Jack Nevada Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Shawshank is a ridicilously competent film from a debut feature 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I keep forgetting that Darabont didn't direct Nightmare on Elm Street 3. He only wrote it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Carpenter made the cult film Dark Star first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webslinger Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sam Mendes for American Beauty yet. Given how great the movie is (and the fact that it also won the Picture and Director Oscars), it's definitely one that springs to mind for me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 Attack the Block by Joe Cornish was pretty great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sam Mendes for American Beauty yet. Given how great the movie is (and the fact that it also won the Picture and Director Oscars), it's definitely one that springs to mind for me.And one of my top 10 films of all time. Wow. amazing what slips our mind from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Joe Wright - Pride and prejudiceAlejandro Amenábar - TesisRichard Curtis - Love actuallyJim Sheridan - My Left Foot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasmmi Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 At the risk of getting murdered...Sixth Sense - M Night ShylamagooAmazing how it can all go so wrong from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acab Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 At the risk of getting murdered...Sixth Sense - M Night ShylamagooAmazing how it can all go so wrong from there.He had two more films before The Sixth Sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 Sixth Sense - M Night ShylamagooIt's M Knight Shamalamadingdong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I can't remember many directorial debuts, but Moon (Duncan Jones) and The 400 Blows (Truffaut) are among my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 (edited) Kevin Smith - ClerksDuncan Jones - MoonNiall Blomkamp - District 9Mike Judge - Beavis and Butthead Do AmericaKevin Greutert - Saw VI (I'm a fanboy)Joseph Kosinski - Tron: LegacyTrey Parker - Cannibal The Musical/Orgasmo (I forget which came first) Edited September 16, 2012 by Schumacher FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...