The Duellists,
the feature directorial debut by Ridley Scott, plays on Turner Classic Movies on Saturday, November 7.
Greystone Park is
the feature directorial debut by Sean Stone (Oliver Stone's son) which will be available on VOD on September...
Not exact matches
Ted is a 2012 American buddy comedy film directed
by Seth MacFarlane in his
feature film
directorial debut.
Directed
by Nash Edgerton, who made his
feature length
directorial debut with the acclaimed Australian thriller The Square, Gringo also stars Joel Edgerton, Amanda Seyfried, Charlize Theron, Yul Vazquez, Thandie Newton, and Sharlto Copley.
William H. Macy's
feature directorial debut stars Billy Crudup as Sam, a former ad executive whose life is rocked
by the sudden death of his son.
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.
Welcome to Willits is directed
by filmmaker Trevor Ryan, making his
feature directorial debut after a number of short films.
Island Zero is directed
by newcomer filmmaker Josh Gerritsen, making his
feature directorial debut.
Gehenna is directed
by Japanese filmmaker Hiroshi Katagiri, an FX legend working for years at Spectral Motion and Stan Winston Studios, now making his
feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
Marrowbone is written and directed
by Spanish writer / filmmaker Sergio G. Sanchez, making his
feature directorial debut.
The weekend takes a terrifying turn when a meteorite crashes the party forcing everyone to face the darkest, screaming extraterrestrial nightmare imaginable... The Gracefield Incident is written and directed
by up - and - coming filmmaker Mathieu Ratthe, making his
feature directorial debut after a number of short films previously.
The Housemaid is written & directed
by Vietnamese - American filmmaker Derek Nguyen, making his
feature directorial debut in addition to working as an associate producer.
It is directed
by Argentinian filmmaker Andrés Muschietti, who made his
feature directorial debut with the horror
feature Mamá.
Red Christmas is both written and directed
by Australian actor - filmmaker Craig Anderson, making his
feature directorial debut after numerous short films and TV work including «Double the Fist», «Black Comedy», and «How Not to Behave».
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.
Hounds of Love is written and directed
by Australian filmmaker Ben Young, making his
feature directorial debut after a few short films previously as well as episodes of «Prank Patrol» and «Castaway».
Robin Hood is directed
by English filmmaker Otto Bathurst, a veteran TV director (episodes of «Peaky Blinders», «Black Mirror», «Criminal Justice», «Hustle», «UGetMe») making his
feature film
directorial debut with this.
Amy Heckerling's
directorial debut (from the first screenplay written
by Cameron Crowe)
features an ensemble cast of then - unknown stars (including Nicolas Cage, Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Stoltz, and...
Nancy is written and directed
by up - and - coming filmmaker Christina Choe, making her
feature directorial debut after a number of short films previously.
Freak Show is directed
by English filmmaker Trudie Styler, an actress / producer making her
feature directorial debut, after also co-directing The Sweatbox documentary.
with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, Jason Bateman's
directorial debut, «Bad Words,» «A Promise» starring Rebecca Hall, Atom Egoyan's «The Devil's Knot» with Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth, the Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis - lead «You Are Here»
by «Mad Men» creator Matthew Weiner, «In Secret» formerly known as «Therese» starring Oscar Isaac and Elizabeth Olsen, «Adult World» with John Cusack and Emma Roberts and Guillaume Canet «s 70's crime movie «Blood Ties,»
featuring the ensemble of Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana, Marion Cotillard, Lili Taylor, James Cann and many more.
Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town is both written and directed
by American filmmaker Christian Papierniak, making his
feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
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.
Best Film: Manchester
by the Sea Best Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Best Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester
by the Sea Best Actress: Amy Adams, Arrival Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water Best Supporting Actress: Naomie Harris, Moonlight Best Original Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester
by the Sea Best Adapted Screenplay: Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese, Silence Best Animated
Feature: Kubo and the Two Strings Breakthrough Performance (Male): Lucas Hedges, Manchester
by the Sea Breakthrough Performance (Female): Royalty Hightower, The Fits Best
Directorial Debut: Trey Edward Shults, Krisha Best Foreign Language Film: The Salesman Best Documentary: O.J.: Made in America Best Ensemble: Hidden Figures Spotlight Award: Creative Collaboration of Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Cameraperson
Ingrid Goes West is directed
by American filmmaker Matt Spicer, who's making his
feature directorial debut after a few shorts previously.
The original script is slated to be written
by Andrew Dodge, who is fresh off making his produced screenwriting
debut with Arrest Development actor Jason Bateman's
feature - length
directorial debut, Bad Words.
This is the second
feature directed
by longtime screenwriter Scott Frank (Minority Report, Marley & Me, Out of Sight, The Wolverine), whose
directorial debut (The Lookout) was unprofitable but highly regarded.
Aardvark is directed
by American actor - filmmaker Brian Shoaf, making his
feature directorial debut with this film after a few shorts previously.
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.
Summer 1993 is directed
by Spanish filmmaker Carla Simon, making her
feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
Mr. Roosevelt is written and directed
by actress - turned - filmmaker Noël Wells, making her
feature directorial debut.
Coming to you as the
directorial debut of Dan Trachtenberg, 10 Cloverfield Lane starts out at an unhurried pace and
features a minor proportion of dialogues and interactions, in order to establish later plotline
by the one routine of storytelling: visual.
Mortal Engines is directed
by Kiwi filmmaker Christian Rivers, a former VFX supervisor and storyboard artist from Weta now making his
feature directorial debut.
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.
Half Magic is written and directed
by American actress Heather Graham, making her
feature directorial debut after 30 years as an actress.
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.
Other highlights in this section include: Pablo Larraín's THE CLUB, a mordant morality tale set in a sleepy Chilean coastal town, which won Berlin's Grand Jury Prize; CHRONIC, Michel Franco's uncompromising study of grief and isolation,
featuring a revelatory performance
by Tim Roth; brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser's
feature directorial debut, DÉGRADÉ, a smart drama that moves seamlessly between humour and despair, set in a women's hair salon in Gaza; the European Premiere of George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing
feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?»
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 Cleanse is both written and directed
by filmmaker Bobby Miller, making his
feature directorial debut after a whole bunch of award - winning short films, including Tub and End Times.
Violet is both written and directed
by young Flemish filmmaker Bas Devos, making his
feature directorial debut after a few short films previously.
Maika Monroe and Jeremy Allen White have been set to star in Shotgun, a romantic drama / offbeat comedy indie film that was written and will be directed
by Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency co-star Hannah Marks and Joey Power in their
feature directorial debuts.
The film is being directed
by Scott Charles Stewart, who made his
feature - length film
directorial debut earlier this year with Legion.
Same Kind of Different as Me is directed
by Michael Carney, making his
feature directorial debut with this after a short film previously.
Unfortunately, Rebel in the Rye — Danny Strong's admittedly polished
feature directorial debut — squanders Kenneth Slawenski's critical biography of J.D. Salinger
by having its central literary prodigy (portrayed
by Fury Road War Boy, Nicholas Hoult) get his own brilliance spelled out to him
by everyone else in the movie.
The House of Tomorrow is written and directed
by American filmmaker Peter Livolsi, making his
feature directorial debut after a few short films and TV shows previously.
The Ghoul is both written and directed
by British actor - turned - filmmaker Gareth Tunley, making his
feature directorial debut after a short and some TV work previously.
Come and Find Me is directed
by American filmmaker Zack Whedon, originally an assistant turned story editor («Southland») turned writer («Halt and Catch Fire») turned filmmaker, making his
feature directorial debut.