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Over the past 40 years, a handful of first-time helmers have been so accomplished in their initial efforts that their actors went on to win Oscars.
“BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE”(1972)
Director: Milton Katselas
Actor: Eileen Heckart
“ORDINARY PEOPLE”
(1980)
Director: Robert Redford
Actor: Timothy Hutton
“ARTHUR”
(1981)
Director: Steve Gordon
Actor: John Gielgud
“TERMS OF ENDEARMENT”
(1983)
Director: James L. Brooks
Actors: Shirley MacLaine, Jack Nicholson
“THE KILLING FIELDS”
(1984)
Director: Roland Joffe
Actor: Haing S. Nigor
“THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL”
(1985)
Director: Peter Masterson
Actor: Geraldine Page
“CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD”
(1986)
Director: Randa Haines
Actor: Marlee Matlin
“My Left Foot” (1989)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
“AMERICAN BEAUTY”
(1999)
Director: Sam Mendes
Actor: Kevin Spacey
“POLLOCK”
(2000)
Director: Ed Harris
Actor: Marcia Gay Harden
“CHICAGO”
(2002)
Director: Rob Marshall
Actor: Catherine Zeta-Jones
“Monster” (2003)
Director: Patty Jenkins
Actor: Charlize Theron
“THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND”
(2006)
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actor: Forest Whitaker
“LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE”
(2006)
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Actor: Alan Arkin
“MICHAEL CLAYTON”
(2007)
Director: Tony Gilroy
Actor: Tilda Swinton
“MY LEFT FOOT”
(1989)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Actors: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker
“MONSTER”
(2003)
Director: Patty Jenkins
Actor: Charlize Theron
