Insights from the Cinematic World: directorial debut

Frida

The documentary FRIDA offers an unprecedentedly deep dive into the life and art of the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, known for her vivid, emotionally charged self-portraits and a life marked with both profound creativity and suffering.

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American Pastoral

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning Philip Roth novel, AMERICAN PASTORAL follows an all American family across several decades, as their idyllic existence is shattered by social and political turmoil that will change the fabric of American culture forever.

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The Best Man Holiday

In 1999, when The Best Man topped the box office on its opening weekend, audiences fell hard for a group of college friends named Harper, Lance, Mia, Shelby, Murch, Robyn, Jordan, Quentin and Candy. Writer/director/producer Malcolm D. Lee returns to write and direct this sequel to his directorial debut The Best Man Holiday

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Exploring work behind the camera, as well, Kirsten Dunst made her directorial debut with the short film Welcome, starring Winona Ryder, which screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival

Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982) is an American actress, singer and model. Kirsten Dunst got her showbiz start at the age of three, when she began filming television commercials. With more than 50 commercials under her belt, she made the jump to the big screen in 1989 in Woody Allen’s New York Stories.

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21 and Over

After writing the monumentally successful comedy The Hangover, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore penned 21 and Over as a spec script not based on their own experiences, but about the outrageous things they had longed to do.

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Submarine

Submarine is a 2010 coming-of-age comedy-drama film adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by Joe Dunthorne. The film is directed by Richard Ayoade and stars Craig Roberts, Yasmin Paige, Sally Hawkins and Paddy Considine. The film is Ayoade’s directorial debut.

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Martin Campbell is considered one of the U.K.'s top directors by the mid 1980s, he directed the highly praised British telefilm

Martin Campbell

Martin Campbell is a film director. Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand, he moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. Campbell’s first Hollywood movie was Criminal Law and he went on to direct Defenseless and No Escape

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Cyrus' busy schedule necessitated that filming of The Last Song take place over the summer. Sparks noted, "She’s got a fall music tour and then she’s back filming Hannah Montana in the spring again. So the only time she had free in her schedule was over the summer." Principal photography began on June 15, 2009 and finished on August 18, 2009. Filming did not take place during weekends.

The Last Song

The Last Song is a 2010 American coming of age drama film developed alongside the Nicholas Sparks novel by the same name. The film was directed by Julie Anne Robinson in her feature film directorial debut and co-written by Sparks and Jeff Van Wie.

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