Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
Research in Progress: June 27, 2021
Directors who have made a particularly strong feature debut, in alphabetical order:
Affleck, Ben, Gone Baby Gone, 2007
Brooks, James L. Terms of Endearment, 1983
Burnett, Charles, Killer of Sheep, 1978 (2007)
Coppola, Sofia, The Virgin Suicides, 1999
Costner, Dancing With Wolves, 1990
Crowe, Cameron, Say Anything, 1989
Darabont, Frank, The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
Ford, Tom, A Single Man, 2010
Kelly, Richard, Donnie Darko, 2001
Laughton, Charles, The Night of the Hunter, 1955
Lumet, Sidney, 12 Angry Men, 1957
McQueen, Steve, Hunger, 2008
Mann, Delbert, Marty, 1955
Mendes, Sam, American Beauty, 1999
Miller, Bennett, Capote, 2005
Ray, Satyajit, Pather Panchali, 1955
Redford, Robert, Ordinary People, 1980
Singleton, John, Boyz N the Hood, 1991
A
Anderson, Lindsay, This Sporting Life, 1963, age 40
Annaud, Jean Jacques, Black and White, 1976, age 33
Armstrong, Gillian, My Brilliant Career, 1978, age 28
Ashby, Hal, The Landord, 1970, age 41
Attenborough, Richard, Oh, Lovely War! 1969, age 46
B
Balaban, Bob, Parents, 1989, age 44
Ballard, Carol, The Black Stallion, 1979, age 42
Jean Jacques Beinex, Diva, 198o, age 32
Bellochio, Marco, Fist in the Pocket, 1965, age 26
Branah, Kenneth, Henry V, 1989
Burton, Tim, Pee-Wee, 1985
C
Coen, Joel, Fargo, 1984
D
E
F
G
H
Hopper, Denis, Easy Rider, 1969
Hughes, John, Sixteen Candles, 1984
Huston, John, Maltese Falcon, 1941
I
J
K
L
Lee, Spike, She’sGot to Have It, 1986,
Levinson, Barry, Diner, 1982
Lynch, Eraserhead, 1977
M
Malick, Terrence, Badlands, 1973,
Mazursky, Paul, Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice, 1969
N
Nichols, Mike, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
Nichols, Ray, They Live By Night, 1948
O
P
Perry, Frank, David and Lisa, 1962
Q
R
S
Soderbergh, Steven, sex, lies and videotape, 1989, age 26
T
Tarantino, Quentin, Reservoir Dogs, 1991, age 28
U V
W
Welles, Orson, Citizen Kane
XY
Wajda, Andrzej, A Generation, 1955
Z
Zeitlin, Benh, Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012 (then sophomore jinx)
Directors: Debuts–Strong and Brilliant (from A to Z)
Research in Progress: June 27, 2021
Directors who have made a particularly strong feature debut, in alphabetical order:
Affleck, Ben, Gone Baby Gone, 2007
Brooks, James L. Terms of Endearment, 1983
Burnett, Charles, Killer of Sheep, 1978 (2007)
Coppola, Sofia, The Virgin Suicides, 1999
Costner, Dancing With Wolves, 1990
Crowe, Cameron, Say Anything, 1989
Darabont, Frank, The Shawshank Redemption, 1994
Ford, Tom, A Single Man, 2010
Kelly, Richard, Donnie Darko, 2001
Laughton, Charles, The Night of the Hunter, 1955
Lumet, Sidney, 12 Angry Men, 1957
McQueen, Steve, Hunger, 2008
Mann, Delbert, Marty, 1955
Mendes, Sam, American Beauty, 1999
Miller, Bennett, Capote, 2005
Ray, Satyajit, Pather Panchali, 1955
Redford, Robert, Ordinary People, 1980
Singleton, John, Boyz N the Hood, 1991
A
Anderson, Lindsay, This Sporting Life, 1963, age 40
Annaud, Jean Jacques, Black and White, 1976, age 33
Armstrong, Gillian, My Brilliant Career, 1978, age 28
Ashby, Hal, The Landord, 1970, age 41
Attenborough, Richard, Oh, Lovely War! 1969, age 46
B
Balaban, Bob, Parents, 1989, age 44
Ballard, Carol, The Black Stallion, 1979, age 42
Jean Jacques Beinex, Diva, 198o, age 32
Bellochio, Marco, Fist in the Pocket, 1965, age 26
Branah, Kenneth, Henry V, 1989
Burton, Tim, Pee-Wee, 1985
C
Coen, Joel, Fargo, 1984
D
E
F
G
H
Hopper, Denis, Easy Rider, 1969
Hughes, John, Sixteen Candles, 1984
Huston, John, Maltese Falcon, 1941
I
J
K
L
Lee, Spike, She’sGot to Have It, 1986,
Levinson, Barry, Diner, 1982
Lynch, Eraserhead, 1977
M
Malick, Terrence, Badlands, 1973,
Mazursky, Paul, Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice, 1969
N
Nichols, Mike, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
Nichols, Ray, They Live By Night, 1948
O
P
Perry, Frank, David and Lisa, 1962
Q
R
S
Soderbergh, Steven, sex, lies and videotape, 1989, age 26
T
Tarantino, Quentin, Reservoir Dogs, 1991, age 28
U V
W
Welles, Orson, Citizen Kane
XY
Wajda, Andrzej, A Generation, 1955
Z
Zeitlin, Benh, Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012 (then sophomore jinx)