One Hit Wonders:Director Edition

[Black Narcissus]

Tony Kaye- American History X

Any other directors come to mind?

 

[Spider-Fan]

Define this game a bit more. Are we talking quality, success, both?

 

[Black Narcissus]

Define this game a bit more. Are we talking quality, success, both?

Mostly about directors who just have that one film on their resume and never even got close to that ever again. A bit of both. lol

 

[Spider-Fan]

Mostly about directors who just have that one film on their resume and never even got close to that ever again.

My question still remains, how are we judging that one film? Are we talking that people liked? Are we talking that was successful?

 

[Black Narcissus]

Paul Brickman-Risky Business

 

[Mandon Knight]

Charles Laughton - Night of the Hunter

 

[Pennywise]

Josh Trank- Chronicle

 

[chintai80]

Stephen Norrington - Blade (1998)

yea, i know he also directed the league of extraordinary gentlemen, which i liked too. but he never made a movie that was positively received like blade again.

 

[I'm Old Greg]

Mel Stuart - Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory

 

[samsnee]

Irvin Kershner - Empire Strikes Back

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Bob Clark - A Christmas Story

Sorry Porky's fans, but you know it's true.

 

[Lasirius]

Richard Kelly - Donnie Darko

 

[Mandon Knight]

Sorry, I thought this thread was for directors who had only directed ONE film only and that was an excellent film. One hit wonder is used to describe someone who have great success with something one time only and never do that 'thing' again.

There appear to be directors chosen here who have made more than one film, all be it, one of them was a hit, and they never repeated that, but DID work again, or direct again, that's NOT a one hit wonder scenario.

 

[samsnee]

Not necessarily. In music, you have bands that have the one hit but still continue to make other albums.

 

[DrCosmic]

Case in point: Los del Rio has 11 albums, but they are considered a One Hit Wonder because the only song that is a hit is The Macarena. And honestly, even if your very first song/album blew up, what hit musician wouldn't try to make another hit? That said, even if they didn't try, they'd still be considered one hit wonders too.

I'm gonna go with:
Boaz Yakin - Remember The Titans

 

[Schlosser85]

Unfortunately compared to David Ayer's other work, Fury is looking like a fluke for being as good as it is.

 

[samsnee]

I wouldn’t call Ayer a one hit wonder. End of Watch was very good and even though Suicide Squad was a critical bomb, it did make a lot of money.

 

[DACrowe]

Rocky - John G. Avildsen

 

[samsnee]

Rocky - John G. Avildsen

No way. He directed Karate Kid.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Bob Clark - A Christmas Story

Sorry Porky's fans, but you know it's true.

Black Christmas! Murder by Decree and Deathdream are also very good.

Rocky - John G. Avildsen

What about a little movie called The Motherfu****' Karate Kid?

 

[scarlet-witch]

Does Colin Trevorrow count? Safety Not Guaranteed is the only good film he's made.

 

[Eddie Dean]

Get to have at least one hit to be a one hit wonder!

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[Bats123]

Neil Blomkamp-District 9

 

[-JKR-]

Unfortunately compared to David Ayer's other work, Fury is looking like a fluke for being as good as it is.

David Ayer directed Harsh Times, End of Watch, Fury and Bright, so no... doesn't count in my book.

Marco Brambilla did a kick-ass job on Demolition Man, and then went on to direct a subpar starring vehicle for Alicia Silverstone and disappeared.

 

[Abudefduf]

The two The Lion King directors
Antoine Fuqua - Training Day
Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
Frank Miller - Sin City
Tarsem Singh - The Fall