Phyllida Lloyd
makes her feature film directorial debut an uneven one; she's a leading British theatre director who is noted for her work in opera and directed the original stage production.
«Seeking a Friend for the End of the World's screenwriter, Lorene Scafaria, who also
made her feature film directorial debut with the romantic dramedy, perfectly captured the essence of people needing to find comfort in each other during dire circumstances with Dodge and Penny.
Dean Devlin (writer / producer, «Independence Day»)
makes his feature film directorial debut with suspense thriller «Geostorm,» starring Gerard Butler («Olympus Has Fallen,» «300»), Jim Sturgess («Cloud Atlas»), Abbie Cornish («Limitless»), Alexandra Maria Lara («Rush»), Daniel Wu («The Man with the Iron Fists,» «Warcraft: The Beginning»), with Oscar nominees Ed Harris («The Hours,» «Apollo 13») and Andy Garcia («The Godfather: Part III»).
While «Parks and Recreation» scribe Katie Dippold, who
made her feature film directorial writing debut with «The Heat,» deserves credit for creating two fearless and liberating female lead protagonists, there are several stereotypes the movie regularly used to elicit laughs.
John Lee (Broad City, Inside Amy Schumer)
makes his feature film directorial debut.
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.
She made her feature film directorial debut with last year's Pitch Perfect 2, which grossed $ 285 million worldwide, including $ 183 million domestically.
In a highly competitive acquisitions market at the Toronto Film Festival, Focus also recently acquired worldwide distribution rights to Bad Words in which Jason Bateman stars and
makes his feature film directorial debut.
Wright
made his feature film directorial debut in 2005 with Pride & Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen, Rosamund Pike, Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn and with Carey Mulligan, in her first screen appearance.
Dean Devlin (writer / producer, «Independence Day»)
makes his feature film directorial debut with suspense thriller «Geostorm,» The film stars Gerard Butler («Olympus Has Fallen,» «300»), Jim Sturgess («C...
John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein will not only write the film but will also
make their feature film directorial debuts.
Actress Natalie Portman is set to
make her feature film directorial debut with an adaptation of an Israeli author's memoir.The Black Swan actress...
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker, Gabriela Cowperthwaite,
made her feature film directorial debut on the movie.
Knight made the transition from working as a film animator to
making his feature film directorial debut, while the 14 - year - old Parknson made one of his first leading actor appearances, with «Kubo and the Two Strings.»
«Get Hard» was screened at the SXSW Film Festival, and Etan Cohen (the writer of «Tropic Thunder» and «Men in Black 3», who
makes his feature film directorial debut here) was blasted in a Q&A for all of the racist and homophobic jokes, stereotypes and profiling in the film.
Not exact matches
Skinny, bug - eyed Steve Buscemi, the twitchy actor du jour of American independent
films,
makes a striking
directorial feature -
film debut with «Trees Lounge,» in which he also stars as a twitchy, hyperkinetic loser.
William H. Macy
made his
feature directorial debut with RUDDERLESS, the closing
film at the 2014 Sundance
Film Festival.
Welcome to Willits is directed by filmmaker Trevor Ryan,
making his
feature directorial debut after a number of short
films.
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.
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.
Most of the
features that
make Lewis»
directorial work such a remarkable exception to the dominance of a realist aesthetic in Hollywood filmmaking are brilliantly apparent in The Errand Boy, including the foregrounding of sound manipulation (most blatant in the sequence involving the post-synchronisation of the song «Lover» for a musical
film, and in the tape manipulation of Kathleen Freeman's reaction to having been left by her driver in the back seat of a convertible receiving a car wash) and the placement of actors in a shot so as to highlight the presence of the camera (as when Morty, an undirected and oblivious extra in a
film - within - the -
film cocktail - party scene, keeps looking at the camera from the background of a shot in which other extras, in their roles as party guests, intermittently block him from the camera).
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has acquired
film rights to the David Barclay Moore novel The Stars Beneath Our Feet, which will be developed as a vehicle for Creed star Michael B. Jordan to
make his
feature directorial debut.
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.
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».
Nancy is written and directed by up - and - coming filmmaker Christina Choe,
making her
feature directorial debut after a number of short
films previously.
SY: Speaking of Andrea, he
made his
feature film writing and
directorial debuts on the drama.
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.
Cynthia Mort, a veteran television writer and producer whose credits include «Roseanne» and «Will & Grace,» will
make her
feature directorial debut with the
film, which she also wrote.
Aardvark is directed by American actor - filmmaker Brian Shoaf,
making his
feature directorial debut with this
film after a few shorts previously.
Summer 1993 is directed by Spanish filmmaker Carla Simon,
making her
feature directorial debut after a few short
films previously.
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.
The Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, who
made his first narrative
feature thirty - five years ago, is a model auteur: from the very start, his
films have been firmly marked by a strong
directorial personality.
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.
The
film is being directed by Scott Charles Stewart, who
made his
feature - length
film directorial debut earlier this year with Legion.
He began
making short documentaries and shot second - unit footage for Star Wars before
making his
feature directorial debut with this astoundingly beautiful children's
film.
Same Kind of Different as Me is directed by Michael Carney,
making his
feature directorial debut with this after a short
film previously.
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.
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.
Super Dark Times is directed by filmmaker Kevin Phillips,
making his
feature directorial debut after a few short
films.
Social Animals is directed by filmmaker Jonathan Ignatius Green,
making his
feature directorial debut after a short
film previously.
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.
After creating the HBO 2010 twentysomething series How to
Make It in America, Ian Edelman soon turned his attention to
feature films,
making his
directorial debut with Puerto Ricans In Paris, which he co-wrote with Neel Shah.
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.
Monsters and Men is both written and directed by newcomer filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green, a native of New York City who is 1/2 Puerto Rican and 1/2 African American,
making his
feature directorial debut after directing & producing a number of short
films previously.
Lasseter, who
made his
feature directorial debut with 1996's Toy Story, is named as a producer or executive producer on every Pixar
film, and as an executive producer on all Walt Disney Animation
films.
This one may be a bit of a stretch for some, but his experience has already given him a lot of credence on the
directorial scene, and we think he is ready to
make the leap to
feature films.