Bixby made his directorial debut on the show in 1970, directing eight episodes.

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

Barrymore's directorial debut film Whip It, was released in October 2009.

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

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

For writer Moodysson, it was his directorial debut in a full length film.

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.

Raft turned down the lead in John Huston's directorial debut The Maltese Falcon ( 1941 ), due to its being a cleaned up version of the pre-Production Code The Maltese Falcon ( 1931 ), his contract stipulating that he did not have to appear in remakes.

The film was a huge hit and for Huston, a triumphant directorial debut.

* François Sagat's Incubus, a 2011 / 2012 gay pornographic film, and directorial debut for François Sagat

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

THX 1138 is a 1971 science fiction film directed by George Lucas in his feature directorial debut.

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 ).

An example of such is the 1981 film The Evil Dead, which marked the directorial debut of Sam Raimi.

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.

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

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

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

Nichols, in his directorial debut, managed the Burtons brilliantly.

Hawn made her entry back into film as producer of the satirical comedy Something to Talk About starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid, as well as making her directorial debut in the television film Hope ( 1997 ) starring Christine Lahti and Jena Malone.

Aykroyd's directorial debut was 1991's Nothing but Trouble.

Forman co-starred alongside actor Edward Norton in the actor's directorial debut, Keeping the Faith ( 2000 ), as the wise friend to Norton's conflicted priest.

They have a daughter, Stella Banderas, who appeared onscreen with Griffith in Banderas ' directorial debut, Crazy in Alabama ( 1999 ).

Howard made his directorial debut with the 1977 comedy Grand Theft Auto, and left Happy Days in 1980 to focus on directing.

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.

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.

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.

Against expectations, the film went on to become the highest-grossing film to date ( it was surpassed in 2010 by Cameron's directorial follow-up, Avatar ), grossing more than US $ 1. 843 billion in box-office receipts worldwide, and transformed DiCaprio into a commercial movie superstar, resulting in fan worship among teenage girls and young women in general that became known as " Leo-Mania.

Its sequel, Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe, was directed by Peter Peake, whose directorial credits for Aardman include Pib and Pog and Humdrum.

But perhaps that is inescapable, for there can be no truly satisfying end to any fantasy ... Mr. Capra was guilty of a few directorial clichés, but otherwise it was a perfect job.

The series was introduced with a pilot TV movie that aired on November 8, 1969, and featured the directorial debut of Steven Spielberg, as well as one of the last acting performances by Joan Crawford.

This was McBride's directorial debut.

Peter Bogdanovich was a 31-year-old stage actor, film essayist and critic with two small films — Targets ( 1968 ) ( also known as Before I Die ) and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women ( 1968 ) — to his directorial credit.

When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered exceptionally harsh reviews from New York critics — Stanley Kauffmann (" the film bloats into sogginess ", The New Republic ); Pauline Kael (" amateurishly crude ", The New Yorker ); and Andrew Sarris — partly because of its directorial style and broad ethnic humor.

Bitzer provided assistance during Griffith's directorial debut, 1908's The Adventures of Dollie, which was shot by Arthur Marvin.

Michael Landon made his TV-movie directorial debut in the 1974 movie It ’ s Good to Be Alive, in which Campanella was portrayed by Paul Winfield.

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

His next film, released the same year, was also his directorial debut, The Iron-Fisted Monk, one of the earliest kung fu comedies.

The Bancrofts gave Robertson an unprecedented amount of directorial control over the plays, which was a key step to institutionalizing the power that directors wield in the theatre today.

It was the directorial debut of the Coen brothers, and the first major film of cinematographer Barry Sonnenfeld.

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.

His 2007 film, Taare Zameen Par was also produced by him and marked his directorial debut.