Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
Directors who made only one feature–for a variety of reasons.
Death
Barbara Loden, Wanda (1971); died of cancer
Steve Gordon, Arthur (1981); died a year after film release
Writers into Directors
Robert Riskin, When You’re in Love (1937)
Ernest Lehman, Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
George S. Kaufman, The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Actors into Directors
Charles Laughton, Night of the Hunter (1955)
Peter Sellers, I Like Money (1961)
Dom De Louise, Hot Stuff (1979)
Patricia Birch, Grease II (1982)
Cinematographers into Directors
John Alonzo, F.M. (1978)
William Fraker, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
J. Kaminski, Lost Souls (2000)
Directors: Artists Who Made Only One Film
Directors who made only one feature–for a variety of reasons.
Death
Barbara Loden, Wanda (1971); died of cancer
Steve Gordon, Arthur (1981); died a year after film release
Writers into Directors
Robert Riskin, When You’re in Love (1937)
Ernest Lehman, Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
George S. Kaufman, The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
Actors into Directors
Charles Laughton, Night of the Hunter (1955)
Peter Sellers, I Like Money (1961)
Dom De Louise, Hot Stuff (1979)
Patricia Birch, Grease II (1982)
Cinematographers into Directors
John Alonzo, F.M. (1978)
William Fraker, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
J. Kaminski, Lost Souls (2000)