Directorial debut

A directorial debut is the first production of anyone working for the first time as a director for a film. The term is most often used when an actor turns director for the first time. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=What They Really Want is to Direct. |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004017-1,00.html |quote=When Matt Dillon went looking for pointers before his directorial debut, he got a pep talk from director John Milius: "He told me there are two people who come onto a set believing they can make the greatest movie ever--the director and the actor." |publisher=Time (magazine) |date=Monday, January 13, 2003 |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] cite news |first=Alan |last=Silverman |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=When Stars Direct: Vanity? Maybe Not. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E7D6153EF931A25752C0A9659C8B63 |quote=It may not feel like it at the moment, with three highly visible stars making their highly visible directorial debuts, but actors have been turning into directors for decades. Ida Lupino did it in the 50's, Warren Beatty did it in the 70's, Sean Penn did it in the 90's. Still, it feels like a major event when an A-list movie star like George Clooney or Denzel Washington or Nicolas Cage tries his hand at making a movie instead of just starring in one. |publisher=New York Times |date= |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] Ida Lupino made her debut in the 1950's, Warren Beatty in the 1970's, Sean Penn in the 1990's. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures issues a "Best Directorial Debut" award.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Best Directorial Debut |url=http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/awards.cfm?award=Best%20Directorial%20Debut |quote= |publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures |date= |accessdate=2007-09-25 ] Up until 2003 the award was called "Outstanding Directorial Debut". The The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival also has a "Best Directorial Debut Award". [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= New York 2007 Awards |url=http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2007/ny-july/awards/ny-july-2007-awards.htm |quote= |publisher=The New York International Independent Film & Video Festival |date= |accessdate=2007-09-25 ]

Actor to director

*Ben Affleck; (2007); Gone, Baby, Gone [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ben Affleck Makes Directorial Debut with 'Gone Baby Gone'. |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/Entertainment/2007-10-22-voa22.cfm |quote=Actor Casey Affleck is earning critical raves for his portrayal of an inexperienced Boston private investigator in a gritty new film mystery that marks the directing debut of his older brother, screen star Ben Affleck. |publisher=VOA News |date=22 October, 2007 |accessdate=2007-09-25 ]
*George Clooney; (2002); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=High On Unchecked Ambition; George Clooney's Directorial Debut "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind". |url=http://www.indiewire.com/movies/movies_030105dangmind.html |quote=Yet, I have now seen "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" twice and I think that it is quite often a great film and, even when not, never short of a brilliant debut. |publisher=Indie Wire |date= |accessdate=2007-09-25 ]
*Sean Penn; (1991); "The Indian Runner".

References