There are such unofficial statistics that the director takes his first film at the age of 32. No, of course no one will deny that there are also young geniuses who shoot their first pictures in younger years. For example, Quentin Tarantino, Xavier Dolan, Damien Chazel, Orson Welles. The reverse side of the same statistics shows that not every work resonates with the viewer.
The peak of fame falls on adulthood - 50 years or more. This is evidenced by the glossy covers and front pages of news newspapers. Having passed the difficult path of becoming a director as a person who is looking for his own style and suffers a lot of failures, we see a man who has already taken place. At the same time, the history of youth and maturity remains behind the scenes.
Below we will tell you about how the most famous filmmakers looked in their youth, as well as some interesting facts about the beginning of their career.
Woody Allen
Originally from New York. He became a famous director due to the fact that he makes comedies. They are not ashamed to see even deep intellectuals, critics say. From a young age, he showed interest in comedy, wrote articles for newspapers with a humorous subtext.
After school I entered the institute, but was expelled for poor performance. But this did not become an obstacle to the development of a career as a comedian. Woody wrote scripts for comedy TV shows and TV shows, comic newspaper publications. He performed on stage, demonstrating the weaknesses of his character in a more winning light. That is why in his films the main character was increasingly becoming a neurasthenic intellectual, who became a kind of hallmark of Woody Allen's films.
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Martin Scorsese
Martin was born in New York, in an Italian family. He was a sickly child who suffered from asthma attacks. This disease alienated him from the interests of his peers, but brought him closer to his family. He often went to the cinema with his parents. This hobby grew into the goal of life and influenced the choice of profession.
After leaving school, Martin entered one of the universities of New York at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He made his first film at the age of 25 - “Who is knocking on my door?” Thanks to Scorsese, many descendants of Italian immigrants gained their fame on the movie screen. For example, names such as Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio are known to almost every movie fan.
Tim Burton
Born in a fairly simple family. Parents owned a small gift shop in California. His house was located between the airport and the cemetery. Most likely this influenced the melancholy style in his science fiction films. Tim has had a passion for science fiction and horror films since childhood. Entering the University of California, he chose the Department of Arts.
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At the age of 21, Tim joined the Walt Disney studio as an animator. He was fired several times and accepted again. Only six years later, the right people noticed his talent and helped make his first film. To a greater extent, his filmography consists of fairy tales and cartoons, where villains are revealed from an unexpected angle. And now you are no longer afraid, but empathize with the main character.
Christopher Nolan
From childhood, Christopher loved the movie. At the age of seven, he watched the first film about star wars, and he was very inspired. Using his father’s camera, he began shooting his first video stories with toy soldiers.
After school, Christopher entered the University of London at the Department of English Literature. He gained knowledge and continued to make short films. The first film that came out on a wide screen was called The Follower. Especially for filming, he organized his own studio, which now gained wide popularity. Her logo flickers on the opening credits of each of his films.
It is worth noting that the co-author of many of his works is his younger brother - Jonathan. And this duet will still show many good films.
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Laureate and winner of two Oscars, became famous thanks to his film "The Labyrinth of the Faun." Born in Guadalajara, raised by his grandmother in strict Catholic traditions. As a teenager, he was fond of horror films and science fiction. He dreamed of being a film director in this genre. After graduating from school, he moved to the United States, studied the technique of applying make-up and creating special effects with one of the co-authors of the movie "The Exorcist" Dick Smith. Guillermo worked as a make-up artist for about ten years. At the age of 20, he opened his own special effects studio, which he called Necropia.
Terry Gilliam
An American director, originally from Minnesota (USA), who later moved with his family to California. His parents were simple workers, dad was a carpenter. He studied at the university as a political scientist. In his student years, he worked part-time in various places, took up any work. He washed salted meat barrels, laid floors, worked in a restaurant, at the Chevrolet assembly plant, at the post office. Having received a diploma, he began to persistently try to get a job as an illustrator at the editorial office of the journal Help.
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He showed himself on the positive side, and it seems that his career took off, as the summons to the army came. Terry tricked him into being sent to military service in Europe as a scout, where he was supposed to write fictitious reports about Rhodes. But still, he moved to London, where he again began to aggressively attack the famous printing houses until he hit the Monty Python. This was the beginning of his incredible story as a cartoonist, screenwriter, artist and actor.
Peter Jackson
The author of the most mysterious Middle-earth, which opened to the audience in the movie "The Lord of the Rings, " was born in a family of English immigrants in New Zealand. His parents gave him the most expensive and important gift when Peter turned eight years old - a movie camera. It was she who determined his direction in life, influenced the choice of profession.
The gift paid off completely when Peter turned 22 years old. He was fond of special effects, and the first film was not long in coming. Peter Jackson received several very famous awards for his work in the comedy “Bad Taste” (one of them at the Cannes Film Festival).
George Lucas
The director of the incredible space history that captured the whole world is Star Wars. These are not just films, but an entire era and culture. His family owned a stationery store. George himself admits that he had not dreamed of a director’s career since childhood, like many of his colleagues.
The main passion of his childhood and youth was related to cars. He dreamed of becoming a race car driver, he loved speed. But they had to reconsider their plans for life after a car accident, which happened when George was 18 years old.
Before devoting his life to cinema, he entered the University of Southern California. After his graduation, he began to shoot his first short films under the leadership of Francis Ford Coppola, who actively supported young talents. This was the impetus for the formation of George Lucas as a director.
