Most writers who get their chance to direct and find out their good at it, usually continue to direct their own movies or others.
John Hughes though seems to be the exception.
Directorial debut is Sixteen Candles. Great movie. He follows that up with The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off...three more great movies from the 80's.
The last movie he directs is Curly Sue in 1991. He then gives up directing and goes back to just writing screenplays.
WTF?
I can't ever remember anyone who had such success as a director and then gave it up to do something else in Hollywood.
John Hughes though seems to be the exception.
Directorial debut is Sixteen Candles. Great movie. He follows that up with The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and Ferris Bueller's Day Off...three more great movies from the 80's.
The last movie he directs is Curly Sue in 1991. He then gives up directing and goes back to just writing screenplays.
WTF?
I can't ever remember anyone who had such success as a director and then gave it up to do something else in Hollywood.
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