Her breakthrough directorial work began with several drama series and short documentaries on 16mm for the Television Broadcasts Limited ( TVB ) television station.

In return for Powell agreeing to direct The Man Behind the Mask, Rock agreed to back the filming of what would become The Edge of the World, Powell's directorial breakthrough.

As a result, when the time came to make his solo directorial debut with The Colossus of Rhodes ( Il Colosso di Rodi, 1961 ), Leone was well-equipped to produce low-budget films which looked like larger budget Hollywood movies.

Eastwood's 30th directorial outing came with Invictus, a film based on the story of the South African team at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, Matt Damon as rugby team captain François Pienaar and Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger.

Her big-screen directorial debut came with the film Then She Found Me, in which she also starred, with Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick.

Director McCarey reportedly came up with the title for the film, having previously used it for an earlier directorial effort with Laurel and Hardy.

Her break came when she was discovered by Jack Nicholson in the reception room of Paramount's New York office and was cast as the female lead in his second directorial effort, the 1978 Western Goin ' South.

Modine made his feature directorial debut with If ... Dog ... Rabbit, which came after the success of three short films debuting at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival: When I Was a Boy ( co-directed with Todd Field ), Smoking written by David Sedaris, and Ecce Pirate written by Modine.

His last directorial effort came in 1964.

His directorial debut came in 1915 with his film, The Pitch o ' Chance.

His feature directorial debut came in 2004 with Resident Evil: Apocalypse, based on the popular Capcom video game series.

Her directorial feature film debut came in 2009 with Nowhere Boy, a film based on the childhood experiences of The Beatles songwriter and singer John Lennon.

In the 1950s, he moved into a directorial role, during which time he came to know Leonard Rossiter.

Epps ' first on screen appearance came in Vin Diesel's directorial debut, Strays in 1997.

David Leland ( born 20 April 1947 in Cambridge, England ) is a director, screenwriter and actor who came to international fame with his directorial debut Wish You Were Here in 1987.

The idea came about whilst working alongside Catherine Coulson on the set of Lynch's directorial debut, Eraserhead.

On 23 October 2011, Variety reported that Elwes will make his directorial debut with an independent film, Elvis & Nixon.

Bowie in 2009 with his son Duncan Jones at the premiere of Jones ' directorial debut Moon ( film ) | Moon

Carpenter refused to cast Bronson on the grounds that he was too old, and because he worried that he could lose directorial control over the picture with an experienced actor.

Gracen made her directorial debut with a documentary short feature called The Damn Deal.

His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather ( 1972 ), a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from critics and public alike.

Following their first season, he made his Broadway directorial debut with Antonia by Hungarian playwright Melchior Lengyel, then returned to Rochester, where C. F.

In 1931, he made his solo directorial debut with Tarnished Lady starring Tallulah Bankhead.

He made his directorial debut with the film Albino Alligator ( 1996 ).

He has received two People's Choice Awards, and in 1999 his directorial skills were recognized with a nomination for a Directors Guild of America award for directing an episode of Frasier.

His first directorial credit is for the television version of Lupin III in 1971 ; he was co-director ( with Takahata ) of the second half of the first television series, and director of two episodes of the second series.

Some directors still balk at the use of " pan and scan " versions of their movies because they feel it compromises the directorial vision with which their movies were created.

As per the rules of the Dogme manifesto, he did not take a directorial credit and IMDb has the film listed with no director.

Wenders began his career during the New German Cinema era of the late 1960s, making his feature directorial debut with Summer in the City ( 1970 ).

Silent film star Charley Chase also shared directorial responsibilities with Lord and White, with more than pleasing results.

A longtime fan of Shakespeare, he made his directorial debut with Looking for Richard, a quasi-documentary on the play Richard III.

The film was highly acclaimed with critics, such as Jay Cocks in Time, Andrew Sarris in the Village Voice, and Archer Winsten in the New York Post all praising the film, as well as Eastwood's directorial skills and performance.

Bogdanovich turned back to writing as his directorial career sagged, beginning with The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten ( 1960 – 1980 ), a memoir published in 1984.

She made her directorial debut in 2007 with Then She Found Me.

( This ballet had originally debuted, in 1912, under different directorial auspices, with sets by Piotr Lambine.

After appearances as a bumbling actor in 1999's science fiction satire Galaxy Quest, in the 1999 Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream as Flute, and as gregarious villain Eric Knox in Charlie's Angels ( 2000 ), Rockwell won the biggest leading role of his career as The Gong Show host Chuck Barris in George Clooney's 2002 directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

His most recent directorial project Reach for Me, in which he also played a supporting role, was released in theaters in March 2008.

The same year, Midler returned to the big screen, appearing in Then She Found Me, Helen Hunt's feature film directorial debut.

One of the first films about a fan being disturbingly obsessed with their idol was Clint Eastwood's directorial debut film, Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ), about a California disc jockey pursued by a disturbed female listener ( Jessica Walter ).

The screenplay was initially brought to Clint ’ s attention around 1969 by Jennings Lang and while still in post-production for his directorial debut film Play Misty for Me, Warner Bros offered him the part.

Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut.

Howard has recently finished directorial duties for the short film When You Find Me, a social film developed through a collaboration with Canon.

Her earliest notable film role was in the 1971 movie Play Misty for Me, in which she played a young woman with borderline personality disorder stalking a disc jockey ( played by Clint Eastwood in his directorial debut ), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Motion Picture Actress-Drama category.

She is set to star in her mother's next directorial venture with Rekha and Abhishek Bachchan and also a film in which she is cast with her mother which is another attempt by Hema Malini in relauching her daughter career after Tell Me Oh Khuda.

In 1991 she made her feature-film directorial debut with Sam & Me ( starring Om Puri ), a story of the relationship between a young Indian boy and an elderly Jewish gentleman in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale.

He appeared in Lee Grant's directorial debut feature film Tell Me a Riddle.

As well as being a director, directorial assistant for the Judith Thompson productions of Perfect Pie ,, Habitat, Capture Me and Body and Soul, story editor, and dramaturg for other writers, Azar has also written several plays, including Satan's Mistress, The Surreal Detective vs John Nothing and Man-O-Rexic.

Me and You and Everyone We Know is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Miranda July ( her directorial debut ) and stars July, John Hawkes, Miles Thompson, Brandon Ratcliff, Natasha Slayton, Najarra Townsend, Carlie Westerman, and JoNell Kennedy.

God Told Me To aka Demon ( 1976 ), Cohen's science fiction thriller, has a rating of 75 % on Rotten Tomatoes, making it Cohen's most successful directorial effort, critically.

He continued to receive awards for his work with several Nika Awards from the Russian Film Academy for his directorial debut Come Look At Me ( 2001 ) and Valery Todorovsky's Lyubovnik ( 2002 ).

He made his music video directorial debut in 1979 and directed many of the 1980s ' most memorable music videos, including " Billie Jean " by Michael Jackson, " Money for Nothing " by Dire Straits, and " Take on Me " by a-ha.