Directorial Debuts

By: micah van hove

A catalog of some of my favorite director’s feature film debuts

[work in progress]

• 01
  George Washington
  David Gordon Green
• 02
  Ordinary People
  Robert Redford
• 03
  Kids
  Larry Clark
• 04
  Diner
  Barry Levinson
• 05
  American Beauty
  Sam Mendes
• 06
  Reservoir Dogs
  Quentin Tarantino
• 07
  Killer of Sheep
  Charles Burnett
• 08
  Little Odessa
  James Gray
• 09
  You Can Count on Me
  Kenneth Lonergan
• 10
  sex, lies and videotape
  Steven Soderbergh
• 11
  Primer
  Shane Carruth
• 12
  This Is Spinal Tap
  Rob Reiner
• 13
  Submarine
  Richard Ayoade
• 14
  Ratcatcher
  Lynne Ramsay
• 15
  Afterschool
  Antonio Campos
• 16
  CQ
  Roman Coppola
• 17
  Sin nombre
  Cary Fukunaga
• 18
  Igby Goes Down
  Burr Steers
• 19
  Amores perros
  Alejandro González Iñárritu
• 20
  Moon
  Duncan Jones
• 21
  Take the Money and Run
  Woody Allen
• 22
  The Virgin Suicides
  Sofia Coppola
• 23
  The Puffy Chair
  Jay Duplass
• 24
  She's Gotta Have It
  Spike Lee
• 25
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 26
  L.I.E.
  Michael Cuesta
• 27
  Donnie Darko
  Richard Kelly
• 28
  Blood Simple
  Joel Coen
• 29
  The Evil Dead
  Sam Raimi
• 30
  Citizen Kane
  Orson Welles
• 31
  Badlands
  Terrence Malick
• 32
  Gates of Heaven
  Errol Morris
• 33
  Heathers
  Michael Lehmann
• 34
  Fear, Anxiety & Depression
  Todd Solondz
• 35
  Buffalo '66
  Vincent Gallo
• 36
  Kicking and Screaming
  Noah Baumbach
• 37
  Eraserhead
  David Lynch
• 38
  Following
  Christopher Nolan
• 39
  Four Eyed Monsters
  Susan Buice
• 40
  Boyz n the Hood
  John Singleton
• 41
  The Dying Gaul
  Craig Lucas