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notchreturns
04-28-2003, 09:27 PM
2000s: Burr Steers (IGBY GOES DOWN)
1990s: Spike Jonze (BEING JOHN MALCOVICH)
1980s: Robert Redford (ORDINARY PEOPLE)
1970s: Tobe Hooper (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE)
1960s: Mike Nichols (WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?)
1950s: Francois Truffaut (THE 400 BLOWS)
1940s: Orson Welles (CITIZEN KANE)

Hmmm... that's as far back as I can go with debuts!
therealjohng
04-28-2003, 09:59 PM
I got one, 70's Ridley Scott - The Duellists.
QUENTIN
04-28-2003, 10:40 PM
2000s: David Gordon Green -George Washington
1990s: Allen & Albert Hughes -Menace II Society
1980s: Steven Soderbergh -sex, lies, and videotape
1970s: Peter Bogdanovich -The Last Picture Show
1960s: Mike Nichols -Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
1950s: Francois Truffaut -The 400 Blows
1940s: Orson Welles -Citizen Kane
1930s: Jean Vigo -Zero for Conduct
1920s: Luis Bunuel -Un Chien Andalou
1910s: Giovanni Pastrone -Cabiria
The Other
04-28-2003, 10:43 PM
Stephen Daldry for the 00s BILLY ELLIOT & Sam Mendes for the 90s AMERICAN BEAUTY comes to mind.

I love both of those movies so much. Probably my top one and two films and both were from first time directors.
therealjohng
05-01-2003, 04:35 PM
1990's

Boyz N the Hood - John Singleton
VicVega
05-01-2003, 04:47 PM
Two of my favorite decades for films:

1990s- Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino)
1970s: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Tobe Hooper)
Cosimo
05-01-2003, 05:27 PM
2000's (Sexy Beast)
1990's (Reservoir Dogs)
1980's (Blood Simple)
1970's (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Sad man
05-01-2003, 05:34 PM
1970īs: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(10/10 or A+)
1990īs: American Beauty(8/10 or A-)
2000īs: Billy Elliot