GET Just a few of the international filmmakers who started out their careers by making short movies
TODD SOLONDZ v y RIDLEY SCO1T
Chronicler of sul’)urt')zvin angst. His » K _ ' ~ ' _ ' BBC set designer turned commercials short films showed great promise. I g ' ' , ' ’ , I ‘ director whose 1979 landmark movie but early features failed dismally ._ >_ g ‘ g , j _ A. Alien shot him to fame
Early short George Lucas in Love g " Early short Boy on a Bicycle (left) (right) g _> _ . ' . Biggest blockbuster B/ade Career best Pa/indromes (above) _ .‘ _. I g A ' . ‘ ' Runner (above)
ALEXANDER PAYNE .. I - . ’ ~ TIM BURTON
Payne's signature film—making style . a a _ . _ . - Burton's early short film bore all the is his singular belief in character- “if, f a '1 hallmarks of his more recent film driven storytelling ; r ' -'- t techniques
Early short Carmen irighti Biggest blockbuster Sideways (above)
GEORGE LUCAS
Oiie early Lucas short, THX I I 38. won first prize at the National Student Film Festival in 1967 Early short Frei/ieit (right) Biggest blockbuster Star Wars (above)
Early short Vincent (left)
Biggest blockbuster Willie Wonka (above)
ALAN PARKER
Started out as an advertising copywriter. Broke through by writing a SCreenplay for David Puttnam Early short(ish) films Our Cissy. Footsteps. Bugsy Malone (left) Critical hits Midnight Express. The Commitments (above)
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