List of directorial debuts
This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's first commercial cinematic release.
Notes:
♦ Indicates where a director has created other earlier works for television
# Indicates when a director's earlier work is uncredited
† Indicates when a director's earlier work has not been released in cinemas, for example film school productions, or short films or music videos.
Please refer to individual entries for further detail.
Contents
1 1880s
1.1 1888
2 1890s
2.1 1896
2.2 1898
3 1900s
3.1 1901
3.2 1907
3.3 1908
3.4 1909
4 1910s
4.1 1911
4.2 1912
4.3 1913
4.4 1914
4.5 1915
4.6 1916
4.7 1917
4.8 1918
4.9 1919
5 1920s
5.1 1920
5.2 1921
5.3 1922
5.4 1923
5.5 1924
5.6 1925
5.7 1926
5.8 1927
5.9 1928
5.10 1929
6 1930s
6.1 1930
6.2 1931
6.3 1932
6.4 1933
6.5 1934
6.6 1935
6.7 1936
6.8 1937
6.9 1938
6.10 1939
7 1940s
7.1 1940
7.2 1941
7.3 1942
7.4 1943
7.5 1944
7.6 1945
7.7 1946
7.8 1947
7.9 1948
7.10 1949
8 1950s
8.1 1950
8.2 1951
8.3 1952
8.4 1953
8.5 1954
8.6 1955
8.7 1956
8.8 1957
8.9 1958
8.10 1959
9 1960s
9.1 1960
9.2 1961
9.3 1962
9.4 1963
9.5 1964
9.6 1965
9.7 1966
9.8 1967
9.9 1968
9.10 1969
10 1970s
10.1 1970
10.2 1971
10.3 1972
10.4 1973
10.5 1974
10.6 1975
10.7 1976
10.8 1977
10.9 1978
10.10 1979
11 1980s
11.1 1980
11.2 1981
11.3 1982
11.4 1983
11.5 1984
11.6 1985
11.7 1986
11.8 1987
11.9 1988
11.10 1989
12 1990s
12.1 1990
12.2 1991
12.3 1992
12.4 1993
12.5 1994
12.6 1995
12.7 1996
12.8 1997
12.9 1998
12.10 1999
13 2000s
13.1 2000
13.2 2001
13.3 2002
13.4 2003
13.5 2004
13.6 2005
13.7 2006
13.8 2007
13.9 2008
13.10 2009
14 2010s
14.1 2010
14.2 2011
14.3 2012
14.4 2013
14.5 2014
14.6 2015
14.7 2016
14.8 2017
14.9 2018
14.10 2019
15 See also
16 References
17 Notes
1880s
1888
Louis Le Prince – Roundhay Garden Scene[1]
1890s
1896
Alice Guy-Blaché – La Fée aux Choux
Georges Méliès – Le Manoir du diable[2]
1898
Edwin S. Porter – The Cavalier's Dream
1900s
1901
Segundo de Chomón – Bajada de Montserrat
1907
Sidney Olcott – The Wooing of Miles Standish
1908
Louis Feuillade – L'Homme aimanté
D. W. Griffith – The Adventures of Dollie
1909
Mack Sennett# – The Curtain Pole
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See also
- List of cinematic firsts
References
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Notes
^ Co-directed with Robert N. Bradbury
^ As Detlef Sierck
^ Co-directed with Anthony Hankey
^ Co-directed with Gunther von Fritsch
^ Co-directed with Brian Desmond Hurst
^ Co-directed with Robert Jordan Hill
^ Co-directed with Yakov Bazelyan
^ Directed segment Interlude in the Marshland
^ Co-directed with Bradley R. Swirnoff
^ Co-directed with Rintaro
^ Co-directed with Kenneth Tsang
^ Co-directed with Jesse Wells
^ Co-directed with Frank Lustig
^ Co-directed with David Van Taylor
^ Co-directed with Quentin Lee
^ Co-directed with John Lasseter
^ Co-directed with Jim Wynorski
^ Co-directed with John Lasseter
^ Co-directed with David Silverman
^ Co-directed with Corey Yuen
^ Co-directed with Ryan Fleck
^ Co-directed with Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino
^ Co-directed with Roger Allers
^ Co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud
^ Co-directed with Matthew Robinson
^ Co-directed with Pete Docter
^ Co-directed with Alastair Fothergill
^ Co-directed with Chris Renaud
^ Co-directed with Guy Jenkin
^ Co-directed with Jocelyn Towne
^ Co-directed with Chris Renaud
^ Co-directed with Mike Thurmeier
^ Co-directed with Mike Mitchell
^ As Declan Dale
^ Co-directed with Andrew Stanton
^ Co-directed with Nicholas Stoller
^ Co-directed with Conrad Vernon
^ Co-directed with Lee Unkrich
^ Co-directed with Rich Moore