Someone said: "Each director only makes one film in his lifetime, and all the works after that are imitations and improvements of their debut works." For many directors, debut is not a good word, which means that the follow-up is weak. Many directors have established their status just by making their debut! Today brings you the blockbuster debut of fourteen directors! It's amazing!
1 The Runaway Knight, 1969
Director: Dennis Hopper
Writers: Peter Fonda / Dennis Hopper
Starring: Peter Fonda / Dennis Hopper
Douban 8.3 IMDb 7.3
Runaway Rider is a drama film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper. The film tells the story of two young people who wear leather jackets and drive a Harley motorcycle across the continental United States after completing the drug trade. It is a benchmark for road movies.
The film's expression of the theme is easy to resonate with the viewer, the plot is fascinating, especially its narcissism and fatalism, and the reflection on the hippie movement is profound. Not only was it one of the classic symbols of the American Beat movement of the 1960s, but it was also a watershed moment in the golden age of New Hollywood. Director Hopper won the New Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
2 The Ordinary Man, 1980
Director: Robert Redford
Writers: Judith Gerst/Alvin Sargent
Starring: Donald Sutherland
Douban 8.0 IMDb 7.7
Hollywood Evergreen Robert Redford's directorial debut, adapted from Judith Gerst's novel of the same name, tells the story of an ordinary middle-class family in the United States who begins to fall apart due to the unfortunate death of his second son.
As a filmmaker who has been in the industry for many years, Redford has achieved remarkable results, he has made extraordinary achievements in both commercial and literary films. The St. Denis International Film Festival, founded by him, is the world's largest independent film festival, attracting thousands of filmmakers and fans every year.
"Ordinary People", also translated as "Ordinary People", won 4 important awards such as Best Picture and Best Director at the 53rd Academy Awards Gala in 1980!
3 "Mother-Daughter Love", 1983
Directed By: James L. Brooks
Writers: James L. Brooks
Starring: Shirley McLean / Deborah Wenger
Douban 8.0 IMDb 7.6
Mother-Daughter Love is considered one of the most moving films of the 1980s. The director is good at digging up affection, and through the depiction of misunderstandings, conflicts and family affection between mother and daughter, the director truly reflects the current relationship between people in the American family.
The movie does not have any bizarre plots and luxurious scenes, and only narrates daily chores. The director filmed it with a sense of realism, and now people feel intimate, so it has won unanimous praise since its release. It won five awards that year, including the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director.
Director James L. Brooks has won Golden Globes and Oscars and 20 Emmy Awards, and in the United States, he is more famous as a television producer, whose production of "The Simpsons" is not only popular in the United States, but also has many fans around the world.
4 Red Sorghum, 1988
Director: Zhang Yimou
Writers: Mo Yan / Chen Jianyu / Zhu Wei
Starring: Gong Li / Jiang Wen
Douban 8.4 IMDb 7.4
Zhang Yimou's debut work is very stunning! In 1988, "Red Sorghum" was sent to Berlin for the film festival on behalf of China. As a result, the first Chinese-language film to win awards at the three major european international film festivals was born. This film not only brings together China's fifth-generation elite: Jiang Wen, Gong Li, Gu Changwei and so on. Later, there was also a Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan.
It broke the dilemma of Chinese films in the previous international film world for many years, let the world know Zhang Yimou, know Gong Li, and officially open the door for the fifth generation of Chinese directors to go to the world. In the following ten years, it can be called the golden period for Chinese films to ride the world.
Zhang Yimou later recalled that when he was creating, "Red Sorghum" did not want to learn from anyone, whether in terms of spiritual temperament or film form, but wanted to create an authentic national temperament and national style. The strong national heritage is vividly expressed in this film.
5 Dances with Wolves, 1990
Directed By: Kevin Costner
Starring: Kevin Costner / Mary McDonald
Douban 8.9 IMDb 8.0
Kevin Costner's blockbuster directorial debut is sad, simple and poetic. It shows the clash of civilizations between Indians and whites, but uncharacteristically stands on the side of the indigenous peoples and criticizes the colonists. The film portrays a number of memorable Indians.
The film breaks the narrative theme of the traditional Western, which is the opposition between civilization and barbarism, but transforms it into a conflict and dialogue between civilization and nature. At the end, Lieutenant Dunbar's choice to return to nature is meaningful. The Grand Vista captures the western wilderness of yesteryear picturesquely.
As a directorial debut, the film won seven Oscars that year and was a huge success at the box office, symbolizing the revival of Westerns in Hollywood. In 2007, the film was selected as a collection of the National Film Protection Agency for its "cultural, historical, and aesthetic" value.
6 "Pusher", 1991
Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Ang Lee / James Charmus
Starring: Lang Xiong / Wang Lai
Douban 8.4 IMDb 7.3
After eight years of "women and men" at home, Ang Lee finally started his brilliant film career with "Pusher". As the opening work of the "Father Trilogy", Ang Lee narrates the basic contradictions and conflicts between Chinese and Western cultures and the generation gap between the two generations, and its dramatic plot reflects the different cultural models and values of China and the West.
Among Chinese directors, Ang Lee is a benchmark figure, he has shot a variety of different film themes, whether it is ethics, martial arts, comedy or even science fiction, he can calmly control, unique experience allows him to navigate in the Eastern and Western cultures, the impact of the two different civilizations has created Ang Lee's unique vision and temperament, both oriental tradition of gentle elegance and Western-style uninhibited.
It is said that the filming of "Pusher" was very difficult, and Lee Ann Kari ended up with only a few tens of dollars left. Once the film was launched, it was well received and paved the way for its later film path as the first stone of success.
In the days that followed, Ang Lee hung all the way, three Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, the highest award of the three major European film festivals, the Hong Kong Golden Film Awards, the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards were all taken by him, looking at the history of film for a hundred years, in the world, no director has achieved so many awards and achievements.
7 "The Rainstorm Is Coming" 1994
Director: Mirko Manchevsky
Writers: Mirko Manchersky
Starring: Gregor Colin
Douban 8.7 IMDb 8.0
Director Mirko Mančevsky was born in Macedonia and moved to New York after high school. He has been working on video, commercial and documentary films. Later, when he returned to his hometown and saw that his hometown had been shrouded in the shadow of war, he had the idea of shooting "The Rainstorm Is Coming".
The film consists of three parts that are both independent and interrelated. The three stories are independent and interpenetrate and influence each other. Both the story theme and the characterization are closely linked in this uniquely structured three-part image. Experimental approach to space-time and narrative, imbued with postmodern structuralism.
The film was filmed in the 1990s, when the Balkans were fraught with conflict. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, it was divided into six independent countries, of which Macedonia was one of them, and "The Rainstorm Is Coming" is the first film since the founding of the Republic of Macedonia.
In 1994, the film was not only shortlisted for a number of major international film festivals, but also won the Golden Lion Award at the 51st Venice International Film Festival. The film also represented the newborn Macedonia and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year.
8 Sunny Days, 1994
Director: Jiang Wen
Writers: Jiang Wen / Wang Shuo
Starring: Xia Yu / Tranquility / Tao Hong
Douban 8.8 IMDb 8.2
Acting and excellent director, for Jiang Wen, acting obviously can not meet his film ambitions, so there is this amazing debut. "Sunny Day" is adapted from Wang Shuo's novel "Animal Fierceness". It presents the story of the compound intertwined with the blind age of the headless fly, the hazy love, the confused youth, and the unfounded faith.
Undoubtedly, the film was a windfall for the Chinese film industry in the 90s, and it was a new Chinese film in terms of content and form. In 1995, "Sunny Days" ranked first among the top ten best films in the world by Time Magazine in the United States. After italian director Bertolucci saw this film, he took inspiration from it and made "Dream of Paris".
In order to express his love for "Sunny Days", Quentin also made a special trip to China to see what kind of "ghost talent" Jiang Wen really is. Jiang Wen once said that his films are not literary films or commercial films, but films with vigor. This man who wants to stand and earn money is gradually realizing his ideal.
9 "Follow", 1998
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Jeremy Theobald / Alex Ho
Douban 8.9 IMDb 7.9
As the most magical director in the world today, nolan's debut "Follow" is also a classic. The film tells the story of Bill, who likes to stalk strangers to pass the time, and is discovered by the other party when he is tracking a man, Kebu is a thief who invites Bill to join the gang in the burglary, he readily agrees, but is involved in an elaborate conspiracy.
In order to save money when shooting, Nolan thought of many ways, including using only weekends; a lot of rehearsals, one or two when shooting, to save film; simplifying the equipment, all the equipment can be put in a taxi; and only using natural light. The film, which ultimately cost only £3,500, became a sign of Nolan's rise.
Nolan's extraordinary imagination and his revolutionary film structure began to emerge. It opened the way for the films with a Douban score of 9 or more. Looking at the world film industry, directors who can maintain high standards and high reputation and even high box office all year round can't find a few except him.
10 Two Big Smoking Guns, 1998
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Jason Fleming / Dexter Fletcher
Douban 9.1 IMDb 8.2
Guy Ritchie is known as the Quentin of Britain. He learned to read and write at the age of 13, was expelled from school at the age of 15, and only had high Chinese, but at the age of 32, he made a movie that broke the box office record in British film history, and that year, he also married the popular American singer Madonna. Watching his movie has only two words to describe: addiction!
Guy Ritchie uses a complex audiovisual language to make his films a playful and absolutely good-looking viewing experience, and the absurdity and black humor of "Two Smoking Guns" are very groundbreaking. This provides an irreplaceable template for Ning Hao's "crazy" trilogy.
The debut work reached the peak of his career and became a classic in film history. For this film, Guy Richie won the Best Director Award at the 11th Tokyo Film Festival. So far, "Two Big Smoking Guns" IMDb ranks 143rd in the world, Douban ranks 43rd, and the film ranks third in film history at the box office in the UK.
11 The Death of a Virgin, 1999
Director: Sophia Coppola
Writers: Sophia Coppola
Starring: Kerstin Dunst / Catherine Turner
Douban 7.5 IMDb 7.2
The director is not small, his grandfather is Carman Coppola, his father is Francis Ford Coppola, the director of "The Godfather", his mother is a documentary director, and his cousin is actor Nicolas Cage. She is - Sophia Coppola!
She was born during the filming of the movie The Godfather, and her father, director Francis Coppola, arranged a role for his daughter — the baptized baby at the end of the film. After that, Sophia Coppola almost grew up on the set.
Sophia Coppola's debut was also quite successful. The result of this "Death of a Virgin" is the result of a well-established film literacy combined with the sensitivity of women, which tells a story that takes place in the Midwest of the United States in the seventies, and it expresses the story of family emotional contradictions in the deep crisis in the special form of black comedy.
From the worst rising star of the golden raspberry decade to one of the 100 great directors of all time, Sophia Coppola "corrected" the world's vision with three films. She was born with a golden spoon, and after the age of 18, she was repeatedly humiliated by the Golden Raspberry Award, and even ridiculed as "wood". However, after 10 years, he returned to the film industry, filming "The Death of a Virgin" in only 29 days, "Lost in Tokyo" in 27 days, and finally with a "Absolute Beauty Queen", he finally became the most original and promising young female director in the United States.
12 American Beauty, 1999
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Writers: Alan Ball
Starring: Kevin Spacey / Annette Benin
Douban 8.5 IMDb 8.3
"American Beauty" is a black comedy that embodies the contradictions of American family ethical life, and the film has many clues but clear veins, which fully shows the profound skill of director Sam Mendes. At the same time, Kevin Spacey's excellent performance is also a guarantee of the success of the film.
The film confronts the scars of American social deformities and is a stunning film that won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director that year. Although Sam Mendes's follow-up films are difficult to continue to be brilliant, they have also maintained a high standard such as "Revolutionary Road" and "1917".
13 "Out of My World" 2000
Director: Steven Dudley
Writers: Lee Hal
Starring: Jamie Bell / Julie Waters
Douban 8.8 IMDb 7.7
Set against the backdrop of the 1984 British miners' strike, the film tells the story of Billy Elliott, the son of an 11-year-old miner, who bravely pursues his ideals through a bulwark of resistance. The overall tone of the film is bright and concise, the development of the plot is not dragged out, and the interspersing of the main plot and background is natural and smooth. The film is also very appropriate in the soundtrack and graphics.
Although the film itself does not adopt fancy treatment in film techniques or storytelling techniques, it is emotionally moving, returning to simplicity and making people cry. The indomitable dreams of youth, the unbridled youth of youth, and the deep and great father's love are all gathered in flexible dance steps.
Director Steven Dadley, absolutely low production and high quality, so far only 4 films have come out, but each one is a classic masterpiece, namely "Beyond My World", "Moments", "Readers", "Special Sound Very Close". The precise pursuit of performance and the detailed portrayal of human nature are his handy signs.
14 The King's Speech, 2010
Director: Tom Hopper
Writers: David Sedler
Starring: Colin Firth / Jeffrey Rush
Douban 8.4 IMDb 8.0
The director beat David Finch at the Oscars with his debut film that year, and won four awards such as best picture and best director with a dark horse, he is - Tom Hopper!
From the later "Les Misérables", we can also see that the director's film really only has to be described by the word precision. The director is very attentive to every shot of the film, paying attention to stability and stability, and trying to achieve the best state in every picture and every plot. Therefore, when I first directed the tube, I won the Academy Award for Best Director that many directors could not get in their lifetime.
This film about the famous "stuttering" kings of British history has wonderful interpretations of Colin Feith, Jeffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and others. The film abandons the stereotypes of British historical drama and presents the audience with a classic work with a very full story.
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