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Cooke, the former longtime Royal Court Theatre artistic director, makes his feature directorial debut on the film.

«She brings an enormous amount of energy and experience to everything she works on and we're thrilled that she is making her feature directorial debut on Pitch Perfect 2.»

During last weekend's D23 Expo, it was announced that John Lasseter has stepped down as director on Disney - Pixar's Toy Story 4, handing over the reins to Pixar veteran Josh Cooley, who will make his feature directorial debut on the sequel.

Joshua Leonard wrote the script and will make his feature directorial debut on the film.

I don't know if I'll make the final cut — I was interviewed briefly at the Two Lovers junket, after an interesting interview — but Casey Affleck's feature directorial debut on a very strange year in the life of brother - in - law Joaquin Phoenix will be released on September 10, as Magnolia Pictures has wrapped up a deal for worldwide distribution rights.

Interactive and transmedia director Blair Erickson wrote the screenplay and will make his feature directorial debut on the project.

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner will make his feature directorial debut on the project, which centers on two adult slackers.

Though David Fincher famously made his feature directorial debut on Alien 3, the filmmaker first made a name for himself in the world of music videos.

Filming has officially started on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the movie.

Katharine O'Brien will make her feature directorial debut on the project, which she also scripted.

ohn Maclean, formerly a member of Scottish musical group The Beta Band, will make his feature directorial debut on the project

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«To the Bone» Marti Noxon, a longtime symbol of female empowerment in TV for her work on «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «UnREAL,» makes her feature directorial debut with a pitch - black comedy about her own struggle with anorexia.

Roberta Hanley made her feature directorial debut with this British drama based on the play by Jeff Noon about a civil war in the near future.

The film, in which Emile Hirsch stars alongside Roberts in his directorial feature debut, opens in cinemas on September 24th (UK).

After years of writing for television and cutting his directorial teeth on the 1979 TV movie The Jericho Mile, Michael Mann made his feature film debut with Thief (1981), a cool, gritty crime movie starring James Caan as the head of a high - end crew of professional safecrackers.

Launching in limited release, Aaron Sorkin «s directorial debut Molly's Game (STXfilms), starring Jessica Chastain, pulled in $ 2.3 million this weekend, while Paul Thomas Anderson and Focus Features» Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day - Lewis, launched in limited release on four screens, pulling in $ 220,000 this weekend.

We knew from his days on «Key & Peele» and in feature comedies that he was a multiple threat, but his directorial debut is a complex, accomplished genre hybrid that should alter his business card.

The Birth of a Nation is the feature directorial debut of actor Nate Parker, who has been working on this project for the last seven years.

The actress» feature directorial debut, «Pitch Perfect 2,» grossed over $ 287 million on a budget of $ 29 million.

Matthew Ross» feature directorial debut, Frank & Lola, revolves around a couple who is desperately in love and whose relationship is almost always on the rocks.

In Riley Stearns» feature directorial debut, «Faults,» Ansel is an expert on mind control who specializes in deprogramming cult members.

With production now underway on Idris Elba's directorial debut Yardie, and a first look image has arrived online for the upcoming crime drama featuring Elba and leading man Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner, The Butler).

Polaroid is directed by Norwegian filmmaker Lars Klevberg, making his feature directorial debut after a few shorts previously, including the Polaroid short this film is based on.

Midnighters is directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Julius Ramsay, a veteran from the TV world making his feature directorial debut after work on «The Walking Dead» and as an editor for «Battlestar Galactica» and «Flashforward».

1 Night is both written and directed by filmmaker Minhal Baig (on Twitter @minhalbaig), making her feature directorial debut.

Based on the merits of his brave and brutal directorial debut, he deserves to be known for his filmmaking skills as well, for Tyrannosaur is a polished, powerful feature.

Tammy, the feature directorial debut of Ben Falcone, follows Tammy Banks (Melissa McCarthy), a woman on the edge who has lost her job, her husband and her car, all in one day.

SY: Speaking of Andrea, he made his feature film writing and directorial debuts on the drama.

Longoria can currently be seen guest - starring on the Golden Globe Award - winning FOX comedy «Brooklyn Nine - Nine» and will star in upcoming feature films «Refugio» (Academy Award - nominee Demian Bichir's directorial and writing debut), «Any Day» alongside Sean Bean and Kate Walsh, and «Visions.»

David Tennant (Doctor Who, Jessica Jones) has signed on to appear in Bad Samaritan, which marks the feature directorial debut of Independence Day producer Dean Devlin.

Verdict: Easily our favorite film of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, the fantastic directorial debut of cinematographer / writer - turned - feature filmmaker Daniel Patrick Carbone, «Smiling Faces» may have been the most striking debut we saw all last year (though not mentioned on our Breakout Directors list because it wasn't released in 2013).

The Escape of Prisoner 614 is both written and directed by writer / filmmaker Zach Golden, making his feature directorial debut after working as a writer for «Gigi Does It» on TV.

Orson Welles made his on - screen and directorial feature debuts in 1941's Citizen Kane.

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

The debut feature by husband - and - wife team Erdstein and Foulcher — who met while students at Melbourne's esteemed Victorian College of the Arts — wrote the screenplay together, with Erdstein taking on directorial duties while Foulcher played not one but both of the starring roles.

Don Jon's Addiction is the feature directorial debut of actor Joseph Gordon - Levitt, who wrote the screenplay and stars on top of directing.

After growing up in the political tumult of France in the sixties and seventies, Assayas followed a path similar to the one traveled by several titans of the French New Wave, first working as a critic for Cahiers du cinéma, then moving on to film projects, including collaborations with André Téchiné and his own feature directorial debut, the 1986 Disorder.

Of the six features on this set, all but Playtime make their respective American Blu - ray debuts and two appear on disc for the first time in the U.S.. From his debut feature Jour de Fête (1949) to the birth of both M. Hulot and the distinctive Tati directorial approach in his brilliant and loving Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953) through the sublime Playtime (1967) to his post-script feature Parade (1974), this set presents the development of an artist who took comedy seriously and sculpted his films like works of kinetic art driven by eccentric engines of personality.

Actress Laurie Metcalf and writer and actor Tracy Letts for a feature on Greta Gerwig's directorial debut «Lady Bird,» opening Friday, in which they play the parents of a feisty teenager (Saoirse Ronan).

When you're Rob Marshall and only have two other feature films on your directing resume, it takes some guts to embark on a project like Nine, even if you did manage to win a Best Picture Oscar for your directorial debut Chicago (an award that many film critics strongly disagree with, incidentally).

The film will be directed by Kasra Farahani, who will make his feature directorial debut, having previously worked as a production and art director on the likes of Avatar and Thor.

The film — which centers on an amnesiac's quest for revenge — marks Naishuller's feature - length directorial debut and features a cast that includes Sharlto Copley, Haley Bennett and Tim Roth.

Greystone Park is the feature directorial debut by Sean Stone (Oliver Stone's son) which will be available on VOD on September...

Slither, which marked Gunn's directorial debut and first united Gunn and Banks, is currently featured on Rotten Tomatoes as one of the «Top Ten All - Time Best Reviewed Horror Films.»

Trudie Styler has lined up a star - studded cast for her feature directorial debut, with the likes of Alex Lawther, Abigail Breslin, AnnaSophia Robb, Ian Nelson, Celia Weston, Willa Fitzgerald, Laverne Cox, John McEnroe, Charlotte Ubben, Mickey Sumner, Michael Park and, yes, Bette Midler on board.

Lani Pixels has announced that Mel Brooks (The Producers), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Jacob Tremblay (Wonder) and Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) have signed on to lend their voices to an as - yet - untitled animated feature, which marks the directorial debut of Kim Pagel.

The Cabin in the Woods is the feature directorial debut of Whedon protege Drew Goddard, screenwriter of Cloverfield and Robopocalypse, as well as work on «Buffy the Vampire Slayer», «Alias» and «Lost» for J.J. Abrams.

Timothy Reckart (Anomalisa) will make his feature - length directorial debut with the film, which is scripted by Carlos Kotkin (Rio 2); it will be hitting theaters on November 10th, 2017.

According to Variety, Howard is set to make her feature directorial debut with Sorta Like A Rock Star, a movie based on Matthew Quick's book of the same name.

In an exclusive interview, the multi-talented RZA talked about the genesis of the project, what appealed to him about his character, how he prepared for the role, his collaboration with Delamarre on his feature directorial debut, working with Belle and the late Walker and what they brought to the film, his bold line of dialogue, what he learned about himself while making the movie, how Walker inspired him, his role in the upcoming martial arts sequel «The Protector 2» with Tony Jaa directed by Prachya Pinkaew, and his new Fox Network TV series, «Gang Related,» that premieres May 22nd.