Short film directors

Short film directors make short films in an attempt to get their ablities noticed. The short films require a very small budget in comparison to hollywood films. The short films are basically a highlight reel of what the director can do.
These are some people who started of as short film directors and what they have done since;
Im here- Spike Jonze

Jonze was already a successful director befor the release of i'm here. He has directed films such as Being John Malkovich, adaption and were the wild things are. He has also directed numerous music videos.


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George Lucas in love- Joe Nussbaum

Joe Nussbaum is an American director who first found success after directing his self funded film George Lucas in Love. After this was passed around the offices of Hollywood he the signed a deal with dream works studios and has since directed various films such as the sleepover, American pie the naked mile and Sydney white.

Across the hall- Adrien Grenier

Grenier is an american actor and producer. In 2005 he produced part wrote and starred in across the hall. After the sucess of the short film across the hall was turned into a full feature length adaptation. Grenier gained rave reviews and this helped him to get the role of Vincent Chase in the hit show Entourage. Since then he has starred in many hollywood films and directed some as well.