15 actors who became surprisingly good directors
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September 17, 2012 at 5:56AM EST Reply to CommentRob Reiner, Vera Farmiga, Zach Braff, Josh Radnor, Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Chaplin...
marshall
September 17, 2012 at 7:32PM EST Reply to CommentNo Emilio Estevez?
Ranger
September 17, 2012 at 9:14PM EST Reply to CommentWhoa! What about Sean Penn and Mel Gibson?
Ron Bloack
September 17, 2012 at 9:21PM EST Reply to CommentDrew fucking Barrymore? In a list of "good" directors?
That movie was crap. Her directing was crap!
ceallaig
September 18, 2012 at 10:42AM EST Reply to CommentHow about Ida Lupino, who paved the way for Peggy, Jodie, Drew and the other ladies on the list? and yeah, where was Kevin and (as much as I hate to say it) Mel?
SARA
September 18, 2012 at 2:10PM EST Reply to CommentCharles Laughton (The Night of the Hunter), Liev Shreiber (Everything is Illuminated), Todd Field (Little Children). Btw, Drew Barrymore + "good director" is an oxymoron.
dino
September 20, 2012 at 2:32AM EST Reply to CommentHow does Drew Barrymore make the list but not Sean Penn or Mel Gibson? This is a tabloid lovers list
dino
September 20, 2012 at 2:34AM EST Reply to CommentHow does Drew Barrymore make the list and not Sean Penn or Mel Gibson?
Gull
October 16, 2012 at 6:59PM EST Reply to CommentAngelina Jolie? Really? For what, proving she's just as pretentious and cloying as a director as everything else she does? Ralph Fiennes? Come on. Robert De Niro's Bronx Tale is one if the more beloved films of the nineties. Mel Gibson and Kevin Costner have both won Oscars for directing. What about Tim Robbins and Dead Man Walking? Sarah Polley at 28 knocked Away From Her out of the park. Yet the director of Battleship is on here.