wasn't his directorial debut.
Did Leterrier direct Transpotting 2?
Leterrier directed Transporter 2.
I remember in One-Eyed Jacks, Marlon Brando's character is constantly taunted by Ben Johnson's character. Finally, Johnson says something about Karl Malden's daughter, Brando's love interest, and Brando snaps out and throws the table back and just stands challenging Johnson. His chair gets entangle with his leg, and Brando flings it away with his leg, emphasizing his rage. Brando had an amusing way of using props and accidents.
Did he direct The Appaloussa, the movie where he goes after Mexican bandits who steel his horse?
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) is the only movie Marlon Brando directed, The Appaloosa (1966) was directed by Sidney J. Furie.
Wonderful list. This is off subject, but I was in Hollywood Video the other day, looking through the Action Adventure section of DVDs. Does Boyz in the Hood count as an Action movie. I know there is violence and shooting in it, but it seems to be more of an urban drama that anything else. I don't know, I'm a really stickler about such stuff, which i shouldn't be.
I agree with you, it's more of an urban drama than an action movie. The Video Warehouse, where I rent movies has movies out of place too. They have the original The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) on the musical shelf.
You should definitely see Joss Whedon's Serenity. It feels brave and confident for a first-time director playing on such a big field.